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Chapter 30 210 Yu Yunwen Scholar Retreats from the Enemy

After the Shaoxing peace talks, there was no war between Song and Jin for 20 years.Song Gaozong and a group of ministers of the capitulation faction were very satisfied with this partial security situation. They built luxurious palaces and mansions in Lin'an, lived a luxurious life, and completely forgot about regaining the lost land. During this period, internal strife broke out in the ruling group of the Jin Dynasty. The nobleman Wan Yanliang killed Jin Xizong and established himself as emperor, known as King Hailing in history.Wan Yanliang moved the capital of the Jin Dynasty from Shangjing to Yanjing, hoping to start a war and destroy the Southern Song Dynasty.Once, he had a dream. In the dream, he went to the Heavenly Palace, and the Emperor of Heaven ordered him to crusade against the Song Dynasty.He talked about the dream with his ministers, and some courteous ministers said it was a good omen and congratulated him.Wan Yanliang decided to send troops to invade the south.

The news that Wan Yanliang was about to send troops spread to Lin'an.Some officials asked the court to make early preparations, but were reprimanded by Song Gaozong for spreading rumors and causing trouble.Once, the Jin Dynasty sent an envoy Shi Yisheng to Lin'an.Song Gaozong asked his minister Zhang Tao (sound dao) to receive him.Zhang Tao wanted to hear news from Shi Guansheng.Shi Yisheng turned out to be an official of the Song Dynasty, and wanted to disclose some information to Zhang Tao, but there were officials accompanying the Jin Dynasty next to him, so it was difficult to explain clearly, so he had to hint: "The north wind is blowing hard today!" The pen on it said: "Bi come, pen come!" ("Bi" and "Bi" have the same pronunciation, "Bi Lai" means all come.) Zhang Tao got a hint from Shi Yisheng, and quickly sent Jin Bing to go south in a big way. The news told Song Gaozong, but Song Gaozong only ignored it.

In September 1161, Wan Yanliang made all preparations and mobilized 600,000 troops across the country to form 32 armies, all of which were dispatched to attack the Southern Song Dynasty.Before setting off, Wan Yanliang proudly told the generals: "In the past, King Liang (referring to Wushu) took a lot of time to attack the Song Dynasty, but he failed to win. This time I will go out for as long as a hundred days, and as little as a month. It will definitely wipe out the south." Wan Yanliang's army approached the north bank of the Huaihe River, and Liu Kai (sound qi), the commander defending Jiangbei, was ill, so he sent his deputy Wang Quan to defend in Shouchun, Huaixi.Wang Quan is a guy who is greedy for life and afraid of death. When he heard that the Jin soldiers were going south, he was so frightened that he didn't want to resist at all.

Wan Yanliang crossed the Huaihe River, Wang Quan had not seen Jin Bing's figure, he had already run away after hearing the wind, he fled across the Yangtze River, and didn't stop until he was quarrying. Song Gaozong became afraid when he heard that Wang Quan was defeated.He dismissed Wang Quan, appointed Li Xianzhong to replace Wang Quan, and sent Prime Minister Ye Yiwen to inspect the Jianghuai defenders in person. Ye Yiwen was also a coward and did not dare to go to the front line in person, so he sent another Zhongshusheren (civilian name) Yu Yunwen to comfort the soldiers of the Song Army who were quarrying stones.

When Yu Yunwen arrived at Caishi, Wang Quan had already left, but Li Xianzhong, who replaced him, had not yet arrived.The Jin soldiers on the other side are preparing to cross the river.The Song army had no leader, and the people were panicked and disordered.When Yu Yunwen arrived at the riverside, he saw Song soldiers sitting dejectedly by the roadside in twos and threes, leaving their saddles and armor aside. Yu Yunwen asked them: "The Jin people are about to cross the river, what are you sitting here waiting for?" The soldiers looked up and saw that it was a civil servant, and said angrily: "The generals have all run away, why should we fight?"

Yu Yunwen was very surprised when he saw that the team was so disorganized. He felt that it was too late for Li Xianzhong to come, so he immediately summoned the soldiers of the Song Army and told them: "I am here to serve as a soldier under the order of the imperial court. As long as you make contributions to the country, I will definitely serve you." Report to the imperial court, and reward for meritorious service." Seeing Yu Yunwen come out to make decisions, everyone cheered up.They said: "We have suffered so much from the Jin people, and no one wants to resist. Now that you are in charge, we are willing to fight desperately."

An official who went with Yu Yunwen said quietly to Yu Yunwen: "The imperial court sent you to work in the army, not to supervise the war. Others have done things so badly, why do you have to carry this burden?" Yu Yunwen said angrily: "What kind of talk is this! Now that the country is in danger, how can I consider my own gains and losses and evade responsibility." Yu Yunwen is a scholar and has never commanded a war.But a sense of patriotic duty emboldened him.He immediately ordered the infantry and cavalry to line up and line up, and divided the Song army ships on the river into five teams, one team was in the middle of the river, two teams were moored on the east and west banks, and the other two teams were hidden in the harbor branch. For the reserve team.

