Chapter 56 Attack Northern Qi again

Everything is going according to plan. At the end of August, Wang Gui, Hao Ding, Dong Xian and others succeeded in a single blow in Lushi County, Guozhou, "wiping out their guards, receiving 150,000 shi of grain, and reducing tens of thousands of their troops."Afterwards, the three of them split up and moved forward, linking the entire territory of Shangzhou including Shangluo, Shangluo, Luonan, Fengyang (now Shanyang County, Shaanxi), Shangjin (northwest of Yunxi County, Hubei) and other counties. Pseudo Qi up and down, greatly shocked. Wang Gui's side went so smoothly, and Yang Zaixing's side also made great gains.He first killed a puppet envoy surnamed Zhang in Shunzhou, and then took a man surnamed Sun under his horse. After capturing the puppet Qi, he commanded Manzai, killed more than 500 enemies, and captured more than 100 generals. people.Not to mention that, on the second day, Sun Hongjian, who was 30 miles outside Changshui County, defeated more than 2,000 people and took Changshui County.Changshui County is located in the upper reaches of the Luoshui River in the northwest of Henan Province. It is the barrier of Luoyang, the capital of Xijing.In addition, 20,000 shi of grain was seized here, which not only enriched the army's supplies, but also released grain to relieve many people.

Advance in two ways, in just half a month, all the dangerous places in Xijing were recovered, 10,000 puppet horses and hundreds of thousands of grains were collected, and the Central Plains responded. Zhao Gou was overjoyed, and issued an imperial edict to reward Yue Fei, saying, "The long drive will enter Sanchuan, and the shock will shock the five roads."Li Gang also praised by others: "I have repeatedly inherited and transferred the text, and I have shown the success of the sound, which has never been seen in more than ten years. It is euphoric to use it well." Afterwards, Yue Fei took advantage of the victory to mobilize an army to attack Caizhou (now Runan, Henan).

In order to prevent Yue Fei's Northern Expedition, Liu Yu adopted Li Cheng's suggestion and decided to avoid Yue Fei's sharpness. Taking advantage of the emptiness of Xianghan's defense, he sent Liu Fu, known as the "Five Great Kings", to detour to Hejiazhai in the north of Tangzhou to set up an army. The Zhenru army gathered troops and gathered food to attack Tangzhou.Liu Yu thought that if he avoided the truth this time, he would make Yue Fei feel helpless and complain endlessly.Then, he would never have dreamed that Liu Fu's camp had just been built, and he would be taken away that night.

It was Dong Xian, a fierce general of the Yue family army, who came to smash his place. Dong Xian was originally the governor of Meng, Ru, and Tangzhou, and also a capable general under Zhai Xing, who knew Henan Prefecture.In the spring of the second year of Shaoxing (1132), he crossed the Wei River alone, and fought with the coalition forces of the puppet Qi and Jin in Xingping, Xianyang, Weihe River, Shibie Valley and other places. He was forced to surrender to Liu Yu.In the first month of the third year of Shaoxing (1133), Li Heng, the governor of Song Xiangyang, led the army to attack the puppet Qi.

Before Yue Fei was about to attack Caizhou, he had already expected that Liu Yu, who was in a hurry to jump over the wall, would bite back, so he transferred Dong Xian, who had shown his might before, to Tangzhou in advance, and set up an formation on the mountain 40 miles away from Hejiazhai, waiting for the enemy. That night, Dong Xian and Liu Fu started a fierce battle.In this battle, although the enemy was outnumbered, the morale of the Yue family's army was high, and they fought hard to defeat Liu Fu's army, burned his camp and got all his food.He also broke through Ping County overnight, seized more than a thousand horses, and surrendered more than 3,000 soldiers. After dawn, he stationed in Beiyang to rest.

The puppet Qi received the news of Liu Fu's defeat, but still did not give up. They sent Xue Heng, the general manager of the Zhenru Army, to lead 50,000 troops to attack Tangzhou Fangcheng County (now Fangcheng County, Henan). , Wei Rubi, Shi Fu and others led 50,000 cavalry to violate the Dengzhou border. Unexpectedly, shortly after dispatching troops, Xue Heng met Niu Gao of Yue's army at a place called Zhaofu, 20 miles northeast of Fangcheng, he was caught off guard and was quickly defeated, turned around and left.Where is Niugao willing to give up?Swing the army to chase and kill, fight four times a day, and win consecutive battles.In the final battle, Niu Gao took his horse and beheaded Ma Ruyi, the puppet general of Qi Xiao, and captured more than 300 horses, and surrendered more than 1,000 soldiers.Xue Heng was also captured.

