A county magistrate actually told Yue Fei that an army of 10,000 people could feed him for ten years. This was the most ridiculous thing in the world.
But when Yue Fei saw the mountains of grain with his own eyes, he was shocked again.
"The officialdom of the Song Dynasty must be cleaned up!"
This sentence is sincere. There is no doubt about where this food came from, who made it, and what it is used for!
Yixing was called Jingyi in ancient times, and it has been around since the Spring and Autumn Period and even earlier. However, it has always been the land of Wu and Yue, and it is just an ordinary small county town that has been passed down for thousands of years.
It's not a strategic location, nor is it a major transportation thoroughfare, and it doesn't have the characteristics of crisscrossing water bodies.
In the first year of the Taiping and Xingguo reign of the Song Dynasty, in order to avoid Zhao Guangyi's taboo, it was changed to Yixing County and belonged to Changzhou.
How could he have so much food in such an ordinary place? Even if they dug up all the ancestral graves of the people of Yixing, they wouldn't be able to get them out.
Yue Fei was still thinking before that the land south of the Yangtze River was in such chaos, with countless corrupt officials almost running rampant, how could Yang Yaocai waste all the money and food in less than a year after causing trouble.
This is not in line with the character of corrupt officials in the Song Dynasty.
Only now did Yue Fei realize that Prime Minister Yang Yaozhong was still too young, and he and his family were too young.
The officials in Jiangnan have long been united!
"General, we have finished calculating the food, fodder, money and silk. Even if this food is eaten by all of my army, we will not have to worry about the danger of food and fodder for nearly five years.
And among the many official residences..."
"The fact that they dare to say this shows that they are ready to give up everything and protect it. It will be these guys who will clean up Jiangnan's officialdom in the future."
"You will finally understand."
"There is one more thing." At this time, Yue Fei stopped Dong Xian again, "Go back in person and send a message to Yang Qin, Huang Zuo and others to come here. Now that the situation has changed, we will change our strategy. ”
"Please give me your orders, General!"
"Then Guo Ji was considered a rogue bandit in Jiangnan back then, and he had some fights with us. This guy couldn't defeat our Yue Army, so he surrendered directly to General Zhang Jun.
But now that he is unrepentant, he has given us a chance.
You ask Yang Qin, Huang Zuo and others to immediately send troops from the waterway to cut off Guo Ji's retreat. According to the county magistrate's wishes before, Guo Ji seems to have grown a lot now.
In this case, we now have food and money, and they have armor and weapons.
With a little integration, a large army will come out, and then the fighting style between us and Jin Wushu will be changed.
This is the real land in the south of the Yangtze River. Although it is not as vast as Dongting Lake, it is still a place with crisscrossed waters.
Jin Wushu's attack on Hangzhou was a good strategy, but we waited faster than him, so problems arose.
They have not yet conquered Hangzhou, but we have returned to the army. If they continue to attack Hangzhou, we may cut off all their return routes.
But even so, they are powerful, and we will probably suffer a lot of losses under a strong attack.
So it is better to use some method to force them into the river. In this way, most of the Jin people are northern men and are not familiar with water.
Once they enter the river, they will no longer have a chance to resist! "
"The general's strategy is good, but... that Jin Wushu is not a fool. Even if they are cut off on land, it will be difficult for them to choose to enter the river and let us wait for an encirclement."
"If it's just Jinwu Technique, then of course it won't happen, but this time they also used the thief Du Chong.
Although this man is not very capable, he has a sharp tongue. In addition, Jin Wushu and Dong Cai are well versed in the geography of the Song Dynasty.
Du Chong once left the Jiankang area and had a good naval force under his command. As long as the situation reached that point, Du Chong would definitely find a way to persuade Jin Wushu and others to enter the river. "
"But there are many waterways..."
"Back then, in the Battle of Yanjing, I almost couldn't come back alive when I went deep into the battle alone, but this time it was them who went deep into the battle alone.
Since Nianhan had never come here, someone speculated that he would never go to Shandong or Hedong.
Either Shaanzhou attacks Guanzhong, or sends troops to Hebei to continue the frontal attack on Damingfu.
Guo Yaoshi in Shandong is advancing steadily and is too far away from us, but Han Shizhong in Hedong is going by water..."
"The general is wise!" Dong Xian also reacted at this time, "Now the six counties of Han and Xiang have been recovered by us, and the speed of the vehicles and boats is extremely fast. As long as we wait for the navy to respond, they can unexpectedly join us and encircle and suppress the Jin Dynasty. Wushu!"
"That's exactly what it means."
After Yue Fei arranged it, he immediately began to prepare to attack Guo Ji. Just as Yue Fei himself guessed, when Guo Ji knew that the one coming to rescue Yixing was a big flag with the word "Yue", he knew who his opponent was. .
When he knew that his opponent was Yue Fei, Guo Ji's first reaction was: Run away!
"Du Chong, who suffered a thousand cuts, still wants me to surrender to the Jin people. Do you think we can do such things that are insulting to our ancestors?"
