This is the early morning of the third day of September in the second year of Jingkang, and the red morning sun has just jumped out of the horizon, smearing a layer of faint red on the entire land of northern Henan. It looks like the old blood, and like the blood that is about to be shed.

As foreshadowed by the rising sun, on this day, the entire land of northern Henan was bleeding.

On this day, Niu Gao and Dong Xian led thousands of rebels to block five thousand Jurchen elite horsemen on the ruins of Chaoge Town. On this day, Fu Qing Fu Xuan's loyal militia suffered thousands of casualties, and Jiao Wentong, who rode a bull, once broke into the depths of the Jin Soldier Brigade and was almost killed by a knife. On this day, the reinforcements sent by Xue Guangbu sent by Zongze, who stayed in Bianliang Mansion, had just crossed the Yellow River and were still hundreds of miles away from Xiangzhou. On this day, Yue Fei led 3,000 cavalry of the Protector Army, 420 Beiwei Army, plus 300 cavalry from the scout battalion, 2,000 Jiading mixed with the Luotian family, and nearly 10,000 homeless people with poor weapons, to attack the 7,000 Jurchen army besieging Xiangzhou.

Jeruma 5 stood on top of a high corner tower, and several standard-bearers around him kept changing their flags, and commanded the army in the camp to mount their mounts. Thousands of servants were piled up behind the camp wall, nervously awaiting the moment of decisive battle.

The reason why Yelu Mawu put the inferior servant army on the front line was because he concluded that Yue Fei's first wave of attack must have been launched by those displaced people. After all, no matter which army it is, it will send some cannon fodder to consume the enemy's strength. The elite army is put in the last appearance.

It cannot be said that Yelu Ma Wu's judgment was wrong, because from ancient times to the present, the two armies have always rushed to the front when they faced each other. It can only be said that Yelu Ma Wu's luck was not good, and he met Yue Fei, an outlier among the famous generals.

Yue Fei is benevolent by nature and has always been very good to the common people. And after accepting Yue Xiaofei's memory, he regarded loving the people like a son as his own responsibility, rather than a credit that could be promoted. Although these homeless people have a deep enmity with the Jin soldiers and have a very high fighting spirit, if they are allowed to collide with the Jin soldiers, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties. Therefore, Yue Fei rejected Luo Yanqing and Tian Mancang's suggestion, and not only did not use the exiles to launch the first wave of attacks, but instead let the exiles retreat behind the battle line.

Seeing Luo Tian and the others with uncertain faces, Yue Fei smiled and said, "General Luo, the head of the Tian family, you don't have to worry. I don't have to be a homeless to take the lead, and I won't use your family to take the lead. For the first time, our Protectors came to fight. ”

Luo Tian and the others really thought that the reason why Yue Fei didn't use the homeless people was because he wanted to use the family members of the two families as cannon fodder. Although the two were reluctant in their hearts, they were also ready to sacrifice. Anyway, they defected to Yue Fei this time, just to fight with the Jin people. And the elite of the cavalry brought by Zhao Hong made them even more confident. thinks that his family is right to join the Protector Army this time. Unexpectedly, Yue Fei's words broke their minds, which made the two of them embarrassed. Luo Yanqing's face was red. However, Tian Mancang quickly came back to his senses and expressed his loyalty very loudly. "Captain Yue's words are too outward. Now there are no Luo Tian and two families, only the Protector Army. Now there is no General Luo and the Tian family master, only the two battalion heads of the Protector Army. Commander Yue, please give the order, I'm willing to take the lead. ”

It turned out that Yue Fei had already organized the families of the Luo Tian family into two, and Luo Yanqing and Tian Mancang were each the camp leaders. Tian Mancang had heard of the name of the Protector Army, but now he knew that the military system of the Protector Army was very different from that of the imperial court. This made Tian Mancang's eyes look at Yue Fei suddenly different, he was looking at an immortal general, but now he was looking at a true son of heaven. Tian Mancang decided in his heart that Yue Fei's ambition was not small. Tian Mancang said secretly, could it be that my Xiangzhou is also going to have a son?

