Chapter 16 Chapter 16 The Glorious Northern Expedition, Under the City of Luoyang

Han Shizhong's army crossed the river and attacked Huaiyang first.He approached the target in the north of Fuli, and later found out that Liu Yu still had some tricks, such as spies.At that time, Liguo in the Southern Song Dynasty was so poor that he didn't have enough land, so he thought of his old profession - doing business.For a time, merchant ships traveled between the two sides of the river, risking military control, and circulated a large amount of various goods, including the most valuable hard currency. --intelligence. On the puppet Qi side, the espionage work has been done well. Before Han Shizhong attacked Huaiyang City, a huge army had been assembled in the city, just waiting for the Jiangdong Tigers to throw themselves into the trap.

They really surrounded Han Shizhong, but the quantity does not represent the quality. It is said in history that Han was "surrounded by thieves, he jumped out of the siege, broke out without leaving a single arrowhead", and did not leave a single arrowhead for Liu Yu .During the breakout process, Hu Yantong, the former general of the guard, grabbed a golden general by the neck and carried him over to the horse. After he came out, he found out that this man was called Yahe Bojin. As mentioned earlier, Bo Jin is equivalent to the Taiwei of the Song Army, a not-so-little official. Han Shizhong fell in ambush, jumped out, turned around and killed, drove away the enemy soldiers outside Huaiyang City, and besieged Huaiyang according to the original plan.After six days of continuous assault, things went awry.

Liu Yu had found out about Han Shizhong's movements before, and had allocated the army in advance. At this time, Han Shizhong countered, and six days were enough to make new arrangements.Jin Wushu and Liu Yu's nephew Liu Ni joined forces and killed here.Han Shizhong became a lone army in Jiangbei, surrounded by Jin and puppet Qi coalition forces. He needed the support of Jiangnan friendly troops. Judging from the distance of the terrain and the rank and strength of the army, Zhang Jun is duty-bound.But after Han Shizhong's request letter arrived, General Zhang's immediate reaction was, Old Han, you are not a moth, and you want to take the opportunity to annex me, right?The Fourth Prince of the Kingdom of Jin is leading the army over there. The scale of the decisive battle must be very large. You take advantage of it and collect the army I sent. Who will I ask to go?

No, I have another military situation here, and no one can adjust it. Han Shizhong was really isolated in Jiangbei.Liu Yu was overjoyed and ordered that he must take the opportunity to get rid of this thorn in his side.The opportunity really came. The two armies faced each other, and there was a spy who informed him.Han Shizhong himself exposed the target.The coalition forces of Jin and Puppet Qi swarmed towards him... The unlucky boy who doesn't have a long memory, how could he forget where Han Shizhongqiang is? Han Shizhong charged head-on, chopped down one piece, and ran away the rest.Lao Han took the whole army and more than 10,000 Huaiyang people safely across the river and returned to the station.

Han Shizhong's Northern Expedition ended, no matter what the process was or what the battle was like, he did not break into the hinterland of the puppet Qi, and was once again blocked by the coalition forces of Jin and puppet Qi.At this time, it was between March and April, and three months later, in July and August, Yue Fei sent troops to Xiangyang.Many people and many history books say that this time Yue Fei abolished his father for personal reasons and delayed the Northern Expedition because of his mother's funeral. If Han Shizhong and Han Shizhong send troops at the same time, how will the enemy respond?It is bound to get twice the result with half the effort.In fact, it is not necessary.What is the whole country and one person?That is, he alone is enough to overcome everything, and he doesn't need any cooperation at all. The idlers wait as far as they can, and don't get in the way.Yue Fei didn't need friendly troops at all when he went out to fight.

Yue Fei had a lot of things to do before his expedition, and there were some objective reasons for the delay until July.The first is that Zhao Conceived him and called him to Lin'an to meet and chat.It was really just chatting, nothing important was said. This kind of chat is a necessary political method, which will quickly create a sense of intimacy between the superior and the subordinate, thus making the work smoother and more efficient. The second is because of Wang Yan. The founder of the Bazi Army was very old and his health was rapidly deteriorating. The Song Dynasty gave him an army designation and a personal area of ​​jurisdiction. The actual intention was to let him retire honorably.His army was handed over to Yue Fei nearby, and the area under his jurisdiction happened to be nearby, so everything would fall into place.

