Since it has been decided to move the 20,000 soldiers and civilians who escaped from Xiangzhou City to Yingtianfu, there is naturally no need to let them go to Erlong Mountain again and take the wrong road. It just so happened that at this time, Zhao Hong's cavalry division had already arrived in Qingshui Town.

When Zhao Hong's cavalry division passed under the city of Xiangzhou, he fought a battle with the 2,000 cavalry of Jin Bing. Although Zhao Hong killed Qianhu Ma Guangyuan with an arrow, under the leadership of another Jin soldier, Qianhu Hanwen, the Jin soldiers threw more than 400 corpses outside the city, and they still withdrew into Xiangzhou City.

Because of the danger of Yue Fei's safety, Zhao Hong naturally didn't care about attacking Xiangzhou, so he hurried here. As a result, I only saw the dead golden soldiers in one place. Zhao Hong said a little ashamedly, "Yue Shuai, is the deputy commander of the cavalry division too incompetent?" The 5,000 cavalry failed to defeat the 2,000 golden dogs. Compared with Yue Shuai, it is really too far behind. ”

"Haha," Yue Fei patted Zhao Hong's shoulder and laughed, "I said Zhao Hong, if you are better than me, then what am I messing with." But you are a competent division commander, much more competent than Ji Qian. ”

Zhao Hong hurriedly said, "Yue Shuai, the last general is the deputy division commander." ”

Yue Fei said loudly, "I announce that from today onwards, the commander of the cavalry division will be Zhao Hong. As for the former division commander Ji Qian, the official was demoted to three levels, and I was the commander of my personal guard. Speaking of this, Yue Fei specially asked Ji Qian, "What's the matter, do you agree to this new position?" ”

Ji Qian grinned and said, "My good big brother, I've long wanted to pick a child." I know how many pounds and taels I have, but I really don't have the material to lead thousands of troops. I can only make mistakes under the command of my eldest brother. ”

Promoted from the deputy division commander to the full division commander, Zhao Hong was of course a little excited. Although he also did the work of a teacher before, after all, his name was not right. He was about to be humble. Yue Fei stopped his words and continued, "I'll send you a deputy division commander Dong Xian, who is good at fighting cavalry battles. You two get to know each other. ”

Because nearly 2,000 horses were captured in this battle, Yue Fei immediately ordered Zhao Hong and Dong Xian to lead the cavalry to escort the 20,000 soldiers and civilians in Xiangzhou to Kaide Mansion. Shi Quan and Zhao Yuying followed Yue Fei to Erlong Mountain, preparing to go to Yingtianfu with the women and children of Erlong Mountain.

But after thousands of people guards arrived at Erlong Mountain, they found that there were many heroes on Erlong Mountain. Strictly speaking, these heroes have not yet been able to go to Erlong Mountain. Ran Qing and Hua Ruyu knew that the elite of Erlong Mountain had been exhausted, and now there were only a few thousand rabbles left in the cottage, plus nearly 20,000 women and children. In case these heroes are allowed to go to the cottage, in case they turn their faces, Erlongshan will move away in a blink of an eye.

Because of this, when Yue Fei came to Erlong Mountain, he found that Erlong Mountain was like a great enemy, and all the crossbowmen were concentrated at the gate of the cottage, staring at more than a hundred strong men outside the gate.

Of course, as soon as the brigade of the Protector Army arrived, the old and young of Erlong Mountain immediately cheered in the cottage. They are worried these days, because although the number of heroes in this group of heroes under the mountain is small, they are all heroes who block a hundred. If they really want to fight, they really don't have the confidence to defend the cottage.

Those heroes couldn't help but gasp when they looked at the murderous Protector Army with a strict lineup. Most of them are the masters of the cottages, so they naturally understand what elite soldiers are and what rabble is. The more than 3,000 sergeants carrying the corpses in front of them were undoubtedly elite. If you attack them, even though each of them is a hundred generals, you will definitely not be able to escape a few.

