Song Gaozong ordered the eunuch Deng Cong to go to Donglin Temple to ask Yue Fei to send troops, Yue Fei said to Deng Cong: "Thank you for the grace of the emperor, today you will take my battle uniform like the emperor to thank the emperor." ”

Deng Cong insisted on not agreeing, but Yue Fei knelt on the ground and accepted the edict three times and was reluctant to get up, he didn't want to send troops. In the end, Song Gaozong issued a stern warning to Yue Fei and his subordinates, saying: "Yue Fei has not yet accepted the emperor's order to recruit troops, obviously Yue Fei is not considerate of the safety of the country and is unwilling to accept the order. ”

Li Gang of the main battle faction also wrote a separate letter to Yue Fei: "Xuanfu Shaobao has an extraordinary nature, filial piety, and compassion, and earnestly hopes that you will not abolish justice with personal favors. Lead the troops out as soon as possible, establish immortal feats, and help the Holy Lord complete the great cause of the Zhongxing land. ”

Yue Fei finally made up his mind to give up the etiquette and law, and after returning to Ezhou, he led his troops to guard Xianghan. The main battle sent Prime Minister Zhang Jun to the front line to inspect the division, and the four generals of Zhongxing, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, and Zhang Jun, were all summoned to the Governor's Mansion of Zhenjiang Prefecture to discuss the military. Zhang Jun praised Han Shizhong's loyalty and courage to Song Gaozong and Yue Fei's Shen Fei, both of whom can rely on to do great things. In March, the Song court appointed Han Shizhong as the Xuanfu envoy of Jingdong and Huaidong Road, and Yue Fei as the deputy envoy of Xuanfu on Jinghu North Road and Jingnan Road, and moved the town to Wusheng and Dingguo Army Jiedu envoys.

The military meeting of the Governor's Mansion decided that Han Shizhong would send troops from Chengzhou and Chuzhou to attack the Huaiyang Army on the East Jingdong Road, Yue Fei would set off from Ezhou to Xiangyang Mansion and then go on the Northern Expedition, Zhang Jun would set off from Jiankang Mansion to Sizhou, and Liu Guangshi would set off from Taiping Prefecture to Luzhou, and Yang Yizhong's palace army would be used as the backup of his old boss Zhang Junjun. Han Shizhong and Yue Fei were the main attackers, and Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi were the main defenders.

In mid-February, Han Shizhong launched an offensive, but Yue Fei was still in Lin'an Mansion to meet Song Gaozong and could not cooperate. Han Shizhong defeated the defenders of the Puppet Qi in Suqian County, the Huaiyang Army, and besieged the Huaiyang Army City, but six days later, the Puppet Qi reinforcements arrived, and Han Shizhong was forced to retreat.

At that time, Wang Yan, the commander of the capital, was seriously ill, and his eight-character army was stationed in Jingnan Mansion, adjacent to the defense area of Yue's army. Zhao Ding, the left minister, and Zhang Jun, the right minister, decided to move the Bazi Army to Xiangyang Prefecture, and Wang Yan was appointed as the prefect of Xiangyang Prefecture and the pacification envoy of Jingnan Road, and placed under Yue Fei's control, so that once Wang Yan died of illness, the Bazi Army would be merged into Yue's army.

However, Wang Yan was reluctant to accept this appointment because of his disagreement with Yue Fei, and his health improved, so the Song court transferred the Bazi Army to Lin'an Mansion. In this way, the Yuejia army did not increase its military strength, but wanted to take over the Jingnan Prefecture defense area of the Bazi Army, thus dispersing its forces.

Yue Fei's second Northern Expedition had just ended, and Liu Yu of the puppet Qi immediately counterattacked, and Liu Yu attacked the Huainan West Road garrisoned by Liu Guangshi with an army of 700,000. Although Zhang Jun, the right minister of the Song Dynasty, opposed it, Zhao Ding, the left minister, mobilized the Yuejia army to Jiangzhou and Chizhou to support.

When Yue Fei walked to Jiangzhou, Liu Yu's army had been repulsed by Liu Guangshi, and Yue Fei had to retreat to Ezhou. However, Liu Yu immediately turned to attack the Yuejia army in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the troops of the Yuejia army in Shangzhou, Yuzhou, Dengzhou, and Tangzhou were all engaged with the puppet Qi army and a small number of Jin troops.

