"The person who escaped was Li Cheng! The one who defeated Li Cheng was the imperial commander, Yang Yizhong, who leads the Imperial City Division!"
Under the sunshine after the summer rain, as Zhai Biao, who was lying on the ground, shouted as hard as he did before, at noon that day, the offensive of the puppet soldiers and horses came to an end.
Of course, the actual situation has nothing to do with Zhai Biao's roar, because those long-sword warriors are Li Cheng's confidants. The so-called broken bones and connected tendons, they do not need to be responsible for the outcome of the war, they only need to be responsible for Li Cheng.
Cheng could do his best. Therefore, seeing Li Cheng escape, this group of people were drained of the desire to fight almost instantly, and then they withdrew from the Song Army camp like a tide.
Judging from the appearance of these people when they retreated, they obviously did not lose their combat effectiveness... This is no different from their great commanders.
In other words, seeing this situation, Yang Yizhong, who was lucky enough to repel his opponent with one move, did not change his expression, but his heart was gloomy. For him, it was always wrong to fail to kill Li Cheng and end the battle... On the ground
The double swords had revealed the identity of the previous person without any doubt.
Of course, Yang Yizhong, who always had to think about the worst-case scenario when he was in the middle of a situation, could not have imagined that his life-threatening blow not only forced Li Cheng back, but also captured a pair of knives.
Ending the opponent's push, it also directly brought an incredible end to the entire battle that suddenly broke out this summer.
But I certainly can't blame Yang Yizhong for not seeing this, or even mocking Li Cheng for pretending... because they are all in the game.
In fact, remembering the Jingkang Rebellion in the past, Li Cheng led several brothers to travel south and north, from Hebei to Huaishang, and then to Shandong. They were fighting in the rivers and lakes, and the army and thieves were fighting. When did they regret their lives?
And when the Eastern Front between the Song and Jin Dynasties gradually stabilized in the Jingdong area, and he began to command the troops to formally establish the foundation, the soldiers would not eat if they did not eat, and the soldiers would not sleep if they did not sleep. Rain, snow, wind, and frost were never avoided, and military orders were serious but private
He also tried his best to support the soldiers, and quickly expanded to the three states of Jingdong where the army and thieves were divided... No matter how you look at it, he looks like a person.
However, such a character seems a bit untimely.
After all, although the world seems to be in chaos in the past few years, generally speaking, those messy things have never shaken the foundation of the existence of the two great kingdoms of Song and Jin:
The Song Dynasty was indeed almost destroyed, but it still managed to recover and still firmly controlled the southeast, Jingxiang, Bashu, Lianghuai and other core areas. No matter how difficult it was, it still managed to preserve more than half of the world's population and territory... The so-called existence is everything
, everything is for existence, the size is placed there, everything can be done.
At the same time, although the Kingdom of Jin is also facing various internal and external conflicts and setbacks, which have made many knowledgeable people doubt their minds, so far, no one can question their absolute military superiority...
The great victory at Yanling-Changshe at the beginning of this year was so shocking. It itself illustrates the military tyranny of the Jin people from another angle. They were so tyrannical that they lost only fifteen men. It was shocking that an invasion failed without success.
It’s hard to name. Isn’t that enough to explain the problem?
Thinking about the troops the Song Army has lost since Jingkang and the defeats it fought, it is simply shameless to compare.
So back to the present, under this situation, it is no wonder that a tyrannical figure like Li Cheng had to accept the recruitment of the Jin army and became the governor of the Puppet Qi... in order to gain a little bit to gain a foothold.
political foundation.
However, even this little political foundation is absurd, unclear and shaky.
Everyone knows what this Da Qi country is about, and they all know it, but they still have to jump in, and then they staged this ridiculous battle performance today.
In fact, this is also an important reason why the Zhao Guan family in Tokyo treated the Puppet Qi so lightly... Although he was calm in Dengfeng at that time, he certainly had unlimited confidence in Yue Fei, but based on the experience and political growth of the Zhao Guan family in the past two years, he was also able to realize that the Puppet Qi
The Qi regime itself is fragile and ridiculous.
The sky cleared up and there was no words for a day. Li Cheng, who had retreated, did not launch another attack. Instead, he started to set up camp with nearby settlements as the core. As for Xianggong Hong, he did not urge him anymore... The two of them really did what they said before.