After surviving the attack of the Jurchen Iron Cavalry and killing thousands of golden soldiers, all the Protectors who participated in the battle had a strong heart. Self-confidence changed their temperament and shocked these heroes at once.

The leader of the gang of heroes was a middle-aged man, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, his eyes were sharp, and he was carrying a long knife. In the face of the strong pressure of the Protector Army, this big man laughed instead, and his voice was like spring thunder, which reached Yue Fei's ears.

"Yue is invincible, and Ma Kuo has been famous for a long time. When I saw it today, it really lived up to its name. Wuma Shan Ma Kuan is polite. ”

Hearing that the man in front of him turned out to be Ma Kuo, Yue Fei couldn't help but feel moved in his heart. This Ma Kuo was originally from Gansu, born in the Western Army, and was captured in the defeat of the anti-Jin struggle in the first year of Jingkang. But he soon escaped again. I heard that now he is the king of Wuma Mountain, and he has hundreds of thousands of rebels under his command. I didn't expect him to come to Erlong Mountain today.

Yue Fei immediately signaled his subordinates to put down their weapons, stepped forward, and said with his fists clenched, "It turned out to be General Ma." The name of General Ma has been heard for a long time. In the past few days, Yue went to Qingshui Town to fight golden dogs, and the cottage was not well entertained, and he asked General Ma to forgive his sins. Ran joined the army, General Hua, and did not open the gate of the wall, and let General Ma go up the mountain to drink a glass of thin wine. ”

Ma Kuo smiled very boldly, "Yue Wushu, you two female generals guarding the mountain are not idle people." Anyway, I can't do anything about them. I've been wearing out my mouth for the past few days, and they still won't let me in. ”

Ran Qing smiled and saluted Ma Guang, "General Ma's name, although Ran Qing also knows. But the heart of defense is indispensable, the cottage is really empty these days, Ran Qing, as a member of the army, naturally can't help but think about the women and children who stay in the cottage. I also hope that General Ma will have a big ** amount, don't hate the little girl. ”

Ma Kuo smiled, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Anyway, you haven't missed our food and drink these days. How dare I blame you, a female Zhuge ? ”

But when he went up the mountain, Yue Fei keenly found that although these more than 100 sturdy men were led by Ma Kuo, they didn't seem to be in a group. Because more than half of them are always separated from the people of Mako.

When they arrived at the cottage lobby, when the guests and hosts sat down and introduced their identities to each other, Yue Fei's conjecture was confirmed.

Ma Kuo brought only about 30 people, and the others had their own leaders.

Liu Li is busy, an eighteen-year-old hero, seven feet tall, good at double swords. is from Yi County, Hebei Province, with a white silk wrapped around his head, on which a bright red word of complaint is written. His cottage has more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians.

Yang Hao, a header with a hair and an iron staff, is the apprentice of Wutai Mountain Zhihe Zen Master. Occupying Yutian County, Hebei, there are more than 5,000 people and horses.

Liu Yiyun, a good man with a long body and a handsome face. A native of Yanshan Mansion. Strictly speaking, he is already a Liaodi Han'er. But instead of joining the servant army of the Jin State like other Han army and serving the tiger, he erected the banner of righteousness.

Shi Chuang, known as Mr. Chuang, looks like Zhang Fei's reincarnation, with a short beard like a needle. A native of Zhongshan. He has tens of thousands of men and horses, and has repeatedly fought wars with the Jinren.

Zhang Gong, an elegant scholar, has iron-like bones. It was originally the original Zhending Mansion to get the county of Lu County, and after the county was broken, the people gathered in the mountains to fight against gold.

Although these people are not as famous as Ma Kuo, and their power is not as great as Ma Kuo, they are undoubtedly iron-clad heroes. What Yue Fei admires most is the heroes who dare to resist gold.

Especially Liu Yiyun and Mr. Chuang, one dared to erect a banner of righteousness in the belly of the Jin soldiers and gather volunteers, and the other led the people's army to challenge the Jin army repeatedly. Although they all failed, the roots remained. And their courage made Yue Fei admire.

