After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yue Fei received the news of Zhao Ding's resignation. At the same time, the imperial court sent Liu Guangshi to lead 15,000 elite western troops to Xuzhou. The first thing to do was to put Shi Buyu in prison.

Zhihun told Yue Fei that the court was going to regret it.

It turned out that after Zhao Gou learned the news of Yue Fei's reorganization of the People's Army, he immediately felt that he couldn't bear it anymore. Immediately ordered Liu Guangshi to lead a large army to Xuzhou, and the camera marched to Yingtian. Yue Fei has never been a passive beater, since the court is not dead, then it will hurt the court once.

Immediately led 5,000 cavalry again, and 10,000 people guarded the army south to Xuzhou, and had a big showdown with Liu Guangshi under the city of Xuzhou. Although Liu Guangshi is known as a fleeing general. But the eyesight is excellent, and the selected generals are all brave and good at fighting. Liu Guangshi sat firmly at the head of Xuzhou City, and ordered Li Qiongsun Dahua to lead 8,000 infantry troops to form a circle formation to resist the cavalry of the Protector Army. But let Wang De, the bravest in the Western Army, lead 5,000 cavalry to attack the 10,000 infantry of the Protector Army.

Liu Guangshi's idea is still to ride with steps, and to ride with broken steps. Running away generals don't just run away, as a family of generals, there is still basic combat common sense. Liu Guangshi wanted to borrow Wang De's bravery to defeat the infantry of the Protector Army in one fell swoop, and then encircle the cavalry of the Protector Army and annihilate the Protector Army in one fell swoop.

Liu Hao was also in the army at this time. When Liu Guangshi set up the army, Liu Hao persuaded Liu Guangshi not to be careless. As Yue Fei's old boss, Liu Hao knew too well who Yue Fei's subordinates were. Although Wang De is known as Wang Yasha, he may not be able to please Yue Fei. Liu Guangshi laughed at Liu Hao for being too timid.

Both armies are strong teams. Although the Western Army has suffered repeated defeats in recent years and its prestige has decreased slightly, it still retains a sense of spiritual superiority in the face of the Great Song Township Army. Five years ago, La rebelled, and it was the Western Army that pacified Fang La and slaughtered Jiangnan. Huainan Wang Qing rebelled, and it was also the Western Army that pacified Wang Qing and slaughtered Huainan. Therefore, the knives of the Western Army have always been the sharpest against their own people. At this time, in the face of the Ying Tianmin group, before the war began, the Western Army was ready to slaughter Ying Tianfu.

Although the Protector Army was established less than three months ago, it has been fighting non-stop since the day it was formed. After the fighting subsided, he continued to train non-stop. The more than 10,000 people's protectors are not a van army, they have to work in peacetime and fight in wartime. They are all professional soldiers. In Yue Fei's words, they only have two tasks, the first is training, and the second is fighting. Under the atmosphere of high-intensity training and consecutive victories, the Protector Army seems to have a kind of pride in the world's elite. In the face of the long-defeated Western Song Army, the Protector Army had no fear.

The drums of war beat and the battle begins. Ji Qian waved her hands and screamed again and again, leading the 5,000 cavalry army to the large formation of the Western Army. In the face of the five thousand surging iron cavalry, the Western Army's large array was as motionless as a mountain, strong bows and crossbows shot out like rain, and Ji Qian rushed three times in a row, but was shot back by random arrows. Hundreds of cavalry were killed or wounded. Even Ji Qian herself had two arrows on her body, but fortunately it was not serious.

Ji Qian belongs to the kind of person who goes crazy at the sight of popularity, born as a general, and doesn't care about the injuries he suffers at all. After hastily bandaging, he immediately prepared to charge again with red eyes, but was pulled by Hua Ruyu. Hua Ruyu scolded, "Ji Qian, you don't want to die." The bows and crossbows of the Western Army are too strong, so it is not a way to rush hard. ”

Zhao Hong also said beside him, "Mrs. Sister-in-law is right. Master Ji, we can't rush down like this. You have to think differently. ”

When Ji Qian and others were having a headache for the infantry of the Western Army, the cavalry of the Western Army had already been defeated. For no other reason, Wang De was injured.

