Chapter 13: Prestige

Yue Fei stabbed Gao Qingyi to death with one shot, and wanted to continue to rush into the Jin army camp in one go. The cavalry charged all the speed and queues. Although there were thousands of gold troops in the battalion, they were not vulnerable at all if they were not in columns. As long as the Beiwei army breaks through to the camp, the thousands of gold troops are just slow-moving live targets.

But Yue Fei forgot that there was also an injured Yelu Ma Wu on the watchtower. Seeing that the Beiwei army came to a counterattack and blocked thousands of gold horsemen at the gate of the camp, Yelu Ma Wu knew that something was wrong. When Gao Qingyi's body was picked up by Yue Fei on top of the spear, Yelu Ma Wu decisively ordered the defenders to fire bows and crossbows outside the camp. A squad leader saw that there were still golden horsemen outside the camp, hesitated for a moment, and was beheaded by Yelu Ma Wuyi.

Yelu Ma Wu carried the head of the squad leader, and gave orders with a hideous face, "Those who do not listen to the order will be beheaded." Seeing that Yelu Ma Wu was so fierce, the other defenders no longer dared to slack off, and their strong bows and crossbows were drawn one after another, and their bows and arrows rained down and shot out of the camp.

At least 100 people were shot under their horses in one fell swoop. Seeing that the situation was impossible, Yue Fei immediately led the Beiwei army to withdraw from the range of the bow and crossbow. When retreating, dozens of backmail soldiers were hit by arrows, but fortunately, the chain mail was strong enough, and basically they were slightly injured. Only a few unlucky ones were shot in the face with a crossbow and dismounted on the spot.

The neighboring comrades immediately bent down to pick up their corpses. As Yue Fei said, never give up a comrade-in-arms. Those who die on the battlefield must be buried in the ground. The dead Protectors will never be exposed to the wilderness.

After exiting the camp gate a few hundred steps away, Yue Fei threw Gao Qingyi, who was hanging on the tip of the gun, to the ground, looked at Yelu Ma Wu on the lookout, and said with a little pity, "Although this person is afraid of death, he is decisive enough, and if he wants to relieve the siege of Xiangzhou, he must first solve this person." ”

Ji Qian looked at the guards at the head of Xiangzhou City, and said with a little disdain, "I heard that there are thousands of defenders in the city, why don't you even have the courage to go out of the city to fight." It seems that there are no brave generals in the city. ”

The other Beiwei soldiers looked at Xiangzhou City across the golden camp, and their eyes were full of contempt. If the previous battles in Yingtianfu and Xuzhou and other places only cultivated the fighting spirit of the Beiwei army, today with 500 cavalry, the 8,000 gold army did not dare to go out of the camp to fight, so that the Beiwei army has the pride of being a strong army in the world. Although there were only more than 400 horsemen in the Beiwei army at this time, their murderous aura was overwhelming.

Yue Fei shook his head and said to his subordinates, "Lord Zhao of Xiangzhou is a clan, if he wanted to escape, he would have gone to Jiangnan to enjoy happiness." With Lord Zhao's courage to defend the city, it is already commendable. We can't be more demanding of Lord Zhao. After all, he is just a scholar, and the defenders of Xiangzhou are mostly civilian troops and van troops, so it is a great achievement to be able to keep the city without losing it. ”

Ji Qian said, "But they also have to seize the opportunity." If they don't dare to go out of the city, just four or five hundred of us will definitely not be able to relieve the siege of Xiangzhou. ”

Yue Fei looked at the faint Taihang Mountains in the distance, and said with a smile, "There won't be just four or five hundred of us. As long as the news of our victory reaches Taihang Mountain, heroes from all walks of life will definitely not let go of this opportunity. ”

Seeing a few hundred Song cavalry talking outside the camp as if no one was around, the Jin soldiers guarding the camp felt both angry and a little timid in their hearts. Just now, the Beiwei army almost broke into the camp, and in a short time of fighting at the gate of the camp, the golden cavalry suffered more than 200 casualties. These are all elite cavalry selected by Gao Qingyi. As a result, in the blink of an eye, even Gao Qingyi was picked up by the Song people hanging on guns. General Yelu, who has always been brave, was seriously injured and returned to the camp, and it seems that his bones were also broken by the Beiwei army, and he waited for the Beiwei army to withdraw from the camp gate hundreds of paces before ordering the camp gate to be opened and the surviving golden horsemen outside the gate were answered. It is a pity that the three hundred golden horsemen who protrude from the camp gate either died at the hands of the backing army or died under the bows and arrows of their own people. There were only a dozen survivors.

