In the third year of Jingkang, on the first day of April, Yue Fei led the second division of the only complete Protector Army from Caozhou to Bianliang City. Wang Gui went with the army. Caozhou's guarding affairs are entrusted to Master Zhihun to be responsible.

Knowing that Yue Fei was coming, Wan Yan Lou and Wan Yan Sa immediately stopped attacking. The name of a man, the shadow of a tree. Yue Fei stepped on the bones of famous Jurchen generals to rise. Wanyan Yinshuke, Yelu Ma Wu, Sha Gu Quality, Wanyan pulled out quickly, and all the Jurchen households with outstanding military achievements died under Yue Fei's gun. If a 10,000 households died in the hands of Yue Fei, it could also be said that Yue Fei was lucky. But one after another Jurchen celebrities were planted in Yue Fei's hands, and he could no longer talk about luck.

In particular, Wanyan Yinshu Ke is a golden partner who fights side by side with Wanyan Lou Room. The two once joined forces and captured Yelu Dashi, the last famous general of the Liao State. The one who knows Wanyan Yinshu the most is not Zong Han, but Wanyan Lou's room. Wanyan Lou Room knows that silver art can be used as a soldier, and it is not under him. Even a famous general like Yinshu Ke has been planted in Yue Fei's hands, and of course Wanyan Lou will not despise it any longer.

But Wanyan Lou never expected that Yue Fei, who led 15,000 infantry to Bianliang, held the first military meeting in the Bianliang Garrison Mansion, but ordered the generals not to take the initiative to attack.

Zhang Xian didn't understand Yue Fei's order a little, and asked, "Yue Shuai, there are only 50,000 Jurchen soldiers and horses in Wanyan Lou's room. Our army now has a large number of generals, why not take advantage of the fact that more than 100,000 Han'er troops have not yet been killed, and defeat Yan Lou's room in one fell swoop. ”

Ji Qian Wang Gang also loudly asked for battle. But it was Wang Gui who was most active in asking for war. Wang Gui sat in Caozhou, watching Zhang Xianji, Qian, Niu Gao and others become famous all over the world, but he never made great contributions, and he was really depressed. Although he secretly corresponded with the court envoys, he was quite rebellious. But Yue Fei directly led him out of Caozhou this time, but Wang Gui's thoughts of defecting to the imperial court were temporarily extinguished. Wang Gui stood up proudly and said loudly, "Yue Shuai, Wang Gui is willing to lead the second division to fight to the death with Wanyan Lou's room." ”

Yue Fei glanced at the generals in the hall, and found that the young generals were all full of fighting intent, and immediately smiled with relief. Yue Fei has always believed that the Protector Army is the strongest army in the world, because it has a sharp spirit that has not been seen in any era. Most of the important generals are young people in their twenties, and they don't know the height of the sky. With such generals and such fighting spirit, why should the Jin people not be extinguished, and why should the world be uncertain?

However, Yue Fei first had to persuade these generals to hold on to the city for the time being. "Brothers, listen to me. I want to ask you, how is the army of Wanyan Lou's room better than Wanyan Zonghan? How is it better than Yan Zongbi? ”

Zhang Xian and Zong Han have been fighting for nearly two months, and they know the combat strength of the Middle Route Army very well, so they pondered for a while before they spoke, "It's on par with Wanyan Zonghan's army." ”

Xiao Shan, who had fought with Zong Bi, bluntly said that the combat power of the Lou Room Army was not as good as that of the Zong Bi Army.

Han Chang, who was more familiar with the Jurchen generals, agreed with Xiao Shan. "Yue Shuai, although Wanyan Lou became famous very early, his fame in the Jurchen army is far greater than that of Wanyan Zongbi. But there is no doubt that the combat power of Wanyan Zongbi is currently the highest in the Jurchen army. ”

Yue Fei's face suddenly became stern. "In this case, I want to ask, our army even defeated Wanyan Zongbi, why did it repeatedly defeat Wanyan Lou? Luo Yanqing's 3,500 horsemen in Xiaoshan were defeated at the hands of the Jurchen pioneer Wanyan Yanmu. Zhang Xian led 5,000 horsemen, but was defeated by Xi's 4,000 iron horsemen. Dong Xian led 10,000 cavalry, but was defeated by the hands of 7,000 cavalry troops in Wanyan Lou's room. Why is Wanyan Lou's army so powerful? ”

