497 scholars drum up morale

Wanyan Liang's army marched south, and at first it was like a bamboo, which frightened the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty. But a scholar stood up and took the initiative to ask to go to the front line to reward the troops. His name is Yu Yunwen, and he is a legendary figure in the history of anti-Jin.

On November 2 (December 14) in the fourth year of Song Huizong Daguan (1110), Yu Yunwen was born in Renshou County, Longzhou. Its ancestor was Yu Shinan, a famous minister in the early Tang Dynasty. Yu Shinan's seventh grandson, Yu Yin, was appointed as the county guard of Renshou, and the Yu family settled here.

Yu Yunwen was bright when he was young, and he was able to write essays at the age of seven. Later, because his father was an official, he entered the official career. After the death of her mother, Yu Yunwen was extremely sad. Considering that his father was alone and suffering from illness, he did not transfer to another official for seven years.

In the twenty-fourth year of Song Gaozong Shaoxing (1154), Yu Yunwen participated in the imperial examination, and was awarded the general sentence of Pengzhou. Later, it was changed to Zhili Prefecture and Quzhou. At that time, Prime Minister Qin Hui was in power, and Shu scribes such as Yu Yunwen were not reused. After Qin Hui's death, Gaozong wanted to use the abandoned Shu scholars, and Zhao Kui, a member of the Zhongshu House, recommended Yu Yunwen first, so that he was awarded the title of secretary.

Wan Yanliang led his troops to cross the Huai River from the Shouchun area and first attacked Luzhou (Hefei). The Song general Wang Quan fled south overnight, first to Hezhou, and then from Hezhou to the south bank of the Yangtze River, he led the soldiers to cross the Yangtze River, and most of the soldiers of the whole army were drowned. Liu Qi, a veteran who was stationed in Yangzhou, was also forced to retreat to Zhenjiang for fortification. Wan Yan Liang waved his army south, approaching the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Song Gaozong wanted to flee to the sea, but stayed under the persuasion of everyone. Zhao Gou had no choice but to order Li Xianzhong to take over the throne. Yu Yunwen, a member of the Zhongshu House, was ordered to go to the quarryman.

When Yu Yunwen arrived at the quarry, Wang Quan had already run away, and Li Xianzhong, who took over his position, had not yet arrived. The Jin soldiers on the opposite bank were preparing to cross the river. The Song army had no main general, the people were panicked, the order was chaotic, and it was simply a group of rabble.

When Yu Yunwen arrived at the riverside, he saw the Song soldiers sitting on the side of the road in twos and threes, throwing their saddles and armor aside. Some slept profusely, some gambled, and some drank, and they all looked like they were drunk and dreamed of death.

Yu Yunwen said loudly: "The Jin people are about to cross the river, why are you still like this?!" ”

A small leader saw that it was a civilian official, and said angrily: "The generals have all run away, can we still fight?" ”

Yu Yunwen was very surprised to see the team so scattered, and felt that waiting for Li Xianzhong to come would delay the fighter, so he immediately summoned the soldiers of the Song army and said loudly: "My name is Yu Yunwen, and I came to work on the orders of the emperor. As long as you make meritorious contributions to the country, I will definitely play and reward you for your meritorious deeds. ”

A general said: "The sheep do not go without a head, the geese do not fly without a head, and the troops guarding the river are divided into several parts. ”

Yu Yunwen patted his chest and said, "Listen to me." Before Li Xianzhong arrived, I was the supreme commander! ”

"Good! We have suffered all the hardships of the golden people, who doesn't want to resist! Now that you are in charge, we are willing to fight desperately! Many generals also patted their chests and said.

An entourage pulled Yu Yunwen aside and persuaded: "Lord Yu, the emperor asked you to come to the labor army, not to let you command the battle. Others have done things so badly, why do you have to carry this broken burden?! ”

Yu Yunwen slapped a big stone beside him vigorously, and said sharply, "What are you calling this?!" Now that the country is in danger, how can I only think about personal gains and losses!? ”

Yu Yunwen was a scholar and had never commanded a war. But he usually likes to read military books, especially "The Art of War", which can be said to be memorized. He is also a brave, resourceful, and decisive person. He immediately ordered the infantry and cavalry to reorganize their ranks and arrange their formations, and divided the Song ships on the river into five teams, one in the middle of the river, two in the east and west banks, and the other two in the harbor as reserves......

