Chapter 144 Victory
Yue Yun is the commander and Yue Fei loves his son. It is nothing wrong to say such words from him, and it is more casual and confident than others.
Yang Zaixing fought in this battle and made great achievements. He was originally worried that Yue Yun would make things difficult for him when he was reminiscing about his merits and deliberately suppress him. He would now let go of his past grudges with the other party, so there was no need to mention this.
He did not want to gain a reputation as a powerful man. After Yue Yun finished speaking, he did not intend to curry favor with him. He just smiled and said, "I just want to be able to serve the country regardless of the position."
Yue Yun stared at his face and knew that this person was not a false alarm. He felt even more regretful. The person in front of him was so talented that he was suppressed by himself with his personal grudges. It was ridiculous and ridiculous.
He didn't say anything at the moment, but just nodded and smiled at Yang Zaixing, turned his horse's head and returned to his subordinates.
After delaying for a while, Yue Yun felt that his spirit and body had recovered. Looking at his subordinates, he was also full of energy. Yue Yun was extremely satisfied, but he also knew that because he was too excited on the battlefield, he did not feel tired after resting for such a while. Therefore, he forced everyone to continue sitting down and rest, and he also jumped off his war horse and drank water to rest.
At this time, the battlefield was a one-sided situation. More than 100,000 people were running in front of them. Many people had already escaped from the original military camp and ran desperately in the endless wilderness. Behind them were rushing to catch up with them. Many enemy soldiers had long given up their resistance. Once they were chased by cavalry, as long as they were not cut off their heads at the first time, they would kneel on the ground and surrender. More than half of the enemy cavalry had already escaped and disappeared. Many died in the battle just now, leaving only nowhere left.
The war horses with their master were wandering around the battlefield, lowering their heads and gnawing on the grass. The soldiers of the front and central army were ordered to pull the war horses together and take good care of them. The Song army lacked horses and weapons on the battlefield, and could slowly pick them up, but the war horses must be taken care of as soon as possible. They watched for a moment. They already knew that there would be no more battles. Even if they were a little tired, it was enough. Therefore, they turned over and took their own soldiers and rushed forward.
It was already afternoon, and the battle lasted for most of the day, and the Song army ended with a great victory without any surprise. Yue Yun ran all the way, only to see that the armor and weapons were shining brightly in the sunshine.
He was in a very happy mood. His father and son were valued by the emperor. He started his career and fought against Liu Guangshi. Later, although he lost his enemies who had invaded the territory, he always did not take the land and made good achievements.
The generals of the Western Army followed the emperor to defeat the Jin soldiers and defend Chang'an to defeat Taiyuan. They were really good at fighting and majestic. Their fathers were valued. The ones who were most dissatisfied were the generals of the Western Army.
Although defeating a powerful enemy this time was not the defeated Jin soldiers. However, the number of enemy soldiers killed and captured with fewer attacks was the highest in recent years. In the next step, the Yue family army will independently shoulder the heavy responsibility of fighting with the main force of the Jin soldiers. Thinking of the Jin swords and iron horses, fighting with the Jin people to the Central Plains, Yue Yun felt full of passion and fierceness.
Because they had a rest for a while, when they set off again, there were no fewer standing enemy soldiers nearby. They were either chopped over to the ground or kneeled on the ground, waiting to fall. Yue Yun looked at it for a few seconds and knew that the battle had been rewarded with great harvests. The casualties on his own were almost negligible, and large areas of prisoners were right in front of him, countless armor and weapons were thrown all over the ground, and war horses were being collected by the Song soldiers, and everyone's faces were relaxed and excited.
He knew he could not catch up. He simply did not speed up his horse stance, but just led his subordinates to trot forward. Occasionally, there were sporadic enemies being encountered by them, either surrendering quickly or being killed by several knifes.
By the time they got to the enemy camp, there was no longer a standing enemy soldier. The cavalry who had arrived in advance obviously received the order of the commander general. They did not rush into the camp, but instead urged them to shout, asking the enemy soldiers in the camp to line up, put down their weapons in turn, untie the armor, and then squatted aside and waited for the descent.
As for those who were forced to plunder, teams of people came out of the camp at this time, all of whom were relaxed. Following Song Bing's instructions, they started from the side of the camp, picking up the armor and weapons they had just lost.
They were all forced to recruit, hated the Jin soldiers, and never agreed with the Jin people's lackeys. When they saw the Song soldiers coming, they were not panicked, but instead came forward and asked for help. The Song soldiers also knew that these Central Plains people were loyal to the Song Dynasty and had no problem, so they were relieved to ask them to pick up weapons.
Seeing that there was nothing wrong, Yue Yun was chasing the enemy, the cavalry at the departure point ran far away and could no longer catch up. Therefore, he simply rode his horse into the camp and urged the surrendered soldiers to squat in one place, allowing people to free up the place to prepare for more prisoners to come so that they can be taken into custody.
