Early the next morning, Meng An and Hua Ruyu led a thousand protector troops to Yongcheng. It turned out that Liu Bao had withdrawn the imperial cavalry to Huaibei. Meng An asked Kou Cheng and learned that the siege was all thanks to the young general Wang Gang, so he couldn't help but be very interested.

After seeing Wang Gang, Lao Meng An said with emotion, "There are so many talents in the world. I always thought that my grandson Bang Jie was a natural general, and when I met Wang Gang today, I realized that my grandson was not the only natural general. ”

Meng An saw that the people of Yongcheng had suffered thousands of casualties, and he was immediately furious, and directly led thousands of people to fight into Huaibei. The young general Wang Gang was directly appointed by Meng An as the deputy pioneer officer. The vanguard officer is, of course, a fierce woman.

When he arrived in Huaibei, he found that Liu Bao had merged with Zhang Jun's 7,000 infantry army into one battalion. In a hurry, it cannot be breached. Wang Gang led the cavalry to break through three times, but they were all shot back by strong bows and crossbows, and they couldn't get close to the camp at all.

Meng An smiled, "Wang Gang, what are you in a hurry?" We're here to stay. Waiting for Yue's regiment to train the army to turn back, he wiped out this imperial camp army in one go. ”

Wang Gang blinked his eyes and suddenly asked, "Uncle Meng, this is the Imperial Battalion." If we are all wiped out, will it make Jiankang's Long Live Lord angry? ”

Meng An snorted and said resolutely, "He's a fart of rage." Lao Tzu is not afraid of him. A! Don't worry, you kid, you only have merit in killing the enemy, not sin. When we came, although we didn't know that it was the imperial army that attacked Yongcheng, Huang Zhifu had already told him that even if it was the Heavenly King Laozi, we would kill them. Besides, even if Huang Zhifu is afraid of the emperor, Yue Tuanlian is not afraid. Zhang Jun, the imperial commander, is estimated to be left in Huaibei by us. ”

Meng An and Zhang Jun confronted each other for two days. During this period, Zhang Jun also sent cavalry to challenge, but was defeated by Meng An. After all, more than 1,000 imperial cavalry troops no longer have an absolute advantage in terms of strength, and the Protector Army has three powerful generals, such as Meng Anhua and Jade Wang Gang, and the Imperial Cavalry can't help the Protector Army. wanted to send infantry to besiege it, but Meng An's cavalry was extremely agile and did not fight hard with the imperial infantry at all.

By the time Zhang Jun wanted to withdraw his troops back to Jiankang Mansion, Yue Fei had already killed him from Xuzhou like a whirlwind. More than 10,000 protector troops directly surrounded Zhang Jun's camp. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Jun immediately ordered the soldiers to defend the camp, and sent people to sneak out of the camp and go to Jiankang for help.

If you follow Yue Fei's meaning, you can talk to others, but you can't talk about this Zhang Jun. Because this person is too greedy, letting him live will only make more people suffer. But when leaving Xuzhou, Li Bashao specially told Yue Fei that as long as Zhang Jun did not cause too much harm to the sky, it was better not to kill this person. Once Zhang Jun is killed, then the Protector Army will be equivalent to tearing his face with Zhao Gou, and then let alone fighting Jin, it is estimated that he can only deal with the attack of the imperial court.

After surrounding Zhang Jun, Yue Fei did not attack. Although the imperial army was well equipped and well guarded, if Yue Fei really wanted to destroy Zhang Jun, more than 10,000 troops would still be able to achieve his goal. It's just that in that case, the Protectors will suffer heavy casualties. But if Zhang Jun is not destroyed, Yue Fei has an inexplicable hatred in his heart.

At this time, Huang Zong came to Huaibei with Zhihun Yue and brought an amazing news. Yue turned and cried, "Brother, my mother is missing. ”

"What?" Yue Fei was really taken aback this time. How could the mother have disappeared? "Flip, shouldn't my mother stay in Huo Rui's cottage? How could it be missing? ”

It turned out that after Zhihun and Yue Fan met Zong Ze in Kaifeng, because Du Chong was in the way, they were never able to bring the Protector Army under Zong Ze's command. Zhihun no longer insisted, led Yue to leave Kaifeng, crossed the Yellow River from Magu, and went to Taihang Mountain to find Huo Rui.

At this time, I don't know how many righteous flags have been erected on Qianli Taihang Mountain, and how many cottages have been established. Xiangzhou Kaide and other places have long become empty cities, because most of the villagers cut wood for soldiers and went up the mountain to protect themselves.

