On August 23, the model soldier of the Song Dynasty, His Majesty Zhao Ji's most trusted military general, was defeated repeatedly. The fifth general of Kaifeng, who had never won for many years, defeated the war again.

Like his previous defeats, the responsibility for defeating this time was not with him. The twelve gold medals from the official Zhao Ji came too timely... and the two divisions of the Zhou army arrived. As soon as the fortress cannons were transported away, the other side began to dig trenches. And they also showed great hostility and demanded that Yue He's troops surrender!

Yue He resolutely followed Zhao Ji's instructions and carried out an escape route without fighting or surrender. As a result, the troops abandoned their baggage and crossed the river in a panic, they were attacked by Zhou's army. They were bombarded by gunfire, spearmen rushed forward, and cavalry launched a wall-like charge.

Yue He's eldest son Yue Fei led the Dead Warrior Palace rear, repelled the Zhou army's five fierce attacks in succession, and he was also hit eleven arrows, injured eight places, stained with blood, and was almost killed by Zhou army's cannons with shotguns.

In the end of the bloody battle, Yue He's troops maintained their consistent stable performance. They were defeated again! They were killed, captured, and seriously injured more than 1,500 people. They also discarded all their supplies, artillery (2 400 kilogram cannons), gunpowder and a large number of armored weapons, and fled back to the west bank of the Yellow River in a panic.

After escaping from death and returning to the fortress on the west bank of the Yellow River, Yue He acted as an honest and honest attitude, apologized for his crimes, and admitted his serious mistake of greed for merit and recklessness, which led to his defeat in the army...

However, he did not admit the crime of "unleashing border provocations". He would not lose his head if he was greedy for merit and advancement, and it would be no big deal to lose his troops in the army... It would be troublesome to be a general of the Song Dynasty who always won a battle!

But the blame for "unable border provocation" cannot be easily taken! If you can't bear it well, you will be beheaded!

"Yuehe guards the official family for many years and is deeply trusted by the official family. The official family knows the character of He very well. Yuehe is not good at fighting and only knows loyalty. Yuehe is the only one who bears the defeat. However, Yuehe cannot bear the crime of provocation, and the emperor does not believe that Yuehe is the one who will provoke Zhou."

Faced with Lu Yihao's questioning, Yue He's answer was a sensible and unsightly answer.

And he also brought out the trust of the official family! Yue He is the one who guards Wanshengmen! To put it bluntly, it is the guardian dog of the official family Zhao Ji.

When beating a dog, it depends on the owner! Lu Yihao dares to dirty the dogs in the official family? Do you don’t want to be an official anymore?

Lu Yihao also knew that Zhao Ji believed in Yue He very much... Yue He's soldiers were all farmers recruited from Zhaoyi Army. They were simple and reliable, and were not easily bewitched by the students of Kaifeng Prefecture. They just happened to be able to form a mutual restraint with the rest of the Kaifeng Army.

It seems that it is impossible for Yue and his wife to take the blame alone, but he can't even think of picking himself up. Not only Yue and he can't escape, but Zhang Bangchang, Qin Hui, Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shizhong, and Wang Bing did not run away, and they all had to take the blame with Lu Yihao.

Taking the blame also requires the strength of the individual!

"Kun Zhu is a trusted person from the government and will never be able to provoke border quarrels." Lu Yihao said, holding his beard, "But the former who occupied the fortress of the East Coast was indeed the scout of the fifth general of Kaifeng. The son Yue Fei also wrote to Jianbai to attack Tianjin. Jianbai's book is still archived in Xuanfu Department! Maybe the person who provokes the border is Kun Zhu's subordinate, right?"

This is using Yue Fei to hit Yue He!

Yue He's face changed slightly. He was not afraid of the fifth general's scout team occupying Zhou's fortress. The scout team occupying and the fifth general's all crossing the river are two different concepts!

Moreover, the scouts crossed the river and reconnaissance were also ordered to act, and the Xuanfu Department could not have pushed all the charges to the fifth general.

But Yue Fei's advice is indeed a handle, and even if you write in black and white, you can't rely on it.

"I have read this book of Jianbai," Yue He said lightly, "The dog is indeed named on it, but there are other names of Jiyi on it. Many of them are Jiyi from the Xuanfusi Army's computer room!"

The law does not punish the masses, at least it will not be severely punished. In order to protect his son Yue Fei, Yue He did not hesitate to bring all the advice of the Xuanfu Army Military Office!

"Of course, we will be punished!" Lu Yihao said without hesitation, "I will not specifically protect me just because they are from the Xuanfu Department."

"But the State of Zhou will not give up this time!" Yue He reminded, "The officials sent people to contact them. After they said they were willing to retreat, they still wanted to start a war!"

He pulled the musicians of the Xuanfu driver Yifang into the water not to severely punish him, but to excuse Yue Fei. Now seeing Lu Yihao's harsh attitude, he carried Zhou Guo out again.

The war is about to go! Xuanfu Department is the highest commanding authority on the battlefield in Hebei. At this time, all the staff officers were opened. How can Lu Yihao, a civil servant, command?

"It is precisely because the war is about to start, that military discipline must be rectified!" Lu Yihao's tone was quite stern, without any intention of being shaken.

As a civil servant who knows the military, he certainly knows the reason why Ci cannot control the military.

