Fenghou

Yue Yun pressed his brother's shoulder and asked anxiously, "Where's father? Didn't he come back with you?"

"My father was put under house arrest. Zhang Bao and I escaped from Lin'an with the help of Chen Qing's subordinates."

"imprison……"

Yue Yun's body shook, and he finally got the definite news that his father was really sent to prison.

He suddenly pulled out his sword, cut off the table table with one sword, and said through gritted teeth: "The emperor is stupid, the treacherous officials are in power, and Zhongliang is framed. Such a dynasty does not deserve my Yue Yun's allegiance, it is better to go against it!"

"Brother must not!"

Yue Lei knelt down and wept, "Father asked me to come back just to stop Eldest Brother's impulsiveness. Eldest Brother can resign to take care of his family, or find another job, but he can't rebel. This will ruin Father's reputation for the rest of his life!"

After finishing speaking, Yue Lei took out Yue Fei's troop transfer gold medal, held it up high and said, "There is an order in the capital, if General Yue Yun has the intention of rebelling, he can be deprived of his military authority."

Seeing his father's troop transfer gold medal, Yue Yun couldn't help but sat down slumped, sighed and said, "I know, I won't rebel, and I won't ruin my father's reputation for the rest of his life."

At this time, Yue Lei glanced at Xue Bi behind him, "Can Xue Canjun avoid it for a while, I want to talk about family matters with my brother."

As long as Yue Yun doesn't rebel, Xue Bi is relieved, he nodded, turned and walked out of the big tent.

Yue Yun looked at his brother doubtfully and asked, "What do you want to say?"

"Father said that the imperial court is very likely to arrest eldest brother and Zhang Xian. Father told you to resign and return to your hometown to avoid arrest, but I want to persuade elder brother to join the Western Army. We will continue to fight against gold, regain the Central Plains, and make up for the regrets of last year. So many officials have defected to Jingzhao, and even high-ranking officials like Zhe Yanzhi and Lu Qingshan have defected to the Sichuan-Shanxi Army, why can’t we go, and have to serve the fatuous emperor?”

Yue Yun nodded and asked, "I heard you just now, that you escaped with the help of Chen Qing's subordinates?"

"Exactly! As soon as we escaped from the city, the imperial court began to arrest us. I guess I took away my father's troop transfer gold medal. There are checkpoints everywhere. We can't escape at all. No one helps us, so Zhang Bao went to We asked for help from the Sichuan-Shaanxi Museum, but unexpectedly the other party agreed, and Wei Yanzong, the deputy commander of the intelligence agents, personally led us to break through."

At this time, there was a loud commotion outside, and the soldiers ran over and said, "Young General, all the generals are here!"

Yue Lei changed his mind, Zhang Bao should have told everyone the news.

Chapter 15 Choice

In the big tent, dozens of generals gathered together, and everyone was filled with righteous indignation. Their beloved coach was framed and imprisoned, and their own interests would also suffer heavy losses. Zhang Jun wanted to demote each of them to three ranks. It is doubtful that Zhang Jun is such a person. If they are demoted, Zhang Jun's subordinates can be naturally inserted in and take over their positions.

"Major General, let's rebel!"

The commanders shouted, "I would rather die than give in, fight them!"

"Go to Lin'an and rescue Yue Dutong!" Everyone shouted in unison.

"Please be quiet, generals!"

Yue Yun yelled, and the big tent fell silent immediately, dozens of pairs of eyes looked at Yue Yun together.

Yue Yun held up the gold medal and said, "This is the commander of the capital and asked my brother Yue Lei to bring it back. With this gold medal, we are ordered not to rebel. This is a military order, and we must obey it unconditionally. Therefore, if you call the rebels again, behead them!"

The big tent was still very quiet, and everyone's fanatical gazes dimmed.

Yue Yun continued: "However, each of us can make our own choices. If we don't want to be loyal to the imperial court, we can choose to go back to our hometown or go to the Western Army. The control has not stopped these. Except for rebellion, other Choose, I will not object, let alone interfere?"

"What about the army?"

A general asked: "We want to go to the Western Army, can we take the army away?"

The intelligence spies sent by Chen Qing had secretly talked with them and asked them to bring the army over. The military ranks remained the same, and the military rank was raised to one level. Arranged, how can the generals not be tempted?

Yue Yun thought for a while and said: "Disbanding the army now will cause unnecessary trouble. I will bring the army to the Anhua Army. If you choose to join the Western Army, you can take your subordinates to Dengzhou at that time. stop."