Yue Fei and Yelu Ma Wu didn't know that at this time, the prefect of Xiangzhou, Zhao Butry of the Great Song Sect, led a few staff members to the city wall, and was looking at the back army blocking the Jin Ying.

Although Zhao Buqian is a scholar, he has the courage to collapse in front of Mount Tai and not change his color. Because he admires Zhuge Liang, he always shakes a goose feather fan in his hand. During the months of defending the city, every time the Jin people attacked the city, Zhao Butry personally stood on the city wall and encouraged the defenders. Once, the golden man's bow and arrow were shot against his ear, but he was not moved.

But at this moment, Zhao Butry lost his previous composure, and he didn't even bother to shake the goose feather fan. With an excited look on his face, he looked at the Beiwei army and asked the defenders at the head of the city, "Did this cavalry really kill Gao Qingyi just now?" Do you see that? ”

Seeing that the prefect didn't seem to believe it, the captain of the defending army hurriedly stepped forward and swore an oath, "Your Excellency, many brothers in the city have seen it. came to cheat and retreat, Gao Qingyi tried to grab the credit, but was picked by the general. ”

Zhao Buqian suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Gao Qingyi, a dog thief, has always been treacherous in war, how can he take the lead today." Wasn't Jerummat five always a soldier? Why didn't you get on this time? ”

The squad leader said in a half-guessing tone, "Two hours ago, the last general saw hundreds of horsemen go out of the golden camp. An hour earlier, they had returned in disarray. Therefore, the last general estimated that the team must be facing this cavalry. But it is clear that they were defeated. That's why they retreated to the camp. In the eyes of the last general, Yelumawu must have also been defeated at the hands of the future general. ”

Zhao Buqian waved his arm happily and said loudly, "It must be like this." The two dog thieves of Yeluma's five Gaoqing descendants also have today! I'm saved. I'm saved. ”

Zhao Butry repeated the words of Xiangzhou's salvation in a row, and he didn't feel his mood agitated and shed tears. It's no wonder that Zhao Butry was excited, Xiangzhou has been besieged for nearly a year, and this is the first time I have seen real reinforcements sent by the official family. Although there were Taihang heroes who came to rescue Xiangzhou before, they were almost easily defeated by the Jin soldiers. In addition, Zhao Butry is a clan, and he has never had a good impression of Taihang heroes. So he always thought in his heart that he was alone. Zhao Butry understood that the reason why no one came to aid Xiangzhou must be because he had a gap with Wang Boyan, the previous governor. When Wang Boyan served as the governor of Xiangzhou, he only knew how to accumulate wealth and harm the people, which made the people of Xiangzhou turbulent, and all the fleshy people went to Taihang Mountain. At that time, he was a general judge, and he was on the bullet of this person. As a result, King Kang opened a mansion in Xiangzhou and served as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses. When King Kang left Xiangzhou, although he ordered himself to serve as the governor, he did not leave a single soldier for himself.

The thousands of defenders in the city were all newly recruited Xiangzhou young men. The Jin army has been surrounding Xiangzhou, and he has repeatedly sent people to sneak out of the city and go to Beijing to ask for help. As a result, after waiting for more than half a year, a North Korean and Chinese reinforcements did not wait. Zhao didn't try to know that Wang Boyan must have wanted to use the hand of the Jin people to destroy himself.

But just when he was desperate, the imperial court reinforcements suddenly killed the city of Xiangzhou. And in the first battle, he killed the Jin ** general Gao Qingyi, this kind of combat power is only available to the elite soldiers of the imperial court. I just don't know if this support army is from Bianliang or from the Daimyo's Mansion?

Bianliangzong left behind to have tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and there are three generals of Lu Qing, Chen Qu and Xue Guang, and if they want to relieve the siege of Xiangzhou, they can still do it. After all, at this time, the real Jurchen elite soldiers were still recuperating in the area of Yanjing and Taiyuan.

