During the six or seven hours when Yan Wushu stopped repairing in the pouring rain, two Song Dynasty armies rushed overnight and arrived in Yuncheng before dawn the next day.

One was the eight-character army that was originally stationed in Shunchang Province.

Since the beginning of the war, Liu Qi and his Bazi Army have remained at the forefront of the battlefield.

Zhang Jun and Wang De's retreat did not affect him, and Zhao Gou and Qin Hui's class orders did not make him succumb, and he always maintained a calm and independent mind. When Yue Fei realized that he was isolated on the battlefield, he found that the only person who could provide him with support was Liu Qi, who had the lowest rank and weakest strength.

For Yue Fei's request for help, Liu Qi did not delay in the slightest, he sent his commander Lei Zhong to lead his troops north, and quickly rushed to Yuncheng to rescue Yue Fei.

The number of these reinforcements was not very large, only 5,000; But these 5,000 people are the ones who went out of the city to resist the Jin soldiers in the Battle of Shunchang, and they are all Liu Qi's main force

Yue Fei has a close relationship with Han Shizhong and Wu Jue, which is well known to the world, and the reason why Han Shizhong was able to avoid the pain of prison in the end was all because Yue Fei came to his rescue; And when Yue Fei was in prison, only Han Shizhong questioned it and forced Qin Hui to say something like "unnecessary".

However, the relationship between Yue Fei and Liu Qi is not well known.

In historical sources, there are three things that prove the relationship between the two of them.

First, in the Battle of Shunchang, the Yuejia Army was the first and only force to send troops to help.

Second, in the Battle of Yuncheng, Liu Qi reciprocated the favor and also provided assistance to the Yue family's army.

The third piece. After the imperial court deprived Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, and Yue Fei of their military powers. Then he also had to take back Liu Qi's military power. At that time, Yue Fei, who was the privy deputy envoy, strongly objected.

As the saying goes, "cherish heroes and value heroes", in the Southern Song Dynasty court at that time, the relationship between the generals who advocated the War of Resistance was quite good, and they were not as jealous of each other as some people in later generations speculated

Another team that came to the rescue was Zhang Xian, the former commander of the Yuejia Army.

Zhang Xian's large army was garrisoned in Yingchang, Yuncheng was at the southeast end of Yingchang Mansion, and Xiaoshang Bridge was in between, and he was closest to Yue Fei's handsome tent.

In a sense, the time that Yang Zaixing bought at the cost of his life was left for him!

Zhang Xian and his brothers from the former army rushed frantically in the torrential rain. They rushed to the battlefield that night, and after a short rest, launched the fiercest attack on the Jin army in the early morning of the next day.

Needless to say, this must have been a bloody revenge, and most of the cavalry corps, the main force of the Yue family's army, were in Zhang Xian's hands, and each of them was full of grief and indignation.

The deeds of Yang Zaixing and the three hundred patrol brothers have spread throughout the Yuejia army.

Since ancient times, there has been a cloud: the mourning soldiers will win. What's more, it's against the golden soldiers who are now demoralized.

More than 100,000 Jin troops were quickly defeated in the muddy Xiaoshang River area, and Zhang Xian chased after him and chased after him. chased through Linying County, and then chased more than 30 miles to the north. only to collect the troops and come back.

After Zhang Xian returned from collecting troops, he cleaned up the battlefield and found Yang Zaixing's heavy corpse.

Everyone was puzzled, and only after cremation did they discover the truth, Yang Zaixing's body actually had two liters of iron arrows in it.

What is the concept of two liters? Two liters is equal to two thousand cubic centimeters.

Figuratively speaking, the palms of the two adults are not together.

The brothers of the Yue family army present were all inexplicably sad and indignant, and they couldn't cry.

For such a situation, Yue Fei's method of dealing with it was: the whole army rested for three days to mourn the dead Yang Zaixing and other brothers of the Yue family's army; Then he advanced the headquarters of the Yue family army to Zhuxian Town, a small town only forty miles away from Kaifeng Prefecture.

Aren't you going to sneak up on my headquarters, I'll put the headquarters under your nose and see if you come.

Blood for blood, tooth for tooth!

This is our martial saint - Yue Fei

The trouble of completing the Yan Wushu is getting bigger and bigger.

Not only did almost all the strongholds on the periphery of Bianliang City in Kaifeng Prefecture fall into the hands of the Yuejia army, but even the retreat on the north bank of the Yellow River was occupied by the Heshuo rebels.

An invisible net began to unfold, and the goal was precisely his completion of the vultures.

The crisis is looming.

Among the Jurchens, Wanyan Wushu's brain is famous; After thinking about it repeatedly, he suddenly discovered a new target of attack - Xuzhou Yingchang Mansion.

It would be unwise to attack Yue Fei again now.

The timely arrival of Zhang Xian and Lei Zhong made the strength of the Yue Jiajun headquarters daunting, and with Yue Fei personally commanding and dispatching, a fool would touch this mold.

So why choose Yingchang Mansion?

According to the previous battle report, Yingchang Mansion was garrisoned by Zhang Xian. And Zhang Xian just took all the main forces to play with him in Xiaoshangqiao, needless to say, Yingchang must be empty at this time.

In addition, Wanyan Wushu also received a piece of information that Yingchang Mansion was the place where the Yue family's military grain and grass were parked.

