Zhao Gou personally wrote an edict to Zhang Jun "If there is a person who crosses the river, he will be killed on the spot" wrote an edict to Yang Yizhong "If you don't enter the army, you should march to the law" On October 3, Zhang Jun's military counselor Lu Zhi was sent to the front line by Zhao Gou to supervise Liu Guangshi's department!

On the same day, Han Shizhong led his troops across the Huai River to counterattack and successfully blocked Liu Yi's Eastern Route Army! And Zhang Jun also returned quickly after receiving Zhao Gou's nirvana order, and fought hard with Liu Lin's 100,000 army between Haozhou and Shouzhou! In addition, Zhang Jun ordered Yang Yizhong to immediately lead the army in front of the palace to meet Zhang Jun!

That night, the people sent by Zhang Jun came to the south bank of the Yangtze River, Liu Guangshi's temporary residence, and gave Liu Guangshi a sample of the edict! Liu Guangshi's face turned green all of a sudden, the emperor is really moving this time, and his life is difficult to protect! He quickly summoned his group of magical generals, including the first general Wang De and the second general Li Qiong, and said, "You are forward, save my head"

As mentioned earlier: Liu Guangshi himself is a battlefield straw bag, and he can lose any battle. But the generals under his command are extremely brave, and some special ones dare to stare in front of Han Shizhong and Yue Fei, and they just obey this Liu Dayanei! At this time, Liu Guangshi shouted for help, and the gang immediately exploded...

On the 4th, Wang De, Li Qiong and others all returned to Huaixi and fought hard with the puppet Qi army. Zhang Jun has already been killed. Behind them, Yang Yizhong was also approaching the battlefield, and now he had arrived in Haozhou.

Under the shock of the emperor's killing order, the speed of the Song army was very jaw-dropping. Taking Liu Guangshijun as an example, they withdrew to the south bank of the Yangtze River after their original station in Luzhou, and then rushed back after receiving the order, and actually engaged the puppet Qi army in Huoqiu, Zhengyang, and Qianyangsi!

Huoqiu is in Shouzhou, on the south bank of the Huai River, in terms of the horizontal line, it is a little north than Luzhou. This is enough to show that Liu Guangshi is afraid of something! And his generals also really helped, and all the battles were won big and stabilized his head. But the real focus of this battle is not here, but in the town of Lotang in Haozhou. The real scenery figure is not any of the four generals of ZTE. It's Yang Yizhong!

Let's talk about Xiao Yang. Xiao Yang has a big background, there is a saying that he is the great-grandson of the famous general Yang Ye of the Northern Song Dynasty, born in Daizhou, brave and martial since he was a child, and was subordinate to Zhang Jun's subordinates after joining the army. When Zhao Gou formed the Marshal's Mansion, Xiao Yang was one of the earliest teams, and he stood outside Zhao Gou's curtain all night, which gave Zhao Gou a rare sense of security when he was a teenager.

Yang Yizhong was shocked when he first exerted his might, at that time there were many thieves, and a good thief no longer looked at how many things he robbed. It's about how much land they occupy in the city. Rencheng was robbed, and the Marshal's Mansion sent many people to it. One day, Zhao Gou climbed to the city and was depressed, is this still the world of the Zhao family? But I saw several cavalrymen wearing armor and breaking into the gate of Rencheng!

Zhao Gou witnessed these knights galloping through the city, killing hundreds of people, and the leader of them was covered in blood and appeared to be seriously injured. Zhao Gou urgently ordered someone to recall. But they found that it was all the blood of the thieves they had killed, and that there were no wounds themselves. Zhao Gou was pleasantly surprised, and personally served him wine to "drink this blood man"

Yang Yizhong is well-known for this. Xiao Yang was born with a thick beard and a majestic look. People who like him call him "Ten Brothers", and this ranking was made when Jianyan crossed to the south when he was in the general ranking. From Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, Yue Fei, Wu Jue, Wu Lan all the way to the youngest Yang Yizhong...

Annoying him, it's not very elegant, call him "Bearded Gelding" Who makes him the most intimate person in Zhao Gou? True blue. Unconditional obedience to any order, obedience like a eunuch, just an extra beard...

8th. Liu Yi led tens of thousands of troops to go south to Luzhou from Dingyuan County, Haozhou, to join Liu Lin's main force. As a result, in Yuejiafang, Liu Yi's forward army encountered Yang Yizhong's 2000 palace front army. didn't say anything, Yang Yizhong quickly resolved the battle, continued to take the initiative to attack, and faced Liu Yi's army!

On the 10th, the two armies met in Lotang Town, more than 60 miles southeast of Dingyuan County. Liu Yi arrived first and occupied the terrain before Yang Yizhong. The puppet Qi army lined up in the mountains, tens of thousands of legions were waiting for them, and the front row was densely packed with archers... This is the standard team of the Song army in the past, which means that once the war starts, the attacker will face countless arrows that cover the sky and the sun, which is an unsolvable nightmare...

Yang Yizhong just wanted to jump into the well, he gave what Liu Yi wanted, and he sent Wu Xi, the commander of the Destroying Front Army, to lead 5,000 elite cavalry to attack the main formation of the puppet Qi army. The rain of arrows that day came as scheduled, but it couldn't stop the breakthrough of the Song cavalry!

