The Battle of Huaixi
At this time, the Jin army was still in Huaixi, and the war was likely to continue, Yue Fei had crossed the river in place, and he would join the war... This is obviously going down the mountain to pick peaches, I have 130,000 heavy soldiers and I am victorious, do I want to share half of Yue Fei's credit? Dream!
Zhang Jun sent a letter to Yue Fei, telling him to stay where he was, don't think about getting close and take advantage... Yue Fei stood still and did not come any closer.
This was a rare high order in the military circles at that time, and in the face of the ripe peaches raised by others, he could not hold back and not stretch out his hand, which was something that most of the generals of the Song Dynasty, including Wu Jue and Han Shizhong, could not do!
Zhegao won a great victory, defeating nearly 100,000 Jin troops head-on. For a while, the government and the opposition were excited, and Zhang Jun was excited. In this situation, there is no way not to pursue. But strange things happened again, Zhang Jun couldn't find the whereabouts of Jin Jun again! He pursued the Jin army in the direction of the Purple Mountain, only to find that the whereabouts of the Jin army were unknown!
Nearly 100,000 troops suddenly lost their traces on the land of Huaixi, which made Zhang Jun's heart tremble. Although he always runs away and always avoids battles, as the oldest soldier in the Southern Song Dynasty, he knows very well that this is the most fatal thing on the battlefield!
You don't know how the enemy disappeared, which means you don't know when the enemy will suddenly jump out!
For this reason, he invested a lot of money to search, and the news came like a tide. First of all, Jiankang Mansion, the capital of the south bank of the Yangtze River and Jiangnan East Road, was attacked, but the intelligence said: it was a small force, and it had been repelled by Ye Mengde, the prefect of Jiankang. So, where is the main force of the Jin Army?
On March 1, the intelligence finally came: Haozhou on Huainan West Road was besieged! That is the south bank of the Huai River, the only way for the Jin army to retreat north!
Wang Jin, the defender of Haozhou, sent a letter of 100,000 urgent requests for help, saying that since the beginning of the war, the Jin army has besieged this place with heavy troops, and now that the Jin army has retreated, it will slaughter the city to vent its anger!
A few days later, the news came again, saying that the siege of Haozhou had been lifted and the Jin army had crossed the Huai to the north. There were also a few Song soldiers who had fled back from the Jin army camp and swore that the Jin army's crossing of Huai was what they had seen with their own eyes.
5th. Zhang Jun gave an order: Pursuit!
Before starting the chase, Zhang Jun made two other decisions in his busy schedule: 1. ordered Yue Fei to continue to stand by; 2 Sue Liu Qi has nothing to do with you, the pursuit task is completed by General Ben and Yang Yizhong, you immediately withdraw your troops to the south and return to Taipingzhou, Jiangnan East Road, your own station!
Hold Yue Fei and kick Liu Qi away... In this way, you can keep the credit only in the palm of your hand! It's angry to watch, right? But both parties were obedient. Not for anything else, but because both of these people are principled.
At the beginning of the pursuit, Zhang Jun was elated, thinking about "recovering Haozhou" and approaching Huaishui. Brave the border. This is a very good thing, just walk a circle of horses on the border line, and after returning to Lin'an, you will be promoted again and get rich and get a certificate, what a good deal!
It's a pity: I only ran for a day, and on the 6th, the latest battle report came from the front. The Jin army suddenly appeared under the city of Haozhou and attacked the city with heavy troops! Zhang Jun was immediately scared out of a cold sweat... Quickly chase Liu Qi back and let him go to war!
Liu Qi was ordered to return immediately, and joined forces with Zhang Jun and Yang Yizhong to kill Haozhou. But on the 8th. Under the rebellion of Shao Hong, the Song army's soldiers and horses, the Jin army, which learned of the reality in the city, attacked the southeast with a large army and set fire to it. The city of Haozhou was broken, and Wang Jin of Zhizhou was captured.
9th. Zhang Jun, Liu Qi, Wang De, and Yang Yizhong's army came to Huanglianbu, 60 miles east of Haozhou, and learned the news of the fall of Haozhou, and the four generals had their own opinions.
Zhang Jun and Liu Qi found that the Jin army's actions this time were too treacherous and uncertain. It should be treated with caution. And Haozhou has fallen, and there is little point in rushing over. Wang De abstained, he was only Zhang Jun's general. is not a general, and the confidence is insufficient.
Only Yang Yi, the boss of the forbidden army, was on fire! He wants to attack, take advantage of the fact that the Jin army has just captured Haozhou, and counterattack with all his strength based on the undecided opportunity! Not only to seize back the city, but also to save the people, but also to take the opportunity to expand the fruits of victory, and fight a more brilliant battle than the Battle of Zhegao!
