Yue Fei kept his promise, and the military camp seemed to have been well prepared. He made a promise to Zhang Jun that afternoon and sent out troops in the rain early the next morning.

The army was divided into two. Among them, Li Kui led an army of 2,000 people and marched directly to Gulou Village... Yes, Yang Guangzhen rebelled for the fourth time; at the same time, in the constant rain, in front of the imperial camp

The commander of the military capital, Yue Fei himself, personally led the main force of Huarong Camp, more than 10,000 men, and several generals, and marched westward in the rain.

Almost only the Jinshi and support staff were left in the entire army.

Zhang Jun was kind of true to his word. He really followed, but he didn't ride a horse. The rain was too heavy and the road was muddy. Riding a horse was just a joke.

In this way, both Zhang Jun, the prime minister, and Yue Fei, the military governor, personally wore bamboo hats, raincoats, and straw sandals, trudging forward on the muddy roads in the south of the Yangtze River, leading their troops to

They advanced westward along Dongting Lake in a counter-clockwise direction, and successfully arrived at Anxiang, Lizhou, which was more than sixty miles away that day. Then, they did not enter the city, but went straight across the Lishui River and arrived at a camp on the other side.

Here is another core camp established by the Song Army on the north side of Dongting Lake. More than 10,000 people led by Deputy Commander Ma Gao and several commanders were waiting here early.

The two armies merged, and the troops here reached 25,000. The main force of Yue Fei's imperial camp had completed its assembly in the rain, but due to the rain, the enemy did not notice it at all.

Considering that at night, Li Kui sent the head of the rebel general who had the same name as Emperor Yang of Sui, then on this first day, the battle results of the imperial camp's front army still exceeded zero, at least forty villages, four states and seven

One village in the county has been eliminated.

Early the next morning, regardless of the fact that yesterday's sixty-mile march in the rain had already caused considerable troop attrition, Yue Fei ordered again to select 20,000 combatable troops from the entire army and set off together, braving the slightly reduced rain and heading westward respectively.

, advancing southward.

Among them, the troops from the original Anxiang camp were directly divided to the west. Wang Shan and Zhang Yong each led 2,000 troops to capture two inland cities such as Qinghua and Aoshan. Ma Gao himself and his wife

Together with Zhang Qing, he supervised five thousand people who attacked the capital of Dingzhou that had fallen before, Wuling County, one of the so-called seven counties.

As for the troops from the original Huarong Camp, they started an arduous march again. They still advanced counterclockwise along Dongting Lake, but in the afternoon when the rain eased, they crossed the Lizhou border and arrived in Dingzhou. Then they came to

Chongxiao Town, and semi-surrounded a large rebel water stronghold located here.

The reason why it is said to be semi-surrounded is that this village has a waterway leading to Dongting Lake and a small port, which the Song army cannot deal with at all.

Of course, it's not necessary... After all, Yue Fei's troops took advantage of the rain to cover up and marched nearly 120 to 30 miles in two days. Although it was far inferior to Li Suxue's night march to Caizhou in all aspects, it was still

This is commendable. But when faced with such a large force's surprise attack, the reaction of the rebels in Chongxiao Water Village was no better than that of the Caizhou defenders.

More than 10,000 soldiers from the imperial camp were like divine soldiers descending from the sky. They suddenly surrounded the Chongxiao stronghold with only 3,000 rebels in the rain. There was almost visible chaos in the stronghold, but Yue Pengju only allowed the entire army to gain a proper foothold.

He also personally led a small number of Chinese infantry to settle on a small slope by the lake on the side of the water village, and did not order an attack... Sure enough, soon an envoy came out tremblingly and asked to see Yue Fei.

"It's Han Xiaoyi. If you come, it will save you a lot of trouble." Seeing the person kneeling directly towards him in the muddy water with a plop, he came to Yue Fei who had just taken off his bamboo hat and stared at the thin rain.

"For more than a month in the past, this person has been traveling to Anxiang and Huarong for various villages in Huxi to make contact."

By the way, although Zhang Jun claimed that he didn't ask too many questions, he was a proud official. How could Yue Fei be so ignorant that he didn't leave a professional commentator for the country's highest military commander? Therefore, Yue Fei had already been a member of the military.

Xiao Bijin was with the Prime Minister. When he saw this person, he reported directly in a low voice. "And this person is the confidant of Huang Zuo, the leader of this village. As for Huang Zuo, he is the leader of the Lizhou area among the rebels.