The war is imminent, so we must emphasize discipline even more! Even if we replace all the military aircraft of the Xuanfu Division, we will do whatever we want.

It’s just that the military aircraft are already responsible for formulating combat plans. Even if the plan is not in line with the wishes of the Propaganda, it cannot be punished for this, right?

After this punishment, the military aircraft were all trembling in fear and were all waiting to die. How could the Xuanfu Department command?

"So," Yue He said carefully, "How about letting the dog down and become a team?"

He originally planned to let Yue Fei be the general of the camp and let Yue Fan become the leader of the team. Although Yue He appreciated Yue Fan's behavior even more, as a famous general who fought many times in the north, he also knew that Yue Fei could lead troops. Yue Fan was a good man, how could he lead troops? Yue Fei was fair and strict and unpleasant, but he could curb the troops well.

But now there is no way, so I can only let the two brothers change, ask Yue Fei to be the team leader, and let Yue Feng go to the camp general.

"Just demoted?" Lu Yihao asked sarcastically.

"I will also be dismissed from the official position!" Yue He said, "How about being demoted to the lieutenant of the Jinwu School?"

Yue Fei's current official rank is from the ninth-rank Chengxinlang, which is the official rank he has restored. The Jinwu School Captain is a Wu-rank military officer, which is only equivalent to an official. From Chengxin to Jinwu, he was nominally reduced by one level, but in fact he fell from heaven to earth.

"This is almost the same!" Lu Yihao paused, "All the advice that suggested attacking Tianjin should be reduced to Jinwu!"

The military aircraft of the Xuanfu Department are all officials, either to be trusted or to be respected. Now they are all defeated as military commanders, which is really a miserable life.

These new army officers of the Song Dynasty cannot be compared with those of Zhou* on the other side.

Everyone is a knight, has his own manor, and everyone is an official, so it is easy to be promoted when Brother Zhao Zhong and Ma Zheng retired, Wu Haogu established a retirement system for Zhou army officers. The captains were only 35 years old, the school officials were only 45 years old, and the generals could not be over 55 years old. They all had to retire from active service and transferred to reserve service. The people above retired early, so the people below had the opportunity to be promoted!

There are more than fifty levels of officers in the Song Dynasty, and they can turn their heads into a slight turn! Moreover, the level of front-line officers is very low. After graduating from the Martial Arts Palace, they are usually at the level of "deputy lieutenant" or "dian steward". If you don't have a good father, you can survive until the driver of the Xuanfu driver, and you don't know how much bitterness you have suffered. Now you're rubbing it because of your advice, but you really have no place to cry!

In addition, the low-level officers of the Song Dynasty did not have a manor, nor were they knights or citizens. They could not afford even the second most house in Kaifeng Prefecture...

Moreover, not every Xuanfu driver Yi has a father. Without a good father, even the team is not properly in good condition. He can only commit idleness and receive a meager military salary of a captain. Of course, there are officers who are unwilling to be destitute for their whole life. So a few days after the Xuanfu Department issued the punishment order, several ex-military military aircraft defected to the Zhou State.

As a result, all the deployment situations of Song State along Hebei were obtained by the Military Control Commission of the Great Zhou Republic!

Of course, Hebei Xuanfu Department was not aware of this matter. The Jiyifang of Hebei Xuanfu Department was wiped out, leaving only one general military aircraft, Liu Guangshi and a few military aircraft of noble origin, barely supporting it. It would be good if it was not paralyzed! The few Qianjiyi, who were dismissed from office and waiting for punishment, ran away. Where did they know where to go?

As for Yue He who fought many times, of course he was dismissed from his post and returned to Beijing to be punished. The fifth general of Kaifeng he led was handed over to Yao Gu's son Yao Pingzhong's command. Yue Fan and Yue Fei served as the battalion general and the troupe commander of the second battalion of the fifth general, which can be regarded as the commander of the first battalion.

And Yue Fei's fault was also over. It was not because the Yue brothers had some soldiers in their hands, but because the news of Wu Haogu's "resurrection" reached the Sanhekou Fortress in the Song Dynasty.

Now everyone was stunned and no longer busy rushing to blame.

Wu Haogu was not dead, and the civil war in Zhou State was gone, and the unlucky man Ao Luwo was over, either captured or killed. The Dongliao plate had to collapse... In addition to the previous defeat of the Jin Dynasty on the Korqin Grassland, the northern border of Zhou State was almost pacified.

There is no restraint in the north, so we can naturally concentrate our efforts to move south!

Moreover, Wu Haogu's position as the head of state was also "involved" to his son Wu Yijiu. Wu Haogu had an extraordinary relationship with the official Zhao Ji, and he might not be able to hold his face to start a war. Wu Yijiu had never seen Zhao Ji's real person, so what else can I say? After mobilizing so many soldiers, can it be possible to not fight hard?

I'm about to get angry, who is still interested in taking care of the blame? If Hebei is really going to be thrown away, will this blame run away?

Therefore, the Hebei Xuanfu Department, which had lost most of its military opportunities, began to rush to deploy war defense strategies. Although there was no opportunity to make suggestions, there were ready-made plans in the motor room of the Hebei Xuanfu Department.

The Song Dynasty has been preparing for war in Hebei for more than a year or two. There are many fortresses along the Yellow River, Baigou River and other areas around the Song Dynasty. There are also a large number of bastions and jumboats. It is not that easy for the Zhou army to break through the bastion defense line!

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