Dong Xian, Luo Yanqing, and Xiaoshan are not in Bianliang, only Zhang Xian, who was defeated in the hands of Xi, is here. Faced with Yue Fei's question, Zhang Xian said a little ashamedly, "The last general has no way to use troops, please ask Yue Shuai to punish the crime." ”

"Brother Xian, I don't ask this question to cure anyone's sin. There was nothing wrong with your sorties. There is nothing wrong with the way you use your troops. With the combat strength of our army, if we fight more and fight less, even if we can't defeat the Jurchens, we won't be defeated so badly. Yue Fei stopped Zhang Xian's plea and continued, "The hard labor army suffered more than one-third of the battle losses, and Luo Yanqing and Xiaoshan were all wounded in several places, obviously they didn't fight hard, but they still lost. As for your skills, I know what you can do. Don't say that Xi Room, a mid-range general, even if you face Yan Lou directly, you won't be defeated so badly. But we still lost. Do you know why? ”

Zhang Xian closed his eyes and recalled the scene of the battle with Xi's room. Yue Fei was right, the combat power of the Xi room was not too strong. But even though the Protectors fought for their lives, they were still chiseled through by the Jurchen Iron Cavalry. "Yue Shuai, our army has been fighting for several months, and it seems that it is too tired."

Wang Gui snorted suddenly, a little disagreeing with Zhang Xian's words. "Wanyan Lou's room rushed from Shaanxi to Luoyang, sneaking thousands of miles, it won't be too easy."

When Wang Gui said this, he was secretly accusing Zhang Xian of having no way to unify the army, and he had just suffered defeat. He was giving Zhang Xian eye medicine. But what Wang Gui didn't expect was that Yue Fei actually agreed with Zhang Xian's statement.

"Brother Xian finally saw the crux of the problem. Since the formation of our army, we have been fighting almost every day. seems to have won a hundred battles, but in fact, it has also squeezed the combat power of the soldiers to the extreme. The Jurchen Army was different. The three-way army, each with more than 100,000 Han'er troops, except for the real hard battles by the Jurchen soldiers, other battles are mostly undertaken by the Han'er army. Just like Wanyan Lou's army, attacking Shaanxi, although he fought with Quduan Marshal more than ten times, it was mostly a tentative attack, and there was almost no real strong attack. So this Jurchen army is like a steel knife hidden in a sheath, and our army is like a treasure knife with a worn edge. If we want to defeat Yan Lou, our army must rest for a while. The army is exhausted. If we force ourselves to fight, we will be defeated by Hu Er, just like King Ran Min. ”

"Yue Shuai is right." As soon as Yue Fei's voice fell, Xue Bi, who joined the army, walked to the center of the hall and said loudly, "The Jurchens were born in a bitter cold land, and they endured hardships and worked hard in the world. A year ago, most of our soldiers were farmers with hoes. In terms of perseverance and endurance, it is far from being the opponent of the golden dog. Generals, winning a hundred battles is not a strong man, and the one who has the last laugh is the real strong man. Just like the Yellow Emperor and Chi You, Xiang Wang and Liu Bang, Ran Min and Murong Ke. Chi You won nine battles and nine victories, King Xiang won one hundred battles, and King Ran Min fought for half his life and repeatedly defeated Hu people. All three of them were god-of-war characters, but they all lost their lives in the only defeat. It is precisely because they do not understand the principle of raising soldiers. Our army cannot repeat the mistakes of the past. If our army is also defeated, the Central Plains will fall under the iron hooves of the Hu people again, just like the Wuhu period. ”

The generals finally understood Yue Fei's intentions. Just because they are brave doesn't mean that their soldiers are just as brave. However, even if you avoid fighting, you need to be able to guard the company and battalion. Now there are 36 large battalions, and 13 have been snatched by Wanyan Lou's room, and Zhao Shilong, Li Wang, Zhang Yong, and several infantry regiments of the People's Protector Army are struggling to defend the twelve large battalions more than 100 miles away from Bianliang. And the big camp closer to Bianliang is almost an empty camp. There is no shortage of generals in the Protector Army, and there is a shortage of ordinary soldiers. Because the recruitment conditions of the Protector Army were too strict, the total strength of the army at this time was only more than 100,000 people. The territory is large, and it is obviously a little overwhelmed.

