The First Battle of Sichuan and Shaanxi
Zhang Jun left at this time, not because he was afraid of difficulties, but because he sold a huge favor to Yue Fei. Compared with the two, although Yue Fei had few troops, Zhang Jun concluded that Yue Fei would win, Cao Cheng's huge troops would be Yue Fei's spoils, and Yue Fei would also receive all his military achievements.
At this time, Zhang Jun really cultivated Yue Fei as a powerful and very close brother. In his opinion, Yue Fei would become his confidant...
On the 7th, Lu Yihao, the ambassador of Jiangdong and the governor of Chizhou, ordered the master Gu to go to Huizhou on the East Road of Jiangnan to recruit the rebel general Zhang Qi. Zhang Qi refused to listen and led an army of 50,000 to attack Raozhou in the west. Lu Yihao ordered his beloved general Yan Gao to lead the central army, Yao Duan led the left army, and Cui Bangbi led the right army to defeat Zhang Qi at the city of Raozhou. At the same time, Zhang Qing's navy defeated Zhang Qi's navy in Jingdezhen. That night, Zhang Qi's beloved general Yao Xing surrendered to the giant general Gu. Zhang Qi had no choice but to return to Huizhou to rest. On the same day, Lu Yihao received an order from the court, asking him to hurry to go there and prepare to replace Fan Zongyin who was about to be dismissed.
On the 9th, Prime Minister and Privy Councilor Fan Zongyin was dismissed, and he was abandoned by the entire officialdom. He was first demoted to Wenzhou, then demoted to Linhai, and died of depression and illness. He died at the age of 7. Looking back, he was promoted too fast, treating the officialdom as a plaything and officials as grass, and finally thrown into the wilderness by the officialdom as grass.
Qin Hui, the assistant minister, gained huge benefits in this matter. He first followed the leader and waved the flag and shouted for Fan Zongyin. Then, seeing that the limelight was wrong, he quickly hid aside and drew a clear line. Then he followed the public opinion and counterattacked, becoming the most powerful person to suppress Fan Zongyin!
The most dedicated person will naturally get the biggest prize in the future. How can the position of the prime minister be replaced by Qin's political participation? Qin Hui was eagerly looking forward to it, and it was not surprising in the officialdom. The prime ministers of the Song Dynasty changed like a revolving lantern, and many people who were not favored were suddenly promoted. Then why didn't Qin Hui do it? Qin Hui's qualifications and reputation are not inferior to those in the previous ones!
But Zhao Gou seemed to have smelled something. This young man was not like before. After experiencing the life-and-death crisis, his ability to survive has evolved. No one can easily get trust from him! He clearly remembered: Why did he let Qin Hui be the assistant minister of the government? It was because this person said that it could bring peace, but now peace is still far away... This alone made him hold the seal tightly and he couldn't hand it over!
Gradually, rumors spread in the officialdom: Former Prime Minister Lu Yihao is about to return to his post and resume his post. Qin Hui was anxious when he heard this. His mind instantly reflected the crux of the problem. His value was not enough to make the emperor moved! Yet, the wish for peace was sent out, and Wanyan Chang didn't hear anything at all? This made no one stand it!
On August, at the suggestion of Zhang Jun, he was stationed in Ezhou, Jinghu North Road. Kong Yanzhou, who was ready to rebel at any time, was appointed as the Qihuang Punishment envoy and Huangzhou Prefecture. Zhang Yong was appointed as the Shuqi Punishment envoy. Afterwards, Zhang Jun separated from Yue Fei in Dingjiazhou. He took away 50,000 troops from Zhang Yong's subordinates. He left some supplies and soldiers to support Yue Fei to Hunan to fight Cao Cheng...
From the standpoint of the Southern Song Dynasty ruling group, let’s think from the perspective of others. For example, we are Zhao Gou and Jianyan Group. In order to re-establish the country and resist foreign enemies, we must have a huge number of military and government employees. These all require huge amounts of money to maintain. Where does the money come from? Only taxes, that is, collecting from the people...
