Text] Chapter 752 The Wind Rises and the Clouds Fly—

"I didn't plan to use the army. ”

Xu Wei pondered for a moment and asked, "If thousands of people and horses go through the mouth, how long will it take to pass?" Shao Yi considered it carefully, and replied after a while: "If there is no accident, you can get through the day." ”

One day? Thousands of people and horses, only forty miles to walk a day? Do you have to have no accidents? This speed is not only said to be a horse army, but even the infantry army cannot accept it. The marshals were talking, but Xu Wei was silent in thought. Those who are in favor of attacking Hebei lightly from Fukou say that this is a surprise attack, and there must be unexpected achievements. Those who oppose it say that this plan is too reckless and completely unnecessary. Anyway, the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law has the way.

After a long time, Xu Wei raised his eyes looking down, and said loudly: "It's decided." The noise in the hall stopped abruptly, and the marshals looked at King Xu Jun, only to hear Xu Wei say clearly: "I have made up my mind, on the one hand, I will feign attacking Yangliangguan, and on the other hand, I will send troops to go to the mouth." ”

"Is the king not", Wang Yan knew that Xu Wei's decision would never change, but he still asked.

"No, the task of the Western Army is to relieve the pressure on the southern armies in order to achieve their desired goals. Shao Yi, I will immediately send someone back to Hedong with you, investigate the situation in Fukou in detail, and prepare for the attack, you go first. Xu Wei said firmly.

"Order!" , Shao Yi got up and saluted, and said goodbye and left.

As soon as he left, Xu Wei immediately poured a bean and ordered: "* Yan, Yongxing, and Qin Feng three divisions of the troops, north into Linfu, from Fengzhou to attack Jinjing, with * Yan Marshal Xu Hong to control the army. ”

The troops of these three Jing Strategy Divisions, Yongxing Qin Feng, are equivalent to Xu Wei's pro-army, * Yanshuai Xu Hong is his cousin, and Yang Yan and Zhang Xian are controlled by Xu Wu, and the latter two have nothing to say.

"The troops of Huanqing, Jingyuan, Xihe, and Liangxing will cross the Yellow River east with me and enter the east of the river to attack Yangliangguan in the north." There is a reason why Xu Wei arranged this. Huanqing Shuai Liu Guangshi, Jingyuan Shuai Wang Yu, Xihe Shuai Yao Pingzhong, which one is a fuel-efficient lamp? If it weren't for Xu Wei to personally command, no one in the four marshals would want to control the other three.

"In addition, I will personally select the Jīng Ruima Army to take on the task of attacking Hebei from the east. After this agreement, the three marshals Xu Hong, Yang Yan, and Zhang Xian could take the first step and launch an offensive before the main army. Your task is not to take as many cities as you want. However, the offensive must be fierce and the momentum must be huge! I'll equip you with enough equipment! Xu Jingluo! As soon as Xu Wei issued an order, it was indiscriminate.

Xu Hong Huoran got up and clenched his fists: "Humble duty!" "You are solely responsible for the command of these three divisions, and you don't need to ask for instructions in case of emergency. Xu Wei gave his cousin enough authority and trust.

"Order!" , Xu Hong replied loudly.

"Yang Yan and Zhang Xian, is it clear?" , Xu Wei asked again.

"Clear!" , the second marshal got up at the same time and replied.

"Okay, you can leave tomorrow, as soon as you have food and grass supplies, I will send someone to escort you." , Xu Weidao.

The three marshals were ordered to sit down, and listened to King Xu Jun call again: "Liu Guangshi, Wang Yu, Yao Pingzhong, Wang Yan." ”

"Humble duty!" The remaining four commanders are not ambiguous, even if they have reservations about this strategy and tactics, but the soldiers regard obedience to orders and moderation as their friendship, which is non-negotiable.

"The troops of your four divisions, some of them first and some of them last, have not yet been assembled for a while. When all of them arrive, they will set off with me and go to Hedong to fight! Xu Wei said here, and his tone was suddenly high. You will expel Beiyi and restore the old frontier, and you are fighting right now! Fengxiang Mansion, Tianxing County, Five Towns.

As the seat of Fengxiang Prefecture, there are many grass towns around Tianxing County, and there are more than 200 households in this five-town town. Not long ago, the people here found that troops were coming in one after another, but none of them entered the town and were all stationed outside the town. However, it is said that some of the officers lived in the town, and since then, the townspeople have often seen military attachés in military uniform.

In the cool autumn season, after the people harvest, they enter the farm. Some of the quick-witted people began to look for a way to buy and sell the army. But without exception, they found that the barracks were strictly forbidden to approach, and they did not know whose troops they were or what they were going to do. Some good deeds once went to peep, and when they came back, they boasted that they had seen thousands of troops and horses, and the momentum was terrifying. But the cowhide was very punctured, because the troops stationed in the five towns were hardly trained, and it seemed that they did not intend to stay here for long.