Of course, Yue Yun was unwilling to hand over the soldiers to the corrupt and dark Zhang Jun's army. The soldiers would be reduced to the bottom and suffer all kinds of oppression. He would rather all the soldiers go to the Western Army.

"Agree with my plan, you can raise your hand now!" Yue Yun looked at everyone.

"Agreed!" Controlling Yao Zheng raised his hand first.

"Agree! Agree!" The voices came one after another, and more and more people raised their hands, and finally almost everyone raised their hands in agreement.

Yue Yun nodded, "Let's go back to Xiangyang first, and stay in Xiangyang City for a day. Everyone, bring your family and go to the Anhua Army together. Let's go back and pack up! We will leave in an hour."

Everyone went back to clean up one after another, Yue Lei asked: "Brother, don't you want to go to the Western Army?"

"No! I have to meet my mother first and listen to her opinion before I can make a decision."

Yue Yun and Yue Lei are brothers from the same mother. Their mother is Yue Fei's ex-wife Liu Shi. She brought her up, so Yue Yun regards Li Wa as his biological mother and is extremely filial to her. If he wants to join the Western Army, of course he must ask his mother's opinion, and she can only go if she agrees.

If his mother wanted to stay and take care of the family, he would not hesitate to resign and return home.

That night, Yue Yun led an army of [-] to leave Changlin County and head north to Xiangyang.

……

Chen Qing really didn't expect that Zhang Jun would send his eldest son Zhang Ziqi to see him, so he immediately ordered his soldiers to bring Zhang Ziqi into the tent.

"See His Royal Highness King Yong for humble positions!"

Chen Qing smiled and waved his hands, "Zhang Canjun doesn't need to be polite, please sit down!"

Zhang Ziqi took out the letter from his father Zhang Jun and presented it to Chen Qing, "This is a letter written by my father to His Highness, but I have to take the letter back with me. Please forgive me, Your Highness!"

This is Zhang Jun's caution, he can't hand over the letter to Chen Qing, in case it is revealed one day and the court finds out, he will be overwhelmed and walk away.

Chen Qing smiled and nodded, opened the letter and read it again, then passed the letter to Zhang Xiao next to him for review, Chen Qing said again: "Your father is very discerning, I really want to recruit part of Yue Fei's army, of course, the premise is that they If you are willing, since your father has thought of this, what is he going to do? It was not mentioned in the letter."

The key point is that it cannot be written, but must be dictated. This is why Zhang Jun sent his son here. Only his son's dictation can be believed by the other party.

"Father has sent people to spread rumors in Yue Fei's army. All generals will be demoted to three ranks, and all soldiers' salaries will be halved. Then my father will lead an army of [-] to Xiangyang Mansion, but he will slow down all the way to give the soldiers time to choose." If you want to escape and go home, let them go home, if you want to go to the Western Army, then go to the Western Army, and finally take over the rest of the army, and give the court an explanation."

"Your father thinks the court can accept this result?"

Zhang Ziqi bowed slightly and said: "My father said that the imperial court may not want this army, it is more in the interest of the imperial court to disband them, and there will be no more Yue Family Army from now on. My father also said that if this army has a strong sense of identification with Yue Fei, then The Son of Heaven will definitely issue an order to disband the army."

Chen Qing smiled slightly, "Whether Yue Fei's army is disbanded or not is actually in the hands of your father."

"Your Highness is right."

Chen Qing said again: "If the imperial court asks your father to attack South Jing South Road, what should he do?"

"My father believes that the Son of Heaven will not attack the South Jing Road, but the imperial court will station troops in some southern state capitals. This will not destroy the agreement reached between His Highness and the Son of Heaven last year."

At this time, Zhang Xiao asked with a smile beside him: "Yue Fei's military power has been deprived, and envoy Zhang Xuan is not worried that it will be his and Han Shizhong's turn next?"

Zhang Ziqi looked sadly and said: "My father is really worried!"

"I'll give your father a suggestion, let him take the initiative to apply for a military supervisor from the court, and then offer food and drink. With the supervisor, the court will not revoke your father's military post for the time being."

Zhang Ziqi stood up and saluted gratefully: "Thank you, Master Zhang, for your reminder, I will definitely tell my father!"

Chen Qing returned the letter to him, wrote another reply letter for him to take back, and then ordered his soldiers to send Zhang Ziqi out of the camp.

After Zhang Ziqi left, Chen Qing frowned, "Why did Zhang Jun think of sending his son to find me?"

