Chapter 57 Pseudo-Qi's trick

Let's say that Liu Yu poured all the power of the whole country, and his troops divided into three groups to invade the Southern Song Dynasty. The Puppet Qi's Middle Route Army invaded Luzhou from Shouchunfu (now Shouxian County, Lu'an City, Anhui Province), and Liu Yu's son Liu Lin was in charge of commanding the Middle Route Army.This Liu Lin was extremely cunning. In order to create an atmosphere of terror, he asked his militiamen to dress up as golden soldiers, make banners out of tiger skins, and run around to harass the people. Needless to say, this move is bad enough.

People who don't know the truth think that Jin Qi is united again. Zhao Gou was so frightened that his face turned pale and he couldn't speak. Zhang Jun seriously analyzed to him and said: "Don't look at their aggressiveness, I can guarantee that all the troops who came this time are puppet Qi troops. Think about it, the Jin people were newly defeated in Huaixi, and they would never travel long distances to come back." Your Majesty, put one hundred and twenty hearts at ease." Then, he suggested to Zhao Gou, saying: "According to the current situation, if you can enter Jiankang, Your Majesty, you will always be vigilant and dare not relax. So look north to the Central Plains and rejuvenate the Song Dynasty. If you live in a secluded corner of Lin'an, you will easily feel insecure, and it will be inconvenient to call people from far and near." I implore Zhao Gou to come to Jiankang in person, comfort the three armies and try to recover.

Encouraged by Yue Fei's second and third Northern Expedition victories, Zhao Gou became a little more courageous. Although he did not accept the proposal to visit Jiankang in person, he agreed to move "Xingzai" to Pingjiang between Hangzhou and Jiankang. House (now Suzhou).Pingjiang is behind Jiankang, Zhao Gou believes that relatively speaking, Pingjiang will be much safer than Jiankang. but it is not the truth. At this time, Zhang Jun's army was stationed in Xuyi, Yang Yizhong's army was stationed in Sishang, Han Shizhong was in Chuzhou (now Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province), and Yue Fei stationed in Ezhou had sent his army to Caizhou. It was too late, and only Liu Guangshi's army stationed in Dangtu could protect Pingjiang Mansion.But Liu Guangshi himself was in Luzhou at this time, "there are no soldiers and horses along the river."

Therefore, Zuo Pu shot Zhao Ding not only did not support Zhang Jun's proposal to "enter Jiankang", but also expressed deep concern about moving "Xingzai" to Pingjiang. Day deep. It should be said that Zhao Ding's worries are not unreasonable - if the relocation is "on the go", it is equivalent to entrusting the safety of the court on people like Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi, which is somewhat unreliable.Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi wrote letters to Zhao Gou separately, laying all the responsibility on Yue Fei, and unanimously demanded that Yue Fei should bear the responsibility for resistance ("be the only one to take the lead").Their subtext is that the hornet's nest was stabbed by Yue Fei, and Yue Fei should be fully responsible.It's thanks to them that they can say this kind of thing.

The generals with heavy troops in their hands were all so timid, and the civil servants in the court were even more frightened. The crowd was frightened, and they all suggested to Zhao Gou that Yue Fei not only had to go east to save him, but also had to mobilize his entire army. The whole court is in chaos. The more critical the situation is, the more it can reflect a person's courage and insight. Zhao Gou took the two letters with similar content, and didn't know what to do for a while, so he handed them to Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun had seen it, and he was so angry that he blamed Zhang and Liu for their incompetence. He remonstrated with Zhao Gou, "The enemies who invaded were all Liu Yu's troops, and their combat effectiveness was very poor. There is no need for Yue Fei to go east. Strictly order Zhang and Liu to go back and guard their own camp." Zhao Gou was silent.

Zhao Ding was in a hurry: "It's a matter of great importance. I'm not afraid of 10,000, but just in case. To protect the safety of the holy car, it must be the Yue family army." Zhe Yanzhi, a member of the Privy Council who signed the letter, stood up and called on Zhao Gou to issue an edict to Yue Fei , Be sure to bring the whole division down the river quickly.Zhao and Zhe also "drafted a painting project", suggesting that Zhang Jun and Yang Yizhong immediately join forces and retreat to the south, instead of guarding the front line, they are responsible for protecting Pingjiang Mansion, and handing over the task of fighting the enemy to the Yue family army.

