Chapter 38
Yao Rui, Wu Jie, Liu Qi and others were all long-time generals of the Western Army. He also became famous in the Battle of Fuping, and his generals were all powerful troops of the Western Army, which was comparable to Yue Fei's miscellaneous army pieces that were pieced together by more than 10,000.
Although the elite soldiers and horses were formed by the commander's military and military discipline and personal charm, Yue Fei's time to form an army was too short and not too important. The equipment and weapons must not be compared with the Western Army, which has always been the elite of the imperial guards.
If it weren't for his extremely strict army reorganization, I was afraid that his subordinates' combat effectiveness would be worse than that of an ordinary rural archer in Shaanxi.
This situation has been formed for a long time and cannot be changed overnight. From another perspective, even if the combat effectiveness of Yue Fei's subordinates has really surpassed the Western Army at this time, it cannot change the established impression in people's minds.
Everyone knows this in their hearts.
There were constant struggles within the Western Army system, but when it was outside, it was very united. Many Western Army generals followed Zhao Gou to the southeast, but still regarded themselves as a member of the Western Army. They did not take the so-called Beijing Army, Heshuo Army, and Southeast Imperial Army seriously. It is a good thing for Yue Fei to seek war, but many generals of the Western Army would never want to let a general from the Eight-Character Army lead troops to fight in Shaanxi. The emperor himself would not think that Yue Fei's troops were stronger than the Western Army and would transfer him to the Shaanxi River from thousands of miles away.
Naturally, they did not understand that the emperor Zhao Huan at this time not only valued Yue Fei, but also far exceeded his attention to ordinary people. Otherwise, the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses that Liu Guangshi would not have been handed over to him so easily.
Wang Gui said this. Everyone understands that when he was transferred to Guanshan to fight, I am afraid that it is a matter of seeking fish from a tree.
Yue Fei sighed and said to Wang Gui: "Yes, you said it is exactly."
He looked down at the memorial in front of him again, shook his head and said, "No matter what, it's okay to try it."
Wang Gui said again: "Along with that, Your Majesty has ordered Han Shizhong to lead Jiang Zhun. Yang Yizhong is deploying defenses to Jiankang. We are now also in a dignified position in the recruitment department, with tens of thousands of troops. In this way, we will be in a corner of Taizhou and cannot be carried out. If we want to go to the entire line of battle, we have to be wary of the entire Southeast. I think neither your Majesty nor ourselves will be willing to take this risk."
Although Zhang Xian had a very anxious temper, he was not stupid. If not, he would not be a famous general in the Yue family's army. He had only a moment of arguing with Wang Gui at the beginning. When he heard this, he knew that he was in a vain. He nodded and said, "Yes, there is a stalemate between the two sides. They must guard against the army coming out of Shaanxi. They will lose the other side and the southeast side. They have to defend first. If we attack rashly, we will lose the water net and the geography of the plains may not be able to get it well."
He clapped his legs and said, "There are no horses! Since the pseudo-Qi relied on the Jurchens, he has obtained more than 100,000 war horses in a few years. There are many horse prisons alone. Although we built the cavalry of Beiwei, Pima and Youyi, there are only a few hundred horses, and there are no ones who have fought hard. Without a large number of cavalry, how can we fight with people on the plains? The casualties are too serious!"
Everyone is a fierce general in a hundred battles, and they are all frowning and sighing at this time.
The Song army lacked war horses, and this was the case when it was established. The Western Army was still good. It was adjacent to the Western Xia, and it had some horse-raising lands. It traded with the Western Xia or plundered many war horses, and there were tens of thousands of cavalry units. The Southeast Imperial Army had too few war horses and could not form an army.
Yue Fei has always attached great importance to cavalry and knew that cavalry is the only weapon in the decisive battle field. When it comes to the southeast, it can use the benefits of being unable to operate the terrain. If it fights to a plain area, it must be a cavalry, and a large group of cavalry must be a cavalry.
Everyone was sitting in the same place, they were all long-time generals who had fought with Yue Fei for many years. When they fought in the Central Plains, they had seen large-scale Jurchen heavy cavalry. When they thought of the black iron cavalry rushing over like a dark cloud, everyone had a look on their faces.
Later generations rumored that the Yue family army used a hook and sickle to defeat the Jurchens' heavy cavalry, which is actually a joke. When a large-scale cavalry group charged, they used the spearhead to hook the opponent's horse's legs. Not to mention how big the impact is, whether it can be hooked, it is only tens of thousands of land horse legs, but how many people need to hook them.
From ancient times to the present, those who can break cavalry are only related to walls and crossbows, or use cavalry to control cavalry. There is no other way to talk about it.
Yue Fei understood the truth well. When the army was just over 10,000 and war horses were rarely used, he established a cavalry unit with three military horns. However, there were too few war horses, and they were trained separately. When they were in the battle, they let the Beiwei Army, who was Yue Fei's personal army, go to battle. Because of this, the Beiwei Army became more and more famous, defeating countless enemies, and becoming a famous elite soldier in later generations.
At this time, he saw that everyone was a little discouraged and said, "If you can't rely entirely on war horses when fighting, you can't rely entirely on war horses. Why did Li Cheng, a pseudo-Qi, suffer a lot of losses in our hands? Now he also gave him a gift."
As soon as this sentence came out, everyone burst into laughter.