So no matter how severe the conflict is, it still has to be constantly exploited, leading to more conflicts and mortal enemies. Go deeper: What should they do when targeting military personnel such as Yue Fei? They can see suffering, injustice, cruelty, exploitation, and know what they are doing, so will they stop doing it?
This is the sorrow of being born as a human being. Human society is such a rule, both ancient and modern, and both in China and abroad. How could Yue Fei be exempted from the common people? So when he fought in the territory and wiped out the Youke or Tuke, his hands were covered with the blood of ordinary people, but it was a last resort. Yue Fei had already achieved perfection when he did these things, because he was absolutely strict with himself. The discipline of the army under his command was incredibly strict, and no matter which era it was placed, it was the best!
When Yue Fei was stationed, the troops were not allowed to go out of the barracks at will, nor were they allowed to go around the streets, nor were they allowed to do business and do production like the Northern Song Dynasty imperial guards! When Yue Fei was marching, the people walked to the street market to see the appearance of the Yue family army, but only saw Yue Fei himself and a few old and weak soldiers leading horses for him. He borrowed houses along the way and had to clean them for the owner's house before leaving. He borrowed food utensils and had to wash them before returning them to the owner. Yue Fei himself sat and lie down with the soldiers. When he passed by Luling, the county magistrate set up a special tent for the food and food tent and rushed to the suburbs to meet Yue Fei, but saw the army passing by. After seeing it, Yue Fei did not appear. He asked the soldiers, and only knew that Yue Fei had been with the minor generals, and had long gone far away. These... It seems that only the uncles of the Eighth Route Army could do this?
What is even more rare is the ethics of the Yue family army during the war. In the troubled times, the soldiers and bandits were one family, and even the troubles were even greater than the bandits. In the Southern Song army, I won’t talk about the small group of people. The three famous generals all became problems: Han Shizhong was better, but he pulled out Luobu and brought out mud. He suffered heavy casualties when he sent troops, and some were inevitably killed by accident. Zhang Jun loved money and was known as Zhang Locust. He passed by without anything, but basically left many living people. The most cruel one was Liu Guangshi, who was in the world philosophy of "raising power to avoid things" to avoid things, which means hiding Jin soldiers. Raising power to suppress bandits. Whenever there are bandits in wealthy areas, he will definitely rush to send troops. When he withdrew his troops, all the area will be gone. Good people and bad people will die, and the wealth of the entire area will be fully entered his personal pocket!
Every time Yue Fei sent troops, he had the same procedure. No matter who was conquering, he would write a letter at first. The letter started with the official title given to him by the Southern Song Dynasty, with the emperor's orders as the content. The first requirement was to surrender. If you don't surrender? Then start a war! The battle only involves resistance personnel! Victory, chase, and until a certain bottom line is reached. In other words, he will basically not kill them all... Alas! Why are you so unhealthy?
On the 14th, Li Hui, the head of the Tongzhi Privy Council, was promoted to the position of Chief Secretary General, and Fu Zhirou, the head of the Assistant Secretary, was promoted to the position of Chief Secretary General.
Qin Hui did not do it all the time. He publicly claimed that he had two strategies to "stimulate the world". The gossip fire in the officialdom suddenly burned. Everyone gathered in groups to ask him, "What have you come up with?" Qin Hui shook his head. It was useless to say it. Now there is no prime minister, and the functions of the government agencies are frozen and nothing can be done. It is useless to say it!
Everyone understood and dispersed. They understood that Qin was waiting for a price to join the government, and used these two strategies to exchange for the position of prime minister... Good idea, good abacus! So on the other day, Qin Hui, the deputy minister of the government, was promoted to the Minister of the Shangshu Youpushe and the Chief of the Privy Council.
On September 0, Lu Yihao took office again, serving as the Minister of Shangshu Zuo Pushe and the Chief of the Privy Council. Qin Hui was still a subordinate.
On the 4th, the rebel general Li Zhong was defeated by Wang Yan in Qinjiaodian in Jinzhou, and Li Zhong surrendered to Liu Yu's pseudo-Qi.
