Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Ten Years of Power, Wasted Once!

Zhao Gou's imperial decree arrived, ordering Yue Fei to be a teacher immediately. Thousands of miles away, across a great river, Lin'an City's response was so quick.Since the Northern Expedition, the imperial decree has appeared and disappeared like thunder from the sky, and each time it came at the most critical moment. For example, when Liu Kai's victory in Shunchang City was not divided, for example, when Yue Fei's forces spread out and the victory was not won (ordering Zhang and Wang to retreat), for example, when Yue Fei was about to recover Kaifeng if he advanced one step further.

How is this possible?Could it be that Zhao Gou always pays attention to the battlefield, prepares quickly by his side, and leaves immediately when he finds the situation?No, the emperor's order was to proceed from the overall situation and consider the overall interests of the empire. It had to go through a whole set of legal procedures, and it required the cooperation of many people and departments. This time Yue Fei's withdrawal was initiated by Yushi Luo Ruji.Luo said, Zhang Jun and Wang De have withdrawn their troops, Liu Kai is also retreating, Yue Fei is alone, with few soldiers and few generals, the people are poor and the country is exhausted, how can he win.If it goes deeper, it is completely irresponsible for state-owned assets.

Makes sense. The entire Yushitai responded, submitted it to the Zaizhi for review, and reported it to the emperor for approval.Considering that most cadres think this way, Zhao Gou thinks it can reflect the interests of most people, so he approves it. What does the above mean?This is not a farce, it is the top leaders of the entire country who are trying to stop Yue Fei, and it is the Southern Song Dynasty, as a country, who has gone through absolutely legal procedures to prevent its own army from recovering the old capital! Inexplicable, strange and strange. But it just happened, and I think what I said before was inaccurate.Jin Wushu's luck was indeed bad, but his fate was good.Whenever there is a crisis, there are Han people to help him, and as the level of distress rises, the strength of the Han people's help will also increase.For example, this time, the highest power level of the entire Han people is helping him.

Why? Eight hundred years later, this question came to the world. At that time, there were more people who were confused, and Yue Fei was the most painful and helpless.After receiving the edict, he was filled with righteous indignation, and he couldn't figure out why he wanted a class teacher. He wrote a reply letter to Zhao Gou, the summary of which is as follows: "...the Jinlu's heavy troops gathered in Tokyo. After repeated defeats, they were depressed and shocked inside and outside. When they heard about the spies, they wanted to abandon their survey and supplies and rush across the river. Now the hero is facing the wind, the soldiers follow their fate, the weather and the people, the strength and weakness have already been seen, and the merits will come to an end, the time will never come, and the opportunity will never be missed. The ministers are familiar with it day and night, but your majesty has the picture."

This passage hits the nail on the head and fully expresses the situation at that time. Experts and professors have always said that Yue Fei went deep with his own army. Although he won all battles, his potential had been exhausted. How could he fight against the Jin people with one army?So no matter what, he is at the end of his battle, and if he does not retreat, his entire army will definitely be wiped out.What is contended for is just when, where and how to fail. It looks very sensible! But I would like to ask, what is the strength of the whole country of the Jin people? It is true that only the Henan part of the Jin Wushu is fighting against Yue Fei.But can they all come here?Do the Jurchens dare?

The reason why they were sent to defend the army was because there were enemies.Looking at the neighbors of the Kingdom of Jin, Xixia has not really obeyed any country from the beginning to the end, let alone the Kingdom of Jin, even Genghis Khan later dared to make small moves behind it.Does Jin Guo dare to withdraw troops from Xixia and move south?dare not. Farther to the north, Xiliao, founded by Yelu Dashi, has become a superpower comparable to the vastness of the original Liao Kingdom. It fought fiercely with the Jin army several times, not only did not lose the wind, but also severely damaged the expedition Jin army.It's just that when they counterattacked the Kingdom of Jin, their military strength was insufficient.

Does the Kingdom of Jin dare to ignore such vengeful prying eyes?Also dare not. The Jurchens developed too fast, and the land area increased by thousands of times, but the first generation of warriors suffered from casualties, injuries, and illnesses. In many cases, it was the Khitan, Xiren and other foreign troops who supported the facade.Especially in the Han area, Yue Fei won consecutive battles and Jin Wushu wanted to conscript, but no one answered.Under such circumstances, how can it be said that Yue Fei's potential has been exhausted, and Jin Wushu will turn defeat into victory? The Battle of Yingchang was to seize the Tianwang Mountain in Henan. Whoever wins wins. This is the iron law of the history of the Song Dynasty. .At this time, from a purely military point of view, Yue Fei has become an irresistible trend, and it is possible to resume Kaifeng, cross the Yellow River, take over Hebei, and even seize Yanyun.

