The lord was killed in battle, and the remaining 1,000 third-order light cavalry and 5,000 third-order light infantry all surrendered.

Lin Yuan directly incorporated the surrendered team.

In this way, his ranks reached 6000 cavalry, as well as 5000 infantry.

"The Dabie Mountains, the mountains are vertical and horizontal, steep and steep, it is difficult for large-scale cavalry to give full play, we must recruit more infantry, take advantage of the mountainous area, divide the cavalry of the Jin State, encircle and annihilate it."

Those Jin Kingdom lords wanted to take advantage of the cavalry advantage and inflict large-scale damage on Lin Yuan on the plains.

Lin Yuan did not meet their wishes, and advanced into the Dabie Mountains, letting the large-scale cavalry nest together to eliminate the advantage.

The 5,000 light infantry in his hands, plus the 4,000 infantry led by Guo Kai, a total of 9,000 infantry, is far from enough.

The minimum number of infantry is 50,000 to form a total annihilation of 100,000 cavalry.

At this moment, Takakura reported: "Lord Yu, on the mountain wall 30 miles southwest, I found a large military camp with the flag of the Song Dynasty!" ”

"The Southern Song Dynasty has military forces planted in the territory of the Jin Kingdom?" Even Lin Yuan was a little surprised.

Although he broke out of the encirclement, there were still seven or eight hundred miles away from the border of Ezhou.

This place can be said to be the hinterland of the Golden Kingdom.

How could the Southern Song Dynasty plant a large army and camp in such a deep hinterland?

There must be something wrong.

He immediately greeted Zhao Yun, "Zilong, come with me!" ”

Lin Yuan took Zhao Yun and dozens of cavalry and rushed towards a Great Song military camp 30 miles to the southwest.

The rest of the people, commanded by Yuwen Chengdu, marched towards the south.

An hour later, Lin Yuan arrived outside the Great Song military camp.

Only then did he realize that this was a very dilapidated military camp, stationed on the top of the mountain forest, surrounded by dense forests, and it was difficult to be found.

If it weren't for Takakura's [Iron Eagle Scouting], I'm afraid he would have ignored this.

Lin Yuan's arrival had already alarmed everyone in the barracks.

In the barracks, a team of 1,000 people came out, each of them looked like Song soldiers, wearing red jackets, half-bodyed, and big Song hats.

The leader is a veteran, with gray temples and vicissitudes of face, only those eyes are full of sharp light.

Moreover, all the soldiers had gold seals tattooed on their cheeks, and eight characters were written on them, serving the country with a red heart and swearing to kill the gold thief!

Lin Yuan was shocked in his heart, and immediately remembered the heroic army in history.

"Eight-character army!"

After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Eight-Character Army was formed in the Taihang Mountain area under the command of Wang Yan in Hebei Province.

This rebel army took it as its mission to fight against the Jin soldiers.

At that time, all the armies of the Northern Song Dynasty fled south, but only this rebel army, one held in the north to resist the Jin soldiers.

They had no pay, no fine weapons, and no half step back.

This is a group of heroes and heroes who are loyal and courageous.

With their own blood, they have left a great color in the history of China.

For this rebel army, Lin Yuan admires it from the bottom of his heart.

He immediately dismounted and gave the greatest respect to this rebel army.

"Lin Yuan, the lord of the Southern Song Dynasty, dare to ask the old general's name?"

The old commander of the Eight-Character Army, when he heard that Lin Yuan reported that he was the lord of the Southern Song Dynasty, the fear on his face had been dispelled.

He immediately replied: "Hebei Zhaofu Sidu is under control, Wang Yan!" ”

"What! The old general is Wang Yan! Lin Yuan's expression changed drastically, and he was a little surprised.

Wang Yan nodded, "If you don't change your name, you won't change your surname, Wang Yan is also!" ”

Lin Yuan took a light breath and withdrew his shocked gaze.

He actually ran into the commander of the Eight-Character Army.

It's just that isn't the Bazi Army active in Hebei? How did you get to the Dabie Mountain area?

Could it be that he was preparing to return to the Song Dynasty in the south?

Lin Yuan was a little puzzled, and immediately asked: "General Wang led the righteous army this time, is it going south to return?" ”

When Wang Yan heard this, he just snorted coldly.

The adjutant general beside him scolded with disdain: "Hugh wants to regard us and other rebels as those spineless bastards!" ”

"The general led us, just to temporarily inhabit here, recruit troops, and when the team grows, we will still return to Hebei and compete with the Jin soldiers to the end!"

"Everyone's righteousness, Lin admires! I just said something wrong, please forgive me! Lin Yuan hurriedly made amends.

This reparation was very effective, and it directly dispelled the hostility of the eight-character army towards Lin Yuan.

Wang Yan waved his hand and asked, "As the lord of the Southern Song Dynasty, how did you return from the north?" ”

"Don't hide it, here's how it happened...... Lin Yuan immediately told his own experience.

After Wang Yan and his party heard this, they were quite shocked in their hearts, and when they looked at Lin Yuan again, their eyes were obviously softer.

"I can't imagine that you are so young and so bold!"

"Capturing the traitor Zhang Bangchang alive and destroying the Jin Bing's plan to attack Luzhou Mansion, such a righteous act is admirable!"

"Righteous man, please on the mountain!"

Wang Yan actually directly invited Lin Yuan to go up the mountain.

Lin Yuan did not refuse, followed Wang Yan's side, and walked towards the mountain.

It didn't take long for them to enter the camp.

The camp on the top of the mountain is different from the ordinary military camp, in addition to the righteous soldiers of the Bazi Army, there are also a large number of people, all of whom live in simple tents.

These people were all dissatisfied with the rule of the Jurchens and took refuge in the Bazi Army.

Lin Yuan glanced over and found that most of these people were dressed in rags, with yellow faces and thin muscles.

It looks very unhealthy.

Some of the children were even dirty and skinny.

This is caused by chronic food shortages and malnutrition.

Lin Yuan looked at those eight-character army righteous soldiers again, and found that the situation of each of them was not much better.

Even, many of them had no armor and wore only a single coat and carried an improvised weapon.

"Please!"

Wang Yan invited Lin Yuan into his big tent of the Chinese army, and the two sat down as hosts and guests.

"General Wang, how many people do you still have here? Why don't you let the people go south? Lin Yuan asked a little unbearably.

Wang Yan sighed lightly and said: "There are 12,000 households here, a total of 30,000 people, I took them to the edge of Dabie Mountain, and let them go south on their own, but the people are unwilling to go, saying that they will not abandon the righteous army when they die, and they are willing to live and die with the righteous army, I have no choice but to leave them behind." ”

"With so many people, food is a big problem, and in the long run, the rebel army will be dragged down." Lin Yuan reminded.

"I know!" Wang Yan nodded and said, "So, I need your help." ”

"You want me to take the people here to the south?" Lin Yuan was so smart that he could see Wang Yan's mind at a glance.

"That's right, as the lord of the Southern Song Dynasty, the development of the territory is inseparable from the people, these 30,000 people, please give them a place to stay!"

Wang Yan suddenly stood up and knelt down in front of Lin Yuan.

"The old general is tormenting me!" Lin Yuan's expression changed greatly, and he hurriedly helped Wang Yan up.

"Even if the old general doesn't say it, I will accept these 30,000 people."