Chapter 50 Scholar battlefield deter gold soldiers

At this time, the Jin soldiers were mainly concentrated in Luzhou (now Hefei City, Anhui), and the man guarding Luzhou was a scholar named Qiu Xian. Qiu, courtesy name Tairan, was born in Yidu, Qingzhou.In the third year of Daguan (1109), he was a Jinshi and was awarded Judicial Judiciary in Binzhou. He was first appointed as the county magistrate of Dengcheng County (now north of Xiangyang, Hubei), and later transferred to Wuzhi County (now part of Henan). There are many jobs." When Deng Cheng's tenure was over, the elders and elders in the city knelt and knelt to keep him, and couldn't bear to let him go.

The Jin soldiers invaded the south, and the imperial court dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops to Yanshan. Qiu Qian was in charge of food transportation and supply. He was very responsible and took care of every car of food and salaries. food.For this reason, he had to negotiate with the army many times to ensure the supply of military supplies. Unfortunately, his hard work could not save the fate of losing the battle. When he managed to escort the general's salary to Zhuo County (now part of Hebei), the large army had retreated from the Lugou River, and a large amount of military food was lost among the chaotic army.

In the context of the great defeat and retreat, he had to follow the then commander Liu Yanqing (Liu Guangshi's father) to retreat. But his retreat was much slower than the long-legged coach.Along the way, he kept gathering the defeated soldiers, organized them, and recovered a lot of losses.Now, he is serving as Xuanfu envoy of Huaixi to guard Luzhou, and belongs to Liu Guangshi's subordinates. Liu Guangshi escaped into Jiankang Mansion Wangfeng, in order to preserve his own strength, he played a hooligan and coerced Qiu Xian to follow him to retreat. Qiu looked at Liu Guangshi and didn't speak.

He has seen through the essence of Liu Yanqing and Liu Guangshi, father and son, who fear the enemy and avoid war. Seeing Qiu Xian's refusal to die, Liu Guangshi was furious, and sent Zhang Qi, the commander of Xuanfu Division, to put a knife on his neck, ordering him to lead the army to flee south together. Qiu Xian raised his eyebrows and scolded loudly: "You military generals are irresponsible to defend the country. You hid before you saw the enemy's shadow. Even I blush for you. Now only us civil servants can come and take care of you." If you die and die for the country, otherwise, who will protect the common people?" ("If the generation does not keep the responsibility of the country, I will die and die for the country! How can anyone escape before the bandits arrive!") Firmly unmoved, his expression did not change.Zhang Qi and the others were so astonished that they dispersed in a panic.

"The army was taken away by the coach, sir, can you hold it?" "I am the Xuanfu envoy of Huaixi, an official appointed by the imperial court. It is my duty to protect the city." Indeed, the soldiers and civilians who stayed in the city had every reason to be suspicious of Qiu Qian.After all, he is a literati who does not understand military affairs.However, it was such an intellectual who didn't understand the military that provoked the burden that no one wanted to bear-to save Luzhou from danger. The soldiers of Jin came to the city, Qiu Qian asked Xuan Fusi for help, and sent his son to the court for help, but there was no reply.On the contrary, he received a lot of gossip that Song Ting was going to give up Lianghuai and surrender Jiangnan, and people were panicked for a while.In order to calm the hearts of the people, he informed the people of the state of the critical situation and encouraged them to stand up against the enemy.

After reading his notice, the people of the state were very enthusiastic and signed up to join the army to defend their hometown. Qiu organized the militia and attacked Shouchun (now Shouxian County, Lu'an City, Anhui Province) by surprise. He won three battles and drove the enemy back to Huaibei. Liu Lin increased his troops to attack, but was repulsed by him again. "There were a lot of prisoners, thousands of flags and weapons, more than a hundred ships for burning grain, and two leaders in the Bohai Sea." The main force of the Jin army originally focused on besieging Haozhou (now Fengyang County, Anhui Province), but failed to capture it for more than ten days. It was cold and Ma Duo was dead, so they transferred their forces to attack Huaidong.

Qiu heard that the privy envoy Zhang Jun had arrived in Jiankang Mansion from Shaanxi, so he wrote to him and suggested: "The main force of the Jin people is in Huaidong, and the soldiers are exhausted. If you send 20,000 elite soldiers, 10,000 will come from Shouyang. 10,000 from the Han Dynasty, pointing directly at Tokyo, the enemy should retreat without a fight, and then follow up with a large army, and victory can be won. The ancients said, "One day's defeat of the enemy will bring troubles for generations." I hope you will not miss this opportunity." See it It turned out that his suggestion was exactly the same as Li Gang's suggestion, and it was also an excellent plan to win by surprise. However, this was something that Zhang Jun and others could not adopt.

