When Yue Fei received Zhou Yi's flying pigeon transmission in the Daimyo's Mansion, the vanguard of the Jurchen Eastern Route Army had already reached Dongping Mansion. Lao Meng An led 7,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry to try to stop the Jin attack, but was defeated by Han Chang and had to retreat to Shanzhou. 50,000 Jurchen iron cavalry, 100,000 Han army, plus more than 10,000 traitor troops who solved treasures, unstoppably slaughtered Caozhou.

"This pair of dog thieves! I'm going to kill it! Ghost Fan Tower, I Jiqian will be destroyed. ”

Knowing that Guan Bisheng was booby-trapped by Liu Yu's father and son, Ji Qian immediately shouted loudly. The other generals also gritted their teeth.

No wonder they gritted their teeth, at this time, the battle situation on Hebei West Road gradually became clear. Zong Han's army of more than 200,000 is now trapped between Meng Ji, unable to advance, but unwilling to retreat. And where the two thousand elite horsemen were crisscrossing, the people rose up in response, and the Pucha Shijia slaves who guarded the state were very busy. If Yue Fei gathered all the rebel armies of Zhending Mansion and Daimyo's Mansion in one place, and suddenly cut off Zong Han's back route, Zong Han's middle route army would fall into death.

If Zonghan's army can be wiped out in one fell swoop, the anti-Jin situation will definitely be even better. There are few Jurchen soldiers, and destroying one-third of their troops at one time will definitely make Zongwang vomit blood. But once Jinan is lost, everything is over. Ying Tianfu is the foundation of the Protector Army, and it must not be lost. Not to mention anything else, half of the tens of thousands of people protectors now have families and jobs in Yingtianfu, and more than half of the grassroots officers are Yingtian locals. Once Zong Bi broke into Ying Tianfu, it would definitely be a devastating blow to the hearts of the Protector Army.

But withdrawing troops is not easy! Yue Fei's two thousand elite horses are okay to say. But the 40,000-strong army of the Mengzhou battalion was not so easy. If Yue Fei can receive the news of the fall of Jinan, Zong Han will definitely receive it too. If Zong Han sent an army to attack fiercely and bite Zhang Xian Niu Gao, the 40,000 Protector Army would not be able to withdraw at all.

Without the 40,000 Protector Army, even if Yue Fei returned to Ying Tianfu, he would not be able to stop the Jin soldiers from attacking. After all, it was Zong Bi's 50,000 iron cavalry and Han Chang's 100,000 Han Er army that entered Ying Tianfu.

At this time, no one realized how powerful Zong Bi was, thinking that this person was just a Jurchen royal family from a thousand masters. Only Yue Fei knew that Zong Bi was his fateful opponent. Zong Bi is good at using cavalry, and he is good at taking risks. Lao Meng An can't stop him, and it is also a matter of course.

Yue Fei sat on the big tent, the fingers of his left hand kept bending, his expression was heavy, he frowned and thought for a while, then raised his head suddenly and said, "Liang Xing Zhao Yun!" ”

Liang Xing and Zhao Yun hurriedly stepped forward with their fists clenched.

"Now that Jinan has fallen, Yingtianfu is in danger. I must lead the army back to help. I handed over the Daimyo's Mansion to you, are you sure to hold it? ”

Liang Xing said angrily, "If people don't die, the city will not be lost." Yue Shuai rest assured, I now have more than 17,000 soldiers, I will not attack other places, only defend the daimyo, and wait for the people's army to cross the Yellow River again. ”

Yue Fei nodded with satisfaction, and asked again, "If there is any disharmony, you can lead your troops to retreat to Zhending Mansion and join forces with Zhang Gong." Remember, don't be vain. The fight against gold is a long process, and it has only just begun. We have to keep ourselves alive first. ”

Liang Xing and Zhao Yun should be in unison.