But Wang Yan was very angry. Yue Fei was his former subordinate, and a rebel who was very disobedient and often disobeyed him.In these years, Yue Fei's reputation has been greatly shaken, and every time he succeeds, it seems to be a mockery of him.At this time, Song Ting's decision made him even more unbearable.After all, Wang Yan was different from ordinary people. He suddenly cheered up while suppressing the pain, and his condition improved. He resigned from the prefect of Xiangyang and transferred to Zhang Jun's governor's office to participate in military affairs.On the way to take office, when passing through Ezhou, Yue Fei asked him to have a talk by the river.On the bank of the mighty river, the two held hands and talked. There is no record in the history books what they said, but a gust of river wind blew, and Wang Yan immediately boarded the boat and set off.The boat sailed away quickly with the wind and drums.

Yue Fei watched him go away, sighing constantly.Wang Yan has a tough character, and the older he gets, the stronger he is. He is worthy of being a generation of talents.But back to reality, Yue Fei found that there was a little trouble in defense. The Eight Character Army followed Wang Yan to Lin'an Mansion and became the direct line of Zhang Jun's Dudu Mansion.Not only did the strength of the Yue family army not increase because of this, but it had to disperse its forces because it took over the Jingnan Prefecture defense area of ​​the original Bazi army. You have to deploy again, and you have to reduce your troops before the battle.

Around the fifth year of Song Shaoxing (AD 1135), the strength of the Yue family army reached 100,000, and the number of generals was increased from the original ten generals to thirty generals, with an average strength of more than 3,000 generals.It will continue to expand in the future until it reaches the eighty-four strongest generals in history.The whole army is divided into twelve commanding armies: Beiwei Army, Front Army, Right Army, Central Army, Left Army, Rear Army, Youyi Army, Tabai Army, Selected Front Army, Shengjie Army, Breaking Enemy Army and Water Army. Among them, the Beiwei army is the absolute main force, and "Wei" refers to the wine bottle, which means the soldiers who carry the wine bottle for the general. "Youyi" means touring. "Tabai" is a scout.

The most powerful generals in the Yue family army are Zhang Xian, Xu Qing, Wang Gui, and Niu Gao. In July, Niu Gao took the lead in crossing the river for the northern expedition, and his route was eastward, attacking the Caizhou area.For this place, he is handy. Not only is he amazing in combat power, but he is also too familiar with this area. His first target was Zhenru Army near Lushan County, Ruzhou, which was his hometown.The guard of the Zhenru Army is named Xue Heng, and he is known as a brave man.Before the battle, Niu Gao claimed that he would capture him alive.Later in November, Xue Heng was really sent to Lin'an Mansion as a prisoner.