This month, Wanyan Zonghan drove away all the residents of Qizhou on the West Road of Hebei and built this place into his Marshal's Mansion. Later, he used his confidant Gao Qingyi as the Yin of Datong, and all those who stole more than 1 yuan were executed! Xiao Qing was appointed as the general manager of the Eastern Road of Henan and the prefect of Pingyang. He even stole a green onion in the vegetable orchard and executed it on the spot! Gao Qingyi also suggested that all states set up dungeons and Wu Bao's informing system, and Wanyan Zonghan followed them one by one. Xiao Qing later surrendered the leaders of the Red Turban Army of Taihang Mountain, Qi Shi, Wu Yuan, Jia Gan, etc., and all of these people were executed by Wanyan Zonghan! After all these, the result was "the road was silent and there was almost no trace of anyone."
On October 4, the rebel general Li Yunwen was executed for being domineering troops and abusing power and killing. On the 6th, the general Wang De, the ambassador of Zhejiang West, the ambassador of Huainan, Yangchu Haisi and other prefectures, was sentenced to surrender to the rebel general Shao Qing again.
His eyes turned to the battlefield of the Monk Yuan: The first battle of the three major battles in Sichuan and Shaanxi - the second phase of the Monk Yuan Battle started! The fourth prince of the Great Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Zongbi, led an army of 100,000, and the son-in-law and nephews of the great prince Wanyan Zonghan, rushed towards Wu Jie! However, he had just started and stopped because he came up with a novel idea: he retreated eastward to the Guanzhong Plain, claiming everywhere that he wanted to go back to the north to visit relatives, but secretly moved the main force toward the direction of Dasanguan of Baoji.
In this way, the Jin army was just defeated in the first phase of the Battle of the Monarch Yuan, and his 100,000 troops retreated. Wu Jie must take the opportunity to go to the Qinling Mountains and recover Shaanxi. At that time, he bumped into the head and defeated several thousand with 100,000. It would definitely be a great victory without any suspense! This will open up Sichuan and Shaanxi and sweep Jiangnan... Wanyan Zongbi was dreaming while setting off a smokescreen and tossing hard, which finally made all the Jin army exhausted and sweated. Wu Jie sat there in the Monarch Yuan watching the fun, and did not move from beginning to end...
"Bah! Being jealous," Jin Wushu cursed hatefully, and had to gather troops, pull the baggage, and head towards the Qinling Mountains. This incident proves that if you are impatient, you shouldn't tease others, and you will make yourself angry.
Once the Jin army started to move, it would be as unstoppable as thunder and fire! They first built a floating bridge in the Wei River, and the entire army quickly crossed. Then they seized Yimen Town, without stopping, and rushed into the Qinling Mountains without even getting off the horse! The Jin army was really good at quality. From the plains to the deep mountains, all the life problems along the way were solved on the horse's back, without delaying at all. After entering the mountain, they were even more powerful. They even marched for more than 0 miles and arrived at the frontier position of the Monk Yuan! This is a dividing line. From here, there are all rocky paths. No matter how large the troops are, they have to be lined up in a row. Geography alone, it is definitely a place where one man is at the pass and ten thousand men cannot open it!
The person who guarded the Shencha was Yang Congyi, the beloved general of Wu Jie who came to Fengxiang a few days ago and robbed 00,000 hu of food. He whispered: He later became a god, and had his own temple name, name, power... all available! It is said that such a fierce man guarding the Shenchao, and he had to fly blood and blood to be decent if he said anything? But it was very abnormal. As soon as the Jin army showed up, Yang Congyi immediately flashed! At the entrance of the Shenchao, he ran into the mountains like a rabbit, running like a rabbit, and escaping so timid and quick...
The fourth prince was very busy and had no intention of crossing mountains and ridges to catch them. Wanyan Zongbi thought that Yang Congyi ran very rationally. This was a large army of 100,000 people. His strength determines everything and escapes very rationally... So he saved all his time and used Shencha as the main formation to establish Lianzhu Village that was winding for more than 40 miles. The tail of the village was in Shencha, and Baoji had already reached the front. In other words, the monk was already within the attack range!