In other words, as long as Yingchang Mansion is taken, it will be regarded as robbing most of the grain and grass of the Yue family's army. The food and grass of the Yue family army were cut off, and they still need to worry about Yue Fei not retreating?

Based on this idea, Wanyan Wushu took all his family background, known as an army of 100,000, and quickly advanced in the direction of Yingchang Mansion

Here a question arises: the number of golden soldiers.

When the Jin State tore up the peace treaty and rashly sent troops, the Jin soldiers claimed to have an army of 300,000, but in fact there were less than 200,000. According to Chinese cultural tradition, the so-called number is always full of moisture.

Among the 200,000 troops, the right deputy marshal Wan Yan Sali took away part of the attack on Shaanxi, Nie Li Jin took away another part to attack Shandong, and the rest was only about 130,000 for Wan Yan Wushu.

For the number of 130,000, whether it is in the "History of the Song Dynasty" or the "History of Jin", there are relevant records.

The 130,000 gold soldiers who completed Yan Wushu were partially defeated by Liu Qi in the Battle of Shunchang, part by Zhang Xian in the First Battle of Yingchang Mansion in Xuzhou, part of it by Niu Gao in Huaining Mansion in Chenzhou, and part of it by Dong Xian in the Second Battle of Yingchang Mansion. In the Battle of Yuncheng, he was partially defeated by Yue Fei. In the small business river, he was partially defeated by Zhang Xian.

In the midst of one failure after another. How many troops are left under the command of Wanyan Wushu?

Of course, there is another way to increase the number of troops - "signing the army".

The so-called "signing army" is to temporarily arrest strong men in the local area

In any case, Wanyan Wushu went into battle with the golden soldiers known as the "100,000 Army". In this "100,000 army", there are 30,000 cavalry, six commanders and the son-in-law of Wanyan Wushu, the general Xia Jinwu.

It can be said that this is all the belongings that Wanyan Wushu can currently dispatch.

Compared with the army of Wanyan Wushu, the Yuejia army in Yingchang City was slightly bleak, although the total strength reached 30,000. But if you look closely, you can't be optimistic-

Yue's army was divided into 12 armies, and now there are four armies in Yingchang Mansion, they are Wang Gui's Zhong Army, Dong Xian's Tabai Army, Yao Zheng's Youyi Army and Yue Yun's Beiwei Army.

It's just that a large part of Wang Gui's Chinese army is still in Luoyang City and Zhengzhou, and the main forces of the Beiwei and Youyi armies are in the hands of Zhang Xian.

In other words, the Yuejia army is once again faced with a situation of fighting more with less and fighting the strong with the weak.

However, it is in this unfavorable situation. For the Jin soldiers' attack, the Yue family army still chose to go out of the city to fight. instead of retreating into the city, and holding on to the danger

The reason why the war in the age of cold weapons was full of suspense was based on the poor transportation and communication conditions at that time; The extreme blockade of information has caused great trouble to the judgment of the commander.

Because of this, when Wanyan Wushu rushed to the city of Yingchang Mansion full of hope, what caught his eye was the neatly arranged and waiting for the Yue family army, Wanyan Wushu suddenly froze.

As if someone had poured a plate of cold water on his head, he had no idea for a while.

What's going on with this Yue family army in front of you, shouldn't it be from the sky?

There are two things that are most taboo in marching and arranging: one is to not be able to understand the enemy's intentions; The first is that one's own actions are led by the nose by the enemy.

The wise and martial arts Wanyan Wushu finally understood, not only was he constantly deploying troops and changing tactics, but Yue Fei was also calmly responding, and even anticipating the enemy's opportunity.

Looking at the neat Yue family army in front of him, Wanyan Wushu suddenly had a feeling that there was nothing to hide

However, whether you want to finish the vulture or not, at this time, you can only harden your scalp.

He had no other better option.

Behind Yingchang City is Kaifeng Prefecture, and there is no state-level city in between.

In other words, it is not only the last springboard for the Yuejia army to recover the old capital and occupy Henan, but also the last line of defense for the Dajin State to keep Henan.

It is the king mountain of both sides, and no one can afford to lose.

Once the Jin soldiers lost, Kaifeng Mansion completely became a lonely city, and he had no other way than to abandon the city and flee; On the contrary, if the Yuejia army loses, loses Yingchang City, and loses most of the grain and grass, it will immediately give up its efforts and have to retreat and collect its troops

The Great War has finally begun.

The offensive tactics of the Jin soldiers were very simple - because the Jin people were mainly cavalry, they used cavalry to directly cover the past, and then arranged for infantry to follow behind to cover.

The simplistic arrangement of Wanyan Wushu has aroused criticism and criticism from many later generations, because the coordination of cavalry and infantry has a variety of tactics to choose from, and the power of these tactics is much greater than that of actual combat.

From a purely technical point of view, this is true.

It's just that when it comes to this battle, their thinking is very wrong.

In fact, simplistic arrangements are the only tactics that can be used to complete the vultures; The simpler the better, and the more complex it is, the easier it is to fail.

The reason for this is that the problem arises with those infantrymen.

Although all the historical sources do not record the detailed number of infantry, since the Jin soldiers are known as 100,000 troops, and the cavalry is only 30,000, the number of infantry in the Jin camp is also tens of thousands.

And most of these tens of thousands of people are signed by the army-that is, the newly captured strong men of Wanyan Wushu...... (To be continued......)

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