Zhihun Yue turned all the way, and there were many twists and turns. Because there are often small thieves who don't open their eyes and go down the mountain to rob. Fortunately, Yue Invincible is very famous in Xiangzhou, whenever he encounters a thief, Zhihun Yue and Yue always salute first and then soldier, if it is said that Yue Fei's name, the thief retreats, then everything is easy to say. If the thief doesn't know how to advance or retreat, the two will fight their way out.

Fortunately, the decent stockades of Taihang Mountain still sell Yue Invincible a thin noodle, otherwise Zhihun Yue is estimated to not be able to go deep in Taihang Mountain, and he will become a prisoner of the cottage.

When Yue led Zhihun to Huorui Cottage in Erlong Mountain, he found that the banner on the cottage had changed his surname. The banner that should have the character Huo written on it has long since disappeared, but it has been replaced by a "cow" character and a "Dong" character.

Yue turned his temper and immediately scolded outside the cottage. As a result, a fast horse galloped out of the cottage, and immediately a big man, holding a big knife, knocked the knife in Yue's turn hand away. If it weren't for Master Zhihun to save him, Yue Chuan would probably have confessed.

Zhihun Yue can only escape from the cottage. Later, the Quartet inquired, and learned that Huo Rui's cottage was broken by two big men half a month ago, and Huo Rui was missing. Zhihun persuaded Yue Zhuan, who still wanted to sneak up to Erlong Mountain to take revenge, and the two of them quickly whipped up and rushed back to the sky. Then he rushed to Huaibei non-stop.

Yue Fei gritted his teeth and asked, "Master Zhihun do you know the names of the two thieves who broke through Huo Rui's cottage?" ”

Before Zhihun could answer, Yue Xuan hurriedly said, "Big brother, the one who beat me is called Dong Xian." He is the second leader of Erlong Mountain. The big leader is called Niu Gao, and we didn't see this person. ”

"Oh." Yue Fei was greatly surprised. He learned from Yue Xiaofei's memory that Niu Gao and Dong Xian were the most powerful generals under his command. Unexpectedly, the two guys not only did not take refuge in themselves, but also broke Huo Rui's cottage. If there is really something wrong with the mother, she will definitely not let go of these two rammers.

Seeing that Yue Fei was stunned, Zhihun thought that Yue Fei was too sad, and hurriedly persuaded, "Yue Tuan Lian doesn't have to be sad. Yue Fu and I also inquired about Niu Gao Dong's precursor near Erlong Mountain, and he can be regarded as a bright and upright hero. I think Mrs. Yue should be fine. Yue Tuan trained the envoy, and the most important thing now is to quickly solve Zhang Jun's group of military horses, and then it is not too late to go to Taihang Mountain. I went to Taihang Mountain this time and found that there were at least hundreds of thousands of volunteers in Taihang Mountain, and if we could integrate them, even without the help of the imperial court, our Protector Army would have the strength to fight with the Jin Army. ”

Huang Zong also persuaded on the side, "Pengju, Master Zhihun is polite in this remark. According to Master Zhihun , the Jin people have deployed troops in Hebei on a large scale, and a large-scale attack is just around the corner. We must deal with the Jin people with all our might, and we can no longer be enemies of the imperial court. ”

Yue Fei thought for a moment, and then said, "People don't hurt the tiger's heart, and the tiger is harmful to people's minds." Even if we don't want to be an enemy of the court, the court will be an enemy of us. ”

Huang Zong said with a smile, "On the way here, I have already discussed with Master Zhihun properly, and we will force the imperial court to negotiate with Zhang Jun, the 8,000 former army of the imperial camp. Pengju should not underestimate these 8,000 imperial battalion troops, these are all the emperor's descendants. Now that the war in the south of the Yangtze River is raging, the people are in turmoil, and Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, Miao Pu and others are exhausted. The emperor could never bear the price of the total annihilation of the army in front of the imperial camp. ”

Yue Fei frowned and thought for a while, and finally agreed to Huang Zongzhihuan's suggestion. Anyway, he also released the people sent by Zhang Jun to ask for help, if Zhang Jun's army is really as important as Huang Zong said, it is estimated that in a few days, the imperial court will send people to Huaibei.

Anyway, this side of the matter must be resolved quickly. The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and the Jin ** army is about to go south, and he can't put tens of thousands of people in Huaibei. If the imperial court didn't send someone over, it would simply kill Zhang Jun. Even if the imperial court sent a large army again, with his own understanding of the generals in the court, Zhang Xian would be able to swallow it if he sent other generals over, and if he sent Han Shizhong over, Zhang Xian would be able to refuse.

