Yi Song

Chapter 233 Wang Zhen can’t believe it
Wang Zhen clapped his horse forward, but before he could get close, a group of cavalry detached from the other side and stopped him from a distance.

"who?"

"Wang Zhen, commander of the Jinning Corps!"

"Please show your waistband."

After an inspection, Wang Zhen and his party were released, and Yue Fei led his people to greet them.

"Yue Fei has met Commander Wang."

"Brother Fei, how did you get here? Is Commander-in-Chief here?" Wang Zhen asked impatiently.

Yue Fei replied: "Commander Wang, I have been ordered to convey military orders and military information to you. Please meet our commander first."

"Who is your commander?"

"Liu Zhuxie, deputy commander of the Red Tiger Cavalry and commander of the left wing."

"General Wang, nice to meet you." Liu Zhuxie opened his mouth, cupped his hands and said with a smile.

The great victory in Pingxia City was claimed to have resulted in the defeat of 400,000 Xia troops, but the number of people who beheaded the capital was thousands. Two thousand here, three thousand there, the total is only ten or twenty thousand.

Wang Zhen's eyes widened in disbelief, "Besieging Youzhou? Has the war situation developed like this?"

"The Red Tiger Cavalry, led by Commander Jies, attacked Shendui Post at night, burned the Xia army's 300,000 stones of grain and grass to nothing, captured more than 20 people under Li Renli, the Xixia Henan transshipment envoy, and took advantage of the situation to capture the nearby Shizhou and Xiazhou. The morale of the Xia army is low, and all troops have retreated."

"General Wang, the latest military information, General Zhong led the right corps to capture Yinzhou a few days ago. Yao Gu and Liu Yanqing's reserve corps captured Hongzhou. The two armies were combined into one and organized into the Henan Corps. Zhong General Liu is the commander, General Liu Zhongwu is the deputy commander, and he is currently besieging Youzhou."

"Youzhou? Henan Corps? Uncle Zhong Yi captured Yinzhou?" Wang Xun took the military order and unfolded it to see that it was a coded order. After reading it, he looked up and asked in surprise.

"Wang Zhen has met Liu Yichang." Wang Zhen said solemnly.

Wang Zhen was so excited that he was shaking all over, "What a great victory! What an unprecedented victory since the founding of the Song Dynasty!"

"The main force of the Xia army retreated from Yinzhou and Hongzhou, with more than 100,000 troops. Our army ambushed them midway and chased them everywhere. In three days, they beheaded more than 20,000 people and captured more than 50,000 people. The remaining troops retreated to Yanzhou. Richard, King of Jin Dynasty of Western Xia Dynasty Brother is in Yanzhou, gathering the remaining troops, there may be more than 100,000 left."

"Yes!"

"Chief Yi, this is the deputy commander-in-chief of the Hedong troops and horses, General Wang Zhen, who is in charge of the Jinning Corps." Yue Fei introduced him first.

"Shizhou and Xiazhou have also been defeated? Where is the Khitan army in Xiazhou?"

As they talked, the two rode their horses to a hill, where hundreds of cavalry were standing, surrounded by a young general in his twenties, with a fur hat and light armor, and his eyebrows looked a bit like Liu Guozhang's. similar.

Yue Fei introduced.

Wang Zhen was surprised that they were also wiped out.

"What about the main force of Xia Army?"

"It's all done. Xiao Heda, the governor of Xiazhou, took five hundred soldiers to Niuxinting and stayed with Brother Richard. The Xiazhou city was leaderless. Our vanguard pretended to be the fleeing Xia army and deceived the Xiazhou city gate. The army Swarming in and fighting fiercely in the middle of the night, the Khitan army was completely wiped out, with only a hundred people running away."

Shizhou City has few soldiers, so it is normal for it to be captured. However, there was a Khitan army in Xiazhou City that came as a dowry, with three thousand riders, and its strength should not be underestimated.

"Everything has been explained clearly just now. Go and get busy. I have something to tell General Wang." Liu Zhuxie turned to everyone and said.

The crowd dispersed quickly, and the retinues scattered everywhere, forming a circle, leaving a large open space for the three of them.

"General Wang, Commander Jie ordered the Jinning Corps and Fulin Corps to join forces and form the Hedong Corps. You will be the commander, and Zhe Kecun will be the deputy commander, and quickly occupy Miwu City.
Yang Zongmin and Guo Zude stayed behind in Miwu City and continued to clean up the remnants of the Xia army in the Mingtangchuan area. General Wang and General Zhe led the main force to Youzhou to join the Henan Corps. This is a military order. "

The land only recovered Pingxia City and a few forts.

This time, more than 20,000 people were beheaded at once, including the cities of Keyin, Hong, Xia, Shi, and Miwu, and almost wiped out the prefectural cities of Jianing, Xiangyou, and Zuoxiang Shenyong in Xixia.

Liu Zhuxie and Yue Fei looked calm, as if the 20,000 heads were just 20,000 cattle and sheep, and Lian Keshu City was just a few villages.

Wang Zhen took a few deep breaths to calm himself down.

"Where is Commander-in-Chief?" "I don't know." Liu Zhuxie replied simply.

Wang Zhen stared at him, his lips trembling, you don't know where the coach is, how can you fight?

Yue Fei quickly added: "General Wang, Commander Jie should lead the Red Tiger Cavalry near Youzhou, monitor Brother Richard's troops, and cover General Zhong and General Liu to besiege Youzhou."

That's more or less.