The Song army had just finished arranging, and the Jin soldiers had already begun to cross the river. Wanyan Liang was bound to win, and he personally waved the red flag and urged him forward. Hundreds of large ships of the Jin army faced the river breeze and sailed towards the south bank with gold soldiers laden with them. It didn't take long for the Jin soldiers to land one after another.

Yu Yunwen gave a death order, and while the Jin soldiers were not firmly established, they immediately, immediately, and quickly eliminated the enemy who landed on the shore. The step general Shi Jun brandished his double knives, and was the first to rush into the enemy formation and slash and slash. The morale of the soldiers was high and they fought desperately to kill the enemy. Since the Jin army invaded south, it had never encountered resistance, and when it encountered such a powerful opponent at once, it quickly collapsed.

The warships of the Song army on the river also rushed towards the big ships of the Jin army. Although the Song army's warships were small, they were very strong, like sharp steel knives, inserting into the Jin army's fleet and cutting off the enemy ships.

The flotilla of the Jin army was in disarray, some were damaged, some were sunk. Half of the Jin people fell into the water and were killed countless times by the Song army's random arrows.

The fighting was extremely fierce, with heavy casualties on both sides. The Jin people relied on the strength of the crowd, and they still attacked vigorously. The reserves of the Song army were also put into battle, but the manpower was still insufficient.

At this time, the sun is about to set, and the river is stained red with blood and sunset. At this time, a group of thousands of Song soldiers who fled back from Gwangju (present-day Huangzhou, Henan) came to quarry.

Yu Yunwen was overjoyed, and immediately ordered them to put their ranks in order, gave them many battle flags and snare drums, waved the flags from behind the mountain, and rushed to the river with drums. The Jin soldiers on the river heard the drums on the south bank and saw countless flags shaking on the mountain, thinking that the Song army was coming to reinforce them, and fled for their lives.

The Jin army was defeated, and his anger was like thunder, and his anger was vented on the soldiers. He ordered the overseers to leave none of the soldiers who had fled and tortured them to death.

Yu Yunwen expected that Wan Yanliang would not be willing to fail, and he would definitely cross the river. That night, the boat was divided into two teams, one upstream and the other at the ferry.

The next day, the sky was just dawning, and Wan Yanliang ordered the Jin army to cross the river. Yu Yunwen stood on the command ship and ordered the two teams of warships to flank. Jin Jun had tasted Yu Yunwen's power and had no intention of attacking. Three hundred large ships were trapped in the center of the river and the ferry port, and the Song army used fire to attack and set fire everywhere, and soon the ships of the Jin army were set on fire, and the river was in flames. The soldiers of the Jin Army called their fathers and mothers, and were burned to death countless times.

Wanyan Liang saw that the resistance of the quarrying Song army was stubborn and angry, and he had no other way but to kill a group of Jin army soldiers and soldiers, and led the men and horses who had not crossed the river to Yangzhou, trying to open a breakthrough there and march to Lin'an.

The Song army, under the command of Yu Yunwen, won a great victory at Quarrying. At this time, the main general Li Xianzhong arrived with his troops.

Li Xianzhong never expected that Yu Yunwen, a "scholar", commanded more than 10,000 "remnant soldiers", and actually beat Wan Yanliang away, and he was so impressed that he threw himself to the ground.

Yu Yunwen was not carried away by the victory, he said to Li Xianzhong: "After Wanyan Liang fails to quarry, he will definitely go to Yangzhou to cross the river." There was no preparation over there, and the situation was very dangerous. You stay here, I'll go over there and take a look. ”

Li Xianzhong immediately allocated a force, and Yu Yunwen hurried to Yangzhou without stopping......

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