In order to win the battle, Qiu Qian had no choice but to advance with his own army alone. He fought four battles in a row, but in the end, he was defeated, with more than a thousand soldiers, none of them survived.To make matters worse, Liu Lin regrouped thousands of troops to kill him again, "the espionage of Wushu is the palace", claiming that Wushu is the rear army, Huaidong Huaixi, people are terrified and at a loss. Under such circumstances, Zhang Jun finally made his statement: he sent an envoy to order Qiu Xian to retreat immediately. Qiu's answer was: "Luzhou is already a dilapidated city. There are not enough soldiers and food to support it. However, the imperial court entrusted me with the responsibility of guarding the city. I dare not give it up lightly. I will stick to it to the end. If Luzhou is lost, the Jinren will be defeated." Occupying Huaixi and building a large warship in Chaohu Lake has become a confidant of the court." ("Besides being broken, the soldiers will not be given food, and they will not be able to support the enemy. However, the commander-in-chief is responsible for all the way and vows to defend it to the death. There is Huaixi, and the management of warships in Chaohu Lake will cause the court to worry.") Said that he would live and die with the city, and serve the country with death.

Fortunately, at this critical moment, the savior arrived as scheduled.Yue Fei was ordered to assist Huaixi, and the most urgent task at the moment was to rescue Luzhou.The sound of water swallows ice, and the sandy road is flat in snow.Pioneers Xu Qing and Niu Gao led dozens of cavalry day and night, and finally entered Luzhou before the enemy. But Qiu Xian couldn't be happy, Niu Gao and his party, there were only dozens of people, entering Luzhou only increased the number of people buried with him.Just as Niu Gao and the others sat down, they didn't have time to talk when they heard the scouts report: five thousand golden soldiers were approaching the city.

Qiu Xi, who had always been calm and composed, began to look uneasy. He was worried about the safety of the people in the city, Niu Gao and other Yue family troops. Niu Gao raised his glass and took a big swig, and said: "Don't be afraid, let's see how I will defeat the enemy." Immediately, Xu Qing and Xu Qing led only a few dozen riders out of the city, pointed at the enemy and said, "Niu Gao is here, how can you fight back?" Dare to be presumptuous here!" Jin Jiang yelled and answered: "We heard that Niu Gao has other missions on Hubei Road, how could Niu Gao appear here?!"