Han Chang came out and said, "Yue Shuai, Xue Senjun is reasonable. But our army avoided fighting and had to prevent the Jurchen iron cavalry from plundering the Quartet. Now that our army has too few troops, in Han's opinion, it is necessary to recruit displaced people. Although the combat strength of the displaced people is limited, it is enough to hold on to the Jurchen soldiers. ”

Yue Fei nodded, and suddenly said sharply, "Pass my general order, order Dong Xianhua Ruyu to lead the second cavalry division back to Xuzhou to rest, and strictly prevent the Jurchen army from going around Yuncheng to the east and entering Chenzhou." Luo Yanqing and Xiao Shan were ordered to lead the 4th Cavalry Division back to Taikang for rest. Zhang Lei was ordered to lead the cavalry regiment of the 1st Division to retreat into Bianliang and not attack for the time being. Li Heng and Xu Xuan were ordered to lead 5,000 infantry, rendezvous with Zhao Shilong, Li Wang and others, and hold the company camp around Shihugang. ”

Speaking of this, Yue Fei turned his lightning-like gaze to Wang Gui. "Wang Gui, you led the 15,000 men of the 2nd Infantry Division out of the city and camped in the area of Liudi, if the Jin soldiers launched an attack, every day that passed, I will send 500 infantry to Lion Camel Gang."

"Isn't that a refueling tactic?" Wang Gui didn't expect Yue Fei to give such an order. "Yue Shuai, Wang Gui is willing to enter the Lion Camel Gang. The second division has been accumulating strength for a long time, and it is not afraid to fight to the death with the Jurchens. ”

Wang Gui told the truth this time. The infantry of the Second Division did not fight several battles with the Jurchens in the past few months. Definitely not tired yet.

Yue Fei said coldly, "This is a military order!" ”

Wang Gui suddenly stopped talking. Yue Fei turned his gaze to Xue Bi and continued, "Xue Bi, early tomorrow morning, you will post recruitment notices on the streets and alleys of Bianliang, and recruit 100,000 homeless people for me within ten days. The conditions for joining the army can be relaxed, and for every move that reaches 5,000, I will send Bianliang to meet Wang Gui's infantry, and all of them will be sent to the area of Lion Camel Gang. ”

Xue Bi didn't expect Yue Fei to really recruit homeless people as an army on a large scale. Although he joined the Protector Army, he has been building yì Yue Fei to vigorously expand the army. Although there are many soldiers, the Protector Army has to resist the imperial court and the Jin army at the same time, and if the troops are not enough, they will be exhausted. But Yue Fei was really going to recruit troops on a large scale this time, and Xue Bi was stunned in his heart.

Because in Xue Bi's heart, Yue Fei has always loved the people like a son, and almost never sends untrained sergeants to the battlefield. But this time, it was obvious that the displaced people were going to be filled to the front line.

Yue Fei glanced at Xue Bi deeply and said in a deep voice, "Hundreds of thousands of homeless people in Bianliang City are struggling with hunger. But we can't give them food for nothing. If they want to earn a mouthful of food, they have to contribute to the Protectors. The Protectors need time to recuperate. If the Protector Army is defeated, the Central Plains will no longer exist. ”

Xue Bi's heart was shocked, and he immediately understood Yue Fei's helplessness. Compassion is not in charge of soldiers, and righteousness is not finance. If the displaced people are not recruited as an army, the Protectors will either be trapped in Bianliang or fill the front line with all their forces. That will only have one result, that is, the Protector Army will either lose the hearts of the people in the world, or fight for the elite, and then be wiped out by the more powerful Jin State. The Jin State has only a few million people, and the Song State has a population of hundreds of millions, but what the Song State lacks most at this time is the source of soldiers.

The homeless are all people who have lost their families. More than half of the nearly 100,000 Protectors are made up of displaced people. As long as the displaced people are tempered by blood and fire, they are definitely the most powerful army, just like the Beifu Army of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the beggar army under Ran Min.

Yue Shuai rest assured. Xue definitely recruited 100,000 new troops as quickly as possible. ”

Yue Fei's face suddenly showed a trace of compassion. "This is a catastrophe for the people of the Central Plains. Since we were born in this troubled world, no one can be left alone. Either die to survive or starve to death in the ravine. ”