"How many people are there in the Red Tiger Cavalry?" Wang Zhen continued to ask.

"The Red Tiger Cavalry has forty-two thousand riders."

"How much?" Wang Zhen couldn't believe it.

"Forty-two thousand riders."

"Where did Commander Jie recruit so many cavalry?"

Yue Fei glanced at Liu Zhuxie, got his acquiescence, and explained: "Jie Shuai led three thousand Beiwei, Youyi and Tabai camps. They left the Ninghua Army from Hedong and entered the Xijing Road in Northern Liao. They met with Liu at Jiashan. The Wing Commander's troops meet up.

Liu Yichang originally had 6,700 cavalry, but 8,000 cavalry arrived from all over Mobei. He defeated Basimu, Bai Dadan, Mogeshi, Dalidi and other tribes in Yunzhong, Dongsheng and other places. Later, more than 8,000 cavalry were collected. "

Liu Zhuxie added next to him: "We went all the way south from Julun Lake, spreading hero posts and inviting heroes from all tribes. The name of Red Tiger has been spread in Mobeicao for ten years, it's so useful! The cavalrymen from all tribes trust it and are enthusiastic about it. Go. It’s just a long way and it will take time for the various ministries to come over. We are in a hurry, so we let them meet in Montenegro.”

Yue Fei went on to introduce: "The Red Tiger Cavalry has gathered 22,000 riders. The Commander-in-Chief divided them into five guards, with the five-element flag as their name. They were divided into five commanders, ten commanders, centurions and thousand commanders. Our team Belongs to the Qingqi Guards.

We reorganized in Jinhebo, Xijingdao, Northern Liaoning, took advantage of the ice of the Yellow River, crossed the river south, and entered Xixia and Henan. We swept through Luotuohe, Dijinze, Huangyangping, Anqingze and other places with lightning speed. department. There are more than 30,000 tents of Dangxiang, Uighur, Xianbei, and Tatar tribes scattered there, and more than 30,000 cavalry are left.

We killed more than 10,000 people and recruited more than 20,000 cavalry into the Five Flags Wing. After some reorganization, they detoured southward from the right side toward the Luotuo River east of Shengwei City, east of Shunjun. "

"The Luotuo River east of Weicheng City?"

"Yes, General Wang, it is east of the Yellow River and west of Henan. After we cleared out the thousands of tent tribes there, we quickly went south, from Baichi City, Wanjingkou, and Dashadui to the Xixia Xiangyou Army. He lurked in the south of Anqingze, north of the company, for two days.

Tabaiying led the Henan Fan tribe, disguised himself as a Xia army Fan cavalry, and spied everywhere. After gathering military information, he found that the Xia army's rations were piled up in Shenduiyi, and the main force was piled up in Yin, Hong, and Longzhou lines. Jieshuai immediately led the main force and attacked Shenduiyi at night. Xia's army was in chaos, and our army continued to use chaos to expand the results. "

"Use chaos to disrupt the situation?" Wang Zhen somewhat understood Liu Guozhang's tactics.

First, they attacked Shendui Station at night, burned the Xia army's food and grass, and won a crucial game, which shook the Xia army's morale and caused chaos. Then, they used the mobility of the cavalry to attack in all directions or block roads and ambush them, and put the Xia army, which was originally in chaos, into chaos. He was even more dizzy.

The advantage of this is that although the Xia army has a numerical advantage, they cannot gather in one place and can only be defeated one by one. But there is also a drawback to this tactic. How can the army be recovered after it has been spread out? Or how to ensure that they kill the enemy instead of escaping?

Wang Zhen raised his question, and Yue Fei couldn't help but turn to Liu Zhuxie. He couldn't answer this question now.

Liu Zhuxie chuckled, "General Wang, our troops spread out and march in multiple directions to hunt prey. This is a common occurrence in the grasslands and forests of Mobei. We have been playing since we were in our teens, and we have developed a tacit understanding.

As for how to restrain the people, why should we restrain them? The purpose of letting them out is to kill the enemy. As for how to kill the enemy, everyone depends on their ability. After killing the enemy, merit will be calculated based on the number of heads, and the captured trophies will be distributed and rewarded.

We have our own method, and the warriors on the grassland are also used to it. The key is to make rewards and punishments clear and fair. In many tribes, it is a bad custom that the leaders and nobles get the big share, while the warriors who fight only get a little bit.

The way to save the commander is to divide the commander into 28%, and the warriors to divide into 80% according to their military merit. Even if someone died in battle, the spoils of war will be distributed to their families and relatives without any deductions.
That's why the Commander-in-Chief can raise his arms and give a call, and the people who respond are like a cloud, and they go to death enthusiastically. "

"Is it that simple?" Wang Zhen murmured.

"It's that simple!"

Yue Fei said to Wang Chen with emotion: "General Wang, this is simple, but it is easy to know but difficult to do. It is not easy to really do it."

Wang Zhen raised his head and still had a lot of questions to ask.

Liu Zhuxie handed over his hand and said, "General Wang, I don't have time to tell you any more. Let's carry out the military orders first. Our department is a partial division, responsible for mopping up the Xia army in the Mingtangchuan area. Now that the task is completed, we have to rush to You Restoration of life in the state."

Two-quarters of an hour later, Wang Zhen stood on the mountain ridge. In the distance, thousands of cavalry were like a tide, surging westward. Under the sun, they seemed to be burning with flames, gathering into a fire all over the sky, burning all obstacles that dared to stand in their way.

(End of this chapter)