This journey was soaring and invincible! This made the fourth prince excited. He yearned for this feeling for a long time and had tasted it... Well, it was the time when he "searching mountains, checking the sea and arresting Zhao Gou". Although the ending was very tragic, the process was very satisfying! He was determined to make it more beautiful this time. For this reason, the entire army had only 4 hours of rest. At noon the next day, they all drove to the feet of the monk!
After arriving, Wanyan Zongbi realized why the first phase of the Monk Yuan battle was so miserable that even the chief general lost his head. He threw all the nonsense such as dangerous terrain, dismounting and staging battles aside, and simplified it into one sentence: this land is stronger than any city wall of the Song Dynasty, but the Jin army could not bring any attacking equipment to the front!
It's that simple, you can only climb up with your hands alone! How can you fight this battle?
His Highness the Fourth Crown Prince still had many tricks. He came up with two: 1. He immediately divided his troops to attack Dasan Pass! Wanyan had not established before, and Ulu had not cooperated well, and he could not attack two places at the same time. He had no regrets. He had 100,000 people around him, and he could only divide it out to get crowds of people. The main position to attack the Monarch was too low, and Wu Jie's soldiers shot arrows down from a high point. Even if the quality of the bow and arrow was not high, the lethality was amazing. On the contrary, the Jin army shot a strong attack from the back, purely seeking death! For this reason, Wanyan Zongbing ordered the local materials to be taken, and a small hill was built with stones, barely reaching a height similar to Monarch... and then start fighting immediately!
All the Jurchen soldiers began to attack the Heshangyuan and Dasanguan. What greeted them was Wu Jie's training for a long time. The "garrison" led by Wu Jie's younger brother, Wu Lin and the commander Lei Zhong, the commander of Qinfeng Road, was also called the formation soldiers. If the two armies met on the plains, they would always stop at a specific distance, and this distance depends on the formation soldiers. Such soldiers held bows and arrows and shot at the other side, which was both a deterrent and set the tone for the distance between the two armies. However, Wu Jie was obviously cheating because the subordinates were all divine arm bows!
It was not easy to get a large number of divine arm bows at this time. It was originally a medium- and high-end standard weapon of the Song army, and it was very popular, especially as the Western Army, which was very common. However, the Northern Song Dynasty has been rotten to the bottom of the year and dared to cheat anything. The divine arm bow in the arsenal cuts corners, which is worse than ordinary bows and arrows... Wu Jie's alone army is at Dasan Pass, and it must have paid a considerable price to be able to equip such bows and arrows in large quantities!
At this time, I received a reward! Wu Jie divided the garrison into batches and took turns to fight. The special arrows made by the Divine Arm Bow never stopped for a moment, and they poured on the Jin army like heavy rain. This kind of arrow was "heavy armor from hundreds of steps away." Think about how many Jurchens turned into sieves? But this could not hinder the passion of His Highness the Fourth Crown Prince. He launched a large-scale attack in the afternoon, and it was not until late that he retreated his troops back in disappointment and vowed to come again tomorrow!
As night fell, the battle had just begun! Compared to this time, the entire daytime battle was just a stadium. Walking on the rugged mountain road, the Jin army with a huge lineup absolutely did not expect: as soon as they retreated, the Song army chased after them!
It was Yang Zheng, the general of the Wu family army! He suddenly came and caught the Jin army off guard. After chopping down a piece, he immediately returned to the monk. Wanyan Zongbi was furious and was hesitating whether to return to take revenge. Another bad news came from behind: the food road in the direction of Shencha was robbed, and it was done by Yang Congyi, who was hiding in the deep mountains!
Something happened before and after, and the fourth prince became calm. He had a clear mind. No matter how the Song army was trying, the strength comparison was there, and 100,000 troops were in his hands. No matter how they fought, they would win! Now return to the camp to eat and sleep, and then keep the spirits up!
In Lianzhu Village, bonfires were lit and rice cooker was supported. Every Jurchen soldier squeezed to the fire to seek warmth. This is the Qinling Mountains on October 1st of the lunar calendar, which will freeze to death! At this moment, the edge of the fire was crowded, and in the surrounding darkness, a rain of arrows that was denser than during the day suddenly shot out!
Chapter completed!