, extremely powerful and prestigious, second only to Zhong Xiang and Yang Yao among the rebels, the leaders of the group were defeated by my commander in the north, and all the land along the lake in Lizhou was lost, so they joined the rest of Lizhou.

The state rebels retreated to Dingzhou stronghold together...and Dingzhou is the hometown of Prime Minister Zhong."

Zhang Jun imitated Yue Fei and took off the bamboo hat, but his face was expressionless and he ignored Bi Jin's explanation.

"Xiao Yi."

Dozens of steps away, just when Han Xiaoyi on the ground was about to speak, Yue Fei raised his hand to interrupt him, and then told him sternly. "Now let me tell you, you can go into the village and speak clearly to Huang Zuo."

But, there’s no need to interrupt.”

Han Xiaoyi immediately kowtowed in the muddy water.

After a while, Yue Pengju followed the method of listing numbers in the newspaper and said a few words calmly:

"First of all, I am sending the army here to fight with Zhong Xiang and Yang Yaoding to determine the outcome of life and death. I will not delay any more, and I will not give him any room for compromise.

Second, tell Huang Zuo that the military position I am using to recruit surrenders is only for one commander. If he surrenders, it will be his.

Third, regardless of whether he surrenders or not, the innocent Lizhou women and children in the village can return to their hometown in Lizhou and settle down. I will use my life and official position as a guarantee to ensure that I will never be held accountable after the war.

Fourth, if he wanted to know about me in the past few months, he should have known about me as a person, the combat power of my subordinates, and my sincerity... Therefore, I will now wait for him for two-quarters of an hour to surrender. If he comes, it will be me.

Officer of the Imperial Camp, if he doesn't come, I will have to send a large army to break up this stronghold, find him, drag him here, and punish him!

Finally, there is a head here, take it and go quickly!"

Han Xiaoyi didn't say a word, just kowtowed heavily in the muddy water, then got up, lowered his head and took a wooden bucket from Wang Gui's hand. He didn't dare to look at it, and ran directly to the village as if he was flying.

Looking at this scene, Zhang Jun, who stood in the ranks of Yue Fei's army despite the slight rain, had no expression on his face at all. However, after all, he was famous in the region at a young age, became a Jinshi at a young age, and became a dignified prime minister at the age of thirty-four.

The elites have already completely awakened in their hearts:

How could he not know? This Huang Zuo should be a big leader among the rebels. He was also the original leader of the Hubei area that was recaptured by the government army. But now he has lost his foundation and is huddled in the west of the lake. Even Wuling City is

If you can't get in, you can see that it feels like being under someone else's fence. This kind of talent is the most suitable target for recruiting, and it should be where Yue Fei's real intentions have been in the past few months. As for Yang Guang of the ancient building village, it is better to say that he is showing sincerity.

In addition, there are chess pieces to deceive the other rebels... Don’t you see, even people like Xi Yi and Ma Shen have been deceived?

With such good intentions, coupled with the sudden spring rain today, just when these people were completely relaxed, the army suddenly launched a large army in the rain and surrounded them, and Yue Fei showed such kindness and power. As long as Huang Zuo was not a

If you are dumbfounded, you should get out quickly.

Sure enough, just when Zhang Jun felt a sudden realization, as Han Xiaoyi sent Yang Guang's head and Yue Fei's words into the village, just a stick of incense later, a man wearing leather armor and half-naked

A big man with two arms and a big spear carried a big spear, and he led dozens of fishermen dressed similarly to leave the village with their heads lowered, and then led directly to Yue Fei under the leadership of Han Xiaoyi, who must be Huang Zuo.

And Huang Zuo led more than a dozen officers in the village, and the personal guards walked dozens of steps away from Yue Fei, then stopped on their own initiative, then threw the big spear in his hand in front of everyone, and then prepared to take off his armor... Obviously, this was

I'm going to turn against you and surrender with courtesy.

But at this moment, Yue Fei, who had been squinting at Huang Zuo and his party, suddenly said loudly from dozens of steps away: "Don't disarm!"

Huang Zuo was slightly startled, but immediately stopped his hand and wanted to come over empty-handed.

"Bring your weapons!" Yue Fei narrowed his eyes again and said.

Huang Zuo was startled again, but he still chose to obey the order. He picked up his spear from the mud and walked forward. When he was seven or eight steps away from Yue Fei, he took the initiative to hold the spear upside down and knelt down to beg for surrender.

