Chapter 137: It is better to cut off one of its ten fingers than to hurt it

Pucha Shijianu didn't know that his army had just left Weizhou, and Yue Fei, who was in Bianliang, had already received the news. The reason why Wanyan Lou's surprise attack on Luoyang was because the power of the Protector Army was extremely weak on the West Shaanxi Road and could not be exhaustive. But on Hebei West Road, the Protector Army's secret intelligence department has long been pervasive. Under the gallop of Niu Gao, Fu Xuan, Liang Xing, and Zhao Yun, the personnel of the Secret Intelligence Division also spread to every corner of Hebei West Road.

As soon as the iron horsemen of Pucha Shijianu left the city, more than ten carrier pigeons flew up from the houses and flew towards Bianliang with their wings spread. Yue Fei had just copied the Daxiangguo Temple at that time, he had money in his hands, his mood was a lot calmer, and his thinking became extremely agile, and he immediately guessed that Pucha Shijianu must want to force the Yellow River and attack Bianliang with Wanyan Lou's room. In the territory of Wuzhi, Fu Xuan blocked Pucha Shijianu, precisely to make a final confirmation of the whereabouts of the Jin soldiers.

Confirming the intention of Pucha Shi's slaves, Xue Bijian and Yue Fei sent 1,000 elite soldiers to defend Xingyangdu and prevent the Jin soldiers from going south. But Yue Fei made an extremely risky plan. He wanted to put Pucha Shijia slaves on the south bank of the Yellow River, and then encircle and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

"Since last winter, our Protector Army has been fighting day and day, although we have won a lot of battles and killed a few Jurchen households, but an influential Jurchen general has not been killed. Wanyan Yinshu is only from a small clan, and it is nothing in the eyes of the Jurchens. Pucha Shi's slave is the son-in-law of Wanyan Aguta, and the master of the horse that everyone in the Dajin Kingdom knows. If we can completely annihilate the cavalry of Pucha Shijianu in one fell swoop, it will definitely make the Jin people very discouraged. The population of my Song Kingdom is hundreds of times that of the Jin people, but now it is being pressed and beaten by the Jin people, which is really suffocating. As long as the Pucha Shijia slaves can be wiped out in one fell swoop, the Jin people will no longer have the courage to cross the river. At that time, we will be able to free up our hands and deal with Yan Lou with all our might. ”

Xue Bi immediately objected, "Although Yue Shuai's idea is good. However, there are 40,000 people in the whole army of Pucha Shijianu, 20,000 cavalry, 20,000 infantry, soldiers, armor, heavy food, and grass, and if we want to destroy this golden army, our army must send at least 100,000 horses. But our army does not have so many soldiers and horses now. ”

Yue Fei said confidently, "The battle line of Lion Camel Gang has stabilized. After losing more than 30,000 servant troops, Wanyan Lou Room could only maintain a siege posture on Lion Camel Gang, and it was impossible to take Lion Camel Gang. The 5,000 Jin soldiers who attacked the Liudi camp in a roundabout way were defeated by Han Chang and Wang Gui, and Xi was only spared. Now on the western front of Bianliang, the battle situation has stabilized. As for the completion of the southern line, Dong Xianjiqian is enough to deserve it. So we only need to concentrate all our strength now and defeat the Pucha Shi slaves. ”

Xue Bi spread his hands, "The key is that we don't have enough soldiers and horses." ”

Yue Fei's face became stern. "We just don't have enough soldiers. But we have more than enough of an army of displaced people. ”

It turned out that after the Protector Army occupied Bianliang, more than 200,000 displaced people from Jingxi Road came to Bianliang along the Yellow River. Most of these homeless people are strong men, and they all have rudimentary weapons in their hands. There were hundreds of chieftains, many of whom led tens of thousands of homeless people, and few of whom led hundreds of homeless people. The original purpose of these exiles may have been to attack Yingtianfu from Caozhou, but when they arrived in Caozhou, they were frightened by Xin Zan's 10,000 elite soldiers. Xin Zan was originally a passerby in Jingxi and had a high prestige among the homeless. After he shocked the displaced people, he persuaded the displaced people who were willing to resist Jin to go to Bianliang. Because Yue Shuai is recruiting new troops on a large scale.

