Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

On the early morning of the 13th day of the first lunar month, amidst heavy snowfall, Yue Fei led tens of thousands of troops to Xiazhou City.

Years ago, Yue Fei himself led 40,000 cavalry to the northwest. On the third day of the first lunar month, Zhang Xian led the remaining 20,000 imperial cavalry to come here too! Not long after that, Yue Fei received news from the Northwest Intelligence Department, knowing that the Jurchen and Xixia troops had invaded, so Yue Fei immediately sent Zhang Xian and Dong Xian over, and he brought the remaining 20,000 cavalry and rushed from the Datong area. The mobilized 30,000 Huanqing Army infantry, a total of more than 50,000 people hurried towards here.

Originally, he wanted to cooperate with Zhang Xian, Dong Xian and the Jurchen and Xixia troops to fight, but the smoothness of the battle exceeded his imagination.

Along the way, he kept receiving battle reports from Zhang Xian and Dong Xian, which surprised him to the extreme, but also made him very pleased.

"After the Jingkang disaster, the country has changed a lot in a few years! Our Great Song Dynasty was originally weak, but now it is already strong!" Yue Fei was riding on the horse, secretly thinking.

He even had a plan to immediately lead his troops to the north to destroy gold, but after thinking about it, he suppressed this idea!

Jurchen still has a certain strength!

Especially in the north, Jurchen inherited the property and cities of the Liao Kingdom. They owned countless strong cities such as Shangjing, Zhongjing, and Tokyo!

Moreover, the Intelligence Department has received news from the north that the Khitans and the Jurchens are sincerely cooperating. Now many Khitans are willing to join the Jurchen army, and the Jurchens have also given various promises, and the Jurchens will no longer abuse the Khitans in the Jurchen army!

Even Yue Fei got the news that the northern Mongols seemed to be recruited by the Jurchens!

Now that Song Dynasty is not fully prepared, if he rushes into the north, he may not be able to destroy the gold, and he may encounter setbacks!

"The country has a million soldiers, and the generals are like clouds! Wait for half a year or a year, and the Central Plains and Yanyun will be completely stable. At that time, it will be the time to go north and completely destroy the gold! Our troops will be divided into separate routes, from Datong, Juyongguan, and Shanhaiguan. There are more than 100,000 to 200,000 people on each road, and the Jurchen is definitely not our opponent! Now, we still have to be patient, continue to train soldiers, continue to hoard food, and continue to accumulate strength!" Yue Fei secretly said.

However, along the way, Xiazhou's battle reports continued to come in, and Yue Fei also had an understanding of the Xiazhou battle.

"In the battle of Xiazhou, there were so many casualties? There are only a few thousand left in the Zhang family's 50,000 troops? Even the 10,000 young people in Tucheng had to participate in the battle, and now there are only a few thousand left?"

"There are 30,000 soldiers in the Zhang family army who deserted before the battle?"

"Zhang Jun himself also fled?"

When he got the last news, Yue Fei froze there!

He never dreamed that such a thing would happen!

Yue Fei led the army and hurried towards Xiazhou, ten miles away from Xiazhou. At this time, there were more than a dozen horsemen coming from a distance, and the leader was Yue Yun!

During the battle that day, Yue Yun was seriously injured, his shoulders were still wrapped in cloth, and his face was still pale.

"See General!" Yue Yun and others came to Yue Fei, and Yue Yun saluted immediately.

Yue Fei looked at Yue Yun's appearance, with a hint of concern in his eyes.

"Are you okay?" Yue Fei said.

"General Qi, I just suffered some flesh injuries, and it will recover in a few days." Yue Yun said.

"Later, I'll show you." Yue Fei said.

"Thank you, General." Yue Yun said with a hint of excitement in his eyes.

He knew that his father was cold on the surface, but in fact he still missed him.

"Tell me about the battle situation that day." Yue Fei said.

At that moment, Yue Yun began to talk about it in detail.

"In the end, none of you found the Golden Wushu?" Yue Fei said.

"We still have hundreds of people there looking for Jin Wushu's whereabouts! It was too dark at that time, and there was a sudden battle in the east, Jin Wushu took advantage of the opportunity to flee, and it was really difficult for us to find him!" Yue Yun said.

"Forget it, it's just a prince of the Kingdom of Jin, nothing to worry about! In fact, the entire Kingdom of Jin is nothing to worry about now! Let me ask you, why did Zhang Jun flee?" Yue Fei said.

"Speaking of this is annoying! On that day, the soldiers from Shanyingzhai arrived with urgent military information. Originally, they wanted to notify Zhang Jun of the arrival of Jurchen and the Xixia army, so that Zhang Jun could prepare early, but Zhang Jun got the news Afterwards, he actually said that he would no longer be the guard of Xiazhou, and left the general seal in the Yamen, and then he left Xiazhou! As soon as he left, the Zhang family army was in chaos, and 30,000 soldiers of the Zhang family army fled Xiazhou one after another! Fortunately, General Zhang Xian came in time, otherwise we might lose Xiazhou! At that time, the Jurchen and Xixia people will go all the way south, and the entire Guanshan may be poisoned." Yue Yun gritted his teeth.

"I know about this matter! Come, arrest Zhang Jun immediately! Zhang Jun violated military discipline and almost lost his country, so he must be investigated!" Yue Fei said with a trace of coldness in his eyes.