Zhang Jun and the others were depressed: Is there anything wrong with you in Zhegao's victory, Your Excellency, big guy?
Don't care how others persuade him, even Zhang Jun's opposition as the chief general of Huaixi can't hold back Yang Yizhong's determination to attack. On the fourth watch of the night, Yang Yizhong and Wang De led more than 2,000 cavalry to rush to Haozhou City! At noon the next day, he rushed into Haozhou City! No hindrance...
What about people? What about the Jin Army? Where did you go? Did they run out before I entered the city? This made Yang Yizhong vigilant!
On the same day, the whole city of Haozhou was "unheard" of the evil gate! However, the captain of the honor guard has been working beside the leader for a long time, and he has learned a lot of advanced theories. "It's not strange to see it, it's strange and self-defeating" and other truths have long been ripe, can you still be frightened by the Jurchens' pirated empty city plan? He ordered the city to be occupied and purged of the remnants of the enemy!
Just after the whole army entered the city, there was a sudden ambush at the north gate, and a large number of Jin troops rushed in. The forbidden army is once again revealed: it is very fierce when it charges, it is a crisp defeat in a duel, and it is panicked after being ambushed! They didn't wait for the actual engagement, like startled rabbits, swarming towards the south gate!
Outside the south gate is the whole army brigade led by Zhang Jun and Liu Qi, at this time, the forbidden army of "Nanben has no discipline" has become the vanguard of the Jin army, which is used to break up the main formation of the Song army...
At the critical moment, Zhang Jun ordered the whole army to press on and go against the defeated army, even if the delicate forbidden army was squeezed into a pie, it could not shake the main formation!
The decision was effective and cruel. The position was preserved, and at the same time, the Song army regained the advantage, after all, the Song army's combat strength and the number of troops exceeded the Jin army at this time. But the subordinates in the middle of Yang Yi were not so lucky, the infantry at both ends of the head and tail were heavily wounded, and the honor guard was severely reduced...
After such a toss, Haozhou City was silent again. And the focus of the war shifted to the Huai River waterways ... Han Shizhong of Chuzhou on the Huainan East Road has sent hundreds of warships against the Huai River to cut off the retreat of the Jin army! This is Han Shizhong's style and specialty, and his purpose in every battle is to kill the enemy! And the navy is the eternal pain of the Jin country, and the Jurchens have not been able to perfect this field until the death of the country. In this way, the Song army formed a situation in which the Song army attacked the Jin army in front of and behind on both land and water. Based on the military record, it is completely possible to leave the Golden Vulture in Huaixi!
On the 7th, Han Shizhong's navy had gone up the Huai River and arrived at Zhaoxin County of the Xuyi army. That night, Han won by attacking the Jin army at Wenzhiyi with cavalry. On the 10th, the day that Zhang Jun's army regained Haozhou City, Han Shizhong also arrived in Haozhou. However, on the 11th, the front-line generals received such an imperial edict from Zhao Gou: "The first disaster is the only one." The generals will not kill more, but they can also take the vultures. In the battle of Lanyuan, Tart Rin died, and the generals of Zhenzong ordered the generals to follow the Khitan, and do not invite them to return. I love the people of the north and the south. How can you bear to kill more?"
On the 12th, Yang Yizhong crossed the river in Xuanhua in Zhenzhou and returned to the south. Han Shizhong led the naval army to fight fiercely with the Jin army in the Huai River, and sent Liu Bao to lead the naval division to ambush the Jin army on the waterway that retreated north from Haozhou. And coincidentally: the Jin army also went to Chilongzhou, which is downstream of the Huai River, on the same day, and began to cut down big trees and set up water barriers to intercept Han Shizhong's army! The meaning of the golden vulture is very clear: Aren't you going to cut off my retreat, I'll cut off your retreat first! If you want to swallow me in Huaixi, then let's fight to the death!
This is a rare brave battle of the Golden Vulture for many years. He really can't afford to lose, and if he loses again, Jin Guo will lose his qualification as a superior country. He himself will be discredited and ruined!
This also gave the Song army a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. On the land of Huaixi, Zhang Jun forced the Jin army to retreat with 130,000 heavy troops, Han Shizhong cut off the waterway and became a situation of closing the door and beating the dog, and it was rare that the Jin Wushu would no longer run away, and there was Yue Fei, the ultimate combat force, who would participate in the war at any time in Huaixi. This is an opportunity unprecedented since the start of the Song-Kim war... As long as all aspects operate normally, the Jin Army will be wiped out!
But as a result, nothing happened! No fighting, no bloodshed, no interception, no annihilation, nothing...
