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Chapter 9 Escaping the Trap

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This is a trap." Fu Xiuguo said sternly, "Tell Yue Shuai immediately, I'm afraid it's too late."

Trap? Roland was surprised and was about to ask in detail. Fu Xiuguo had already pointed to the east bank of the Shui River, "There are more than 100,000 Jin troops on the other side. Zong Han set up a trap, waiting for you to dive into it."

Roland's hair stood upside down and she was in a cold sweat. The Tiger Lieutenant Army had only more than 30,000 people. Although Yue Fei still had tens of thousands of Hebei rebels, those people lacked weapons and had not undergone rigorous training. The heavy losses in the Jiashan War were enough to prove that these people did not have the conditions to go to the battlefield. If Yue Fei commanded more than 30,000 people to cross the Yinshui River, the entire army would be wiped out. Without rescue of the Northwest Army, the Tiger Lieutenant Army would be trapped in, and Hebei would all fall.

"The message is accurate?" Roland asked anxiously.

"Geng Shouzhong surrendered with the Yisheng Army." Fu Xiuguo said angrily, "At that time, I was alone and could only surrender with him. Today, Geng Shouzhong was ordered to pick up Liu Yanzong here, and I took the opportunity to rush over with hundreds of people. If you come one step late, I will kill Geng Shouzhong."

"Did Geng Shouzhong surrender?" Lan was stunned. When Geng Shouzhong surrendered, many secrets of the Tiger Lieutenant Army were leaked, and the deployment of the Song army on the battlefield in Hebei was exposed. No wonder Yao Gu and Wang Yuan were surrounded. It turned out that Geng Shouzhong betrayed them.

"Hurry, I'm going to report to General Yue." Roland stopped and immediately wrote to Yue Fei, asking him to withdraw his troops immediately.

"The message was ordered by Liu Libian and Xiong Xiang to immediately enter Ningjin City with their infantry to block the Jin army and ensure the safe retreat of the main force."

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At noon on the 26th, Pingjicheng.

Pingjicheng is about sixty miles away from Ningjin. The horse gallops and arrives soon.

Yue Fei received an urgent report from Roland, hesitated and immediately decided to give up rescue and retreat at full speed. More than 100,000 Jin troops were on the other side. In a blink of an eye, Guo Zonghan could come and chase after him. Although the tiger army escaped from the trap, it would be severely damaged.

"I urgently report to Shuai Lu, Shuai Lin. Please withdraw to Gaoyi first. Make sure that our army retreats to Jishui River."

"He quickly retreated to Baixiang and set up a line on the Jishui River. Whether our army can retreat into Xingzhou depends on whether he can defend the Jishui River."

"I urgently told Song Jiang that our army was blocked in rescue of Yao Gu. The Jin army had to give up Zhaozhou with its main force and retreat to Xingzhou in the south. It was no longer able to support him and ensure the safety of the well track at all costs." Yue Fei thought for a moment and added. "After the Jin army conquered Zhending Prefecture, in order to block the reinforcements in Taiyuan, it is possible to divide the troops to attack the well track. If the well track cannot be defended, retreat to Chengtian Military Village. Be sure to firmly guard the key pass of Taihang. In critical circumstances, you can ask Taiyuan for help."

"I am urgently telling Li Xuanfu that Liu Xuanfu's army was counterattacked by the main force of the Jin army on the front line of the Yishuihe River. He had to give up the rescue of Yao Gu. On the 26th, the army began to retreat. The Jin army would definitely follow the chasing state and would definitely fall. If you want to defend Xingzhou, you must ask for reinforcements from Bianjing."

Yue Fei issued orders continuously, and the atmosphere in the coach camp was extremely tense.

Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, Dong Xian, Niu Gao and others came one after another. Seeing Yue Fei giving orders, they stood quietly aside, but the expressions on each of them were extremely uneasy. More than 100,000 Jin troops were on the other side. If Yao Gu could not hold on and tens of thousands of Northwest Army collapsed, more Jin troops would be transferred to the battlefield in Zhaozhou, and the Tiger and Lieutenant Army would be extremely likely to be wiped out.

