Chapter 2: The Last Stand (I)
Five days later, the good news came, Niu Gao conquered Zhengzhou, and in the next few days, he acted according to the plan, sent envoys to surrender, promised heavy profits, and spread rumors, as Yue Fei expected, Jin Wushu resolutely led his troops back to Bianliang on the thirteenth day, he expected that Yue Fei would definitely take advantage of the situation, and did not leave a single soldier in Yingchang, and the empty city was handed over. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Yingchang city is strong, there are 200,000 residents, when Yue Fei led the army into the city, the people of Yingchang ate the pulp pot, knelt beside the road, rushed to greet each other, and some of the five bodies threw themselves to the ground, burned incense and worshipped, the children played and joked, no one panicked and feared, it can be seen how deeply rooted the name of the benevolence and righteousness of the Yuejia army is, the people saw the Yuejia army as if they saw the relatives as cordial, they cried with joy, applauded and praised, spontaneously organized drummers to welcome into the city, all thought that they could be back to the Song Dynasty from now on, and get rid of the dire situation under the rule of the Jin State.
Yue Fei couldn't bear it when he saw the people kneeling down to him, but the streets were full of people kneeling and worshipping the people, and it was difficult to support them, so he had to bow on the horse, and strictly ordered the army not to take a grain or money from the people. At this time, Luo Tianchu's injuries had improved greatly, and he was able to ride a horse alone, he and Zhu Yushi both felt relieved in their hearts, seeing the happy smiles on the faces of the people, it was worth paying any price for this. After entering the city, there were a lot of things that needed to be arranged, such as the deployment of defenses in the city, the appointment and dismissal of Qi officials, etc., Yue Fei handed over to Dong Xian, Wang Gui, and Xu Qing to deal with, and he and Luo Tianchu and others studied the next step of the march.
It is reported that after Jin Wushu returned to Bianliang, he found that he had a serious illness and vowed to take revenge and regain Yingchang. Yue Fei and Luo Tianchu agreed that the hope of storming Bianliang was very slim, and it was the best policy to lead the golden vulture out of the city to fight, so that it was necessary to go to the war book, and the wording must be just right, not only to let the vulture find out that it was a plan, but also to stimulate his revenge, and the candidate who went to the next book must also be wise and brave, and the argument was unhindered, if it was a familiar face of the Yue family army or the Blood Knife Castle, I was afraid that the golden vulture would be killed on the spot in anger, and the nameless people would not be able to, and the vultures would feel despised and ignored, and they couldn't think of a suitable candidate for a while.
On this day, after Yue Fei and the others had dinner, they were discussing the battle plan in the conference hall, Yue Lei came to report that a messenger from the imperial court had arrived, and Yue Fei hurriedly led everyone to greet him in front of the hall. Under the flickering of the torches, a middle-aged scribe came with two retinues, and the middle-aged scribe asked the entourage to wait outside, and stepped forward to greet Yue Fei alone. The man was about forty years old, wearing a scarf and a scribe's robe, with a thin figure, a white complexion, a subtle look in his eyes, a humble smile, and a black beard under his cheeks. Yue Fei saluted each other from afar and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Brother Yixu, who was disrespectful and disrespectful. The middle-aged scribe also said cordially: "Brother Pengju has seen the reduction again." Yue Fei said with a smile: "Farewell to Lin'an, Brother Yixu's way of passing through the world has always been fresh in my memory, and I just listened to Gao Dian again today, please!"
That person's name is Li Ruoxu, also known as Yixu, and he is currently Si Nongqing, who is in charge of the grain of the Great Song Dynasty. He has great ambitions since he was a child, swore to serve the country, entered the government to be diligent and clear, actively advocated the recovery of the territory, welcomed the two saints back to the court, and was a rare good official in the court. Zhao Gou is not completely mediocre and incompetent, at least he did not choose sycophants when he was appointed as the "grain manager", an official position in charge of the lifeblood of the country, but used the shrewd, capable and loyal Li Ruoxu. In the fifth year of Shaoxing, Li Ruoxu, who was then Chengfeng Lang, met Yue Fei on the way to Xiangyang, the two hit it off at first sight, talked at night in the wild shop in the night rain, talked all night, the two of them were one article and one martial arts, described each other's aspirations, language speculation, discussed the disadvantages of the dynasty and politics, talked about the rejuvenation plan, commented on the ancient and modern sages, worried about the world, and had a sense of seeing each other and hating the night, until Tianming was reluctant to say goodbye, since then the two have not met, and gradually lost contact, I didn't expect to meet again tonight, how can Yue Fei not be happy.
After coming to the hall, Li Ruoxu said: "Li has the holy decree of the official family, so he should read the holy decree first, and then recount the old friendship." Yue Fei said happily: "Of course, Yue Fei took the order." After that, he led the whole army to kneel down to listen to the order, Luo Tianchu and Lu Fei glanced at each other, and stood by the wall with the heroes of the Blood Knife Castle, but they did not kneel. Li Ruo glanced at them in surprise, but he didn't blame, took out the holy decree from his sleeve, and unfolded it in public. The two shafts of the holy decree are made of black horns, which can only be counted as the fourth grade in the material of the holy decree of the past dynasties, the top grade is jade, the second grade is black rhinoceros horn, and the third grade is pasted with gold, which shows that today's Southern Song Dynasty is really not rich, and even the grade of the holy decree has been reduced a lot. The seven-colored holy decree was only issued to the pillars of the imperial court, in order to show respect for Yue Fei, and only listened to Li Ruoxu read aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said: I only rule the world with literature, and fight chaos with force, and the military commander will be the pillar of the court and the dry city of the country." It is able to be loyal and martial, and to make efforts to repay the service, but it can be praised for its achievements and not to be favored. Er Wusheng, set the **** festival to make Yue Fei, loyal to the country, outstanding martial arts, blocking the invasion of gold soldiers, recovering the territory of the city, and specially awarded Er as the opening of the palace with the three divisions, leading the prince Shaobao. Qingzhi's order is over, and the world is shocked. Wangsu class division Ezhou, truce with Jin, stop the army, Luan Dian, plus Pi Ji, Qinzai. Edict, August 20, 6th year of Shaoxing. ”
Yue Feizhong will bow down to the mountain and shout: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live." Li Ruoxu handed over the holy decree to Yue Fei and said, "Congratulations, Yue Shaobao, there is still a gold medal for withdrawal here, let's take it together." As he spoke, he handed over the holy decree and the gold medal to Yue Fei. Yue Fei got up expressionlessly, and said tepidly: "Mr. has completed his mission, Yue Mou doesn't dare to stay with each other, send off guests!" Li Ruoxu changed color and said: "What does Shaobao mean?" Yue Fei said in a deep voice: "There are only generals in the army! Yue Fei said lightly: "Since our army set out on the expedition, we have won great victories one after another, and we are about to fight to the death with the main force of the Jin Army, and the soldiers are united in their hearts, vowing to restore the century-old foundation of our Great Song Dynasty, but Mr. sent such a holy decree of withdrawal at this time, and it does not make people cold, let Yue explain to the soldiers! How to explain to the people of the city!" After saying that, the holy decree and the gold medal were thrown out at the same time, and they smashed heavily on the wall, the holy decree broke, and the gold medal was broken in two. Everyone present looked at each other, no one expected Yue Fei to be so out of shape, this move alone was a "great rebellion" to kill the head, which shows how strong the anger and disappointment in Yue Fei's heart were. (To be continued.) )