Guo De, Wei Rubi, Shi Fu and others who invaded Dengzhou encountered Zhang Xian, the number one general in front of Yue Fei.Zhang Xian opened a pocket in Neixiang County (now Xixia County, Henan Province), waiting for the puppet soldiers to drill in.He patiently waited for all the puppet soldiers to enter the ambush circle before launching the attack with flags and drums. The puppet Qi army was in chaos and fled in all directions. Guo De and Shi Fu were captured. , Only then fled back to Luoyang. At this time, the main force of Yue Fei's troops will also be in one place, ready to take Caizhou.Caizhou is located on the north bank of the upper reaches of the Ru River and south of Tokyo. Once it is captured, it can point to Heluo and directly attack the Central Plains.

Liu Yu was hit one after another, and hated Yue Fei to the bone.He wanted to ask his master to vent his anger on his behalf, but after applying several times in a row, there was no reply. What is going on here? It turned out that Wu Qimai, Emperor Taizong of the Jin Dynasty, had died of illness, and his grandnephew Hesa ​​took over the throne. The so-called "one emperor, one courtier", when the leader of the country is changed, various principles, strategies, foreign policies, etc. of governing the country will also change accordingly.Hela was fifteen years old this year. He was taught by Han Fang from Yan and Confucian scholars in the Central Plains since he was a child. Also", he disdained many of the founding heroes in the court, and called them "ignorant barbarians", which seemed to have lofty ambitions.

Liu Yu's original backer was Jin Guozuo Deputy Marshal Lu Wang Talan.But ever since he discovered that Nianhan's thighs are thicker than Tarlan's, he put Tarlan aside and threw himself into Nianhan's arms directly, flattering Nianhan in every possible way, and using Nianhan's strength to consolidate his position.It's a pity that although Nianhan is valued by Wu Qimai, he doesn't like Helu.Hela had long been unhappy with Nianhan, and as soon as he came to power, he transferred Nianhan back from the Central Plains and appointed him as the Taibao, in charge of the three provinces, and made Puluhu the head of the three officials. , Wu was originally the Taifu, let them restrain each other.Right Deputy Marshal Talan and Marshal Zuo Jianjun Wushu thus became the most powerful generals.

At the beginning, Liu Yu leaned on Nianhan, "every year there is a big bribe, and he despises other commanders", and he doesn't pay attention to other people at all.Talan, Wushu and others were very angry with him, especially Talan.In the ninth year of Tianhui (1131), Tarlan returned from Taizhou to the north, passed by Dongping Mansion (now Dongping County, Shandong), Zeng excitedly went to look for Liu Yu, full of expectations that he would be entertained, but he was turned away.Liu Yu felt that his background had become stronger, so he sent someone to tell Tan Lan: "As the lord of a country, it is inappropriate for me to meet with subjects of other countries in private." He ordered people to shut him out.The tart who lost face was mixed with anger.Back in Shangjing, Talan repeatedly suggested to Wu Qimai to abolish Liu Yu.Wu Qimai pursued the strategy of "attacking the war with peace and discussion, and luring the party with treason", and he did not agree.Now, Wu Qimai is dead, Nianhan has collapsed, and the opportunity for revenge has come.

