Chapter 52: The Fall of Xiangzhou

Wang Yan instinctively wanted to refuse Yue Fei's food, and then waved his army to attack and kill the two rebel generals, Fu Xuan and Jiao Wentong. Fu Xuan and Jiao Wentong openly defected to Yue Fei before the Wan Army, which really slapped him Wang Yan's face. If he, Wang Yan, swallowed this breath, the heroes on the rivers and lakes would not know how to say anything in the future. But Wang Yan endured and endured, and still did not issue the order to attack. As a veteran general in the army, he has long seen that the armies of the two sides are not in the same heavyweight class at all. If you really want to fight, the more than 1,000 troops of Erlong Mountain can kill his more than 10,000 rabble in seconds.

The thousand stone grain sent by Yue Fei was considered to have given Wang Yan a step down. Although a thousand stones of grain was not much, it was enough for him to eat Qingfeng Ridge. When bidding farewell to Yue Fei, Wang Yan said meaningfully, "General Yue is the best choice regardless of intelligence or martial arts. Yan sincerely hoped that General Yue would fight against Jin. Yan really didn't want to face off against General Yue on the battlefield one day. ”

Yue Fei knew that Wang Yan was reminding him not to rebel, and immediately said loudly, "Fei has no other wish in this life, but he wants to go straight to the Huanglong Mansion, destroy the Jinyu, and restore the Central Plains." Those who are of the same mind as me are regarded as brothers. But if there is someone who undermines the great cause of resisting gold, no matter who he is, I will do it. This goal, I don't think it will conflict with General Wang, right? ”

Wang Yan frowned, he felt that Yue Fei had a slight offense in his words. However, he didn't say anything more, just arched his hand, and led the remnants of more than 10,000 troops to Qingfeng Ridge.

Yue Fei looked at Wang Yan's bleak back and couldn't help but sigh. In history, Wang Yan was so loyal, he led the eight-character army in the Jin people's ruling area for more than ten years, and repeatedly gave the Jin people heavy setbacks, but Zhao Gou made a holy decree, Wang Yan put down his military power and went to Jinghu South Road to retire. The eight-character army collapsed when it landed. The rule of the Jin in the Central Plains was immediately consolidated. I don't know if Wang Yan was sad in his heart when he put down his military power? Is it pain? Is it Yu? Is it anger?

But before Yue Fei could enjoy the joy of subduing the two generals, Xiangzhou rushed to Erlong Mountain on a fast horse, bringing an extremely shocking news. As soon as the bloodied cavalry arrived on Erlong Mountain, they shouted repeatedly, "Where is Yue Shuai?" I want to see Yue Shuai immediately. ”

Ji Qian recognized that this cavalry was one of the fifty Beiwei soldiers left by Yue Fei in Xiangzhou, seeing that his face was covered with dried blood, his eyes were red, he didn't know how long he hadn't slept for a long time, it seemed that he would faint at any time, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he immediately led the cavalry straight to the cottage lobby.

When the cavalry saw Yue Fei, he immediately ran a few steps, clasped his fists and said, "Report to Yue Shuai!" The Golden Dog army raided Xiangzhou, Xiangzhou fell, General Xue Guang was killed in battle, and Lord Zhao Butry was killed in battle. Most of the people in the city were killed and wounded. At present, General Shi Quan is covering the surviving people to flee to Taihang Mountain, and was chased by the golden dog in Qingshui Town. Please prepare quickly! ”

"What?" Yue Fei stood up suddenly. "How is that possible? Where did the army of golden dogs come from? If this cavalryman was not his old pawn in Xiangzhou, Yue Fei would even doubt the identity of this cavalryman. But it was precisely because there was no problem with this cavalry that Yue Fei couldn't believe that Xiangzhou had fallen.

You must know that in the original history, even if there was no self-liberation, Xiangzhou would not fall until next winter. Now that he has destroyed the besieging army horses of Yelu Ma Wu and Gao Qingyi, although Pucha Shijianu went to the rescue, he had already withdrawn to Weizhou. What's more, in today's Hebei West Road, the Golden Dog has a thin army, but it only occupies the four important transportation places of Junzhou, Weizhou, Huaizhou and Zhending, even if the Golden Dog goes crazy and gathers all in one place to attack Xiangzhou, it is impossible to defeat Xiangzhou so quickly? You must know that Xue Guangnai, who supports Xiangzhou, is a brave general under Zong Ze, and he is not a master to be messed with.