Zhang Xiao said lightly: "This Zhang Jun must want to disband all Yue Fei's troops, and then fabricate some stories, such as soldiers rebelling, he sent troops to suppress, and the remnants of the army fled to Dengzhou, and then died tens of thousands, making the situation more serious , the imperial court has concerns, so they dare not remove his military power so easily, so he sent his son to communicate with him in advance, just to show his goodwill first, and then when he shifts the responsibility to His Highness, His Highness will not blame him."

"You're really cunning and cunning!"

Chen Qing said with a smile: "So we can go to Dengzhou to receive Yue Fei's army?"

"of course can!"

Zhang Xiaoxin said: "His Royal Highness can make a big publicity and encourage Yue Fei's army to come to join him. With Yue Fei's army joining, there will be more hope of defeating Wanyan Wushu this time."

Chen Qing sent a personal team to Guanzhong with his gold medal, and asked the [-] support army to stay in Guanzhong and not to come to the Central Plains for support.

He has already obtained a new force of tens of thousands of people, which is enough to solve the problem of the shortage of troops on the East Road.

……

At this time, the city of Xiangyang was full of turmoil, and various rumors were spreading among the Xiangyang garrison. After Zhang Jun took over, he would remove Yue Fei's generals by demotion by three ranks. soldiers will be reduced to privates.

At the same time, Chen Qing plastered solicitation notices all over Xiangyang City by means of notices to the officers and soldiers.

In the letter to the generals, he strongly condemned the court for punishing the governor Yue Fei for the crime of resisting gold, and pointed out that the reason why Yue Fei was dismissed from his post and imprisoned was that he did not obey the edict of resisting three times during the Northern Expedition, which offended the emperor and the surrender faction in the court, which attracted the attention of the prison. disaster.

The imperial court not only punished Yue Fei, but also punished the soldiers who followed him against the Jin Dynasty as revenge for what they called the Yue Family Army.

The generals and soldiers of the Yue Family Army will fall into an unprecedented predicament.

But there is still an army in the world that is unwilling to join forces with the imperial court, that is, the Sichuan-Shanxi Army. Chen Qing called on all the soldiers of the Yue family army to join the Western Army, and together they will raise the banner of anti-gold, drive out the Jurchen Tartars, and take back the land that our ancestors lived for generations , to avenge our parents, wives and children who were massacred by Jurchen cavalry.

At the same time, Chen Qing made three promises in the name of King Yong. First, the military ranks of all the generals who came to serve will remain unchanged, and their military ranks will be promoted by one level;[-]. The family members of all the soldiers who served in the service will also receive land and tax-free treatment, and their lives and houses will be properly resettled by local governments.

On the one hand, the demotion of rank and salary and status, and on the other hand, the promotion of salary and salary protection, the result can be imagined, especially Chen Qing's letter to the soldiers made countless soldiers excited, and let them put down their worries.

A steady stream of armies rushed to Dengzhou.

Chapter 16 Collection

Xuanfu Mansion on North Jingbei Road is located in the northwest of Xiangyang City. It is also Yue Fei's mansion. Yue Fei's wife Li Wa lives here with several children.

In the back hall, Li Wa listened to Yue Yun's narration with tears in her eyes.

She wiped away her tears, nodded and said: "Your father is too upright, sticking to his principles blindly, even if the emperor doesn't give him face, I knew he would have today's disaster sooner or later, hey! To save his life is an open eye from heaven .”

"Mother, my father asked me to resign and return to my hometown to take care of my family, and my son also wants the same."

Li Wa hesitated and said, "Yun'er, you are only 20 years old and have a bright future. It's too unfair to you to just resign and return home!"

Yue Yun shook his head, "Mother, as the saying goes, loyalty and filial piety cannot be fulfilled, the child would rather give up his future."

Li Wa was still a little hesitant. At this moment, seeing her second son Yue Lei hesitated to speak, she asked, "Lei Er, what do you want to say?"

Yue Lei bowed and said, "I told my mother that my father said that the imperial court will not let eldest brother and Zhang Xian go, even if my eldest brother resigns, he will be arrested, so I suggest that my eldest brother go to the Western Army and ask Chen Qing to help my father. "

Just as Yue Yun was about to speak, Li Wa stopped him, and asked Yue Lei, "Can Chen Qing help your father?"

"Baby heard what Zhang Bao said. Zhang Bao said that the only thing the emperor is afraid of is Chen Qing."

"Hurry up and let Zhang Bao come to see me!"