At that time, someone shouted outside the tent of the Song military camp, "The water of Chilong Continent is shallow and can be waded, and Jin has sent people to cut wood." If you want to plug the river, choke the boat. Please return quickly. I, Zhao Rongye, "Han Shizhong hurriedly arranged for the withdrawal of the army. That's fast, it's going upstream, just float back down the river. The Jin army pursued with iron horses. As a result, he couldn't stop Han Shizhong in Chilong Continent...
On the 13th, the Jin army crossed the Huai Bei at the vortex mouth and returned to the north. ended this southern invasion, but also ended the 15-year war hostility between the Song and Jin countries, and began to officially turn to peace...
14th. Zhang Jun returned to the army to build Kang Mansion. On the 18th, Liu Qi returned to Taipingzhou.
Yue Fei was always isolated from the battlefield, waiting for this qiē to happen. He could only hold the various texts he received from all sides during this time in a daze... There are Zhang Jun's orders, and there are also Zhao Gou's edicts. It's crazy.
In chronological order, the Jin army invaded Huaixi, Yue Fei received an order from Lin'an to cross the river and rush to help, during which there were 6 letters to and fro, namely Lin'an Order, Yue Fei's application for a long drive to the Central Plains (twice), Lin'an vetoed him to save Huaixi quickly, Yue Fei received the order, and Lin'an was rewarded...
Zhegao victory, Lin'an ordered the three armies, the content is "the book is tired, the military voice is loud, and the cover has not been as prosperous as it is today since the rise of the army." Shang Si trapped beast fight, make sure to protect the merits" This edict was copied to all military personnel. Yue Fei and Han Shizhong also got a share each. The meaning is very clear: warn the generals to accept it when they see it, and not to cause more trouble...
After that, Zhang Jun ordered Yue Fei to stay away, Yue Fei obeyed, and also copied a copy to Lin'an, so as to prove why he didn't go directly to the war zone. Lin'an appreciated this very much, and Zhao Gou specially wrote the imperial note to him, "Deqing played, Zhiqing's subordinate officials returned from Zhang Jun's office, and the captives had crossed Huai, and Qing only listened to the command of the imperial court in Shuzhou, so as to see that Qing was cautious and cautious, and did not dare to advance and retreat in a dedicated manner, and was deeply decent, and I sighed" In Zhao Gou's view, Yue Fei did not see Jin Jun this time, his eyes were red, and he rushed over to make flesh and blood fly, and it was out of control. Instead, he was very restrained and obedient. This is great progress, the beginning of a change, and a surprising sign. He wanted to praise this subordinate who had always been stubborn and self-authoritarian.
Then he turned the pen, and he even had a rare common language with Yue Fei, "It is reported: Wushu used Li Qiong's trick to come back to watch Haozhou." Han Shizhong has met with Zhang Jun and Yang Yizhong in Haoshang, and Liu Qi has stationed troops in the Zhegao area of Luzhou. Qing Ke raised the elite soldiers in the starry night and set off with grain, came to Luzhou to get food, went straight to Shouchun, and Han Shizhong and others were attacked, and it was expected to capture and kill the vultures to make great achievements. This is an opportunity not to be missed. Luzhou is transported by water, and there are all kinds of Caochen transporting grain there. Urgently send relatives, Qing is intimately informed. "From the above paragraph, it can be seen that this pair of Yue Fei is simply happy to fall from the sky. This is the first time since the Huaixi Mutiny and the estrangement between Yue Fei and Zhao Gou that they have seen the light again. Zhao Gou is leading this opportunity, and he wants to take advantage of this God-given opportunity to wipe out the Jin army in Huaixi. He paved all the roads for Yue Fei, just waiting for Yue Fei to kill him...
Just note: the date of writing this edict is "the second watch on the 10th", and the second watch on the night of March 10. How much time does it take to write a letter on the 10th and cross the Yangtze River and deliver it to Yue Fei? I estimated that it would take at least two and a half days for Yue Fei to receive the order. Then it was the evening of the 12th.
Take a look at what happened on the Huaixi battlefield at that time: on the 5th, Zhang Jun began to pursue, and at the same time ordered Liu Qi to return to Taipingzhou. On the 8th, Haozhou fell. On the 9th, Yang Yizhong's troops were defeated. On the 12th, Yang Yizhong and Han Shizhong withdrew their troops. On the evening of the 12th, Yue Fei received an edict from Zhao Gou ordering him to advance!
By the time Yue Fei was ready to take a step, the war had already ended. Is there such a thing as a playful person? Is this a supreme imperial edict, a deceitful note to vent personal anger, or a low-level mistake caused by poor communication conditions? (To be continued......)