The hall was full of voices.Some people took advantage of the chaos to persuade Zhao Gou to simply go back to Lin'an, and all the troops withdrew to Lin'an to guard the river and defend the sea. Upon hearing this, Zhang Jun reprimanded: "Now we need a large army to garrison Huainan to shield the river. If the generals cross the river, Huainan will be lost. The enemy is sitting on the Yangtze River, which is easy to raise military supplies. How can Jiangnan be protected again! Now our army's morale is high. , the bandits in Huaixi, it is time to join forces to cover up the attack. If they retreat to the south of the Yangtze River, the big thing will be over. Yue Fei's army controls the upper class, and the relationship is very important. If their entire army goes east, once Xiang and Han have police, the consequences will be disastrous!" Zhao Zhao asked Then he issued a death order, "so that the generals dare not wait and see."

Lu Zhi also followed in front of Zhao Gou and urged that "the morale is strong, and the enemy's front is frustrating."With the support of Zhang Jun, Zhao Gou finally made a final decision: "Violent Liu Yu's crimes and rebellion, so as to encourage the Sixth Division", no one is allowed to retreat, and fight the war with all their strength.At the same time, Zhao Yuefei speeded up and went eastward. The golden man's iron cavalry is mixed with wind and dust, and the safety of the south crossing depends on this body. At this time, Yue Fei seemed to be the most effective protector of the small imperial court of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Yue Fei, who was already on the way, received Zhao Gou's second edict and felt that the situation was serious. Not only did he travel day and night, but he also ordered the forward troops stationed in Xiangyang Mansion and other places to go straight down the river. In order to make Zhao Gou make up his mind, Zhang Jun wrote to Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi in the name of the commander-in-chief of the three armies, warning them: "Liu Yu's bandit soldiers are rebellious and obedient. If they are not wiped out, they will not be able to establish a country. The country has thousands of soldiers." One day, use it for a while, today's affairs, there is an attack, and there is no surrender!" Severely criticized their escape thinking.Zhang Jun didn't dare to act rashly for the time being, but Liu Guangshi had already escaped from Luzhou, ran all the way, and retreated to Caishiji.

These two frightened birds!Zhang Jun despised them, and urged Zhao Gou to write a personal letter to warn them: "Those who don't want to die, do it with military law!" Then Zhang and Liu obeyed and returned to their defensive garrison obediently. The puppet Qi Dong Lu soldiers led by Liu Yi arrived in Huaidong, but were blocked by Han Shizhong's troops stationed in Chengzhou and Chuzhou. They fought several battles, but failed, so they had to return to Shunchang.And Liu Lin built three large pontoon bridges from Huaixi, and led hundreds of thousands of thieves across the river brazenly, rushing between Haozhou (now Fengyang County, Anhui Province) and Shouzhou.