Yue Fei didn't know what Tian Mancang was thinking. The main reason why he didn't send homeless people and family members was because he didn't want them to die in vain. Another reason is that he decided to use thunder to blast open the wall of the Golden Man Camp. This kind of task naturally has to be completed by the Protector Army. Yue Fei is not going to give the newly joined army a chance to come into contact with the Thunderbolt yet.

As the rising sun completely jumped out of the horizon, the five hundred armored protectors held a shield in one hand and dragged a large basket in the other, advancing towards the Jin army camp wall. Jinying's bows and arrows are flying, but these protectors are holding large shields wrapped in two layers of iron, and ordinary bows and crossbows can't shoot through at all.

In addition, these protectors are all well-trained elite soldiers, and they tightly shrink their bodies behind the big shield, and they don't give the golden soldiers a chance at all. But when the Protectors approached the camp wall eighty paces, the Jin army camp began to shoot into the sky. Heavy iron arrows whizzed down from the sky. Fortunately, in addition to wearing iron armor, these protectors also wore iron hats on their heads. If it was Fan Yangli, which was often worn by the Song army, it was estimated that the projectile method would cause heavy losses to the Protector Army.

Even so, there were casualties among the Protectors. More than a dozen Protectors were eerily shot in the face by iron arrows falling from the sky. The other Protectors simply dragged their baskets over and continued towards the camp wall.

When Jerumawu on the corner tower saw this situation, he couldn't help laughing. "Yue Fei, Yue Fei! In vain, I regarded you as an immortal general, but it turned out to be a woman. Actually led the elite army, do you think that with just these hundreds of fish and shrimp, you can break through my strong camp wall? Wishful thinking! ”

Don't blame Yelu Ma Wu for being confident, the camp wall set up by the Jin army outside Xiangzhou City is not comparable to the camp wall set up by Niu Gao in Chaoge Town. The walls of the Jin army's camp were all made of whole logs. In order to build this camp wall, the original lush woods outside Xiangzhou City have been cut to sparse pieces. These logs, which are almost thicker than the legs of the Cheng**, are extremely strong, and Yelu Ma Wu once did an experiment to make several war horses crash up at high speed, but the war horses were killed, and the camp wall still stood still.

Amid the laughter of Jerumawu, the Protectors finally approached the camp wall. But to Yelumawu's surprise, the Protectors did not cut down the camp wall with swords and axes, but piled those large baskets under the camp wall, a total of more than ten zhang wide. Then they seemed to take out their scythes and set something on fire. Then, hundreds of Protectors, with large shields, quickly withdrew from the camp wall. In the process of evacuation, dozens of more Protectors were shot. The rest of the Protectors dragged their wounded comrades and ran faster.

Jeryma said in a loud voice, "What the hell? ”

As soon as the words fell, only a loud bang was heard that shook the earth, and Yerumawu's ears were buzzing. The corner tower at his feet swayed. When he shook his head, sobered up, and looked in the direction of the camp wall, he found that in the dust, the impregnable camp wall had been blown open a gap more than twenty feet wide. Thick logs flew around, and the flesh and blood of the servants lying on the camp wall flew everywhere.

Some of the surviving minions screamed and ran around, apparently knocked out of their minds. Yelu Ma Wu hurriedly shouted, "Go back to the gap, and the runner will die!" ”

But the servants didn't seem to hear him, and they still shouted. Yeluma's eyes tightened, and he made a killing gesture. Hundreds of cavalry soldiers immediately stepped forward with their knives and hacked to death the servants who were running wildly. Yerumawu didn't know that the servants were so close to the center of the explosion that they had already been deaf and couldn't hear his shouts. You must know that Yue Fei piled up five hundred thunderbolts at the base of the camp wall in one go, and thousands of catties of black powder exploded together, even if it was only primitive black powder, it was still not something that human power could resist.

