Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 508 94 Xunyang full of Jingzhan -7

"Retreat..." Yue Fei's face was a bit complicated, "General Zhao once traveled to Liaodong, and there is a saying, I wonder if the general knows it?" His hands were tightly twisted together, and his breathing seemed to be suppressed Thick as a volcano, he stared at Zhao Xingde.

"What?" Zhao Xingde asked.The room was silent for a while, only the sound of breathing was heard.

"An inch of mountains and rivers is an inch of gold." Yue Fei said in a low voice, "This sentence is still true for barbarians. Now that I have regained this land, how can I bear to abandon it to the enemy. When our army marched east, the elders in the south of the Yangtze River carried incense pots on their heads to transport food and grass Hu'er knows it all, now that we have retreated six hundred miles, there are great rivers and mountains, and thousands of elders have abandoned all the barbarians under their iron hooves, and massacres are inevitable. Mr. Zhao is a well-learned man, how can he bear it?" He paused, frowned, and said, "Shuzhou's defense, I am willing to do my best. General Zhao can lead the Baoyi Army back to help, and the cavalry from the Tabai Battalion will also go to Ezhou to help."

Zhao Xingde's expression froze, and after a moment of stunned, his face flushed red, and a huge sense of shame welled up in his heart.Yue Pengju actually regarded him as an abandoned land seeking safety.In this era, the army only protects the environment and the people, and fights for every inch of land. It has not lured the enemy into deep, stretched the enemy's supply line, and fought in depth.Under Yue Fei's knife-like gaze, Zhao Xingde forced himself to suppress the anger in his chest.Working with Yue Fei for a long time, he has deeply realized one of this gentleman's temperaments, that is stubbornness, deep-rooted stubbornness.

"Private Yue is serious." He took two deep breaths, was silent for a while, and then continued, "Ezhou is my fundamental place, and there is no room for loss. Since Privy Yue does not want the people to suffer, I will have a compromise The method is to show the enemy a form. If the Liao bandits are fooled, the time of stalemate can be shortened. People in the world have the same beauty and jealousy, and there are many gossips about you, me, and Han Henghai. Today is a big victory, and the suppression will be broken. The damage was heavy, and our Baoyi Army is still well preserved. Why don't we take advantage of this situation, and tomorrow the Chinese army will call in troops, and when Privy Secretary Yue rewards, he will be slightly biased towards suppressing the army. I will argue hard and pretend to be arrogant. The two sides pretended to be arguing endlessly, and Zhao uttered a bad word, Yue Shumi detained Zhao, and said that the general would deal with it according to the law."

Hearing this, Yue Fei couldn't help frowning.It is a chronic disease of the imperial court to fight for merit, and civil servants and military generals are not immune.Fighting for merit in the army, regardless of the enemy's presence, is what Yue Fei hates the most. If a general offends him, even generals like Zhang Xian and Wang Gui will serve him with sticks.

Zhao Xingde took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and said: "This is just a show. When Zhao goes back here, he will instruct Lu Mingyu and Luo Xian and the ten generals. Lu Mingyu and Luo Xian will pretend to create a mutiny. Lu Mingyu, Gao Su and Ma Rui took away the Baoyi left army, cavalry battalion and part of the artillery battalion, and they seemed to disperse at once, but actually went back to defend Jiangzhou first, while Luo Xianshi led the Baoyi right army and General Yue to separate camps. In addition, this time In the name of mediation, General Han had a big quarrel with General Yue in public, and then led the army east. In this way, the Liao thieves must think that our army is torn apart. Come to attack, then General Yue can fight and retreat, step by step to lead the Liao thieves to Chuzhou. If the Liao thieves leave the strong camp and chase after them with light cavalry, then we will take advantage of the situation to ambush Temuge, and General Han will lead the navy Cut off the enemy's way back from east to west, and drive out all the Liao soldiers. In this way, we will retreat and return to Shuzhou in a few days. If Brother Tiemu can bear it, sit back and watch our army The situation is falling apart, and the camp is still retreating, so Zhao will lead the army to rescue Ezhou, Shuzhou's defense, and ask General Yue and General Han, how about it?"

Zhao Xingde was famous for exposing the post case at the beginning, but even today, he still gives the impression that he does things recklessly.The literati are in charge of the army, and outsiders don't know what's inside, so it is often guessed that he has some quarrel with Yue Fei, the warrior's superior.Zhao Xingde took this kind of mentality of the world as a guide and designed a trap.Assigning subordinates to act, and staying in Yue Fei's suppressing party as a hostage, Zhao Xingde himself also took a huge risk.If Yue Fei intends to annex the Baoyi Army and make a fake show, use the name of the left army and the right army to mutiny, deprive Zhao Xingde of his military power, and even use his head to frighten the generals, outsiders don't know the subsequent arrangement, so they will believe it.

Even Yue Fei himself, hearing what Zhao Xingde said, couldn't help but look gloomy.Ge because he knew Zhao Xingde's plan, the key lies in the fact that he and Zhao Han are quarreling and turning their faces is fake, if it follows common sense, if this matter is true, then the arrangement that Zhao Xingde said will most likely come true To be honest, Lu Mingyu and Luo Xianshi, Zhao Xingde's generals recruited from the grasslands, all have their loyalty tied to Zhao Xingde alone, and Han Shizhong, who is leaning on Jingdong Road's Hou Xianggong, has always had a close relationship with Ezhou. If Yue and Zhao are at odds, and even if Yue detains Zhao, it will be considered good if Han Shizhong doesn't take advantage of the situation and rob him.Even though he knew that Zhao Xingde was using tricks against Liao thieves, Yue Fei felt extremely uncomfortable.

