0172 The Great Northwest Battle (1)
In Longzhou City, Yue Fei's Yue family army had already been arranged, with 50,000 troops guarding the four gates and migrating all the people in the city to the territory of the Song Dynasty. The sky above Longzhou City was covered with dense clouds, but the rain could not come down for a long time, making everyone feel a kind of stuffy heat.
Niu Gao stood on the city tower and patrolled for a while. When he saw the team of horses galloping from outside the East City Gate, he rushed to the soldiers guarding the city gate and shouted: "Open the city gate quickly, General Yang is back!"
Turning his head, Niu Gao said to a soldier behind him: "Go and report to the Grand Marshal and tell the Marshal that Yang Zaixing is back."
After saying this, Niu Gao went down the city tower and just met Yang Zaixing. He clasped his fists and asked casually: "How is it? Where did the Jin soldiers go?"
Yang Zaixing is famous and can also be called the number one brave general in the Yue family army. As soon as he came back with twenty relatives, he jumped off his horse, walked to Niu Gao, and said loudly: "The Jin soldiers are coming in full force. The front vanguard Wanyan Zongchao and thirty thousand cavalry have arrived at Niu Xinting, and have set up a camp in Niu Xinting, as if waiting for Wanyan Zongbi's army to arrive. Where is the marshal?"
"The Marshal is in the city guard's mansion, let's go to see the Marshal together." Niu Gao said.
The two of them came to the city guard's mansion together. They happened to meet Yue Fei and sent someone to invite them. So they arrived at the hall together. After seeing Yue Fei, they bowed together and shouted, "See Marshal!"
In the hall, the generals of the Yue family army gathered, and Yue Fei said: "Zaixing, tell everyone the news you found. Test the text watermark 6."
Yang Zaixing immediately told what he had heard, and after hearing this, all the generals frowned.
Niu Gao immediately shouted: "Marson, you can't let the Jin soldiers gain a foothold in Niu Xinting. The general is willing to invite troops to pick the Jindog camp!"
"Don't be impatient, everything is up to the marshal!" Wang Gui, who was sitting beside him, said.
Yue Fei glanced at the generals and immediately said, "Sit down and listen to my orders!"
After Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing sat down, they heard Yue Fei say, "Niu Xinting is only fifty miles away from Longzhou. Since Jin Gou has set up a camp, let them stand up. Just wait for Wanyan Zongbi's army to arrive."
"Marson, won't you start first?" Niu Gao asked in surprise.
"I won't start this time, I'll give Wanyan Zongbi a shot. Last time I didn't fight him officially in the Central Plains, and I can't let him go easily in the northwest. The terrain of Longzhou is full of gullies and hills, which is not suitable for large-scale operations by cavalry. Even if he uses the Iron Float Map, we don't have to worry. Test the text watermark 4." Yue Fei said.
While he was talking, a small school came in outside and reported to him with his fists: "See the Grand Marshal, the army of the Dragon Empire has come to support the Marshal."
"Oh, where have you been?" Yue Fei stood up and asked hurriedly.
"I have arrived five miles outside the city, and I should have arrived at the city now." Xiaozhao said.
"What are they here? Why did Li Liangfu, who didn't go to support Shizhou, come to Longzhou? Marshal, they are not here to compete for us for merit, right?" Niu Gao said.
When everyone heard this, they laughed.
"Old Niu, don't talk nonsense. The Dragon Emperor is the emperor, so what else can I do to fight for? Besides, the Dragon Emperor is my senior brother. Is there anything wrong with helping the junior brother? Since the Dragon Empire's army has come to Longzhou, there is naturally his reason. Let the generals follow me out to welcome the Dragon Emperor!" Yue Fei said.
Yue Fei brought Niu Gao, Zhang Xian, Wang Gui, Shi Quan, Yang Zaixing, Dong Xian, Xu Qing, Yao Zheng, Kou Cheng, Wang Jing, Li Dao and other generals to the outside of Ximen City and lined up to welcome Xia Bolong's arrival.
Not long after the city gate opened, Xia Bolong saw golden helmet and golden armor, surrounded by flags and swords and guns, and a strict and neat army stretched out along the curved path, with no end to see at a glance. Test text watermark 8.
Seeing that the Dragon Empire's army was so strict and well-equipped, Yue Fei couldn't help but admire the Dragon Empire's army and thought silently: "After the senior brother escaped into Xixia six years ago, he never heard of it. He didn't expect that he would appear in Xixia again as an emperor six years later and make Xixia surrender. This achievement is not something that ordinary people can do."
