Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 700 Disobedience? (Please subscribe!)

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in fact--

The battle between China and Gold was fought the most intensely. No, to be precise, it should be the most brutal battle, not Henan, nor Hebei, but Liaodong.

After receiving Li Yan's order to contain the main force of the Jin army and wait for an opportunity to seize the three states of Yandi and Pingying, Wu Jie, who had been preparing for a long time, personally led an elite army of [-] to attack, preparing to take Jinzhou, come to the state, and attack Yuzhou. Guan, goal, Jin Nanjing (that is, Pingzhou).

At the same time, Wu Jie also attacked Yingzhou with a navy.

A two-pronged approach.

Wu Jieman thought that he would be able to win with one blow this time, and help Li Yan and the Han people recapture the three states of Pingluanying, and then capture Yanyun, making an indelible contribution.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Wu Jie's [-] troops left Liaodong, they were stubbornly blocked by an elite [-] gold army led by Wanyan Xieye. The two sides fought a big battle in Gaojiaweizi in the south of Jinzhou.

That battle was fought so darkly that at the end of the day, even the pro-armies of the chief generals of both sides went into battle.

The fight continued until dark, and neither side was sure of winning, so they each withdrew their troops.

In the first battle alone, the Chinese army suffered more than 2 elite casualties, and the Jin army took the lead. The number of casualties was much lower than that of the Chinese army, but there were still [-] to [-].

Wu Jie was not reconciled to being defeated (in fact, it was a close match, after all, the Chinese army was the one that was blocked, and it was no longer a defeat if they could fight to this extent), so they fought Wanyan Xieye again the next day.

As a result, the two sides were evenly matched.

Fight again on the third day.

Still evenly matched.

After the third battle, the Chinese army has suffered more than [-] casualties.

The number of casualties on the Jin Army's side was close to [-].

In other words, more than half of the casualties on both sides have been lost.

For the general army, the battle damage is so high, it has already collapsed.

But Wu Jie and Wanyan Xieye's army did not collapse.

Not only did it not collapse, both sides are still studying how to defeat each other.

Wu Jie used these three days to transport [-] Benlei chariots, and planned to use Benlei chariots as the main force to defeat Wanyan Xieye.

Unexpectedly, Wanyan Xie also changed his tactics in the battle the next day, no longer going head-to-head as in the previous three days, but relying on the mobility of the Golden Cavalry to keep fighting with the Chinese army.

Seeing this, Wu Jie, who originally wanted to attack with a Benlei chariot, had to use a Benlei chariot for defense instead—the Benlei chariot can not only attack, but also defend, and the chariot and chariot are connected together. Ren Jinqi's riding skills are excellent No matter how clever you are, you can't rush in.

As a result, the two sides came to a stalemate in Gaojiaweizi.

Ordinarily, when the battle has reached this level, Wu Jie should withdraw his troops, because if the fight continues, there will be no great results.

But Wu Jie didn't.

At first, Wu Jie was not reconciled to the disappearance of the opportunity to make meritorious service that he had waited so hard for.

Secondly, the order Wu Jie received was not only to wait for the opportunity to seize Yanyun and Jin Nanjing, but also to contain the main force of the Jin army.

Therefore, not only did Wu Jie fail to cease fighting, but he also dispatched [-] reinforcements from behind, as if he would fight Wan Yanxie to the end.

Wanyan Xie also saw this, and had to transfer another [-] elite cavalry from Yanjing to the battlefield.

Let me explain here, it's not like Wanyan Xie didn't think about it, the strategic goal of the Chinese army this time is to capture Yanyun.

But for one thing, if you don't increase your troops, you might lose.

Secondly, the distance to transfer troops from Shangjing is too far, and the distant water can't quench the thirst.

Three, not long ago, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang sent back a good news saying that they had wiped out Zhao Song, and they would lead the army back to Yanyun in the near future—Wanyan Xie also felt that Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang would not commit any crimes against their own queens. The mistake of not guarding the roads, so [-] fine riders were transferred from Yanjing for emergency.

