"Zhang Bo has taken Xingrenfu, Guangji Army, Puzhou, Shanzhou, and Xuzhou, and is connected with Li Bao's army left in Huainan." Zhu Ming passed on the latest battle report.

Wang Yuan was surprised: "So fast? Three states, one government and one army, but it will take a month or two to march. ”

Li Bao said with a smile: "When I fight the two Huai, it is faster, and many prefectures and counties can send branches and divisions to occupy it, and the officials will flee one by one." ”

Zhu Ming took out another urgent letter: "The so-called partial teacher you left behind was betrayed by Zhao Ji Zhao'an!" ”

The smile on Li Bao's face froze, and he hurriedly went to read the urgent letter, and then slapped the table angrily: "This bastard, everyone who is an official knows that he has joined the righteous army, and he can actually be recruited by Zhao Ji, the faint king!" ”

But Li Bao was in a hurry to go north to join Zhu Ming, and he did not attack most of the prefectures and counties in Huaidong personally.

At that time, many rebels were recruited in Huaixi, and these temporary new troops were thrown to the generals of the inspection system to lead, so that they could quickly capture various states and counties in Huaidong.

In addition, Fang Mengqing, the deputy envoy of Huainan Transport, was temporarily appointed as the governor of Huaidong after leading the troops back to the Shunyi Army, and unified the command of those newly formed troops.

Due to the uneven distribution of money and grain, and the punishment for plundering the people, and the instigation of Liang Shicheng's people, Liu Qing, a military general born in bandits, killed the inspectors and civil officials who arranged the past, and even accepted Song Huizong's recruitment in Taizhou.

Not only that, Liu Qing also asked the soldiers to play the role of a rout, seize Rugao County in one fell swoop, and collude with the salt lord Han Shun to capture Tongzhou (Nantong).

Huizong of the restored Song Dynasty was overjoyed and advertised that this was the first step of his Northern Expedition.

He then appointed Liu Qing as the envoy of Taizhou Jiedu and Han Shun as the envoy of Tongzhou Jiedu, and gave them all the right to collect taxes except for the salt tax, so that these two people raised grain and grass on the spot to raise troops for counterattack.

Fang Mengqing, who was attacking Lianshui, was furious, and he stopped fighting Lianshui, and led 10,000 soldiers and horses south to quell the rebellion.

Zhu Ming took out another official document: "The soldiers of Chuzhou plundered the people, and the county order of Lai'an could not be controlled, and the two sides clashed, and the county order was killed by the general." In total, hundreds of people rebelled, all of whom were bandits, but fortunately they were quickly exterminated. ”

Li Bao scratched his head: "The expansion of the army is too fast, it is really difficult to identify, and it is good that there is no big mess overall." ”

"These are only overt rebellions, and I don't know how many recruits are secretly doing evil," Zhu Ming said, "After the war, we must be well organized, otherwise the reputation of the rebels will be bad in Lianghuai." ”

Li Bao smiled and didn't answer the stubble again.

"Isn't it time to storm the city?" Zhang Guangdao helped change the topic.

Zhu Ming shook his head: "Attacking this kind of fortified city, pay attention to a ripe melon, and now it is only a half-ripe raw melon." If there is no golden man eyeing the city, tomorrow can attack the city. But the Jin people have always been on the north bank of the Yellow River, and once our army attacks the city, it is very likely to be attacked by the Jin people. ”

The Jin soldiers plus the Song soldiers had a total strength of about 1450,000.

And Zhu Ming only has 60,000 or 70,000 in his hands, of which only 50,000 belong to the regular army.

If he is caught by Song Jin, the consequences are unimaginable.

The monarchs and ministers of the Song State believed that the coalition forces had a military advantage, so they had been urging the Jin people to send troops. But the Jin people have always been knocking on bamboo, and they want to knock out more benefits, at least they must get Taiyuan City.

Tokyo, the Imperial City.

