Chapter 556: Twelve Gold Medals Destroy Ambitions

"It is no wonder that Yue Wumu's strictness in running the army can make his soldiers advance even more with perseverance.

Pang Tong shook his head and saw the difference very clearly:

"With military orders, parents and children are ordered to join the battle, and if they don't win, they will be killed. Why can't we order and prohibit them?"

Sun Wu's The Art of War states that a general should possess the five essentials of wisdom, courage, benevolence, trust and strictness.

Since then, all the military strategists in the past dynasties have demanded strict military management, from Rangju's law enforcement to Zhou Yafu's thin willow army. However, this is the first time that parents and children dare to be the first to ascend and beheaded if they fail to win.

"When I was in Chengdu, I saw the iron armor that the man and his horse were wearing."

Zhang Fei was also carefully looking at the oil painting on the light screen. The red soldiers fought to the death and refused to retreat. They withstood the impact of the iron-clad cavalry and launched a counterattack.

But it was a good thing after all. Liu Bei didn't care about it. He just turned to his military advisor and sighed:

"Between the Song and Jin Dynasties, the people wanted to fight and the generals asked for war. The angels ordered the Northern Expedition, and the rebel armies gathered to fight against the Jin Dynasty."

"This Iron Pagoda is more valuable than gold and jade, so how could it be so reckless and violent at the cost?"

Liu Bei himself is also a northerner. When he was young, he knew about the old story of Wei Huo retreating from the Xiongnu, and heard about the troubles caused by Youyan and Zahu. Therefore, he had a lot of sympathy with the rebels who fought against the Jin. When talking about this, Zhao Gou finally couldn't bear his wandering nature. He had a fit and said a few bad words.

Zhang Fei suddenly laughed: "What's so difficult about this? Meng Qi will lead the army and explain it to me tomorrow."

Jin Wushu fled in panic, and his adjutant was also seriously injured and died before he could receive treatment.

"It's a pity that the person who drew this picture doesn't know how to fight cavalry."

It was obvious that Liu Bei, the leader, had a smile on his lips. Previously, Yide went to Zilong to learn cavalry tactics. Later, Zilong led the army south, and Yide led the army into Liangzhou to quell the chaos. Now he must have known the advantages of cavalry, so he came again Take out this inventory of cavalry tactics from Ma Mengqi.

At that time, although the Yue family's army was dispersed in various places to defend the recovered areas, under Yue Fei's military order, they still gathered troops in two places:

The first thing Wang Gui needs to ensure is that Yingchang is not lost: "Gui then ordered Tabai's army to control Dong Xian, and selected the vanguard army to control Hu Qing to defend the city."

"Song Shenwu's army has a will beyond iron, and it is truly a strong army."

First of all, it is certain that after the Battle of Yancheng, Yue Fei's troops had already switched from defense to offense, and entered into an offensive rhythm with the Jin people.

Ma Chao also agreed:

"If we face a confrontation, no one will be able to stop this powerful army."

The king of the country, Han Chang, even lost his fighting spirit and privately invited people to Yue Fei's army to discuss the matter of surrender. This was normal. After all, Han Chang had a distinguished status. Even if he surrendered, he had to do it in a big way and save some dignity.

"This Yue Wumu's..." Zhang Fei carefully identified it and said:

After the defeat of Yancheng, Jin Wushu, as a famous general of the Jin Kingdom, did not lose the Spring and Autumn. Instead, he seized the time to join the army on foot and cavalry to attack Yingchang.

After this battle, Jin Wushu retreated to Kaifeng, and finally gathered his strength to make a last stand at Zhuxian Town, forty-five miles southwest of Kaifeng, but was ruthlessly crushed by Yue Fei.

Yue Fei's headquarters stationed in Yancheng defeated Jin Wushu.

Judging from the report submitted by Yue Fei, the battle at Xiaoshangqiao did not last long, but its intensity was even comparable to the battle at Yancheng:

In less than half a day, thousands of Jin soldiers were killed, and one person from each of the thousands of households was beheaded.

"The armor used by the iron cavalry under my second brother is not as complete as this iron pagoda, which already makes me feel that it is difficult to defeat me."