Yue Fei was also very angry! Since Zhao Chen took power, there has never been such a bad thing in the army! How could the general even abandon the territory, give up the responsibility of defending the territory, and "leave with his seal" before the arrival of the enemy?

The generals in the army have a lot to do with it, and not everyone can leave if they want to! Especially for a general like Zhang Jun, if he resigns, he must first send someone to report to Yue Fei, and Yue Fei will also send someone to report to the General Staff Headquarters, and then wait until the General Staff Headquarters makes a decision and a new general is sent before Zhang Jun can leave! This is by no means to say that Zhang Jun "leaves with a seal" by himself, so he can leave and not be responsible for the subsequent war.

"Father, that Zhang Xin is a warrior, thanks to his help, otherwise we would be defeated." Yue Yun thought for a while and said again.

"Zhang Xin is Zhang Xin, and Zhang Jun is Zhang Jun. Zhang Xin has meritorious service, and the court will naturally reward him! But Zhang Jun has committed such a serious crime, he must be severely punished! If he is not punished, what is the military law for?" Yue Fei said.

Yue Yun nodded and said no more.

Not to mention that Yue Fei led the army into Xiazhou City, and then sent people to repair Xiazhou City and deploy defenses here.

It wasn't until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month that Yue Fei got the news that Zhang Jun had gone to Yinzhou City, and now he was in Han Shizhong's mansion.

Yue Fei stood in front of the window all night, and in the early morning of the second day, he handed over the affairs of Xiazhou to the generals, while he himself led a thousand cavalry towards Yinzhou.

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Zhang Jun is indeed in Han Shizhong's residence now. He was going to Jiangnan, but later changed his mind and decided to give Yue Fei a bigger "surprise"! Not only did he want to "leave with his seal" at the critical moment, but he also asked Han Shizhong and Wang Yan to "leave with his seal" together, so that the Xixia defense line would completely collapse.

In the middle of the night, Han Shizhong's mansion was filled with warmth.

Han Shizhong is hosting a banquet for Zhang Jun, accompanied by Liang Hongyu and Wang Yan.

"It's rare for General Han to have such good wine here in the bitter cold of the northwest." Zhang Jun said after drinking a glass of wine.

"Actually, drinking is not allowed in the army! It's just that this is the territory of my Han family army, so drinking some wine is fine." Han Shizhong also drank a glass of wine and said with a smile.

"Han family army? I'm afraid it won't be long before your army can no longer be called the Han family army!" Zhang Jun sneered.

"What does General Zhang mean?" Wang Yan frowned.

"Hmph! Didn't you keep asking me why I left Xiazhou these two days? I'll tell you now! That farmer Yue Fei actually sent his general to Xiazhou City, and he let the general take over my army! The Zhang family army was originally I trained it with my own hands, but for the past six months, people in the imperial court have been advocating loyalty to the emperor and patriotism in my army, and now the people in my army no longer obey me. This family army is no longer the Zhang family army, but the imperial court The army! When Yue Fei's people came, many generals secretly contacted Yue Fei's people! I was so angry that I hung up my seal and left Xiazhou." Zhang Jun said.

"There is such a thing?" Han Shizhong couldn't believe it.

When he met Yue Fei, he felt that Yue Fei was a sincere person without much scheming, and he really didn't look like someone who would seize military power.

"General Zhang, I think you are thinking too much, right? General Yue sent someone there, I am afraid that there are other things, and it is definitely not to take your military power! Besides, if this is the case, you can also confide in the court. , you don’t need to hang the seal and go?” Wang Yan said.

"Hmph! Anyway, staying in this bitterly cold place in the northwest made me suffer a lot! The three of you and I are generals under Emperor Jianyan. We should each lead an army, but now we are all subordinates of a farmer named Yue Fei." Next! How is this possible? Don't you feel wronged?" Zhang Jun said.

"I'm under Emperor Jianyan, and my combat strength is extremely poor. The combined strength of the three of us is probably no match for the Imperial Army. Now we are under Yue Fei, so that's nothing! We're not as skilled as others, and we're not Emperor Xuanwu. As a direct descendant, it seems inappropriate for us to be side by side with Yue Fei." Wang Yan said.

"You are kind! If people from the imperial court continue to hang out in our army, we will have no private soldiers in our hands! In this case, what's the point of being a general?" Zhang Jun said.

"This..." Han Shizhong showed a thoughtful expression on his face, and Wang Yan didn't speak.

"I see you return to Jiangnan with me! Don't suffer from such bitter cold again! Over the years, we have accumulated a lot of wealth!" Zhang Jun said.

"Inappropriate! General Tianyue sent someone over a few days ago, saying that the Jurchen and Xixia people showed signs of invading southward, and the target is likely to be Xiazhou and Yinzhou! He told us to be on guard, we must not leave now Zhang Jun, I also advise you to return to Xiazhou now! If the Jurchen and Xixia armies really invade and Xiazhou falls, you will not be able to explain it.” Han Shizhong said.

Zhang Jun raised his right eye and said with a forced smile: "Jurchen and Xixia cannot invade at this time! Even if they want to invade, they will attack Datong, and then enter the Central Plains from Datong!"

Han Shizhong said: "That's not sure!"

Zhang Jun was afraid that the more he talked, the more he would reveal his flaws, so he said immediately: "It's late at night, let's rest first, you all think about it! I will leave the northwest tomorrow! You'd better leave the northwest as soon as possible!"