"Hezhong County, it will be handed over to my brother," Yue Fei arched his hand towards Li Qiong, "This city is the hub of the grain route, and it is not easy to send troops." Even if you want to rescue General Li's headquarters, you should leave enough soldiers to defend the city. General Li has already replied, saying that he can hold on to Wen'an Town for at least ten days. Because his army only has ten days of food and grass, the Jin soldiers will definitely cut off his food channel. ”

Li Qiong smiled: "You go as soon as possible." I will not leave the city with my troops for ten days. Even if the golden soldiers shouted outside the city, I would be a pack of dogs barking. ”

Yue Fei said, "The Fire Gun Soldiers have been sent to support General Li. ”

"It should be." Li Qiong doesn't care about this, anyway, he is just defending the city.

This is a grain road hub, according to the Ming Dynasty's military merit calculation method, there is a great merit in holding an important military food stronghold.

"Farewell!" Yue Fei said goodbye.

The light cavalry sent out by Yue Fei to explore the way, even if it was discovered by the Jin soldiers, most of them would be considered to be the herdsmen's cavalry of which department.

After hearing this news, Wanyan Zonghan became more and more irritable.

Most of the Tang Gu tribe lived in the Mo Nan grassland.

At that time, the Southern Song Dynasty was able to mobilize only 200,000 troops, and nearly a quarter of them were lost at once.

For Li Qiong, Zhu Ming didn't have much bad feelings, because the Huaixi Mutiny was originally nonsense.

Wen'an Town is backed by mountains on one side and faces water on the other.

Then, along the eastern foot of the remaining veins of Yanshan, day and night, bypass Dadingfu City.

When Yue Fei led his army around the target location sixty miles to the north, the pathfinder light cavalry even encountered a Jin State grain transportation team.

As a result, the emperor and the leaders of the main battle faction and the main peace faction did not want to hand over the army to Yue Fei.

……

Han Chang said: "Then don't talk about it, don't delay the military rations." ”

At that time, Liu Guangshi was robbed of military power, and Zhao Gou asked Yue Fei to take over those armies. But he was worried that Yue Fei would be difficult to control, so the relevant appointment was kept secret, and he also warned Yue Fei not to publicize it, and to put it bluntly, the appointment could be changed at any time - if Yue Fei obtained Liu Guangshi's troops, it was equivalent to controlling five-sevenths of the main force of the Southern Song Dynasty.

"Good work." The general immediately shortened by three points.

"Which one are you from?" The general escorting the grain and grass asked.

If it weren't for Zhang Jun and Lu Zhi, who angered all the generals in the army, how could Li Qiong have the ability to take away many soldiers and civilians?

The Huaixi Mutiny belonged to the collective will of the generals in the army, and Li Qiong was just the leader.

Wanyan Zonghan is not an immortal, how could he guess?

It's really Li Yanxian who behaved too calmly, looking like he was going to defend Wen'an Town to the end. He also ordered the grain transport team not to come again, and it seemed that there was more than enough grain and grass in the army.

Yue Fei said: "Then continue to go east tonight, there are many mountains over there and it is better to hide." Tomorrow, I will rest during the day, eat all the food I brought, and feed the war horses with enough beans. Tomorrow night, we will go straight to the Jinbing Grain Station, and wait for the opportunity to move after burning the grain. If you can fight, you will fight, and if you can't fight, you will immediately withdraw to Dadingfu City. ”

Historically, although the two were fellow villagers, their friendship was not deep.

In the past, whether it was fighting the Liao army or the Song army, this kind of town could be taken with a single charge.

"Collect the troops and fight again tomorrow!"

In addition, the whole army marched day and night, no matter how cautious Wanyan Zonghan was, it would be difficult to find this surprise attack force.

Maybe Li Qiong complained, or maybe he made insulting remarks that angered the prison army Lu Zhi. Or perhaps this was Zhang Jun's goal, and Lü Zhi then went to Emperor Shu and asked for Li Qiong to be removed from his position.