More than 300 elite soldiers of Youyi Army were lost. Among them, Yang Zaixing, a fierce general who had tried to capture Jin Wushu single-handedly, died on the spot at the age of thirty-six.

These words immediately made Ma Chao very tempted:

"really?"

Yongliang Jinma Chao is well versed in the art of cavalry, so he has already thought about the battle situation in his mind just now after listening to the younger generation. The conclusion is that the Jin soldiers intended to use the light cavalry horse to lure the enemy, but failed and were betrayed by the Wei army. He was entangled and nibbled away, so he gave it a try and made Tiefutu step into the formation to break the lock. As a result, he failed to break the formation and died.

"It's a pity that the great plan of the Northern Expedition was lost in the hands of such great men."

The first is the organization of the Jin army: "There are four Fan bandits, the fourth prince (Jin Wushu), the Zhenguo King and Zhaowu General Han Chang, and four Fan bandits from Wanhu, who personally lead more than 30,000 Fan soldiers and horses to Yingchang. "

Among them, Zhang Xianbu was the busiest. After learning about the attack on Yancheng at the earliest, he quickly provided support. After the siege of Yancheng was relieved, he replenished his troops and then headed north again to return to Yingchang. However, on the way, Linying and Jin Wushu prepared to attack Yingchang. The soldiers and horses met, and more than 300 sentinels collided with the Jin army at Xiaoshang Bridge and a fierce battle broke out.

At that time, the people under Jin Wushu were unstable and could no longer defend Kaifeng Mansion. They simply continued northward and hesitated on the banks of the Yellow River whether to cross the river and escape north. Faced with a life-or-death decision involving life and face, one of Jin Wushu's men who had served in In the Northern Song Dynasty, a man who had served as a imperial student advised Jin Wushu not to cross the river and said that Yue Fei would withdraw his army.

"Can I still lie to you?"

Then this fierce general under Yue Fei personally led the army against the enemy: "Your relatives will unite the Chinese army, You Yi's army and horses will be in good condition, and Yue Yun will carry Wei's army out of the city to fight."

Zhang Xian, Wang Gui, Dong Xian and other generals stationed in Yingchang were listed as the second target of attack by Jin Wushu.

The Battle of Yingchang did not have any bells and whistles, and the victory report written by Wang Gui was fortunately preserved, from which we can get a glimpse of the fierceness of the battle.

Zhang Fei immediately patted his chest:

The scale of the encounter at Xiaoshangqiao was not large, but the exchange ratio played by Yue Fei's troops was very good. In order to seek stability, the Jin army finally chose to withdraw from Linying and march towards Yingchang. Zhang Xian chose to temporarily station in Linying.

"Only this emperor insists on maintaining peace and stability. He is really an ugly person with no virtue and legacy."

Kong Ming could only try his best to persuade:

"It is useless to sigh over the history of later generations. It is better to inherit his will and use his strategy to settle the north and stabilize Yanhan."

[Most of the records of Yue Fei's fourth northern expedition that have survived to this day are incomplete. We can only infer from the records of the Jin Kingdom and the victory reports of Yue Fei's army.

There were many calculations back and forth, which are completely invisible in this painting.

The two sides fought fiercely from Chenshi to noon. "No one in Yue's army was willing to look back" and finally defeated the Jin army. Jin Wushu's son-in-law, Wanhu Xia Jinwu, five Qianhu and more than 5,000 people were killed in battle, and 78 officers and more than 2,000 Jin soldiers were captured alive.

"I'll draw a picture of Jin Ma Chao's Expedition for you so that the future generations can see your heroic spirit and your reputation."

In this tiny time difference, the Battle of Yingchang broke out again. Wang Gui, who was stationed in Yingchang, looked at the nearly 100,000 Jin troops attacking, and then looked at the more than 30,000 northern expedition troops under his command without much hesitation:

The only thing is to fight.

And the reason is very clear: since ancient times, there has been no reason for powerful ministers to be inside and generals to make meritorious deeds outside. It is a question whether Yue Shaobao can survive now, let alone other things?

The judgment of this Taixue student was really correct. Wanyan Gou's assist has arrived.

On July 21, Yue Fei received the handwritten edict issued by Zhao Gou on July 10, and finally had no choice but to "respectfully obey the punishment of the imperial pen" and choose to return to the army. 】