Soon, Xia Bolong brought Zhang Dahan and the Three Hundred Dragon Guards to the city, and the troops behind stopped.
After turning over and dismounting, Xia Bolong grabbed his hand before he could visit Yue Fei, and said with a smile: "Master Yue, my good junior brother, I'm here, can I be welcomed by you?"
"Your Majesty is joking. Your Majesty is here. You will be welcomed far away. However, it is too hasty. You can only welcome Your Majesty here. Please forgive me if you have any inappropriate etiquette." Yue Fei said calmly.
Xia Bolong glanced at Yue Fei and felt that his former junior brother was gone. He was the Grand Marshal of a country, a general who held military power in his hand and was the only one. He looked around at the generals behind Yue Fei. Seeing that these generals were very energetic and had extraordinary appearances, he was also envious. He said in his mouth: "Marrior Yue, your subordinates are like powerful generals. On the other hand, my army has very few people. Test text watermark 9."
"Your Majesty's all elite troops, how can our Yue family army compare with Your Majesty's army? Your Majesty, please go to the city!" Yue Fei said.
After the army entered the city, Yue Fei asked his generals to arrange camps for the army of the Dragon Empire, and he took Xia Bolong into the city guard palace. In the hall of the city guard palace, there was a map on the table. Yue Fei immediately ordered people to withdraw the map and said to Xia Bolong: "Don't your Majesty go to support Shizhou?"
"Shizhou city defense is thicker, and Wanyan Zongwang won't defeat Shizhou so quickly. On the contrary, Longzhou is the key. Wanyan Zongbi is a brave general of the Jin Kingdom. If he defeats him first, he can support Shizhou in the north and cooperate with Wu Jie in the south. Wu Lin can kill two birds with Wanyan Zonghan. Isn't Marshal Yue thinking that way?" Xia Bolong asked back.
Yue Fei smiled and said, "Your Majesty's wisdom is admired by Mo Cheng, and Mo Cheng really thinks this way."
"Yue Fei, you speak your Majesty at once. Could it be that you have thrown away the feelings of brotherhood between us? There are no outsiders here, so why should you be so respectful?" Xia Bolong couldn't bear Yue Fei's words and immediately called out.
Yue Fei smiled and said, "Your Majesty... In the heart of the last general, Your Majesty has always been the last general's senior brother, and has never changed it. Test the text watermark 2. It's just that now Your Majesty and I are in two different countries, one monarch and the other monarch. This etiquette must be thoughtful, otherwise it will be passed on, wouldn't it mean that I, Yue Fei, do not respect Your Majesty?"
Xia Bolong said: "You are right. We are no longer the same as before, and we are no longer the same. By the way, have the Jin soldiers changed their recent moves?"
"Wanyan Zongchao, the pioneer of the front of the Golden Dog, has set his camp on the Niuxin Pavilion fifty miles away from the city, waiting for Wanyan Zongbi's army to come." Yue Fei said.
Xia Bolong said: "Niuxin Pavilion is a high ground, surrounded by uneven gullies. Only the terrain of ten miles above Niuxin Pavilion is relatively flat. It seems that Jingou wants to station all the troops there, take advantage of the momentum to climb up and watch the movements around him."
Yue Fei was very curious when he heard this, so he asked, "Your Majesty has been to Longzhou before?"
"No, my first time here."
"Since Your Majesty has never been to Longzhou, why do you know so much about the terrain in Longzhou?"
Xia Bolong looked at Yue Fei's confused look on his face, then laughed, reached out and took out a neatly stacked map from behind his waist, then stood up and shook the map open.
When Yue Fei saw that the map held by Xia Bolong was very comprehensive, he said enviously: "This kind of map is rare in the world. It is so detailed that all the terrain of Xixia is undoubtedly revealed. Where did Your Majesty get it?"
"Haha, I spent four years traveling the caravan throughout the entire Xixia and personally drawn it with my memory. Even the customs and customs of the various parts of Xixia are well known. Test the text watermark 7." Xia Bolong said.
Yue Fei exclaimed: "It seems that Your Majesty has long been the intention to annex the Western Xia. No wonder he has to support Shizhou. He came to Longzhou first. It turned out that he wanted to consume Li Liangfu and Wanyan Zongwang. Your Majesty will reap the benefits of the fisherman. I admire him, admire him!"
