One Piece of Song Dynasty

Regarding the arrival of Han Shizhong and Qu Duan, Yue Fei personally went out of the city to greet them and said: "My Yue Fei, I have met these two commanders."

Han Shizhong dismounted and clasped his fists, saying: "We hurried and hurried slowly, but we didn't expect that you, Yue Fei, would take the lead."

Qu Duan also echoed: "Yes, General Yue, Datong was the target of our central governor's office at the beginning, but I didn't expect that it would fall into your hands in the end."

Yue Fei smiled and said: "Two commanders, you can't blame Yue for this. I didn't know that the Jin Army would abandon Datong City. When I got here yesterday, Datong was already empty."

Han Shizhong sighed: "It's a pity that Jin Wushu ran away."

Qu Duan rolled his eyes at Han Shizhong and said: "Brother Han, you think Jin Wushu is stupid. The Jin army suffered heavy losses and low morale all the way back north. If Jin Wushu also gave up Datong."

Yue Fei said: "Okay, two marshals, let's go to the city to chat. I have prepared a banquet. To celebrate the success of the Northern Expedition, we will not return until we get drunk tonight."

Just as they were about to enter the city, they heard someone shouting that there was an urgent message from Yanjing. When the messenger arrived, he dismounted and handed over the letter and said: "Generals, this is an urgent message from the prince."

Several people opened the letter and looked at it. The messenger said: "I wonder if General Zhe Yanzhi has an urgent letter here from the prince to General Zhe."

Qu Duan took the letter and said, "General Zhe is still behind. Please deliver his letter to someone."

The messenger clasped his fists and said, "Then I'll leave it to General Qu."

Han Shizhong put away the letter and asked: "You two, what did the prince say in the letter?"

Yue Fei replied: "Your Majesty asked me to occupy Datong, return to Xuande Mansion, and station myself in the area of ​​Xuande Mansion."

Qu Duan said: "Your Majesty asked me to lead an army of men to garrison Baideng in Datong. Brother Han, what about you, Your Majesty?"

Han Shizhong smiled and said: "Of course Mr. Han is a neighbor of your brother Qu. Ningbian Prefecture, Wuzhou and Shuozhou are all Mr. and Mrs.'s territory."

Qu Duan said: "It seems that the prince of the defense zone after the war has already thought about it. Okay, let's go to the city first. I will go to deliver a message to General Zhe first. Since Datong will be my territory from now on, then today's banquet will be counted as Qu Duan's." That’s it.”

Han Shizhong and Yue Fei entered the city, and Qu Duan found Zhe Yanzhi: "General Zhe, this is an urgent message from the prince."

Zhe Yanzhi took the letter, read it and said, "Well, thank you, General Qu."

Qu Duan asked curiously: "General Zhe, what did the prince say in the letter?"

Zheyan smiled and said: "It's nothing. The prince asked me to lead the army to garrison the front line of Daizhou, Taiyuan."

Qu Duan joked: "That's good, we will be neighbors in the future, but in Datong, I will act as a shield for you, General Zhe. Haha, let's go, General Zhe, let's go into the city. As the master of Datong today, I will host a banquet." Treat a few colleagues."

At noon, Qu Duan prepared a banquet to entertain the generals. During the banquet, Qu Duan raised his wine glass and said: "Everyone, as the future master of Datong, Qu Duan specially arranged this celebration banquet to entertain you today. Come, let us celebrate the success of the Northern Expedition." Finish this glass of wine." After that, everyone drank it down.

After drinking, Yue Fei joked: "General Qu, today's banquet was supposed to be hosted by Yue, but I didn't expect that you snatched it away."

Qu Duan smiled and said: "Haha, who asked the prince to let us station in Datong in the future? General Yue wants to invite me. I can wait until Qu goes to Xuande Mansion and invite General Yue."

Yue Fei nodded and said: "Come on, let's wait until you go to Xuande Mansion, and Yue will entertain you again."

Han Shizhong said: "Brother Qu, after the Northern Expedition is over, your and my duties as governors of the East and Central Routes will be over. It is estimated that the prince will abolish these two governors' offices by then. What new positions do you think the prince will give us?"

Qu Duan shook his head and said: "I don't know what kind of official title the prince will give us, but the achievements of the Northern Expedition are on display here. Besides, the prince has already designated a defense zone for us. He will definitely not treat us badly."

Han Shizhong nodded and said: "That's true, what does General Yue think?"

Yue Fei said: "Of course Yue listened to the prince's arrangements. The prince must have thought more carefully than us."

Han Shizhong said thoughtfully: "Okay, I don't want to think about it anymore, let's have a drink."

The next day Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Zhe Yanzhi each led their armies and left Datong. Li Shifu and Yue Yun left cavalry for Qu Duan, and the remaining two followed Yue Fei to Yanjing.

For Li Shifu and Yue Yun, Li Xin planned to have them each form a cavalry force of people in the future as mobile troops to rush to various frontline battlefields at any time or to be used as a strategic assault force.

On the way back to Xuande Mansion, Yue Fei told Yue Yun: "Yun'er, you are now the commander of the First Army. You performed well in this Northern Expedition, but be careful not to be arrogant and complacent. There will be many battles in the future. You must be calm and think more on the battlefield. , you can’t just think about yourself, there are thousands or even tens of thousands of soldiers following you behind you, and the lives of these people are also in your hands, so you must not raise troops out of anger on the battlefield, and you must be sure before making a decision Think more.”

Yue Yun nodded and said: "Yes, father, I have remembered it."

Yue Fei then warned: "Also, you must keep a low profile in the officialdom. Don't be unscrupulous and arrogant because of the prince's favor. This will only bring trouble to yourself and your family."

Yue Yun cupped his fists and said, "Father, the child understands."

Yue Fei said to Li Shifu: "General Li, you and my son are both cavalry officers. I hope General Li will take good care of my son in the future."

Li Shifu said humbly: "General Yue is very commendable. I am only a few years older than Xiao Yunzi. Xiao Yunzi is still very talented as a cavalry commander. In addition, the prince is extremely fond of Xiao Yunzi. General Yue can do it." no need to worry."

Yue Fei shook his head and said: "It is precisely because the prince loves him so much that I am more worried about him, so I asked General Li to take care of him. If he does anything wrong, I hope General Li will remind him. If he doesn't listen, , General Li can come to Yue as soon as possible."

Li Shifu cupped his fists and said, "Okay, since General Yue said so, I would be disrespectful. If Xiao Yunzi does anything wrong, I will remind you in time."

While Yue Yun and Li Shifu were still returning to the army, Jin Wushu led the army to Xuanning. After arriving in Xuanning, Jin Wushu summoned the generals to discuss follow-up matters.

Jin Wushu asked first: "Sa Lihe, will the Song army catch up?"

Sa Li shook his head and said: "Marshal, the cavalry scouts reported that the Song army did not catch up. After occupying Datong, the Song army did not continue to go north. We are safe."

Jin Wushu nodded and said: "That's good. Let's talk about what we should do next. Should we go to the southwest to recruit the Division or the northwest to recruit the Division."