When they passed through the residence of the people, they looked around and saw that the armor was like a mountain, and the remaining 200,000 people had various materials such as food, medicine and herbs, and there were more than 20 grain camps alone. The large amount of food stockpiled could greatly slow down the supply pressure of the Song army, making Yue Yun happy.
After a while, Yue Fei arrived with the central army guards, and Fu Qing and other infantry commands also arrived. Everyone was fighting old wars, and there was no need for Yue Fei to give more instructions. They arranged defense immediately, cleaned the battlefield, counted the number of prisoners, and cleaned up the weapon. Teams of cavalry led the command of the commander to pass the deaths and deaths at a rapid pace. When the sun was in decline, the entire battlefield had been cleaned up. Even the bodies of the imperial guards who died in the battle were mostly placed in one place, with their breastplate and hanging plaque decorations, their names were recorded, and then they were covered with white cloth.
, waiting for the burial, as for the dead enemy soldiers, they will ignore it for the time being. When the people are buried tomorrow, they will be buried together. All the weapons and armor are piled up, like hills. The Song Dynasty not only lacks war horses, but also has few iron ores. In recent years, in order to build chariots, infantry, armor and swords, the people's iron has been greatly restricted. Every time they fight, the captured enemy weapons are well-designed to the imperial guards for use. The damaged ones will either be rebuilt or used for civilians. These spoils are also extremely important.
The captured war horses made everyone laugh even more. This time, Li Cheng included all the cavalry of the puppet Qi to fight. The cavalry hit the Song army's infantry and had no chance of death and injury. When the defeat was decided to escape, he was chased by the Song army's cavalry. More than half of the more than 20,000 cavalry were killed and injured, and more than 5,000 land war horses were captured. These war horses were gifted by the Jin people, all of which were top-notch horses. Because they were obtained on the battlefield, they naturally belonged to Yue Fei's army. In this way, the weight of the cavalry of the Yue family army could be increased, and the mobility and combat power would be greatly increased. How could everyone not be very happy?
According to the news from the Pedestrians, since last year, the Jin people have paid great attention to the defense near Luoyang. In addition to increasing troops in the states near Huangguan and renovating city walls, they also added horse stewards in Luoyang and Kaifeng to raise war horses on the spot. The Luoyang Horse stewards had more than 10,000 war horses, and Kaifeng Horse stewards also had this number, intending to gradually enrich the cavalry. Who knew that Yue Fei suddenly came and Li Cheng lost most of the main forces of the pseudo-Qi in one battle, which was equivalent to giving these war horses with both hands.
When the weather had just turned dark, because of the exhaustion of the war, Yue Fei decided not to return to the camp. The army stayed in the enemy camp and sent a small number of cavalry back to the camp to guard it. He also sent orders to order the troops to raise fire and cook and reward the soldiers of the three armies. After a while, a crescent moon rose, and the clear moonlight shone in the bustling military camp. The aroma of the food began to float in the camp along the breeze. All the soldiers were smiling and talking about their daytime days in front of the officer responsible for planning merit.
The credit was only to be happy to receive the meal after seeing the record in the notebook. They gathered together in groups of three or three, and talked about the battle during the day. Some people lost friends. Although they looked sad, they silently explained the credits of their friends one by one, so that they would fight for more benefits for their comrades when the government provided relief and rewards in the future. Some people also made few contributions during the day, so they hid in the corner, wiped the weapons in their hands, and made up their minds to make more contributions in the next battle.
If the Song army used national justice and military discipline to restrain the army during the war, at this time, although the Qin Dynasty's tradition of military merits was not fully restored, many additional rewards and incentive systems were added. Every soldier could support his family, and as long as he made contributions on the battlefield, his family could have food and clothing. In this way, the army's ability and courage to fight increased exponentially, which was incomparable to the past.
As the commander, Yue Fei ordered the generals to arrange the details, and he didn't care about the meal. He first told the tent that several captured enemy generals had met in the tent and asked about the enemy troops that had no established troops near Luoyang. Then he inspected the entire battalion, condolenced the injured soldiers, arranged for the front and central troops to rest early, and ordered the two armies to attack Luoyang and nearby prefectures and counties tomorrow.
When the troops were settled, most of the soldiers had eaten supper and returned to the tent to rest. When they were snoring loudly, Yue Fei then brought Yue Yun and other confidant generals back to the camp arranged for him.
Only then did he feel tired and sore all over. Although he had never visited the enemy in person on this day, he was running back and forth, observing the enemy's situation and issuing orders. There were even a few times when the enemy soldiers approached, he was ready to go into battle with the enemy in person at any time, but at the end of the day, he was exhausted.
When he looked back at Yue Yun, he saw that his son was pale and he was shaking and shaking when riding on the war horse. He knew that Yue Yun had been in danger today, and was helped by Yang Zaixing to break through the siege. This would definitely be overdrawn and difficult. He had always been harsh to Yue Yun on the surface, but in fact he loved him very much. Seeing Yue Yun like this, he waved his hand and said, "Go and rest, I don't want you to serve you here."
Chapter completed!