In a blink of an eye, it was late May of the third year of Hongwu. It was the second month of summer in late May of the lunar calendar, which was the hottest time of the year.

North of the Keyimen, the land on both sides of the Yellow River is still grandly in the scorching heat of midsummer. The scorching sun hangs high, baking the earth. Only the bank of the Yellow River is a little cool and moist.

For the Northern Song army, whose cavalry strength is still insufficient, this hot and dry summer is the most suitable day for the conquest of the Jin Dynasty.

Not only because the Jurchens were afraid of heat, but also because the scorching heat and arid desert north of the Keyi Gate had blocked the Jurchen cavalry's detour southwards - of course, the Song army would not be unprepared, but in this season, the cost of guarding for the rear route would be greatly reduced.

Therefore, for the Song army, which had strong infantry and weak cavalry, it was extremely beneficial to head north during the hot and dry seasons.

On the official road north of the Keimen Fortress, near the west bank of the Yellow River, two infantry troops, one cavalry army, and 20,000 civilians who drove mules, horses, carts, or mules to drag grain ships, had already set up formations and were ready to go.

Now the full staff of the Northern Song Dynasty's military troops are all under the jurisdiction of six generals, including four infantry generals, one cavalry general, and one directly under the command of one general. Not counting the personal followers of the officers and the cavalry, the full staff is 12,000!

At this moment, the two infantry troops spread along the Yellow River were all fully organized. Their numbers were the Imperial Army and the Shaanxi First Army. Among them, the Imperial Army was commanded by Yue Fei, who was commanded by the commander, while the Shaanxi First Army was commanded by Wu Jie.

These two armies now form hollow square formations, with the imperial tent troops in front, and the first army in Shaanxi behind - the eight infantry generals belonging to the two armies formed a hollow square formation, arranged neatly along the bank of the Yellow River.

The cavalry generals and direct generals of the two armies will be disbanded and put into the hollow square formation.

Li Shifu's Yulin Cavalry Army was not used to open the way, but followed the rear of the Shaanxi First Army, covering 20,000 people and thousands of grain transport ships, and slowly moving.

The Yulin Cavalry Army is also organized like the infantry army. It can reach 12,000 people when the full quota is completed... It also does not include the following of officers and the armored cavalry. Because there are many powerful and heroic ministers in the Yulin Army, and there are also many armored cavalry who need assistance from auxiliary soldiers. Therefore, the number of followers of the Yulin Cavalry is large. Including them, the entire army can easily exceed 20,000 when the full quota is completed!

Of course, the Yulin cavalry could not form a hollow square formation, but formed solid square formations based on battalions. Between the square formations, there were mule and horse carts pulling baggage and ammunition (feather arrows, pots), and 20 mule and horse casserole cannons dragged by mule and horses!

The Yulin Cavalry Army did not have hot pot guns, but only casserole guns that fired five kilograms of ammunition. Strictly speaking, this kind of gun should be considered howitzers (maybe they should be called grenade pots?), and their tube length is equivalent to 12 times the caliber. However, the flowering bullets that can be used for howitzers have not been tested. Therefore, these howitzers can only fire shotguns, chain bullets, arson bullets and stone bullets.

Moreover, because the range caused by the short tube is too close, the role of this howitzer is a bit like a machine gun. It must follow the infantry and cavalry closely and change positions continuously to truly play a role.

Although the performance of this howitzer is not ideal, there are not many troops that can be equipped with this weapon. Currently, there are only three imperial tents, Yulin and Selected Front. Among them, the two imperial tents and Selected Front each have 16 casserole cannons. Because the Yulin army does not have hot pot cannons, it has 4 more casserole cannons, with a total of 20.

The Selected Front Army is still in Luoyang, so there are only 36 casserole cannons in front of the Xingling Army.

However, the number of hot pot cannons is relatively large. Each army has set up a cannon battalion, and the casserole cannons are equipped ranging from 16 to 4.

The First Army of Shaanxi is the top leader among the many armies in Shaanxi, and its equipment is relatively good, so the number of hot pot cannons reached 16.

In other words, the legion led by Yue Fei, consisting of three armies, a total of 36,000 soldiers, 36 casserole cannons and 32 hot pot cannons, which is quite powerful!

Now the soldiers of these three soldiers are already arranged neatly on the bank of the Yellow River north of the Keyi Gate, silently exuding a solemn and murderous aura!

The city gate of Keyi Gate was wide open, and Zhao Kai and Yue Fei walked together and rushed slowly.

Both of them were purple-robed and black hats, and were not wearing armor. Dozens of knights, led by Guo Tiannu, followed from afar, leaving room for them to speak. This was the first time that Zhao Kai let Yue Fei lead the army alone, so he had to give it a good explanation.

Zhao Kai rode on the horse with a straight back and his tall and strong figure, which made him look even more majestic. Although Yue Fei is a rare warrior and tiger general, his figure is one size smaller than Zhao Kai, and he does not have a long beard. He looks less powerful than Zhao Kai.

However, Zhao Kai knew that Yue Fei and Yue Pengju were the number one general in the Song Dynasty!

In recent years, it was not Zhao Kai who was leading Yue Fei to fight, but Han Shizhong and Yue Fei who were leading Zhao Kai... Especially after Han Shizhong became the only commander, Yue Fei was the one who took Zhao Kai to fight in the east!