Because the puppet Qi army did not have the standard weapons of the Song army, the Divine Arm Bow and various bows and crossbows similar to them. If there is, Jin Jun has already obtained the patent, and countless copies have been copied and pasted, is His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince still running around the mountains in the Qinling Mountains with arrows? The advantages of science and technology are unique to the Han people! Until the fall of the Song Dynasty, or even the fall of the Ming Dynasty, foreigners could not touch it!

5,000 cavalry shook Liu Yi's main position, Yang Yizhong launched a general attack at the right time, and he personally led the army to rush in from the side of the puppet Qi army and fell into the super array. It's desperate like this, it's very much like looking for death, but Yang Yizhong left a surprise for Liu Yi!

Zhang Jun's former army commander Zhang Zongyan was ordered by Yang Yizhong before the war to quietly go around the back of the puppet Qi army, and then suddenly launched and stabbed Liu Yi in the back!

This is Yang Yizhong's style! Every move of this man seems to be crazy and passionate, but behind it lies a thousand cares, thousands of calculations, every step is mechanically precise... This will be verified at every critical moment in the years to come!

The puppet Qi army's large array collapsed, attacking in three ways, by surprise, Liu Yi is not a famous general, all he can do is to save himself in the midst of thousands of troops...

More than 10,000 puppet Qi troops were captured by Yang Yizhongsheng, and hundreds of ships and thousands of vehicles were captured. And as soon as Liu Yi's Eastern Route Army was defeated, Liu Lin, the Middle Route Army, also fled immediately! In the process of escaping, Wang De, the first general under Liu Guangshi, joined forces with Yang Yizhong, and chased them all the way to Shouchun Mansion on the south bank of the Huai River; Kong Yanzhou on the West Road surrounded Gwangju and also retired together!

In a certain sense, it was Yang Yizhong who carried out this large-scale attack of pseudo-Qi!

The guards showed their faces, and Zhao Gou was extremely happy. While showing off to the commanders, "This time you know that I know people and win people", he sent a commendation order to Yang Yizhong - Yang Yizhong was promoted to the envoy of the Baocheng Army, and the palace was waiting for the guards and horses, horses, and infantry!

The very well-behaved Xiao Yang refused very smartly, and the reason was great - the military strength of the Sanya cannot be attributed to one person, this is what the ancestors have said for nearly 180 years! I will remember it for the rest of my life! Zhao Gou was moved, Xiao Yang is really good, you can continue to focus on cultivating...

The above battle is the very famous battle of Lotus Pond in the history of the Southern Song Dynasty. The battle was really lackluster in a purely military sense, and it was no big deal. Because the opponent is a puppet Qi army with generally low combat effectiveness, and it is also filled with a large number of temporarily recruited civilians, what can such an army be no matter how large it is?

That's all. That is, it determines the gold content of the battle of Lotus Pond. But its political significance is incomparably far-reaching! It is the fuse, connected to Yue Fei's second Northern Expedition, and the turning point is clearly visible!

On the side of the Jin State, the puppet Qi State that abolished Liu Yu was finally put on the dragon case of the little emperor Wanyan Yan...

On the side of the Southern Song Dynasty, look back at the table of the top-level figures in this battle. When the puppet Qi army changed into Jurchen clothes and went to the battlefield, Emperor Zhao Gou and Prime Minister Zhao Ding panicked, in addition to preparing to retreat to Lin'an, and ordered Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi to fight back, they also urgently recruited Yue Fei to aid Huaixi again. At this time, Yue Fei's eye disease deteriorated sharply, and he could barely see during the day. And his army has just finished an expedition, tired, and mainly hungry! I didn't come over, but I still heard the edict and did it!

When the Yuejia army arrived, the Battle of Lotus Pond had already ended! Zhao Gou was very embarrassed, Zhao Ding was very ashamed, at this time they knew that Liu Yu had been deceived, but the superior naturally had their own way to cover his shame. The two had a public Q&A:

Zhao Ding "From this incident, we can see the respect of the generals in front of the court for the imperial court, and everyone is very obedient to orders"

Zhao Gou nodded again and again: "Yes!" Liu Lin was defeated, and I was not happy. The generals know to respect the court. is the real gratifying thing" The kung fu of shifting the target in the face of embarrassment is as light as a light and perfect fire.

It's a pity that someone decided to make a big fuss about this mistake, so as to realize the wish of "the first person in real power in the empire". In November, this man returned to Korea from the front: Zhang Jun!

The second minister, the Privy Council, and the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, Zhang Jun, has long looked at Prime Minister Zhao Ding unpleasantly. Don't look at Zhao Ding who fished him out of the abyss, but the gap between the two people's working methods and political ideals is too big, which can be called a chasm!

Zhao Ding is a person who must first settle down on the outside, and he always keeps an eye on the acre and three points of land south of the Yangtze River. The mantra is "develop yourself first, and when the country is rich and rich, the soldiers are all trained." Think about it again."

