"The flag of the official family!"
At the foot of Guangwu Mountain, at the head of the newly built Biankou City, several defenders suddenly pointed at the black banner appearing on the horizon in the distance and shouted loudly.
The person on duty in Biankou City today is Yue Fei's general Li Qiong. He is a yellow-faced scholar. An official student from Xiangzhou devoted his writing to the army, and he can be regarded as both civilized and military. Therefore, when he was training troops in Xiangzhou, he was also looked down upon by He Guan, He Ji and his son, and he was given the rank of team leader at that time. Later, he and a group of officers from Xiangzhou were transferred to Yue Fei's command. Zhao Kai trusted his ten "brothers" who led the troops very much and allowed them to bring a large group of old subordinates with them when they were transferred.
Yue Fei's old subordinates were mainly a group of Xiangzhou people, about fifty or sixty of them, all officers. Those with higher official positions include Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, Xu Qing, Yao Zheng, Kou Cheng, Wang Jing, Li Dao, and this Li Qiong.
In addition, Yue Fei also had 800 cavalry in his hands, all of whom were brought from the Pingding Army or selected from the Xiangzhou soldiers. These cavalrymen, like the group of old subordinates, will all be mobilized with Yue Fei... As long as Yue Fei is still leading troops, they can follow!
This approach seems a bit "warlord-like" and seems to be a "Yue Family Army". But in fact, the government army system implemented by Zhao Kai determined that he must have some troops in the hands of these generals who led the troops. Otherwise, we won’t be able to lead this army!
The government army is not a standing army, and there is also the problem of soldiers and generals being separated - when later generations summarized the Song Dynasty's weak military, will they say that soldiers and generals are separated, generals don't know the soldiers, and soldiers don't know the generals? In fact, the military system of the Sui and Tang Dynasties was also like this. When the soldiers were working in the countryside, they were under the control of Zhechong Mansion, and they were under the control of the general after they were assembled for the last time.
Historically, even figures like General Tiance, Shangshu Ling, and King Qin Li Shimin could only mobilize more than 800 warriors to launch the Xuanwumen Revolution in peacetime!
The more than 800 people were also given by Zhao Kai to the ten brothers and a group of military commander-level generals - but these people were not the general's servants, but standing soldiers who were in the camp at all times.
With them, the generals were able to rectify a group of Shangfanfu soldiers who had been relaxed for a while in a relatively short period of time. After entering the battlefield, you can also have a usable supervising and assault force. Moreover, Zhao Kai can also transfer these generals at the command level and above between the various armies.
This method of mobilizing generals was suggested by good brothers Han Shizhong, Huang Wuji, Xiang Ke, Liu Qi, the He brothers, Yue Fei, and Zhang Jun!
According to them, if the generals are not mobilized for a long time, or they rot, the troops below will become incompetent. Either develop a huge force, which is very dangerous.
If the general mobilizes only a small number of staff and soldiers, it will be difficult to control the huge army, and it will easily be ignored by the people below. Such transfers are meaningless, so he must mobilize a group of capable subordinates collectively.
Look, this is a good brother!
This is the use of kowtow together!
Maybe this group of people will alienate Zhao Kai in the future, but now, they really want to help Zhao Kai manage the army. Because there are still huge common interests between them and Zhao Kai.
And with these ten hard-working people to control and control, Zhao Kai's army is simply incomparable to the earlier Song army.
Not only is the phenomenon of eating empty quotas and drinking the blood of soldiers basically gone (there are not many soldiers when there is no battle, and when the Khan increases the number of troops, he doesn’t know where he will lead the troops, so it is very difficult to eat empty wages and drink the blood of soldiers in the system) ), and the training of the troops is also very tight.
It's already evening now, and there are still thousands of infantrymen running around in the open space outside Biankou City, carrying dozens of kilograms of heavy objects...
A little further away, there are cavalry practicing archery!
Li Qiong's troops are on duty today, so they can relax a little and don't need to train, just stay at their posts.
When they saw Zhao Kai's big banner, someone immediately rushed to tell Li Qiong who was on duty in Biankou City. After Li Qiong got the news, he sent out Qingqi to investigate in accordance with Yue Fei's general order, and ordered his subordinates to be more vigilant - what if the gold thief pretended to be an official and came to defraud the camp?
You absolutely cannot take it lightly!
After arranging precautions, he sent a briefing cavalry to the Chinese army camp on Guangwu Mountain.
When the news of Zhao Kai's return was sent to the Chinese army camp on Guangwu Mountain, Han Shizhong, Huang Wuji, Yue Fei, Li Xiaozhong, Liu Qi, Zhe Yanzhi and others were holding military discussions around the map in the tent.
Each of them had a solemn look on their face, and in this solemnity, there was still a little bit of relaxation.
Because in the past few days, they were almost defeated by the golden thief... yes, almost!
Although these people haven't even seen the golden thief army yet, they were almost defeated!
This is where the golden thief is awesome!
It is also the place where the cavalry is so awesome on the Great Plains of the Central Plains!
On the great plain, it is really difficult to stop the movement of the Jin cavalry, which is extremely powerful in combat. Although Zhao Kai's army held Kaifeng Fucheng, Guangwu Mountain, Xingyang, Xingze and other dangerous points, it also controlled the key points leading to Luoyang and Hebei.
But they had no way to stop Yin Shuke's 30,000 troops from maneuvering on the Great Plains. If Yin Shuke's army set off from Chenliu and attacked Nanyang - which is about 600 miles away, for Yin Shuke's cavalry , traveling hundreds of miles a day is a journey of 6 days. Even if we go a little slower, we will be there in 10 days.
