443 Zhao Qi hurriedly issued a gold medal order

Although Zhao Gou practiced martial arts, he was no different from his father Zhao Ji and his brother Zhao Huan in his bones, that is, he lacked blood. He didn't dare to fight with the people of the Jin country, and he didn't want to fight with the people of the Jin country, and peace was always his main theme. Therefore, the main and faction is also what he always likes, and the main battle faction is only used occasionally.

When the Southern Song Dynasty stabilized, the lord and faction occupied the peak, and Zhao Gou began to use Qin Hui as the prime minister. Others are not easy to use, only Qin Hui is the best at figuring out the emperor's thoughts, and he can carry the black pot for His Majesty at critical moments, it can be said that the emperors of all dynasties like such courtiers.

After Yue Fei joined the army, he relied on bravery and wisdom from a soldier to glory step by step, and became the commander of the front army in his thirties. "It is easy to shake the mountain, and it is difficult to shake the Yue family", the Jin people not only admired Yue Fei, but also hated him to the bone.

In the first month of 1129 (the third year of Jianyan), the 27-year-old Yue Fei was still a small person. On the orders of the Tokyo Left-behind Division, he returned to Kaifeng from Xijing Henan Mansion, the garrison guarding the Northern Song Dynasty Imperial Mausoleum.

Yue Fei had just returned to Kaifeng in late June when he received an order from Du Chong to retreat south. Fly to the bitter admonition: "The size of the Central Plains cannot be abandoned, now I have a foot, this place is not mine, he wants to take it again one day, and he can't get it without donating hundreds of thousands of people." ”

Du Chong didn't listen at all. Yue Fei had no choice but to lead his army south, and Kaifeng then fell in February of the following year. Zhao Gou did not punish Du Chong for giving up Kaifeng, but ordered him to be in charge of the defense of the Yangtze River and promoted to the right minister.

At this time, Yue Fei was very angry and decided to break away from Du Chong and move to the rear alone. However, some of Yue Fei's subordinates were afraid of the Jin people and were ready to defect. Yue Fei generously pleaded to them, and the soldiers were all moved and willing to fight with them.

At that time, Yue Fei's troops were only 1,800 people, but they were all active anti-Jin, although they were few but fine, and they were especially capable of fighting.

In the early spring of 1130 (the fourth year of Jianyan), Yixing was being harassed by the rout, and the county commander invited Yue Fei to come to Yixing, saying: "The grain stored in the county can be eaten by 10,000 soldiers for ten years!" In February, Yue Fei was stationed in Yixing and stationed in Zhangzhu Town. Yue Fei fought against Jin bravely, loved the people like relatives, and won the support of the people. Some stragglers were recruited, and the Yuejia army began to take shape.

After the Golden Vulture defeated Huang Tiandang, the losses were huge. At this time, Wanyan Zongbi only knew about Han Shizhong, and he didn't know that there was Yue Fei.

When Yan Zongbi passed through Changzhou, Yue Fei led his army from Yixing to intercept it. Yue Fei won all four battles, capturing eleven people including the Jurchen Wanhu Young Master Xiao Jin. At this time, Wanyan Zongbi not only knew that Han Shizhong was powerful, but also knew that Yue Fei was powerful.

At this time, Yue Fei's name was only known to Zhao Gou, but compared to Han Shizhong, his name was still much worse. Therefore, the imperial court issued an edict ordering him to cooperate with Han Shizhong in Zhenjiang, attack the Jin army from the left flank, and wait for an opportunity to restore Jiankang.

In April of that year, Yue Fei had been under the command of the right army in front of the emperor and the subordinate of Zhang Jun, the envoy of Jiangdong in western Zhejiang. After Yue Fei recovered Jiankang, Zhang Jun wanted to send him to Raozhou to guard the east and west roads south of the Yangtze River. However, Yue Fei attached great importance to the strategic significance of guarding Jiankang. In late May, Yue Fei personally escorted the prisoners of war to Yuezhou, and met Song Gaozong and Zhao Gou for the first time in his life.

He said to the imperial court: "Jiankang is a critical place, and it is advisable to select troops to defend it." The minister thought that if the thief crossed the river, he must first go to Zhejiang, and the east and west of the river were secluded, and he was afraid that the heavy troops would cut off his way back, and he would not be the one. The ministers begged for the soldiers to guard Huai and protect their hearts. ”

Gaozong saw Fei's recital and thought it was so, so he changed Zhang Jun's original proposal and gave Yue Fei a gold belt, a saddle and other things. At this moment, Zhao Gou still appreciates Yue Fei very much.

From the first year of Shaoxing to the third year (1131-1133), Yue Fei successively put down the rebellions of Youkou Li Cheng, Zhang Yong, Cao Cheng, Ji and Qianzhou, and was promoted to the commander of the Shenwu Hou Army. Song Gaozong Zhao gave the imperial book "Jingzhong Yue Fei" pennant to Fei, and then transferred Niu Gao, Dong Xian, Li Dao and other departments to Yue Fei, at this time the Yue family army really grew.