Yue Fei walked to the map and looked up at Wang Gui and Dong Xian, "You two took the infantry army to evacuate. We went to Baixiang for more than 100 miles and ran all the way. We must cross the Jishui River at midnight."

"What about you?" Wang Gui asked.

"I will stay here with the horse army and guard this empty camp to paralyze the Jin army." Yue Fei said, "I will evacuate after it gets dark."

Wang Gui and Dong Xian bowed to take the order and left in a hurry.

"You bring five hundred cavalry to Ningjin City." Yue Fei said to Zhang Xian, "Tell the young marshal, ask him to give in to the army to retreat to Jishui River first, and then take the horse army to evacuate after dark."

Zhang Xian received the order, but he was puzzled. He just sent a messenger to this matter. Why did he take five hundred cavalry to run? He ran back and forth along the river to paralyze the Jin army?

"Li Xuanfu asked for a batch of weapons from Bianjing, and some of them were given to the young marshal, but not to me." Yue Fei's expressionless face, a hint of anger flashed through his eyes, obviously very dissatisfied with this matter.

Yue Fei's army was large, but most of them were Hebei rebels, and the rebels were seriously lacking in weapons. However, whether it was the monarch and ministers of Bianjing or Zhong Shidao, Liu, did not believe these rebels, and was even more worried that Yue Fei would be strong and would not lose his tail, and he would be a disaster for raising a tiger. Therefore, he neither organized Yue Fei nor supplemented his weapons. Without organization, there would be no military resources, let alone military supplies. Poor Hebei rebels sacrificed their heads and shed their blood in order to fight the Jin army, but the result was so unbearable.

Yue Fei asked Li Hu for help and also asked Hu Lie Mansion for assistance, but Hu Lie Mansion was no longer able to sustain, and Li Hu was even more helpless in Luoyang. Fortunately, Luo Sinan took the overall situation into consideration and tried every means to allocate two batches of war horse weapons to Yue Fei. However, Yue Fei's army was too large, and these two batches of war horse weapons were like drops of the bucket and could not solve the big problem. Li Gang asked for a batch of money, food and weapons from Bianjing this time, but the number was too small. Roland and Zhe Kecun's army were nearby, so he gave it to them.

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Covering requires a lot of bows and arrows." Yue Fei said to Zhang Xian, "Give us some, the more you give it, the better."

Zhang Xian was also angry when he heard about this. He immediately agreed, turned around and left.

Comparing people with people makes people angry. Everyone is fighting against the Jin Dynasty on the battlefield in Hebei. Yue Fei's army fought the most wars and had the greatest achievements, but the Hebei rebels under his command were not organized, nor did they give money, grain and weapons. They died in vain. Luo Lan is different. He is the brother-in-law of the Tiger King. From Bianjing to Hebei, he had to give him some face. Not only did the Youyan Han people he gathered were organized by 5,000, but they also had a lot of money, grain and weapons. This matter was furious when he thought about it.

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Zong Han received a report that Fu Xiuguo, the deputy commander of the Yisheng Army, defected, and the Jin army's strategy of luring the enemy into besieging Yue Fei was exposed.

Zong Han made a quick decision and ordered the entire army to cross the river immediately, attack the Tiger Lieutenant Army, drag the Tiger Lieutenant Army, and severely damage the Tiger Lieutenant Army.

In the afternoon, at the beginning of Shen's hour, the golden thread crossed the river. From Pingji to Ningjin, the river surface that was dozens of miles long was densely filled with the Jurchen sheepskin rafts.

Yue Fei left the horse army in Pingji with only more than 2,000 people. The two thousand Tiger Guards, who were originally led by him, returned to Taiyuan as early as May. Now he has only more than 2,000 cavalry. Roland has even fewer cavalry, only more than 1,000 cavalry. More than 3,000 cavalry to block the Jin army, which is simply a mantis chariot.

The sun sets westward, Zonghan crosses the river. At this moment, dozens of floating bridges have been built on the river surface, and teams of Jin troops roar in like long dragons.