"General Yue, what do you think of this plan?" Zhao Xingde asked again after seeing Yue Fei muttering silently.

Yue Fei thought for a long time, took a deep breath, nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Yue first wrote a letter to Han Shizhong, and made an agreement with Heng Haijun about breaking the enemy's way back." Know the spleen 'nature' of this dog.Today's big victory against him may have lingering fears in Tiemu's mind, but if there is a chance, Tiemu will definitely retaliate against the Song army at full cost.

When the two of them stopped discussing, they split up.Han Shizhong also wrote back to Yue Fei that night.

The next day, the Chinese army ordered the battle, and all the generals from the Baoyi army and the township army came together. The individual's military exploits are clearly stated, the suppression of the army was fought hard for a long time, and the casualties were heavy, and the rewards offered by the army were naturally higher than the Baoyi army that defeated the Liao army as soon as they entered the battle.This is contrary to the thought of the generals of the Baoyi Army that "our army is the first to defeat the Liao army". The ten generals Lu Mingyu and Luo Xian looked at each other with a bit of arrogance and reserve in their eyes, only constrained by their status. Before Zhao Xingde spoke, they didn't dare to try military law.

Seeing that Yue Fei's reward was not too biased, Zhao Xingde secretly sighed, "Today I will be the villain", and the more people came out, he declared in public that the division of military merits would not allow "the burnt-out man to take the seat", and if there were no Baoyi army to send troops Helping each other, the suppressing army may have been wiped out at this time, he caused Zhang Xian, Wang Gui and other generals to turn against each other on the spot, and the generals started to argue.

Zhao Xingde's words were quoted from the scriptures, and his comments were sharp and sharp. Lu Mingyu, Luo Xian and the other generals sang together, which really angered Zhang Xian, Wang Gui and others, and a gang fight almost broke out in the Chinese army tent.In the end, Zhao Xingde denounced Yue Fei for being partial to the police, and was detained by Yue Fei in a rage, preparing for military punishment. Lu Mingyu, Luo Xianshi and other generals of the Baoyi Army couldn't argue, and withdrew from the military discussion on the spot.In the afternoon of the same day, Lu Mingyu, Gao Su, Ma Rui and other generals led the army to mutiny, made a noise next to the town police, and then left separately.However, Luo Xianshi led the Baoyi Right Army to withdraw from the front camp, and chose a place behind Shuzhou to re-campaign, and the direction of defense was completely facing the township.

After hearing the news, Han Shizhong, the commander of the Henghai Navy, came to mediate in person, but he had a big quarrel with Yue Fei, and left a sentence outside the account of the Chinese army, "If you dare to detain Zhao today, you can detain him tomorrow." The one with the surname Han? It’s chilling the hearts of the people, so go fight the Liao dog yourself.” Indignantly, he led the Hengjun Navy to leave Shuzhou. In front of them, even the volunteer soldiers from the nearby prefectures and counties led their troops back one after another under the arrangement of caring people. It looked like the buildings were about to collapse, the trees fell and the monkeys scattered.

The people within hundreds of miles heard it, and they all shook their heads and sighed. Many people were worried about the battle between the generals, the country's situation was in jeopardy, and the great rivers and mountains would fall to the hands of the Liao thieves. They couldn't help crying burst into tears.Zhao Xingde is one of the leaders of the Lishe, a number of country gentlemen who don't know the inside story jointly signed a letter to Yue Fei, hoping that he will take care of the overall situation and never act on his own will.In one county school, more than 100 students were willing to sit with Zhao Xingde, but the town police only closed the camp gate to prevent them from entering.The incident became more and more troublesome, and even alarmed the Prime Minister of Ezhou.The Qing discussion was like a 'tide', which was suppressed by Chen Dong with the two words of "no doubt about employing people" and "no remote control". However, even Chen Dong wrote to Yue Fei specifically, asking him to pay attention to Zhao Xingde's words. safety.

The news of the discord among the generals of the Song army reached the opposite side almost immediately.Brother Timu was skeptical at first, but as the various news gradually confirmed and confirmed each other, he gradually believed six or seven percent.The surrendered generals of the southern dynasties, Wen Da, Li Cheng and others explained to Brother Timu the tradition of factional strife in the imperial court, and even mentioned the stele of party members outside the Duanli Gate, the case of exposing posts, etc. In their mouths, Zhao Xingde used the factional strife as his ability , Song Dynasty has always used literature to control martial arts, but now Zhao Xingde obeys Yue Fei instead, it is strange that this kind of thing does not happen.General Han's explanation dispelled Temuge's last trace of doubt, and then it turned into a huge surprise. "Hey, good job, you, Yue, have today."

Because although the suppression of the army suffered heavy losses, but its combat power was not weak, Brother Timu was still a little hesitant about entering the army.However, due to the stalemate in the war situation in Shuzhou, under the strict order of Emperor Yelu Dashi of the Liao Dynasty, the governor Yelu Bijie sent [-] Khitan cavalry to help. Brother Tiemu was like a tiger with wings, and his courage suddenly increased. .

Under the all-out onslaught of the Liao army, the disadvantage of the weak troops of the suppressing army suddenly appeared. After holding on to the camp for several days, Yue Fei finally ordered the generals to burn the camp and escort the people in nearby counties to evacuate first, lest they suffer from the Liao army. The army's killing was disastrous.Then the volunteer soldiers from the prefectures and counties withdrew first, and the infantry battalion in Zhenjiang retreated. Yue Fei, Zhang Xian and Yue Yun personally led the cavalry to cut off the rear.