On this day, a few households in the town had secretly gone to the vicinity of the barracks to look, and they still saw that the sentry was still tight, and no one should approach. When he was about to retreat, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves faintly, and after a while, he saw a horse team coming from the direction of Fucheng, and the closer they got to the hoof, the more rumbling the hoofs became, and the frightened men retracted their heads back into the ridge.

The caravan was not very numerous, about thirty or forty horsemen, but several of them caught their attention. It is not uncommon for military attaches to wear military uniforms, but the high-ranking officials in purple robes and red robes are Feng M-o Linjiao.

"Could it be Zhang Dashuai?" Someone muttered quietly.

"No, I've seen Zhang Dashuai, wearing a red robe, and that person wearing a purple robe." The companion corrected.

"Is the red robe bigger or the purple robe bigger?"

"This, I don't know, the red robe clip, right?" , "Hey, do you think it will be, King Xujun?" Someone suddenly shouted.

", what is the identity of King Xu Junwang now, can he throw his head so easily and let you see it?" , This group of second-rate people was talking energetically, and a voice behind them said coldly: "Take people!" Everyone was shocked, and when they looked back, they found a large group of soldiers standing behind them with weapons in their hands, pounced on them, and couldn't help but say that they had been arrested.

However, it was said that the horse team rushed to the entrance of the camp M-N, and the military attachés who had been waiting for a long time came out of the camp to greet them. A general, estimated at the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, has gray hair on his temples, but the fierce appearance on his face has not diminished, he is eight feet long, more than a head taller than ordinary people, wearing a light armor, not wearing a helmet, and after stepping out, he bowed his head and hugged his fists.

Behind him, he was younger than him, but he wore braids and shaved baldness, and he knew at a glance that he was a party member. The thick beard almost covered the mouth, and a pair of eyes were shiny and majestic.

Both of them saluted respectfully, not daring to be sloppy in the slightest, and as soon as the man who jumped off the horse came up, he shouted, "It's time for you two to get out again." ”

"The king is driven, and he obeys all his humble duties." Yang Zaixing, the number one general of the Tiger Army, "is indeed old now." After decades of campaigning, countless enemies have died under his hands, and the so-called success of one will be ten thousand bones, and it is most suitable to use it on him.

Xu Wei didn't say much, and walked straight to the camp, "Yang Zaixing, Li Chengwei, and the second general led the generals and nephews, and followed closely. The Purple Gold Tiger asked as he walked, "How many people did you bring with you?" ”

"Back to the king, there are 12,000 soldiers and soldiers in the horse army, and more than 20,000 war horses." , Yang Zaixing replied step by step.

"They are all good horses, a good horse in the river of a water, and I am still riding on Qinghai Cheng! Our horses produced in Shaanxi are basically pulled and loaded with goods. Li Chengwei added.

"Well, Qin Feng Shuaisi's Ma Jundi has been pulled out." Xu Wei walked quickly," he responded.

"Indeed, my lord, there are several cavalry teams of Qin Fengshuai Si Xuanfeng, You Yi, and Sudden Fire gathered here, and it can be said that jīng is sharp." Qin Feng's deputy marshal Zhang Xian echoed.

"What I want is jīng rui, nv real people boasted back then, can't fight a hundred rounds, how can it be called the horse army, think that their cavalry is invincible in the world. Hmph, "This time it's good for Beiyi to know that the cavalry of our Western Army is not dry for food." Xu Wei said with a smile.

After a while, when he arrived at the military tent, Xu Wei took off his head and sat on the top of the horse, "Knocking on the table with a horse whip, he opened the m-n and saw the mountain and said: "The cavalry of the Western Army, count Qin Feng jīng Rui" This time the Qin Feng horse army poured out, and with Yang Zaixing and Li Chengwei, you two experts in command, I can rest assured that I will give you this task. When Yang Li heard this, he was overjoyed, after so many years of supplementing the training, he forgot what it was like for the saber blade to tear the air, and now the king has sent a task to "make meritorious contributions."

"Dare to ask the king, this time our Qin Feng Ma Army is going north to Taiyuan" or ......", Li Chengwei asked.

"No, I want you to go to Hebei." Xu Wei's words were astonishing.

Yang Zaixing and Li Chengwei are both brave generals who have experienced a hundred battles", but when they heard this, they couldn't help but be stunned, go to Hebei? What for?