But it is obvious that Huang Zong figured out the importance of the imperial camp in Zhao Gou's heart. Only six days later, the imperial court sent Zhao Ding, the imperial historian, to negotiate with the Protector Army in person.

After Zhao Ding came to Huaibei, he faced Yue Fei and others, neither humble nor arrogant. Zhao Ding first proposed to take a look at the front army of the imperial camp first, and then discuss others. Yue Fei agreed to Zhao Ding's request.

Although Zhao Ding is a civil official, he is iron-clad. And not afraid of war. He has always hated the rebels and the people. If, according to his opinion, he directly sent a large army to suppress the Protector Army. However, Zhao Gou couldn't stand the loss of the annihilation of the army in front of the imperial camp, so he personally ordered the general and ordered Zhao Ding to come to negotiate. The reason why he proposed to take a look at the front army of the imperial camp first was actually to see if the front army of the imperial camp still had the strength to fight. If you can fight, then fight the Protectors again. But when he came to Zhang Jun's camp, he understood why Yue Fei agreed to let him enter the camp.

At this time, where was there still a little bit of the emperor's pro-army majesty in the front army of the imperial camp, and many soldiers walked with their waists bent, obviously empty. It turned out that Zhang Jun's army had run out of food and grass, and many soldiers were so hungry that they couldn't hold weapons.

When Zhang Jun learned that the emperor had sent Zhao Ding to come, he hurriedly greeted the big tent, immediately knelt down to salute, and said, "Zhao Zhongcheng save me." ”

Zhao Ding frowned, he had never had a good impression of Zhang Jun. thinks that a greedy military leader like Zhang Jun will only force the people of the world to rebel. But after all, he was an official in the same dynasty, so he could only pinch his nose and step forward to help Zhang Jun up, and said with a smile, "Why did Bai Ying say this?" I Guan Baiying has a good complexion, and there is no danger of his life. ”

Zhang Jun's face turned red, it turned out that although the sergeant had one meal a day in the past few days, Zhang Jun's generals had three meals a day, and there was no shortage, so his face was ruddy, and there was no embarrassment of the army being surrounded.

Zhang Jun also didn't care about Zhao Ding's ridicule, welcomed Zhao Ding into the Chinese military tent, and asked the court about its plans.

Zhao Ding hated the iron and said with hatred, "Bai Ying, you are also a battlefield general, and you have made many military exploits, why are you so careless this time, and you are surrounded by a group of militias." Banzai treats you like a dry city, and your dry city has disappointed Banzai this time. ”

Zhang Jun said ashamedly, "Lord Zhongcheng, don't underestimate this people's army. It's not to increase the morale of others, destroy your own prestige, and protect the combat power of the people's army, even if it is compared with the Jin Ren Han'er army, it will not be much worse. Three days ago, the food and grass of my imperial camp were exhausted, and if Zhao Zhongcheng couldn't let the Protector Army get out of the way, the eight thousand imperial camp athletes would starve to death here. ”

Zhao Ding couldn't help but be even more disappointed when he saw that Zhang Jun was so afraid of the Protector Army. However, the emperor had already issued a strict order that Zhang Jun must be rescued. Zhang Jun is a great hero who supported Zhao Gou's accession to the throne in Yingtian. In order to meet with the court as an official in the future, Zhao Ding no longer embarrassed Zhang Jun. Besides, Zhang Jun was in such an embarrassing situation at this time, and he had no intention of surrendering. With this alone, Zhang Jun also had to be saved.

Zhao Ding immediately said, "Bai Ying, wait in the camp, and I'll go to the Protector Army." ”

Zhao Ding came to the Protector Army, looked at the military appearance for a while, and was immediately shocked in his heart. He felt that what he saw was not a militia group, but the most elite army of the imperial court. Everyone wears armor, fine bows and crossbows, long spears and short knives, each with its own level, and the camp is as solid as iron and stone. The most important thing is that all the soldiers reveal a kind of self-confidence in their eyes. In the face of himself, the imperial envoy of the court, he had neither fear nor reverence, as if he was just an ordinary passerby.

On the contrary, when Yue Fei led Huang Zong and the others out to greet Zhao Ding, the eyes of the Protector Army soldiers looking at Yue Fei instantly became fanatical. Zhao Ding secretly thought, this person is not only good at fighting, but also able to win the hearts of the army, which is really not to be underestimated.

But when Yue Fei and the others met Zhao Ding, they just hugged their fists and saluted, and none of them knelt, which made Zhao Ding couldn't help but be annoyed. Zhao Ding looked at Yue Fei and said coldly, "Yue Pengju, I have also heard that you have been under the command of the Sect Stayer for a period of time, didn't the Sect Stay teach you the etiquette of the court?" ”