Next, let's talk about Niu Gao. He successfully penetrated the East Road, conquered most of Yingchang Mansion and the surrounding areas of Caizhou in a row, and let the puppet Qi's army gather in this direction. A month later, Yue Fei led his main force across the river, attacking Guozhou in the west. There is no need to flank with any friendly army, the Yue family army can do this by itself. At the beginning of August, well-known generals such as Wang Gui, Dong Xian, and Hao Ding of the Yue Family Army joined forces to attack Lushi County in Guozhou. A total of 150,000 shi of grain and grass is stored here.Yue Fei is very clear about where his shortcomings are. Neither Xiangyang nor Ezhou are rich areas.The huge amount of food and grass needed by the huge army cannot be self-sufficient and can only be transported from the rear.The terrible thing is that his base and main direction of attack are all in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and Lin'an and other grain-producing areas are in its lower reaches. When the food and grass were in hand, they immediately launched an offensive. Wang Gui and others quickly captured Guolue, Zhuyang, Luanchuan and other counties. Strictly speaking, Guo and Shang prefectures belong to Shaanxi Road, which is Wu Jie's war zone in the northwest.Wu Jie's general, Shao Long, had written a letter requesting to take back the two prefectures, and Song Ting also pre-approved him. As long as he was defeated, he would be the prefect of the two prefectures. Yue Fei stepped over the boundary, he didn't stop, and launched a further offensive, sweeping across the entire Shangzhou.After that, he wrote to Wu Jie, saying that Shao Long could be sent to take up the post.At this time, Yue Fei led his army to attack Shunzhou. Yue Fei first sent Niu Gao to attract the puppet Qi's attention to the east, and then marched northwest to snatch the rations and sweep the whole territory. After attracting the puppet Qi's attention again, he suddenly turned to attack the real target of the trip - Henan. Yue Fei suddenly turned around and rushed towards Shunzhou, which was the prelude to the decisive battle.Shunzhou, southwest of Songxian County, Henan Province, is only a hundred miles away from Luoyang, the original Xijing of the Northern Song Dynasty! This is the difference between Yue Fei and all the generals of his time. He is all-powerful and unpredictable on the battlefield.When other generals, such as Han Shizhong, were entangled in one city and one pool, he was in the vast combat zone and did whatever he wanted.He must overcome every attack. This ability not only makes the enemy fearful, but also makes the domestic generals feel that he is not so sunny and positive. The Southern Song Dynasty evaluated Han Shizhong as "loyalty and bravery", and defined Yue Fei as "shenzhen". Shen, as immovable as a mountain, secretive as deep, unpredictable, with uncertainty; bird of prey, ferocious birds of prey, such as eagles, eagles, falcons, etc., used to describe people, with the meaning of ferocious, brutal, rebellious, or "prey And invincible!" The invincible man is the vanguard officer of this attack.The attack was led by the commander Wang Gui.Leading the battle was the fourth lieutenant Yang Zaixing, who was the strongest general at the turn of the Song Dynasty.He first captured Shunzhou while the defenders were unprepared, and then rushed to the next target without stopping - Changshui County (now west of Luoning County, Henan Province) to which Luoyang belongs. It wasn't until this time that the puppet Qi responded, and Liu Yu sent a capital commander and a commander to support thousands of soldiers to fight.Yang Zaixing dispatched troops to fight against him. Yang Zaixing's impact was really nothing to say, the battle ended quickly, the commander of the capital was killed by him, and more than 500 puppet Qi troops were wiped out together.The commander was luckier, and more than a hundred of his subordinates were captured alive. Yang Zaixing did not stop, and once again advanced towards Luoyang, the capital of Xijing.The next day, he arrived at Zhanghongjian on the border of Changshui County.Here, he met Zhang Xuanzan, the highest official of the puppet Qi in Shunzhou, the appeasement envoy. Zhang Anfu's brain was between short-circuit and connection. He didn't show up when Yue Jiajun entered the country. He was going out of bounds at this time. Why did he stop him?But the way to stop it was quite wise, Zhang Hongjian was a fairly wide river, he crossed to the other side first, and confronted Yang Zaixing across the river there. A river...Yang Zaixing was depressed when he mentioned jumping into the river. Didn't Brother Dang jump over it?Yang Zaixing led his army across the river under the rain