It turned out that when Wang De led the cavalry to rush to the infantry formation of the Protector Army, as usual, he took the lead and rushed to the front. The arrows of the Protector Army rained down, but Wang De led hundreds of heavy cavalry to break through the rain of arrows in one fell swoop and kill in front of the Protector Army.

According to Wang De's combat experience, as long as he is allowed to break through to the front of the battle, even if it is the Jin army, he will tear off a layer of skin. Wang De was holding a big axe to open the mountain, and was about to show his might, cutting down dozens of protectors, breaking a gap, and allowing the follow-up cavalry to enter the formation, but was blocked by a big gun.

The person with the gun was none other than Yue Fei. He waved a big gun to stop Wang De's charge. The two exchanged dozens of moves in the blink of an eye, and they didn't even know whether they won or lost. But Wang De clearly had the upper hand. At this time, more than 100 heavy cavalry troops who followed Wang De to the front of the battle had been completely lost. The cavalry that followed was stopped by the indiscriminate arrows. When Wang De was frightened and wanted to retreat, the young general Wang Gang rode a fast horse, protruded the battle formation in the oblique stab, and slashed Wang De's left arm with a knife. Wang De shouted, patted his horse and fled back to his own position.

Yue Fei raised the spear in his hand and shouted, "The back is unparalleled." "Lead the 800 Beiwei army into Wang De's cavalry. The 800 back-backed troops are all long and strong. Yue Fei selected these 800 heroes from the more than 20,000 people's protectors, and the strength of the battle can be imagined. In addition, Yue Fei personally led the team, with 800 to 5,000, and actually killed the Western Army cavalry to retreat again and again.

The famous Wang Dewang Yaksha was seriously injured, and this news made the high morale of the Western Army suddenly setback. The Protectors were even more courageous. The 5,000 cavalry retreated into the circle of the Western Army, but was led by Yue Fei to enter with the rank and tail of the Beiwei army. Ji Qian saw that there was a bargain, and immediately led the 5,000 cavalry to break through again. This time, because of the chaos in the formation, the infantry of the Western Army could no longer shoot the same tight arrow rain as just now, and as a result, Ji Qian led 5,000 cavalry into the formation in one fell swoop.

By the time Liu Guangshi withdrew his troops at the head of the city, the 15,000 Western troops who left the city had lost about 3,000. What made Liu Guangshi even more shocked was that Wang De, the commander of the cavalry, was seriously injured, and one of his left arms was almost cut off. Li Qiong, the commander of the infantry army, was unharmed, but Sun Dahua, the deputy commander, was beheaded by Ji Qian.

This battle made Liu Guangshi tremble. That night, the army withdrew from Xuzhou and ran to Huainan. And in the letter to the emperor, he said that the people protection army is brave, and it must not be rushed, but must be delayed.

Zhao Gou hated it and directly removed Liu Guangshi. But Liu Guangshi was born in a general's family and knew the principle of singles, he didn't let go of the military power in his hands at all, and Zhao Gou was helpless. At this time, under the command of Yue Fei, the Protector Army not only took Xuzhou again, but also led people to capture Cao County Shan County in the east of Yingtian and Chenzhou in the south of Yingtian, and the territory of the Protector Army doubled in the blink of an eye.

Zhao Gou was shocked, and immediately reinstated Zhao Dingguan, and then sent Zhao Ding to Yingtian to see Yue Fei.

But this time, Yue Fei saw through the untrustworthiness and unrighteousness of the imperial court, and was resolutely unwilling to withdraw from Xuzhou. And resolutely said, if you don't give me Xuzhou, I will even take down the entire Huainan East Road.

