Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen

The incident happened in the area of ​​the Yangtze River Defense Line.As mentioned earlier, due to insufficient preparation, Li Heng's Northern Expedition failed. He not only lost the land recovered during the Northern Expedition, but also lost his defense area around Xiangyang. The door of the Southern Song Dynasty was wide open. Jin Wushu was happily troubled between going south and taking Sichuan first, and finally chose to fight Wu Jie to the death, which made the Southern Song Dynasty very happy.Theoretically speaking, regardless of Wu Jie's victory or defeat, at least it bought time for rebuilding the Yangtze River defense line.They seized the time, organized their troops, and chose among the major generals who would go out.

Carefully selected, selected the best from the best, the final candidate was actually... Yue Fei. Not Liu Guangshi, not Zhang Jun, not Han Shizhong, not the great military strategist, statesman, and thinker Zhang Jun, but the "little general" Yue Fei who has just been a little famous. At this time, four full years had passed since the two battles of Huang Tiandang and the recovery of Jiankang. During this period, the situation was changing, personnel and affairs were divergent, and everything was in turmoil.The Yue Fei of today is no longer the Yue Fei of the past. Yue Fei's life is a song full of grandeur and passion. The ups and downs of each note are the echo of the entire Chinese nation. It should be remembered, remembered and sung.

Now, I will describe his life course in the past four years one by one. We must start with a small incident after regaining Jiankang.Yue Fei regained Jiankang City in mid-May of that year. The city was devastated and rubble everywhere, and it was already a ruin.Yue Fei was full of resentment, but unfortunately he was unable to do so, so he had to send the prisoners to the Southern Song camp, and then returned to Zhangzhu Town, Yixing County.In Zhangzhu, there was a country gentleman named Zhang Danian, who built a villa by the shore of Taihu Lake and named it "Taoxi Garden". Zhang Danian invited Yue Fei to Taoxi Garden as a guest, where Yue Fei left an "Inscription".That is the same text as the later "Manjianghong", and it is the oath of Yue Fei's lifelong wish.

We must relive it and remember it.The congratulations are recorded as follows: "Near the Central Plains, the gold thieves are driving for a long time, as if entering a land without people. The generals are incompetent, not as strong as the Great Wall. Yu Fa was angry at Heshuo. He started from Xiangtai and joined the army. He has fought more than two hundred battles, although he is not far away. Wandering wilderness, destroying the lair, and avoiding the country's enmity. Today, a single army is raised to revive Yixing. The battle of Jiankang was repeated in one fell swoop. Thieves swarmed into the river and fled in a hurry. Return your ears! Now let's rest our troops to raise our soldiers and prepare our strength to wait for the enemy. If the court sees it, it will bestow armor to make it complete; award meritorious service and rewards to make people feel favored. That is to say, we should go deep into the prisoner's court, bind the lord of the thief, and run away. In front of the blood horse, all the barbarian species were slaughtered, and the second sage was returned to the capital to return to the capital, and then he took his homeland and published it. Wouldn’t it be a pleasure for him to make great contributions to gold and stone! Once this heart is raised, the world will know it, and those who know me will know it. Jian Yan Looking at the sun in June in four years, He Shuo and Yue Fei wrote."

This is what the hero said, and even more so. Yue Fei's life is evidenced by this. He has never forgotten his ideals, and nothing has violated his aspirations at this time. Such a general who is consistent in his words and deeds and loyal to his country has just made a great contribution and is about to go to another battlefield to fight.What is recorded in the history of the Southern Song Dynasty is not his heart to serve the country with fists, but another event that happened during this period. Yue Fei's friendly army is a small army led by a man named Liu Jing.Before the battle of Jiankang, the cooperation between the two was very pleasant.After regaining Jiankang, Yue Fei suddenly annexed the opponent, and he used treacherous and fierce methods. He asked his subordinates to trick Liu Jing to a designated place, kill Liu Jing and seize the military power, eat and drink.

How could Yue Fei, who is benevolent, bright, and like the sun god, do this?This is the method used by warlords in the old days when they annexed each other.So, everyone sighed, there is no such thing as a hero in the world, and what kind of hero is Yue Fei... Well, let's look at the details.The first is the environment. It was indeed a situation where warlords annexed each other. The relationship between the four or five generals of ZTE in the Southern Song Dynasty was very rigid. To be precise, it was hatred.They may cooperate sincerely in battle, but when they usually look at each other, they think of pieces of fat in their hearts.

The imperial court's rewards are fat, so we must fight for them; military achievements in wartime, they are fat, and we have to fight for them; the size of titles are fat, and we have to fight for them; fight. The last one is the most important thing. What is the root of a warlord is the army!They not only fight on their own, but also annex the small teams around them at any time, seizing every opportunity to expand their strength. For example, Wu Jie, after he survived the three life and death tests of Monk Yuan, Rao Fengguan, and Xianrenguan, his prestige has been greatly improved but his strength has also been greatly damaged. What should he do if he wants to strengthen his strength at this time?Ask Zhao Gou for soldiers, salary, and equipment?Just kidding, Zhao Gou himself is not enough.He can only figure out a way by himself.It can also be regarded as Amaterasu, when he was most in need of troops, it was the darkest period of another general's life.