As the war progressed, the situation gradually became clear.Zhao Ding said to Zhao Gou: "According to reports from spies everywhere, there are no Jin people in the enemy army that invaded this time. It is completely a unilateral war by the puppet Qi. We should fight hard. If Liu Yu's bandit army cannot be defeated, even If you run away, how will you build a country in the future!" Hearing that there were no Jin people involved, Zhao Gou felt cheated and couldn't help but get angry, so he sent Zhang Jun to rush to Caishiji and ordered Liu Guangshi to return to Luzhou. Zhao Gou badly ordered Zhang Jun to say: "If a person escapes across the river, he should be beheaded immediately to enforce the law of the army." Under such intimidation and strict orders, Liu Guangshi had no choice but to send two elite infantry generals, Wang De and Li Qionghengha, from Anfeng to Xiebu, echoing the central part of Yangyi.Liu Guangshi tried his best to urge the two of them: "Hurry up and kill the enemy and save my head." Wang De and Li Qiong were brave people, but they were led by Liu Guangshi these years.In particular, Wang De led sixteen cavalry into the Longde Mansion in the early days of the Anti-Golden War, killed dozens of people by hand, and captured alive the prefect Yao Taishi who was placed by the Jin people in the Longde Mansion. Grand Master Yao was taken to Tokyo, and the then Emperor Zhao Heng personally interrogated him and asked, "Who took you down?" Taishi Yao said with lingering fear: "When I was arrested, I saw only an extremely vicious Yasha." Therefore, Wang De was called "Wang Yasha".Now, these two people were drunk by Liu Guangshi, their souls returned to their positions, and their natures were restored. They defeated the puppet Qi army three times successively in Huoqiu County (now Huoqiu County, Anhui), Zhengyang (now southwest of Shouxian County, Anhui), and Qianyang Temple. . In this battle, there are many brave generals, and one of them cannot be ignored-Yang Yizhong. Yang Yizhong was born in an anti-golden family.He is burly and heavy-handed, with incredible strength, since he was young and alert, he has recited hundreds of words, and is an all-rounder in civil and military affairs.He thought: "A man should use martial arts to get rich and honor, but how can he bow his head to be a rotten Confucian!" So he stopped studying literature, specialized in martial arts, learned riding and archery, and diligently studied Sun and Wu's art of war.He once served in front of the imperial court, "guarding the sleeping tent day and night, and not going to the side immediately."Once counted and killed hundreds of thieves, "Jie Zhou was completely red", and was affectionately called "Blood Man" by Zhao Gou. Yang Yizhong, who was in charge of the front office of the palace, was originally the commander of Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun wrote to him and ordered him to meet Zhang Jun in Sizhou (now Xuyi, Jiangsu Province) and told him: "The emperor treats you kindly, and now it is you. It's a great time to make great contributions and get a Yue. If you don't perform well, I won't show favoritism." Yang Yizhong didn't dare to neglect, and hurried away.In Yuejiafang in Dingyuan County, he showed his might and defeated the tens of thousands of troops of Liu Ni's army who invaded Xuanhua. Liu Ni's army went deep alone, and suffered such a disastrous defeat, he rushed towards Luzhou in a hurry, preparing to join forces with Liu Lin, but unexpectedly, just arrived at Outang, and met Yang Yizhong again.This time Liu Yan occupied the commanding heights, and took the lead in launching the offensive by taking advantage of the dangers of the mountains and arrows. Yang Yizhong believed that "we have few soldiers, but we will be subdued when we see the situation, so we must attack urgently", and made a frontal assault.It happened that Zhang Zongyan, the former commander of the army under Zhang Jun, was coming from Sizhou to join forces to beat the dog in the water.Yang Yizhong leaped forward and shouted loudly: "You were originally citizens of the Great Song Dynasty, and you were forced to follow the bandits. Today, you are defeated. Why don't you come down quickly!" This sentence awakened all the people present, "All of you are terrified and begged for your life." Liu Lin, who was still in Shunchang, received the news of Liu Ni's defeat, and hurried out of the stronghold to escape.Wang De, who received an order from Zhao Gou's relatives to "do his best to help others", pursued him from behind, and it was not until Shouchun was satisfied that he returned home. Kong Yanzhou who besieged Gwangju, that is, the Kong Yanzhou who took his own daughter as a concubine and was said to have "beast behavior" in history, heard that Liu Ni was defeated and led his army back. So far, the puppet Qi's three-way army was defeated almost at the same time, and the puppet Qi was shocked. In this battle, the armies of Liu Guangshi and Yang Yizhong obtained hundreds of boats, thousands of vehicles, armor, gold and silk, money and rice, counterfeit banknotes, edicts, and military supplies. Huaixi war declared subsided. What's ridiculous is that when Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun and others dared to fight, Zhao Gou was still "concerned about his inadequacy" and kept sending out instructions to urge the firefighter Yue Fei to come east as soon as possible.Now that the fire is out, all Zhao Gou's orders are superfluous.At this time, Yue Fei, despite rushing day and night, had just arrived in Jiangzhou. Zhao Ding smoothed things over for himself and said: "Through this, it has been fully verified that the generals from all walks of life obey the imperial court, and no one disobeys all orders." Dare not to follow.") Zhao Gou also smiled embarrassingly: "It is not a joy to defeat Liu Lin, but it is joyful that the generals from all walks of life obey the court." Zhao Gou wrote another letter of consolation to Yue Fei, saying: "I heard that Aiqing's eye disease was slightly better, so he led the troops eastward. The deeds of serving the country with your own body and serving the master loyally are all reflected in you, which is amazing. Praise. Now the enemy who invaded Huaixi has retreated, and no new military situation has been discovered. I have arranged for Zhang Jun to deploy a comprehensive defense. Aiqing does not need to continue to come. If Xiangyang, Dengzhou, Chenzhou, and Caizhou have good opportunities to attack , attack according to Zhang Jun's strategic plan. It is also your lifelong ambition to fully recover the old territory." It's a pity that the rich and the rich cherish their lives, and the soldiers work hard!