Xia Bolong smiled and said, "Yue Fei, do you have no ambitions to agree to an alliance this time? The Song army wants to take advantage of this alliance to defeat the Jin soldiers, reduce the pressure on the Central Plains of the Song Dynasty, and conquer the land of Yanyun, right?"
"Haha, there is nothing to hide from senior brother. Yes, my master is exactly this. As long as he defeats the main force of the Jin army here, the Central Plains army will take advantage of the situation to cross the Hebei, conquer the lost territory in Hebei, restore the sixteen states of Yanyun, and drive the Jin soldiers out of the frontier. However, with the speculation of the last general, Your Majesty also wants to take the opportunity to expand. Although Your Majesty only has more than 30,000 troops in the Western Xia territory, he will definitely secretly send an army to attack the Jin army behind. In this way, the land outside the frontier occupied by the Jin army will become your Majesty's Dragon Empire. Your Majesty, have I guessed wrong?" Yue Fei said. Test text watermark 3.
"You guessed nothing wrong. I just want to take this opportunity to kill the Jin soldiers. As long as our two countries unite closely, we will not worry about not being able to destroy the Jin Kingdom. At that time, we will give me the Dragon Empire outside the Pass, and we will share the beauty equally. Wouldn't it be beautiful?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, my Lord has made up his mind to unite the Dragon Empire from beginning to end and destroy the Jin Kingdom. As for what happens in the future, we will know in the future."
After hearing this, Xia Bolong laughed and said, "We are chatting here, but we regard the Golden Dog as nothing. However, the Jin soldiers are indeed powerful and we cannot take it lightly. Do you have any way to defeat Wanyan Zongbi this time?"
Yue Fei pointed to the map and said, "Now that your Majesty's reinforcements are again, our Yue family army will be able to kill the enemy bravely. Wanyan Zongbi will be defeated in this battle! Please see, this is Niu Xinting. Although the Jin soldiers occupied this highland, there is only one road. As long as this road is blocked, the Jin soldiers' return road is cut off, and the Jin soldiers are besieged from all sides, and bombarded with artillery, they will surely win a great victory."
"Well, now there are 50,000 Yue's army in Longzhou City, 10,000 Yao Pingzhong's army, and 35,000 troops in my Dragon Empire, and only 5,000 less troops than the Jin soldiers. It can completely wipe out the Jin soldiers! This battle is of great importance. I think my Dragon Empire's army will also be handed over to your command!"
"His Majesty……"
"Oh, you need to say that if you can lead the Yue family army to win many times, you will definitely be able to win this victory. I will hand the army to your hands with confidence. Test text watermark 4. However, there are Uighurs, Khitans, and Han people in my army. You must be consistent when you command and do not discriminate against anyone, because they are all the troops of my Dragon Empire."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, Yue Fei must achieve unified dispatch."
Xia Bolong looked at Yue Fei and thought to himself: "This era was your era. You and Jin Wushu were two people who were tit-for-tat. I should let you show your talents to the fullest. Only in this way can you get more chapters in history books."
That night, Xia Bolong informed the entire army of his orders and handed over all command to Yue Fei. Yue Fei was also kind and righteous, and handed over Xia Bolong's 10,000 Dragon Guards to Xia Bolong, allowing the Dragon Guards to be Xia Bolong's guard.
Within the next three days, Yue Fei personally performed the army of the Dragon Empire, and spent three days to make the army of the Dragon Empire familiar with his command. On the fifth day, Wanyan Zongbi's 100,000 troops arrived and stationed on Niu Xinting.
Early in the morning of the sixth day, the Jin soldiers sent an envoy, brought a letter from Wanyan Zongbi, and shot it into Longzhou City with an arrow. Test the text watermark 1. The letter was received by the soldiers and handed it to Yue Fei. After Yue Fei looked at it, he smiled and had already made plans in his heart.
Xia Bolong sat aside and, after seeing this, he asked, “What is it in the letter?”
Yue Fei said: "Wanyan Zongbi asked me to fight in the open space twenty miles northeast tomorrow!"
"Fighting formation? How to fight?" Xia Bolong said.
Yue Fei said: "The two armies set up their own formations, one side defends and the other side attacks, and compete with each other with formations."
"Then are you going?" Xia Bolong asked.
"Go! Why don't you go? Your Majesty will defend the city tomorrow. I will take 20,000 Yue's army out to fight!" Yue Fei said.
Xia Bolong thought for a while and said, "No, I'd better bring more. If Wanyan Zongbi set up an ambush, how can your 20,000 people resist?"