Also in the Northwest, Guan Shigu, the former general of the Xihe Army and now defending the front line from Minzhou to Jiezhou, is so poor that he can't even survive.But no matter how loyal he was, he had to eat. His soldiers were as hungry as skeletons, and they couldn't stand it anymore.Every time he asked his superiors for food, he never replied.Keep asking, keep not.Forced to do nothing, he had to leapfrog to Zhao Gou in the south of the Yangtze River to ask for it, but there was no news, not even a reply slip. Guan Shigu is really in a hurry, if no one will give it, then go and rob Jin Guo!He led his army to attack and fought against the Jin army at Shiyaoling, but he was completely defeated.It's not his fault, he has neither land nor troops, and the soldiers are starving to death, so what can he do to win.After that, he was so angry that he pointed at the sky and cursed everything.After his anger reached its peak, he became perverted.

He rode out of the camp alone, and when he reappeared, he was already a member of the Jin army... Guan Shigu defected to the enemy.This news surprised Wu Jie, he didn't wait for the news to spread in Shaanxi, and immediately sent someone to take over Guan Shigu's soldiers.This is capital, and it is a golden opportunity for him to strengthen himself! Returning to Yue Fei, Liu Jing wanted to kill his family first while he was fighting in Jiankang, and then conspire to capture his remaining troops. After growing stronger, he would take advantage of the fire to rob and swallow everything when he was fighting bloody battles with the Jin army.

Such people are national scum, even if they are not annexed, they must be killed. Yue Fei quickly moved the garrison in Zhangzhu Town, Yixing County, which was expected.He miraculously defeated the chief general of the Jin army and regained the famous city Jiankang in a state of national crisis, which must be rewarded vigorously. Even, in order to boost morale and divert the truth of the defeat, the Song Dynasty had to set up heroic models of Yue Fei and Han Shizhong. In fact, the Song Dynasty did the same.After the Battle of Huang Tiandang, Han Shizhong's status rose rapidly, and Zhao Gou issued six orders of commendation, promoting him to be the inspector Shao Bao, Wu Chenggan the German Army Jiedu Envoy, and Shenwu Zuojun Commander.

Han Shizhong established ZTE's position as a general in one fell swoop. On the other hand, Yue Fei, he was also promoted, and was appointed as the governor of Tongtai Town, and he also knew Taizhou. The area under his jurisdiction was in the east of Yangzhou, from Taizhou to Nantong.This can be regarded as having a title and a territory, so he should be happy anyway.But he was not happy, but immediately wrote a memorial to resign. In the Song Dynasty, official rules were rewarded by the emperor. No matter how much you liked it, you had to decline it at least twice. Yue Fei's resignation was not like this, he really wanted to resign.From a normal point of view, this position represents great glory and real power in the future history, but only in this time period, it is a huge insult to him! Looking around, there are such a group of colleagues at the same level as him, such as Guo Zhongwei, the governor of Yangzhou, Xue Qing, the governor of Chengzhou (now Gaoyou County, Jiangsu), and Li Cheng, the governor of Shuzhou (now Qianshan County, Anhui). , Zhai Xing, the governor of Henan (now Luoyang), Zhao Li, the governor of Chuzhou (now Huai'an County, Jiangsu), Liu Wei, the governor of Chuzhou, etc. The identities of these people are "travel bandits". During the period when Jianyan traveled south and the Song Dynasty continued, Zhao Gou's enemies included "bandits" in addition to the Jin army.Kou is divided into two categories, one of which is You Kou.It is really a tragedy to say that the so-called "you" in the word "you" is actually full of glorious connotations.These people were originally a rebel army formed spontaneously in the north of the Yangtze River to fight against the Jin army. After the failure, the team stayed and fled to the south of the Yangtze River. They are soldiers who contribute to the country, they are the wealth of the country, and they should have made greater contributions. However, the Jianyan Group headed by Zhao Gou designated them as "bandits". Because they are mobile, they are wandering bandits. . In order to resettle them, Zhao Gou fixed them on the Yangtze River.To put it nicely, it is to continue to contribute to the country; to put it bluntly, it is to let them fight against the Jin army and the puppet Qi army. To let others contribute, they must give some titles.Fan Zongyin, the evil official in the front, once ordered to set up several "fan towns" along the Yangtze River defense line, raise their own food and pay, and take care of their own disabilities.Those guys mentioned above belong to this group. But Yue Fei couldn't figure it out, why should he be equated with these people? In fact, this is the source of tragedy in Yue Fei's life.There is a problem with Yue Fei's background. He is not Zhang Jun, Liu Guangshi, and Han Shizhong. These three are all from the regular army and are veteran generals of the Western Army.He has a good root and established a good personal relationship with the emperor in the first place.Moreover, strictly speaking, every step in Yue Fei's military qualifications is Zhao Gou's least favorite. He was