In July of the sixth year of Shaoxing (1136), Liu Yu once again sent envoys to the Kingdom of Jin, claiming that he had assembled 700,000 troops led by Liu Lin, Liu Yi, Li Cheng, and Kong Yanzhou, and asked to send troops together. Tarlan looked at the envoy sent by Liu Yu, and said in a strange way: "The original intention of the first emperor to support Liu Yu was to make our country safe and peaceful through Liu Yu's expansion of borders and protection of the border. Now Liu Yu can't take it in, and he can't retreat. It's a disaster for soldiers." Repeatedly, endlessly. We joined forces with Liu Yu, once we win, Liu Yu will enjoy the results alone, and if we fail, we will follow suit. We joined forces with him once last year, what was the result?" Upon hearing this, many people who disliked Liu Yu followed suit, and finally came to the conclusion that: Dajin Kingdom does not specialize in running charitable organizations, so let Liu Yu fend for himself and stop meddling in his own business. Fortunately, the Hela Emperor had just taken the throne, and he didn't want Liu Yu's "Great Qi State" to perish. With the mentality that it would be better to let him live a bad life than to let him die well, he ordered Wushu to station troops in Liyang County (now Henan Province) in Junzhou. Northwest of Jun County) watched the battle and cheered for Liu Yu. Jin Guo's reaction made Liu Yu's heart go cold for a moment.After the cold, he was ashamed and angry, gritted his teeth and swallowed his blood, put all his eggs in one basket, and sent troops three ways to invade Huainan. When the news came, Liu Guangshi was heartbroken and Zhang Jun was shocked. One of these two rotten people wanted to give up Luzhou (now Hefei, Anhui), and the other abandoned Xuyi. They actively carried forward the spirit of "when the enemy comes, we retreat, and when the enemy retreats, we advance", and retreated quickly.Liu Guangshi believed that Luzhou was hard to protect due to the large number of enemies, so he could return to Taiping Prefecture (now Dangtu, Anhui) or defend it for a while.Zhang Jun didn't even say hello, and directly withdrew the army to Sishang.Obviously, he wanted to seek asylum from Yang Yizhong.Not to mention, when they gained a firm foothold in Taiping Prefecture and Sishang respectively, they "asked Zhao Gou for help" and called for help again and again. Zhao Gou had no choice but to order Yue Fei to stop attacking the puppet Qi and go east to help. If Yue Fei doesn't come, he really doesn't feel safe at all! Yue Fei went to the Northern Expedition while sick. It was the hottest autumn tiger period. His eyes were so red and swollen that he couldn't keep fighting in Caizhou. After receiving the edict, he wanted to return to his teacher. Before retreating, Yue Fei braced himself for his sickness and went to Caizhou City to check the enemy's situation in person.The walls of the city are dense, and there is silence, no soldiers can be seen on the top of the city, and the autumn wind blows the black flags on the city, making a sound of hunting.Is this an empty city?However, Yue Fei ordered the entire army to retreat.He has been keenly aware that this is luring the enemy into the urn, and there must be a lot of enemy soldiers ambushing around. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" says: "The one who knows what can be fought and what can't be fought wins; Puppet Qi has ambushed 100,000 soldiers around Caizhou City.Yue Fei's anticipation of the enemy is like a god, and he really lives up to the reputation of a generation of famous generals. The army retreated to the Baita, which is more than 50 miles away from Caizhou City. Li Cheng and others were trusted, and they chased after them. Yue Fei ordered Dong Xian and Wang Gui to lead the cavalry to set up an ambush, while he himself led a large force to continue to retreat.When the pursuers passed by, Dong Xian attacked from behind. The bandit soldiers were chasing vigorously, but they were not careful about the sneak attack from behind. There was chaos. Wang Gui chased and killed more than five li, and captured hundreds of them. Dong Xian personally interrogated the captured prisoners, and learned that just as Yue Fei had expected, Liu Yu had arranged for ten generals including Li Cheng, who had been rewarded heavily, to lead more than 100,000 troops to lie in ambush outside Caizhou City. Cover up.Now Li Cheng is leading the army, quietly heading east. Dong Xian was shocked when he saw that the thieves had already known our army's reality. On the one hand, he ordered people to report to Yue Fei. On this bridge, Dong Xian staged the scene of Zhang Fei making a big disturbance in Changbanpo. Both "Bai Shi Zhao Zhong Lu" and "Yue Wu Mu Gong's legacy" have recorded the whole process of this truth: Dong Xian then chose a dangerous place, subdued his army in the forest, and waited for him alone on the river bridge. After a while, Li Cheng waited until he saw Dong Xian, and held up a rope to tell him. He heard what Tabai Army said, and said to Dong Xian: "Don't go, I will arrest you first!" First answer: "I will not go, I'm afraid you will go away!" The thieves saw that they were waiting first, and suspected that there was an ambush, so they dared not enter.Whenever troops were sent to fight, Dong Xian sent out one or two squadrons of soldiers from the forest to respond.When he retreats, he will return to the forest again. The thief is suspicious. ... In this way, Dong Xian confronted Li Cheng's 100,000 people with his extraordinary courage and wisdom for a whole day and night. The next day, Li Cheng became impatient, waved the banner, and mobilized four groups of troops to rush forward one by one.The mountain road is narrow, and the soldiers and horses of the four routes can only ride in parallel in two or three. Every time they approach the bridge, they are picked up by Dong Xian into the stream. Dong Xian kept fighting all morning, picking dozens of riders and filling the valley with corpses.The morale of the Song army was high, and the cheers were shaking.Soon, Yue Fei led the army back, "surrounded by mountains like silver mountains". Li Cheng turned pale with shock, no longer hesitated, and ran wildly. Yue Fei crossed the river to pursue him, and pursued him for more than 30 miles. He "obtained more than 2,000 horses, armor, weapons and spears, and surrendered more than 3,000 cavalry."After simply sweeping the battlefield, Yue Fei sent his troops eastward to assist Huaixi. Zhao Gou was very happy about Yue Fei's "obedient" performance, and wrote a letter: "I expected that Aiqing would not get a minor illness occasionally, and would forget about state affairs!" .”)