Wang Jun angrily reprimanded: "You Song people don't believe in your words, Taiyuan won't let it go, and you can't do it if you don't want to dismiss a Zongze." Now not only Cizhou is anti-gold, but Xiangzhou and Zhaozhou are also playing the anti-gold banner. is so insincere, you still want me to send troops with a lot of gold? ”

Geng Nanzhong had to explain: "The imperial court is already dealing with it, and the envoy doesn't need to worry too much." ”

"I don't need you to deal with it, I will solve it with Dajin, and I will talk about sending troops in a few days!" Wang Jun brushed his sleeves and left.

Zhao Huan was taken aback and asked, "What does it mean that Jin Guo will solve it by himself?" ”

The seed master half-squinted: "The Jin people are going to fight Xiangzhou, Zhaozhou and Cizhou." ”

Wu Min opened his mouth and said: "If Zong Ze doesn't enter the oil and salt, Wang Boyan and Wang Lin should be obedient, and they must quickly send someone to order them to seize the military power." ”

Wu Min's guy was born in Cai Jing's henchmen, and he was almost recruited by Cai Jing as his son-in-law. then took refuge in Cai You, and also worked as Tong Guan's doorman, but his reputation is not bad, and he can mix with Li Gang again.

Now that he is involved in the whirlpool of political struggle, he has completely exposed his true nature, and completely abandoned courtesy, righteousness and shame.

However, it was said that the civil officials and military generals in many prefectures and counties in Hebei had surrendered to the Jin people, and they looted grain for the Jin soldiers to transport. The Jin people would also send some cavalry to the north to receive the grain.

Zong Ze, Wang Yan and Yue Fei fought against the Jin, attacking those grain transport teams, and occasionally ambushing the Jin cavalry.

"General Yue, Taishou summoned to discuss the matter of resisting the Jin soldiers." A former official came to pass the word.

Yue Fei had already discovered that Jin Bing was going north, and went straight to Xiangzhou, and immediately did not suspect him, and rode to see Wang Boyan in Zhizhou.

Wang Boyan smiled and beckoned Yue Fei to sit down: "Jin Bing is coming, do you know?" ”

Yue Fei replied, "I was about to discuss the matter of defense with Taishou. ”

"Don't be careful," Wang Boyan shouted, "Someone! ”

More than a dozen officials rushed in and surrounded Yue Fei, while Wang Boyan had already retreated to the door.

Yue Fei asked in surprise: "Taishou, why is this?" ”

Wang Boyan said: "The imperial court has joined forces to suppress thieves, you have won Zong Ze's chaotic life, and you have disobeyed the holy decree to obstruct the thief!" Your Majesty is benevolent, and will not kill you, but only let you take your troops to King Qin in Tokyo. Bundle it up! ”

Yue Fei subconsciously wanted to resist, but he pulled out the knife only two inches out of the sheath, suppressed his anger and inserted the knife back, and said: "Taishou doesn't need to bind me, since it is the will of the Son of Heaven, I will lead the troops to Tokyo King Qin." ”

"But I'm afraid that you will resist the decree again, and I will be tied up!" Wang Boyan ordered.

Yue Fei obediently restrained him, and did not resist, but he had already held back his anger.

He was escorted to the military camp outside the city, and when Wang Gui and other generals saw it, they also scolded their mothers, but they had to follow Yue Fei to Tokyo.

Yue Fei recruited less than 2,000 Xiangyong, and when he heard that he was going to Tokyo to Qinwang instead of staying in Xiangzhou to defend Sangzi, hundreds of soldiers immediately fled home.

The rest of the soldiers followed Yue Fei, who was bound, all the way to the boundary of Tangyin County.

But seeing that many Jin cavalry had already come, they were robbing money and grain in all four miles and eight townships, but the government turned a blind eye to this.

When he was young, Yue Fei was not so honest, and he was also a reckless person.

The things he did were strictly dealt with as crimes, and he didn't know how many times he was beheaded, but every time someone loved him to save his life.

The more Yue Fei thought about it, the more angry he became, and the more he looked at it, the more angry he became, and said to the official who escorted him: "Internal urgency, loosen the tie for me." ”

is almost out of the territory of Xiangzhou, Yue Fei is very honest all the way, and the official messenger didn't guard against him much, so he loosened Yue Fei's hands and feet.

The moment the rope was untied, Yue Fei kicked over the officials in front of him, turned around and smashed his fist at the untied officials, and snatched the knife to kill these officials and escape.