born in a peasant, and no one recommended him; he used to be a subordinate of Wang Yan, and Wang Yan was the leader of the Eight-Character Army. The Eight-Character Army had a spontaneous foundation, and Wang Yan was against the government;This is the person Zhao Gou does not want to face; he was once Du Chong's subordinate, and Du Chong... was the one who made Zhao Gou deceived. Zhao Gou didn't like all these things at all, and he was not a direct descendant of Jianyan Group from beginning to end.So what if you can fight, what the Song Dynasty needs is not generals or brave generals, but good generals! About these, Yue Fei has not comprehended.He is doing something responsible to the country and the nation, and he feels that this is enough.Therefore, he resigned at this time, but was rejected, and finally had to take office as scheduled. In the Taizhou Defense Zone, Yue Fei did a very famous stupid thing.At that time, around October in the fourth year of Jianyan (AD 1130), the Jin army aggressively attacked the Jianghuai area, with the key target being Chuzhou.Song Ting ordered all the military towns around Chuzhou to go all out to help. As a result, the eunuchs did not move, Zhang Jun did not move, and Liu Guangshi did not move. He sent his powerful general group and slowly moved to Chuzhou. Han Shizhong wanted to move at first, but Zhao Gou ordered him not to move.Because he was very brave when he quelled the Miao and Liu incidents, the Song Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River has regarded him as a guardian god, and he is the most reliable force that cannot be lightly moved at any time. Only Yue Fei quickly approached Chuzhou. Chuzhou fell before Yue Fei arrived.This became a great weapon for others to criticize Yue Fei in the future.How could Yue Fei disregard the safety of Chuzhou?Why didn't he arrive quickly, defeat the Jin army, and break the siege of Chuzhou? Even Jiankang can be recovered, how could it not be able to save Chuzhou? From this point of view, Yue Fei really asked for it.Who told him to rush out to save people in a hurry, wouldn't it be nice to watch like other generals? Not long after this incident, some appeasement envoys revealed their true colors and became wandering bandits again.Among them, Li Cheng did the most thorough. He swam in a large area, from Shandong to Jiangnan, and almost disturbed the coast of the Yangtze River. Li Cheng, born in Xiongzhou (now Xiongxian County, Hebei Province), styled Boyou.Born as an archer, he is famous for his bravery.His life is divided into two parts, before and after, which can be called black and white contrast, which is extremely vivid.First, he spontaneously organized a rebel army to fight against the gold, and he would never surrender even if he fought thousands of miles away.After the failure, he led his troops across the Yangtze River and entered the south of the Yangtze River, and immediately expressed his intention to become a regular army. Zhao Gou satisfied him. Li Cheng rebelled and robbed. Liu Guangshi sent troops to suppress the bandits.Li Cheng was convinced, became an official again, and was sent to the Yangtze River. Li Cheng rebelled again and robbed a large area. Zhao Gou sent Liu Guangshi to send troops again, and the yamen replied that he was not available.Han Shizhong asked to fight, but was not approved again.Zhao Gou handed over the task to Zhang Jun, and temporarily assigned Yue Fei to Zhang Jun to suppress the bandits. This is the beginning of the story between Yue Fei and Li Cheng, and also the beginning of the long story between Yue Fei and Zhang Jun.At this time, Yue Fei regarded Zhang Jun as his elder brother, and Zhang Jun regarded Yue Fei as the first guarantee for the success of suppressing the bandits. The stink for thousands of years... Back to Yue Fei and Li Cheng.Li Cheng's worst nightmare came, he found that the market had changed.Before, he could turn into a bandit at any time if he wanted to rebel, and he would not be killed to the end if he wanted to surrender. Just like Liu Guangshi, everything was discussed, so he could choose calmly between rebellion and surrender. There is no psychological burden. But Yue Fei was different, this man chased him all over the south of the Yangtze River, as if he had a deep hatred with him, and he would never stop dying.He was so scared that he didn't feel safe even voluntarily surrendering.Gritting his teeth, he started the rest of his life. Li Cheng returned to Jiangbei and surrendered to the puppet Qi.From then on, he desperately resisted the Song Dynasty, which was more thorough and tough than his previous resistance to the Jin Dynasty.Remember how the first Northern Expedition organized by Li Heng failed. The puppet Qi army that counterattacked back to the Song Dynasty was led by Li Cheng. This man has been resisting the Song Dynasty under Liu Yu's hand; when the puppet Qi fell, he went to the Kingdom of Jin to become an official and continued to resist the Song Dynasty; . This person lived to be seventy years old before he died, and he recovered a year before he died, and he still resisted the Song Dynasty...why is he so persistent?It was probably forced by Yue Fei. Yue Fei is working hard and has not yet entered the glorious stage of his life, but the stains follow him everywhere.During this time, one more thing happened.This incident happened when Yue Fei was on his way to report to Zhang Jun.One