"Can't, can't, can't!"
"Besides, General Zhang Jun wants me to wait for my return to Hangzhou, ah... General Zhang treats me well, but do you want to do this to death?"
"Don't do it!"
"Yes, so we might as well be free, kill corrupt officials, plunder the powerful, and be free and easy!"
"Roar!"
Although everyone knows how many of these corrupt officials and powerful men deserve death, and how many of them are unfortunately affected, this is not important to them.
They are a group of ordinary people. They don't want to join the Jin people. It will bring shame to their ancestors and make them feel guilty.
But it is impossible for them to return to Zhang Jun's command and continue fighting against the Jin people.
They are afraid of death!
"We can't defeat Yue Fei, and we have to admit that General Yue Fei is a hero. He regained the six counties of Hanxiang and established immortal achievements for our Song Dynasty. His treatment of the people...
Let’s not be enemies with General Yue. Let General Yue fight with that Jin Wushu. Let’s go to other places to rob the rich and give to the poor! "
"Okay! Okay! Okay!"
With deafening shouts, Guo Ji left the vicinity of Yixing with his troops and fled directly into Taihu Lake.
It's just that Guo Ji thought well, but when he entered Taihu Lake with his front foot, hundreds of ships directly cut him off with his back foot. One of the leaders showed a smile on his face.
"Guo Ji is ahead, your grandpa Yang Qin is here!"
After hearing Yang Qin's name, Guo Ji's legs trembled. No matter what other people thought, Guo Ji simply didn't want to die and wanted to live a good life.
He knew Yue Fei, and naturally he also knew Yang Qin.
As the number one brave general under Yang Yao at that time, he also surrendered to Yue Fei. Now that Yang Qin appears here, it means that not only Yue Fei is here, but he is also surrounded!
"Retreat... retreat quickly!" Guo Ji wanted to escape in a panic, but how could he succeed under Yang Qin's carriage and boat.
Looking at the rebel army that had entered a desperate situation, Yang Qin gave up half of his body to let Han Chang out from behind.
"Remember, if you kill with one blow, Guo Ji will never survive!"
"rest assured!"
Although Han Chang was not used to the rocking of boats, he was still a famous archer in the world. After a wave passed, he finally seized the opportunity and let go of an arrow from his wrist to fly past.
When Guo Ji realized that he had no possibility of escaping, he immediately wanted to surrender.
It's a pity that as soon as his words of surrender reached his throat, an arrow pierced his throat.
Han Chang was killed in one blow, followed by Yang Qin's roar, and all the navy troops rushed over immediately. The defeated army suffered heavy casualties.
During this period, all the money, silk, grain and fodder they robbed were also seized by the Yue Family Army. However, these people died one after another, and almost no one escaped.
After this battle, Yue Fei finally gained a firm foothold, and then led his troops to station in Zhangzhu Town, Yixing.
And based on Zhangzhu Town, they continued to recruit Yixing. Many rogue bandits in Guangde and Guangde were defeated, and they no longer even hid their whereabouts.
However, the navy chose to leave after this incident and went to Hedong to support Han Shizhong's army heading south.
In Guangde and Yixing, Yue Fei not only surrendered countless defeated armies, but also captured the Jin's troops and horses and strengthened them in one fell swoop.
"The Jin people have a sparse population, and although there are many surrenders, there are not so many. They must have recruited a large number of sign troops in Hedong, Hebei and other places. These people are even young and strong common people who have not experienced training.
We just need to be fair and strict with them, and we don't have to worry about them refusing to obey! "
There was nothing wrong with Yue Fei's calculation. Indeed, many of the sign troops chose to join him after being defeated by Yue Fei. Yue Fei also strictly ordered all the generals under his command to ensure that their veterans must not discriminate against or treat them harshly.
Therefore, the Yue Family Army once again got another brand-new name in the south of the Yangtze River.
"Grandpa Yue's Army, or Grandpa Yue's Army."
To express admiration for his kindness and kindness, and to strive to surrender.
The Yue family's army fought bravely against the Jin Dynasty and loved the people as relatives. The people of Yixing received his favor and shouted, "It is easy for my parents to give birth to me, but it is difficult for my father to protect me."
The growth of the Yue Family Army finally sent news to Jin Wushu, Zhao Huan and others who were fighting. At this time, Zhao Huan immediately led his men to kill. Zhang Jun was also ordered to desperately hold Jin Wushu back to buy Yue Fei time to grow stronger. .
When Jin Wushu saw that the morale of the soldiers had begun to decline, he knew that he could not sit still and wait for death, so he immediately gave an order.
They burned and plundered Mingzhou, massacred seven cities in one go, and did all the evil things to ensure the wildness of the soldiers. They even let the soldiers whose eyes were red from killing forcefully charge Zhang Jun's army, proving the bravery of the Jin people.
After seeing the situation clearly, Du Chong discussed frequently with Dong Cai, secretly arranged to build ships, and was ready to return with a full load of Jin people.