Yue Fei took a deep breath, calmed down, and said in a deep voice, "Wang Dali, what is the situation, let's talk about it in detail?" ”

The cavalry king vigorously wiped the sweat from his face, and said with great sadness and indignation, "Four days ago, the general of the Jin Army, Wanyan Yinshu, led an army of seven thousand cavalry, and suddenly appeared under the city of Xiangzhou. Lord Zhao Butry originally wanted to defend the city. However, the commander Xue Guang was brave and good at fighting, and he relied on his many generals and generals, and he even fought outside the city with Wanyan Yinshu. Wanyan Yinshu can use soldiers to deceive, first feint defeat, and lure Xue Guang to lead the army to pursue. When Xue Guang chased him to a distance of five miles from the city, Wanyan Yinshu could suddenly return to the army with a blow. Although Xue Guang knew the plan, he still fought to the death. At the moment when the two sides were not decided, the Jin army suddenly mutinied in front of the battle, our army collapsed, and General Xue took the initiative to return to the city in order to cover our army's return to the city, and was hit by dozens of arrows in his body, and died on the spot. Of the 20,000 troops who left the city, only 5,000 fled back to the city. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Dali's face was full of tears. Xiong Fei's fifty backs also participated in that battle. As a result, only seventeen fled back to the city. Thirty-three backswainers died in the bloody battle behind the palace. Wang Dali was also wounded before fleeing back to Xiangzhou City.

Yue Fei frowned and asked, "Could it be that General Xue and Lord Zhao have incorporated those thousands of surrendered Jin soldiers into the army?" How can those surrendered troops be pulled into the battlefield at will? ”

Wang Dali scolded, "Those soldiers are all Liaodi Han'er who are determined to give their lives to the golden dog. Lord Zhao and General Xue Guang put their hearts into them, and as a result, they defected before the battle. We should not have surrendered then, but we should have killed them all. ”

Yue Fei shook his head. "There is a usage of surrendering the army. Lord Xue was too careless. You drink some water first, and then move on. ”

Wang Dali took the bowl of boiling water handed over by Ji Qian, drank it all, breathed a sigh of relief, and continued, "After finishing Yan Yinshu to kill General Xue, immediately wave the army to attack the city. Lord Zhao led thousands of remnants of the army to defend the city. There was a traitor named Liu Guangding in the Golden Dog Army, who was very good at making siege equipment. He used a trebuchet to throw gunpowder packets at the top of the city, causing it to burn and make it impossible for people to stand. Just when our army and the golden dog fought to the death in the fire at the head of the city, Han Xiaogui led more than 1,000 families to attack and kill the defenders of the northern city, opened the city gate, and the golden dog army poured in, and Xiangzhou City was broken by the golden dog. ”

Yue Fei gritted his teeth and said, "What a Han Xiaogui, sure enough, you don't even want your ancestors." I should have slaughtered him that day. Speaking of this, Yue Fei suddenly remembered Xiong Fei of the hundred households, and immediately asked, "What about Xiong Fei?" When I left the city, I ordered him to keep an eye on Han Xiaogui, could it be that he forgot my entrustment? ”

Wang Dali said with tears streaming down his face, "Yue Shuai, Captain Xiong has died in battle. There are only a few of the fifty backstalkers left. When the city was broken, Captain Xiong said that he only cared about defending the city, but he forgot to pay attention to Han Xiaogui, so that Xiangzhou was lost, and he was ashamed of Yue Shuai. He asked Shi Quan to lead the people in the city to escape from the west gate, and he led more than 100 warriors to defend the city gate. Thousands of gold soldiers were repeatedly attacked, and later Wanyan Yinshu personally led three hundred heavy horsemen and killed Captain Xiong at the city gate. General Shi Quan led more than 10,000 people to flee to Qingshui Town, and was caught up by Wanyan Yinshu. General Shi sent me to report the news. General Shi said to me, when I got to the mountain, let Yue Shuai not rush into battle. These golden soldiers are all born Jurchens and have extremely strong combat power. ”

After saying all the things to be said, Wang Dali's tense nerves finally relaxed, and he fell asleep on the ground with his head tilted. Yue Fei asked Wang Dali to be carried into the back village to rest. Then beat the drum to gather the generals.

