Chapter 321: The Battle of Yuncheng

Zhang Xian and Yao Zheng, the commanders of the Yue family's army, led the former army and the Youyi army to capture Caizhou, and Yue Fei appointed Ma Yu to guard Caizhou. The left army of the Yuejia army under the command of Niu Gao defeated the Jin army on the Jingxi Road, conquered Niu Gao's hometown of Lushan and other counties, and threatened Ruzhou of the Jin State. The Yuejia army led Sun Xian to break Pei Man's troops between Caizhou and Huaining Mansion.

Forty miles away from Yingchang Mansion, the former army commander Zhang Xian commanded Fu Xuan and other generals to defeat the troops of Han Chang, the commander of the Han people of the Jin State. Zhang Xian pursued and captured the city of Yingchang the next day, and Han Chang fled back to Kaifeng and was personally whipped and punished by Jin Wuxuan.

Zhang Xianliu Dong Xian's Tabai army and Yao Zheng's Youyi army defended Yingchang Mansion City, and he joined Niu Gao, Xu Qing and other armies to enter Huaining Mansion in the east, and defeated more than 3,000 Jin cavalry in fifteen miles outside Huaining Mansion City. He pursued a few miles outside the city to break through the array of General Jin Guozhai and occupy the city of Huaining, and the Jin general Wang Taibao and others were captured.

Han Chang attempted to recapture the city of Yingchangfu, and the Jurchen evil also led more than 6,000 horsemen to attack the White Army and the Youyi Army, but they were defeated. So far, the three strategic points of the Jin army defending Kaifeng Mansion were uprooted by the Yuejia army within a few days, and only one Nanjing Yingtianfu remained, which was the theater of the guards in Zhang Jun's camp, and the Jin army won several victories here.

On the other hand, Yang Cheng, a general of Wang Guisuo's department, defeated more than 5,000 cavalry led by the Jin army's Wanfu Changman Duhua and conquered Zhengzhou. Then he prepared to attack Liu Zheng's camp in Kaifeng Fuzhong Mu County at night, basically wiped out this Jin army, and captured more than 350 war horses. Hao Hui, the deputy commander of the Chinese army, who was camped sixty miles away from the city of Henan, defeated the troops of Li Cheng, the prefect of Jinhenan Province, and captured Xijing Henan Mansion the next day.

At the beginning of July, a month and a half after the defeat of Jin Wushu in Shunchang, he received reinforcements from Wanyan Zongxian, the king of Gaitian, and others, and after discovering that Yue Fei himself commanded the Yuejia army in Yuncheng, the whole army went straight to Yuncheng, the headquarters of the Yuejia army, leading to a decisive battle between the main forces.

Tanma reported to Yue Fei: "Jin Wushu led the Dragon and Tiger King Wanyan Tuhesu, the Gaitian King Wanyan Zongxian, the Zhaowu General Han Chang and other generals, and more than 15,000 elite horse troops appeared on the road only more than 20 miles away from Yuncheng. ”

Yue Fei ordered Yue Yun to lead the horse army of 8,000 horses and the Youyi army out of the city to meet the attack, and he said to Yue Yun: "You must win and return, if you don't fight hard to win, I will kill you first!"

Jin Wushu rushed to Yuncheng, and the cavalry of both sides began to fight a decisive battle. The follow-up troops of the Jin army continued to arrive at Yuncheng to engage in battle, and Yue Yun's horse army continued to repel the Jin army's charges. Yang Zaixing, a fierce general of the Yuejia army, claimed to capture Jin Wuxuan alive, and rushed into the ranks of the Jin army alone, killing dozens of Jin army soldiers and soldiers.

Yue Fei personally led forty elite personal soldiers and iron cavalry to break through the encirclement and appear in front of the formation, and they all trained Huo Jian for fear of a mistake, so he stepped forward to dissuade Yue Fei: "Xianggong is an important minister of the country, and your safety depends on the victory or defeat of the whole army, Xianggong must not underestimate the enemy." ”

Yue Fei replied: "Don't be afraid, I will protect myself." ”

Yue Fei Fei rushed out of the horse, shot at the position of the Jin army with a few arrows, Yue Fei could hold the bow three hundred catties, his archery skills were very fierce, the soldiers of the Yue family army saw the commander personally out of the horse, and immediately fought to the death with all his strength. At this time, Qin Shi Huang incarnated Jin Wuxuan, he saw Yue Fei for the first time, although the distance was very far, the soldiers around him pointed at Yue Fei: "He is Yue Fei, the commander of the Yue family's army." ”

Jin Wuxuan was surprised, although he couldn't see it clearly from a long distance, he felt that Yue Fei seemed to be the incarnation of Xu Fu, Xu Fu had always been his sworn enemy, and Yue Fei of the Yue family army was his sworn enemy, he definitely couldn't let Yue Fei go, if Yue Fei was Xu Fu, the elixir of immortality, he would definitely capture Yue Fei.

Jin Wushu ordered the dispatch of heavy armor Tiefutu and kidnapping horses, horses and cavalry are heavy armor are not afraid of arrows and small weapons to slash, but they are not defeated by the Song army's heavy axe, every three horses are connected with leather ropes, blocking the wall, specifically at the critical moment through the group charge to defeat the Song army.