day, he rode on horseback with some of his closest generals, such as Wang Gui and Zhang Xian.There was another person in the team, his uncle Yao. A few days ago, Yao was punished by Yue Fei for his misbehavior in Yixing.At this time, while walking, he suddenly accelerated to overtake Yue Fei, leading by dozens of steps, and suddenly drew his bow and arrow to shoot at Yue Fei. Fortunately, Yao's arrow was not accurate, and he only hit Yue Fei's saddle.Yue Fei was furious, and immediately chased his uncle with his horse, and captured Yao alive.He ordered Wang Gui and Zhang Xian to grab Yao's hands, draw his knife, and cut him open. Yue Fei told his mother about it.The mother-in-law was startled and sad, and scolded him, saying, "I love this brother the most, how could you do such a thing!" Yue Fei replied: "His arrow hits a little higher, and I will die. After I die, how can my mother survive? The arrow only hit the saddle bridge, and it was God who blessed me. If I don't kill my uncle today, my uncle will die tomorrow." Kill me. Nothing to do." Although the mother-in-law is grieving, but the matter has come to this point, she can only let it go. The above is the story of this incident, which is taken from the volume 144 of "Three Dynasties Beimenghuibian", recorded on the 11th day of the first lunar month in the first year of Shaoxing (AD 1131).This incident was widely circulated, and it became an ironclad proof that Yue Fei's temperament was cruel, he would seek revenge, and there was no room for maneuver.After this ironclad evidence was confirmed, many people understood why the Song Dynasty finally killed Yue Fei. Because this person holds grudges and will take revenge. "It's easier to tie a tiger than to let it go." It's better to kill it once and for all. I don't care whether these inferences are realistic or not, or even whether Xu Mengxin, the author of "Three Dynasties and Beimenghuibian", has ulterior motives, I just question Xu's creative ability. Yue Fei's uncle should know what kind of combat power Yue Fei has. Is he doing this a direct challenge or a sudden conspiracy?He is a European medieval knight who traveled to the Song Dynasty, right? He still doesn't bother to shoot arrows behind his back? Pediatric flaws, dirty water without technical content, too lazy to talk about it.Continue to talk about Yue Fei's bandit suppression process. Li Cheng escaped the Yangtze River and rebelled, and the mission is still going on. The enemy's armed forces are too many, big and small, to be counted.Yue Fei flipped through the task list, and there were two big goals below. Zhang Yong and Cao Cheng. Zhang Yong's activities were in Jiangxi, Zhang Jun didn't do anything about him, and Yue Fei just sent a letter.The letter recalled their "friendship" in Kaifeng. During the period of Du Chong, there was a famous fratricidal incident between the regular army and the rebel army in Kaifeng.The protagonists of the Rebel Army are Zhang Yong and Wang Shan. They won the ending, but they were frightened by Yue Fei in the process.Facing tens of thousands of rebels, Yue Fei rushed over with more than 2,000 people. Not only defeated the enemy ten times more, but also killed a leader of the rebels. Yue Fei asked in the letter: "Do you still remember me? Now that I am here, you 'go out if you want to fight, surrender if you don't fight', make a decision early." After Zhang Yong received the letter, he only said four words: "Guo my father." surrendered immediately. After Zhang Yong surrendered, Zhang Jun left with his troops, leaving Yue Fei to single out Cao Cheng.Cao Cheng is from Runan, he is a big shot in the so-called rogue group, his strength is comparable to that of Li Cheng, with more than 100,000 troops, especially there is a super strong general in his army. This general was the most intimidating general at the turn of the Song Dynasty. If he really fought alone, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong might not be his opponents. Zhang Jun left at this time, not because he was afraid of difficulties, but because he sold Yue Fei a big favor.Compared with the two, although Yue Fei's military strength is small, Zhang Jun believes that Yue Fei will win, and Cao Cheng's huge military strength will become Yue Fei's spoils of war. At this time, Zhang Jun really cultivated Yue Fei as a powerful general and a close brother. In his opinion, Yue Fei would become his confidant. On the eighth day of August that year, Zhang Jun separated from Yue Fei in Dingjiazhou, Ruichang County.He took away Zhang Yong and his 50,000 troops, and left some supplies to support Yue Fei in Hunan to conquer Cao Cheng. Before leaving, there was a small episode.Yue Fei was suddenly promoted and became the Xuanfu envoy of Jinghu and Guangnan Road, and also knew Tanzhou.This title is no small matter, and Yue Fei suddenly became a provincial governor. This is only temporary, proxy in nature.This official position was appointed to Li Gang by the Jianyan Group.Li Gang, the former prime minister who was famous all over the world and wasted his life, finally hoped for a glimmer of officialdom. In view of the fact that there are wars everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is a bad situation of confrontation between the government and everything other than civil servants with professional backgrounds, Zhao Gou decides to let Li Gang come out again to help him clean up the mess. It's time to