Before resigning, Yue Fei had already told Zhang Jun that Wang De and Li Qiong had a conflict, and it was not appropriate for anyone to be the master. And Zhang Jun didn't pay attention to it at all, and promoted Wang De, who had few soldiers, to be the main general (easy to control), which caused Li Qiong to become more and more dissatisfied.

"Marshal, twenty Zhennan cannons have been rebuilt!"

When Lu Zhi arrived in the army, he not only appeased the generals, but also wantonly removed Liu Guangshi's old generals. and ridiculed each other, intensifying the contradiction between Li Qiong and Wang De - these are all for the court to install credible generals and drive away all those who are not very obedient.

Han Chang said: "I met a grain transport team, from the Khitan tribe in the south of Linhuang Mansion. The last general tried a few words, and he could basically determine the location of the golden soldiers' grain and grass, which was the place we had guessed before. ”

The location pointed out by Han Chang, that is, the county seat of Ningcheng in later generations, still belonged to a field and countryside at this time.

Moreover, because Yue Fei left the army, Zhao Gou sent people to persuade him many times before coming back, and Zhao Gou and Yue Fei, the two monarchs, ended their honeymoon period.

This time and space is different, they fight against gold under Zong Ze together, and they are the regular partners of the main and deputy generals all year round.

Han Chang asked casually, "The grain and grass are almost transported, right?" Why are they still being shipped? ”

"This place is fifty miles away from Dadingfu City and forty miles away from Wen'an Town. Whether the Jin soldiers are going to attack the city or go south to send reinforcements, it is most convenient and safe to pile up grain here. The grain and grass of the golden soldiers will be here! ”

It's just sparse, and the work is not strict.

But now it's just unbreakable!

Wanyan Zonghan ordered: "Send more light horsemen, go out to investigate in all directions, and search for signs of the Ming army within a radius of one hundred and fifty miles." ”

He plans to feign a retreat tomorrow to see if he can attract Li Yanxian to chase after him, or he can return to the horse gun to eat the Ming army here - Wanyan Zonghan didn't know that Li Yanxian's army was running out of food and grass, and he could hold out for three more days at most. If he continued to consume, Li Yanxian could only kill the mule pulling the cart.

Li Qiong was shocked and angry, for fear that she would be accused of being a miser and lose her military power. So, Li Qiong consulted with those resentful generals, and took more than 40,000 troops and 200,000 people to defect directly to the puppet Qi regime supported by the Jin State.

The two chatted a few more words and said goodbye, Han Chang asked his subordinates to ride lightly on guard, and personally ran back to see Yue Fei hiding in the hilly area.

Zhang Jun was also afraid of a mutiny, so he hurriedly separated the two troops.

However, it was said that Yue Fei led his troops to leave Hezhong County and did not take the three main passages.

"Let's all go out and investigate, don't be lazy here!" Han Chang let his light cavalry disperse, so as not to stay too long and reveal flaws.

Instead, Han Chang, the general of the Bohai Sea, was the guide, and it took four days to walk back, going around in a large circle over Shiziling (the northern mountain range of Pingquan City) and heading north.

Wanyan Zonghan was extremely depressed.

He also cut down trees nearby and made a cannon bombardment array.

……

Han Chang dressed as a Khitan herdsman and spoke fluent Khitan dialect: "Which one are you from?" ”

Wanyan Zonghan always felt that something was wrong, as if he had already been seen through, and all his actions could not achieve his goal.

Although it still retains Khitan customs, it has been regarded as a Jurchen by the Jin State in recent years.

When you are in a hurry, you must send light horsemen to explore the road every time. These light cavalry were all dressed as golden soldiers, and they did not even wear helmets, and wore Khitan hairstyles - pretending to be herdsmen's cavalry.

The general said, "Shola." ”

Han Chang suddenly nostrils turned to the sky: "We are the Jurchen clan of the Southern Tang Ancient Division, and we were ordered to go to the front to investigate and prevent southern thieves from coming around and killing them." ”

In fact, it was enough to separate, and Zhang Jun added another snake and let Lu Zhi be the supervisor to stabilize the troops.