Niu Gao didn't speak anymore, and ordered his subordinates to display the banner of "Jing Zhong Yue Fei", Jin Bing turned pale with shock. Almost during this period of time, more than 2,000 cavalry from the Yue Family Army had arrived one after another, and were assembled within a very short period of time. With Niu Gao's order, more than 2,000 riders galloped out to meet the golden men hand in hand, the sound of killing shook the sky, the earth shook, corpses were scattered all over the field, flesh and blood flew everywhere, it was extremely fierce.Niu Gao is famous for his bravery. Although he is nearly fifty years old, he is unambiguous in fighting. I saw him wielding a long spear and leading the Yue family's cavalry to plunge into the enemy's formation like a stray arrow, cutting layer upon layer. kill. Jin Bing was so dizzy by the charge that he was in chaos.However, compared with the puppet Qi soldiers, these Jin soldiers were indeed much tougher. Although they were thrown into disorder and their momentum was slightly stagnant, they quickly adjusted, "Scattered and reassembled three." Niu Gao didn't believe in evil, he yelled and killed fiercely, his sleeves were stained with blood, he became more and more courageous as he fought. When the battle was at its most intense, Lieutenant General Xu Qing suddenly fell off his horse and fell to the ground, and the surrounding golden soldiers immediately screamed and swarmed over. When Niu Gao turned around and saw them, he opened his eyes wide, shouted violently, swung his lance to kill them, then bent down, joined hands, pulled Xu Qing up, and rode together.During this time of leaning over and putting hands together, the long lance in his left hand was still waving non-stop, "several people in his hand", Jin Bing was horrified, and he was shocked as a god. When the fight was on the rise, Niu Gao suddenly threw the long lance, took off his helmet, his beard and hair were unfurled, his majesty was majestic, his tongue burst into thunder, and he shouted loudly: "I am Niu Gao, I have defeated Wushu four times, you call him to come forward quickly." Come and fight to the death with me!" Hearing Niu Gao's name, the Jinren turned pale and dispersed. In this battle, from noon to dusk, the golden soldiers were finally defeated, and Niu Gao led his team to pursue them, killing countless enemies. On the second day, Yue Fei personally led the army to Luzhou and defeated the enemy again. The Jin army soon withdrew suddenly.Could it be that he was frightened by the reputation of the Yue family army? Now that the Jin people have withdrawn from the battlefield, this battle with loud noises and little rain is coming to an end. Liu Lin quickly abandoned all his belongings and fled in embarrassment. He traveled more than two hundred miles day and night, and rushed all the way to Suzhou (now Suzhou City, Anhui Province) before he dared to take a rest.But Zhang Jun, who had been terrified before, regained his spirits immediately, his arm injury quickly healed, got on his horse, and led the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to cross the Yangtze River arrogantly, packing up the military supplies that the enemy had too late to take away in a hurry when they retreated.Like the battle in Xiangyang, Liu Guangshi rushed into battle only after the war was over. This was obviously an attempt to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the opportunity to gain some credit. Even their subordinates feel disgusted by what these two dear friends have done.Liu Guangshi's deputy, Wang De, publicly said to his subordinates: "When the matter was urgent, none of my subordinates crossed the river to attack the thieves. Now that the matter is peaceful, how can you see Qiu Gong!" Although the battle of Luzhou was not large in scale, it broke the cooperation between Jin and Qi very beautifully.At a time when the three main forces in the eastern battlefield were shrinking from fighting and avoiding the enemy, Yue Fei was able to take on the heavy responsibility and rushed to the rescue alone.After the war, Zhao Gou promoted Yue Fei to be the military governor of Zhenning and Chongxin, and the relationship between the monarch and his ministers entered a sweet "honeymoon period".
The words are divided into two points, and why did the Jin soldiers withdraw their troops so quickly?Then we have to talk about it from within the country of Jin. Before the founding of the Kingdom of Jin, the Wanyan family practiced brother-brother succession among the tribes. For example, the Chuan Libo was located in Polashu, the Chuan of Polashu was located in Yingge, and the Chuan of Wuyashu was located in Aguda, etc.After the founding of the Kingdom of Jin, Aguda still held a meeting in accordance with this tradition, and the domestic ministers jointly elected his fourth brother Wu Qimai as the heir to the throne. Bojilie (also translated as Bojin) is a Jurchen language, which means the leader of a tribe, like Baylor in the Qing Dynasty.The highest one is Du Bo Jilie, the emperor; the second is the familiar version Bo Jilie, the heir to the throne; the second is the state theory Bo Jilie, sometimes juxtaposed left and right, which is the so-called prime minister.In addition, there are Amaibo Jilie, Haobo Jilie, Hulubo Jilie, Zanbo Jilie, Yijibo Jilie, etc. The Bojilie system was a comparatively democratic system at that time. It was not the emperor who had the final say on the major affairs of the country, but these Bojilie sat together to discuss. In the fifth month after Wu Qimai became the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, in order to stabilize his throne and dispel the thoughts of other political careerists in the family, he took the initiative to hold a meeting of Bojilie, and elected his fifth younger brother Xieye as the master of Banbojilie. That is, the heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Jin.However, Xie Ye, the quasi-emperor, had a bad life. He died of illness in the eighth year of Tianhui (the fourth year of Jianyan, 1130). Originally Wu Qimai should follow the ancestral system to find a more capable person among his younger brothers, but several of his younger brothers either died of illness or were too incompetent to be on the stage.Moreover, people are selfish. Since Xie Ye is dead, it seems to be God's will. Should I learn from the Central Plains dynasty, and leave the throne to my beloved eldest son Pu Luhu? Wu Qimai did not dare to act rashly, and kept procrastinating to wait and see.So here comes the problem.Among them, it is mainly concentrated on those who are powerful and eager to reserve positions, such as Nianhan, Wuben, and Eriduo. Nianhan is the uncle and brother of Aguda and Wu Qimai. He can seek the country internally and the enemy externally.He has a majestic appearance and is good at using a sword immediately.Widely planting forces in Shanxi and Shaanxi, the people of the country call it the "Western Court". He is the number one general and the number one official of the Dajin Dynasty. He must have some ulterior motives for the throne. Aguda's sons were also anxious about this matter, among which Aguda's eldest son Wuben, third son Eriduo, and fourth son Wushu were the most prominent.Wuben had followed Aguda in the fight against the Liao Dynasty as early as when he fought against the Liao Dynasty. He often performed well and was the number three figure in the country.Eriduo was one of the main military commanders who attacked the Southern Song Dynasty after Wuli Bu died. He and Nianhan were also known as the two major thugs of the Kingdom of Jin.And Pu Luhu had the support of his father Wu Qimai, and he coveted the throne very much. For this reason, undercurrents are surging in the DPRK and China, and various forces are competing with each other. Seeing the internal strife intensified and the number of casualties increased, Wu Qimai was forced to agree to appoint Hesta, the son of Aguda's deceased eldest son Shenguo, as the heir to the throne—this was the result of compromise between various forces, and Hesta was thirteen years old , child, innocent and timid, born in the deep palace, grown in the hands of women, easy to control and master, everyone is happy. Now, as soon as Wu Qimai's critical illness notice was issued, all the commanders of the Jin Kingdom on the front line expressed concern. If Wu Qimai went into trouble, there would be some problems in the transfer of power in the country, and his future and destiny would be unpredictable.One-eyed Han Changdao: "Our army has no fighting spirit now, and the Lord is suffering from a sudden illness. There may be changes in the court, why not withdraw the troops." Moreover, as far as the situation on the battlefield is concerned, the Jin army can't take advantage of it at all.The main forces of the Jin army were stationed in Sizhou (now Xuyi, Jiangsu Province) and Zhushu Town respectively. It was snowing heavily, food roads were impassable, and there was nothing to plunder.Based on this consideration, Wu Shu agreed to withdraw troops. That night, the whole army of Jin soldiers retreated from the camp.Perhaps, it is the Song Dynasty that never dies! Da Song can take a breather for a while.