talk about the environment of the Southern Song Dynasty during the Jianyan and Shaoxing periods. It's not an exaggeration at all. This is a hell on earth, not much better than the Jiangbei-occupied areas.Strictly speaking, in some respects, the Jianyan Group is more brutal than the Jurchens. The first is the suffering of the people in the south of the Yangtze River. The people in the south of the Yangtze River used to live freely and richly, as if they were in heaven, but the northerners rushed over all of a sudden. When they came, they were ragged, pale, and penniless. Houses, money, children, treasures, etc. are all theirs. This is simply blatant robbery, using some titles of the extinct Northern Song government to blatantly rob Jiangnan people.For example, when Zhao Gou moved to Hangzhou, he chose a big house to live in, and the eunuchs rushed to live a princely life again. Behind these scenes, there are many sorrows of the rich people in the south of the Yangtze River.Not only the well-off Jiangnan people, but also the Jiangnan people with free status, all their various resources have been seized. For the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jurchens were invaders; for the Jiangnan people, the northerners were also invaders.That was the reality at the time. It is conceivable that the Jiangnan people will definitely retaliate.Therefore, the "traveling bandits" came from the north, like those envoys listed above; the southerners spontaneously formed "local bandits", and the aborigines revolted, such as Zhong Xiang and Yang Yao in Dongting Lake. The government is the sworn enemy, and it will never die. Next came the suffering of the people of the North. Those who crossed the river to escape were not all Zhao Gou and others. What percentage of government and military personnel accounted for it? Most of them were civilians in the north.After these people arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, they had no food and clothing, and were destitute.Who will take care of them?Zhao Gou and other government officials have to flee into the sea every now and then, and all kinds of resources are robbed by the superiors. Therefore, the civilians in the north can only live at the bottom of society, and have to face the anger of the people in the south of the Yangtze River. The misery of the civilians fleeing in the north is unimaginable! However, think about it in another way. If we are Zhao Gou and the Jianyan Group, in order to re-establish the country and resist foreign enemies, we must have a large number of troops and government employees.These all require huge sums of money to maintain.Where does the money come from, only taxes. That is, to collect from the people... Therefore, no matter how strong the contradictions are, the people have to be squeezed continuously.As a result, more contradictions and mortal enemies will arise.Going deeper, what should they do when it comes to Yue Fei and other military personnel? They can see suffering, they can see injustice, cruelty, exploitation, and they know what they are doing, so why not? This is the tragedy of being human.There are such laws in human society. The development of human society, the establishment of social order, and the improvement of ideology must be carried out by means of war and bloodshed. This is the case at all times and in all over the world.How can Yue Fei be free from vulgarity?Therefore, when he fought in the territory, when he went to exterminate the wandering bandits or local bandits, his hands were stained with the blood of ordinary people, and he had no choice but to do so. Can't do this?Then please point out a way out. When Yue Fei did these things, he had reached the level of perfection, because he was absolutely strict with himself.The army under his command is so disciplined to an unbelievable degree, no matter what era it is in, it is the best. When Yue Fei was stationed in the army, the troops under his jurisdiction were not allowed to leave the barracks at will, were not allowed to walk around the streets, and were not allowed to do business or engage in production like the Imperial Army in the Northern Song Dynasty. When Yue Fei was in the army, taking the journey from Hongzhou to Hunan as an example, the people of Hongzhou wanted to watch his famous military appearance, but missed the opportunity.Before dawn that day, Yue Fei's army set off.When they received the notice and went to the market, they only saw Yue Fei and a few old and weak soldiers leading the horses for him. Yue Fei borrowed houses along the way, and he had to clean up the owner's house before leaving; he borrowed cooking utensils, which had to be washed before being returned to the owner.He also ate and slept with the soldiers.When Yue Fei passed by Luling, the county guard specially set up a military tent for drinking and eating, and was going to go to the suburbs to meet him, but he saw the army passing by continuously, but he did not appear. The county guard asked the soldiers, only to find out that Yue Fei had been with Pian Pi all along and had already left.These, it seems, only the uncles of the Eighth Route Army can do it. What is even more rare is the integrity of Yue Fei's army in combat.In troubled times, soldiers and bandits belong to the same family, and even the disaster of soldiers is greater than that of bandits.In the army of the Southern Song Dynasty, it goes without saying that