After Yue Fei received the order, he led 150,000 troops out of the city. At first, he entered with a single army, hoping to test the enemy's strategic policy.

Unexpectedly, Long Fen was cunning by nature and did not choose to send an army to attack Yue Fei, but allowed him to move forward.

As long as they enter the hinterland of their defense, Long Fen will be confident enough to eat Yue Fei's troops.

Yue Fei knew this in his heart. Seeing that he could not lure the enemy's main force to show up, he slowed down the progress of this army.

At the same time, Huo Qubing also mobilized his troops out of the city at this time and kept a certain distance from Yue Fei. The two were traveling in different directions, but they were inseparable from each other.

This is Yue Fei's strategy. Since one army is not enough for the enemy, then two will do, right?

As long as it creates a temptation in the hearts of the enemy and forces their main force to leave the city, Yue Fei will be confident that he can annihilate the enemy in the wild.

Among the Wei army, they all say that Yue Fei's ability to win a battle is a sure thing, but they really don't know that because he manages the army well and can win the battle just by relying on the army's combat capabilities, so they don't know one thing clearly, that is,

He is the general who is best at making schemes among the Wei army.

The same is true in history. Whether it is a direct attack on Huanglong or the recapture of Xiangyang, the troops are divided into multiple lines to fight, and then the troops are united to fight the enemy. This is almost an unsolvable tactic. Once the enemy takes the bait, they will be defeated.

I can only follow Yue Fei's rhythm.

This is also the fundamental reason why after his death, he was called the Martial Saint by later generations. Just imagine, before the war even started, he was already invincible. How many enemy generals could withstand such a posture?

Come on?

The most critical thing is that Yue Fei is not a defensive general, he is a serious offensive general. To sum up, Yue Fei is not ordinary in fighting.

In the history of Zhao Changqing's previous life, he was said to be the most powerful person in the early Southern Song Dynasty. Is this a wasted reputation?

At this time, Long Fen was always doubtful and frowning in confusion.

Zhao Changqing knew Yue Fei, but he didn't.

He really didn't understand why the Emperor of Wei actually changed his generals before the battle?

Huo Qubing knew how to fight. His lightning tactics were the best in modern times. He was once comparable to Chen Qingzhi, the great general of the Wei State and now the King of Jin. Why would he abandon such a general who knew how to fight and use Yue Fei instead?

If the general he was fighting against today was Chen Qingzhi, then Long Fen would act cautiously.

Because Wei could afford to lose, but Chu could not afford to lose.

However, what was the Emperor Wei's plan to replace a general who could be compared with Chen Qingzhi?

Long Fen has been thinking hard about this name, and finally found some impression in his mind. It seems that this person led the army in the battle to attack Huxiao Pass in Jin State. However, he was able to capture Huxiao Pass all because of

According to Pao Ze, that battle was not so much an attack on Huxiao Pass as it was a comprehensive battle in which other generals in the Wei army showed their abilities and fought against the Jin army.

In any case, this Yue Fei's reputation has not been prominent in recent years. Looking at the personality of Emperor Wei in employing people, he has always hired those who are capable and made the best use of them. In these years, Yue Fei's status has not been obvious. It should be because of his ability.

He was not reused by Emperor Wei.

If this is really the case, then why is the responsibility of the vanguard handed over to him today?

When changing coaches before the battle, you must understand the opponent's consistent tactics or strategies. Otherwise, if you cannot know yourself and the enemy well, you will easily suffer losses.

However, immediately afterwards, he received an unreliable piece of news, which was also a rumor.

It means that Huo Qubing was unruly and unruly. He relied on his previous merits and dissatisfied the Wei emperor and handed over the position of deputy commander to Bai Qi. This also created a gap between the emperor and his ministers.

The Emperor of Wei was afraid that temporarily deposing generals would weaken the morale of the army, so he asked Yue Fei to replace Huo Qubing, hoping to weaken Huo Qubing's influence in the army.

However, the generals who led Huo Qubing were not dismissed, mainly because they were afraid that deposing the generals before the battle would affect the morale of the entire army.

After Long Fen heard the news, he didn't know whether it was true or not. He was confused at that time. If this thing was true, then everything would fall into place.

But what if it’s fake?

This will make him despise Yue Fei.

Thinking of this, Long Fen found the key to the problem.

Maybe that was the intention of the Wei army. The Emperor of Wei could not just send someone as a vanguard casually. He came to conquer Chu State because he wanted to take over Chu State's land and territory. How could there be a problem in changing generals?

