On this day, Tang Feng led 20,000 troops to a place fifty miles away from Xiangyang. The detective horse reported to him: "Report to the general, a puppet Qi army camp was found thirty miles ahead." Tang Feng ordered: "Advance ten miles and set up camp." The troops were stationed. After coming down, Tang Feng and the officers gathered together to study the enemy's situation.
Liu Weichen said: "General, in front of us is the puppet Qi army camp. Only by rushing over can we meet up with General Yue Fei's troops." Tang Feng said: "If we can get in touch with General Yue Fei and the two armies launch an attack at the same time, we can defeat this army." The puppet Qi army will be completely defeated and the siege of Xiangyang will be lifted." The officers nodded after hearing this.
Tang Feng said: "Now we need to send someone to contact General Yue to discuss the two armies operating together. Which of you is willing to go? The officers have expressed their intention to go. Tang Feng asked Xu Haojun to go." Xu Haojun changed into Puppet Qi He put on his military uniform, put on a forged waist tag, mounted his horse and went to deliver the message.
Although he had a false identity, Xu Haojun was still cautious and did not go directly through the Puppet Qi military camp. Instead, he took a detour to the outside of Xiangyang City. Then he changed into the Song Army uniform, explained his purpose to the sentry and showed his waistband. The sentry carefully After identifying him, he said: "General Xu, I want to go in and report. Please wait for a moment." After a while, a battalion commander came out and took Xu Haojun into the military camp.
Arriving at the main tent of the Chinese army, Xu Haojun saluted Yue Fei: "I pay my respects to General Yue." Yue Fei returned the salute with clasped fists and asked, "What is the purpose of General Xu here?" Xu Haojun replied: "General Yue, the military governor of the mighty army. General Tang Feng has been ordered to provide reinforcements. This is his handwritten letter. Please read it." Yue Fei took the letter and saw that it read: General Yue personally inspected it. Tang was ordered to provide reinforcements. Now our army of 20,000 troops has arrived near Xiangyang. , two days later our army launched a night attack on the puppet Qi army. Please cooperate with your army to achieve battlefield rendezvous.
There is a large seal of the mighty military governor below. Yue Fei said: "General Xu, please go back and tell General Tang that we are willing to cooperate." Then Yue Fei ordered the drums to be beaten to gather the generals, reported the arrival of reinforcements, and ordered the troops to prepare.
At the same time, Tang Feng also ordered all ministries to prepare for battle. In order to cover up the night attack, Tang Feng ordered Yao Shunyu to lead troops to the puppet Qi army camp to challenge him for a fight. However, the puppet Qi army was frightened by Yue Fei and hid in the military camp and refused to fight.
Not only that, Li Cheng, the leader of the puppet Qi army, wrote a memorial to Liu Yu, the puppet Qi emperor, reporting that the Song army had increased its troops and asked for a retreat.
The night attack began, with the Song Army's archers leading the way, followed by other troops who began to attack. Upon discovering this, the Puppet Qi soldiers immediately organized resistance.
In order to report the news to Yue Fei, the leading officer ordered a fire to be lit. When the Song army in Xiangyang City saw the fire, they immediately reported it level by level. Yue Fei ordered: "Attack immediately." So the Song army in the city opened the city gate, shouted the slogan: "Kill, charge!" and launched a charge. The soldiers of the Puppet Qi were originally common people who were forcibly recruited into the army, and their combat effectiveness was very low. When facing Yue Fei's troops, they could barely survive with their numerical advantage. Now they were attacked from two sides and could not resist at all, and they were quickly defeated.
Seeing that the situation was over, Li Cheng ordered a retreat. The two Song armies met on the battlefield. The next day, Tang Feng went to visit Yue Fei. He took two guards to the outside of Xiangyang City. The guard shouted: "General Tang Feng has come to visit General Yue Fei. Please open the city gate." Hearing the shout, a soldier Arriving outside the city, Tang Feng showed his waist card. The soldier recognized it carefully and said, "General Tang, please wait a moment. I will go in and report." After the soldier left, Chen Jiang said, "I learned about the Yue family when I was reading before traveling. The military discipline is strict, and it is true today when I see it." Tang Feng asked: "Why do you say this?" Chen Jiang said: "You are the prince-in-law of the dynasty, but the Yue family army still acts according to the rules, which shows that the military discipline is strict." Tang Feng nodded. .
At this time, the city gate opened, and a general came out and saluted Tang Feng: "Shi Quan, a subordinate of General Yue, was ordered to welcome General Tang into the city." Tang Feng and Chen Jiang followed Shi Quan to the General Military Mansion. Yue Fei and The main generals of Yue Fei's army were here to greet him. Upon seeing this, Tang Feng quickly dismounted his horse and stepped forward quickly. He first saluted Yue Fei with cupped fists and said, "I have met General Yue Fei, Tang Feng." Then he turned to others and said, "Tang Feng is here with everyone. You are here to greet me." Since Tang Feng was the prince-in-law of the dynasty, everyone hurriedly clasped their fists in return and said they did not dare.
Everyone came to the lobby of the General Military Mansion and the guests and hosts were seated. Tang Feng and Yue Fei introduced each other's combat experience against the Jin Army and the Puppet Qi Army. At noon that day, Yue Fei hosted a banquet for Tang Feng. During the banquet, everyone toasted to celebrate the victory of Xiangyang and made an agreement. If necessary in the future, the two armies will fight side by side.