there are small groups, and the three famous generals have problems.Han Shizhong was better, but he pulled out the radish and brought out the mud. When he sent troops, he suffered a lot of casualties, but some were killed by mistake. Zhang Jun loves money, and he is known as "Zhang Locust". Wherever he goes, everything is gone, but basically he can leave a lot of living people.The most ruthless is Liu Guangshi in the big yamen. This person's philosophy of life is to "raise power and avoid trouble". "Avoiding troubles" means hiding from the Jurchens, and "raising power" means sending troops to suppress bandits.Whenever there is banditry in a wealthy area, he will definitely rush to send troops. When he succeeds, that area will be completely wiped out. The good and the bad were all dead, and all the wealth of an entire region went into his own pocket. Yue Fei used the same procedure every time he dispatched troops. No matter who he was attacking, he always wrote a letter at first.The letter began in the name of the official title given to him by the Southern Song Dynasty, and contained the emperor's order. The first request was always surrender. If the opponent does not surrender, the battle will begin.In combat, he only involves resisting personnel, overcoming, chasing down until reaching a certain bottom line.In other words, he basically won't kill them all. Alas, why is he so unenthusiastic? The same is true for Cao Cheng. The two sides fought in Hezhou, and the focus was to compete for Moxie Pass.Cao Cheng arrived first, and Yue Fei sent his most powerful subordinate, the former commander of the army, Zhang Xian, to attack. At first, everything is normal.Before Zhang Xian arrived and attacked the pass, Han Shunfu, the fifth general of the former army under Yue Fei, broke through the pass.From this moment, both the enemy and the enemy basically recognized the fact that the battle at Moxie Pass was over, and it was only a matter of time before Cao's success or failure.Han Shunfu is very relaxed, Yue Fei is far away, Zhang Xian is not in sight, and his nature is a bit exposed. Han Shunfu was very interested in drinking and molesting women in Moxie Pass.Suddenly, someone came in. With a small number of troops, he entered from the outside of Yue's army, repelled the entire battalion, broke into the tent, and chopped down Han Shunfu. This man's name is Yang Zaixing.Later generations said that he was a descendant of Yang Linggong in the Northern Song Dynasty, but in fact the two had nothing to do with each other.Yang Zaixing was born in Huangqiao Town, Jishui County, Jiangxi Province. His ancestral home was in Tangyin, Xiangzhou, Henan Province, and he was a fellow villager of Yue Fei. Moxie Pass fell again. Yue Fei was furious. It was not a matter of victory or defeat, but that Han Shunfu had brought shame to the entire army.He announced that he would not avenge Han Shunfu, and those who escaped drinking with Han Shunfu were also beheaded.After that, he ordered the former fifth lieutenant general to attack Mo Xie Pass again, and must capture Yang Zaixing alive. At this time, all the Yue family's army believed that Han Shunfu had made a mistake by drinking, as long as he took it seriously.Yang Zaixing is just an ordinary bandit general. Since the establishment of the army to suppress bandits, they have killed countless people like this. Soon, news came that the fifth lieutenant had failed. Yue Fei calmed down and sent Zhang Xian to fight in person.He thought about it again, and sent Wang Jing, the commander of the rear army, to meet him.The front and rear commanders of the Yue family army went out together, so they should be able to catch them easily. Soon, news came that Mo Xie Pass had been captured, but Yang Zaixing was not captured.During the battle, Yue Fei's younger brother Yue Fan died under Yang Zaixing's hands! Yue Fei was shocked, and the entire Yue Family Army was shocked.In subsequent operations, catching Yang Zaixing became the first task, while catching the bandit leader Cao Cheng became a secondary task. In the chaos, Cao Cheng and Yang Zaixing fled while fighting.Ten days later, they fled to Guiling County in northeast Hezhou.There are many mountains and rivers here, and once it goes deep, it is likely to get rid of the Yue family army. But this is only theoretical. Before, Cao Cheng's army did not escape from Hezhou for ten days, which showed a problem. The Yue family army was biting them tightly and was under attack all the time. Guiling County was the terminus, where Cao Cheng's troops were dispersed, and he led most of his troops to flee to Lianzhou (now Lianxian County, Guangdong).He fled in such a panic that he didn't even know who was waiting for him in front of him.In fact, there was no need for this at all, because no one answered him.The Yue family army, headed by the first general Zhang Xian, all rushed to Jingjiang (now Guilin, Guangxi).There was a huge temptation there, and the thief, Yang Zaixing, who no one could handle, fled there. Yang Zaixing has been fighting and fleeing all the time, he doesn't believe in fate.At this time, he faced the domestic army and wanted to fight to the end.In the future, when he faces alien enemies, he will also fight to the last moment.He is a born soldier, an unrivaled fighter! Zhang Xian led the cavalry to pursue him closely.While escaping, Yang Zaixing felt that his chance had come.There is a deep ravine