Although Luo Yanqing and Tian Mancang were hundreds of steps away from the camp wall, they were still frightened by the sound of thunderous explosions. Luo Yanqing was a little better, Tian Mancang's mouth opened wide, and he muttered, "God, didn't Captain Yue invite Lei Gong to go down to earth?" ”

Yue Fei patted Tian Mancang's shoulder, "Camp Chief Tian, since Lei Gong has gone down to earth, what are we waiting for." ”

Ji Qian folded her arms and shouted, "Brothers, rush with me!" "Hold a double hammer in your hand, and take the lead in killing the gap. To the left of Ji Qian, it is his fiancée, the fierce girl Hua Ruyu. On Ji Qian's right, it was Luo Yanqing, a fierce general who had just thrown over. The three thousand cavalry followed closely with the three generals, and the sound of hooves was like thunder, rolling towards the camp of the Jin army.

Yue Fei saw Yue Heng being shot in his hand, and his face was eager to try. couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Heng, you are the commander of the scout battalion, don't always think about going to the battlefield and fighting the enemy to the death." Your first task is to scout the enemy. ”

Yue Heng said eagerly, "Big brother, two hundred scouts have already been scattered. You just let us go to war. Although these scouts are veterans, I haven't fought with the Golden Dog for a long time, and I feel that my martial arts have regressed a little. ”

Yue Fei used the iron gun in his hand to point to the corner tower of the Jin Army camp, "Brother Heng, do you see it?" The golden dog Jeruma V was there. The man who led you, take him alive for me. ”

Yue Heng clenched his hands into fists and replied loudly, "Get the order!" He led a hundred scout veterans and quickly followed.

The sound of the thunder explosion also frightened Zhao Butry, who was standing on the gate of Xiangzhou, and almost accidentally planted the city wall. Zhao Butry, who hadn't slept all night, had red eyes, but there was irrepressible excitement on his face.

He pointed to the Jin army camp and shouted, "General Yue has begun to attack. We can't stand on the walls and sit back and watch the success or failure. The golden dog has surrounded me for a long time, and today it is finally our turn to fight back. ”

What made Zhao Butry a little disappointed was that when the defenders at the head of the city heard that they were going out of the city to counterattack the Jin army, there was still a little fear in their eyes. There was no way, they were all practicing in the township corps, and they were surrounded by golden dogs for a few months, and they had already lost their courage. It's okay to let them beat the drums of war in the city and engage in a feint, but it's really a bit difficult for them to let them out of the city.

At this time, one of Zhao Buqiu's staff members suddenly said loudly, "Are the generals still afraid of the Jin soldiers?" General Yue's deep passage method outside the city can summon heavenly thunder in broad daylight and eliminate the golden soldiers outside the city, which is naturally as easy as a finger. The prefect sent you out of the city to fight back, not to help General Yue, but to let you take some credit. Listen to the sound, who can make such a sound except the thunder lord in the sky! If you don't leave the city again, the Jin soldiers will be killed by General Yue. How can Governor Zhao ask for credit for you after the war? ”

I have to say that the nonsense of this staff member has aroused the fighting spirit of the defenders in the city. Most of these township soldiers are children of peasant families, and they believe in ghosts, monsters, gods and Buddhas. Since General Yue outside the city can summon heavenly thunder, he can naturally protect them. In that case, what else is Lao Tzu afraid of?

Zhao Butry is a Confucian student, he has always been silent about ghosts and gods, and he was very angry when he saw the staff full of nonsense. I was about to reprimand this staff member for a few words, but I saw that the defenders raised their weapons one after another, and under the leadership of several generals, they went down the city wall, opened the city gate, and swarmed outside the city.

The staff smiled slightly, "Lord Zhao, don't blame, this is just an expedient measure, taking advantage of General Yue's momentum." ”