That night, the camp of the rebels was brightly lit, and the rich aroma of the pieces of meat cooked in the cauldron wafted from the cauldron. Yue Fei's arrival not only brought 40,000 people's protectors, but also a large amount of grain and grass. The pickled pork alone brought 200,000 catties.

Originally, according to normal history, bacon had not yet appeared at this time. However, Yue Fei provided the three big butchers in Yingtianfu with a way to make cured meat and fish. The three butcher merchants were overjoyed and were willing to share half of the profits to Yue Fei. Yue Fei did not refuse, but just gave the profits due to the disabled soldiers' pension organization.

Of course, the most important reason why cured meat can be popular in Yingtianfu is because the Protector Army not only got Xuzhou, but also got the secret recipe of the Chen family in Fujian. Now belonging to the Protector Army, Dahaikou Li Bao is drying salt in Qingzhou, Shandong, and can send back hundreds of thousands of catties of fine sea salt to Ying Tianfu every month. Salt, which is expensive in other places, is extremely cheap in Yingtian and Xuzhou. If salt is still so expensive, the three butchers know how to marinate meat, and they are reluctant to marinate it on a large scale.

Tens of thousands of rebels who had eaten coarse tea and light rice for a month were extremely satisfied with tonight's feast. Hearing that this kind of food in the Protector Army can be eaten for at least ten days a month, Wang Yanbu's righteous army suddenly showed envy.

Although Wang Yan was invincible, his rebels had an extremely difficult time. There is not enough food to eat, not enough clothing, and all the food, grass and weapons are scarce. Wang Yan was expelled from the Daimyo's Mansion by Zhang Yiqian. Now Zhang Yiqian voted for the golden dog and slapped Zhao Gou and senior officials of the imperial court fiercely. But those high-ranking officials do not have the disposition to change when they know their mistakes. They still followed Zhang Yiqian's previous performance and regarded Wang Yan as a military leader who did not respect his orders.

It is precisely for this reason that Wang Yan repeatedly sent people to Bianliang and Yangzhou to ask for help, but to no avail. Du Chong, who stayed behind in Bianliang, said very simply that he would rather burn the grain and grass in Bianliang than fund the Taihang grass Kou.

After a month of fighting with the 3rd Division of the Protector Army, Wang Yan's subordinates were already very angry about the food of the 3rd Division. However, because the Third Division was far away from Ying Tianfu, it was all sent by Zhang Heng's navy along the Yellow River. Therefore, Niu Gao had no intention of helping Wang Yan.

Now that Yue Fei is here, he not only brought a large number of cured meat, but also brought the most elite First Division of the People's Protector Army, as well as nearly 20,000 cavalry. This made the generals of the 3rd Division extremely excited. At the reception banquet held that night, everyone was full of energy.

In contrast, Wang Yan's subordinates seemed a little lonely. The brave and invincible Fu Qing sat beside Wang Yan and drank the sullen wine without saying a word. Fu Qing's mood was extremely complicated. thought that with his own ability, he could quickly become famous and become a generation of famous generals praised by the people.

In the battle to block Zong Han, Fu Qing must be the first in every battle, and there were no less than ten Jin soldiers in the battle alone. But since Niu Gao came, all the halos have been snatched away by the Third Division.

Especially Fu Xuan and Jiao Wentong, whose martial arts are not as good as Fu Qing, led 3,000 cavalry and repeatedly went out of the camp to counterattack the Jin army. Now in the entire camp of the righteous army, when the word Fu Ye is mentioned, he is definitely not talking about him Fu Qing.

Fu Qing is a person who is more interested in fame and fortune. Now that he found that following Wang Yan, it seemed that he had no fame and fortune, and he began to regret it. He slanted his drunken eyes at Yue Fei, who was sitting in the handsome position, and secretly said in his heart, Yue Fei, if you are willing to recruit me, Fu Qing will join you.

It's a pity that Yue Fei didn't have the slightest intention of soliciting Fu Qing.