ahead, and the cavalry cannot cross it. As long as he escapes to the other side of the deep ravine, he will be safe. Yang Zaixing jumped down, and immediately knew that he was wrong.The pursuers of the Yue family army did not play any game of crossing the deep ravine with him, but took out their bows and arrows... Well, Yang Zaixing felt that the war could be over, so he shouted to the pursuers: "I am a hero, don't kill me, Take me to see Yue Fei." Zhang Xian captured him alive. Most people think that the reason why Zhang Xian chooses to capture him is because he wants Yue Fei to avenge himself, after all, Yang Zaixing killed his own brother.However, Yue Fei personally untied the rope tied to Yang Zaixing's body, and said to him: "You are a hero and also my fellow countryman. I will not kill you. From now on, you must serve the country." Yue Fei clearly distinguishes between public and private, and made it very clear that I did not kill you for the benefit of the country, not because I was soft-hearted and wanted to be a good person.Yang Zaixing was so moved that he swore allegiance to the country. Yue Fei got Yang Zaixing, but lost Cao Cheng.Cao Cheng ran forward in a daze, fled from Binzhou to Shaozhou, and stuck his head into Han Shizhong's tiger's mouth. Han Shizhong's troops were prohibited from moving around the Yangtze River, but they could attack Fujian and other places.While Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun are strengthening their troops, he is also expanding his strength.At this time, he was taking people back to the station, and when he passed by Shaozhou, Cao Cheng bumped into him. It's like a fat pig ring, delivered to your door. Han Shizhong incorporated Cao Cheng and won the biggest prize for no reason.Afterwards, he took the person away without saying a word of apology to Yue Fei.Yue Fei had no choice but to look up to Han Shizhong and others, at least in terms of military rank. Yue Fei succeeded in suppressing the bandits, and got a great honor in addition to being promoted.Zhao Gou summoned him.After seven years, the two finally met again.At this time, Zhao Gou was no longer the generalissimo of the past, and Yue Fei had also changed from an unknown soldier to a famous general.This meeting was very pleasant, and Zhao Gou gave Yue Fei enough preferential treatment with the Nine Five Supreme. First of all, before Yue Fei set off, a gift was delivered.It is a set of golden banana wine vessels.Although the things are small, they are rich in content, because Zhao Gou also gave the same gift to Han Shizhong. When meeting Yue Fei, Zhao Gou was kind and easy-going.When reminiscing about the past, he advised Yue Fei to stop drinking like a friend, because it would hurt his body and cause trouble, especially when Yue Fei punched his colleagues unconscious on the wine table, it was really not conducive to unity.Yue Fei promised not to drink alcohol from now on. Zhao Gou gave Yue Fei a lot of good things, such as armor, horse armor, bow and arrow, gold thread battle robe, gold belt hand knife, silver wrapped spear, sea leather saddle and so on.According to the usual practice, after Zhao Gou halved these items, he also gave a share to Yue Fei's eldest son, Yue Yun.In addition to this, there is a flag with four big characters embroidered on it - Jingzhong Yuefei. A few days later, the biggest reward came.This is also a common practice, the real reward will be announced after the emperor meets Yue Fei, the previous reward is just a small step, it can be regarded as a fruit plate before the feast begins. Yue Fei was promoted to be the envoy of the Zhennan Army, and the envoys of Lushu and Qizhou in the west of the south of the Yangtze River, and stationed in Jiangzhou.In addition to the existing troops, the troops selected by Fu in Jiangzhou, the various armies and horses under the jurisdiction of Jiangxi Anshi, and the garrisons in Shuzhou and Qizhou were all assigned to Yue Fei.His defense area, along with Wang Xie stationed in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi in the lower reaches, formed four important towns. Since then, there has been a real Yue Family Army. Soon after, Li Heng organized the first Northern Expedition, and the Battle of Xianrenguan broke out immediately. The situation was turbulent, and the Song Dynasty was on the verge of extinction several times.Yue Fei was suddenly pushed to the forefront. The Song court appointed him to send troops to the Northern Expedition to recover Xiangyang and other six counties. Yue Fei is a man of determination. Since he tied up his hair and joined the army, defeating the Jurchens, regaining the lost ground, and welcoming the Second Emperor are his ultimate ideals.He had stated to Zhao Gou countless times in the form of official documents, or reminded him, what the real purpose of fighting the civil war was.Now it seems that the imperial court finally paid attention to it and started to act, and he fired the first shot. A large number of ordnance, supplies, food and wages were transported to Yue Fei's garrison.In order to carry out the operation smoothly, Song Ting sent a special person to take charge of all this.Before dispatching troops, taking into account the issue of experience, Yue Fei also sent a few more generals - Dong Xian, Li Dao and Niu Gao. They were Li Heng's subordinates before and had fought many decisive battles with the puppet Qi in Jiangbei. All kinds of