of arrows, rushed to the opposite bank, and scattered more than 2,000 horses led by Zhang Xuanzan.After that, he chased him all the way until around the second watch. Yang Zaixing stopped chasing, not because he couldn't catch up or lost interest, but because he found a big treasure.Zhang Xuanzan took the most important military resources in Shunzhou with him, which were more than 10,000 war horses!Yang Zaixing is insane. With these things, who would go after some traitors?Grab it, grab it all.The looting was so fierce that even the more than 10,000 stones of grain piled up with the horses could not be taken away, and all of them were distributed to the poor local people. The good news spread to Song Ting Jiangnan at the end of August, and Zhang Jun was overjoyed. This is what he was waiting for.If there is no major victory, he cannot implement the next plan. He reported to Zhao Gou and asked Song Ting to take this opportunity to gather generals from all walks of life to cross the river collectively and regain Henan.For this reason, he urged the emperor to move his trip to Jiankang, close to Dajiang, so as to boost morale and vote for the heart of war. Zhao Gou agreed, and set off on the first day of September.Before leaving Hangzhou, he went to Tianzhu Temple to offer incense.When leaving the temple gate, it happened that Yue Fei's good news arrived. Zhao Gou read the letter carefully in the midst of joy, called Zhang Jun, and said something like this: "Whether Yue Fei's success report is worthwhile, I don't believe it, let alone begrudge the reward from the magnate, but I want to know the truth. " Zhang Jun told him a confidential message.Not only was Yue Fei swaying and invincible on the battlefield, but he also did a good job on the other hand. Henan is Yue Fei's hometown, especially in the Xiangzhou area. He has long done his espionage work in a meticulous manner.In the general direction, the rebels in the Taihang Mountain area have already formed an alliance; in the small details, the passes in the battle area, the coachmen and helmsmen on the ferry, and the handymen in the board and lodging shops all have the internal support of the Yue family army. At this time, it only depends on the determination of the officials. On the battlefield, Yue Fei has already controlled everything. Returning to the Jiangbei battlefield, Yue Fei's forward troops quickly approached Luoyang.With Yang Zaixing's impact, it only takes a day or two to reach the city of Xijing.But the enemy went missing. Liu Yu, his son and nephew disappeared, Li Cheng disappeared, and Jin Wushu didn't show up either.You must know that a few months ago, when Han Shizhong crossed the river, this group of people swarmed him, as if it was a piece of fat that everyone wanted to bite. But at this time, Yue Fei invaded Shaanxi and Henan and drove straight in. It took nearly two months. Where did everyone go?I won't form a group to make soy sauce together. The situation is very good, unprecedentedly good, but the fire in Zhao Gou's heart is still a little shaky.Even Prime Minister Zhao Ding felt that things were unreliable. He suggested that he could move, but Jiankang was too far ahead, so it was better to follow the old rules and go to Pingjiang Mansion. Zhao Gou accepted it. His support for Yue Fei was a beautifully worded letter of commendation... For a time, many similar letters flew across the Yangtze River and were sent to Yue Fei, all kinds of exclamation, praise, and admiration surrounded him, and there were predecessors whom he respected. Prime Minister Li Gang said, "Repeatedly inheriting and shifting texts, showing a good sound, which has never been seen in more than ten years, and is euphoric when used well." Yue Fei was also very excited, but what he needed most - food and grass never arrived.He is indeed brave and invincible, he can go deep alone, win every battle without the support of friendly troops, but food and grass are necessary, no matter how elite a soldier is, he can't be called an elite soldier if he misses a meal, and at this time he is staying in Xiangyang's defenders There are already starving to death, we need to save rations to support the front line! In September, Yue Fei's troops retreated.Before leaving, Yue Fei seemed to have a great resentment towards the food. He deliberately sent people to raid Caizhou, an important town in the puppet Qi, not to kill the soldiers there, but to burn all the food and grass there. On the way back to the south bank, no one will know what this retreat means.Those involved were confused, Yue Fei didn't know, Zhang Jun didn't know, even Zhao Gou, Zhao Ding, and even the person who benefited in the end didn't know. This retreat is the beginning of all disasters. The initial reaction was caused by Liu