Chapter 138 Engagement
The sound of hatching horns, and when the camp gate was wide open, the Qi Mingxing in the sky retreated, and the Tianli An in the east emitted a trace of red light. Yang Zaixing turned over and fought the horse. His subordinates had already gathered for the entire army. The weather was getting warmer and it was not cold in the early morning. Everyone's heavy armor was placed on the carriage and the chariot. He was wearing bright red robe and battle jacket. The sunlight shone on the endless soldiers, reflecting into a bright red ocean.
He was excited and waved his hand and said, "Get out, the front team will start."
The leader of the team listened to his order from afar, immediately urged his subordinates to move and strode out of the camp gate. Yang Zaixing turned around and looked at the end of his team, and saw a bright red behind him. The sword was in the forest, and the tip of the knife was dazzling. He was extremely excited. He gently squeezed his legs and the horse's hooves forward, and he walked forward a few steps before the team, and then slowly advanced towards the official road at the rhythm of trotting.
The same as Yang Zaixing expected, just after Fu Xuan notified him, the two cavalrymen of Bei Wei and You Yi also set off and rushed to the vicinity of Luoyang to meet with Yue Fei and the Tabai Army.
Although Yue Fei did not understand the astrology and could not borrow the east wind, his years of military career, his judgment of the weather was also a skill that the general must master. Moreover, whether the weather was sunny, it would be roughly too far to ask an old farmer. He had known for a long time that the weather would definitely turn clear in one or two days. He rushed to Henan County, not far southeast of Yingchang first. Gao Chong's Bai army had already traveled here, and Li Cheng's army slowly gathered in the direction of Henan Prefecture, used troops to fight together, and defeated Li Cheng's army in one fell swoop, just in time.
At that time, the Central Plains was divided into several routes by the Song Dynasty. The south Jingxi Road in the south was in Xiangyang, which was mostly the capital of Hubei Province in later generations, but there was also a small area in Henan Province, which was under the jurisdiction of South Jingxi Road; Jingdong East Road was the entire Shandong of later generations. A small area in northern Jiangsu, as well as a part of Henan Province, and Jingji Road was only the county seat under Kaifeng Prefecture and its jurisdiction, and the one in Henan prefectures and counties under most of Henan prefectures and counties was North Jingxi Road.
It includes most of the prefectures in Henan Province, divided into five prefectures, including Henan Prefecture, Yingchang Prefecture, Zhunning Prefecture, Shunchang Prefecture, Zheng, Hua, Meng, Cai, and Ru, among which most of the prefectures of Yingchang. Zheng and Cai have been captured by Yue Fei's troops, and Huangguan's Song army attacked Huazhou, from the west route to Henan. Because the garrison of Liangguan still needs to be alerted to the main force of the Jin army that was about to move south, the attack was slow and there was no rush to advance.
In this way, in the west of Yue Fei's troops, they can directly threaten Kaifeng, and to the east, they can conquer Henan Prefecture, seize strategic locations such as Keluoyang and Yanshi. They are connected to the Song army in Huangguan, and then there is no opponent in the Central Plains, so they can calmly siege Kaifeng. They echo Han Shizhong and other troops.
The entire battle plan was based on the rapid battle of the main force of the pseudo-Qi Dynasty and then the decisive battle with the attracted Jin soldiers. So after being delayed by the heavy rain for a few days, Yue Fei was anxious and did not care about waiting for the sky to clear up. On the fifteenth day, he braved the wind and rain, and only brought more than 100 personal cavalry guards to the front line of Luoyang.
