Chapter 147: Striking the Grass and Startling the Snake
Du Zhan remained silent, smiled at Yue Fei and said, "Please advise the marshal." ”
Yue Fei said: "Zong Bi is not as good as Li Cheng, Li Cheng is stupid and greedy, he knows that he is not my opponent, but he hits my knife again and again, and he does not repent when he dies, Zong Bi is different, this person has a resolute personality, clear judgment, and excellent knowledge, although he does not know that the strength of our army has far exceeded that of the year, the soldiers and horses of all roads will move from time to time, but only according to my movements near Gyeonggi to decide the movement of Jin Bing." Now my 100,000 troops are waiting for me, the arrangement is strict and cautious, although this person is brave in his use of troops, but not reckless, seeing that I am so well prepared, he will definitely wander on both sides of the Yellow River, or enter Shandong, first defeat Han Shizhong and other troops, force me to rescue, and then take the opportunity to invite an attack, and use cavalry maneuvers to disrupt my deployment. In this way, our army is mainly foot soldiers, although all roads are coordinated, in fact, it is difficult to help each other in an instant. The enemy is mainly cavalry, and the mobility is much stronger than ours, if he is really like this, our army is likely to be caught by him and defeat one, and our army will be difficult to take care of, difficult to mobilize, difficult to supply, and the longer the battle lasts, the more beneficial it will be to the enemy. When he said this, Du Zhan's face was already full of appreciation, and after Yue Fei stopped, Du Zhan couldn't help but sigh and said: "This battle is the general trend, it is our Privy Counsellor Military Department dozens of senators, in front of His Majesty's drive to discuss together, everyone discussed for a long time, and according to the pedestrian Division's analysis of the movement of the Jin soldiers, in order to see this step, the marshal is worthy of being a famous general at home, Your Majesty has high hopes It is really a unique vision." The other party praised him like this, Yue Fei couldn't help but say a few words of thanks, and then said: "Since Your Majesty asked Senator Du to come and remind you what to do next, Yue already knows what to do next." Du Zhan also knew that the other party was experienced, and several of his own people were talking on Chang'an paper, and the suggestions he made might not be more appropriate than the other party, so he nodded with a smile and no longer told Yue Fei what he had thought.
The two chatted a few more details about military affairs, and Du Zhan got up and said with a smile: "The marshal is busy with military affairs. I also want to return to Chang'an as soon as possible to report to Your Majesty, go to Changshui first during the day, and then take advantage of the dark night to steal the enemy's situation. Yue Fei said with a smile: "If it weren't for the scruples of Jin Bing, in fact, I would have been able to meet with the generals of the Western Army a long time ago, and I could even ask Your Majesty to open the seal." Du Zhan said: "Let's talk about it, we are waiting for the general's good news, and I hope that next time we will see you in Kaifeng City." At that moment, the two of them parted. After Yue Fei sent Du Zhan out of the camp, he instructed Yue Yun to personally lead a team of cavalry to send the edict envoy to Xijing, and then rush back to the order.
After Du Zhan left, Yue Fei began to dispatch troops, and ordered Wang Gui, Dong Xian, Yao Zheng and others to lead the left, rear, and broken enemy armies to move westward, from Shunde to Nanjing, and capture the Guangji army, and then unite with Han Shizhong and Yang Yizhong.
Zhao Bingyuan and Meng Bangjie led the front and middle armies to seize Shangzhou in the east. Together with the Song Army of Zaguan. Open the gap between the two armies and seize all parts of Shangzhou.
and the two infantry cavalry of Youyi and Tabai, with a small number of foot soldiers. Went straight to the Yong'an Army, all over Zhengzhou, and crossed the river, echoing with the rebels lurking in Hebei, cutting off the support near Kaifeng.
In this way, he only had more than 5,000 people around him, and the two armies were less than 30,000, and the troops were slightly weak.
Li Ruoxu and the others joined the army worried about Yingjing's emptiness, and bitterly advised Yue Fei to be cautious. Yue Fei just shook his head with a smile and said, "You don't have to be uneasy, you have your own success in your heart." ”
The lord will insist so much, Li Ruoxu was originally a very smart person, seeing that he was confident, his heart moved, because he saw that the rest of the people had retreated, so he asked Yue Fei: "Isn't the prime minister planning to lure the enemy into the depths?" "Yue Fei has long been given the title of privy deputy envoy, and Li Ruoxu is commensurate with him. Yue Fei was not used to hearing it at first glance, but he had to let him. At this time, he knew that he was deceiving the other party, and besides, many things in the army depended on the other party, and he also admired this person very much, so he replied immediately: "That's true, Wanyan Zongbi is very human, don't lure him to come, you need to beware of this person going around, it's not good." ”
Li Ruoxu also knew that what Yue Fei said was reasonable, but he was no better than Du Zhan, he was in the privy council to coordinate the overall situation, and he was only responsible for the safety of Yue Fei's army. Yue Fei replied with a smile: "It's okay." At present, the enemy has other forbidden troops on all sides, and if he wants to attack my Yingchang root, he needs to attack with light cavalry in order to receive a surprise effect. Besides, the Jin people are big, the flat field battle, the king division has no victory, I left the two armies here, and there are back to overcome the elite soldiers, even if the enemy uses the main force of the elite cavalry, there is no reason to be defeated. Seeing that Li Ruoxu was about to say more, Yue Fei stretched out his hand and said, "You don't need to say any more, there is no reason to win when marching and fighting." If you don't take risks, the enemy is not a fool, can An calmly comply? He smiled again: "Not only do I have to wait here for Zong Bi to come over, but I also have to send someone to Kaifeng City to go around a few times, I have to force Zong Bi to think that I am going to attack Kaifeng, and I can't hold it back." ”
Li Ruoxu saw that he had made up his mind, and he also knew in his heart that what the other party said was reasonable, so he didn't persuade him anymore, but he just made up his mind, and after returning to the camp, he must order people to send more scouts and cavalry, and then keep in touch with the rest of the army at any time, so as to respond.