The consequences of this will be very serious.

Long Fen took a deep breath, ordered the entire army to prepare for battle, and ordered the front army to retreat sixty miles.

He is a very cunning person. If something goes wrong, he will change his usual strategy.

As for the estrangement between the emperor and his ministers, the feud between Bai Qi and Huo Qubing, etc., it was Yue Fei who suggested the Wei emperor to do this. His purpose was to let him mix with others, make Long Fen confused, and then despise him.

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But I didn't expect that Long Fen would be so steady that he directly ordered the front army to retreat sixty miles.

This approach is tantamount to narrowing the front line. Once Yue Fei continues his rampage towards Huanglong, what awaits him is likely to be a multi-faceted encirclement and suppression by the enemy.

When that time comes, it will be impossible to escape.

Since Long Fendu ordered the front army to retreat, it was impossible for Yue Fei to fall into this trap foolishly.

But how to lure the enemy's main force to show up has become a top priority now.

Otherwise, this battle will become a protracted war.

Every time the army stays outside the customs for one more day, the country will bear one more day of burden.

Moreover, Wei's army has the best treatment among the armies of other countries.

Especially when you are away from home.

Yue Fei ordered all the soldiers to set up camp.

In the tent.

All the generals were beside Yue Fei, waiting for orders on how to fight this battle.

But the general seemed to be drinking tea besides staring at the map, and didn't seem to be in any hurry.

This can make all the generals anxious to wait.

They followed Yue Fei out because they wanted to make contributions, but what's the situation now?

The enemy does not dare to confront you. At this time, you should take advantage of the fact that your morale is high and fight to the death with the enemy!

Hiding here and facing the enemy troops in pairs, shrinking and shrinking, is really not the way the Wei army fought in the past.

Finally, one of the generals couldn't bear it anymore and asked Yue Fei: "General, why don't we take advantage of this moment to annihilate all the enemy's forwards in one go?"

Yue Fei glanced at him, not angry, but very pleased.

The Wei State has such soldiers who are not afraid of war, which is the innate condition for victory in every battle.

He smiled and replied: "The enemy's front army retreated, seemingly because they did not want to compete with us and wanted to temporarily avoid our army's edge. In fact, it was a delaying tactic to lure our army forward, so as to create a pincer attack and encirclement of our army. So.

Now is not the perfect time to send troops. Just now, I have asked your majesty to attack Suizhou City. As long as Suizhou is captured, we can use Suizhou as a springboard to attack Heiyuan City. When the time comes, we will not be afraid of them.

The main force didn’t show up.”

‘Attack Suizhou?’

Doubts arose in the hearts of those who participated.

The city of Suizhou is sparsely populated, so attacking there would be of no benefit to us!

Yue Fei knew their doubts and explained: "After Suizhou is captured, the three cities where the enemy's main force is deployed will be exposed in front of our eyes. At that time, we have the final say on which city to attack first. Although Suizhou

There is no strategic benefit at all, but it is true that we have broken the key point of the enemy's defense. If we capture this place, we will completely tear a hole in the enemy's blockade."

The generals were relieved after hearing the explanation in their hearts.

At the end of April in the sixth year of Taichu, Yue Fei sent a letter to Suizhou and defeated it. He then divided his troops to fight the enemy in the wild. After defeating them, he finally reached the gate of Heiyuan City.

Long Fen sent General Xiang Fei to attack Suizhou, while Yue Fei ordered 30,000 soldiers to defend Suizhou.

On the seventh day of the battle, Xiang Fei fought a bloody battle in Suizhou, unable to defeat the enemy for a long time, and retreated to Deyang City.

Yue Fei worked hard and ordered Huo Qubing to besiege Deyang and divert the enemy's main force from sight. Then he divided his troops, one to attack Yancheng and the other to stay in Heiyuan.

Xiang Yu sent 30,000 cavalry to attack Fengyang to attract the firepower of the enemy's main army and buy time for Yue Fei to capture Yancheng.

Long Fen felt that he was in trouble, so he closed the battle line and mobilized all the Chu troops who were stationed in various mountains and bridges. At this point, the Wei army broke through the Chu army's defense line and launched a decisive battle with the enemy.

In early May, Zhao Changqing sent 200,000 reinforcements to Yue Fei's battlefield. Adding in the original troops under Yue Fei's command and those of Huo Qubing and others, the total number of troops sent was nearly 500,000.
Chapter completed!