At the same time, Wan Yanxie also sent a message to Jin Shangjing, asking Jin Shangjing to send a large army for reinforcements as soon as possible.

From Wanyan Xieye's point of view, he has done everything right.

Unfortunately, Wanyan Xie did not expect two things.

The first thing, Wan Yanxie didn't expect that, apart from attacking by land, Wu Jie also sent General Li Bao to attack Yingzhou by land and water.

The second thing, Wanyan Xie didn't expect that Yue Fei had already led his army to the north, um... To be more precise, Wanyan Xie also didn't expect that Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang would lose so quickly, so defeated thorough.

In fact, Wanyan Xie didn't lose in his ability, but in communication.

After Yue Fei captured the Yellow River, he sent Wang Sheng to lead cavalry to patrol the river day and night. Several waves of messengers sent by Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang were all captured by Wang Sheng, so that Jin Guo still doesn't know the situation in the south.

When Wang De, Li Yanxian, and Wu Ge brought a large army to help, Yue Fei made a decisive decision based on the current situation and left the Yellow River for Wang Sheng and Xu Qing to garrison, while he himself led the rest of the troops and Wang De, Li Yanxian, and Wu Ge's troops to go north immediately.

The vanguard led by Wang Gui first recovered Zhending Mansion, and then repelled the Jin army that besieged Zhongshan Mansion.

But then, Wang Gui ran into trouble—Chen Yun of Zhongshan Prefecture refused to surrender, even though Chen Shi (Chen Yun's younger brother) brought by Wang Gui explained the current situation in the Central Plains to Chen Yun.

After Yue Fei arrived, he reprimanded Wang Gui, and then dispatched a cavalry to replace the Jinren and lock up Zhongshan Mansion.In addition, after hearing that the Zhongshan Mansion had been out of food for many days, Yue Fei sent another 30 shi of grain to the Zhongshan Mansion.Then, he led the army to continue northward.

Bian Beishang and Yue Fei personally trained the three new armies of Wang De, Li Yanxian and Wu Ge.

During this exercise, Wang De, Li Yanxian, and Wu Ge all felt their scalps go numb.

The Chinese army's strict discipline is well-known throughout the world, but it's not as strict as Marshal Yue's—the soldiers under Marshal Yue really don't demolish houses to death from freezing, and don't plunder to death from starvation. They trade absolutely fairly.

Wang De, Li Yanxian, and Wu Ge have personally experienced one thing.

One of Yue Fei's soldiers, who fought with Yue Fei for many years, is said to be a fellow of Yue Fei. When buying fish, he failed to restrain the fishermen's enthusiasm and gave him two cents less, but Yue Fei executed him in public.

In the eyes of Wang De, Li Yanxian, and Wu Ge, Yue Fei was harsh to the point of being ruthless.

But then again, it is precisely because of Yue Fei's harshness that the reputation of the Chinese army spread farther and farther, so that wherever the Chinese army passed, there were people lining the streets to welcome them, and many cities were sacrificed without attacking. Many militiamen and rebels came to join them, such as Pang Rong, Fu Qing, Cao Cheng, Liang Xing, Zhao Yun, Li Jin and dozens of groups large and small.

For these people who came to vote, Yue Fei would not reject them, he would accept them all, and then lead them northward.

By the time Yue Fei reached Xiongzhou and Bazhou, he had nearly [-] troops under his command.

You know, Yue Fei brought a total of less than 2 horses when he went north this time (the rest of the right army was left by Yue Fei to guard the Yellow River).

Later, Wang De, Li Yanxian, and Wu Ge brought another 3 horses.

In this way, Yue Fei had nearly 5 horses.

In other words, Yue Fei recruited more than 5 horses along the way.

Moreover, Yue Fei has a tendency to continue to expand his army.

Some people couldn't help but began to worry, fearing that Yue Fei would develop a disobedient heart, occupy Hebei, and even Yanyun, and then become a vassal of his own.

Soon, dozens of secret letters were sent to the court and to Li Yan through various channels.

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(End of this chapter)