Seeing the appearance of the two of them, Xu Wei deliberately smiled: "What? Scared? I know that the land in Hebei is a flat river, which belongs to the boat against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat. ”

Yang Zaixing's face suddenly fell, and he hummed: "Don't say Hebei, what about Yanyun?" The king only likes to send a mission! ”

"I won't say more, let's ask you Zhang Jingluo for details." Xu Weidao. It can be seen that Xu Jiu really intends to put Qin Fengjun, his descendant, and Jiāo into Zhang Zongben's hands.

Zhang Xian didn't sell it, took the map and hung it, pointed to the "Taihang Eight Regions", and said: "From the Taihang Mountain to Hebei, Hedong, and Henan, there are these Eight Regions." This time, Xuanfu disposed of the Si Y-sent Jīng Rui Ma Army, from Fukou to the east of Hedong, and unexpectedly attacked the Jin people's money and grain town in Hebei, the Daimyo's mansion. This task was undertaken by Yang Dutong and Li Dutong. ”

Of course, having a mission makes people happy, but the second general Yang and Li are all veterans who have been on the battlefield for many years, and they haven't expressed their position, but asked: "Zhang Jingluo, when you go to Hebei, is there only one army?" "That's right, one of the main forces of the Western Army will go north from Linfu, and one will go east of the river to attack Yangliang, and you will go to Hebei. Zhang Xian nodded.

Li Chengwei frowned and was speechless for a long time, and said at this time: "The meaning of the king, I understand the humble position. The main force of our army contained the main force of the Jin army, and Yang and I went to Hebei to pick up sorghum. ", "It can be said that now the main force of the Jin army is gathered in the three places of Yanyun, Taiyuan, and Henan, but Hebei is empty. Most of the Western Army has contained the main force of the Jin Army, and it doesn't matter how many big results can be achieved, what matters is the two of you. Give me an attack on the Daimyo's Mansion, so that the Jin army in the Central Plains will not care about each other and stir up Lu-n Hebei! "Xu Wei whipped chōu on the handsome case.

"Please tell the king, this is going to Hebei, in addition to attacking the Daimyo's Mansion, our army still has ......," Li Chengwei asked.

"Be flexible, after your cavalry enters Hebei, I will send troops to take Cizhou and give it to you as a basis, in case the battle situation is unfavorable, you also have a way to retreat. As for logistical supplies, you carry them yourself. Xu Wei knew what the two of them were thinking.

"I understand that when I go to Hebei, I don't care how many enemy troops I destroy, and I don't care how many cities I take, the key is to stir up Lu-n Hebei, respond to Henan, and show the majesty of the Lou Ma army to Beiyi!" , Li Chengwei said.

Xu Wei laughed when he heard this, and pointed at Zhang Xian with a whip: "Zongben, I have always told you, Li Chengwei is thick and fine, how is it?" ”

Zhang Xian also smiled and said to Li Chengwei: "Li Dutong, the king this time y-take you as the positive, Yang Dutong as the deputy, don't live up to the king's expectations." ”

When Yang Zaixing heard this, he couldn't help but hurriedly Xu Wei said, "King, this ............"

Xu Wei waved his whip and said in an unquestionable voice: "This is my decision" If you have something to say, come and tell me after the battle. If you win, it's easy to say, if you can't win, I have something to tell you. After Yang Zaixing heard this, he didn't dare to make a mistake, and bowed his head and said, "I understand." "Now I will ask you clearly, and you will also think clearly, according to this mission" How many troops do you want to bring? Xu Wei asked.

Yang Zaixing took a deep breath and whispered a few words to Li Chengwei, which replied, "Eight thousand horse army." "Yes. Xu Wei was not ambiguous at all. In addition to this, I will give you these eight thousand horsemen, all equipped with lances, sabers, bows and arrows, and light armor. As for the Assault Rider, I have ordered the capital to bring in a thousand five-eyed guns, all for you! ”

Li Chengwei was overjoyed when he heard this! His Turrush Rider has always used the "three-eyed blunt", which is almost a hallmark of the Turrush Rider. But although the three glasses are "epoch-making", the "shortcomings" of the product are also obvious. One is that there is no jīng degree to speak of, and the other is that sh-Cheng is too close and too powerful. Assault cavalry often had to run forward to a distance of about fifty paces before it could be cast, but a cavalry without armor was useful: "Once the enemy is equipped with armor, it is almost impossible to penetrate."

These five eyes are blunt, and they are the key equipment developed by the Shaanxi Duzuo Institute in recent years, "not only to simply add two barrels, but also to other modifications, and the X-Ng energy has greatly exceeded the three glasses."

"Sincerely, although Beiyi has 100,000 soldiers, he is not afraid of his humble duties!" , Li Chengwei said proudly.

