When Yue Fei was taking action, Liu Lin was still attacking Hengshui.

Hengshui is the main city of Jizhou. After Yue Fei took it from Yang Jin in the second year of Jingkang, Zongze sent people to build many fortifications here.

The capture of Hengshui showed that Liu Lin's puppet Qi army was not all a mob, and their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

Moreover, the Puppet Qi introduced harsh military service laws in the prefectures and counties under their control. All civilian households were required to perform military service, which could be offset by money and grain.

Liu Lin deployed his army in Shenzhou, and ordered the conscripts to lead their men and levy violently in five counties: Jing'an County, Shulu County, Raoyang County, Anping County, and Wuqiang County.

Starting from February, in the Jizhou and Shenzhou areas, you can see cavalry scouts passing by in a hurry, and conscripts shouting loudly.

Many people were brutally recruited, and those who disobeyed would be caught and beaten to death in front of everyone.

Families that could not afford the money had to find help. Those who dared to escape would have their entire family killed, and even be sent to the countryside.

Countless people are wandering in the wilderness, and the people's livelihood in Shenzhou and Jizhou is even more miserable.

In this way, the puppet Qi army was like locusts passing through the border, leaving pain and disaster to Shenzhou.

When Hengshui was breached, Liu Lin's morale was greatly boosted, and he immediately divided his army into three echelons.

Xu Qingchen, the commander-in-chief of the puppet Qi army, opposed this proposal. He said: "Your Highness, that Yue Fei is in Fucheng, not far from us. We must be careful about this person. The best way now is to gather the army together and concentrate our forces to fight!"

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Liu Lin said: "Yue Fei? You mean the Yue Fei who defeated Marshal Zongfu and Duke Lu?"

"It is this person!" Xu Qingchen reminded, "This person is the key target of prevention mentioned above. Not only Marshal Zongfu was defeated by him, but Marshal Wushu was also defeated by this person in Xuzhou and returned."

Liu Lin laughed loudly and said with high spirits: "He came just in time. Our purpose this time is to attract him. If we attract all the troops of Zong Zebu and Yue Fei to Daming Mansion, my father can

An elite army attacks the Song Dynasty from the east!"

"Yue Fei is very powerful with his troops. If Your Highness divides his troops at this time, it will undoubtedly weaken our army's strength."

"What do you know! I am setting up a large formation, distributing troops in more than ten counties such as Shenzhou and Jizhou, forming a dragnet, spreading it in depth, and integrating defense and offense. I can not only go south to attack Daming Mansion, but also attack in Daming Mansion.

Support each other in battle. If Yue Fei dares to come in, he will fall into my net on all sides."

Xu Qingchen was speechless for a moment.

Liu Lin continued: "Unless he, Yue Fei, can attack people from all directions at the same time in my encirclement!"

"What if Yue Fei concentrates his troops to break through?"

"If he breaks out from the east, my troops from the west and north will follow up and pursue him, and I will encircle him from the east and let him shed his skin!"

"If it were Yue Fei..."

"What if?" Liu Lin looked at the march map with disdain and said, "Counties for hundreds of miles have deployed their troops to respond to each other. Is it possible that Yue Fei can take advantage of our inability to respond in a short period of time and wipe out our various forces?

Can’t the man and the horse make it?”

Xu Qingchen said no more.

If Yue Fei can really defeat their various forces in a short time, then Yue Fei will definitely need a large number of cavalry that can continue to fight.

This requires very high requirements for the arms, as well as the commander's commanding and dispatching abilities.

"Don't think that I haven't studied Yue Fei's record. His fight against Zongfu and Wan Yanchang was a surprise attack. His victory was just luck."

"What about the Battle of Xuzhou?"

"In the Battle of Xuzhou, Yue Fei sent out surprise troops, but it was also a surprise attack!" Liu Lin was quite confident. "If he wants to defeat us in a short time, he must have a cavalry capable of long-distance attacks. This is completely different from a close-range surprise attack.

Two different things!"

Xu Qingchen was convinced by what Liu Lin said.

What he said is correct. Looking at the Song Army, the biggest shortcoming is the field battle, let alone the advanced long-distance attack style in the field battle.

This long-distance attack method has one of the most basic requirements, which is that each cavalry must be equipped with three horses, at least two.

When Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were able to penetrate deep into the desert, it was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who ensured that the Han army had enough war horses.

This is only the basic condition, and the army also needs to have strict military discipline and rich combat experience.

There are only a few famous generals in history who made good use of cavalry to carry out long-distance attacks, such as Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Li Jing and others.

Song Jun? Yue Fei?

Anyway, Liu Lin would not think that Yue Feijun had this ability!

Since his troops cannot be defeated quickly, his dragnet will naturally be effective.

In this way, Liu Lin began to go south with confidence.

On the fifth day of February, the weather in Tokyo was getting warmer, but the wind was still freezing in Hebei, and the snow seemed to have no end.

Yue Fei's troops have already left Fucheng County and are advancing towards Shenzhou.

Niu Gao said: "Yue Tongzhi, is it enough to keep Zhang Xian in Fucheng? Do you want the last general to stay in Fucheng? The thieves are cunning!"

"Don't worry, Zhang Xian has enough. As long as we act quickly, we will retreat after the fight!" Yue Fei said lightly, "Besides, we don't have much food, and the food reserves on Hebei East Road are very passive. It is not suitable to fight for a long time, so we must fight quickly.

quick decision!"

"Then let us Lao Niu be the forward when the time comes!"

"Okay! I'll let you be the forward!"

On the sixth day of February, Zongze ordered Chen Que, the governor of Hebei Province, to lead 30,000 horses northward at Daming Mansion to intercept Liu Lin.

Zongze said this: "There are many bandits. Although most of them are mobs, we should not take it lightly. The Jin people must have support for them. There must be those who are good at fighting. You only need to delay the bandits to Qinghe County. Yue Fei has already

Write to me and he will attack from the north."

"General, take your orders!" Chen Que said, "Commander Zong, the bandits are coming so fiercely, why do we only send out two groups?"

"The rest of the troops cannot move around, because we are not sure how many elite Jin people are hidden in Zhending Mansion and Zhongshan Mansion. If our defense is disrupted by the puppet Qi, the Jin people may go south at any time!"

"Can the Jin people disregard the armistice agreement between the two countries at any time?"

Zongze said: "Golden thieves are cunning and cunning, so we must guard against them!"

"Commander Zong is wise, but the last general thought it wrong, so the last general will set off now!"

On February 12, the scouts again brought back the latest news.

"Bao Yue Zongzhi, the bandits have deployed defenses in nine counties including Jing'an, Shulu, Raoyang, Hengshui, Anping, Nangong, Zaoqiang, Wuyi, and Wei, and the main force of the army has arrived in Qinghe County."

Niu Gao said: "This Liu Lin's formation is not small. How dare he spread his army for more than two hundred miles?"

Yue Fei said: "Liu Lin probably doesn't have much actual combat experience. He probably wants to invite us into his military formation and implement a ten-sided attack on us. This kind of attack has very high requirements on the army, especially on each other.

They must communicate orders, command, and coordinate among themselves, otherwise it will easily end up in a situation where they are big but not strong.”

Yue Fei did not completely deny Liu Lin, but pointed out the fatal aspects of this tactic.

"Niugao!"

"The general is here, I will give you three thousand cavalry, you can lead the battle! We must be fast! We must be so fast that the enemy does not know where we are, so fast that the enemy has no time to send a message!"
Chapter completed!