Yu.After Yue Fei returned to the south bank, the puppet emperor of Qi State suddenly jumped up. As if he was stimulated by something, he frantically arrested strong men in the territory. He arrested more than 200,000 men in about half a month, and pushed them all to the battlefield. As soon as Yue Fei left, he actually took the initiative to attack. It looks very tangled, stupid, and unreasonable, but it is absolutely necessary.He must keep attacking the Southern Song Dynasty at all times, otherwise he will lose the value of existence. Jin Guo raised his dog, and he had to bite people.But he really didn't dare to touch Yue Fei. After thinking about it, he set his target on Huainan West Road, which was the defense zone of Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi.Before the action, he was full of bitterness. He had a hunch that no matter how hard he tried, he would not be able to sit on the so-called throne no matter how hard he tried. The Kingdom of Jin was changing, and the speed was so fast that he was caught off guard, and he did many things wrong.As I said before, he was originally Wan Yanchang's man, but it was His Royal Highness Wanyan Zonghan who pushed him to the throne.In line with the traitor principle of having a milk is a mother, he put Wan Yanchang aside and devoted himself to Wan Yan Zonghan, which has been very effective in the past few years. His Majesty has power all over the world, Megatron Jurchen, Xixia, and Southern Song Dynasty, no one dares to say "no" to him.Liu Xinggou feels that he is honored, and he can also upgrade accordingly, so he is not very respectful to the Jurchen nobles.At this time, the little emperor Wanyan Quan exchanged the power of prime minister for military power, and even changed Wanyan Zonghan's right of residence under his nose. Wanyan Zonghan lost all his power all of a sudden. He lost his army, his subordinates, and his territory. Not to mention covering the lackeys of the past, even he himself was in danger! Under such circumstances, Liu Yu could only rely on himself to send troops, and the Jin people stood on the sidelines from a distance to see how much he could "bite" to achieve.Liu Yu was depressed, hesitant, and sluggish... He ordered that more than half of the entire army change clothes. They all dressed up as Jurchens. The Southern Song Dynasty on the other side panicked.The information obtained by Zhao Gou and others was that Liu Yu immediately led 700,000 elite soldiers to take revenge, more than half of them were Jurchen cavalry! The news stunned Zhao Gou and Zhao Ding.Back then, when the Kingdom of Jin destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, there was no such a big scene.Zhao Ding immediately proposed to withdraw from the camp and return to Lin'an Mansion. Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi did not stay.These two were the first to bear the brunt, and Liu Yu's main attack direction was them.They are old rivals, they know each other well, Liu Yu will never go to Xiangyang to provoke Yue Fei, let alone go to Zhenjiang to provoke Han Shizhong.There are Generals Zhang and General Liu on Huainan West Road, do they go elsewhere? "Golden soldiers" came overwhelmingly, and the two generals rushed away like shooting stars.As they retreated, they asked Zhao Gou for help. The speed was so fast that Zhang Jun, the commander-in-chief who was on the front line, was caught off guard. In other words, neither of these two people asked for instructions, nor did they get approval. They just fled privately.This despicable behavior has won a lot of approval. Why not run away?Is it correct to ask for instructions first and then report, use red tape to bind your hands and feet, and be caught up and eliminated by the Jin army?That's self-destructive power, meaningless. This kind of argument is very marketable and has won the approval of the upper class.At the critical moment, the emperor who had just turned 30 still retained his sanity. He asked Zhang Jun to report the situation immediately and determine how to deal with it in the military. No matter how big his flaws are, Zhang Jun has at least one advantage. He has never been intimidated by anyone.He has been on the front lines and soon learned the truth.There are no Jurchen cavalry, they are all Sibei goods!He wrote back to Zhao Gou, asking the whole army to fight back. This is a great opportunity to wipe out the puppet Qi army.Zhao Gou agreed, and wrote him an edict in his own hand: "Anyone who doesn't want to die will do so in accordance with military law!" Zhang Jun immediately sent someone to copy the sample of the imperial edict to Liu Guangshi.Liu Daya Nei's face turned green all of a sudden, the emperor is serious, and his life is in danger!He summoned the miraculous generals