It was already early summer, the sky was brightening early, and the red sun was already hanging in the east, sprinkling warmth on the earth.

Two hundred paces away in front of the east gate of Yingzhou, more than 20,000 soldiers stood murderously.

These soldiers were mainly infantry, arranged in a huge phalanx, and on the two wings of the phalanx, there were more than 3,000 elite cavalry on both sides, eager to try.

In front of the phalanx, many flags were erected, waving in the wind; And there are three large flags in the middle that are the most conspicuous.

A green dragon banner on the left, the top of the dragon head is a big "Song" character; The white tiger banner on the right, the tiger's back is embroidered with the word "Yue"; And the largest apricot yellow flag in the middle is embroidered with four big characters - "Loyal to the country." ”

Needless to say, this army is the Yuejia army that was ordered to go on the Northern Expedition

And on the tower of the Dongcheng city in Yingzhou, there were also many soldiers guarding the city, each raising their swords and guns, and staring at the group of wolves and tigers under the city tower tremblingly.

This is the third time Li Cheng and Yue Fei have fought each other.

In the first battle, in the third year of Jianyan, on the eve of Wanyan Wushu crossing the river at Majia, Yue Fei defeated Li Cheng's tens of thousands of infantry with 500 cavalry in Zhenzhou and Changlu, and robbed Li Cheng of a large number of supplies.

The second battle was in the first year of Shaoxing, when Li Cheng gathered 300,000 troops in Jiangxi and forced Zhang Jun's 60,000 horses to the west bank of Zhangshui, and then Yue Fei's 3,000 cavalry entered from the rear wing and defeated Li Cheng's Second Route Army; Then he chased after him relentlessly, and even used 10,000 soldiers and horses to cripple Li Cheng's last 100,000 main force in Louzizhuang, forcing Li Cheng to cross the river and flee.

From the end of the second encounter to this moment, it was only less than three years.

In the past three years, the Yuejia army fought in the east and west, invincible, and its reputation became more and more resounding.

Therefore. Before the third battle began, the soldiers defending the city were already terrified and almost wanted to flee

Yingzhou is the largest barrier in Xiangyang Province. Therefore, Li Cheng sent one of his bravest generals, to guard here. This general is called Jing Chao

Jing Chao turned out to be Ban Zhi, a close confidant of the puppet Qi emperor Liu Yu, and was the first warrior of the puppet Qi, known as the "Ten Thousand Enemies".

Li Cheng himself was unwilling to face Yue Fei's Liquan spear, so he specially asked Liu Yu for Jing Chao, which was specially used to deal with Yue Fei and practice bravery.

This Jing Chao can become Ban Zhi, a cronie of the puppet Emperor of Qi, and he is not a brave and unscrupulous person. Seeing that the defenders under his command were timid before fighting, he had an idea and came up with a way to boost morale.

Jing Chao occasionally learned that the pseudo-prefect Liu Ji was a loud voice with a loud voice. And he is eloquent. So let Liu Ji climb to the head of the city of Yingzhou, from Yue Fei, Zhang Xian to Niu Gao. scolded Yue Jiajun from beginning to end.

I have to say. Liu Ji's level of scolding is very high, and he scolded Yue Jiajun for more than a stick of incense, but he hasn't repeated a sentence

The strange thing is that the Yuejia army allowed Liu Ji to make a big deal of nonsense on the city, neither beating gongs and drums to interfere, nor sending soldiers to fight back. Just stood quietly under the city tower in Yingzhou.

Yue Fei naturally had his reasons for doing this.

There are many ways to boost morale, and being provoked by the enemy is one of them.

Liu Ji's exit was so vicious, although it could make the puppet army defending the city relax a little, but it greatly aroused the indignation of the soldiers of the Yue family.

That's it. A strange picture appeared: a short-necked literati scolded loudly on the tower, the soldiers on the tower laughed, and the soldiers below the tower gritted their teeth and burned with anger. But neither side did anything

Just when Liu Ji was scolding at the head of the city, Yue Fei saw that the time had come, and suddenly raised the Liquan spear in his hand and stabbed it in the air.

"Knock, knock, knock", in the rear of the Yue family's army, the sound of drums suddenly sounded, covering up all Liu Ji's voice.

Immediately afterwards, the ironclad cavalry on both wings of the Yue family's army suddenly started and rushed towards the city wall; Immediately after that, the infantry phalanx in the center also began to start, following behind the cavalry, and followed in unison.

The infantrymen spurted forward as they shouted trumpets and boosted each other's morale.

For a time, under the city tower of Yingzhou, the momentum was agitated and the sound of killing shook the sky, and most of the pseudo-Qi soldiers, including Liu Ji, were frightened and white, and they couldn't speak.

Seeing this situation, Jing Chao, who had been lying on the Taishi chair, laughed, and asked people to call Liu Ji over, pointed to Yue Jiajun under the city and said: "Yue Fei is famous, but it is actually difficult to deputy, what are you afraid of?" ”

"What do you mean by this?" Liu Ji has now been frightened by Yue Jiajun's soul, where do you know what Jing Chao's words mean.

Jing Chao stood up from the Taishi chair, patted Liu Ji's shoulder with his left hand, and pointed to the Yue Jiajun under the city wall with his right hand and said, "Look below, don't you find that they are missing something?" ”

Liu Ji turned his head and looked at the city for a while, but he didn't see anything, so he said in a trembling voice: "The lower official can't see it, and ask the general to say it clearly." ”

Jing Chao laughed and said, "Now it's a siege battle, not a field battle. Siege warfare requires siege equipment, such as ladders, siege vehicles, and ramming vehicles; I observed for a long time, and the Yue family army did not have any equipment, why did they break through my city gate, and what did they rely on to go up the city wall? ”

Liu Ji is also a person who has seen the world, and when he heard Jing Chao say this, he suddenly realized.

