The first to stand up for Yue Fei was Zhang Xian. Zhang Xian said loudly, "Zong Han is old, don't be afraid. Yue Shuai, the last general is willing to be the vanguard, break this evil fang, and avenge the slaughtered people of Taiyuan. ”

Yue Fei smiled and said, "Brother Xian's courage is commendable. Generals like you don't seem to have as much confidence as you do. Can you tell them the reason for breaking Zonghan first? ”

Zhang Xian nodded, also looked at the generals in the tent with his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "The reason why Yue Shuai proposed to fight Zong Han first is precisely because Zong Han's department is the easiest to break. Let's look at the Saili Department first, although the Saili Department is only 10,000 Jurchen Iron Cavalry, but it is backed by Weizhou Junzhou, which is the place where the Jin people operate for half a year, and they can attack and retreat and defend, and it must be difficult for our army to win quickly. Even if you win the match, it won't help. Not to mention that once our army presses to Kaide Mansion in a big way, the Saili Department will definitely join forces with Wanyan Bali Supucha Shijianu, although our army is brave and good at fighting, but in the face of 30,000 Jurchen iron cavalry, plus 100,000 servant troops, it is not easy to win. ”

As soon as Zhang Xian said this, he heard Wang Gui say, "Zhang Xian, I don't understand what you said. If our Protector Army can't even defeat the 30,000 Jurchen Iron Cavalry, what can we do to defeat the 70,000 Jurchen Iron Cavalry of the Zonghan Division? ”

Wang Gui has always been not convinced by Zhang Xian. Because he thinks that his skills are above Zhang Xian, but his military position is always below Zhang Xian. Although Wang Gui is also the commander of the Second Infantry Division, Zhang Xian has the position of deputy commander in addition to the commander of the First Infantry Division. Yue Fei went to Taihang Mountain for more than a month, and also explicitly ordered the Protector Army to be under Zhang Xian's control.

Of course, Zhang Xian also understood Wang Gui's thoughts. In line with the principle of valuing harmony, Zhang Xian always greeted Wang Gui with a smile. Even if the smiling face is exchanged for a stinky face. At this time, seeing Wang Gui's slightly mocking tone, Zhang Xian didn't care, just smiled slightly.

"Brother Wang Gui is a good question. But if we have a decisive battle with the Jin soldiers in Kaide Province, we will only have 30,000 people's protectors. If we had fought a decisive battle with Zonghan in Luoyang, we would have an army of 500,000. ”

Wang Gui was stunned. "Half a million troops? Zhang Xian, you're joking. Where do we go to find an army of millions? Unless you're going to sprinkle beans into a soldier. ”

Zhihun eyes lit up for a moment, and then sighed. "I see. Alas, the old monk is ashamed. I didn't even think of this army of millions. ”

Wang Gui was still confused, but his mind also turned very quickly, and suddenly thought of the Bianliang army, and immediately shouted. "Zhang Xian, are you talking about the million-strong army that Zong left behind to collect?"

Zhang Xian nodded and smiled, "Exactly." As far as I know, Zong Liuwei has incorporated no less than 1.2 million rebels. In the area of Luoyang, Bianliang, at least 500,000 rebel troops were arranged. ”

Wang Gui snorted disdainfully. "Although I respect the sect to stay behind, those rebels are just a rabble, and they are not of great use at all. If we expect those righteous troops and Zonghan's army to die to the death, it is simply a fool's dream. ”

Seeing that Wang Gui despised the righteous army so much, Yue Fei couldn't help but snort coldly. Staring at Wang Gui with lightning-like eyes, he said word by word, "Wang Gui, our Protector Army was nothing more than a rabble four months ago. ”

Wang Gui smiled, "We have Yue Shuai." There is no second Yue Shuai under Zong Shuai. ”

Although Wang Gui's words were suspicious of sycophancy, they did say what the vast majority of generals wanted. Many of the generals nodded their heads in silence. Xin said, not only under the command of Zong Shuai, but also the second Yue Shuai in the whole world.

Yue Fei was also amused by Wang Gui's words. But then he said in a deep voice, "Bianliang doesn't have Yue Fei, but there is Zong Shuai in charge." Zong Shuai has the skill to govern the army. After more than half a year of training, presumably the righteous army could not bear the field battle, relying on the camp to fight, there is absolutely no problem. ”

When Zhihun heard this, he also nodded and said, "Yue Shuai's words are good. Last month, Zong Shuai also beheaded the leaders of the rebel army, Zhao Shilong and Li Wang, who did not obey orders. What is even more unexpected is that Zong Shuai let Zhao Shixing, the brother of Zhao Shilong, and Li Dao, the brother of Li Wang, take over the army. Kill his brother and use his brother, except for the upright sect commander, no one in this world dares to do it. ”

Yue Fei couldn't help but nodded. The other generals also understood at this time that Yue Fei had a certain idea, and it was impossible to persuade him to come back. Besides, Li Bashao, who could convince Yue Fei the most, had been silent, obviously supporting Yue Fei's plan. Of course, the generals are no longer stubborn.