under his command and said a word: "You guys, go forward and save my head!" As mentioned earlier, Liu Guangshi himself is a fool on the battlefield, he can lose any battle, but the generals under him are extremely brave, some special people dare to stare in front of Han Shizhong and Yue Fei, but they just obey this big yamen.What's going on specifically, we'll talk about it when there are specific incidents involved in the future.At this time, Liu Guangshi shouted for help, and the group immediately exploded. The left guard army in the battalion fought back to Huaixi, and fought recklessly with the puppet Qi army.Zhang Junbu was in place one step earlier than that, and the killing was already in full swing.Behind them, Yang Yizhong, the commander of the Sanya Army, was approaching the battlefield. Shocked by Zhao Gou's kill order, Song Jun's speed was jaw-dropping.Take Liu Guangshi's army as an example. They retreated from their original station in Luzhou, which is now Hefei City, and rushed back after receiving the order. They actually fought against the puppet Qi army near Huoqiu. That place is in the west of Anhui Province. In terms of the east-west horizontal line, it is a little further north than Hefei.This is enough to show how scared Liu Guangshi is.His generals really worked hard, won the battle, and stabilized his head.However, in this battle, the real focus is not here, but Dingyuan County further north of Hefei (now southeast of Dingyuan, Anhui). Yang Yizhong, the commander of the Sanya Army, took the lead. After setting off from the south bank of the Yangtze River, he rushed all the way to the north of Luzhou before Liu Guangshi, and took the initiative to meet the puppet Qi army. Let’s talk about Xiao Yang.Xiao Yang has a great background. Some people say that he is the great-great-grandson of Yang Ye, a famous general in the Northern Song Dynasty.His grandfather is Yang Zongmin, his father is Yang Zhen, and his younger brother is Yang Juzhong. Yizhong, styled Zhengfu, was born in Daizhou (now Daixian County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province). He was a brave man since he was a child, and he belonged to Zhang Jun after joining the army.When Zhao Gou formed the Marshal's Mansion, Xiao Yang was one of the earliest team members.At that time, he stood outside Zhao Gou's curtain with a spear all night, which gave the young brother Jiu a rare sense of security.Yang Yizhong was shocked when he showed his power for the first time.At that time, there were many thieves, and a good thief was not judged by how many things he robbed, but how many cities and lands he occupied. Ren Cheng was robbed like this.The Marshal's Mansion sent many people there, but there was nothing they could do.One day, Zhao Gou climbed up to look at the city, feeling very depressed. Is this still the Zhao family's world?But I saw a few cavalrymen in armor and holding their hands broke into the gate of Rencheng! Zhao Gou witnessed these knights galloping across the city, killing hundreds of people.The leader was covered in blood, as if he had been seriously injured.Zhao Gou hurriedly ordered someone to recall it, but found that it was the blood of the murdered thief, and he himself was not injured.Zhao Gou was overwhelmed with joy, and offered him the wine himself, saying, "Drink this bloody man!" Yang Yizhong is famous for this.Yizhong was born with a thick beard, tall and majestic, and those who like him call him "Brother Ten".This ranking was made during the general ranking after Jianyan went to the south, from Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, Yue Fei all the way to the youngest Yang Yizhong. People who bother him are not very elegant and call him "bearded eunuch".Who made him Zhao Gou's most caring person? He was loyal, obedient to any order unconditionally, and obedient like a eunuch, but he just had a big beard. In Dingyuan County, only a small standard contact war broke out.Yang Yizhong quickly resolved the battle with 2,000 soldiers. He did not stop, and continued to take the initiative to attack, facing the main force of the puppet Qi army led by Liu Yi. The place where the two armies meet is called Outang. Outang is located more than 60 miles southeast of Dingyuan County.Liu Ni came here first and occupied a favorable position before Yang Yizhong.The puppet Qi army lined up on the mountain, with nearly 100,000 legions waiting in formation, and the front row was densely packed with archers. This was the standard team of the Song Army when it came to battle in the past, which meant that once the battle started, the attacker would face a rain of arrows covering the sky and the sun, which would definitely be a nightmare. Yang Yizhong jumped into the well, and he gave Liu Yi whatever he