So the one who really needs to explain it well is not Zhao Kai, but Yue Fei.

"Brother, you gave all the elite soldiers and generals to me. It will be difficult to fight at the fork in the Yellow River!" Yue Fei's tone seemed a little solemn.

Zhao Kai smiled when he heard this: "Pengju, you should just say it... Among the generals, who can use the overall situation?"

"Brother Li," Yue Fei smiled, "Brother Liu is no less capable of using troops than his brother and his second brother. Moreover, he has always been strict in governing the army, and can share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, and act meticulously. The eldest brother can rely on him to supervise the army."

Li Liuge is Li Xiaozhong. Among Zhao Kai's brothers, he and Yue Fei are the ones who can fight the most. Moreover, Li Xiaozhong was a native of a rich man, and the 3,000 brave men who started his family were all his private soldiers, so if he was trained, he naturally developed the habit of strict military management. This is much better than Han Shizhong. Han Shizhong was from the bottom of the Western Army and relied on his brothers to help him. He should not be too strict, so his army is always loose and his military discipline is a bit poor...

Although Yue Fei was also from the bottom, he was not from the Western Army, but a general of the Xiangzhou Army. Among a group of Xiangzhou warriors, Yue Fei was a big brother-level figure... When he became famous in the Punishment Army, the rest of the Xiangzhou Army were still serving as soldiers!

So Yue Fei is more harsh, and the people of Xiangzhou below will not be dissatisfied.

After Yue, Han and Li, Dong Jingang was born in the Changsheng Army. Dong Jingang was the bravest man who was the best in the three armies. His martial arts skills were no less than Yue Fei. He was good at using cavalry and was good at charging into battle. His team was the Dong Shengjun handed over to him by Guo Tiannu. They were all old soldiers who fought for a long time and were easily restrained. These Yan people were very isolated in the Northern Song army, so they had to join forces to survive.

However, Dong Jingang is a bit brave but not resourceful, and can only fight hard and rush hard, and cannot be the handsome man in the aspect.

The fierce men under Dong Jingang were Liu Qi, Huang Wuji, and Xiang Ke, the three generals from the Western Army. They all came from some backgrounds, either generals or camp families. They were cultivated as generals since childhood, and they were outstanding in martial arts and military tactics, but they had stronger habits in the officialdom and understood politics too much... So Yue Fei looked down on them a little.

"In addition," said Yue Fei, "Niu Boyuan has the talent of a general, so his elder brother can rely more on it. With the assistance of Li Liuge and Niu Boyuan, the intersection of the Yellow River should not be ruined... Unless Li Ganshun, Li Cha came out of the White Horse Army!"

Niu Gao is also in Zhao Kai's army now... Yue Fei strongly advocated him to fight the west, and now he is the commander of the Third Army in Shaanxi.

This silly general in storytelling is a rare handsome talent in reality! According to Yue Fei's evaluation, Niu Gao's ability to lead troops to fight is still better than Han Shizhong and Li Xiaozhong!

So with Li Xiaozhong and Niu Gao assisted, Zhao Kai should not make any major mistakes along the way... But once Li Ganshun and Li Cha Ge's 50,000 army emerged from the White Horse Army, it would be unpredictable.

"Don't worry," Zhao Kai laughed at this time, "Li Ganshun can't get out of the White Horse Army..."

"Can't you get out?" Yue Fei was stunned, "Can he..."

"He is sick!" Zhao Kai smiled, "I got the news that Li Ganshun is very ill... she will die soon!"

......

"Is this to... take every step?"

At the fork in the Yellow River, Wanyan Xibao looked at the newly marked castles on the map, located on both sides of the Yellow River, and said to himself: "Zhao Kai is the best strategy. Is it a Zhongce to use it together? Isn't he afraid of Li Ganshun, and Brother Richard came out of the White Horse Army to attack Xingzhou?"

"Xiaobao, have you forgotten that Li Ganshun fell ill in Baima City!" Wanyan Loushi reminded, "Yesterday, Xiao Zhonggong returned from Baima City. Didn't he say that when he passed by us, Li Ganshun was too sad because of his loss of Xingling and was bedridden."

"He is pretending to be sick, right?" Wanyan Xibao suddenly frowned and shook his head, "He must be pretending to be sick because he was afraid that we still had the Dangxiang people under his command to force him to fight... But pretending to be sick at this time is really unwise!"

"Why are you unwise again?" Wanyan Loushi asked.

Wanyan Xiebao said: "Now the Dangxiang people are in a state of chaos in the army. How can Li Ganshun pretend to be sick? Even if he is really sick, he must pretend not to be sick, so that he can stabilize the hearts of the people. If he is not sick and pretends to be bedridden, will anyone in the army seek to establish others? His brother, Brother Cha, has more prestige than him... We have to find a way to remind him to stop pretending! If he continues to pretend, he will really die!"

"No, it's not right?" Wanyan Loushi frowned.

If Wanyan Zonghan was here, he would be sure to pounce on him and cover his mouth! But Lou Shi was not very clear about the "powerful" of the Epiphany, and he would be skeptical about his crow's mouth.

"Brother Cha and Ganshun have a deep affection!"
Chapter completed!