Yue Fei took a big bowl of wine, stood up, and said to all the generals in the tent, "The generals blocked the 300,000 Jin Chief Zonghan with less than 100,000 troops, and greatly strengthened the morale of our army, worthy of being a good man in the Central Plains." I, Yue Fei, will first salute you with a bowl of wine. ”

Jiao Wentong, who was a little drunk, said with a big tongue, "Yue Shuai, we all fought for our lives." It's still not as good as you. You simply killed the sand and ancient quality neatly, and forced the surrender of 30,000 Han army, which really made my old Jiao admire him so much. Come, Yue Shuai, I also toast you with a bowl of wine, and thank Yue Shuai for saving his life during the day. ”

Yue Fei took a sip of the bowl of wine, patted Jiao Wentong's shoulder and said, "Brother Jiao, don't be polite. ”

Yue Fei poured a bowl of wine again, walked up to Wang Yan, who was lonely-faced, and said, "It is really admirable that General Wang dared to set up a large camp on the southern front of Mengzhou with 70,000 righteous troops and block Zonghan's march. In the entire Central Plains, General Wang was the only one who dared to do this. Yue paid tribute to General Wang with a bowl of wine. ”

Wang Yan smiled bitterly, "Don't dare to be General Yue with such a reputation!" As General Jiao Wentong said, we defended according to the camp and still struggled to support it, but General Yue easily defeated the golden soldiers who crossed the river, which is really admirable. ”

Yue Fei Zhengse said, "The reason why Fei was able to kill Sha Guzhi was because of the Sect Shuai's divine might. How dare you covet the merits of heaven and take it for yourself? The reason why General Wang fought so hard was not that his skills were inferior, but that the equipment of the rebels was too poor. In this way, when I came on this trip, I brought a lot of armor, and I was willing to give General Wang 5,000 pieces of infantry armor and 1,000 good war horses, and asked General Wang not to be too little. ”

As soon as Yue Fei's words fell, the big tent suddenly fell silent. The generals of the Protector Army all looked at Yue Fei in surprise, and they really didn't understand why Yue Fei wanted to give Wang Yan a war horse. It's okay to send 5,000 pieces of armor, anyway, the Protectors are here and bring 50,000 pieces of good armor. But war horses are a good thing, and a thousand war horses are worth millions. Even if the Protector Army has money, it can't be sprinkled out like this.

Niu Gao deliberately coughed heavily. The meaning is to remind Yue Fei not to always be a bad person. Wang Yan and Niu Gao are only wartime cooperative relations, not even allies. It's not that Niu Gao looks down on Wang Yan, but that Wang Yan always refuses Niu Gao's request for an alliance. Niu Gao later figured out that Wang Yan was loyal to the imperial court, so he was afraid of getting too close to the Protector Army and was suspected of rebellion.

This made Niu Gao extremely unhappy. So although the two have been working together for a month, their relationship has not changed at all.

As for Wang Yan's subordinate generals, of course, they were all ecstatic. 5,000 pieces of armor means 5,000 more soldiers. A thousand horses means that the power of the rebels has at least doubled. You must know that at this moment, there are only more than 500 war horses in Wang Yan's army, and half of them are inferior.

Fu Qing's heart was like a turbulent wave at the moment. Yue Fei was so generous that he gave away millions worth of military funds at every turn. From this point, you can imagine how thick the family foundation of the Protector Army is. If he voted for Yue Fei in Erlong Mountain that day, with his own skills, at least he would not be worse than Fu Xuan.

Wang Yan was very touched by Yue Fei's generosity. But Wang Yan thought that he should make one thing clear to Yue Fei. "General Yue is so generous, Yan really deserves it. Don't hide it from General Yue, now the soldiers under my command are extremely tired and unbearable to fight again, so they must go back to the mountains to rest for a while. The reason why I am struggling to support here is only because General Niu Gao came to help, and I dare not abandon him. But at this moment, General Yue's elite soldiers came, and my tens of thousands of soldiers stayed here, which only added to the burden. Therefore, Wang took advantage of this feast to bid farewell to General Yue. ”

Yue Fei asked a little strangely, "Why did General Wang say this?" The morale of your soldiers is extremely high, and as long as they are supplemented by armor, they are definitely elite soldiers. Now that our two armies are united, an army of 100,000 is enough to repel Zong Han. Why didn't General Wang wait for Zong Han to be defeated before returning to the mountain to rest? ”

"General Yue, our army is really too tired to fight again." Wang Yan was determined to leave the Mengzhou camp.

