It was a little chilly in the mountainous areas of North China in winter. Yue Fei, feeling very upset, left Wang Yan's stronghold alone on horseback. Not long after he entered a mountain pass, he felt a cold wind blowing in his face, which calmed him down a lot.
Yue Fei was undoubtedly a very talented person:
He was clearly born into a traditional northern peasant family, and his two elder brothers were not raised to adulthood, but he was born with supernatural powers, as if he were some kind of god or monster that had descended to earth. His martial arts skills improved by leaps and bounds, and soon he became the bravest of the three armies today. He was truly a rare brave general!
You know, Zhao Jiu over there can use a hard bow of 1.5 stones, which makes him boast about being both a civil and military expert, but Yue Fei can use a three-stone bow right from the start, and his waist crossbow can even use eight stones!
Not only that, when he was young, he mainly practiced martial arts and had to find time to help his parents with farm work. He only learned to read and write occasionally, but he made rapid progress in this aspect. When he was 20 years old, he was kicked out of his job as a archer in Xiangzhou because of drinking and making trouble. As a result, at the age of 24, he could write a thousand-word letter to the government... Is it okay to be able to write a thousand-word letter in this day and age?
And in a few years, he will be able to write poetry of that level, needless to say.
In addition to this, the most terrible thing is that facing the precarious situation of his country, this young man's character and personality has been growing rapidly... When he was young, his personality was much more irritable and stubborn than it is now, but after experiencing one thing after another, he is no longer the same as before.
It was just like what was happening right now. In fact, Yue Pengju, standing on his horse with his spear in hand, staring at the Taihang Mountains in a trance, vaguely understood in his heart that something was wrong with both him and Wang Yan today.
Among them, Wang Yan's character was originally the same as his own before, stubborn, self-righteous, and black-and-white. He had both the heroism and flaws of a warrior, as well as the sourness and insight of a scholar after reading some books. But the other party actually chose to be tolerant and generous today, and no one knew why.
In the same way, Yue Fei asked himself that he was really a person who was good at learning and correcting his mistakes. Although it was difficult to change one's nature, he rarely let himself repeat the same mistakes after a certain incident... For example, when impeaching Li Gang, Yue Pengju had already understood how precious the existence of a prime minister like Li Gang was all the way from the imperial court! After crossing the river this time, he vaguely realized that if he wanted to fight against the Jin, he had to consider the overall situation, gather strength from the rear, and then cross the river to the north with a magnificent army, in order to truly restore Hebei!
In fact, this was also the fundamental reason why he and Wang Yan had a strategic conflict, and why he questioned Wang Yan today - guerrilla warfare in the mountains is not impossible, but it is impossible to really defeat the Jin cavalry by doing so!
What Yue Fei wants is to return my land to me!
However, when the time came, he still lost his composure, was still filled with resentment, and was still mixed with too many personal emotions!
However, compared to Wang Yan's abnormality which was difficult to analyze, the reason for Yue Fei's own abnormality was already revealed by Wang Yan - this is Xinxiang, and Xiangzhou is ahead!
Yue Fei had even been to this mountainous area before, because Tangyin was in the south of Xiangzhou, and this mountainous area was in the north of Xinxiang, only a hundred miles away. A hundred miles away, Yue Pengju's mother, wife, and eldest son Yue Yun, who was born at the age of sixteen, were all there, but there had been no news of them for years, and no one knew whether they were alive or dead.
With his hometown in front of him and facing such a difficult situation, it’s no wonder that General Wang would feel sorry for himself!
However, back to the present, Yue Fei has to make a decision - at this time the Jin army has a large number of troops outside, should he still try to go to Xiangzhou?
"elder brother!"
Just as Yue Fei stood on his horse, expressionless, looking down at the towering Taihang Mountains with his eyes wide open, his heart was filled with emotion. Suddenly, two riders came from the other side of the mountain pass, and the leader called out to them as soon as he saw Yue Fei's figure from afar.
Yue Fei knew without looking or asking that this was Zhang Xian, the most lively of his brothers. He could even guess that following behind Zhang Xian must be Tang Huai, who appeared cold but was warm-hearted and taciturn.
Zhang Xian, Tang Huai, and Wang Gui, who must be in charge of the overall situation in the military camp at this time, are the closest brothers to Yue Fei. They all came from Tangyin County, a hundred miles north. When they were young, they learned horse riding and archery from their mentor Zhou Tong. After growing up, they started as local archers and moved around. They always supported each other and never left each other.
They are said to be his right-hand man, but in fact they are just brothers.
"Brother!" Zhang Xian rode up to him, still nervous. "That General Wang has a bad temper, so he didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"
"No." Yue Fei turned around and said with a smile. "Instead, he gave us a written document, allowing us to lead our troops to go anywhere we want."
"Why are you so easy to talk to?" Even Tang Huai, who always had a cold face, was surprised.
"We thought that this Wang Taiwei wanted to kill my brother!" Zhang Xian was even more lively. "If that's the case, doesn't that mean we can go home? When will we leave? After picking up my aunt, my sister-in-law, and our relatives, will we come back?"
"Listen to what my brother has to say." Tang Huai suppressed Zhang Xian with a cold look. "This matter is not that simple. The Jin soldiers ahead are densely packed, and they are all cavalry, while we only have seven or eight hundred soldiers, three hundred of whom are the bandits under the command of Ji Qing who just surrendered. How can we use them?"
"It's not just that it's useless." Yue Fei did not hide anything in front of his brothers. "The key is that these people are good men who are willing to fight against the Jin. If we put ourselves in their shoes, how can we ask them to send them to the north just for the selfish interests of our brothers?"
"What kind of selfishness is this?" Zhang Xian was immediately anxious. "Does going to Tangyin mean we are not fighting against the Jin? If that's the case, then Emperor Zhao tricked us brothers and more than 7,000 good men into crossing the river, and then suddenly ignored us, causing us to end up like this even though we clearly won the battle. Isn't it that all 7,000 of us were sent here for Emperor Zhao's selfishness?"
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