Yue Fei immediately ordered the elite infantry who were well-trained to deal with the Jin army's tactics to go into battle, and used a long-handled hemp knife to chop the legs of the heavily armored abducted horses that could not be wrapped in heavy armor, as long as a horse was cut off and one leg fell to the ground, all three horses of the heavy armor Tiefutu could not advance, and the elite infantry then immediately used heavy axes to cut off the shoulder blades and necks of the cavalry on the horses, and other places that needed to be moved, and the heavy armor was connected to the joints, and cut off the limbs and heads to kill.

The Song army had already restrained the Jin army with axe soldiers many times, and the heavily armored abducted horse army was in chaos. Killed until dark, the whole army of Jin Wushu was defeated and fled. The Yue family army came prepared, blocked all the tactics of Jin Wuxuan, and won a complete victory in the battle of Yuncheng.

The Battle of Yuncheng was a decisive battle between the Song Dynasty and the Jin State, in which the Yuejia army of the Song Dynasty won more with less, giving the Jin army a heavy blow.

Jin Wushu and others divided into four routes of the army to the south, Yue Fei's army stationed in Yuncheng, Jin Wushu led more than 15,000 elite soldiers to attack, Wang Gui killed 500 enemies in Yingchang, Jin Wuxuan's abduction horse was annihilated, Yue's army recovered Zhengzhou, Luoyang, soldiers came to Zhuxian Town, the Han people said that it was a great victory in Yuncheng, Yue Fei shouted: "Arrive at Huanglong Mansion, drink with all the kings." ”

The Battle of Yuncheng was a famous battle of the Song-Jin War, in which the Jin Dynasty's Jin Wushu faction gained momentum and advocated forcing the Southern Song Dynasty to submit by force again and recapture Henan and Shaanxi. The Jin Dynasty divided its troops into four routes, starting from Lianghuai in the east and Shaanxi in the west, and launched a large-scale military attack on the Song Dynasty, and the Song court was forced to order all Song troops to resist.

Tens of thousands of Yuejia troops led by Yue Fei set out from Hubei, soon entered central Henan, defeated the Jin army in succession, occupied the important military towns of Yingchang Mansion and Huaining Mansion, and took advantage of the victory to recover Zhengzhou, Xijing, Henan Mansion and other places. Yue Fei also sent Liang Xing and others to cross the Yellow River, united with the righteous armies of Hedong and Hebei, and attacked the Jin army in the rear of Jin, recovering many prefectures and counties.

Seeing that the forces of the Yue family army were scattered, and finding out that Yue Fei only had a small number of troops stationed in Yuncheng, Jin Wushu decided to personally lead 15,000 elite cavalry to attack Yuncheng directly, in an attempt to eliminate the command center of the Yue family army in one fell swoop. Jin Wuxuan, the Dragon and Tiger King, the Gaitian King, etc., fought against the Yue family army in the north of Yuncheng. Yue Fei ordered Yue Yun to lead the light cavalry to attack the enemy formation, rushing back and forth.

The Jin army dispatched heavy cavalry Tiefutu, wearing heavy armor and wearing iron hats, in groups of three, connected with belts, and used the wood to block the horses for sanitation every time they stepped forward, only advancing and not retreating, making a frontal attack. In addition, the cavalry is used as the left and right wings, known as the kidnapping horse, and the cavalry arranged on the left and right wings is composed of Jurchens who can ride and shoot well, and cooperate with the battle.

Yue Fei sent Beiwei's pro-army and Youyi's army and horse army to meet the battle, and sent infantry armed with hemp knives and axes, etc., to cut the enemy soldiers up and down the horses, killing and wounding a large number of Jin soldiers, so that the heavy cavalry of the Jin army could not give full play to their strengths. Yang Zaixing, a brave general in Yue's army, broke into the enemy formation on a single horse, intending to capture Jin Wushu alive and kill hundreds of Jin soldiers, and the two sides fought fiercely from the afternoon until dark, and the Jin army was defeated.

The Jin soldiers invaded Yuncheng again, and Yue Fei defeated the Jin soldiers again in Wulidian in the north of the city, killing the Jin general A Li Duo Jin. Jin Wuxuan gathered 120,000 troops in Linying, Yang Zaixing went out to patrol with 300 cavalry, encountered Jin soldiers at Xiaoshang Bridge, killed more than 2,000 Jin soldiers and more than 100 generals such as Wanhu Saba Jin, Song army was also all heroic sacrifices, Yang Zaixing's arrows were as many as two liters. Zhang Xian led the Yuejia army to fight again, chasing the Jin soldiers out of the border of Yingxian County, and the Yuejia army broke the main force of the Jin army that invaded Yingchang.

The Battle of Yuncheng was a decisive battle between the elite troops of the Song and Jin sides, and the Song army won more with less, dealing a heavy blow to the Jin army. If the Song army can advance with victory, there is great hope for recovering the homeland, but Song Gaozong Zhao Gou and Qin Hui only want to use the victory as the capital of Jin Qihe, so they ordered the division and ruined the victory of this war.

In several battles between Yuncheng and Yingchangfu, although the Yuejia army was barely victorious, it never ended up in defeat, and judging this war from a strategic perspective was already doomed to defeat.

This time, the Song Dynasty seemed to be victorious, but Shunchang, Yuncheng, and Jin Wushu were defeated by the enemy, and then reorganized, it is unknown. Shaanxi is only a stalemate situation, and there is no victory to speak of, and if it continues, it will be unfavorable to the Song army.