Chapter 53 "General Big and Small Eyes"

Yang Mo's occupation of Huxiang has become a trend, and it can be said to be a serious problem in the heart of the Song Dynasty. Yue Fei easily disintegrated it in only two and a half months, and the government and the public applauded. The pacification of Yang Mo, whether it is for the Southern Song Dynasty court or the Yue family army, is something worth celebrating. Since then, there has been no rebellion of a similar scale in the Southern Song Dynasty, production has been guaranteed, social conflicts have been eased, and the war against foreign aggression finally has a stable rear.

As a result, Yue Fei recruited 50,000 to 60,000 strong soldiers, greatly expanding the strength of the Yue Family Army.With the consent of the court, Yue Fei reorganized 22 commanders, five commanders and 252 generals. In the Song Dynasty, each major army had units such as army, general, department, and team.Commanding officers at the military level have titles such as controlling, co-controlling, and deputy controlling.In addition, there are commanders, co-commanders, and deputy commanders, etc., who belong to the assistants of the command, or divide the army and horses under the control.Commanding officers at the general level have names such as generals, deputy generals, and preparation generals, and are collectively referred to as "generals".Under the generals, there are training officers, generals, team generals, and team officers.

Among the 252 generals, there are eighty-four chief generals, deputy generals, and reserve generals each.Organize the army into twelve armies, namely: Beiwei Army, Front Army, Right Army, Central Army, Left Army, Rear Army, Youyi Army, Stepping Army, Selecting Front Army, Shengjie Army, Breaking Enemy Army, and Water Army .Among the twelve armies, Beiwei, Youyi, and Xuanfeng are the most elite. "The name of Beiwei began in Xifan", Yue Fei named his most elite troops as Beiwei, with far-reaching intentions.First of all, all the soldiers of the Beiwei Army have been selected with priority. It was like the wind, so that in the future, when the Jin soldiers mentioned Yue Fei's Beiwei army, they all changed their faces. They exaggeratedly said that "when Beiwei comes, there will be no grass left", "the Beiwei army and horses will fight without any rivals, and they will overwhelm all the lords of the year." ".

You Yi's army is a mobile light cavalry division, and the selection front army is full of sharp men. The navy is a newly established unit in the Yue family army. The original Yue family army "had no boats" and was all marines. There are several warships, among which there are dozens of large chariots and ships as capital ships, so there are more sailors.Yue Fei later placed it in Hanyang Military City across the river from Ezhou (now Wuchang, Hubei). It is longer than Guan Yun, who guarded Jingxiang in previous years. Yue Fei himself said proudly: "I am in an important position, and I will definitely recover China and welcome back the second emperor, so that future generations will know that Yue Fei is as famous as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei." The annals of later generations know that it is as famous as Guan and Zhang.”) It is a pity that there will be no Liu Bei after Liu Bei, and the kind of monarch who treats his soldiers like brothers and his advisers like his thighs is no longer seen.

At the beginning of Yue Fei's pacification of the six counties of Xianghan and Han, Zhao Ding said to Zhao Gou: "Ezhou and Yuezhou in Hubei are strategically important places along the Yangtze River. I ask Yue Fei to guard these two places. Not only can Huaixi rely on his solidarity, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas also have to live and work in peace and contentment.” Zhao Gou thought so, and ordered Yue Fei to be stationed in Ezhou instead.Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Ezhou City has been one of the important towns in the Yangtze River Basin. It is located in the old city area of ​​Wuchang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, where the Yangtze River and the Han River meet.

"Wu Sunquan built the old fort in the second year of Chiwu, which is called Xiakou City." This Xiakou City is the predecessor of Ezhou City. .After hundreds of years of development, it became the largest city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River during the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is a regional political, economic and cultural center.As the regime moved south, Ezhou became the capital of Jinghu North Road. On the way back to Ezhou (now Wuchang, Hubei) from Huxiang, Yue Fei accepted the advice of his staff member Huang Zong, and imitated the story of Zhuge Liang's seven captures of Meng Huo, "The bright soldiers return with a brigade", and the 100,000 troops marched in great strength Swaying, the ground shakes and the mountains shake, passing along the way, "the military law is strict, the flag is shrewd, and all the viewers sigh."

After the war, Zhao Gou asked Yue Fei to concurrently serve as the envoy of Qizhou (now Qichun County, Hubei) and Huangzhou (now Huangzhou City, Anhui) on Huainan West Road. Bao's false title, and later, he was named Jinghu North Road and Xiangyangfu Road recruiting envoy, and Tangzhou, Dengzhou, Suizhou, Yingzhou, Junzhou, Fangzhou, and Xinyang Army were placed under his jurisdiction. Unified management. Recruiting envoys are senior officials in the war zone. In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, recruiting envoys were "positioned under Xuanfu envoys, above system envoys, and made to order."