specifications are unprecedented, which is enough to prove that the Southern Song Dynasty attached great importance to this expedition.For a while, the hearts of the people were excited, and the time to regain the lost ground and rebuild the Song Dynasty finally came. But the person involved was very calm, even indifferent.In a relatively secret official document, Zhao Gou made the goal of the Northern Expedition very clear.He first told Yue Fei why he chose to set off in April and May. Because in autumn, after the wheat harvest, the army rations are sufficient, and the puppet Qi will attack aggressively.At that time, Xiangyang and other six counties were under the control of the enemy, and the Southern Song Dynasty would be very passive.Rather than being embarrassed at that time, it is better to strike first at this time. As for the goal, Zhao Gou emphasized that this time the land of the six counties of Xiangyang Mansion, Tangzhou, Dengzhou, Suizhou, Yingzhou, and Xinyang Army must be taken back.In battle, if the puppet Qi army resists, then Yue Fei can attack at will.Once the enemy escaped from the six counties area, Yue Fei was not allowed to chase them.Moreover, during the course of the operation, it is strictly forbidden to spread sensitive words such as "recovering Kaifeng" and "entering Youyan", so as not to surprise the allies! This is not an exaggeration. After Liu Yu ascended the throne and became the emperor of "Qi", Zhao Gou's attitude towards this former subordinate was very friendly. The term "Pseudo-Qi" had not yet appeared at this time, and it had always been "Da Qi" in the official documents of the Song Dynasty. Even when Zhao Gou sent envoys to the Kingdom of Jin and passed through Kaifeng, he brought a very heavy gift to Liu Yu's eldest son, but Liu Yu's eldest son didn't give face and returned them all. Through the above analysis, the subtext is very clear. Zhao Gou only wants to regain the six counties of Xiangyang and keep Jiangnan safe, and does not want to turn against Liu Yu or even Jin Guo.He wants to leave room for peace talks. In order to prevent Yue Fei from leading the army to disobey orders and hurt the enemy, Zhao Gou wrote an imperial edict in his own hand.The inside reminded him like this: "When chasing and running, be careful not to go out of the old realm guarded by Li Heng, but you will cause trouble and make a mistake. Although you have made extraordinary achievements, you will be punished. The only thing is to obey the order." “虽立奇功，必加尔罚”这八个字是多么令人郁闷，多么丧气，未战先自缚手脚，活见鬼！相信这时的岳飞一定知道了自己在赵构心中的地位。 赵构之所以派他，而不是张俊、刘光世、韩世忠北伐，与其说是看中他的勇武，还不如说他无足轻重。他成功了，于国家有益；他失败了，也无伤国防大计。带着这样的郁闷心结出征，岳飞的斗志愈加旺盛，他在长江中流击楫长啸：“飞不擒贼，不涉此江！” 当年五月初五，岳飞率三万军马北渡长江，进击伪齐。第一战围攻郢州城（今湖北钟祥）。这里的守将叫荆超，他是刘豫的班直，在伪齐以骁勇著称，号“万人敌”。岳飞按老规矩，派人去劝降。在他看来，伪齐连同刘豫在内，都和流寇一个性质，先招安再剿杀，才合流程。 荆超很激动，他是万人敌，是刘豫派在最前沿的猛人，岳飞怎么可以劝他投降呢，这是赤裸裸的污辱！于是，他派一个名叫刘楫的人回敬岳飞。 刘楫在郢州城头上大声漫骂，从岳飞到张宪，把岳家军从头到尾骂了一遍。有效果了，岳飞传令，攻破郢州城，活捉这个刘楫！ 郢州为江汉名城，城池高大。在荆超想来，岳飞孤军征战，军力不多，不会有重型攻城器械，光是城墙就足以决定战局了。可惊人的是，岳家军根本就没有搭什么梯子，只是“累肩而升”，搭人梯就登上了城头。领头的是一位年仅十五岁的少年，他手持两柄八十斤重的铁锥，纵横战阵，所向披靡，把战火直接烧到了内城。 他就是岳飞的长子，人称“赢官人”的岳云。赢，有些史料作“羸”字解，因为岳云实在太年轻了，说他是一位年幼而单薄的公子。而“赢官人”三个字的本意是常胜不败！ 此战，岳家军杀伪齐守军七千人，尸体堆积起来，超过了郢州最高的建筑——天王楼。荆超失踪了，他根本没敢在战场上厮杀。后来，岳家军搜索时才知道，这人跳崖了……骂人的刘楫被活捉了。 攻克郢州后，岳飞没有停留，第一时间兵分两路，由张宪、徐庆向东攻取随州（今湖北随县），岳飞率主力直取襄阳，与伪齐主将李成决战。 襄阳自古是重镇，为江汉第一名城。它有多重要？在三国时，曹操不先破襄阳，无以威胁江东；在不久的将来，它于宋人，相当于函谷关于秦人。 它是生命线。 这时，岳飞率领两万余兵马进击襄阳，除了要面对淮河区域内最高大的城墙之外，还要面对李成十万以上的兵力。这实在很不对等。而且，他在途中还收到了一个非常不好的消息。 随州战况胶着，张宪出人意料地被拖住了。这对本来就兵力不足的岳家军是个严重的威胁。多年以来，张宪是岳飞部下最强的将领，他如果失误，会动摇士气。 岳飞正在犹豫时，有一个人主动请战。牛皋，这位将军几乎家喻户晓，在小说演义里，他是岳飞的发小、一生的哥们儿；从军报国期间，他是李逵、鲁智深的结合体。他既鲁莽又神勇，时不时地还会聪明一下，每当那时，金兀术都会浑身酸疼。 牛皋总把四太子当礼拜天过。 其实这是错的，牛将军是一位智勇双全、胆识过人的职业军人，有非常好的战场表现，更有让人赞叹的风度，各方面都无可挑剔。 只是他命苦，当初金军入侵时，他已经是正规军了，与金军战，与盗贼战，堪称所向无敌。在他的列传里，有三战三捷、十战十捷的记录。可是，不知怎么搞的，他被编进了李横的部队，一下子披上了一件民兵的外衣。 这时，他转到岳飞部下，仍然让人觉得他不托底。而他请战时说了一句话，让不托底瞬间升级成不靠谱。他说：“军情紧急，我只带三天的军粮，粮尽之前必克随州。” 岳家军全体侧目，心想：“你啥意思？是说你比张宪将军更强呗，强到了天差地远的地步，三天就能攻下张将军啃不动的硬骨头！” “你个外来户，竟敢藐视岳家军！” 岳飞没想那么多，他真的拨给牛皋三天的行军粮，命他克日出发，尽快成功。之后，消息传来，全军震惊。牛皋只用了不到两天的时间，也就是说除了路上行军花费的时间之外，几乎是当天赶到随州，立即就把这座城池攻克了！ 这是一位空前绝后的威猛哥，真的比张宪强太多了。可牛皋却很谦虚，他一边押着伪齐的随州知州回营交令，一边很谦虚地说：“大家一起为国效力，干吗计较是谁的功劳呢……” 风度，再强调一遍，风度！ 可是，知道了内情的岳家军都露出了一副打酱油的表情。当天就攻克了随州，这一幕和郢州城怎么那么像呢？是不是同一个人干的啊？ 没错，岳云跟着牛皋出征，他再一次率众先登，几乎一个人解决了此次战斗。赢官人决胜，战功彪炳。然而，有些人一直在怀疑，说他使用的武器太沉了，八十斤重的铁锥，这是不合常理的，由此而取得的战绩更是脱离实际的。 关于这一点，我只想举一个例子。好比我高天流云和刘翔比110米栏，两人都能跑能跳，可是，相比较而言，一个只是具备了基本素质，一个是神人，这能一样吗？ 人是群体性同样化的动物，可总会出现个体现象。有的在思想方面引领族群进化，有的在身体方面出类拔萃，像变异了一样强悍精锐。 岳云少年从军，二十三岁殉国。他那短暂而辉煌的一生，是常人无法企及的。常人能在十五岁时纵横战阵，在冷兵器战场上奋勇厮杀吗？ 抛开能力，光是那份胆气，就不在所谓的正常范围之内。 岳飞向襄阳逼近，却发现自己失去了目标。胆气再一次成为战争胜负的关键点。李成，这位伪齐第一名将坐拥江汉第一坚城，外加超过十万的兵力，居然连近距离接触一下都不敢。听见随州陷落，岳飞逼近之后，他立即带人逃跑了。 岳飞进驻襄阳，至此，渡江之后三战皆捷。三大名城——随州、郢州、襄阳府速战速决，剩下的唐州、邓州、信阳军只是淮河区域的二线城市，相信更容易得手。 北伐成功了一大半。 不过，一个不好的消息很快传来了，李成没跑远，他在淮河流域的北面边缘集结兵力，金国也派来了援军，两者相加，已经超过了三十万。 李成准备了一个多月，才攒足力量或者说是勇气来挑战岳飞。战场在襄江之畔，这里是一个天然的角斗场，有大河，有山壁，中间是一片开阔地带，足以让所有兵种施展手脚。 两军对阵，抛开没意思的“三十万”数字不说，最起码是十五万左右的伪、金联军对三万岳家军，敌我悬殊。可岳飞看了一下李成的兵力分配，突然间笑了。 之前太多次的虐待还是有效果的，李成的脑子出问题了，他是带来了好多兵，还有必要的勇气，可偏偏把起码的智慧给丢了。 李成把骑兵列在江边，把步兵排在开阔地带。“步兵利险阻，骑兵利平旷”，这是最基本的常识，李成全给弄反了。 他的骑兵的旁边是大河，自然缺了一半的空间，总不能进水里冲锋吧？步兵更悲剧，靠两条腿在大片空地里跑，这不是坑爹吗？ 岳飞迅速做出安排。他以鞭指王贵，说：“尔以长枪步卒击其骑兵。”再指牛皋，说：“尔以骑兵击其步卒。” 战场是课堂，岳飞让李成明白他错在哪儿了。只见两军相接，伪齐的骑兵被岳家军的步兵用长枪阵压到了襄江里。顿时，满水面的人喊马叫，乱成了一片。另一边，牛皋的骑兵在开阔地带里撒欢儿地跑，李成的步兵连半点藏身之处都没有。 李成又一次败了，败得比之前的哪次都惨，十五万兵力损失大半。逃出很远之后，他狠狠地敲自己的脑袋，为什么为什么为什么这么简单的问题都搞错了？他是个白痴吗？不，史书有记载，说李成爱兵如子，“士卒未食不先食，有病者亲视之。不持雨具，虽沾湿自如也”，并且深通兵法，常年带着十万以上的部队纵横天下。 那为什么会搞成这样？ 答案很简单，他要么是猪头症突发，失去智力；要么就是被岳飞打出心理阴影了。他从江南被追杀到江北，没完没了地受同一个人虐待，时间长了，自然会崩溃。