Yue Fei's troops sharpened their horses, preparing to go straight to the Central Plains after the autumn, and in the midsummer of June, the war horses from Guanzhong were also sent to the Xiangyang camp, and the 20,000 war horses were sent by the Jin soldiers, which had nothing to do with the overall situation for the Jin country, but it was a rare treasure for the Song army. These are the Mongolian horse breed of the top grade war horses, one by one tall and strong, since the Song army obtained, and fed with concentrate, washed clean, even rushed to Xiangyang, along the way the state capital did not dare to slack, dispatched veterinarians, all kinds of careful care, would rather be sick and hot, can not be wronged horses, is to send to Yue Fei's camp, one by one raised fat and strong, not only Yue Fei looked happy, many generals and cavalry in his camp are happy, Yue Fei's military order is strict, there are many generals who want to change a good horse mount, But he didn't dare to open his mouth, and only watched as the war horses were all distributed to the cavalry army, allowing those ordinary knights to divide up.

The Song army has always lacked horses, and there are often generals who ride short horses for pulling carts, and even Han Shizhong got a good horse, so he had to pay tribute to the emperor, saying that it was something that people and ministers did not dare to do. Yue Fei's subordinates were able to obtain these good war horses, which showed that the trust of the emperor and the cardinal government was far above the ministries. After distributing it with horses, Yue Fei didn't care about the scorching heat, he personally tied up his heavy armor, and took Yue Yun, Fu Xuan, Li Dao and other cavalry generals to sweat like rain every day and train non-stop. In addition to the usual cavalry actual combat training, because of the increase in cavalry, but also added a detachment queue, large-scale group charge and many other practice methods, early in the morning, after breakfast the war horse also fed a circle, each person wears armor and takes a gun, waist hanging bow and arrow, on the horse until the sun is thin, but let the horse rest, people only eat some dry food and drink some water, so that no one complains, everyone knows that the imperial court has spent a lot of blood, that is, Xiangyang Mansion here, Pingzhang military affairs Li Gang came to inspect every three forks, all kinds of supplies are available. In order to allow the army to have a wider field for practicing equestrianism, Li Gang loved the people like a son, and he also reluctantly gave up a large amount of fertile land, allowing the war horses to gallop and waste at will.

In this kind of practice, the soldiers of the three armies, who were originally very elite, had their own horses, and they rode and shot more than once a day, that is, in the evening, after the commander ordered the troops to be withdrawn. Many soldiers used some food for themselves, and let the war horses rest for a while, and then they continued to ride their horses and trot at will for a while to enhance their familiarity with the war horses.

In this way, by the time of August, two months have passed, and the officers and men of each army are already familiar with each other, they are originally strong soldiers, and at this time, they are even more skilled in riding and archery, and they are such strict commanders as Yue Fei. I am also satisfied.

It's just all about getting ready to stop. But it has never been an order that the court has been allowed to move. Looking at the national war situation, except for Han Shizhong and Yang Cunzhong marching together, the pseudo-Qi people on Jingdong Road turned on their backs. Countless battles, tens of thousands of enemy captures, and even thousands of puppet officials and puppet generals, waiting for the Jin soldiers stationed in Hebei for the summer to press over, Han Yang's second division slowly retreated, to Haizhou, Xuzhou's first line to deploy and wait for the enemy, the puppet Qi can not fight again for a while, and the Jin soldiers have no intention of attacking, even if they fight all over Xuzhou, Han Yang's second division retreats while fighting. Even when he returned to Jiangnan, his previous efforts were wasted. Since Zong Han and Zong Bi entered the south of the Yangtze River once, searched the mountains and seas to find nothing, and could not tolerate the southern climate, many soldiers died of fever, Jin Bing never planned to cross the river.

As for Taiyuan, under the leadership of Wang Yan, Shi Ziming and other leaders, the Taihang righteous soldiers became more and more active, and even went to the city of Zhending several times. It made the golden soldiers stationed in various places exhausted. This kind of harassment war law Jin country up and down a headache, and to re-besiege Taiyuan is also bound to clear the Hebei rebels, the elite cavalry of the Jin soldiers in the mountain pass can not play an effective role at all, although the mobilization of large soldiers to attack, the effect is not large, had to advance slowly, need to wait for the autumn cool time when the army gathers, when the small group of rebels dare not come out, in order to single-mindedly pass the Taihang and go straight to the city of Taiyuan.

After Taiyuan was recovered by the Song army, the cardinal government and the political hall cooperated, mobilized nearly one million people, lasted several months, the original eleven miles of the circumference of Taiyuan City expanded more than three times, the city dug more wells, built a large warehouse, the city wall is strong and towering, the moat and ditch outside the city are everywhere, Yao Duan, Guan Shigu, Zhang Xian three armies together with the army team responsible for the project, nearly 150,000 troops are waiting for it, Tongguan is dangerous and the city defense in the river is also repaired and solidified, the entire Western Army forbidden army has nearly 260,000 people, More than half of the elite of the forbidden army in the world are in Shaanchuan, Hedong, plus nearly 500,000 people in the auxiliary defense box, when the soldiers are really strong and strong, take a defensive position to wait for the time, the Jin soldiers also know that it is powerful, and the defenders around the country dare not act rashly, only waiting for the army to be mobilized in the cool autumn and besiege Taiyuan, before they can say anything else.