As for the mentioned materials and food, it is not worth talking about.The land of the Central Plains is full of Han people, the army can be expanded without limit, and supplies can be called at any time wherever they go. The success of connecting Heshuo allows Yue Fei to no longer have to worry about the food and grass issues during the previous three Northern Expeditions.There is a bright road ahead of him, and as long as he moves forward, he will win everything. No one can deny this, so some people are flustered, as if a catastrophe is imminent, and they are in constant fear.Such as Zhao Gou.Logically, Yue Fei is his employee, and the better he works, the more he benefits, so why stop him?

This is very puzzling. In fact, it's nothing. The worldly affairs are only pretending to be profound, not really profound.Human beings' troubles, except for a limited number of natural disasters, are caused by people. There is only one reason for all kinds of nonsensical things to happen in the final analysis-selfishness. Yue Fei succeeded in the Northern Expedition and won everything. At that time, who owns the property rights of Jiangshan? ——This question troubled Zhao Gou like a nightmare.Zhao Jiudi is a person with both physical and psychological defects. His own actions, talents and aspirations are all full of the limitations of getting rich and being safe.This limitation is born and it is difficult to change the day after tomorrow.

This is talent. Yue Fei flew with determination and courage, soared across the world, and became a loyal minister who won the world for the emperor.And Zhao Gouyuan was not the same emperor as Emperor Qin and Han Wu. He always firmly grasped the iron abacus and calculated his personal safety and wealth. Yue Fei will lose control if he moves forward, and he may become Liu Yu, the founding emperor of the Southern and Northern Dynasties!Regardless of whether this possibility exists or not, as long as it exists, it must be killed! So Yue Fei received twelve gold-plated class teacher orders in one day on July 18, the tenth year of Song Shaoxing (AD 1140), strictly ordering him not to make excuses, not to delay, and to withdraw the army immediately.