When it comes to the Yue family, first of all, I have to say Yue Yun, the first sledgehammer of the Eight Great Hammers to hammer Jin Chanzi, that is Yue Yun. Yue Yun is not Yue Fei's biological son, but an adopted son.

Yue Yun threw himself into Yue Fei's army from Tangyin's hometown at the age of twelve, and since then he has been going out with the army, and the life of the army is very difficult, Yue Yun not only did not get the special care of his father-in-law Yue Fei, but got Yue Fei's particularly strict requirements.

Once Yue Yun practiced with a team of soldiers to fly down the mountain from the hillside, but accidentally the man fell to the ground on his back, and he was very embarrassed, as a result, Yue Fei was very angry, and angrily reprimanded: "There is a great enemy in front of you, how can you be so embarrassed?" ordered Yue Yun to be beheaded on the spot, and then everyone pleaded desperately, Yue Fei gave in and beat Yue Yun with a hundred military sticks.

Although Yue Fei's method seems too strict, how could he have made brilliant military exploits without cruel training? When Yue Fei attacked Suizhou in the middle of Yue Fei's first Northern Expedition and the Xianghan Campaign, the 16-year-old Yue Yun was the first to climb the city with two 80-pound iron cone guns, and he was unstoppable.

Yue Yun used an iron cone gun, this iron cone gun is a long heavy weapon that can stab and smash, weighing eighty catties, it can be seen that Yue Yun's arm strength is indeed amazing.

In the subsequent battle against Dengzhou, Yue Yun was the first to ascend the city, but Yue Fei felt that it was not good to repay his righteous son too much, so he hid it and did not report it. Since then, the people of the rivers and lakes have called Yue Yun a winning official, which means a winning officer.

Yue Yun later became one of the most important generals of Yue Fei's back army, and Yue Yun's failure to repay his merits basically became Yue Fei's practice. The Beiwei Army is the most elite unit in the Yuejia Army, and was rated as the first of the five elite troops in the history of Chinese warfare by later generations, and has the most combat effectiveness.

There is also a particularly popular figure among the generals of the Yue family is Niu Gao, Niu Gao met Yue Fei and several of his sworn brothers Tang Huai, Zhang Xian, and Wang Gui on the way to find a teacher. Niu Gao and the four of them had a conflict at that time, the so-called no fight, no acquaintance, after the fight, they formed brothers with different surnames with the four of them.

The Yuejia army had five tiger generals, they were Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, Xu Qing, Niu Gao and Dong Xian. Among them, Wang Gui and Xu Qing are Yue Fei's Tangyin fellow villagers, Wang Gui and Zhang Xian are still the deputy marshals of Yue's army, and Niu Gao and Dong Xian both defected to Yue Fei from the so-called Great Qi Army. The Great Qi government was a puppet government controlled and supported by the Jin Dynasty at that time, and its emperor was called Liu Yu.

Liu Yu's evaluation is very low, so Niu Gao is under his hands, and he can be regarded as a pearl secret investment. Niu Gao was an official of the Song Dynasty at the beginning, and later attached to Liu Yu, he was also confused by Liu Yu, because at that time, the Jin Dynasty supported Liu Yu, and set his capital in Kaifeng, and established a system corresponding to the Song Dynasty, just to confuse the original Song Dynasty subjects, so that everyone thought that this was a Chinese government that replaced the Song Dynasty, and Niu Gao fell for this.

But when the Jin army invaded the Song Dynasty again, Niu Gao repented. Niu Gao's return to the Southern Song Dynasty at that time was entirely due to Yue Fei's personal charm, and he repeatedly appealed to the imperial court and resolutely demanded to return to Yue's army. Because Niu Gao was very familiar with the so-called Great Qi army, after he surrendered to Yue Fei, Yue Fei relied on him very much in battle.

Niu Gao is a very innocent and lovely person, he is reckless but not witty, irritable but humorous. In the Battle of Suizhou in the Battle of Xianghan, it was Zhang Xian and Xu Qing who went to attack Suizhou, but they couldn't attack it for a long time, so Niu Gao volunteered and brought three days of rations to reinforcements. As a result, Niu Gao took only one day to take Suizhou, captured Wang Song of Zhizhou alive, and escorted him to Yue Fei's tent.

Niu Gao is both wise and brave, he is sure of everything, and he can pinch all the dry food he brings, which is really not simple. What's even more commendable is that Niu Gao put all the merits of this battle on Zhang Xian's body, he said that everyone is a person who serves the country, why do you care if you make meritorious service or I make meritorious service?

