Chapter 125 Continuous

Bad things always seem to happen in groups. In just a few days, Yue Fei experienced a series of things including the defeat of friendly forces, betrayal by colleagues, the destruction of his jurisdiction, and the death of his benefactor. He finally suppressed all the anger in his heart and had just stabilized the defense line at the edge of his jurisdiction. Before reinforcements and instructions arrived, a serious incident occurred within the Yue Army, which could definitely be called an internal conflict!

It was definitely an internal conflict, because the conflict occurred between his uncle Yao Wang and his closest younger brother, Zhang Xian, the deputy commander of the central army and the actual leader of the Tabai Army.

As mentioned before, Yue Fei's father died early, and his younger brother Yue Fan was not very old, just a teenager, only a few years older than Yue Yun. In this case, his uncle Yao Wang, who had fled with his mother from Hebei, was actually his only blood relative... Whether they were related or not, he was his mother's family, let alone in the current situation?

In fact, according to the tradition of sharing weal and woe in those days, Yue Fei had already given his uncle the status of a commander early on, but let him lead a reserve force to manage the daily transportation of food and goods within Jeju. It was only when the military situation became serious this time that he was transferred to the front line, but he was still a close official in front of the tent, not a commander.

As for Zhang Xian, there is no need to say more. Together with Wang Gui, Tang Huai, and Yue Fei himself, the four brothers, although young, have been together through thick and thin, through life and death, for many years. They are basically real brothers.

In this situation, Yue Pengju was furious, so of course he wanted to ask for clarification himself... However, he would not know until he asked, and after asking, Yue Fei became even angrier!

It turned out that it was Yue Fei's uncle who had a hooligan habit and allowed his subordinates to rob the property of the gentry who fled from Shanzhou and Yingtianfu. Then he was caught in public by Zhang Xian and was to be punished. However, Yao Wang relied on being Yue Fei's uncle and receiving tribute from those soldiers. How could he allow a junior to bully him like this?

In the end, the two sides openly fought outside the camp, but they both remembered that there was still one person above them, so they immediately stopped after others came forward to persuade them to make peace, and there were not many casualties. The matter was immediately handed over to Yue Fei for personal handling.

Let’s talk about who is Yue Pengju?

This man is a rare person in the world who values ​​military discipline. Moreover, after the battle of Liangshanpo, combined with the simple mentality of saving his hometown in Hebei, he deeply believes that the army must have the heart to defend the country and save the people in order to achieve great things! If the looting is excessive, how is it different from the Jin people?

Otherwise, why would Zhang Xian have the guts to go against Yao Wang, his elder? It was because Yue Fei had been telling him so all day long.

Therefore, the result of the treatment did not surprise Zhang Xian and other close generals, but it was beyond the expectations of Yao Wang and all the new generals... The looted property was forced to return, Yao Wang was publicly reprimanded, beaten with fifteen sticks, and was stripped of his commanding title and demoted to a reserve general in front of the tent, while Zhang Xian was awarded a military merit.

This incident also shocked the newly arrived generals such as Li Kui and Xu Qing. Afterwards, under the leadership of the two, the new generals with messy commander titles petitioned together and took the initiative to request to have their titles demoted to commanders... This is a digression and there is no need to say more, and the matter seemed to have been dropped.

Just like that, for the next few days, Yue Fei sat in an isolated place, watching Kong Yanzhou lead 10,000 people to bypass Jeju, and follow the Jin army's route to march from Jinan along the Jishui River to enter the city of Nanjing, and work together with the main force of the Jin army to control the key points of Nanjing. Yue Pengju, who was completely confused about the situation in the west, was naturally anxious, but he did not dare to act rashly, and he did not even dare to touch Yanzhou behind him, which was bound to be empty at this time. He just asked people to retrieve the few families of Xu Qing and other Hebei refugees in Yanzhou.

Time passed until almost September, when Yue Fei finally received a piece of news that was neither good nor bad - while the messenger had not returned, a troop of nearly 5,000 soldiers went upstream along the Heshui River and headed here from the southeast.

In response to this, Yue Zhenfu naturally sent people to investigate in advance, but the news he obtained made him feel uneasy no matter how he looked at it.

Because although the general claimed to be the reinforcements sent by Zhang Jun's troops, he was not an officer listed in the Right Army of the Imperial Camp. Or to put it bluntly, this person was none other than Hu Cheng, one of the military bandits and local tyrants who had previously ruled Yizhou, and a local tyrant in Yizhou who had just surrendered to General Zhang only a month ago.

Kong Yanzhou's trouble was first, and Hu Cheng's hometown Yizhou was also on the edge of the Song Dynasty's control. If this person caused chaos, it would be too reasonable... I don't know why General Zhang sent this person to help?

But after all, they are legitimate reinforcements and we cannot ignore them.

So, upon hearing that Hu Cheng was about to lead his troops, for the sake of caution, Yue Pengju personally led his own army and the Tabai Army, as well as Wang Gui and Fu Xuan, who had just gathered their family resources to come to the rescue because Yanzhou behind them was empty, a total of 5,000 troops and horses, into Shanzhou, and waited at the junction of Heshui and Henggou.

On the last day of August, the two armies finally met across the river.

By this time, Yue Fei's messenger had returned and brought the news that Hu Cheng was indeed sent by Zhang Jun. Yue Fei had already put his mind at ease by then; when the enemy's army arrived, Yue Fei observed for a while, and seeing that the enemy had no intention of fighting, he put his mind at ease again... So, Yue Fei simply did not wear armor, carry any weapons, or ride a horse. He only led Zhang Xian, who was wearing a sword, and took the initiative to go to the floating bridge that his family had built in advance on Henggou to meet Hu Cheng.

Hu Cheng did not disappoint Yue Fei. He behaved in the same way, wearing casual clothes and accompanied only a trusted general with a sword as his guard, and went to the pontoon bridge for the meeting.

Up to this point, the hostility between the two sides had basically been eliminated by 80% to 90%. After meeting, they exchanged a few pleasantries, then put aside their grievances, shook hands and chatted happily, as if all misunderstandings had been resolved and their guards were gone.

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