The deployment of the Song army had just ended, and the Jin soldiers had already begun to cross the river.Wan Yanliang personally waved the small red flag to direct.Facing the wind of the river, hundreds of large ships of the Golden Army sailed towards the south bank full of golden soldiers.Not long after, the golden soldiers had landed one after another. Yu Yunwen ordered the general Shi Jun to lead the infantry to attack.Shi Jun brandished his double knives and took the lead in rushing towards the enemy formation.The morale of the soldiers was high, and they rushed desperately.Since the Jin soldiers marched, they have never encountered resistance. When they encountered such a powerful opponent, they all collapsed.

The warships of the Song army on the river also rushed towards the big ship of the Jin army.Although the warships of the Song army were small, they were solid, like sharp steel knives, they penetrated into the fleet of the Jin army and cut off the enemy ships.Enemy ships were rammed and sunk one after another.Half of the enemy fell into the water and drowned, and half were still fighting. The sun went down, the sky darkened, and the battle on the river was not over yet.At this time, a group of Song soldiers who fled from Guangzhou (now Huangzhou, Henan) happened to come to quarry.Yu Yunwen asked them to organize their teams, gave them many battle flags and military drums, waved the flags from behind the mountain, and walked around the riverside beating the drums.The Jin soldiers on the river heard the sound of drums on the south bank and saw countless flags shaking behind the mountain. They thought it was the arrival of a large number of reinforcements from the Song army, and they ran for their lives.

The Jin army suffered an unexpected defeat, Wan Yanliang was so angry that he was furious, vented all his anger on the soldiers, and tortured all the soldiers who fled back to death. Yu Yunwen expected that Wan Yanliang would not be willing to fail.That night, the warships were divided into two teams, one team sailed upstream and the other stayed at the ferry.When it was dawn the next day, Wan Yanliang sent the Jin army to cross the river again, and Yu Yunwen commanded two teams of warships to attack.Jin Bing had tasted Yu Yunwen's power, so he had no intention of resisting.Three hundred large ships were trapped in the middle of the river and at the ferry. The Song army set a fire and burned all the enemy ships.

Wan Yanliang was unsuccessful in quarrying and crossing the river, so he killed a group of their soldiers randomly, and then took the remaining troops to Yangzhou, thinking of crossing the river there. After the Song army won a great victory in quarrying, the main general Li Xianzhong arrived with his troops.Li Xianzhong learned of Yu Yunwen's command of the battle and admired him very much. Yu Yunwen said to Li Xianzhong: "After the failure of quarrying, the enemy will definitely go to Yangzhou to cross the river. Zhenjiang on the other side is not prepared, and the situation is very dangerous. You stay here and I will go over there to see." Li Xianzhong immediately assigned Yu Yunwen a team, led by Yu Yunwen to Zhenjiang. Zhenjiang was originally defended by veteran Liu Kai.At that time, Liu Qi was too sick to get out of bed.When Yu Yunwen arrived in Zhenjiang, he went to visit Liu Qi first.Liu Kai was lying on the bed, holding Yu Yunwen's hand tightly, and said with a heavy heart: "The country has raised soldiers for 30 years, and has not made any military exploits. Unexpectedly, you, a scholar, have made great achievements. We are too ashamed to be generals." gone." Yu Yunwen comforted him for a while, then returned to the barracks.He ordered the navy to conduct exercises by the river.The Song army built a batch of vehicles and boats, which were driven by soldiers and patrolled around the Jinshan River by the river, flying back and forth like flying.Jin Bing on the north bank was very surprised when he saw it, and hurriedly reported it to Wan Yanliang.Wan Yanliang was furious, and beat the person who reported it with a board. At this time, Jin Bing had lost several battles and was afraid of fighting.Some soldiers secretly discussed how to escape. After Wan Yanliang found out, he gave an order: the soldiers who fled should kill the generals, and the generals who fled should kill the generals; The soldiers of the Jin army could no longer bear Wan Yanliang's cruel rule, and before Wan Yanliang gave the order to cross the river, they rushed into Wanyan Liang's camp that night and killed him. As soon as Wan Yanliang died, the Jin soldiers retreated. When Wan Yanliang led his troops to invade the south, something happened inside the Jin Dynasty.Some ministers who were dissatisfied with Wanyan Liang's rule also supported Wanyan Yong as emperor. This is Jin Shizong.After the quarrying war, Jin Shizong sent people to the Southern Song Dynasty to discuss peace in order to stabilize the internal affairs, and the Song-Jin war temporarily stopped.
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