"There is no need to kneel down." Yue Fei interrupted the other party for the third time. "Huang Tongzhi, since you have come to surrender, you are the commander of the front army of my imperial camp. How can you remove your armor, abandon your troops, and kneel down? There are people above and below.

No, just sing to me."

Huang Zuo was finally relieved, and he held his spear and made a hand gesture towards Yue Fei, then lowered his head and said: "Captain, I am grateful for your grace and patience for several months, so I came to surrender. I hope that your Majesty will forgive me for everything I have done before."

"

"I have forgotten everything before." Yue Fei squinted his eyes from above and faced each other. "Besides, the important matters of the country are at the forefront, so you and I shouldn't talk about these things... Wang, Deputy Commander-in-Chief!"

Wang Gui immediately came out of the queue and stood side by side with Huang Zuo.

"I will give you five thousand soldiers, and immediately cross the Yuan River to the south and attack Chenyang!" Yue Fei's face remained unchanged and he ordered sternly. "You must take this city with me!"

"Here." Wang Gui responded and left, followed by several generals without stopping at all.

"Huang Tongzhi." Yue Fei continued to give orders from a high position on the hill.

"Here!" Huang Zuo, who couldn't help but steal a glance at Wang Gui, was suddenly startled.

"To the east and southeast of here, there are two villages along the lake. They are Hanwanzi Village and Fushuizhai. Each has only four or five hundred troops. I am giving you a military order now, asking you to immediately take your headquarters and march eastward, regardless of whether it is

Recruit or attack by force, we must capture it before tonight! Otherwise, military orders will be dealt with!" Yue Feizhen gave the order as usual, as if the person in front of him was an old subordinate who had been with him for many years.

Let's talk about the two villages. One was set up by the defeated army of Lizhou, and the other was sent by Zhong Xiang to the Dongting Lake Pass to monitor and guard against the Lizhou people. How could Huang Zuo not know? He was a rebel one moment, and he will be an official at this moment.

When the army went to conquer, how could he adapt?

However, just when Huang Zuo raised his head and opened his mouth to refuse, he saw Yue Fei standing in front of him looking down at him from a high position, with his eyes one big and one small, glaring non-stop in the rain. This man was shocked.

Yu, when the words came to his mouth, they turned over like a ghost, leaving only one word:

"Here!"

"Do we need military subsidies?" Yue Fei kept asking.

"don't want."

"Do you need help from soldiers and horses?"

"No!"

"Then do it quickly."

Huang Zuo saluted with his big spear again, and then turned around and returned to the stronghold... At this time, Wang Gui had already begun to lead the troops south, and an obvious gap in the encirclement had appeared around Chongxiao Dazhai. Soon, Huang Zuo led about two people

Thousands of subordinates were divided into two, and they attacked by land and water. They passed directly through the enemy's army formation just now and followed the waterway all the way east.

In such a situation, both the military personnel in front of the imperial camp and Huang Zuo's headquarters all felt strange, but they had nothing to say.

But no matter what happened, after a while, he watched all the troops leave the stronghold. Only the old and weak family members were left in the stronghold. However, Yue Fei said nothing and directly set up camp outside Chongxiao Stronghold, waiting for news.

In the evening of the same day, Huang Zuo surrendered to Hanwanzi Village, defeated Fushuizhai, and returned with the head of the guard of Fushuizhai. Before that, Ma Gao, Wang Shan, and Zhang Yong also won their own victories, including Qinghua, Aoshan, and even Wuling.

The city was easily defeated by the surprise attack of the imperial army.

On this day, the troops in front of the imperial camp broke through the five villages and captured one county. It was considered a smooth progress.

The next day, when the weather cleared up, Yue Fei once again summoned Huang Zuo and Guo Tai, the leader of Hansen Village, and asked them to continue southward along Dongting Lake to raid, attack, and surrender the water villages along the lake. Then he personally supervised the five thousand troops and followed them.

Later, at the same time, he also ordered Ma Gao and other generals to immediately go south to the Yuan River to soak up the water, and then march overland towards the Hunan area and the Xiang River area to capture cities and territories.

On this day, Huang Zuo and others once again surrendered two villages and defeated them. Among them, Yang Qin, the leader of another Dazhai village, was caught off guard and chose to surrender. At the same time, Wang Gui also defeated Chenyang.
To be continued...