The homeless people are beggars in troubled times, and they don't care about life and death. Moreover, most of them became outcasts, and most of them were given by golden dogs. Before coming to Caozhou, they also entangled many battles with Zong Bi's army on Jingxi Road. Xin Zan's original intention was to persuade tens of thousands of displaced people to go to Bianliang, but as soon as the more than 200,000 displaced people heard that Yue Fei had recruited troops on a large scale, they all came to their senses, and they all arrived in Bianliang under the leadership of their respective leaders.

Xin Zan was afraid of losing control, so he sent a fast horse to deliver a message to Yue Fei to inform him of the imminent arrival of the army of displaced people, while bringing five thousand elites of his own and always following behind these displaced people to prevent them from harming the people on the shore.

When more than 200,000 displaced people arrived in Bianliang, they gave Yue Fei a big problem at that time. The Protector Army really can't recruit so many soldiers because they can't afford to raise them. Even if you get a windfall from Daxiangguo Temple, you still can't afford it. If they are dismissed, they will only be harmed. It was at this time that the news of Pucha Shijianu's southward movement reached Bianliang.

Yue Fei calculated the strength of the troops in his hand. Remove the 50,000 new army of protectors who strictly guard the Lion Camel Height, and the Liudi Camp can draw out 5,000 elite infantry and 2,000 cavalry. In Bianliang City, Zhang Lei's 3,000 cavalry can be used. Although the first division suffered too much damage some time ago, and the newly recruited sergeants were unable to fight hard, at least 8,000 elite infantry could be selected. Han Chang's Fourth Cavalry Division could all be transferred. Coupled with Xin Zan's 5,000 elites, Yue Fei could gather at least 20,000 infantry and nearly 12,000 cavalry, which was still quite inferior compared to the military strength of Pucha Shijianu. But if you can mix the people's army and the homeless army like Niu Gao on Hebei West Road, as long as you use it properly, you can definitely let the Jin Guo's horses be planted here.

But Yue Fei also knew clearly that even if he could really leave the Pucha Shi slaves on the south bank, the displaced people would definitely suffer heavy casualties. But Yue Fei had no other choice. If Yue Fei a year ago was just a hot-blooded young man who wanted to do everything. So now Yue Fei already knows how to make trade-offs. When he should be cold-blooded, he will also become cold-blooded and ruthless. The huge army of displaced people will hurt themselves if they do not hurt the enemy. In this case, let them die on the battlefield of anti-Jin, at least they will die well.

This is a year when the sky is falling apart, and this is also a year when the luck of the Han family has declined to a low place, and if you want the torch of civilization of the Han family not to be completely extinguished by the iron hooves of the nomads, every male of the Han family has the responsibility of martyrdom.

The Jurchen Tartars knew military strategy, and they saw the threat of the Protector Army, so they poured all their strength into attacking the Central Plains. The strength of the Protector Army is too thin, and Yue Fei has no ability to save every citizen from all walks of life in the Central Plains. Yue Fei could only try his best to save more people. Tzu is not in charge of the army. After fighting on the battlefield for a long time, warm humanity will inevitably give way to ruthlessness.

Now Yue Fei has learned to see the world as a chessboard, and what he has to do now is not to save every pawn, but to use the sacrifice of pawns to win this chess game. The last years of the Northern Song Dynasty were a turning point in the fortunes of the Han family, and if they escaped this catastrophe, China would enter a capitalist society hundreds of years ahead of the West. If they could not escape this catastrophe, China would regress in great strides and regress to the era of obscurantist slavery under the double slaughter of the Jin and Mongols. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang expelled the Tartars, those who grew up in the slave era inevitably became branded as slave times. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's brutality is no different from that of a foreign king.

Yue Fei was originally a man with a deep sense of mission, and in the original history, the mission he fought for all his life was to recover the Central Plains, go straight to the Huanglong Mansion, and wash away the Jurchens and the shame imposed on Zhao Song. But after getting Yue Xiaofei's memories and seeing the tragic fate of the whole of China after the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei thought that his mission was to reverse the luck of the Han family, which was trampled into the dust by Zhao Song and the Jin people.

