Chapter 14: Prestige (II)
Seeing that it was getting late, Yue Fei led the Beiwei army and slowly retreated five miles away. There is a poplar forest that stretches for more than ten miles. There are many refugees living in the forest. When the Beiwei Army and Yelu Ma Wu were in the field, there were many refugees lying on the edge of the forest to peek. When Yelu Ma Wu escaped and Yue Fei led his troops to pursue, he left Ran Qing, who did not know martial arts, and dozens of injured Beiwei soldiers in the forest.
When Yue Fei returned victoriously, he found that Ran Qing had gathered thousands of refugees. All the refugees seemed to be obedient to Ran Qing's obedience. There are those who are waiting for the wounded soldiers of the Beiwei army, there are those who are waiting for the captured Jin army's war horses, and there are those who are cooking on the fire.
Yue Fei wondered how Ran Qing subdued the refugees. Ran Qing said proudly, "Brother Yue, isn't this easy?" There were three or four hundred horses left behind by the golden dog on the battlefield just now, of which sixty or seventy were dead horses. Anyway, we have plenty of dry food. I told these refugees that as long as they are willing to follow the back army, everyone will have horse meat to eat. They immediately went crazy and ran to it. ”
Yue Fei asked, "Aren't there no villains who try to rob?" ”
Ran Qing pointed to a few corpses tied to a tree not far away and said, "Yes." There it is. They tried to encourage the people to grab the horses, but they were killed by the other people. After all, except for the madman, everyone can see the strength of the back army. You know, we won just now. ”
Yue Fei nodded. Ran Qing's words are to the point. Just now, the main thing was that the Beiwei army was victorious. If the Beiwei army fled in the wilderness, it is estimated that Ran Qing and dozens of wounded soldiers would no longer be waited by the refugees, but would have to accept the looting of the refugees.
Since Ran Qing promised horse meat to the refugees, Yue Fei would not change Ran Qing's promise. When the horse meat was cooked, thousands of refugees were divided into kilograms, each of whom was divided into several pounds of horse meat.
These refugees hiding in the forest were originally people from outside Xiangzhou, but now they are all homeless. Most of their villages were burned down by the Jin soldiers. The reason why they hid in this woods not far from Xiangzhou was because they also hoped that the imperial court would send troops to rescue Xiangzhou. As soon as the Jin soldiers are driven away, they will be able to return to their villages and rebuild their homes on the ruins.
Now seeing that the Beiwei army is so brave, it actually defeated the Jin army with hundreds of cavalry, and also killed the Jin ** general Gao Qingyi. These refugees suddenly felt more confident about returning home. However, Yue Fei clearly told them that Xiangzhou would soon become a battlefield. It's not okay for them to hide here. Either go up the Taihang Mountain, or cross the river to the south. Either temporarily join the back army and act as an auxiliary army and a civilian man.
One-third of the refugees went up the Taihang Mountain, and one-third of the refugees crossed the river to the south. The refugees who crossed the river to the south were escorted by more than a dozen backswains. Because Yue Fei put the heads of more than 400 golden soldiers and the corpses of Gao Qingyi on more than a dozen carts, and let these refugees push them to Bianliang. As long as you can send these golden heads to Bianliang with the Beiwei Army, there will definitely be a heavy reward for the Zong stay-at-your.
The reason why Yue Fei sent people to Bianliang to offer victory was not to ask for a reward from the sect marshal. Because as long as Du Chong is there, the Protectors don't expect any reward. But sending the heads of more than 400 gold people to the Left-behind Mansion can at least allow Zong Ze to reduce his defenses against himself, and can also warn some people who want to attack the Protector Army, so that they can see the terrible combat power of the Protector Army. Although there are less than 200 real Jurchen soldiers with more than 400 heads, there is a corpse of 10,000 Gaoqing descendants, which must be very convincing. After all, it has been two or three years since the Song and Jin wars, and no Song general can kill the Jin soldiers.
The refugees who remained chose to join the Betrayal Army and serve as people's husbands. After all, the Beiwei army captured nearly 400 horses in the first battle today. But there are more than a hundred war horses that are either dead or wounded, and these war horses can be made into horse jerky and used as dry food. In such a year, no one dares to spend a little food. As for Lang Fei meat, that is definitely a crime.