In the spring of 1134 (the fourth year of Shaoxing), Yue Fei published the "Begging for the Restoration of Xiangyang Zazi", putting forward the idea of recovering the six counties of Xiangyang (Xiangyang Fu, Ying, Sui, Tang, Deng and other prefectures, and Xinyang Army) that had fallen under the puppet Qi regime, and said: "The restoration of the Central Plains is the basic. The proposal was approved by the imperial court, but Zhao Gou specifically stipulated that the Yuejia army was not allowed to "raise troops for the Northern Expedition or say that it would recover Bianjing", and it was only limited to the recovery of the six counties.

Why is this so? Zhao Gou still adopted a wait-and-see attitude, he didn't dare to make the movement bigger, for fear of provoking the Jin people to march south again. Fight a dozen, but also for the sake of peace talks to increase some capital. It can be said that Zhao Gou has never had the ambition to recover the Central Plains, let alone fight to the hometown of the Jin people.

On 19 April, Yue's army returned to the battlefield and advanced from Jiangzhou to Ezhou (present-day Wuchang, Wuhan, Hubei). When crossing the river from Wuchang to the north, Yue Fei said to his staff with high spirits: "If you don't catch the thief, you will return to the old realm, and you will not wade into this river!" ”

On May 5, Yue's army arrived at the city of Yingzhou. At dawn on the 6th, Yue's army launched a general attack on Yingzhou. The battle was extremely fierce, Yue Fei sat under the command of Daxu, and suddenly a large piece of cannon stone fell in front of him, and the left and right were frightened, but Yue Fei did not move at all. The soldiers climbed the ladder and bravely stormed the city wall. More than 7,000 enemies were killed in this battle.

After the recovery of Yingzhou, it marched in two ways. Zhang Xian and Xu Qing divided their troops to attack Suizhou (Suizhou, Hubei); Yue Fei led the army to Xiangyang and fought a decisive battle with the puppet Qi general Li Cheng (originally You Kou). Li Cheng saw that Yingzhou was broken in one day, and he no longer had the courage to defend it, so he fled in a hurry.

On the 17th, Yue Fei's soldiers entered Xiangyang without blood. On May 18, Niu Gao, Zhang Xian, and Xu Qing joined forces to capture Suizhou City and captured 5,000 puppet Qi troops. 16-year-old Yue Yun bravely crowned the three armies, armed with two iron cone guns weighing dozens of pounds, and was the first to rush to the city.

Yue Fei's great victory shook the puppet Qi regime. Liu Yu hurriedly dispatched troops, and also invited the "thieves" of the Jin Dynasty to reinforce with the "signing army" of Hebei and Hedong. Li Cheng received support and wanted to recapture Xiangyang Mansion, but led an army of 300,000 to counterattack, but was defeated again.

Since then, Yue's army has become famous.

Yue Fei's victory in recovering the six counties of Xiangyang shook the Song court.

After Zhao Gou received Yue Fei's good news, he said to Hu Songnian: "Although I have heard that Yue Fei's army is extremely disciplined, I don't know if I can break the enemy like this. ”

Hu Songnian said: "Only if he has discipline, he can break the thief." ”

Yue Fei was the envoy of the Qingyuan Army Festival because of his merits, and the envoy of the Jing, Xiang, and Tanzhou systems in Hubei Province, becoming the youngest "festival builder" of the Song Dynasty. At this time, Yue Fei was proud, invincible, invincible, and the emperor Zhao Gou trusted him very much, which was the most important thing in the feudal era.

Zhao Gou was very satisfied with the situation that he could be partial to the south of the Yangtze River, but Yue Fei was not satisfied, his ideal was to recover the entire Central Plains, and even fight to the hometown of the Jin people. Therefore, Yue Fei wrote at every turn, and every time he would mention "recovering the Central Plains and welcoming back the two saints". Every time Zhao Gou reads a book like this, his trust in Yue Fei is one layer less, and his disgust is one layer more.

In May 1140 (the tenth year of Shaoxing), Wanyan Wushu, who staged a coup d'état and took power, abolished the peace agreement with the Song Dynasty, and personally unified the army, with Nie Erjin in Shandong and Li in Henan as the left and right wings, and marched to Lianghuai through Bianjing; The right deputy marshal Wan Yan Salia drank the commander of the Western Route Army and attacked Shaanxi from Tongzhou (Dali County, Shaanxi). In late May, the Jin army approached the city of Shunchang (now Fuyang, Anhui), and Shunchang was in an emergency.

Song Gaozong did not agree with Yue Fei to send troops, and was afraid that Shunchang would lose, so he ordered Yue Fei to send troops to rescue......

The Yue family's army was victorious, and it was about to reach Kaifeng, but Zhao Gou issued twelve gold medals in a row, asking Yue Fei to withdraw his army. A difficult problem was placed in front of Yue Fei.

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