Chapter 16 lead the army away

Although Zhao Gou, who was struggling to find peace, was forced to appoint Li Gang as prime minister due to the voice of the people, he was still worried. Once the probationary period of only 75 days was over, he found a random reason and dismissed Li Gang from office.A series of measures proposed by Li Gang have also been shelved. A fire broke out at the gate of the city, which affected the fish in the pond. As Li Gang's capable general, Zhang Suo was inevitably implicated, and the Hebei West Road Recruitment Department was completely dismissed.Zhang Suo himself was relegated to the capital Tanzhou (now Changsha City, Hunan Province) via Jinghu South Road, where he was killed by bandits.

As soon as Zhang Suo died, Wang Yan and others on the north bank of the Yellow River immediately lost their organization and became a scattered army. Wang Yan was very depressed. He fought several battles with the Jinren, and the team was seriously downsized. He was forced to retreat to Weizhou (now Weihui City, Henan) and Xinxiang (now Xinxiang City, Henan) to wait for a fighter. Jin people's influence in Hebei has spread all over Huaizhou, Weizhou (now Weihui City, Henan), Junzhou and Zhending Mansion. Of course, they can't bear to have such a Song army haunting under their noses, so they entangled several ways The soldiers and horses went to Shimen Mountain to challenge Wang Yan.

Facing the menacing enemy, many people proposed to retreat the whole army to avoid the sharp edge of the enemy.Only Yue Fei advocated sending troops to meet the enemy. The so-called "retreat the whole army and avoid the enemy's sharp edge" is a more euphemistic way of saying it. To put it bluntly, it is to escape.This was unacceptable to the young Yue Fei. Fight or retreat, the final decision is in Wang Yan's hands. All eyes were on Wang Yan. "If you want to cross the Yellow River, which is blocked by ice, you will climb the snow-covered Taihang Mountains." Wang Yan hesitated, quite hesitant.

Yue Fei became anxious and said loudly: "The second emperor, Meng Chen, the bandits occupy Heshuo. We, the courtiers, should do our best to kill the bandits and welcome Cheng Yu back. Now the enemy is right in front of us. If the commander-in-chief doesn't decide to fight him sooner, And if you are so vacillating, do you have to surrender?!" ("The two emperors are dusty, the bandits occupy Heshuo, and the courtiers should open the way to welcome Chengyu. If you don't fight quickly, but wait and see, how can you really want to attach to the bandits!") The words were extremely sharp, Wang Yan was usually fierce, everyone couldn't help but turn pale with shock, and they all broke into a cold sweat for Yue Fei.

However, Wang Yan did not get angry, just picked up a glass, poured a glass of wine, stood up, and passed it to Yue Fei calmly. Wang Yan's performance also exceeded Yue Fei's expectations. He didn't take the wine glass, took a step back, put his hand on the hilt of his sword, and glared at Wang Yan.Yue Fei was a little confused at this moment, he couldn't figure out what Wang Yan meant.But his subconscious action violated a big taboo in the army - pressing the hilt of the sword in front of the boss, what is it if it is not plotting evil? A staff member surnamed Liu in the tent immediately yelled: "You Yue Fei, how dare you bully your boss like this, come here, drag it down and kill it!" The soldiers outside the tent rushed in, and a bloody incident was about to break out...

"Wait a minute!" Wang Yan waved his hand and shouted at the soldiers who rushed up, "Get back!" Everyone couldn't figure out why this fiery commander was so uncharacteristically tolerant of Yue Fei. After the soldiers retreated, Wang Yan raised his head, poured the wine down his throat, retreated to his seat, and sat down slowly. Yue Fei still pressed the hilt of his sword with his right hand, waiting for Wang Yan.Wang Yan didn't say a word, just drinking.After a while, Yue Fei stamped his feet, strode out of the tent, and set up his troops to face the Jin soldiers.

At this time, Yue Fei, just like all angry young people, had been dazzled by the blood. He didn't realize how serious the consequences of his rash action would be, let alone how much effort and effort he would have to put in for it in the future. Efforts, and the lives of many soldiers! Yue Fei came out of the camp, took the lead, and rushed to the front of the golden man formation, his horse's hooves flew like shooting stars, his hands did not stop, and he picked several people in succession.Jin Bing didn't expect such a fierce man to come out suddenly, he was in a hurry, unable to resist his charge, he broke into the formation head-on.