When the Beiwei army began to rest in the woods, more than 300 people were still cleaning the battlefield outside the forest. During the day, Ran Qing only asked them to take back the war horse and carry it back to the dead horse. At this time, they were stripping the armor of the golden soldiers. After all, the Bearers don't have any extra armor. These people want to add an extra layer of security to their lives. So they cleaned up the battlefield overnight. As a result, the next day, when Yue Fei led the Beiwei army to kill the Jin camp again, he found that the headless corpses of the Jin soldiers who were piled up on the side of the road and ready to burn ashes were all stripped into bare pigs.
Their heads will be transported to Bianliang along with the corpses of Gao Qingyi, in order to ask for merit for the Beiwei army. Most of their armor and weapons have now escaped to the people. More than 300 people wore armor and weapons, and stood guard in the woods, looking quite presentable. Of course, it just looks decent, and if you really want to let them go to war, it's definitely material for the girl to escape.
Yue Fei was even more bold this time, and directly led the Beiwei army to block the Jin army's camp, and shouted in a row. Ran Qing originally opposed Yue Fei doing this. Ran Qing was afraid that the Jin Army would see through the reality of the Beiwei Army and suddenly come out, so that the Beiwei Army would be in danger. After all, the back army now does not even have five hundred cavalry.
Yue Fei said confidently, "Miss Ran, if I don't go to the Golden Camp today, it will make Yelu Ma Wu see through our reality instead. As long as I am blocked at the gate of the camp, Jerumawu will never dare to go out of the camp to fight. Defend the woods, and send some men to the nearby villages to find carts. If there are no other people coming over in a few days, we will still have to retreat to Taihang Mountain. None of these armors nor weapons can be lost. Even if it is given to the heroes on Taihang Mountain, it cannot be left to the golden dog. ”
Yue Fei guessed through Yelu Ma Wu's thoughts. If Gao Qingyi is still alive, maybe he will lead the army to battle. But Yelu Mawu, who has always been brave and likes to slaughter cities, was hit in the waist by Yue Fei with a gun, breaking his bones. In the face of the 400 Beiwei army outside the camp, Yelu Mawu, who had tens of thousands of soldiers, was stunned and did not dare to attack.
The brutality of Jerumath was built on the incompetence of the enemy. If the enemy is more ferocious than him, he will not even have the courage to fight. Just like more than ten years ago, he did not hesitate to lower the gold man. After more than ten years of battlefield battles and countless killings, Yelu Ma Wu thought that his courage had been trained, and there would never be a moment of fear again. Unexpectedly, in the face of Yue Fei's big gun, Yelu Mawu became the cowardly and incompetent Liao general more than ten years ago. The reason why he repeatedly slaughtered the city was just to cover up his cowardice with brutality.
The fact that Yelu Ma Wu did not dare to fight does not mean that other generals did not dare to fight. Xiangzhou City is surrounded by the Jin Corps, and there are Jin soldier camps at all four gates. It's just that the East Gate has the most soldiers and can fight the most, and most of them are the Bohai Han'er and Liaodong Han'er who have been fighting with the Jin soldiers for several years. There were also real Jurchen generals in the camp, who couldn't get used to Yelu Mawu's cowardice, and directly led the men and horses out of the camp to engage in battle.
The Jurchen art of war is extremely strict, and those who violate the order are beheaded. But Yelu Mawu did not dare to kill these Jurchens. After all, in yesterday's battle, more than 100 Jurchen soldiers had already been broken. Yelu Ma Wu was worried about how to face the anger of Marshal Zonghan. But these Jurchen generals who went out to fight were clearly slapping him in the face. Of course, Yelu Ma Wu would not let these Jurchen generals have a good time.
He always used the excuse that it was important to defend the camp, and only gave these Jurchen generals who went out of the camp to fight with three to five hundred men and horses. Anyway, these Jurchen masters are very arrogant, thinking that with the same number of people, the Jin soldiers can definitely destroy the Song army. Then let you perish.
These Jurchen generals who went out to fight were tragic. They are not the elite of the golden soldiers, and in the face of the elite back-to-back troops selected from the tens of thousands of protectors, how can they have good fruits to eat. They were always easily routed by the Bearers. The Jurchen generals who rushed to the front either died under Yue Fei's spear or fell under Ji Qiangong.