"You can prepare here first, and after the main forces of the two roads start a battle, then find an opportunity to enter Hebei. During this time, the two of you must be carefully selected, choose the brave and good fighting pawn, "choose the F-i strong and powerful horse, and go to Hebei" must be successful! Xu Weixun instructed.

Just as the 100,000 Western Army was assembled, the southern Jī battle was raging. First, the main force of the Shenwu Rear Army led by Han Shizhong fought with the Jinying general Chi Zhanhui in the suburbs. Han Shizhong's fame is great, although there is a reason for capturing Fang La back then, but the ability of the people is there. After the management of him, Yue Fei and others, the Shenwu Houjun stationed in Jinghu had already walked out of the shadow of the defeat that year, reshaped the morale of the army, and rebuilt morale.

Facing the Jin army led by Chi Zhanhui, Han Shizhong won four out of five battles, and his troops came to the city of Dengzhou. At the same time, Yue Fei also led his troops to take Tangzhou, beheading one person from 10,000 households and one person from 1,000 households, dozens of "Jinhuan noble generals", and capturing more than 20 officials below the governor of Jintang Prefecture.

After crossing the Huai, with an undefeated body, the Caizhou Jin army was defeated, and fled in a hurry in the direction of Tokyo. In Zhenjiang Mansion "pro-Zheng" emperor Zhao Jin was also overjoyed when he heard the news, at the suggestion of Prime Minister Xu Liang, the emperor issued an edict to restore the quality of Zheyan "Fenni County King", the title, his younger brother Yan Ruoyan Shi, all worship the festival envoy.

At this point, the outer defense line of Tokyo arranged by the Jin army has lost two of the three, and only Dengzhou, where Chi Zhanhui is located, has not yet recovered. After Zhe Yanzhi took Caizhou, he joined forces with Jinghu Yue's army, and immediately ordered Yue Fei's army to reinforce Han Shizhong, and he himself led the Zhejia army to Yingchang Mansion.

In the face of the fierce offensive of the Song army, the defenders of Yingchang retreated without a fight and flocked to Kaifeng Mansion like a retreat. Zhe Yanzhi is a famous general on the battlefield in the end, and he did not make the mistake of being greedy for merit and rushing forward again, after he was stationed in Yingchang, he sent his ears and eyes to spy on the reality of the Jin army. Knowing that the commander of the Central Plains Jin Army, Wuyan Puluhun, still had heavy troops in his hands and was assembled around Tokyo, he did not go deeper, but made a slight repair in Yingchang and commanded the overall situation in the south.

At this time, Yue Fei rushed to Dengzhou and fought with Chi Zhanhui with Han Shizhong. After experiencing a wind of disagreement between the generals and the commanders, the Huaixi Army also regrouped and fought again. Throughout the south of the Yellow River, the Song army made smooth progress, and the Northern Expedition achieved remarkable results. From the emperor and prime minister to the ordinary soldiers, they are full of hope and see the dawn of restoring the Central Plains and recovering the old capital!

On the other hand, Jin Guo can be described as slow and slow. After the Song army launched the war, the Jin court had little reaction, did not send a single soldier to the Central Plains, nor did it make any moves to the western front, and was in absolute passivity. It's not that they were beaten stupid, but because they know very well that the Dajin Kingdom has been using troops in the west for many years, and it has been beyond the reach of the south, and the deadly threat of the Dajin Kingdom also comes from the west, and the Western Army and the Khitan people are like two sharp knives, which may stab into the political heart of the country at any time, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures!

The reason why the Jin army did not move was because their main forces were placed in the west. In Taiyuan, Fusan Zhongyi was appointed as the military and political governor of Hedong, responsible for guarding against the northward advance of the western army. In Datong Prefecture, a Jin army that had been idle for a long time will be reactivated, holding the Jīng soldiers of the NV Zhen, Bohai, and Khitan ethnic groups, and specializing in M-N to deal with the Liao army and the Western army.

The idea is very clear, on the battlefield of the Central Plains, it all depends on Wuyan Puluhun, and it is his business to win and defeat. And the main force of the Jin army must make every effort to ensure that Hedong and Yanyun are safe. In the face of the Song Army's North Beijing, the Jin Army fought a defensive counterattack.

But the war in the south has been going on for a long time, and the Liao army of the Western Army has not moved for a long time, which makes the Jin court suspicious, and some people even shouted the slogan of supporting the Central Plains battlefield. Emperor Jin was unmoved, the south couldn't take care of it, it had to depend on the creation of Wuyan Puluhun, and now the most important thing was to keep the territory north of the Yellow River and block the Song army's preparations for many years, and the menacing Northern Expedition!

Just when the monarchs and ministers of the Jin Kingdom were suspicious, the Western Army, which was deeply feared by the nv real people, finally made a move!! ~！