Yue Fei turned his gaze to Ji Qian and the others. "Ji Qian, Wang Gang, Xiao Shan, Luo Yanqing, Jiao Wentong, we won't go back to Mengzhou. I think Zhang Xian also received an urgent letter from Ying Tianfu, and he must have begun to withdraw his troops. We went straight to Kaide, where we crossed the river and headed south. ”

Luo Yanqing said a little worriedly, "I'm afraid that Senior Commander Zhang and Senior Commander Niu won't be able to withdraw." ”

Yue Fei smiled, "I believe in Zhang Xian's ability. ”

Wang Gang suddenly shouted, "Yue Shuai, Master Zhang said that Hu Da is coming to assassinate you. Since a Rakshasa woman can kill Guan Bisheng, Hu Da must be even more powerful. Yue Shuai must not be careless. ”

Ji Qian was also a little worried about this. Yue Fei sneered, "I also want to see Hu Da's methods. ”

Yue Fei didn't take a mere assassin to heart at all. What he was worried about was the hidden power of the nine-tailed fox. However, it can be inferred from this letter that the nine-tailed fox has now started infighting.

On the second day, Yue Fei led 2,000 elite horsemen to leave the Daimyo's Mansion and rushed to Kaide. Liang Xing and Zhao Yun watched Yue Fei go away at the city gate. Liang Xing sighed, "Yue Shuai is really a bit risky to go. In this world, only Yue Shuai dared to take such a risk. The families of the Protector Army are all in Yingtian and Xuzhou, so they can't be lost. ”

Speaking of this, Liang Xing and Zhao Yun's faces were all worried. Because the families of the two have also moved into Yingtian. Speaking from the heart, Liang Xing and Zhao Yunji wanted to fly back to Junying Tianfu with Yue Fei. However, the two also understood the importance of the Daimyo's mansion. As long as the Daimyo's Mansion was held, Zong Han's Middle Route Army could only return to the division to take it. As long as he can hold down Zong Han's army of more than 200,000, he will have made a great contribution to the crisis situation.

Yue Fei's army traveled all the way south, but kept receiving bad news. Master Zhihun finally stopped Zong Bi's soldiers, but on the emergency military report sent by Zhihun it was clearly written, "Kou Cheng, the commander of the Beiwei Army, was killed in battle, Wei Chen, the commander of the first infantry regiment, and Ma Liang, the commander of the third infantry regiment, were killed in battle." ”

Kou Cheng is an old man who raised troops with Yue Fei, he is extremely brave, and he is good at training, and the most elite back army is trained by Kou Cheng. Wei Chen Ma Liang was an officer from a jinshi background, and he was brave and resourceful.

In just a few days of fighting, so many high-ranking generals were killed, and you can imagine the intensity of the battle.

Just when Yue Fei's heart was in pain, worse news came again. This bad news came from the yellow flying pigeon who rushed to respond to Tianfu. "Pengju, Du Chong is reversed."

Yue Fei had already made Du Chong a villain who was bound to commit treason, but he didn't expect Du Chong to turn back two years earlier than in history. In history, Du Chong was the number one culprit who reduced gold when he retreated to Jiankang, which led to the collapse of the Song army's Jianghuai defense line. As a result, Zong Bi led 5,000 elite horsemen to the south of the Yangtze River, searching the mountains and checking the sea to catch Zhao Gou.

However, Du Chong's rebellion at this juncture had no impact on Zhao Gou's Jiangnan regime, but it had a great impact on Tianfu. After all, there are still hundreds of thousands of rebels in Bianliang City who are under Du Chong's control. These rebels are all poor, crazy, hungry and crazy outcasts and bandits. There is no need for Du Chong to mobilize at all, they will scream and kill Ying Tianfu.

Although it was only a rabble, the huge number was enough to bring disaster to Ying Tianfu.

Although Huang Zong said in the letter that Wang Tianbao had led 50,000 militia divisions to rush to the area of Minquan Qi County, the combat strength of the militia division was limited after all, and it was not yet known whether it could withstand hundreds of thousands of rebels.

Receiving the news of Du Chong's troubles, Yue Fei's heart sank completely. Since receiving a memory from his descendants, Yue Fei has already made up his mind to change not only his own fate, but also the fate of the Central Plains for a hundred years. Since the beginning of the Ying Tianping Rebellion, for most of the year, it finally has a powerful armed force, and most of the talents in the Central Plains have been gathered in one place, so that they will not be displaced and fill the ravines.

But this scene seems to be just a snowflake under the sun, beautiful is beautiful, and it will melt in the blink of an eye. If you can't stop Zong Bi's army this time, and you can't stop Du Chong's bandit army, the prosperous Ying Tianfu will become a blank land. Yue Fei's hard work for most of the year will also be ruined.

