Inheriting the Song Dynasty

In 1127 AD, the Northern Song Dynasty fell. Immediately, the ninth imperial prince, Zhao Gou, ascended the throne in Shangqiu amidst widespread anticipation, inheriting the Song imperial line and r...

Chapter 10: The Sun Rises

However, Yue Fei did not submit to him!

"There is indeed a man, alone, waiting in front of the camp." The one who answered on behalf of the young officer at the gate was a military officer beside Wang Yan, named Fan Yihong. It turned out that he was a descendant of Fan Zhongyan, and he came to join the army after seeing the desolation of the country. Naturally, his family name made people look at him differently, so although he was just a commoner and very young, he directly became a confidential military officer beside Wang Yan.

"What does Xiao Fan mean?" Wang Yan naturally asked his think tank.

"Kill him!" Fan Yihong answered without any expression.

"Why?" Wang Yan sighed softly.

"Why?" Fan Yihong sneered. "The commander ordered him to move his troops here, but he came alone, as if he was going to disobey orders to the end. We are alone outside, surrounded by the Jin army, and Yue Fei, as a subordinate, refused to obey orders and even regarded the troops as his own property. If we don't enforce the military law at this time, how can we win over the people's hearts?"

Wang Yan remained silent but signaled to the officer in front of the gate: "Take out the remaining jars of wine, and call General Li and several other commanders nearby. I want to host a banquet for General Yue... But he is not allowed to enter the camp until the banquet is finished."

The lieutenant took the order and left. Young Lieutenant Fan wanted to say something but could only stamp his feet.

After a while, everyone hastily prepared a banquet. Two or three jars of wine would have been fine, but yesterday, when General Fan went to investigate the surrounding terrain, he encountered a bear. It was early winter, and the bear was fat and strong. General Fan ordered the bear to be shot to death with a volley of arrows. Today, Yue Fei got the chance to bear the bear.

After everyone was seated, drinks were poured, and bear paws and bear meat were stewed, a rider came to the front of the tent, calmly took off his armor and weapons, and then proudly entered the tent.

All the generals looked and saw that the man was seven feet tall, with an ordinary appearance, except that his face was a little broad and his skin was a little white. He didn't look like a farmer... However, everyone knew that this man looked ordinary, but in fact he had supernatural powers. He was the best in the army on horseback and on foot, with spear and bow and arrow. The fact that he was able to escape from the pursuing soldiers this time was because he killed a Jin general with his own hands in a desperate situation and captured another general alive.

However, from what the officers think, it is probably because of this talent that he becomes arrogant and disobeys orders from his superiors.

In fact, when this person came closer, he bowed deeply to Wang Yan who was sitting in the main seat, and then sat down by himself, looking disdainful the whole time, as if he was rolling his eyes at Wang Yan.

Wang Yan frowned immediately: "What's wrong with your eyes? Why is one bigger than the other?"

"To answer the commander's question," the broad-faced man, who was also the Yue Fei that someone had been dreaming of, just raised his hand slightly and told the truth. "I was on the rearguard last month and was hit by an arrow from the Jin army. Although my eye was not broken, my eyebrow bone was injured. Now I look down on people. Even after the injury heals, I am afraid that I will look at people with different eyes."

Wang Yan was silent for a while, then he twirled his beard and said, "Pengju, you have worked hard to cover the rear!"

"I am originally from Hebei," said Yue Fei, who was sitting on the top left hand, calmly. "Fighting the Jin and killing the enemy is what I want, and I don't feel it's hard."

Wang Yan became more speechless.

"Commander Yue!" At this moment, seeing his own general was speechless and his momentum was taken away by a chaotic soldier, the young officer Fan, who was sitting diagonally opposite Yue Fei, could not bear it any longer. "I just want to ask you, why did you ignore the orders from General Wang to lead the troops to join the camp? Isn't General Wang your superior?"

"Of course, General Wang was my superior in the past, but whether he will be my superior in the future or not, I will have to ask him a few questions today to know." Yue Fei was too lazy to hide anything.

"absurd……"

"You ask." Wang Yan was a generous person and simply answered.

"General." Yue Fei turned his head and stared at the other man with his big and small eyes. He pursed his lips for a moment, and then his face twitched slightly, and he spoke with difficulty. "I was behind to cover the retreat, and my men had almost died. Why didn't you come to meet me as promised?"

Wang Yan remained silent, and everyone in the room was speechless. Even the young general Fan just lowered his head and gnawed a piece of bear meat... There was no other reason. In fact, everyone in the room knew the answer, and the answer was extremely simple, but no one could say it out loud.

What do you mean?

It's very simple. Yue Fei's army was just one of the eleven armies under Wang Yan. From the very beginning, Wang Yan was ready to abandon Yue Fei's army. He was prepared to let Yue Fei's army be completely annihilated or surrounded. From the very beginning, Wang Yan's central army was not prepared to provide support. Later, when Yue Fei requested reinforcements, although Wang Yan agreed verbally, he still had no real intention of rescuing anyone... But no one expected that Yue Fei was so good at fighting that he was able to bring the troops out alive.

Wang Yan cannot be blamed for this matter. When surrounded on all sides, as the commander-in-chief, he had to make choices among the troops and cut off the rear to survive, which has always been a common decision on the battlefield.

But since the other person came back alive and questioned him face to face, the prince, as a wealthy man, could only admit that he was in the wrong and had nothing to say.

"That's all." Yue Fei let out a long breath, then shook his head. "After all, it's a military arrangement. I have another question, which is the reason why I didn't want to move the camp before and why I came here alone today..."

"Go ahead!" Wang Yan became more concise.

"I heard that the captain has built a camp and a wall in the mountains, and has let three commanders occupy the top of the mountain. He is actually planning to recuperate in the mountains and stay there for a long time. I heard that he is also going to contact some heroes from the two rivers in the mountains to join in the fight against the Jin army?" Yue Fei's eye, which was injured by the arrow, was opened wide, and the skin under his eye socket twitched constantly. He said calmly, but his emotions were extremely intense.

"Is it not possible?" Wang Yan also became serious.

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