When Yue Fei's troops were guarding Taizhou, they had many battles with the troops of the pseudo-Li Cheng's troops. The opponent thought that there were many soldiers and many generals and many war horses. They often pushed the generals over with great momentum, but they always suffered a great loss in Yue Fei's hands. After several times, they never dared to come and ask for a fight again.
After everyone laughed, Yue Fei frowned again, "I understand what Wang Gui said. Most of the time, Shaanxi cannot go. I will recruit envoys and his troops, Jianghuai and Jingdong, and I will not miss me. In this way, I am afraid that I will really go to Jinghu. There is something wrong there. Although Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan are going to guard the army, they are followers and the imperial guards, and they are afraid that they may not be in charge of the battle. There are few generals in Jinghu. There are only one general who can ask for it, and they must guard Xiangyang and protect Li Pingzhang's safety."
Wang Gui nodded repeatedly and replied, "That's right, I think so."
Zhang Xian shook his head and said repeatedly: "I thought Miao and Liu had left us, but they wanted to meet them again, which is unlucky."
Yue Fei's face was also gloomy and he was very displeased.
He is now recruiting envoys, and he takes responsibility for his own responsibilities in Zhejiang East and Miao Fu Liu Zhengyan, and does not need to be perfunctory. When he arrives in Jinghu, he is fine with Li Gang. In addition, as the governor and Miao Liu, he is afraid he will be subject to more restraint. When he thinks of this, he feels very unhappy.
As military generals, Miao and Liu raised an army to rebel, but it was a taboo for military personnel. Forcing Zhao Gou to abdicate and turn to Zhao Huan, it was fine. It was even more shameful to kill his old boss Wang Yuan for his own selfish selfishness.
Everyone was unhappy when they thought of working with these two people, or even being commanded by them.
After a while, Wang Gui said, "I think Your Majesty loves the general very much. Although he made contributions this time, it is not above Miao and Liu. But I think Your Majesty attaches importance to us more than Miao and Liu. When you arrive in Jinghu in the future, you may not be able to restrain these two people. If not, why bother to strengthen our strength? Wouldn't that be a wedding dress for others?"
Yue Fei thought silently and felt that his words were reasonable, but he had never been willing to think about the emperor's thoughts. He shook his head and said, "No matter what, just do your duty and be loyal to the country."
Having said that, I felt even more depressed when I thought of fighting against the rebels and eliminating the farmers who were forced to rebel.
He was unhappy, and so was others. As a military general, he had to use swords and guns to his own people in front of a powerful enemy, and no one would cheer and encourage him.
Everyone stood up, bowed to Yue Fei with his fists, and then withdrew in turn.
Zhang Xian was also about to leave, but Yue Fei suddenly remembered something, so he called him, and ordered someone to take the straw raincoat, and smiled at him, "Come with me to go for a walk in the camp."
Zhang Xian was about to go back, but when he saw him invite him, he had to answer: "Yes."
Seeing his expression, Yue Fei knew that the young man was too scheming and was not happy about going to Jinghu, so he smiled at him, "Don't do this, I have no choice to you. Even if we all go to Jinghu, you may not come later. By then, Zhong Xiang had already settled and could be transferred to another place."
Zhang Xian was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly asked him: "Where did your brother send me?"
Yue Fei shook his head with a smile and said, "When talking about this, there are many people here, it is inconvenient to hear it."
"Yes, I'll save it."
The two of them put on their own straw raincoats and clogs. Although it was still raining heavily outside the tent and hitting them, they only felt comfortable all over and stayed in the stuffy tent for a long time. When they came out, they felt the air was fresh and the cold wind blew on their bodies, which made them even more comfortable.
Yue Fei walked steadily, and Zhang Xian followed closely, but heard Yue Fei say to him: "I have written the memorial to Your Majesty. I plan to send you to Chang'an to present the memorial and then meet me on my behalf."
Zhang Xianji was very opinionated and was stunned for a moment. He said, "I'll send a military officer to bring a few people with memorials. Why should I go there? As for your meeting, my elder brother often said that you need to protect the country and protect the people, otherwise you need to make progress. What's the benefit of always going to see Your Majesty when you have nothing to do? Why is this time?"
Yue Fei turned around and said to him seriously: "I believe you and value you. People say that since the five countries fled back, His Majesty has acted completely differently from the past. The situation in Shaanxi is not the same as before. But people's words are not trustworthy, and I cannot go there myself, so I have to let you take my place on my behalf."
Zhang Xian felt relieved and smiled, "So that's it. I looked at my elder brother's expression and thought there was something extraordinary."
Yue Fei's face was still ashen. After looking around, he said to him: "There is another thing. I feel uneasy. I will only feel a little relieved by asking you to go to the emperor to meet you and let you go with Miao Fu and others."
Seeing him like this, Zhang Xian was stunned. After Yue Fei said this, Zhang Xian looked embarrassed and said, "If this matter angers Your Majesty, why bother?"
Yue Fei paused and said, "This matter is related to the country of the ancestral temple, and you cannot let Your Majesty act. What are our ministers and generals? If the ancestral temple is unstable, wouldn't it be a waste of effort? Even if you lose your life for this matter, it is worth it."
After he said this, Zhang Xian said nothing else, and said suddenly: "Since that's the case, I will never be humiliating my fate!"
"good!"
Yue Fei slapped his shoulder heavily and said with a smile: "That's how I feel relieved."
Chapter completed!