Zhang Jun scoffed, Zhao Ding's concept seems to be appropriate, but it is actually unreasonable. What is considered wealthy? Are the Northern Song Dynasty and the God Dynasty counted? But at that time, there were still countless officials who howled that the country was too poor, the people's livelihood was too poor, and the civil servants were too poor to go on the march. Do you understand how to feed war with war? In the war, our side is consuming, and the enemy is also consuming, so do you have to examine both sides between gains and losses?

Zhao Ding is a coward in Zhang Jun's eyes! A stumbling block to his ideals! For example, this recruitment of Yue Fei is purely a stupid trick! As soon as Yue Fei moved, there was no one in Jingxiang, what should I do if I was assaulted over there? Seeing that the east wall was demolished to make up the west wall, several times you always have this set of methods! No matter how stupid the Jurchens are, sooner or later they will seize the opportunity!

First of all, on December 1, under Zhang Jun's strong recommendation, Qin Hui, who stayed in Lin'an, was urgently summoned to Pingjiang Mansion, ready to partner with Zhang Jun to take over the work of Zhao Ding, who was about to be ousted.

This is a big surprise! The most commendable things in Zhang Jun's life are two points. First, he is tough, always takes the destruction of gold as his own responsibility, and absolutely does not engage in any peace talks. The second is that he knows people. There are a lot of famous ministers he picked up, such as Zhao Kai, Wu Jue, Wu Ling, Liu Qi, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Yu Yunwen, Wang Shipeng, all of whom were famous and brilliant at that time! The Southern Song Dynasty officials also admit this, and Zhang Jun has the merit of recommending! But they all selectively avoided one point: Qin Hui was also recommended by him! Zhang Jun's reason for choosing Qin Hui is "soft and easy to make"

"She" is a derogatory term, which shows that Zhang Jun knows that Qin Hui is a villain! There is a basis for this, Qin Hui was very evil when he visited the prime minister last time, and everyone knew that he was by no means a good type! But "soft" means that Qin Hui is a soft egg, easy to control. That's outrageous, isn't it? All those who know the history of China in the future will shake their heads at Zhang Jun's "acquaintance"... There is no other explanation, it can only be attributed to Qin Hui's omnipotent deception, and even Zhang Jun, who claims to know people, also fell into his urn!

Chen Gongfu, the left secretary, repeatedly impeached Zhao Ding, and Wang Jin, the right secretary, repeatedly impeached the Privy Councillor, who advanced and retreated together with Zhao Ding. On the 5th, Zhang Jun returned to the Pingjiang Mansion Palace from the front. In the face of Zhao Gou, he proposed two constructions: 1. Take advantage of the victory to attack Henan, destroy the pseudo-Qi, capture Liu Yu, and reopen the old capital. 2 Liu Guangshi is arrogant and cowardly, and he is useless, even if he doesn't kill him this time, he should resign and collect the army!

In all fairness, these two are top priorities, and Zhang Jun said it well! But Zhao Ding disagreed. The Prime Minister has another opinion, saying that Liu Yu is just a piece of meat on the case, which can be chopped down at any time. Is there any benefit after chopping? That would be in direct conflict with the Kingdom of Jin! Compared with the two, it is better to keep the pseudo-Qi as a buffer...

As for Liu Guangshi, his army has been intertwined for many years, and it is almost Liu's personal private army, and if he is suddenly dismissed and absorbed, something big will definitely happen, and he will not be able to deal with the aftermath at that time!

Zhang Jun was furious! Leaving the pseudo-Qi as a buffer, at first glance it is a copy of Zhao Pu's policy of 'first the south and then the north' in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, when the Khitan was strong and the south was weak, and the Song Dynasty had to divide the steps in the attack. Can this be compared to then? Liu Guangshi can't be soft, putting aside the war factor, he doesn't dare to move just because of the nature of the private army, which even boosts the arrogance of the generals! This is the first national policy of the Song Dynasty, and the gun must be in the hands of the government!

In addition to impeaching Zhao Ding and Zhe Yanzhi, and promoting Qin Hui at the same time, Zhang Jun also ordered Yue Fei and Han Shizhong to go on another northern expedition to pseudo-Qi! On the 5th, Han Shizhong led his army to attack the Huaiyang Army on Jingdong East Road.

Yue Fei's eye disease has just eased, but the military rations are still far away. Is it appropriate to go on an expedition to Jiangbei under such circumstances? Yue Fei thought about it, okay, go on the expedition! Bring enough military rations for 10 days...

Yue Fei's third Northern Expedition only had 10 days of grain and grass! However, the target is Caizhou, a pseudo-Qi town, where not only the city is high and deep, there are many defenders, but also the rival Li Cheng is in charge. Li Cheng is known as the first general of the pseudo-Qi, and he is still very good. Knowing that Yue Fei was coming, he was very careful at first. First of all, he came to recruit Jianbi Qingye, and never gave Yue Fei the opportunity to grab grain on the spot. Second, he decided to give Yue Fei a little stimulation...

Yue Fei came to Caizhou City, but found that there was nothing on the tall city wall, no soldiers, no flags, no sound, and the whole city was quiet as if it were empty. Is this really uncommon? (To be continued......)