The Xuanfu Ambassador's Mansion on Jinghu North Road is located in the northwest of Xiangyang City. It is also the residence of Yue Fei. Yue Fei's wife Li Wa lives here with several children.
In the back hall, Li Wa shed tears after listening to Yue Yun's narration.
She wiped away her tears, nodded and said: "Your father is too upright, insisting on his own principles, even if the emperor doesn't give him any face, I knew he would be in trouble sooner or later. Alas! It's God's blessing that he can save his life.
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"Mom, my father asked me to resign and go back to my hometown to take care of my family. My son also wants to do this."
Li Wa hesitated and said: "Yun'er, you are only twenty years old and have a bright future. It is very unfair to you to resign and return home like this!"
Yue Yun shook his head, "Mother, as the saying goes, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, the child would rather give up his future."
Li Wa was still a little hesitant. At this time, seeing her second son Yue Lei hesitate to speak, she asked: "Lei'er, what do you want to say?"
Yue Lei bowed and said: "To inform my mother, my father said that the court will not let my eldest brother and Zhang Xian go, and that my eldest brother will be arrested even if he resigns. Therefore, my son suggested that my eldest brother should defect to the Western Army and ask Chen Qing to rescue his father."
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When Yue Yunchang was about to speak, Li Wa stopped him and asked Yue Lei, "Can Chen Qing save your father?"
"My child heard what Zhang Bao said. Zhang Bao said that the only thing the emperor is afraid of is Chen Qing."
"Hurry up and ask Zhang Bao to come see me!"
The reason why Li Wa hesitated just now was because she did not want to go back to her hometown to escape, but was thinking about how to save her husband.
Not long after, Zhang Bao hurried into the hall, knelt down on one knee and said: "Zhang Bao, please see the mistress!"
"General Zhang, please excuse me!"
Li Wa asked: "You told Lei'er that Chen Qing can save the master?"
Zhang Bao nodded, "I heard something in Lin'an. Uncle Zheng Guo was so rich that he could rival the country. After the death of Empress Dowager Zheng, he was targeted by the emperor and other powerful ministers and relatives, who all wanted to rob him of his wealth. Uncle Zheng Guo was so scared that he took
With his family fleeing, Chen Qing published a statement in the Beijing News, saying that anyone who dared to touch Uncle Zheng was an enemy of the Western Army. Then the court dropped all charges against Uncle Zheng, and Uncle Zheng was safe and sound."
"Why does Chen Qing want to help Uncle Zheng Guo?"
"I heard that Uncle Zheng's son is a general under Chen Qing."
Li Wa suddenly understood, she nodded and said to Yue Yun: "Your father has never done anything harmful to the country or the people. We cannot let him go to jail unjustly, let alone let him be beaten and convicted. We must find a way to rescue him, Yun'er
Do you understand? If Chen Qing can save your father, then we have to ask Chen Qing for help instead of resigning and returning home. That is escape, and we cannot leave your father in prison. "
Yue Yun felt ashamed and said: "I think it's too simple for a child. I will lead my army north to join Chen Qing, and then I beg Chen Qing to take action to rescue my father from prison!"
"That's right, let's do it separately. I'm going to Lin'an to visit your father. If your father is exiled, I will go with him. You and Lei'er will join the Western Army."
Li Wa's attitude was very firm. She could not return to her hometown. She wanted to be with her husband.
At this time, Yue Lei said: "I am accompanying my mother to Lin'an, and I have to return the gold medal to my father, otherwise he will be convicted. We can go to Jiangling and take a boat. There are Western fleets there with big ships.
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Zhang Baoye said: "I will lead thirty soldiers to protect the mistress and children when they go to Lin'an."
Yue Yun was a little hesitant to defect to the Western Army before, because he knew that once he went to the Western Army, there would be no turning back. If the court used his father as a general again, wouldn't his father have no one to help him?
Now he has figured it out, if Chen Qing can save his father, then what's the harm in being loyal to Chen Qing? If his father becomes a civil servant, his brothers are there, his mother is there, and there are people around his father to help him.
More importantly, since he was in the Western Army, his father and his family had an escape route and could settle in Guanzhong.
Thinking of this, Yue Yun said to Yue Lei and Zhang Bao: "The safety of my mother and several siblings is entrusted to you!"
Yue Lei said with a smile: "Brother, don't worry! The navy of the Western Army will escort us all the way, there will be no problem. When we go to Lin'an, they will also arrange our accommodation. Brother Wei told me personally."
Li Wa pulled out a silver hairpin, inserted it into Yue Yun's hair, looked at him and said: "Be like your father, be an upright man, expel the Tartars, and restore my Han family!"