In this way, I spent time here.
Not only that, something even more ridiculous happened that night.
A small group of troops sneaked into Wushan Mountain from the west and came to the battlefield. However, although Li Cheng's sentry cavalry had discovered the traces of this troop as early as daytime, they knew through the arrests that the enemy came from Yanggu County in the west.
When reinforcements came from the place, they knew that there were only a few hundred people on the other side, and they even knew who the county magistrate Xiao En was in the lead, but they still chose to turn a blind eye and watched as this army successfully 'sneaked' and entered the Imperial Banquet.
The camp effectively enriched the defense.
On the second day, there was no fighting on the north bank of Jishui.
On the third day, there was still no fighting between the two sides, but the leaders of the two armies were frightened... because Beixinqiao only received a thousand reinforcements from Zhang Rong, but there was no trace of Yue Fei's troops.
And sure enough, that afternoon, Hong Ya, the prime minister of Da Qi, was suddenly invited by Li Cheng to a private house somewhere in the settlement, saying that he wanted to discuss important military affairs in person.
"Hong Xianggong."
What was slightly unexpected was that Li Cheng, who had been restless in his room all morning and noon, immediately changed his calm demeanor as soon as he saw the visitor. Although he got straight to the point, his words did not seem too hasty.
He panicked. "Zhang Rong's reinforcements have arrived, but there is no trace of Yue Fei's troops. I wonder if Mr. Hong could have a glimpse?"
Hong Ya, who was asked a question directly as soon as he entered the house, was slightly startled, and then felt a little panic in his heart... He claimed to be Baiqi Peeping, but others didn't know that he didn't know what was going on?
He knows military affairs, but he only knows a little about logistics and food and fodder allocation; he has courage, but only three points, and all of it is used in pretense; he knows strategy, but mostly he speculates on people's hearts and guesses; he also knows government affairs, but only on that day.
It was acquired through temporary training in Xinzheng County.
And now, with Dongping Mansion as the core and a circle drawn around it, there are two major camps, four or five armies that do not belong to each other, and more than 100,000 people. Where do you want him to get a glimpse of it?
Of course, I don’t know where I am going, but Mr. Hong is still as pretentious as before. He first twirled his beard thoughtfully, and then sighed slightly:
"If the Zhao and Song officials were in charge of this battle, I would naturally be able to guess a thing or two. But I don't know Yue Fei as well as the Governor. Why would the Governor ask me in return?"
Seeing this, Li Cheng felt a little relieved, but he also sighed slightly: "To be honest with Mr. Hong, after thinking about it for a long time, I feel that there is nothing to say about this matter... If Yue Fei doesn't come to save Yang Yizhong, it's nothing more than two people.
It’s just a thought.”
"You might as well tell me." Hong Ya said sincerely.
"For one thing, he is a person after all. He may have seen through our thoughts. He knows that you and I are just spending time here in Jishui, so he is too lazy to save us. He just continues to sit quietly in the south and waits for the Pingyin front to be exhausted.
Perform an act of thunder." In the simple house, Li Cheng also answered sincerely. "Secondly, after receiving the message, he felt that it was too late to save him, so he decided to make a desperate move. He might as well have taken action already."
"What is a desperate move?" Hong Ya automatically ignored the former possibility.
"Of course we will select soldiers and horses, cross the Wenshui River, and attack the Pingyin front line!" Li Cheng looked serious.
Hong Ya's heart moved slightly, but he nodded instinctively, as if he recognized this possibility.
But for some reason, after talking about this possibility, the two people in the house stopped there, so that they were silent for a moment, except for the sound of frogs and the cries of cicadas not far away.
I don't know how long it took, but Hong Ya finally came to his senses and said carefully: "If Yue Fei behaves like this, what will the Governor do?"
"Actually, no matter what kind of behavior Yue Fei is in, there is a proper countermeasure at this time." As he said this, Li Cheng put his hands up, turned to look out the door, and then sighed slightly while turning his back on Hong Ya.
"Looking at it from below, we can't waste our time any longer, so it's better to take the safest way... I led the Qingzhou soldiers, and the Weizhou soldiers immediately went downstream along the Jishui River, but they no longer tried to outflank Pingyin, but always
Go honestly to Fujia'an, further downstream from Pingyin, and join up with... the prince, the generalissimo and the others... As for Hong Xianggong, I will send thousands of Mizhou soldiers to you, so why not go to Yanggu to seize the strong city with the Yellow River on its back?