Niu Gao was impatient when he heard this, put the wine bowl on the ground, stood up and said, "General Wang, I don't like to hear what you say. If your soldiers are tired, won't our Protectors be tired? This month, have our Protectors been lazy and slippery? Have you ever avoided the enemy without fighting? Yue Shuai rushed from Yingtianfu to Yanshi, and after breaking through the ancient sand, he braved the wind and snow to cross the river to aid Mengzhou. Aren't we the Protectors tired? Now that the golden dog has been frustrated, it is the time for our army to break the enemy. But you want to lead the army to leave at this moment, I Niugao is a rough man, I want to ask General Wang Yan, is the will of the imperial court more important than the entire people of the Central Plains? ”

At the end, Niu Gao suddenly mentioned the will of the imperial court, which couldn't help but make Yue Fei, who had just arrived, a little stunned. Wang Yan was stunned for a moment, looked at Niu Gao and said, "What does General Niu mean by this?" Wang didn't understand. ”

Niu Gao sneered, "Two days ago, a eunuch entered General Wang's big tent, didn't he come to convey the will of Long Live Live?" ”

Wang Yanhuo stood up suddenly, glared and said, "Niu Gao, are you spying on me?" ”

Niu Gao said nonchalantly, "That's not called surveillance. That's called being careful to walk the ship of ten thousand years. I have three fears in my life, fear of villains, fear of mad dogs, and fear of loyal people. Speaking of this, Niu Gao deliberately paused for a moment, ignoring Wang Yan's anger, but instead took another sip of wine, and then explained, "It is human nature to be afraid of villains and mad dogs. But why should I fear those who are faithful? For that kind of person has only the king in his heart, and obeys all the king's commands with all his heart. Even if the king asked him to kill his wife and children, he would raise the butcher's knife mercilessly. But that kind of person often has a good reputation in the hearts of the people. I can't kill and kill, I can't scold and scold, so what I'm most afraid of is that kind of person. ”

Wang Yan was said to be red-faced. Niu Gao did hit Wang Yan's mind. Two days ago, the imperial court, which had always ignored Wang Yan, suddenly sent a eunuch to Wang Yan's camp, which flattered Wang Yan. When the eunuch saw Wang Yan, he immediately took out a secret decree. It is covered with the jade seal of Zhao Gou. The secret decree said that Yue Fei was about to bring troops to help, and Wang Yan should lead his troops to leave and develop his forces in the area of the Daimyo's Mansion. The Protector Army has bad intentions, and it is best to let the Protector Army and the Jin Soldiers fight to defeat both.

Receiving such a secret decree made Wang Yan very embarrassed. But in the end, it was the idea of loyalty that prevailed. So in the face of Niu Gao's questioning, although Wang Yan was a little ashamed, he finally raised his head and said, "Since General Niu doesn't believe in my army, we should leave." General Yue, you have your own insistence. Hiko also has his own insistence. Both of us are anti-gold, but we have taken different paths. Thanks to General Yue for the gift, Wang Yan was ashamed and did not dare to accept it. Farewell. ”

Wang Yan hugged his fists at Yue Fei, and then walked out of the Chinese army's tent. Fu Qing, Bai Yanmin, Zhang Yi and others hurriedly followed and walked out. To Fu Qing's disappointment, Yue Fei never kept him from beginning to end.

Seeing Yue Fei standing in the tent and pondering, Xue Bi walked up to Yue Fei with a bowl of wine and said in a low voice, "Yue Shuai doesn't have to worry. Although Wang Yan was ordered to leave, he did not lie. With his tens of thousands of righteous troops, there is only a burden for our army here. Today, although our army is only 50,000 or 60,000 people, they are all elite divisions. Defending by the base is not a problem. ”

Yue Fei sighed. "Why do we want to save the people of the Central Plains, but the biggest enemy we face is the imperial court? Why would these emperors prefer to give their land to a foreign tribe rather than their own people to fight the enemy alone?"

Niu Gao scolded angrily. "It's not that these bastards treat the world as a private property. In their opinion, it is okay for outsiders to take a little, but if they want to take it from their own people, they must be killed. ”

Yue Fei's face gradually became gloomy. His eyes looked at the far south, and he secretly swore in his heart, Zhao Gou'er, I died at your hands in my previous life because of my loyalty. In this life, we will never repeat the mistakes of the past. You wait for me!