In the early morning of the next day, Tang Feng woke up and found that Emperor Roufu was still sleeping soundly, so he walked out of the room quietly, had breakfast, mounted his horse and went to Guanyi to meet Liu Weichen, and headed to Shu together.
Hungry and thirsty for food, we traveled at dawn and stayed overnight. Finally we arrived at Shu. The next day Tang Feng ordered the drums to be beaten to gather the generals. After everyone arrived, Wu Jie reported on the intelligence collected during this period and the training situation of the troops, and Wu Lin made supplements.
Tang Feng was relatively satisfied. After the business talk, the officers congratulated Tang Feng on his marriage. Tang Feng bowed to everyone to thank them and gave everyone the candies prepared in advance.
During this period, the Jin Kingdom was not idle. They formulated a new attack plan: the troops were divided into two groups: one group was led by the puppet Qi general Li Cheng commanding 100,000 infantry and cavalry to attack Xiangyang in an attempt to seize the grain-producing area; the other group was led by the Jin Army. Commanded by Wanyan Wushu and cooperating with the puppet Qi army, they attacked Yangzhou in an attempt to cross the Yangtze River and penetrate deep into the hinterland of the Song Dynasty.
After receiving the information, Song Qinzong issued an imperial edict, ordering Yue Fei to guard Xiangyang and Han Shizhong to guard Yangzhou. Since there were only 30,000 Xiangyang defenders, Song Qinzong ordered Tang Feng to lead Shu soldiers and horses to rush for reinforcements.
In the Song Army camp outside Xiangyang City, Yue Fei received the imperial edict. He ordered the drums to be beaten to gather the generals. After everyone arrived, he read out the imperial edict and ordered the troops to strengthen their vigilance and prepare for battle.
That day, my subordinates reported to Yue Fei: "Report to the general, the Puppet Qi Army has 100,000 people, and they are camping thirty miles outside the city." Yue Fei asked: "Who is the leader of the Puppet Qi Army?" The subordinate replied: "The Puppet Qi Army is encamped thirty miles outside the city." The commander-in-chief of the Qi army was Li Cheng, who was known as
A famous general of "Qi". Yue Fei said: "Let's go and have a look." "Yue Fei led the officers to the observation tower and observed the enemy camps with monocular binoculars. They saw the puppet Qi army's camps standing next to each other, with flags fluttering and large numbers of people.
Yue Fei said to everyone: "The enemy has newly arrived, is full of vigor, and has a large number of people. We cannot underestimate the enemy and advance rashly. I will order the camp gate to be closed tightly and prepare strong bows and crossbows. Defense is the priority." Everyone answered in unison. : "I got the order." Three days later, his subordinates reported to Yue Fei: "Report to the general, the puppet Qi army dispatched 10,000 horses to fight outside the camp." Yue Fei led the officers to the observation tower to observe the enemy's formation.
After reading it, Yue Fei couldn't help laughing. Shi Quan asked: "General, why is the enemy laughing now?" Yue Fei replied: "The Art of War says that cavalry is stationed in the wilderness, and infantry is stationed in danger. (Cavalry should be deployed in open areas, and infantry should be deployed in open terrain.) It should be deployed in difficult terrain) Li Cheng actually did it backwards." The officers also laughed after hearing this, and then Yue Fei said seriously: "Shi Quan, listen to the order, you lead five thousand spear troops to attack the enemy's cavalry. "Shi Quan replied: "Yes." Yue Fei then said: "Yu Hualong listens to the order, you lead five thousand cavalry to deal with the enemy infantry." Yu Hualong replied: "Yes." Yue Fei said again: "Wang Gui listens to the order, give me You two thousand crossbowmen, if our army loses the battle, immediately order the bows and arrows to stop the enemy's pursuit and cover our retreat." Wang Gui replied: "That's the order." A big battle is about to begin.