Yue Fei was at a loss, stunned, discouraged, and frustrated.After holding back for a long time, when he was finally able to speak, what he confided was the following sentence: "The strength of the minister for ten years will be wasted in one day! If you are not a minister, you are incompetent, and the powerful minister Qin Hui is really wronging your majesty!" Up to this moment, Yue Fei still believed that his Majesty was a good man, an upright man, and a master of ZTE, but because of Qin Hui's bewitchment and bewitchment, he became perverted and abnormally disordered. Unfeeling and unwilling in every possible way, but also obey the emperor's order.When Yue Fei led the army on the second day, people from nearby counties and counties rushed to stop his horse and asked why he was leaving. When Yue Fei came, they wore incense pots and transported food and grass to support them with all their strength. Yue Fei suddenly wanted to withdraw, and the Jin people would counterattack when they came back!How innocent are the people, but they do not forget their homeland but are burdened by it. Yue Fei was ashamed and regretful, so he had no choice but to take out the imperial decree and said: "I shall not stay here without authorization." As a soldier, he really could not refuse the military order.But how can this situation be ignored?Yue Fei ordered to stay for five more days. After he personally cut off, the people who wanted to follow the Song army moved south together.In this way, Yue Fei's army finally withdrew south. After Yue Fei withdrew, Liu Qi in the middle and Han Shizhong in the east followed suit, and the vigorous Shaoxing ten-year Northern Expedition came to an abrupt end.Its ending is intriguing. The Jin army paid attention to Jin Wushu's order. He ordered Kong Yanzhou, that is, the bandit leader who captured the leader of the Dongting Lake rebel army Zhong Xiang, to lead the army to recapture Kaifeng. Why is it reoccupation?Could it be that the Jin army has escaped from Kaifeng City?Indeed, Jin Wushu had escaped from Kaifeng.This is not the record in the history books of the Han people, but the record in the "Golden History" Volume 77 "The Biography of Wanyan Zongbi". Once in a thousand years, just move forward! Just missed it.What makes people vomit blood even more is that at this time, there is actually an army rushing to the front in the opposite direction. Who is this?Very dazzling, it is the most core, most loyal, and most reassuring imperial army in the Song Army-Yang Yizhong's troops.What are they doing here?Yue Fei retreated, they left Zhao Gou and crossed the river, for what purpose? Before Lenovo, the answer was ready to come out, this is not to help Yue Fei, this is to monitor, restrain and balance Yue Fei!In order to get Yue Fei to withdraw his army, Zhao Gou used so many thoughts and tricks!From the retreat of Zhang and Wang, forcing Yue Fei to become a lone army, to the naked order of the twelve gold medals, this is not enough, and they even sent troops to prepare for infighting! It's a pity that Yang Yizhong's luck was too bad. He was ambushed by the Jin army who had made a comeback, and lost contact with the rear, which almost scared Zhao Gou to faint.This is the only personal soldier in Zhao Jiudi's hands, so no matter what, there can be no mistakes! Fortunately, Yang Yizhong fled back. Those who cannot escape are the rebels and Zhoucheng on the land of Henan.After Yue Fei withdrew, the Jin army quickly counterattacked and lost everything they had gained during the Northern Expedition.The rebel army was suppressed, the city was recaptured, and the people were massacred.When these news came, Yue Fei was filled with righteous indignation. He looked up to the sky and shouted: "Once all the counties you have gained will be shut down! It is difficult for the country and the country to be revived! There is no way to recover the world!" He can be wronged, but the people cannot perish; he can be frustrated, but the country cannot be lost!At this time, Yue Fei was finally angry and out of control. There were too many things smoldering in his heart, so he had to say something! "Fishing with anger, leaning on the railing, resting in the rain. Looking up, looking up to the sky and screaming, full of enthusiasm. Thirty years of fame and dust, eight thousand miles of roads, clouds and moons. Don't wait for nothing. The boy's head is white, empty and sad. "The shame of Jingkang is still unresolved. The hatred of the courtiers, when will it be destroyed! Drive a long cart and step through the gaps in Helan Mountain. Aim to eat the meat of the Hulu while laughing and talking about drinking the blood of the Huns. Waiting to start all over again, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and face the sky." At the end of the song "Man Jianghong", Yue Fei was still habitually hoping for something, but he didn't know who and what would be waiting for him in Lin'an City. After the war, all senior generals who participated in the war had to return to Lin'an to report on their duties.When Yue Fei arrived, many things had already happened, for example, Zhang Jun and Wang De were promoted to get rich and received awards. This is a very strange phenomenon, and what is even more strange is the process of occurrence. After Zhang and Wang arrived in Lin'an City, they were completely like iron-blooded military gods, and the treatment given by Song Ting also welcomed heroes.This made the entire Lin'an city officials and folks feel uncomfortable and even more unbearable, so they booed one after another.After that, Zhang and Wang were stimulated and behaved even more outrageously. Just as it was others who fled from the battlefield regardless of their friendly forces, these two took the initiative to ask the emperor for credit and reward. Is there anything more shameless than this?The officials and people in the city were outraged, and some officials impeached them in a formal official document, but after a few days, the matter came to fruition, and the two men proudly went to the West Lake for rowing. It's ridiculous, is there still justice and morality in this world?After Yue Fei arrived in Lin'an, after hearing and seeing these, he understood the official's qualitative principles for the Northern