"I think Wanyan Zongbi won't use such dirty methods. He asked me to fight in the battle formation just to set up his iron floating map. However, I have my own way to crack it, so I don't have to be afraid of him." Yue Fei said confidently.
"Since that's the case, I won't stop you. You can go there. I am here in Longzhou and ensure that everything is foolproof." Xia Bolong said. Test text watermark 9.
Yue Fei bowed to Xia Bolong and said, "Please give everything to your Majesty."
On the morning of the seventh day, Yue Fei took Niu Gao, Yang Zaixing, Zhang Xian, Wang Gui, and the four generals of the Ma Jian army and 20,000 out of Longzhou City and headed northeast to fight. Shortly after Yue Fei and the others left, Xia Bolong summoned all the generals in the city together and immediately said, "Zhang Jun, you take the Three Thousand Dragon Guards out of the south gate, go east, and wait outside the Jin soldiers camp of Niu Xinting. Zhang Dahan, you take the Three Thousand Dragon Guards out of the north gate, go east, and wait on the north side outside the Jin soldiers camp of Niu Xinting."
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Jun and Zhang Dahan immediately replied: "I will obey the order!"
But the generals of the Yue family army were indeed confused. Shi Quan hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty Dragon Emperor, my marshal went to fight with the Golden Dog. He taught us how to defend the city. How to capture the Golden Dog Camp? It was passed on, wouldn't it mean that our Yue family army was traitorous?"
The other Yue family generals also made some small statements, as if they were complaining about Xia Bolong, but they did not say it clearly.
Xia Bolong couldn't care about so much. He used the Dragon Guards, not the Yue Family Army. Besides, he did this for Yue Fei's good. He smiled, ignored the generals of the Yue Family Army, and continued to order: "I can't help it. Rebubala, you two each brought two thousand Dragon Guards to fight with me. We are going to attack the Jin army camp."
After giving the order, Xia Bolong said to the generals of the Yue Family Army: "Generals, please help you guard the city well. This is the army of my Dragon Empire. It has nothing to do with your Yue Family Army, let alone betrayal. Your marshal will not blame you."
After saying this, the generals of the Dragon Empire walked out of the hall with Xia Bolong, and each went to gather people. They rushed out of Longzhou, leaving the generals of the Yue family army in the hall of the city guard.
Kou Cheng, the commander of the Yue family's horse army, looked at everyone and asked, "What should we do now? The army of the Dragon Empire only dispatched 10,000 people, but there are tens of thousands of Jin soldiers camps. If they go like this, will they go without returning?"
Wang Jing, the commander of the Yue Family Army's rear army, said: "That is the army of the Dragon Empire, and it was the order issued by their emperor himself. What does it have to do with you? Besides, the Yue Family Army's military discipline has always been strict. Do you dare to openly resist the marshal's order?"
"But we can't sit idly by and watch the army of the Dragon Empire kill themselves?" Kou Chengdao.
Wang Jingdao: "It is also a fault that one can bring about one's own destruction!"
"Okay, okay, don't talk about it. I think this is a good thing. The army of the Dragon Empire is to harass the Jin soldiers, and it is not really going to fight against the Jin Gou. Besides, the Dragon Emperor is our Marshal's senior brother. This is naturally more courageous than being a junior brother. Wanyan Zongbi only asked our Marshal to fight for 20,000 yuan, and the Dragon Emperor actually attacked the garrison 80,000 yuan garrison. Isn't this obvious? He wants to distract Wanyan Zongbi and let our Marshal win the battle formation!" Shi Quan thought for a while and said it.
Wang Jing, Kou Cheng and other generals suddenly realized. Everyone smiled, then scattered and went out to their own hands.
Xia Bolong's troops were divided into three groups, and they advanced in small groups, not riding horses, but walking on the mountain road for more than ten miles. After walking forward, Ye Labuha took the two thousand Dragon Guards and walked separately from him on both sides of the road and continued to move eastward. The Dragon Guards were all skilled in bows and horses, and they all held a rifle in their hands. Whether it was close or far away, it was no problem. They followed Xia Bolong and continued to advance. When they met the Jin soldiers' whistle, they shot down in a distance, without fear of attracting the attention of the Jin soldiers. Ten miles away from the Jin soldiers camp, the four thousand Dragon Guards each raised the flags of the Dragon Empire. One of the flags embroidered with golden flying dragons suddenly rose on both sides of the road. Every time they walked forward one meter, they planted a flag, and in a short while the flags on both sides of the mountain road were densely covered.
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