If there is bound to be enslavement and slaughter in this world, Yue Fei hopes that the Han family will hold the hilt of the sword. If the world can really move towards Datong, Yue Fei hopes that the person who holds the bull's ear is not England or the United States, but a man from the Han family who speaks Huaxia.

Regarding the use of homeless people as cannon fodder, in fact, everyone sitting here can understand. Whether it is Zhang Xian, Han Chang Xinzan and other fierce generals on the battlefield, or scholars like Xue Bi, they have no objection to Yue Fei's proposal. The only thing they are worried about is that the combat effectiveness of the displaced people is too low, and the will to fight is extremely poor, and once they break and flee, it may cause a herd effect, so that the elite protector army will also collapse.

Xue Bi said worriedly, "Shuai Yue, the exile army is not of great use." ”

Yue Fei said in a deep voice, "I will dispatch all the Protector Army in this battle. But I'm not going to let all the Protectors go to war. The homeless people cannot fight a tough battle, but they are good at disrupting the war. I will dispatch 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry to try to form a melee with Pucha Shijianu. And the task of the more than 200,000 exile soldiers is to peel it in layer by layer like peeling cabbage. Until the golden soldiers are stripped naked. I will put 10,000 warlords on the periphery of the outcasts, and once the battle begins, if the golden drum is not sounded, those who retreat will be killed. ”

"Xue Bi, you don't have to go with you this time. You guard Bianliang for me. Zhang Xian and Han Changhua went west to attack with me. Xin Zan had a very high prestige on Jingxi Road, and he was good at commanding the homeless people to fight, so Xin Zan led 5,000 elite troops to lead 200,000 homeless people, and went up to beat the golden dogs at any time. ”

In the end, Yue Fei suddenly shouted, "It's better to break one finger than to hurt his ten fingers." This time, only Pucha Shijianu responded to the Western Route Army, a golden general. If we can kill all the Jin soldiers of Pucha Shijianu, in the following battles, the Jin soldiers will fall apart, and they will sit back and watch the destruction of friendly troops and dare not save them, just like the previous officers and soldiers. Kill the Puchashi slave and finish the Yan Lou room. When the hot summer comes, the opportunity for the Jurchens to retreat in a big way is when our Protector Army will attack. ”

After agreeing on how to attack, more than 30,000 people guards and 200,000 people were waiting for Pucha Shijianu to cross the river and go south. If yesterday's Tuo Hu Lie had been able to scatter the scouts ten miles away, he might have seen a large number of soldiers hiding in the woods and deserted villages and towns. Tuo Hulie's carelessness, or the carelessness of Pucha Shi's slaves, put 40,000 Jin soldiers in a desperate situation.

As soon as Pucha Shijianu mustered up the morale of the whole army, the five thousand cavalry of the protectors in the direction of the southern front swept over at a gallop. A huge Hanzi flag was held in the hand of a wrestler, crackling by the wind, and the hunt flew flying.

Han Chang Han Wanhu, who had groveled in front of Pucha Shi's slaves and had a flattering face, has now become the commander of the Protector Army Han with a face like frost. Facing the 10,000 Jin soldiers who were waiting for him, Han Chang's eyes only had anger and no fear. Although there were only 5,000 cavalry behind him, it was as if there were a million troops behind him.

A long spear was held in Han Chang's hand by Han Changxu, with the head of the gun pointing downward. When it was only three miles away from the cavalry of the Jin army, Pucha Shijianu's treasure knife slashed forward, and the five thousand Jin soldiers also roared loudly and began to charge in groups.

Han Chang's war horse did not slow down, and the war horse of the five thousand cavalry did not slow down either. All the Protectors did was bring the steel crossbow with the best bolts in their hands, or copy the throwing guns into their hands. Han Chang just slowly pulled down the iron mask that had been lifted to the top of his head, covering his entire face, revealing only a pair of eyes that were like fire.