Expedition. What is merit and what is wrong, the final right of interpretation has long since had another purpose. The market has changed, but Yue Fei has not.He pushed back all the rewards before the audience, and the choice of words was full of edges and corners, which made some people restless: "...a mere ambition has not been implemented. How to redeem!" He has no credit for anything, and he is still planning for himself, coveting money and official positions, and killing him ten thousand times is not enough.Such words are directed at Zhang Jun, Wang De, and Qin Hui, making these people take their seats and be afraid of their clumsy and dirty deeds. Do you really think that no one will know the reason for how you received the reward and why the money was distributed?Yue Fei was furious for a moment, which was equivalent to telling the emperor, the prime minister, and the generals clearly that you have joined forces to make troubles behind my back, and I know what you have done!And I really mind, I don't want to continue pretending to be confused and get along with you guys! Yue Fei asked to resign again. Zhao Gou had no choice but to write an imperial edict himself.It first affirmed Yue Fei's achievements, "When you are brave enough to win the championship, your prestige will convince the public"; The card of human affection, "Although you have ambitions, you must try to stay in the mountains and forests; but if you serve the emperor, you can forget about the royal family." You only care about yourself, regardless of the government that is still in dire straits? In this way, Yue Fei finally stopped mentioning his resignation and went into the palace to meet Zhao Gou.When they met, the whole palace echoed Zhao Gou's voice alone. He said a lot of warm, honorable, and caring words in exchange for Yue Fei's impeccable etiquette. Other than that, Yue Fei remained silent, without answering a single word.When Yue Fei left that day, behind him were several eyes with different connotations. Zhao Gou, he never lost his composure with a smile, even after doing all the above, he was still graceful and graceful.After Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others left, he concluded the Northern Expedition as the person in charge and said something like this: "If I raise an army personally, and reward and punish them, to encourage the soldiers, I will definitely be able to capture Wushu." The implication, great generals, what you can do is exactly what I can do, and I can do even better than you. it is good. The world should know that Zhen, Zhao Gou, is the one who controls everything and the object of worship. Zhang Jun made no secret of his murderous intentions.Yue Fei was his former subordinate and now his nightmare, every word and deed of this person stood on the opposite side of him, making him extremely ugly! Retaliation, retaliation, if possible, kill fly! Qin Hui is very busy, he doesn't need to stare at Yue Fei with resentment, because he is doing revenge.Speaking of it, he should be grateful to Yue Fei. After the death of his former master Wan Yanchang, he was like a kite with a broken string, wandering without roots, and even lost the foundation of standing beside Zhao Gou.Jin Wushu disdains peace talks, and Qin Hui has no meaning of existence. Very timely, Yue Fei's Northern Expedition, a violent beating made Jin Wushu sober, and understood which way to go so as not to hit the wall.In the past few days, the Fourth Highness of the Kingdom of Jin asked someone to bring a message: "Qin, you kept asking for peace day and night, but you didn't do anything serious. Why didn't Yue Fei stop? You were about to rob me of Hebei, and even killed my son-in-law. This revenge must be avenged, as long as you kill Yue Fei , and the peace talks will be concluded immediately." Qin Hui was very satisfied. Of course, this requires a process. Whether it is killing Yue Fei or engaging in peace talks, they all need overall planning, and they must pay attention to a success.During this period, not only the Southern Song Dynasty needs to take action, but the Jin Kingdom also needs to be more active. The work of Jin Guo started in the middle of the first month of the second year.Marshal Jin Wushu led the original team, no, the number was a little less, less than 120,000, and 90,000 were patched together to launch the southward invasion. This is expected. After the failure, they must take the initiative to attack. It was like this in the Liao Kingdom, and it is also the case in the Jin Kingdom now. Hitting is a must, but where to hit is very particular.Ezhou is a restricted area and must not be provoked; in Chuzhou, Han Shizhong's combat power is not as good as before, but he is still tough enough, and his profit is small. Jurisdiction.Over the years, we have known each other well, and this is the only soft persimmon at present. In the cold weather, the Jin army crossed the Feishui River and attacked Shouchun. They did not encounter any resistance and broke through the city that day.After that, the Lianghuai area was still peaceful, the only change was that on several main roads, a galloping horse appeared every few hours. These horses are the most important "war weapons" of Zhang Jun, commander of the Huaixi theater, in his jurisdiction. As the oldest general in the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhang Jun's style is the most classic.He strictly implemented the remote control policy and handed over the jurisdiction to his subordinate Yao Duan. The army was stationed in Jiankang on the south bank of the Yangtze River. Learn the policy, maintain the relationship. Such and such is the work and life style that a general will have! So what if the Jin army comes and the jurisdiction is empty?Don't worry, he prepared a lot of fast horses and formed the "Meteor Horse Scout", which can quickly spread the battle report to the south of the Yangtze River. As for the news, there is still no rush. He can carefully mobilize the army, hold a military meeting carefully, and choose a mount carefully, so as to avoid the tragedy of falling off the horse and hurting his arm when rushing to the front line again... As for The front line, the Jin army, the war has already broken out, and nothing will be delayed. General Liu Kai