Because of this, at this time in previous years, all over the country has long been on fire, the Jin soldiers attacked everywhere, the Song army was overstretched, fires everywhere, and the city fell everywhere, and since Zhao Huan returned, there were less than three years of kung fu, the whole army was full of martial arts, even battles, although the emperor was not known for his military talent, but he was a few pro-conquests, recovering Chang'an, Taiyuan, and getting the situation and strategic place, with the national wealth and manpower, dragging the Jin country's wealth and poverty of the people, and the lack of people and horses, the overall situation has been turned upside down at this time, and the Song army has the strategic initiative and the absolute security of the rear, And the Jin soldiers can only use elite cavalry and strong combat power to concentrate the main force to attack a place, so as to confront the Song army, which is not clear to the ordinary Song people, and ordinary generals and soldiers are not clear, only the privy envoys in the center, as well as Yue Fei, can be clear.

As soon as the day turns to August, although it is still the beginning of the month, the weather is not as hot as in June and July, and there is already some cool breeze in the morning and evening, blowing on people, it is already quite cool. Yue Fei watched the military newspaper of the Privy Mansion every day, and saw that the two sides were deadlocked, and there was no news from the imperial court, although the weather was cool, his mood was anxious.

On this day, he used military pigeons to convey the military orders of the day, but he couldn't believe these twisted inventions and promotions.

He himself changed his robe, but he didn't wear armor, and Yue Yun also changed his robe, and the father and son had breakfast together, and only took a dozen personal soldiers to follow, and went to the city to find Li Gang together, one to pay a visit, and the other to inquire about the news.

Yue Fei has always been strict with Yue Yun, and he has always treated each other like a commander and boss in the army, although he is a father and son of his family, he rarely treats each other gently. Because today is a private visit, neither of them is wearing official uniforms, just wearing cocoon silk robes, wearing black soft feet, the weather is cool, running all the way to fresh clothes and angry horses, Yue Fei's spirit is slowly happy, looking at his son is tall and strong, although he is not handsome, he looks like he is also in good spirits, thinking that his son has accumulated military achievements and has been promoted to the commander, and his achievements are far better than his own, and he has already selected a daughter-in-law, and he can get married at the end of the year, and he is even more gratified. Because of this, they gossiped with Yue Yun without a match, and mentioned that Yue Yun's younger brothers were also growing up, and they would be able to serve in the army in a few years, and the father and son couldn't help but smile.

Yue Fei was in a happy mood, but he praised Yue Yun for the first time: "It's a pity that your younger brothers are not as talented as you, you can lift a stone lock at the age of twelve, and if you have nothing to do, a few big men can't get close to you when you dance a gun, at this age, when it comes to martial arts in the army, I'm afraid that no one is your opponent." ”

Yue Yun was rarely praised by his father, and he couldn't help but feel a little fluttery, but he said humbly: "My father's reputation is far above that of his son, and he was known as the champion of courage back then, how can his son reach it." is Zhang Xian and Wang De, and martial arts are not under their sons. ”

"Son, I taught you to be humble, but not tactful."

Yue Fei smiled and shook his head, and said to Yue Yun gently: "I won't mention how Wang De is your opponent." Zhang Xian, when it comes to marksmanship, it is not under you, and his riding skills may be even stronger, but when it comes to strength, how can he compare with you. ”

Yue Yun smiled, his father was in a very good mood, and he praised him like this, but he didn't know how to reply. And the father and son have always gotten along with each other in the way of the boss and the subordinates, and the father and son have never talked like this in recent years, but it also taught him to feel a little embarrassed, and he couldn't adapt to it for a while.

Yue Fei ignored his son's careful thoughts, and said leisurely while riding his horse:

"You have such divine power, you must not be abandoned because of prodigal, and you can't be too proud, your uncles are actually not weak in martial arts, and their achievements are not as good as yours, just because you are not only strong in martial arts, but also proficient in the art of war."

When he mentioned this, Yue Yun smiled, and only said in a deep voice: "It's a pity that Fifth Uncle, otherwise, ......"

Yue Fei was originally smiling, but at this time, he also lowered his face and scolded Yue Yun: "Don't mention your fifth uncle's matter again, then Yang Zaixing is already my subordinate general, this person is also loyal and good, and he has regretted not following the thief, and the battlefield fight that day is his master, although your fifth uncle died in his hands, it is just a matter of his destiny." You must not hold grudges anymore, you know? ”

The fifth uncle mentioned by Yue Yun, but it is Yue Fei's younger brother Yue Turn, and he also followed him after the army, when Yue Fei served as the defense envoy of Taizhou the year before last, he once fought with the pseudo-Qi general Cao Zheng, Cao Cheng's general Yang Zaixing has the courage of ten thousand people, and his marksmanship is as accurate as archery, and he was killed on the spot on the battlefield, and then he was captured by Yue Fei and surrendered, Yue Fei appreciated that he was a talent, and did not hold a grudge against Yue Flip, but promoted and reused, that Yang Zaixing has done the fourth deputy general of the Youyi Army, and his official position is not low. Yue Yun was in a young man's mood, but he couldn't forget his revenge, so when Yue Fei heard him mention this matter, he reprimanded him, lest his son go to find Yang Zaixing's trouble.

He reprimanded him sternly, but Yue Yun didn't dare to argue, but his face was gloomy, but he thought in his heart: "If this person kills me, will it be okay to do so?" ”

Yue Fei also seemed to know his intentions, and had the heart to comfort a few words, but he opened his mouth, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

At this time, the pleasant atmosphere just now was gone, Yue Fei saw that the city gate was in sight, so he instructed Yue Yun: "Lord Li is a military and state affairs of Pingzhang, and he has a heavy responsibility, it is inappropriate for us to disturb him, you must not talk nonsense and annoy his old man." ”

At this time, Yue Yun also knew that he came to inquire about the news today, and he also knew that the matter of military affairs was important, so he bowed down awe-inspiring and replied: "Yes, please rest assured." ”