The more than 1,000 soldiers who entered King Qinwang in Beijing with him were very frightened when they saw this situation, and they killed officials and officials without permission, and they did not obey the order, which are all capital crimes.

Yue Fei raised his sword and shouted: "The Jin people are ravaging Xiangzhou, but the government is turning a blind eye. You and others are all children of Xiangzhou, those who are willing to resist gold will follow me, and those who are unwilling will go home quickly to protect their relatives! ”

Hundreds of people were afraid that the court would ask them to ask for their crimes, so they said goodbye to Yue Fei and turned around and ran to their hometowns.

Including Wang Gui and other generals, a total of more than 800 people, followed Yue Fei to fight guerrillas, specifically ambushing those small units of Jinguo cavalry who were robbing grain.

And next door to Zhaozhou, Zhizhou Wang Lin has also taken action and arrested Wang Yan, who insisted on resisting gold.

Wang Yan was much more honest than Yue Fei, and was tied up to lead troops to Tokyo and became a member of King Qin's army.

As for Zong Ze, he still led his troops to defend Cizhou, and he did not surrender when he was besieged by the Jin.

Those Jin people were all cavalry and there were not many of them, and they dispersed after two days of siege, plundering in the countryside and towns of Cizhou.

Let's say that Wang Yan went all the way south, and the places he passed were full of devastation.

After entering the city of Tokyo, I found that there was no shortage of soldiers here, but that there were too many soldiers and there was a serious shortage of food.

The general Zhang Yi said indignantly: "The princes of the court don't know the soldiers, how can tens of thousands of people be put in the city, wasting grain and grass to trap the city?" This is not enough soldiers, and we are also forced to defend the city! ”

Wang Yan sneered: "Others don't know soldiers, don't you know how to fight in the division?" The emperor issued a holy decree to let King Qin's army go to Tokyo, who would dare to openly resist the decree? ”

Bai Anmin, the general, said: "The imperial court acts like this, and sooner or later the city of Tokyo will be broken, so it is better to leave us to fight against gold in Zhaozhou." ”

These soldiers under Wang Yan's command are all real men.

During the Jingkang period, Wang Yan's troops were defeated and retreated, and he was rewarded by the Jin people.

At that time, many anti-Jin generals were killed by their subordinates, and Wang Yan had to change the location every night when he slept. In order to make him feel at ease, the soldiers took the initiative to tattoo the words "Serve the country with a naked heart and swear to kill the gold thief", and Wang Yan's army was called the "Eight-Character Army" from then on.

At present, these real men of the eight-character army can't fight against the Jin soldiers, but are thrown into the city of Tokyo.

They are all from Hebei, and their hometown is being ravaged by the Jinren!

In the afternoon of the same day, the soldiers received the grain and found that it was not only in the wrong amount, but also mixed with a large amount of sawdust.

Zhang Yi was furious: "Don't let us kill the gold thief and still deduct and fool us like this, what are you doing with our Hebei people?" ”

Wang Yan was speechless, he knew that the military spirit had been dispersed.

When they were in Hebei, the soldiers were united and willing to fight hard with the Jin people.

But after crossing the Yellow River, everyone thought of returning home, thinking of their families who were far away in Hebei.

Now that he has been deprived of grain and grass, he is even more resentful. The army that dared to fight against the Jin people no longer existed, and no one wanted to fight for the imperial court.

"Command, look!"

Bai Anmin came over with a note: "It was picked up by my corporal." ”

Wang Yan took the note and opened it to read, only to see a line of words written on it: "The Great Song Dynasty Dujun, cut the land and money, betrayed the country to seek glory, and trapped the people in fire and water." Han family children, don't be obsessed, on the day Marshal Zhu attacked the city, you and others can turn against each other and expel and kill the gold thieves together. Make a contribution, when at that time! ”

Zhang Yi also leaned over to take a look, and muttered, "I'm afraid it's not just us who have received the note." ”

Bai Anmin said: "On the day when the thieves attacked the city, I don't know how many people would defect. What is the idea of control? ”

Wang Yan didn't know how to choose, so he only ordered: "Burn the note." ”

(End of chapter)