They even changed their flags, and they were all the flags of the Kingdom of Jin.

There were only ten days of food and grass for the army, and most of the people had been sent back, and they asked the follow-up grain transport team not to come over, so as not to be raided and robbed by the Jin soldiers halfway.

It's just an abandoned town, not to mention the city walls, and even the houses are rotten.

Han Chang, the Han general in the north, was very familiar with this area, and he pointed to the map and said: "Although the Jin soldiers transported grain and grass mainly by boat, they definitely came along the Tuhe River. Because they had numerous horses and livestock, it was easier to get water along the Tu River south. ”

The general said, "I don't know how long it will take." ”

However, there is a lack of unified management among the various departments of the grassland.

The scribe beside Lu Zhi actually told Li Qiong about this.

Wanyan Zonghan's elite is limited, and the cavalry that is scattered to cover the battlefield must be dominated by the grassland cavalry.

The previous pile of bad things has made the generals in the army extremely resentful.

Before crossing the mountains, they restocked the city of Zezhou (a few miles south of the city of Pingquan).

Yue Fei asked, "Have you encountered an enemy?" ”

Originally, they were all direct slaves of the Liao royal family. Mainly Jurchen, there are also Murowei, Bohai, Goryeo and other ethnic groups.

The Ming army in other cities can't hold out, do you want to stay here and surround the Ming army in front of you until the food is exhausted?

You can't continue to besiege Wen'an Town, and the ghost knows what other Ming troops are doing.

Li Yanxian has been surrounded, and the elite cavalry under his command, except for the six hundred heavy cavalry, is not here. Some of them were taken away by Li Bao, some of them were lent to Yue Fei, and some of them went to Jinzhou.

Wen'an Town.

Han Chang claimed to be the ancient Jurchen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and these steppe cavalrymen who were holding grain immediately became respectful to him.

The Jin cavalry, which was sent further south to cut off food, has not encountered the Ming army's grain transportation team until now.

Prime Minister Zhang Jun wanted to take charge of the troops himself, so as not to be violated by the military general, and he would be in charge of the overall counterattack.

Yue Fei looked at the map again and said, "Wanyan Zonghan is a general, and he must guard the military rations closely. Moreover, there will inevitably be sentinels sent everywhere, and you must be doubly careful along the way. Once discovered by the golden sentry cavalry, they can only return to Dadingfu City with blood. ”

The chariot relied on mountains and rivers and private houses to encircle Li Yanxian's department.

Qin Hui didn't want Yue Fei to be powerful, otherwise how could he negotiate peace?

The general said, "It's not slow, it's here tomorrow afternoon." ”

With such a major appointment, the court was capricious, and Yue Fei was so angry that he resigned.

The Daming light cavalry hurriedly dispersed, away from the grain transport team in front of him.

But Li Yanxian's department also has artillery, and the number is more than that of Dadingfu City!

Before the return cannon of the golden soldiers entered the firing range, it was bombarded by artillery.

A few light horsemen rushed back from the southwest: "Marshal, our army can't find a grain transport team, so we will kill all the way to Hezhong County." No matter how they called the battle, the defenders of the city did not come out. ”

The Southern Tang Dynasty was scattered across the vast grasslands from Changchun to Songyuan, and even some in the south of Changchun.

"Carrying this lot of grain, the horses are afraid that they will not be able to go fast. Will it arrive before dark tomorrow? Han Chang began to knock on the side.

"Well, the craftsmen are rewarded!"

Wanyan Zonghan suddenly came to his senses again: "Quietly push the Zhennan artillery over tonight, the artillery of the Ming army will definitely not be able to hit accurately." First smashed the car formation with stones, and the armies attacked on several sides, and the other side of the mountain also sent people to turn over and hang to the rear of the Ming army camp to raid! ”

(End of chapter)