Yue Fei held the wine glass and toasted these anti-gold heroes one by one. But Yue Fei didn't know that these heroes he admired were the ones he admired the most now, Yue Fei. According to the original history, Yue Fei at this time was just the head of a battalion under Wang Yan, and he was still unknown at all. The most famous are Wang Yan and Ma Kuo, one who established an eight-character army in the Taihang Mountains, gathering more than 200,000 people. One built a large village in Wuma Mountain, and also gathered hundreds of thousands.

But since Yue Fei embarked on a different path in Yingtianfu, his reputation has now far overshadowed Wang Yan and Ma Kuo. In particular, the battle of Xiangzhou City to kill Gao Qingyi and Yelu Ma Wu made the Central Plains heroes happy and convinced.

Of course, when Ma Kuo and others came to Erlong Mountain, they would definitely not ask for autographs by the way in order to see their idols. The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors. Mr. Chuang, who had never moved his chopsticks, spoke first, "General Yue, Lao Shi is a rough man, he can't tell nonsense, and he won't tell lies. I'll just get straight to the point. To tell you the truth, I suffered another defeat half a month ago, and was defeated by a Jurchen thousand-man team. No matter how desperate the brothers were, they could not defeat the golden dog without armor or weapons. I originally wanted to look for General Yue in Yingtianfu, but halfway through I heard that General Yue was in Taihang Mountain, so I came up the mountain. General Yue, Lao Shi would like to ask you to support a little armor. I don't want many, just a thousand. I don't have any money, just a lot of blood. As long as General Yue agrees, Shi Chuang will be General Yue's pawn from now on. ”

After saying this, Mr. Chuang stared at Yue Fei with blazing eyes. He was afraid that Yue Fei would say something refusal. Mr. Chuang is a good man who dominates the world, arrogant and natural, and never asks for help. He gathered tens of thousands of men to defend his homeland with a bloody nature, but he was repeatedly defeated in front of the Jin soldiers. Every failure makes Mr. Chuang's heart ache. It's not that his men aren't brave enough, they dare to stop in front of the golden dog's iron riders with their flesh and blood. But without armor and weapons, there is nothing to blood, but he can't defeat those golden soldiers in a hundred battles.

It wasn't until more than a month ago that Mr. Chuang heard that Yingtianfu on the south bank of the Yellow River had risen a people's protection army, which was not only good at fighting but also built a large armory workshop, and even sold weapons and armor to the outside world.

But Mr. Chuang has no money. Their rebel army gathered in the mountains, and they didn't even have enough to eat, where would they have the money to buy armor and weapons. As for wanting to rob local tyrants and fight inferior gentry, it's a pity that they have already been beaten up by the golden dog.

But seeing that the weather was getting cold day by day, Mr. Chuang knew that the golden dog would definitely make a big move to exterminate their rebels before they went south. In order to give the brothers more confidence when fighting against the Jin soldiers, Mr. Chuang finally gritted his teeth and left the cottage, preparing to bring back a thousand pieces of armor to the unclothed brothers with his empty hands.

Not only Mr. Chuang was waiting for Yue Fei's reply, but Liu Li was busy and Liu Yiyun was also waiting for Yue Fei's reply. Because the two of them have the same purpose as Mr. Chuang. Perhaps the only difference is that the two of them are rich. Hundreds of their brothers guarded tens of thousands of taels of gold and countless gold, silver, and jewels in the mountains dozens of miles away.

Of course, Yue Fei saw the look on Mr. Chuang's face, which was an extremely deep expectation. If Yue Fei rejected him, this iron man would definitely not collapse, but he would definitely be very sad.

Yue Fei didn't intend to hurt Mr. Chuang, but he couldn't blurt out either. The armor and weapons produced by the armory workshop were purchased in response to the taxes of the people of Tianfu, but they were not owned by him Yue Fei alone. Even if he agreed, Li Bashao and Huang Zong would not agree.