Looking at the several generals who rushed over after hearing the sound, Yue Fei said in a deep voice, "Wanyan Yinshu is a famous general in a hundred battles, this thief has defeated more than 100,000 imperial army outside Taiyuan City with thousands of cavalry, which is really not to be underestimated. Yinshu is the right-hand man of Zong Han, the commander of the Golden Army. Now that this thief has appeared under Xiangzhou City, I think the winter attack of the golden dog has been launched in advance. Now Shi Quan is leading more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians to defend Qingshui Town, and he is in urgent need of rescue. I called you here to discuss and see how to send troops. ”

Ji Qian raised her arms and shouted, "What else are you discussing?" Brother Yue, we all listen to you. No matter how powerful the silver technique is, it is also two arms and two legs, I don't believe that I can't kill him. Brother Yue, how you say to fight, we will fight. ”

Luo Yanqing said with a little hesitation, "As Yue Shuai said, the appearance of Yinshuke means that the Golden Dog Army has launched a winter offensive in advance. I think the most important thing now is to lead the soldiers and civilians of Erlongshan to move to Yingtianfu as soon as possible. Only when we arrive at Yingtianfu will we have enough troops and silver magic to fight a decisive battle. ”

Niu Gao said loudly, "I only agree with half of General Luo's words. We really want to move people to Yingtianfu as soon as possible, but we can't help but save Qingshui Town. Yinshu has defeated me once outside Bianliang City, and this time, I Lao Niu has fought with him again to see who is powerful? ”

Luo Yanqing looked at Niu Gao and said in disbelief, "General Niu, although there are more than 20,000 people in Erlong Mountain, there are only more than 5,000 people who can really fight. Wouldn't it be even weaker if the troops were divided again? ”

Yue Fei saw that Niu Gao and Luo Yanqing were about to argue, so he immediately waved his hand to interrupt. Luo Yanqing was right. Now the most important thing for us is to find out the situation on Hebei West Road. According to my guess, even if the golden dog has already launched an attack, it will not kill the Central Plains so quickly. Yinshuke's 7,000 elite soldiers are probably the vanguard of the Jin Army. However, although there are only 7,000 people, we must not underestimate this silver skill. Since he can defeat the hundreds of thousands of troops of the old handsome and handsome people, he will not be easy to match. We have to go down the mountain to save Shi Quan, and we must be prepared. Rushing to the rescue will only be the same as the rescue of the hundreds of thousands of troops in Taiyuan, and it will become a record in the book of merit of silver. ”

When Yue Fei said this, Luo Yanqing immediately closed his mouth. Because he knew that Yue Fei was determined to go to Qingshui Town. This made Luo Yanqing a little disappointed, he thought that Yue Fei was too kind of a woman. But at the same time, he admired Yue Fei even more in his heart. In the face of hundreds of thousands of golden dogs who are about to step into the Central Plains, only a fearless general like Yue Fei can lead the overall situation of resisting Jin. It's not that the Song people can't fight, the main reason is that most of the chief generals appointed by the imperial court are cowardly. In the face of the attack of the foreign enemy, most of the generals only knew that they would retreat into the city, and only when the enemy had captured the people and retreated, the generals dared to open the city gate and sent messengers to Beijing to ask for merit, saying that they had defeated the foreign enemy and attacked Yunyun again. But in Yue Fei's body, there was no fear of war that Song Dynasty generals often had. Every time Luo Yanqing looked at Yue Fei, he would unconsciously think that Yue Fei was born for the War of Resistance against Jin.

Yue Fei looked at the generals under his tent and said in a deep voice again, "I have decided to lead five thousand troops down the mountain and go to Qingshui Town. Ran Qing and Hua Ruyu stayed in the cottage. The rest of the generals all went down the mountain with me. Although Yinshu has won a hundred battles, in front of our Protectors, he is just another Yelu Ma Wu. ”