The reason why Li Wa hesitated just now was because she didn't want to go back to her hometown to escape, but was thinking about how to help her husband.

Not long after, Zhang Bao hurried into the hall, knelt down on one knee and said, "Zhang Bao sees the mistress!"

"General Zhang, please excuse me!"

Li Wa asked: "You told Lei Er, can Chen Qing save the master?"

Zhang Bao nodded, "I heard something in Lin'an that Uncle Zheng Guo was as rich as a country. After the Queen Mother passed away, he was targeted by the emperor and other powerful officials and relatives who wanted to rob him of his wealth. With the whole family fleeing, Chen Qing issued a statement in the "Beijing News" that if he dared to touch Uncle Zheng Guo, he would be an enemy of the Western Army, and then the court dropped all charges against Uncle Zheng Guo, and Uncle Zheng Guo was safe and sound."

"Why did Chen Qing help Uncle Zheng Guo?"

"I heard that Uncle Zheng Guo's son is a general under Chen Qing."

Li Wa was stunned, she nodded and said to Yue Yun: "Your father has never done anything that harmed the country or the people, we can't let him go to jail unjustly, let alone let him be tortured and convicted, we have to find a way to rescue him, Yun'er Do you understand? If Chen Qing can save your father, then we should ask Chen Qing for help, instead of resigning and returning to his hometown, that would be an escape, and we cannot leave your father behind bars."

Yue Yun said ashamedly: "My child's thinking is too simple, I will lead the army north to join Chen Qing, and then implore Chen Qing to help my father out of prison!"

"That's right, let's do it separately. I'm going to Lin'an to visit your father. If your father is exiled, I will go with him. You and Lei'er go to the Western Army."

Li Wa's attitude is very firm, she can't go back to her hometown, she wants to be with her husband.

At this time, Yue Lei said: "I will accompany my mother to Lin'an, and I have to return the gold medal to my father, otherwise he will be convicted for it, we can go to Jiangling to take a boat, there are all the fleets of the Western Army, there are big ships. "

Zhang Bao also said: "I led thirty soldiers to escort the mistress and the children to Lin'an."

Yue Yun was a little hesitant to go to the Western Army before, because he knew that once he went to the Western Army, he would not be able to turn back. If the court uses his father as a general again, his father will have no one to help him.

Now he has also figured it out, if Chen Qing can save his father, then what's the point of being loyal to Chen Qing?If the father is a civil servant, there are brothers and mothers, and there are people around the father to help.

More importantly, since I am in the Western Army, my father and my family still have a way out, and they can go to Guanzhong to settle down.

Thinking of this, Yue Yun said to Yue Lei and Zhang Bao: "I entrust the safety of my mother and my younger siblings to you!"

Yue Lei said with a smile: "Brother, don't worry! The sailors of the Western Army will escort us all the way, there will be no problems. We will go to Lin'an, and they will arrange the accommodation. Brother Wei told me personally."

Li Wa pulled out a silver hairpin, stuck it in Yue Yun's hair, stared at him and said, "Be like your father, be a man of indomitable spirit, drive out the Tartars, and restore our Han family!"

Yue Yun kowtowed three times to Li Wa, choked with sobs and said, "Mother taught me, my child will always remember it in my heart, I hope mother will take care of you all the way!"

……

Early the next morning, Yue Yun personally led troops to send his mother and his party thirty miles away. Zhang Bao and Yue Lei led five hundred soldiers to escort Li Wa and five younger siblings to the south, accompanied by Wei Yanzong, the warrior leader of Lin'an Intelligence Station, and ten subordinates.

Wei Yanzong was protecting Yue Lei back to Xiangyang, because he wanted Yue Lei to send the gold medal back to Lin'an, so Wei Yanzong waited for a few days, and at the same time sent someone to Dengzhou to deliver a letter to His Royal Highness King Yong, and soon he received King Yong His Highness's warrant requires him to escort Yue Fei's wife and children back to Lin'an.

Of course, Wei Yanzong thought very carefully, instead of going to Lin'an, he went to Yuhang County, and the family reunited after Yue Fei was released.

Yue Yun immediately led an army of 10,000 to go northward. In addition to Yue Yun's [-] troops, there were also [-] troops who controlled Xu Qing, and [-]+ family members followed him north to Dengzhou.

The team is mighty and mighty, stretching for more than [-] miles.

Yue Fei has a total of 3 troops, of which [-] troops from the Eastern Route Army are commanded by Wu Jie and the brothers Wu Jie. Jun's general Sun Xiu commanded him and was stationed in Guangzhou.