When he arrived near Luoyang, he realized that Gao Chong and the Tabai Army had fought several battles with the raiders of Li Cheng's troops. The beheadings of hundreds of cavalry at the formation made Li Cheng's troops afraid to leave the camp and come out for reconnaissance. It was equivalent to cutting off the enemy's eyes and ears, making Li Cheng's troops unable to fully know the direction of the Song army. Li Cheng was impatient and sent the main cavalry several times to find Tabai to fight. Gao Chong was not afraid, although the opponent's tens of thousands of cavalry were also called
He was the elite of the 200,000 army, but he was confident that he would defeat him with 10,000 thrafting generals, but he was only worried about alarming the snake. Li Cheng was afraid of the combat effectiveness of the Song army, so he could not retreat. Therefore, once the main force of the enemy was dispatched, he would retreat quickly. He knocked down the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry and did not fight with the main force of the opponent's cavalry. After a few days, Li Cheng, the chief general of the enemy army, was very upset and ordered the cavalry to scold the Song army many times, but Gao Chong just ignored it.
When Yue Fei arrived, he took action on the spot. He first praised Gao Chong for a few words, and then he sent someone to return quickly. He rushed to call Bei Jue and You Yi and came, and decided to use elite cavalry to harass and attack. After the infantry arrived at the battlefield, he defeated the enemy in a burst.
He arrived at the military camp in the evening and sent people to summon the army to come without resting. The rain near Luoyang had not stopped. He rushed to the road. Although he was wearing oil clothes, he was still wet all over. Although the weather was getting late, he still rushed to Li Cheng camp not far from Luoyang City to observe the enemy's military situation.
Gao Chong knew Yue Fei's temper and did not stop him. He just asked someone to get a new oil-coat and change it to Yue Fei. Then he also brought his own soldiers and hundreds of cavalry out of the camp and rushed to the enemy camp more than ten miles away.
Although the road was muddy, Yue Fei and Gao Chong were all light cavalry. In less than half an hour, they had already seen the enemy camp.
At this time, the weather was getting late. It was cloudy. At night, it was yellow and scattered. Yue Fei didn't speak, covered his forehead with his hands, and looked at the boundless enemy camp in the distance through the fine rain curtain.
More than 200,000 troops had to be included in the supply of logistics land. Although the troops of Ranmocheng were fighting in their own hinterland, there were too many people and needed a large amount of supply of 100,000 Xiongying and chewing horses. Li Cheng obviously did not regard the support of the people as a human being. According to the custom at that time, the camps supported by the people were set up outside the army. The densely packed ragged camps surrounded the entire camp tightly. Countless people with pale faces and thin skin and suffering were tortured, running back and forth in the drizzle like wandering souls, transporting the items needed in the military camp.
Yue Fei looked at it for a moment and frowned.
Gao Chong stood beside him, and through the dim rain screen, he saw that there seemed to be movement in the camp. He knew that the enemy had been tormented by him these days. In addition, he avoided fighting, and the enemy camp was arrogant and chased and attacked the Song army as soon as he saw the Song army. He was not afraid at all. He was afraid that the enemy would rush out. It didn't matter, but if Yue Fei had to make a mistake, it would be a great thing. Therefore, he forced himself to look with Yue Fei for a while, and then advised: "Master, this is the way he left and right, don't you need to look at it anymore, right?"
Yue Fei ignored him, but still looked at it carefully. After a while, a small team of cavalry rushed out of the opposite camp.
Gao Chong was anxious and was about to persuade him again. Yue Fei waved his hand and smiled, "You have been with me for so many years. We had more than 100 of us dared to kill the Jin general in the formation of thousands of people. How could you be afraid of being too much? Do you think my martial arts are not as good as you?"
Gao Chong is also the most brave general in his army. He said that Yue Zhong once fabricated the story of him picking truces. Although the story is nonsense, it also highlights that this person's bravery is far beyond ordinary people. He is also a top-notch player in the Yue family army, which is full of fierce generals.
However, although he was brave, he was still inferior to Yue Fei. When Yue Fei raised his troops that day, he often used fewer attacks and rushed forward, and smiled without realizing it.
Although he laughed, he still advised: "The Grand Marshal is responsible for heavy responsibilities at this time and cannot take risks. Just leave the matter of rushing to the last general."
Chapter completed!