But Yue Fei didn't want the generals to go to the showdown with Zong Han with trepidation. So he continued, "Zong Han is known as the god of war, but he is old and not to be afraid. Although the army was menacing, the offensive was not sharp. Zong Shuai built 36 camps in the area of Bianliang and Luoyang. When the time comes, the rebels will defend the village, and our army will fight in the field. The two armies cooperate, and the breaking of the sect will be carried out. ”

In fact, even without this people's protector army, Zong Han's hundreds of thousands of troops failed to break through Bianliang. The old commander Zong Ze commanded hundreds of thousands of rebels who were not well armoured, and launched a tug-of-war with Zong Han between Bianliang and Luoyang. After more than half a year of bloody battles, Bianliang was safe and sound, and Zong Han returned in vain. On the contrary, Zong Ze commanded the righteous army to pursue and recover many cities north of the Yellow River.

But in that battle, the losses of the Central Plains were also large. The million rebels folded more than 300,000. Not to mention that Zong Han's army slaughtered Luoyang, slaughtered Yanshi, and dug up the emperor's tomb of the Song Dynasty.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the most prosperous place in the world was none other than the Central Plains. The most prosperous places in the Central Plains are none other than Erjing, Tokyo Bianliang, and Xijing Luoyang. But in this attack of Zong Han, it can be said that the two capitals have almost become a ruin.

Since Yue Fei knew this history, of course, it was impossible to let it repeat itself. The battle with the Jurchens is by no means a matter of one or two years. If you can't keep the vitality of the Central Plains more, the final victory will definitely be the plundering Jin Army.

It was for this reason that Yue Fei was determined to lead his army to Bianliang to join Zong Ze's rebel army and prepare for a decisive battle with Zong Han's army in Luoyang. Zong Ze is like a fire, and he is a militant. The reason why they held the camp and watched the Jin army loot the countryside was that there was really no elite force that could fight in the field. And the Protector Army is an elite army that can compete with the Jurchen Army.

Now that it was decided to send a large army to Bianliang, Yue Fei began to arrange the defense of the four places of Kaide Mansion in Caozhou, Xuzhou, Yingtian. Wang Gui's 2nd Infantry Division was still stationed in Caozhou, but the defenders were reduced from 15,000 to 8,000. Deputy division commander Meng An led 7,000 infantry into Dongping Mansion to block the possible breakthrough route of the Eastern Route Army. Dong Chang, the defender of Dongping Mansion, had just been killed by the Dongping gentry and the common people because of his rampant injustice. The gentry of Dongping Mansion took the booklet of the scholars of the whole mansion and came to Ying Tianfu for protection. In this case, the Protector will expand further to the east.

As for the Jurchen East Route Army, before next spring, it will definitely not be able to break through Caozhou Mansion. Because there are also hundreds of thousands of volunteers on Jingxi Road. Although most of these rebels are rabble, they only have six characters to deal with the Jin soldiers. "Fight the golden dog and protect the homeland." You must know that in history, the rebel army on Jingxi Road has been rebelling from the end of the Northern Song Dynasty to the end of the Southern Song Dynasty. For more than 100 years, Jingxi Road, with a population of more than 10 million, was almost uninhabited for thousands of miles, and there were no roosters in every village. However, the Jin Kingdom has not been able to completely eliminate the rebel army on Jingxi Road. The last rebel army on the East and West Road, Yang An'er and Li Quan, was wiped out by the combined armies of the Song and Yuan dynasties. (I have to say that the official family of Zhao Song always does this kind of disgusting thing inside and out.) The guards of Yingtianfu's main city were handed over to Xu Qinghua, Chaoxi, and Wang Tianbao. Xu Qing is calm and generous, Hua Chaoxi is brave and sharp, and Wang Tianbao is a border general who has fought for many years, with both wisdom and bravery. With the 3,000 cavalry and 8,000 infantry left in Yingtianfu, plus 50,000 militia divisions that have just begun to take shape, as well as the perfect fortress defense of various villages, even if there are 100,000 gold soldiers, it will not be a problem to defend it for a few months.