Zhao Ding returned to the dynasty and resumed his life. Zhao Gou agreed to Yue Fei's conditions quite happily this time. Xuzhou was also handed over to the Protector Army. Yue Fei still asked Shi Buyu to serve as the prefect of Xuzhou, and asked Zhang Xian to lead the first infantry division to be stationed in Xuzhou. Let Wang Gui lead 5,000 people to garrison Chenzhou, and let Meng An lead 5,000 men to Cao County.

After everything was arranged, the messenger sent by Zong Ze also came. It was Zong Ze's grandson Zong Pan who came. In the letter, Zong Ze reprimanded Yue Fei for his misdeeds, and then ordered Yue Fei to lead 10,000 people to go to Bianliang to stay behind.

After Yue Fei arranged for Zong Pan, he discussed Zong Ze's intentions with Li Bashao and Huang Zongzhihun . Yue Fei has always respected Zong Ze, and with Yue Fei's intention, he naturally wanted to rush to Bianliang immediately. But the other three disagreed. Especially Zhihun directly stated that he could not go.

Yue Fei glanced at Zhi Hun and said unhappily, "Does Master Zhi Hun think that Zong Shuai will harm me?" ”

Zhihun smiled bitterly, "I also respect the sect and know that the sect will not play conspiracy. But when I went to Bianliang this time, I found that Du Chong, the deputy left-behind guard, was extremely powerful, and this person was ruthless and had to be guarded against. More importantly, Pengju, I want to ask, if the imperial court gives a secret decree to the Zong people, do you think the sect will disobey the will? ”

Yue Fei was speechless. He understands too well that Zhao is a loyal courtier, and the more righteous he is, the more he will kill his relatives and kill his friends with tears. If the imperial court really gave a secret decree to Zong Shuai, then going to Bianliang by himself would be tantamount to asking for his own death.

But if he refuses to obey the order, with Zong Ze's fiery temperament, he will definitely lead an army of 100,000 to kill Ying Tianfu. At that time, he will meet with Zong Shuai. This is something I absolutely do not want to do.

Yue Fei was embarrassed, but seeing that Zhihun Huang Zong and the others were all relaxed, he smiled at the moment, "It seems that you have a plan, let's hear it." ”

Zhihun smiled, "Pengju authorities are fascinated. This time, Zong Shuai wrote a personal letter, not an official letter from the imperial court. That being the case, I'd rather take this letter as a reminder. As expected, the official letter from the imperial court may follow. ”

Yue Fei suddenly understood. As Zhihun said, if he really wants to transfer the people's army to Bianliang, Zong Ze will definitely use the format of an official letter instead of a private letter to transfer troops.

The suggestion of Zhihun and others was to let Yue Fei write to the Stay Mansion again in advance, and ask for troops to go north to Caozhou Mansion. Caozhou Mansion and Kaide Mansion are separated by the Yellow River, and once a war starts, Caozhou Mansion will become a breakthrough point for the Jin people. And Kaide Mansion will also become the first breakthrough point of the Protector Army when it starts the war.

Kaide Province is an important town in Hebei Province and has an extremely important strategic position. As long as Yue Fei made this request, whether it was Zong Ze, who was eager to start a war with the Jin people, or the imperial court who wanted to consume the Protector Army, they would agree to Yue Fei's letter.

Zhihun said, "But we set up the Protector Army to fight with Jin." In this case, the garrison Caozhou is also in the heart of General Yue. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? Zhihun said this sentence and everyone laughed. Indeed, it's time to practice with the Golden People. Otherwise, others would think that the Protectors would only fight a civil war.

Yue Fei personally wrote an official letter and asked Zong Pan to take it to Bianliang. As Zhihun expected, within a few days, an official letter from the Left-behind Division came down to Yingtian, agreeing that the Protector Army would move to Caozhou Mansion and wait for the opportunity to cross the river.