If it wasn't from Bianliang, it must have been reinforcements from the Daimyo's Mansion. Hebei West Road recruited Zhang Suo to dare to fight, not afraid of the Jin soldiers. The two generals under him, Fu Liang and Wang Yan, are also warriors of a hundred battles. In particular, Wang Yan, known as the first hero of the Central Plains, has always been admired by the heroes of Taihang. With Wang Yan's combat power, it is not difficult to kill Gao Qingyi. Could it be that this support army is really under the command of Wang Yan?

Zhao Buxian, who was trapped in the lonely city, didn't know about the Protector Army that rose in Yingtian, let alone Yue Fei's name. So he kept thinking in his heart that the reinforcements were sent by the imperial court. He didn't want to think about it, just with Wang Boyan's careful eyes, would he let reinforcements come to save him?

In real history, Xiangzhou has been without reinforcements, and it held on for two years before it was broken by the Jin soldiers. Zhao Butry committed suicide with his family. People mourn it.

Zhao Buxian's eyes were not very good, after all, there was still a straight distance of several hundred meters between Beiwei Jun and Xiangzhou. So he didn't see the banner of the back army. He felt that if it wasn't Wang Yan, it would definitely be Xue Guang.

Zhao Buqian asked loudly, "General Liu, is the word king written on the banner of the coming army?" ”

The squad leader put his hand on the pergola, looked at the banner of the Weijun again, and said with certainty, "My lord, it seems that it is written with the word Yue." The surname will be Yue. ”

"General Yue?" Zhao Buqian frowned and thought for a while, and said slowly, "It seems to be very strange." Didn't I hear that Zong Liushou and Zhang Zhaoji made their subordinates have such fierce generals? ”

At this time, a staff member named Liu Zhide said with a smile, "The prefect is persistent. There are many heroes in troubled times. My emperor Song is an outstanding person, and there are no heroes and warriors. In the peaceful era, they may have done nothing, but now that the Jin Yu is in trouble in the Central Plains, they must have stepped forward. ”

Zhao Buqian nodded and said, "Not bad." It's me who is obsessed. I only thought about the generals I knew. Ladies and gentlemen, since this General Yue has come to save Xiangzhou, we must at least express our gratitude. We can't take them into town, but we want to express our gratitude. ”

Under the command of Zhao Buqian, the defenders at the head of the city opened their voices together and shouted at the protectors outside the city, "General Xie Yue has come to help." ”

Thousands of defenders shouted in unison, and the sound was like thunder, which startled the soldiers of the Golden Battalion. Yelu Ma Wu said with a dark face, "Zhao Buzhu, this scholar will not open the city and surrender now." Looks like we're going to call in reinforcements. ”

Yue Fei heard the shouts of the soldiers at the head of the city, and couldn't help but squint his eyes and look at the head of the city. Yue Fei's eyesight is excellent, and he practiced it when he practiced the bow. He soon saw Zhao Buxian, who was surrounded by everyone, and thought to himself, this must be the prefect of Xiangzhou.

Yue Fei said with a smile, "Since the Xiangzhou garrison is talking to us, we can't ignore it." Brothers, we also shouted together at the head of the city. ”

At this time, it was getting late, and the Beiwei army was in the east of Xiangzhou City, facing each other across the camp from the Xiangzhou defenders. The sunset is like blood, staining the city of Xiangzhou with a fiery red. The defenders standing at the head of the city actually had a kind of tragedy. The back army also felt it in their hearts, and they no longer despised the emotions of the defenders in the city. Under Yue Fei's order, more than 400 Beiwei troops shouted together, "Thank you, Lord Zhao, thank you brothers, it was you who defended this Xiangzhou City." ”

When Zhao Buqi heard this, he couldn't help but be even more excited. It turns out that his own defense of the city is still in the eyes of some people. Immediately, he ordered the soldiers to ask in unison, "Please ask General Yue's surname and the grace of aiding the city, and the people of Xiangzhou will never dare to forget it." ”

The four hundred Beiwei soldiers continued to shout loudly, "My general, surnamed Yue, named Fei." ”

Zhao Buqian muttered, "Yue Fei, Yue Fei, it seems that you are really a hero who suddenly rose." I hope you can really save the people of Xiangzhou. ”

Yelu Ma Wu looked at the shouts of harmony between the inside and outside the city, and couldn't help but grit his teeth and say, "Yue Fei! ”

Looking at the head of Xiangzhou City under the sunset, Yelu Mawu suddenly had an ominous premonition. He suddenly felt that this name would become a nightmare for the Jurchens in the near future.