Yue Yun kowtowed to Li Wa three times and choked with sobs: "My mother's teachings will be remembered in my heart. I hope my mother will take care of me all the way!"
Early the next morning, Yue Yun personally led troops to send his mother and her entourage thirty miles away. Zhang Bao and Yue Lei led five hundred soldiers to escort Li Wa and her five siblings southward. They were accompanied by Wei Yanzong, the warrior leader of the Lin'an Intelligence Station, and ten of his men.
Wei Yanzong was protecting Yue Lei when he returned to Xiangyang, because Yue Lei also wanted to send the gold medal back to Lin'an, so Wei Yanzong waited for a few days, and at the same time sent someone to Dengzhou to deliver a letter to His Highness King Yong. Soon he received a message from King Yong
His Highness's warrant required him to escort Yue Fei's wife and children back to Lin'an.
Of course, Wei Yanzong thought carefully and went not to Lin'an but to Yuhang County to reunite his family after Yue Fei was released.
Yue Yun immediately led an army of 30,000 people to the north. In addition to Yue Yun's 20,000 troops, there were also 10,000 troops who controlled Xu Qing. In addition, there were hundreds of thousands of family members who followed him north to Dengzhou.
The team was huge and stretched for more than twenty miles.
Yue Fei has a total of 100,000 troops, of which 30,000 in the Eastern Route Army are led by brothers Wu Jie and Wu Gao. Wu Jie was dismissed from office and Wu Gao was appointed as a local civil servant. Their 30,000 troops have been captured by Zhang Jun and are currently led by Zhang Jun.
Jun's general Sun Xiu was in command and stationed in Guangzhou.
There were more than 70,000 troops left, led by Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, Yue Yun, Xu Qing and Dong Xian. Yue Yun and Wang Gui each commanded 20,000 people, and the other three commanded 10,000 each.
This time, Dong Xian's army was stationed in Yingzhou, and there is currently no news about the Beitou Western Army. Wang Gui stayed behind and continued to be in charge of Xiangyang.
In addition, the commander Peng Qi led 5,000 men to sit in Suizhou, but he was the first general to go north to defect to Chen Qing. This was because he had long wanted to defect to Chen Qing, but Yue Fei treated him badly, and he could not bear to abandon Yue Fei.
, this time Yue Fei was convicted and imprisoned, and Zhang Jun wanted to take over the army, Peng Qi did not hesitate to lead his army northward, becoming the first general to go north to Dengzhou.
At this time, Chen Qing was in Dengzhou, waiting for the arrival of Yue Fei's army.
He set up two large camps in Xinye County, which is closest to Xiangyang in Dengzhou, one to station his 30,000 troops, and the other to station tens of thousands of troops who came to defect.
In addition, Xinye County has been vacated. It is temporarily used to resettle military families. There are houses for houses but no houses for tents. Zhang Xiao led hundreds of civilian officials and thousands of soldiers to take charge of this matter.
Chen Qing had already had an idea. He planned to place the family members of Yue Fei's army in Yingchang Prefecture, Dengzhou, Ruzhou and Chenzhou. There is a huge amount of official land in these four places. One family can have one hundred acres without any problem. There are dozens of family members of high-ranking officials above the commander level.
It will be placed in Jingzhao New City.
At noon, the mighty army arrived outside the camp. The troops were neatly dressed, their helmets were bright, and the soldiers were full of energy. It looked like a well-trained army, and it was indeed the famous Yue family army.
Liu Qiong and Tang Qian were responsible for the reception. Tang Qian led tens of thousands of soldiers to the camp to rest.
Liu Qiong came to see Chen Qing with dozens of generals. In front was the commander Xu Qing. Xu Qing was from Yue Fei's hometown. He had followed Chen Qing from the beginning. He wielded a big sword, had the courage of ten thousand men, and had a very violent temper.
, has been encouraging Yue Fei to support his troops and become independent.
He led everyone to pay homage to Chen Qing. Everyone knelt down on one knee, clasped their fists and said, "See His Highness King Yong!"
Chen Qing waved his hand and said with a smile: "No need to be too polite. We used to be comrades fighting against the Jin Dynasty. From now on we will be brothers fighting side by side. We are all soldiers. I won't talk nonsense. From now on, you will be a member of the Western Army."
Member."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Chen Qing asked his generals to rest in the camp. Although Chen Qing accepted the generals with the best treatment, it does not mean that he has no principles. He must adhere to the principle of separation of soldiers and generals. This is also the principle of all armies. Now that he is here, then
All armies must be broken up, reorganized, and redistributed.
The generals also knew this principle and had no objections. They followed the soldiers to the camp to rest and have lunch.
Chen Qing specially left Yue Yun and Zhang Xian behind.