The Daimyo's Mansion was less than 200 miles away from Defu, and it took only a day and a half for the 2,000 elite horsemen to rush to the foot of Kaide City. To Yue Fei's relief, Wang Gui did not stick to Kaide Mansion this time. Wang Gui led the Second Division to cross the river along the pontoon bridge as early as two days ago, and now he has joined forces with Zhihun in Caozhou.

Yue Fei finally let out a sigh of relief. Coupled with Wang Gui's more than 10,000 infantry, no matter how brave Zong Bi is, he will not want to break through to the territory of Yingtian in a short time.

Along the way, Hu Da, who deliberately assassinated Yue Fei, never appeared. Maybe it was the speed of the two thousand elite horsemen who threw him away, or maybe it was the murderous aura of the elite riders that made him scruple. Anyway, Hu Da, who was holding a bronze firearm, seemed to have disappeared from the land of the Central Plains.

Yue Fei didn't have the heart to speculate about where Hu Da had arrived at the moment. He now just wants to cross the Yellow River as fast as he can. Although Wang Gui's army left Kaide Province, Wang Dazhu, the militia leader of Kaide Province, led three brothers to defend Kaide Province. A few months later, the four former butcher brothers have become the leaders of the militia that commands 5,000 militias.

Seeing Yue Fei's banner, Wang Dazhui immediately opened the city gate and pulled out the three thousand war horses stored in the city.

"Yue Shuai, before Wang Gui crossed the river, he said that Yue Shuai would definitely send reinforcements to Caozhou from Kaide Mansion. Three thousand good war horses were deliberately left behind for Yue Shuai to exchange. ”

Yue Fei couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what a Wang Gui was, he was so clear about his thoughts. It is worthy of the hair that grew up together.

Without these three thousand recuperated war horses, Yue Fei really didn't dare to cross the river rashly. After two days of galloping, the war horse under the crotch was exhausted. If you don't breathe a sigh of relief, you can't compete with the golden soldiers and iron cavalry at all.

But with these 3,000 war horses, you can immediately cross the river with a wave.

Therefore, Yue Fei received the war horse, and did not enter Kaide Mansion, and directly led the troops to the Yellow River pontoon bridge. Before leaving, he glanced at the majestic Kaide Mansion City, and specially told the four brothers of Wang Dazhui to defend Kaide Mansion well, and if there is an enemy to attack, they can defend the city to the death.

Wang Dazhui grinned and said, "Yue Shuai don't worry. In the past few months, Master Zhihun has taught us a lot of battlefield knowledge. Although the four of us can't fight the golden dog, we are not afraid of the golden dog when we defend the city. ”

Just as Yue Fei crossed the river from Kaide Mansion to the south, Zhang Xian's 30,000-strong army was also retreating from the Zhuludu pontoon bridge to Henan. The only difference from Yue Fei is that behind Zhang Xian's army is the army of Zong Han who is chasing after him.

Just as Yue Fei guessed, when Zong Han learned that Zong Bi had taken Jinan Mansion, he immediately sent all the Jurchen troops to storm the camp of the rebel army day and night, trying to drag Zhang Xian's entire army.

But Zhang Xian decisively divided into two ways with Niu Gao's soldiers, Niu Gao led the infantry of the Third Division, plus Zhang Lei's Han'er army, and defended the camp. Zhang Xian led 30,000 elite soldiers to Zhuludu.

However, Zhang Xian's intention to divide the troops was discovered by Zong Han. In order to bite Zhang Xian's army, Zong Han, who had not wielded a knife to kill the enemy for more than ten years, actually put on armor and led thousands of guards to attack Niu Gao's third division.

Niu Gao's third division had only more than 10,000 men and horses left, and although Zhang Ti's more than 10,000 Han'er troops helped, compared with the 200,000 Jin soldiers, there was still a huge difference. Even though Niu Gao waved his hands and fought to the death, he was still defeated by Zong Han within two days. Niu Gao and Zhang Lei could only lead more than 10,000 remnants of the army to retreat to Taihang Mountain.

Zong Han didn't care about chasing Niu Gao at all, he ignored the fatigue after the war, led 30,000 Jurchen elite horsemen to chase Zhang Xian, and finally caught up with Zhang Xian ten miles away from the Yellow River.