The back road on the north bank of Po Chai Water?”
Li Cheng's words were intermittent, and his back was turned to the person he was speaking to, which made him look a little weird.
However, there was too much information in these words. Hong Ya instinctively kept thinking about it, but he had no time to think about it. Moreover, the more he thought about it, the more Xianggong Hong felt that this matter was feasible.
Because first of all, regardless of whether Yue Fei continued to sit on the mountain and watch for fighter planes, or he was already marching to the front line to make a desperate move, Li Cheng gave up on the difficult-to-cross Jishui route and honestly circled back to Jinan and turned to join Liu Lin.
Kong Yanzhou is beneficial to the overall situation, at least it is better than spending time here.
Secondly, let Mr. Hong lead thousands of Mizhou soldiers to Yanggu Jiancheng. Not only can he act as a suspect to keep Yang Yizhong and his imperial squad from daring to move lightly, but he can also indeed provide more protection for the Daqi troops after the overall defeat of Pingyin.
A retreat route to Hebei, while also monitoring the west to prevent Tokyo from sending reinforcements from here again.
Of course, these are all considered from a public perspective, and after these few days of contact, Hong Ya firmly does not believe that the other party will serve the public wholeheartedly.
In fact, Xianggong Hong also guessed Li Cheng's selfish motives.
The governor's selfish motives are actually very simple... I am afraid that when he reaches the lower reaches, he may not cross Jishui to join the war. If not, he will join forces with Kong Yanzhou and Liu Lin across the river at Fu Jia'an to continue his wait-and-see.
Moreover, there is a huge advantage of going there to wait and see rather than staying here to spend time, that is, the Jin people will not be able to grasp the handle to deal with him! If you stay here for a long time, it will really be a big defeat.
It would inevitably arouse the anger of the Hebei Jin people afterwards, and they might express their anger in one or two ways.
But so what?
It should be noted that Commander-in-Chief Li gave his Prime Minister Hong thousands of soldiers and allowed him to go to Jiancheng to escape the summer heat. I am afraid that this was a bit of a bribe to silence him.
So why not?
After thinking this, Xianggong Hong finally nodded heavily under the gaze of Governor Li, and Governor Li couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief after sweating all over his body.
Then, he immediately gave the order and set off in a hurry that day.
Just like this, in the heat of summer and in the hot afternoon, Li Cheng, who had failed to make a sneak attack across the river from Hebei, suddenly divided his troops. The main force went downstream along the Jishui River in the northeast direction. At the same time, four to five thousand Mizhou soldiers who had lost their leaders were there.
Under the banner of "Great Qi Prime Minister Hong", he headed west and calmly took the vacant Yanggu County seat.
Yang Yizhong, who was already extremely anxious, did not dare to neglect, but he wrote down the military situation clearly and sent it to Pingyin Zhang Rong and Zhongdu Yue Fei respectively... He did not dare to tell his subordinates and the man who had come to rescue him with loyalty before, but he was also extremely anxious at this time.
Magistrate Xiao and the envoys to Zhongdu were like a mud cow drowning in the sea, never to return.
Because there is only one possibility in this situation, and that is that the messenger has been detained!
To be honest, there are some things and some people that he, Yang Yizhong, is willing to believe, but others may not be so... Because of the current situation, whoever you believe means entrusting your life to someone else.
"Who will Li Qing impeach?"
On the same day, in Tokyo City, in the Chui Gong Hall, the Zhao Guan family, who had held a rare Buddhist feast, were preparing to leave and go back to practice calligraphy... These days, although the Zhao Guan family rarely shoots 'movable targets' anymore, they still maintain their morning archery
, the habit of practicing calligraphy in the evening... But at this moment, a new censor, Li Jing, suddenly came forward and impeached one person in public, causing Zhao Jiu to turn around curiously.
"I impeach Yue Fei, the former military commander of the imperial camp." Li Jing faced him seriously and spoke fiercely. "This man is superficial but superficial. He is incapable of harming the country!"
Zhao Jiu looked at Li Gang's younger brother and couldn't help laughing... He thought that when Yue Fei impeached Li Gang for being a capitulator, now it was Li Gang's younger brother's turn to impeach Yue Fei for his incompetence.