After arriving in Nanyang, Yin Shu does not need to capture Nanyang. He only needs to divide his troops and set up defenses in the areas of Bowang, Shiqiao, and Xiaxiankou to the north and northeast of Nanyang, blocking the passage from Nanyang to Luoyang and Guangwu Mountain, and allowing Nanyang's grain supply Unable to be transported to Luoyang and Guangwu Mountain... Jin Bing will win!
Fortunately, Yin Shuke was not so courageous. He only attacked and captured Mi County in Zhengzhou (located south of Xingyang), and then divided his forces to attack Dengfeng.
Although Dengfeng seems to be difficult to retain, it will not be able to seal the throat with a sword.
So there is still time to fight!
Although some can be beaten, it is not easy to beat!
...
"My dear brother, I have met my eldest brother!"
"I Zheyanzhi has met the official family!"
"Without courtesy, let's talk about it. How is the situation? How are you going to fight?"
In the Central Army Camp in Guangwu Mountain, Zhao Kai, who had just arrived, came directly to participate in the military meeting without even taking a breath.
"Brother," Han Shizhong said, "the golden thieves have sent troops to steal our food roads... It's expected! They have many cavalry and strong combat power. They are good at running and short of attacking cities. When I saw Kaifeng The area around Fufu and Guangwu Mountain is tightly guarded, and we will definitely find a way to attack our food routes."
Zhao Kai nodded, "Since it is expected, there must be a way to deal with it, right?"
"We have discussed a countermeasure," Huang Wuji said, "We want Qu Duan to protect the food from Nanyang and go to Ruzhou, pretending to be protecting the food into Luoyang.
At the same time, we will command the three armies here in Guangwu Mountain to launch an attack on Dengfeng and Mi County. "
"Isn't Qu Duan very dangerous in this way?" Zhao Kai asked, "If the gold thief finds out that he is transporting grain into Luo, he will definitely go to Ruzhou to stop him."
Han Shizhong smiled and said: "Then we can follow the Jin soldiers to Ruzhou... As long as Qu Duan can resist the gold thieves for a few days, our 30,000 troops will arrive. By then we and Qu Duan can resist the gold thieves. With the divisions united, there are more than 40,000 people, so we should be able to win."
There are also 30,000 people on the Golden Thief’s side!
Forty thousand against thirty thousand, and he is still sure to win... I have to say that Han Shizhong is also very confident now!
However, Zhao Kai was not as confident as Han Shizhong, so he turned his attention to Yue Fei.
Yue Fei said: "There is still Tiance Central Army in Luoyang, and the commander of Wangdu can lead them south to seize Yingyang to meet Qu Duan. In addition, there is also an army of Li Yongqi in Xiangcheng and Ye County of Ruzhou... .They can be allowed to move westward along the Ru River and join forces at Liangxian and Quduan.
If His Majesty's Royal Tent Army also joins the war, then we will invest seven armies with at least 60,000 soldiers (each army must leave some troops for housekeeping), and we should be able to give it a try! "
"But where are the Jin soldiers from Chenliu and Huazhou?" Dong Jingang interrupted, "There are tens of thousands of them! If they join, the number of people on both sides will be about the same!"
Zhao Kai, who now has 300,000 soldiers, is actually at a disadvantage if he compares his total military strength with that of the Jin Dynasty. Moreover, his army is not very mobile. It is of course not easy to gain a strength advantage in local battlefields... The Song Dynasty did not have such a real number of forbidden troops at the time, so it is not surprising that it was defeated. .
"That's to fight fast and slow!" Yue Fei said, "As long as we can gather 60,000 people first and severely damage the golden troops that penetrated into Dengfeng, the situation will be safe... After that, we will retreat directly to Luoyang. Nanyang is fine too.”
"You don't want Guangwu Mountain anymore?" Zhao Kai asked with a frown.
"If grain cannot be transported into Guangwu Mountain, Guangwu Mountain will fall sooner or later!" Yue Fei said thoughtfully, "And if the gold thief is really seriously injured, he will definitely not dare to stay in the southwest of Kaifeng Prefecture for a long time, and will quickly withdraw to Songzhou or Chenliu , then Guangwu Mountain will be safe and sound!"
"Okay!" Zhao Kai nodded, "Then let's do it!"
Han Shizhong and Yue Fei both agreed, so of course Zhao Kai would not disapprove!
However, Han Shizhong shook his head slightly and said, "The official is domineering and never very obedient. Let's let him be the bait, I'm afraid..."
Qu Duan is famous among the Western Army for his bad temper. He is tougher than Yue Fei and often disobeys orders.
And he is not Zhao Kai’s brother! He has never received Zhao Kai's kindness and life-saving grace. He will not be like Yue Fei who wholeheartedly conquers the world for Zhao Kai... Of course he is not willing to do this kind of work of luring the enemy to death.
Of course, he wouldn't dare to openly disobey, he's not that stupid. However, he used some tricks to prevent the gold thieves from discovering him, or to sell his friendly troops. Isn't this kind of thing a piece of cake for him, a veteran Youzi?
"This matter is easy to handle!" Zhao Kai patted his chest, "Leave it to me... I will go and tell him in person!"
personally? What's the meaning?
Zheyan, the military counselor of the imperial camp, asked: "Guan, do you want to go to Nanyang in person to give orders to Qu Duan?"
"No," Zhao Kai waved his hand and said with a smile, "I will send troops together with Qu Duan!"
