Chapter 116 Rekindling the Flames of War(1/2)
It took half an hour before Kong Yanzhou came out of the house.
After he put on his clothes, Cao Yun, the commander of the army and horses outside, said hurriedly: "Commander, something big happened."
"Why are you so nervous?"
Kong Yanzhou was a little impatient, obviously annoyed that Cao Yun interrupted his good time.
Kong Yanzhou is a notorious person in history. How lustful is this guy?
He had a concubine who gave birth to a daughter, who grew up to be very beautiful.
He forced his concubine to say that she was not his biological daughter, and then took his biological daughter as his concubine.
It's just such a guy who managed to sneak into a position under the command of soldiers and horses on the East and West Road of Beijing and dominate him.
This also shows that the imperial army in the late Northern Song Dynasty was a mixed bag.
"There is someone outside the city who claims to be sent by Yue Fei, the capital of Daming Prefecture in Hebei Province. He says he has something important to see you."
"Yue Fei?" Kong Yanzhou frowned, "I've never heard of it. Is there such a person in Daming Mansion?"
"This... Daming Mansion is now under the control of the Zong Xianggong. The lower officials don't know much about it, but it's best to see it."
"No! This is obviously a spy sent by the Jin Army!"
"But just in case..."
"Nothing goes wrong. Daming Mansion belongs to Zongze's defense range. This is Fucheng and belongs to the eastern front defense range. Would they be so kind as to send us important information?"
After saying that, Kong Yanzhou went in and continued his merrymaking.
At noon, Cao Yun came again.
"Commander, Commander!"
"What else happened?"
"There is a man outside who claims to be a person sent by Yang Jin, the Jizhou thief, and says that Yang Jin wants to lead his troops to surrender to the imperial court."
"This is a good thing. How many people are there?"
"The other party said there were thirty thousand people."
"Thirty thousand people?" Kong Yanzhou was a little surprised, "Who is this Yang Jin and why are there so many people?"
"I asked around, and he was said to be a reckless man from Yizhou. He has grown up in the past few months and has responded to every call in Jizhou."
"You just have to make arrangements. It's a good thing if someone is willing to surrender."
Cao Yun quickly said: "Commander, 30,000 people are here. We don't have that much military food. There are still 20,000 troops in the city. Now Hebei is in short supply of food. There is no food to collect locally. All the food is shipped from the rear."
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"Why are you so stupid!" Kong Yanzhou said impatiently, "If we take them in, we can report more food to the government, and then the transfer department will give us more food!"
"But……"
"Stop talking, go make arrangements and call in all 30,000 people. This is an order!"
"yes!"
Zhang Xian, who was outside the city, was so angry that he cursed his mother. He watched Yang Jin's army enter the city.
After Yang Jin entered the city, he took control of Fucheng in less than half a day.
Kong Yanzhou took advantage of the chaos to escape, and Fucheng's defense line collapsed.
The news was not sent to the Cangzhou Prefecture immediately, but was quickly sent to Hejian Prefecture.
Zhang Xian originally thought that the guards here would consider it carefully, after all, the opponent's origin was unknown, but he did not expect that the city gate would be opened so soon.
Is the Fucheng guard a stupid pig?
Zhang Xian did not dare to delay again and immediately turned around and went back.
On the evening of October 10th, Zhang Xian returned to the original military camp and found no one there. He knew that Yue Fei had captured Hengshui and immediately transferred to Hengshui.
"What! The gate of Fucheng has been opened!" Yue Fei was shocked. He never expected that Yang Jin could actually capture Fucheng.
You must know that Fucheng belongs to Yongjing Army, which is a military town and is an important military defense area.
It is now one of the important lines of defense on the Eastern Front. The Forbidden Army is stationed there, as well as a large-scale local army.
"What now?"
"Hurry to Fucheng!" Yue Fei yelled in his heart that something was wrong. "Yang Jin surrendered to the gold thieves. Now he takes Fucheng as a surrender certificate. Once Fucheng is lost, the gold thieves can immediately go south and use Fucheng as a stronghold, and then leave from the river.
Send troops to Cangzhou."
"At that time, the Fucheng Jin Army and the Hejian Prefecture Jin Army will advance into Cangzhou and attack Cangzhou on two fronts!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard what Yue Fei said.
If so, wouldn't the defense on the eastern front be quickly torn open?
Li Xianggong is in Cangzhou. Once Li Gang is captured, the collapse of the Eastern Front will only happen in an instant!
Yue Fei made a decisive decision: "Reorganize the troops quickly and arrive at Fucheng early tomorrow morning!"
"This place is a hundred miles away from Fucheng. If we march a hundred miles overnight, I'm afraid the soldiers will not be able to bear it."
Yue Fei waved his hand and said decisively: "The military situation is urgent. There is no doubt that anyone who dares to disobey will be executed!"
Everyone said: "Yes!"
Not long after, Zhang Xian came in.
"Yue Dutong, someone who was recruited under Yang Zhong's command, is unwilling to leave in the name of darkness."
"Don't want to leave?" Yue Fei picked up the spear and walked out with his men.
"Whoever is unwilling to leave will be captured and beheaded in front of the entire army!"
"this……"
"Yue Dutong, there are nearly a hundred people making trouble."
"Then behead them all!" Yue Fei strode out and arrived at the scene in person.
After receiving Yue Fei's order, the hundred people were immediately arrested.
The torches illuminated the surroundings, and the swordsman slashed down, 98 heads rolled to the ground, and the ground was dyed red with blood.
Then the head began to be circulated throughout the army.
The people recruited under Yang Zhong were still preparing for a confrontation. When they saw this posture, they immediately became honest.
Yue Fei finished reorganizing his troops and left Wang Gui with 2,000 men in Hengshui, then left the city overnight.
At the same time, he sent out scouts and rushed back to Daming Mansion to report military information.
The whole army carried dry food with them. In order to rush for time, they did not even bring the baggage troops.
After traveling all night, Yue Fei arrived at Fucheng when it was slightly brighter the next day.
A total of 9,000 people.
1,000 people cut down trees to build ladders, and 8,000 people immediately arrived at the foot of Fucheng.
Yang Jin was still sleeping soundly when he was suddenly woken up and told that a large army was approaching the city outside.
"Impossible! Who came so quickly?"
"Really, Your Majesty!"
(Yang Jin proclaimed himself king)
"how many people?"
"The scale is nearly ten thousand people."
"Let's go! Go out and take a look!"
Yang Jin put on the armor he got from Kong Yanzhou and climbed to the top of the city.
"Who is coming?"
"Yue Fei, the capital of Daming Prefecture in Hebei Province!"
Yang Jin laughed loudly and said: "Yue Fei? I haven't heard of it, have you heard of it?"
The people at the top of the city laughed loudly: "I've never heard of it, where did this unknown person come from!"
"Yue Fei, why did you come to Fucheng?"
"Come and catch Yang Jin!"
"Catch me?" Yang Jin smiled even more wildly, "Why do you catch me? Who do you think you are!"
"Are you Yang Jin?"
"I am Yang Jin!"
Yang Zhong immediately let out a heartbreaking cry: "Dad! Save me!"
To be continued...