Under the encouragement and persuasion of the anti-Japanese fighter Zhang Jun, Zhao Gou also had the idea of ​​letting Yue Fei go north to "recruit". Get started." Therefore, during his stay in Ezhou, Yue Fei, in addition to strictly carrying out the reorganization and training of the army, also served in Xiangyang Prefecture, Tangzhou, Dengzhou, Suizhou, Yingzhou, Xinyang Army, Fuzhou (ruling today's Tianmen City, Hubei Province), Hanyang Army, etc. Arranged garrison troops locally to build "mountain city and water village". Yang County) and the rebels in Zezhou, Longde Mansion, and Pingyang Mansion (now Linfen City, Shanxi) on Hedong Road got in touch and actively prepared for the next Northern Expedition.

However, when all the work was in full swing, Yue Fei fell ill. He has an eye disease. In fact, the disease started when he followed Du Chong south to Jiankang, and it may be related to the climate.The climate in the south is hot and humid, especially in summer. Under the sun, the glare is dazzling, and the eyes are prone to inflammation. However, during the six years in the south, every year Yue Fei used the army in the summer, so his eyes would get sick every summer.At the time of the onset, the severity of the two eyes was different, the right eye was mild, and the left eye was heavy. When Yue Fei looked at things, he had to open the right eye and close the left eye.

In June of the fifth year of Shaoxing (1135), when he returned to Ezhou from Huxiang, his condition worsened. Therefore, he resigned to Zhao Gou for the first time. The reason was that it was related to the life and death of the country to hold the military handle with a sick body. , It is the interests of the country", "If you are greedy for honor and favor, you will be ignorant of advancing and retreating"). Zhao Gou relied more and more on Yue Fei, how could he let him retire?Flatly refused, "Yue Aiqing shoulders a heavy responsibility and has a heavy responsibility. It should inspire loyalty and indignation, shed national humiliation, and help me achieve great success, and I am not allowed to retire!" Su Xin, the accumulated shame of the Xue Country, encourages my ambitions, and helps to become a great honor" "Don't ask me again.")

Reluctantly, Yue Fei had no choice but to withdraw the application, and handed over the military affairs to the staff officer Xue Bi and the council officer Li Ruoxu. While Yue Fei was convalescing, a nasty rebellion occurred in the army. The leader who instigated the rebellion was Wang Quezi, who used to be an effective general under Yang Mo. He used to enjoy wine and meat in the cottage. To be honest, at this time, the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty was first established, and the finances were in short supply. The treatment of the sergeants was indeed very poor.However, due to insufficient or untimely supply of money and food, it often happened that the army stopped cooking. According to historical records, in the second year of Shaoxing (1132), after Yue Fei defeated Cao Cheng, he stationed his army in Jiangzhou. Bo Yi Mi Hu "event. As the highest officer in the army, Yue Fei was deeply saddened by this. He often "looked up to the sky and looked up at his embarrassment, unable to speak", and "served himself with the utmost care", and worked together with the soldiers to tide over the difficulties.Meat and wine were strictly distributed equally among subordinates, sergeants slept in the open, and they never entered the building. To pacify Yang Mo, the salary of sergeants has been improved a lot, but Wang Quezi still felt that he was far from his ideal, so he decided to take advantage of Yue Fei's illness and unable to command the army, and started to act. He went around in series, secretly encouraging the old ministries to rebel with him. Brothers, come with me, let's go back to the cottage, eat delicious and spicy food, isn't it better than staying here all day with clear soup and little water?Wang Quezi used his outlook on life and pursuit of life to convince his brothers, expecting to receive enthusiastic response and support.However, he failed. Although the life of the Yue family's army was poor, and although Yue Fei was strict in running the army, he treated the soldiers very well, shared the joys and sorrows, and treated those who surrendered equally, regardless of each other.After getting along for a period of time, not many people were willing to rebel with Wang Quezi. Huang Zong, the staff officer in charge of Jiyiwen once saw a soldier wearing thin clothes in severe cold weather, so he tentatively asked him: "The treatment in the military camp is so poor, you must have a lot of complaints in your heart?" The soldier replied: "What is there to complain about? Compared with brothers in other military regions, although they wear cotton padded jackets and will not suffer from cold, a considerable part of their food and salary has been deducted, and the young and old in the family live in hunger and cold." But in Yue Xuanfu's army, the monthly military salary is not reduced. Although I wear less clothes, it is because I have many children, my parents are still there, and the family burden is too heavy. I, so I have no complaints." The soldier's answer represented the aspirations of many people in the Yue Family Army. Wang Quezi was busy for several days, but there were very few people who responded, and even his mother objected to him doing so. The mother's repeated admonitions were fruitless, and she killed her relatives righteously, and reported her son's anti-love to Xue Bi overnight. Xue Bi was shocked when he heard the news, and before he had time to report to Yue Fei, he acted immediately and arrested Wang Quezi.A turmoil was resolved without bloodshed.