wanted. He sent 5,000 fine cavalry to attack the main formation of the puppet Qi army head-on.The arrow rain that day arrived as scheduled, but there was no way to stop the Song Army cavalry. Puppet Qi did not have the standard weapon of the Song army, the god arm bow, and various crossbows similar to it.If so, Jin Jun would have stripped the patent long ago and copied and pasted countless copies. Does Jin Wushu still run around the Qinling Mountains with arrows all over his body?This advantage is unique to the Han people. Until the fall of the Song Dynasty, or even the fall of the Ming Dynasty, foreigners could not get involved. Five thousand cavalry shook Liu Ni's main position.Yang Yizhong launched a general attack at the right time, and he personally led the army to rush in from the side of the puppet Qi army, trapping himself in the super large formation.This is very desperate, very much like courting death, but Yang Yizhong left a surprise for Liu Yan. The former commander of the Sanya Army sneaked around behind the Puppet Qi Army before the start of the battle. At this time, he suddenly launched an attack and stabbed Liu Yan in the back.This is Yang Yizhong's style. Every move of this person looks very crazy, but in fact, there are thousands of cares and calculations hidden behind it, and every step is mechanically precise. This will be verified at critical moments in the years to come. The puppet Qi army collapsed.The Song army attacked from three directions, unexpectedly.Liu Yan is not a famous general, what he can do is to save himself from the thousands of troops. Most of the army fled with Liu Ni, and more than 10,000 people were captured by Yang Yizhong.In addition, Yang Yizhong seized hundreds of ships and thousands of vehicles.At the same time, Liu Lin from Shunchang and Kong Yanzhou from Gwangju also retreated together. In a certain sense, it was Yang Yizhong's massive invasion that destroyed the puppet Qi. Zhao Gou was very happy when the Guards showed their faces.While showing off to the butchers—this time you know that I know people and win them, right? He sent a commendation order to Yang Yizhong. Yang Yizhong was promoted to the Jiedu envoy of the Baocheng Army, the Marquis of Yu in front of the palace and the commander of the Mabu Army. If this position is combined with the name tag checked in front of the hall, it will be the military rank of Zhao Kuangyin on the eve of the rebellion.Xiao Yang very cleverly refused, and the reason was very simple. The strength of the three yamen cannot be attributed to one person. This is what my ancestors said for more than 150 years, and I will always remember it forever!Zhao Gou was very moved, Xiao Yang is so kind, he can continue to focus on training. The above battle is the battle of Outang, which ranks sixth in the history of the very famous "Thirteen Battles of ZTE".The battle was lackluster in a purely military sense, not a big deal. Because the opponent is the puppet Qi army with generally low combat effectiveness, which also includes many temporarily recruited civilians, so what if there are so many such troops? This alone determines the gold content of the Battle of Outang.However, its political significance is extremely far-reaching. It was a fuse that followed Yue Fei's second Northern Expedition and was forced to withdraw his troops.It makes turning points visible. Let's review the performance of the upper class figures in the Southern Song Dynasty in this battle.When Liu Yu's army put on Jurchen clothes and went to the battlefield, Zhao Gou and Zhao Ding panicked. They retreated to Lin'an and ordered Liu Guangshi to fight back. They also urgently recruited Yue Fei to help Huaixi again. .At this time, Yue Fei's eye disease deteriorated rapidly, and he could hardly see anything during the day, and his army had just finished the expedition, tired and hungry, and hadn't recovered yet, but he still obeyed his orders and left soon. When he arrived in Huaixi, the Battle of Outang was already over.Zhao Gou was embarrassed, Zhao Ding was ashamed, they knew they had been fooled by Liu Yu.However, the superiors naturally have their own ways to hide their shame.The two had an open conversation. Zhao Ding congratulated His Majesty the Emperor and said: "From this incident, we can see the loyalty of the generals in front to the imperial court. Everyone is very obedient." Zhao Gou nodded again and again, and said: "Yes, I am not happy about Liu Lin's defeat. The generals know that they are loyal to the court, which is really gratifying." In the face of embarrassment, they are proficient in shifting targets.It's a pity that someone decided to seize this mistake severely and make a big fuss, so as to realize the wish of the first person with real power in the empire.