The guards of Xuzhou Mansion were in charge of Yue and Zhao Wan. Yue Fei repeatedly told Yue Fei that if the imperial army attacked, he could not hold out. Don't go out of the city for a decisive battle easily. If you lose Xuzhou Mansion, you will be killed.

The reason why Yue Fei arranged it this way was because he knew that Yue Fei had a violent personality and was prone to the enemy's aggressive tactics. So only let Yue Pan be Zhao Wan's deputy. Although Zhao Wan is not good at field warfare, he still has a set of defending the city.

As for the Kaide Mansion that was about to fight with the Saili Division, Yue Fei still sent Master Zhihun over. With Master Zhihun sitting in Kaidejian City, and Kou Cheng, the commander of the Beiwei Army, the tens of thousands of gold troops in the race are not to worry.

After everything was arranged, Yue Fei took Zhang Xian's First Infantry Division, Zhao Hong's cavalry division, and the 800 Beiwei Army that had just been replenished, and left Ying Tianfu and went straight to Bianliang.

The 1st Infantry Division has been expanded and now has a total of 20,000 elite infantry and 20,000 auxiliaries. Zhao Hong's cavalry division has reached 10,000. Therefore, there are more than 50,000 people in the Protector Army who went to Bianliang this time. It can be said that since the establishment of the Protector Army, it is the first time that so many elite military horses have been dispatched.

There was another person who set off with the army, Huang Zong, the prefect of Yingtian. Huang Zong's will to accompany the army was very resolute. He said that the purpose of his defection to the Protector Army was to fight the Golden Dog. You can't always hide in the safety of Yingtianfu and do these scholarly things.

Yue Fei said again and again, "Ying Tianfu can't do without Lord Huang. As the governor of a state, how can you just go? ”

Huang Zong said with a smile, "We have decided one thing according to the rules of Tianfu. It doesn't matter who you don't have. I'm gone, and there's a general sentence. There are also villagers from all over the country. Besides, as long as Elder Li is here, I should be as stable as Mount Tai. Anyway, I've already made up my mind this time. If Yue Shuai refuses to let me go to Bianliang with the army and use my strategic skills, I will resign. ”

As a result, Yue Fei still didn't beat Huang Zong. Huang Zong finally got his wish. Became a staff officer of the Protector Army. Along the way, Yue Fei was still a little depressed, and Huang Zong was not avoiding suspicion. Because a few days ago, the imperial court gave Huang Zong another decree, adding Huang Zong as the squire of the Ministry of Rites, a scholar of Longtuge, and a prefect of the Heavenly Mansion.

Could it be that Huang Zong was worried that he would suspect him, so he took the initiative to join the army to avoid suspicion? If this is the case, Huang Zong doesn't know him Yue Fei too well.

Ying Tianfu is only more than 200 miles away from Bianliang. After four days of marching, the Protector Army had reached the outside of Bianliang City. Yue Fei also went to Bianliang in the spring. At that time, Bianliang was completely in ruins. All decent houses were set on fire by the Jin soldiers. More than half a year has passed, and Bianliang is still desolate!

The only thing that is different from spring is that the ten-zhang high wall of Bianliang City has been rebuilt. Of course, the Jin army did not demolish all the walls of Bianliang, but only demolished a dozen openings.

The city wall of Bianliang is as high as more than ten zhang, and the thickness is up to three zhang, all of which are a combination of glutinous rice juice and bluestone long bricks. Even if it is bombarded with shells, it will take a day to blow it up. However, the two bastard emperors were deceived by the warlock Guo Jing and directly dedicated the city gate to the Jin army. It is really strange that the strongest city in the world was attacked by the Jin people without difficulty!

Of course, in the era of the two Song Dynasty, where magic and absurdity are intertwined, there are many such things.

Yue Fei looked at Bianliang City, which was covered in heavy snow, and couldn't help but sigh leisurely. A song full of Jianghong couldn't help but come to my heart. "Looking at the Central Plains in the distance, outside the barren smoke, there are many cities. I want to be back then, the flowers cover the willows, and the phoenix tower dragon pavilion. Long live the pearls in front of the mountain, and the sheng song is composed in the Penghu Palace. Up to now, the money ride is full of effect, and the wind and dust are evil.

The soldiers are safe, and the anointing is sharp. The people are safe, fill the ravines. Sigh that the rivers and mountains are the same, and there are few villages. On what day, please Ti Rui Brigade and cross Qingheluo with a whip. But he returned, continued the Hanyang tour, and rode the yellow crane. ”