Zhihun was not wrong in guarding against Zong Ze, but there was no mistake in Yue Fei's trust in Zong Ze. Although Zong Ze is as hot as fire, whether he is the governor of the state or when he is the leader, he is very sympathetic to the local people. Now seeing that Yue Fei's Protector Army did not commit any crimes in Ying Tianfu Qiu, Zong Ze must be deeply proud.

But Zong Ze must also know that the imperial court has regarded the Protector Army as a thorn in its side. Although Zong Ze was dissatisfied with some of Yue Fei's behavior, he believed that compared with the millions of villagers who were sheltered, Yue Fei's excesses could be forgiven. Just as Zong Ze could tolerate Wang Shan and others harassing civilians in the station, Zong Ze valued the overall situation.

The Protector Army defeated Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi again, and the strength of the battle can be imagined. Zong Ze knew that Yue Fei was the best at field warfare, and he had already regarded the Protector Army as the main force in this winter's battle with Jin **, and of course he would not let the imperial court harm Yue Fei.

But if the imperial court really gave Zong Ze a secret decree, Zong Ze himself didn't know what to do. But the imperial court has never issued such a secret decree. This was something that Master Zhihun had never expected.

The reason why the imperial court did not issue a secret decree was very simple, Zhao Gou could not believe in Zong Ze. He was afraid that Zong Ze Yue Fei would merge his master and apprentice, and when the time came, he was afraid that the entire Central Plains would really change his surname.

After receiving the official letter, Yue Fei immediately set out to go north. Zhang Xian was still stationed in Xuzhou to guard against a possible attack by the imperial court. Ying Tian's precautionary work was handed over to Huang Zong and Xu Qingyue. Most of Wang Gui's Second Infantry Division and Cavalry Division were all stationed in Caozhou to prepare for the upcoming Jin ** battle.

When Wang Gui led the infantry division and Zhao Hong led the cavalry division to Caozhou, Yue Fei had already crossed the Yellow River and set foot on the mountains of Taihang. At present, Yue Fei's most urgent task is to find his mother. Therefore, he led the eight hundred backs, together with Zhihun Ji Qianhua such as Yuwanggang and others, to cross the Yellow River in advance and enter Qianli Taihang. When crossing the river, Yue Fei looked back at Yingtian, but what he saw was Li Xiao'e's tearful eyes. Li Xiao'e originally wanted to go north with Yue Fei, but Yue Fei knew that going north was dangerous, so how could he let Li Xiao'e go deep into the danger. After all, Li Xiao'e is not a fierce woman like Hua Ruyu. Li Xiao'e said when she broke up with Yue Fei at Yingtian City Gate, "Brother must be careful when he goes north." Xiao'e will wish her mother-in-law all the best at home. ”

At that time, Yue Fei just hugged Li Xiao'e gently, and then jumped on the horse and headed north like the wind. Li Xiao'e looked at Yue Fei's distant figure, tears falling like rain. But Li Qingzhao persuaded beside him, "Why should my sister be sad." With the ability of Pengju, it will be able to turn the land of Hebei upside down. ”

Zong Ze of Bianliang Mansion looked at Yue Fei's familiar handwriting and said to himself, "Pan'er said that you have governed Yingtian like the Peach Blossom Spring, and you really live up to the old man's expectations." I just hope you can keep your original intention. I hope the old man didn't look at the wrong person, don't teach Cao Mengde. ”

Almost at the moment when Yue Fei stepped onto the Taihang Mountains, Mr. Jin, who was far away in Yanjing, also received a carrier pigeon flying from the south. When he saw the content of the letter, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, "Yue Fei Yue Pengju, there is a way in heaven that you don't take, and there is no door to hell, you can vote for yourself." South of the Yellow River, I can't help you. Now that you're north of the Yellow River, let's see how I, Jin Thirteen, deal with you! ”

(End of Volume 1.) ）