was promoted to the judge of Huaibei Xuanfu envoy and stationed in Taiping Prefecture (now Dangtu, Anhui Province) with the Eight Character Army. He can take the lead in killing Resist for a while in the past. Liu Kai led the Bazi army to attack again, becoming the first barrier to prevent the Jin army from invading south.A few days later he arrived at Luzhou (now Hefei, Anhui Province), an important town in Huaixi. The guard of Luzhou, Guan Shigu, has more than 2,000 soldiers under his command.Ordinarily, this is much better than Shunchang's conditions, and Luzhou, as the most important town in Huaixi, has more complete city defense facilities.Theoretically speaking, Liu Kai will lean on Jiancheng and create a more brilliant record than the battle of Shunchang. But after he arrived, he walked around the city wall, and then told Guan Shigu to gather those who can run away immediately and withdraw immediately!The city defense is one thing, but the speed at which the Jin army came is even more so. Shunchang gave him at least six days of preparation time, and now the vanguard of the Jin army is almost here. During Luzhou's great retreat, Liu Kai retreated as quickly as possible to a place called Dongguan in the southeast of Chaoxian County. At this time, Luzhou has been breached, and the Wuwei Army and Hezhou around it have been affected.At this point, the war had just broken out, and most of Huaixi had been lost. Within ten days, the defense line of the Yangtze River was under threat. Zhao Gou panicked. No matter what kind of inside story there is, he must ensure the safety of the Yangtze River defense line. Only with this can he have a bargaining chip, and only then can he live a peaceful and happy life.He strictly ordered Zhang Jun to roll from Lin'an to the front line immediately, and sent Yang Yizhong to lead the forbidden army across the river to fight. After that, he still had no idea, and habitually asked Ezhou for help. Zhao Gou sent an imperial letter in a hurry, asking Yue Fei to personally lead the army across the river to attack the Jin army and ensure the safety of the leader. Yue Fei felt dizzy after receiving the order.Where is this going? In the Huaixi theater, the military strength of Zhang Jun, Liu Qi, and Yang Yizhong has reached more than 130,000.This is the first time Jianyan has fought against the Jin army with a superior force after his crossing to the south. Although Zhang Jun is very soft and Yang Yizhong has few masters, with Liu Qi around, how can the safety of the Yangtze River be guaranteed? Taking advantage of this opportunity, he should send troops to take Jinghuo directly from Ezhou.In this way, the Song army will use Yue Fei's troops from the north, and Zhang, Liu, and Yang's troops from the south, forming a situation of encirclement, and wipe out the elite soldiers in the southern part of the Jin Kingdom with an absolutely superior force.In this way, it is more direct and effective to win the country in one battle than to recover Kaifeng. Yue Fei wrote this strategic intention into a memorial and urgently reported it to Lin'an.Zhao Gou sent a reply at a faster speed, with a central topic wrapped in a lot of ardent hopes: "...now Jiangsu and Zhejiang are stationed, and the bandits are near Huaixi, so the situation is at the forefront." Now the leader is in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the Jin soldiers have already reached Huaixi. This is the most important thing.Fei, don't make any fools, come and save me! Faced with Zhao Gou's timidity, Yue Fei didn't delay any longer, gave up this rare and great opportunity, and immediately led his troops to Huaixi.In this way, if nothing else, it will become a classic refueling battlefield. All sides continue to add chips to it, fight in groups, kill one thousand enemies and injure eight hundred. Yue Fei crossed the river around February 11th, the eleventh year of Shaoxing in Song Dynasty (AD 1141), and approached the battlefield.It's a pity that things changed before he really got close.Zhang Jun, the chief general of Huaixi, wrote him a letter, telling him to stay away and keep his distance. Zhang Jun and Wang De rushed from Lin'an to Jiankang, which is now Nanjing, where they joined his large army and crossed the river on the fourth day of February.After crossing the Yangtze River, I looked around and suddenly couldn't find the enemy. The Jurchens did not know what they were doing, but after occupying Luzhou, Hezhou and other places, they began to slowly withdraw their troops.In more than ten days, small and medium-sized cities such as Hanshan County, Chao County, Quanjiao County, and Zhaoguan were gradually given up.Zhang Jun can't figure it out, but the soldiers in his hands are very greedy by nature, why not take advantage of them? So the two sides retreated and advanced in a tacit understanding, and walked hand in hand on the Huaixi Plain.This state continued until Zhegao Town in the north of Chaoxian County. This place was flat and flat. After the Jurchens retreated here, they never left again. 90,000 against 130,000, legion-level decisive battle, of course the Golden Army must choose a place where they can run fast. At this point, Zhang Jun and others knew that things were not that simple, they had followed the Jurchens into the opponent's home field.But it's nothing. In recent years, it is no longer the era when the Song army was afraid of the Jurchens like a tiger. After countless victories, even Zhang Jun, Wang De, and Yang Yizhong, who had never defeated the Jin army head-on, were full of enthusiasm. confidence. What's more, Liu Kai, the lone hero of the Battle of Shunchang, is also in the formation. The two sides played against each other on February 17th.The person who provoked the first round of attacks was not the Jurchen, nor Liu Kai, but Yang Yizhong, the leader of the Lin'an Forbidden Army.Yang Yizhong was known as a "blood man" in his early years. He rode into the city alone and defeated the bandits all over the city, which surprised and loved Zhao Gou.This tradition has been maintained, and it has been intensified after so many years. On such occasions, they still dare to fight and fight for the front. Over the years, the prestige developed by law enforcement in the capital is indeed powerful!