From Niu Gao's joining, it can be seen that Yue Fei had a strong charisma at that time, and then he was able to take credit without being arrogant, and even give credit to others, which shows that Yue Jiajun has such a style from top to bottom, which is inseparable from Yue Fei's example.

There is also a brave general among the Yue generals, he is a legend in his own right, he is Yang Zaixing. Yang Zaixing is a descendant of the Yang generals of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Yang Zaixing was originally a subordinate of the bandit Cao Cheng, but at that time, because of the chaos of the army, thieves swarmed from all over the country, and Cao Cheng was a big thief in that section of Hudong Road. In the second year of Shaoxing, Yue Fei led the army to level the bandits, and in the battle, Yue's army was overwhelmed by Mount Tai, and played a triumphant song all the way.

Who knows, although this Cao Cheng is very easy to fight, Yang Zaixing under Cao Cheng is very difficult to fight, Yang Zaixing first hacked to death Han Shunfu, the fifth general of the Yue family's army, in the battle. Yue Fei was furious and ordered Han Shunfu's lieutenant to subdue Yang Zaixing, who knew that Yang Zaixing instead stepped on Yue's camp, not only broke through Yue's camp, but also hacked Yue Fei's brother-in-law Yue Fei to death.

However, Yang Zaixing's bravery alone could not recover the disadvantage of the battle, and in the end he was chased cornered by the soldiers of the Yue family army and jumped into a deep stream. Because he killed Yue Fei, the sergeants all knew him, so everyone opened their bows and arrows, preparing to shoot him into a hedgehog, at this time, Yang Zaixing suddenly shouted: "I'm a hero, don't kill me, take me to see Yue Fei." ”

After he met Yue Fei, the situation was unexpected, Yue Fei not only did not remember the past grudges, but said to him: "We are all fellow villagers, and now the country is in trouble, we must go to the country together and serve the country loyally." ”

This is Yue Fei's mind as a general, in front of him, the family feud and the national hatred are compared, which one is bigger and which is small, he knows very well in his heart. Since Yang Zaixing was so brave, he needed Yang Zaixing to go to the battlefield with him and sacrifice his life for the country, wouldn't that be a more meaningful way to die? Moreover, at that time, they were indeed two armies facing each other, each with its own master, and Yang Zaixing's ability to fight so bravely proved that he was indeed a fierce general who was helpful in battle.

Yang Zaixing is also a good man, and he has been loyal since then. After eight years of following Yue Fei to the east and west, he arrived at the Battle of Yuncheng in Yue Fei's Fourth Northern Expedition, which was the last life-and-death battle between Yue Fei and Jin Wuxuan, and also Yue Fei's last battle.

In the battle of Yuncheng, Yang Zaixing issued a military order to Yue Fei, to mention the head of Jin Wuxuan to see, so he rushed into the enemy formation several times, rushed left and right, such as entering a no-man's land, killing the Jin army like chopping melons and vegetables, the Jurchen cavalry, which was known for its bravery, was frightened and finally had to retreat.

Five days later, Zhang Xian led Yue's army into Linying County, where Jin Wuxuan led his troops, and ordered Yang Zaixing to lead 300 cavalry outposts to Xiaoshanghe, only to meet Jin Wuxi's 120,000 army. Ordinary people had already fled when they encountered an army of 120,000, and the fierce general Yang Zaixing once again rode into the camp alone, vowing to capture Jin Wuxuan alive. The arrows of the Jin army flew like locusts, and Yang Zaixing broke the shaft of the arrow for every arrow, and continued to rush and kill, and finally unfortunately the horse fell into the Xiaoshang River and was shot into a hedgehog by the Jin army, but he and his horse still stood tall in the river.

In this battle, Yang Zaixing led the army to kill thousands of Jin troops, and Yang Zaixing's 300 elite horsemen were all killed, which was comparable to the 300 strong men of Sparta to resist the Persian Emperor Xerxes's army of more than 100,000 troops. After the Jin army escaped, Zhang Xian found Yang Zaixing's body on the bloody battlefield, and after cremation, there were as many as two liters of iron arrowheads picked up from it.

Yang Zaixing is the ancestor of Yang Tiexin and Yang Kang father and son in the legend of the eagle shooting heroes, and was originally the leader of the peasant rebel army in Jiulong Mountain. Yue Fei, the righteous brother who once killed Yue Fei by mistake, was defeated and captured, Yue Fei loved his bravery and did not ask for his guilt, and regarded him as a former general.