In the face of the victory of the Beiwei army, the Xiangzhou soldiers defending the city cheered in unison. They always cheered for the Beiwei army with uniform slogans. Zhao Buqian also changed from the previous half-belief to outright worship. At this time, he could already see that the number of the backing army was extremely small. Because if there were still men and horses in ambush, with the power of the Beiwei army, the barracks would have been broken long ago.
But it was precisely because of this that Zhao Buqian was so surprised. This Yue Fei actually fought tens of thousands of gold soldiers with hundreds of cavalry, and he didn't dare to fight, which really strengthened the prestige of the Song Dynasty.
War is a game of one and the other. As the morale of the soldiers defending the city increased, the morale of the besieging soldiers was low. In particular, the soldiers of the East Battalion, almost all of them had blank expressions on their faces, and they were no longer as radiant as they had been a few days ago.
Jerumawu also knew that if this continued, the spirit of the army would be scattered. But he just didn't dare to go out of the camp to fight. In order to cover up his incompetence, Yelu Ma Wu pointed to Xiangzhou City and said to his subordinates, "The order given to us by Marshal Zonghan is to attack Xiangzhou. If we can't break through Xiangzhou, but are broken by the Song army, we will all be dealt with by Marshal Zonghan's military law. Now let these Song pigs shout outside the city, I have sent people to Weizhou overnight to ask General Pucha Shijianu to come to my aid. As long as General Pucha's soldiers arrived, the Song pigs outside the camp could not escape. ”
Although the cronies and generals despised Yelu Ma Wu's cowardice, Ye Lu Ma Wu was Zonghan's personal general, not an ordinary Liao general. Since General Pucha is coming to Xiangzhou, Lao Tzu will be patient for a while. When General Pucha comes, see if you, a Khitan boy, still dare to avoid the war?
The next few days were the most suffocating time of Yelumawu's life. Obviously, he had a total of 7,000 cavalry troops and tens of thousands of servant troops under Xiangzhou City, but he did not dare to go out of the camp to meet the 400 Beiwei army.
Not to mention that the Beiwei army showed off its might under the city of Xiangzhou, and said that as the refugees who received a few catties of horse meat went north and south, the name of the Beiwei army soon spread on both sides of the river. Some of the refugees even blew the Bunkers into a ghostly army.
In the teahouses and taverns of some county seats, people often tell the story of the Xiangzhou Battle of the Beiwei Army.
"Third child, have you heard? The 500 Beiwei army defeated the 30,000 Jin army in a battle outside Xiangzhou City, and General Yue beheaded the Jin people and 10,000 Gaoqing descendants, which frightened the Jin people into the camp and did not dare to leave the camp an inch. ”
"Where, Blacksmith Li, you heard me wrong. Where are there 500 backs, only 50 backs! All of them are good men who are two feet tall. General Yue is even more tall, holding a large iron gun weighing 1,000 catties, and with one shot, he can kill hundreds of gold soldiers. Tsk, that scene is too beautiful for me to watch. ”
In some cottages in Taihang Mountain, the blood of the heroes was rekindled, and they were ready to go down to Taihang again.
"Boss, have you heard? I heard that Yue Wushu of Tangyin County led hundreds of elite cavalry to break the Jin army of 10,000 and beheaded the general Gao Qing, and now many heroes in the village are discussing re-aiding Xiangzhou. After all, we are also from Xiangzhou, and watching the golden dog run rampant in our hometown, no one has a good feeling in their hearts. ”
"Second child, you don't have to worry. I've heard about that, too. I am going to lead the fifty brothers who can fight in the village and go to Xiangzhou again. My sister's family is still trapped in Xiangzhou City, do you think I can not be in a hurry? ”
And in the dock forts of some large families, those who are oscillating between gold reduction and resistance are preparing to send people to Xiangzhou City to see the battle situation.
"Luo Yuanwai, seeing that your face is ruddy, do you have any happy things to say? Let me guess, what you're going to say is the story of the betrayal army breaking the golden dog? ”
"It turns out that Brother Tian also heard about it. To tell the truth, the back of the Weijun really boosted the morale of our Xiangzhou people. Isn't the golden dog arrogant? It is necessary to break through Xiangzhou with 8,000 cavalry. Now Tang Yin's Yue is invincible, but he wants to break the golden dog and 8,000 troops with 500 Xiangzhou men. Even the Golden Dog Wanhu Gao Qingyi was shot by Yue Invincible. This is the top general of the Jin army killed by our Song people since the Song and Jin wars. Relief is really relief. ”