Yue Fei waited for Li Ruoxu to say goodbye and came out, because Yue Yun had not yet returned, he closed his eyes and muttered for a while, and then instructed his own soldiers: "Spread Yang to come again." The pro-soldier agreed to go out, and after a while, Yang Zaixing had already arrived outside the tent and signed up loudly to invite in.
Yue Fei Huo Ran opened his eyes, originally reclining on the couch, and after letting the other party enter the tent, he immediately sat upright. After Yang Zaixing calmly saluted, Yue Fei ordered him to sit down, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Yue Yundao, you are brave and wise, and you are specially transferred from the Shengjie army to the back danger army, you are brave I know, I heard that after you entered the back, many people in the army were dissatisfied with you, and you threatened to ride alone and capture Zongbi alive, but there are any?" Yang Zaixing's face was red, and he never thought that he was fighting with his colleagues in private, and he was also heard by the handsome. He was dissatisfied with everyone in the Shengjie army, and Fu Xuan also liked it very much, who expected that Yue Yun would be saved that day, Yue Yun praised Yang Zaixing for his wisdom and courage in front of his father, and strongly asked Yue Fei to promote this person, Yue Fei had long been very concerned about Yang Zaixing, hindering Yue Yun from having a bad relationship with this person, it was not good to hurt his son's heart too much, at this time he naturally agreed immediately, Yang Zaixing made great achievements in the Battle of Changshui, so he transferred this person to the back danger army as a general, and the time was not long, and the back danger army was all above the top figures, and he was not convinced by this new general, Yang Zaixing couldn't be excited, the army won consecutive battles with others, and no one in the entire army was his opponent, although Yue Yun's hands were itchy, but it was not good for his subordinates to fight seriously, so he had to let Yang Zaixing talk, so that the so-called single horse charging into battle and capturing the art of stealing the vultures spread throughout the army, and everyone knew it.
At the moment, he sighed and explained to Yue Fei: "The last general is fighting with others, and the jokes he blurted out for a while should not be true. Yue Fei nodded and said: "Yes, I am in charge of the two hundred and fifty-two generals of the Ten Army, if everyone has to ride into the enemy formation alone, I, the commander, might as well try my luck." Seeing that Yang Zaixing's face was red, Yue Fei was not too embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Forget the joke, for the general, you can't fully follow the courage of the horseman, when the former is in front, and when you are behind, you can't lead the troops with pure blood bravery, you know?" This is considered a fate, Yang Zaixing immediately said yes awe-inspiringly, and did not dare to refute it.
In fact, Yue Fei himself started as a small school, and he rushed into the enemy formation many times to advent himself, so enlightening Yang Zaixing was not very persuasive. It's just that since Yue Fei returned from Chang'an, he has indeed taken a lot less risk in the front enemy, and he no longer appreciates the pure bravery of the generals under his command, so the atmosphere in the army has gradually changed, and the generals are not purely by force.
Seeing Yang Zaixing listening to the teaching, Yue Fei was very satisfied, he was naturally relieved of Yang Zaixing's martial arts, only his blood was too strong, and he was afraid that he would fall into the enemy's formation, so he immediately ordered: "Yue Yun is not here, I want to know the situation of the Kaifeng garrison today, of course, this matter is the most suitable to do behind his back, you take three hundred to carry the grievances, go to the vicinity of Kaifeng, and sentry into the enemy's situation." ”
Since the defeat of Li Cheng, there has been no war in the army for more than ten days, Yang Zaixing's bones are itchy, at this time, when he heard that he was ordered to fight, his face was immediately full of excitement, and he immediately clenched his fists and replied: "The last general will obey the order." Yue Fei was afraid that he would be too excited, so he couldn't help but add: "Just disturb the enemy, you don't need to fight a tough battle, the momentum is not right, just retreat." Yang Zaixing agreed repeatedly, but he knew in his heart that the soldiers assigned to him were all above the top, usually walking sideways in the barracks, and he was a new general, and if he didn't come out with some real skills, he might not be shocked to live, but he was afraid that this time the patrol would visit the enemy, and he would have to fight a few ruthless battles.
At the moment, he didn't reply, just stood straight, and when Yue Fei finished reprimanding, he knew that the task of this trip was to scare the snake, and he made up his mind in his heart, since it was to scare the snake, the more frightened the better.
Immediately bid farewell to Yue Fei, returned to his own camp, called several deputy generals who were in good hands with him, carefully selected 300 strong soldiers, ordered people to prepare equipment and grain and grass, and then went back to the tent to rest in the afternoon, and then set off on the road in the evening.
It's just that everyone has the same mind as him, and the soldiers on the battlefield are not afraid, but when the enemy situation is unknown, there is no battle to fight, and they are the most anxious, at this time they are ordered to go to the battle, they are all full of excitement, and those who were not selected by him are even more noisy in front of his tent, persuading him to leave, and when he tied, he was out of the tent at night, but he saw that the others were also full of spirit, obviously not resting, Yang Zaixing shook his head and smiled bitterly, turned over his horse, and shouted: "Everyone listens, don't make noise after you go on the road!" Seeing that everyone said yes, Yang Zaixing felt a slight sense of meaning in his heart, waved his hand, and ordered: "Let's go." Anyway, he took the lead, took advantage of the moonlight to ride out of the camp gate, and galloped towards Kaifeng.