Oh, not only did the Song army under the city wall not bring any siege equipment, but even climbing tools such as thallium did not appear on the city wall.

Liu Ji didn't expect that he was just thinking wildly and could guess the truth.

Yes, just when Liu Ji and Jing Chao were talking in the women's wall, on the three or four zhang high city wall in Yingzhou, a few Song soldiers jumped in unexpectedly, killing people when they met them, and cutting them when they saw people

What's going on, could it be that those soldiers of the Yue Family Army can really fly?

Of course not, how can a person fly!

So how did they jump into the city?

The answer is: tired shoulders and rising. In modern language, it is to build a ladder

More and more Song soldiers jumped into the city, and the Song general led by him was the most eye-catching.

I saw that he had red lips and white teeth, a baby face, and an iron cone gun more than eight feet long; Although the iron cone gun is short, there are two large iron mallets hanging from the front and back ends of the gun. The lethality is huge, it can be said that it will hurt when it sticks, and it will kill if it touches it. After only a few efforts, he had already carved out a clearing in the dense crowd of people.

This Song general is Yue Fei's eldest son-Yue Yun.

Suddenly, Jing Chao hurriedly raised his Zhan Jin point steel spear, shook the spear spark, rushed forward a few steps, and stabbed Yue Yun's body.

To be honest, Yue Yun's fighting style is too brave, if no one in the city can stop him. Yingzhou will soon be lost.

Yue Yun was playing happily, when suddenly a strong wind came from the left, and several spearheads with the sound of breaking the air came from far and near, whistling.

Don't look at it. The sound alone can tell that the person who came is a master.

Yue Yun was not in a hurry. Feet slightly bent. Holding up the head of the gun with his left hand and turning it inward, he actually knocked the big gun of the person who came away.

This time it is not a marksmanship at all, but the knife technique of the Spring and Autumn Broadsword: "Flower knife turns down the copper judgment rod"

The iron cone gun is a special-shaped weapon, and the iron cones at both ends of the gun barrel are large and heavy, which can be used as a gun. It can also be used as a broadsword, and even as a mace.

Yue Yun is extremely talented, and his natural strength is infinite, even more so than Yue Fei. Therefore, Zhou Tong carefully designed a special-shaped weapon such as an iron cone gun for him to give full play to Yue Yun's potential.

It stands to reason that Jing Chao is known as the "Ten Thousand Enemies", and his martial arts are definitely not low, how could he be knocked away by Yue Yun with a single shot? This is still to blame Yue Yun's baby face.

Yue Yun was only in his early sixteenth year at this time, and judging from his face and body shape, few people could believe that Yue Yun actually had such strength. Caught off guard, it's easy to understand that the spear was knocked off.

However, Jing Chao's martial arts are indeed good.

The big gun was knocked away, Jing Chao did not retreat, but advanced, pulled out the short-handled treasure knife on his waist, exerted force with both feet, and suddenly approached Yue Yun's arms, and slashed at his chest.

Yuyang Knife Technique: "Chasing the Body and Chopping"

The Yuyang knife method originated from the ring hand knife of the Han Dynasty, which is one of the oldest knife techniques in China, characterized by holding the knife with both hands, with great force and fast, accurate and ruthless moves.

As the saying goes, one inch is long and one inch is strong, one inch is short and one inch is dangerous, now that Jing Chao has lost his long weapon, it is also reasonable to have a close hand-to-hand fight with Yue Yun.

I have to say that Jing Chao went from losing his gun to drawing his knife to then attacking and counterattacking, and after a few strokes, his whole body style was like flowing water, natural and flawless.

Such a desperate style of play made Yue Yun suddenly think of his black uncle Niu Gao.

Yue Yunmeng took two steps back, avoiding Jing Chao's blow, and then swirled his hands into the middle of the iron cone spear, and with a "snap", the iron cone spear was broken in two in vain.

Jing Chao wanted to chase with all his might, but when he suddenly saw Yue Yun's move, a cold air rose from the dantian, and he turned around and fled.

It turned out that Jing Chao found that the iron cone gun in Yue Yun's hand had turned into two big copper hammers.

Jing Chao dared to approach Yue Yun, it was nothing more than that the short knife had an advantage in close quarters, and now the opponent's spear suddenly turned into a short-handled copper hammer, but Yue Yun had an advantage in weapons, how dare Jing Chao not escape.

Yue Yun is indeed a child's temper, he can't find an opponent in the city, if he meets a Jing Chao, he is happy to see the hunt, and he chases after him.

Poor and dignified No. 1 master of pseudo-Qi, he was chased by a child from the city to the outside of the city, from outside the city to the mountain, and finally was knocked off the cliff by Yue Yun's copper hammer.

The puppet Qi soldiers in Yingzhou City were not strong in battle, and they all relied on one Jing Chao to hold the town here, and now Jing Chao fled, and the rest of the people surrendered on their knees.

In just one morning, one of the most important outer barriers in Xiangyang was recovered by the Yue family's army.

And Liu Ji, who scolded people very well at the beginning, also ended up in a different place.

It is recorded in the "Chronicle of King Xingshi of E": At dawn, the drums of the city are thin, and everyone is tired and rising. Forced by the rebels, he threw himself off the cliff and died. Seven thousand people were killed, and the corpses were as high as the Heavenly King's Tower. Liu Ji was bound to the front, and the first ministers were responsible for righteousness. Nango beheaded. Then he returned to Yingzhou. (To be continued......)

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