Yue Fei came quickly, stabbed the golden soldier holding the banner to death with a single shot, and then held the gun in his right hand and the banner in his left, killing and crashing indiscriminately in the formation, like thunder, "all the armies clamored and fought", and he took it all at once. When he arrived in Xinxiang, he captured a Jinjun Qianhu named Alibo alive.Then, he defeated the head of the Jinren Wan household who came to challenge. The next day, when he was preparing to fight against Hou Zhaochuan (northwest of Gongcheng County), Yue Fei warned his soldiers: "Our army has won two battles and two victories, and the enemy will definitely come with all its strength. Although we are few in number, as long as we fight hard, we will surely win. If there is anyone who does not fight for his life, kill him!" ("I have won two victories, and they will come together. Although my family is few, how can I win? Those who don't use their lives will be killed!")

In this battle, "soldiers were seriously injured", and Yue Fei himself suffered more than a dozen sword wounds. He fought desperately with the soldiers in the army, and finally defeated the enemy. At night, when the army was stationed at the foot of Shimen Mountain, it was reported that Jinren cavalry had killed them. "The entire army was shocked." The general asked puzzledly: "Now that the enemy is at hand, how can you sleep?" Yue Fei replied: "It's late at night, and the enemy doesn't know my reality, so they will definitely not come." Sure enough, the night passed without incident. ("At night at the foot of Shimen Mountain, it may be said that the captives came back, and the whole army was shocked, but the first ministers lay down and did not move, and the captives would not come.") Everyone admired Yue Fei's courage and strategy.

At dawn the next day, Yue Fei summoned all the soldiers to make a detailed analysis of the current situation and encouraged them to fight the enemy bravely. The morale of the team was boosted. Then, Yue Fei explained to the soldiers some basic tactics and how to cooperate on the battlefield. "Now in terms of numbers, although the enemy has the upper hand, we also have our own advantages. As long as we make full use of our geographical advantages to lure the enemy to fight. , we will line up, attack slowly, and defeat each one. In battle, as long as we follow the principle of "shooting people first, shooting horses, capturing thieves first, capture the king", and only look for the boss to fight. If the boss is killed, the enemy soldiers will naturally break up."

After such a full ideological mobilization, Hou Zhaochuan defeated the Jin army in a battle. Yue Fei was holding a Zhangba Snake Spear, and he was going to pick the "Black Wind King" off the horse for the first gold medal. (In the early days of the Song-Jin War, due to the language barrier between the two sides and the names of the Jin people, senior generals were often named "King So-and-so". For example, Ye Li Duo is only called "Third Prince", and Wushu is only called "Four Prince". Among them, "Dragon and Tiger King" appears frequently in battle reports, but no one knows its real name. Later generations only inferred that it was Tuhesu based on other materials. Others such as "General Zhai" and "King of the Kingdom of Zhenguo" were not found in "Golden History", but the existence of these people cannot be denied because of this.) The "Black Wind King" led a cavalry regiment of more than 7,000 people, while Yue Fei had only 500 soldiers. The moment the spear pierced the throat of "Black Wind King", his face was completely distorted, his eyes protruded, and he was full of surprise and fear.He didn't believe that there would be such a vicious and brave person, nor would he believe that there would be such a quick marksmanship. It's a pity that after days of fierce fighting, Yue Fei's army ran out of food and grass, and it was the depths of winter, many soldiers starved to death and froze to death. At night, looking at these brothers who followed him, Yue Fei felt very uncomfortable, "If I hadn't taken them out of the main force because of my will, they wouldn't have died of cold and hunger in this barren mountain..." One windy night, Yue Fei came back and asked Wang Yan for food, but Wang Yan refused. However, Wang Yan did not embarrass Yue Fei too much. He just said to Yue Fei: "You have violated the military law, and you should be punished for your crime. But you have been away from me for so long, and you dare to come back. It is considered courageous. Now the country is in dire straits. It’s rare, when it’s not a time of scheming and dismantling each other, I’ll spare you from death, you go, so you can do it yourself!” ("You deserve to be punished for your crime, but you have been away from me for a long time, but you can return home with enough courage. Fang Guo is in danger , Talent is hard to come by, how can revenge and resentment be evil! I will give up you now.") Yue Fei left Wang Yan's camp, stood in front of the mountain, looked at the hundreds of soldiers behind him, he knew that in the future, he would fight alone, and what the future would be like was completely unknown. He looked up at the sky, the sky was dark, only a few remnant stars hung alone in the sky... At this time, it seems that there is no choice but to motivate the soldiers and work hard to kill the enemy. To survive, the only way to continue going north is to support war with war, defeat the golden soldiers, and support soldiers with spoils of war.