The Jin army's horse army began to launch an attack. For a moment, the earth shook, and the momentum was like a rainbow, and the blockers were invincible.

Yue Fei retreated quickly. Roland ran faster than he ran. Although he wanted to block more in Ningjin, the gap in strength was too big, so it would be nice to escape the pursuit of the Jin army.

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The Tiger Lie Army retreated quickly enough. Yue Fei ordered the retreat as soon as possible, but Zong Han changed the plan faster. Tens of thousands of Jurchen horses were speeding at high speed on the Great Plains. Their attacks were so resolute and fast that the Tiger Lie Army was shattered and their souls were lost.

At dusk, Yue Fei's infantry collapsed first, and all the supplies were discarded. Tens of thousands of soldiers spread their legs and ran away desperately.

Lu Junyi and Lin Chong had retreated into Gaoyi at this moment. The north of Gaoyi City was Huaishui River. Wang Gui and Dong Xian crossed the Huaishui River with their deserters, but did not enter the city. They went south and continued to flee to Baixiang. Tens of thousands of deserters fled. The scene was very shocking. The morale of the Tiger and the Eighth Army was severely damaged. Lu Junyi and Lin Chong immediately decided to abandon Gaoyi and retreat at full speed.

Yue Fei did not retreat to Gaoyi, but instead took the horse army to directly retreat to Baixiang. The Jin army followed Yue Fei and chased him reluctantly.

Roland was closest to Jishui River and retreated the fastest, but the Jin army chased him relentlessly, which made him complain.

At dusk, Roland finally arrived at Baixiang. Baixiang was on the south bank of Jishui River, and Huaishui met Jishui, so the river surface was very wide. When Roland arrived, Zhe Kecun brought two thousand riders on the north bank to line up.

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"Shishou Zhe, have you ever seen Liu Libun and Ren Xiongxiang?" Roland rushed to Zhe Kecun on a horse and asked panting.

Zhe Kecun looked cold, looked up at the huge smoke and dust rolling in the distance, nodded slightly, "It has retreated to the south bank."

Roland breathed a sigh of relief and waved at Zhao Renyan and Liu Yan repeatedly, "Live wing array, ready to attack."

The horn rose up in the sky, and people shouted and neighed the horses. The exhausted Youyan Knights turned their horses' heads and reorganized the queue.

"Is there any news about Yue Shuai?" Fu Xiuguo asked loudly when he approached Zhe Kecun.

Zhe Kecun felt that his voice was very familiar, and he couldn't help but take a closer look. Only then did he see clearly that the person opposite was Fu Xiuguo. He was immediately surprised and happy, "Are you still alive? Where is Yishengjun? Where is Geng Shuai?"

"He surrendered, and surrendered with Yisheng Army." Fu Xiuguo took the pocket, wiped the sweat from his face hard, and cursed angrily, "Zhi Mom, I must kill him."

Zhe Kecun was stunned for a moment, with a complicated look in his eyes. In fact, even if Geng Shouzhong did not surrender, Yue Fei was unable to rescue him, and the Yisheng Army would still be wiped out.

For Geng Shouzhong and his subordinates, surrendering is the wisest choice. After all, they are not the people of the Song Dynasty, and they cannot be demanded that they must die for the Song Dynasty. Now the Song Dynasty people in Hebei are surrendering in batches. The Song Dynasty people themselves surrender, and they can still expect others to fight to guard the Song Dynasty?

"There is no news from Shuai Yue." Zhe Kecun reached out and patted Fu Xiuguo on the shoulder, and asked with concern, "You are injured, can you still persevere?"

"I must kill Geng Shouzhong." Fu Xiuguo gritted his teeth, pointed at the Jin army rushing out of the dusk, and shouted loudly, "He is there, I must kill him."

Zhe Kecun looked at the sky, turned to look at Roland, "Young Marshal..."

"We can't retreat now." Roland smiled bitterly, "Maybe Yue Shuai, Lu Shuai and Lin Shuai are coming. If we retreat across the river, they will be all done."

"Then we can't stand here and do nothing." Zhe Kecun held the hilt of the knife in his hand.
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