Although the literati are inferior to each other, the military generals are also suspicious of each other, this is the status quo of the small court of Jianyan.

I can't figure out whether it was the Jianyan court secretly provoking in private, or the self-avoidance of the generals, Liu Guangshi, Han Shizhong, and Zhang Jun, the three military giants of the Song Dynasty, have always been unable to work together.

In May and June of the fourth year of Jianyan, the Jianyan court once rearranged the defense along the river. In the Jiujiang area, Zhu Shengfei was used as the ambassador to appease; from Chizhou to Jiankang, with Lu Yihao as the ambassador of pacification; Below Zhenjiang, Liu Guangshi was the ambassador of pacification.

Since Liu Guangshi was in charge of controlling the area below Zhenjiang, he sent a letter to the Southern Song Dynasty, requesting that the troops of Han and Zhang be completely transferred out of this area.

The Jianyan court agreed to Liu Guangshi's request, and after the troops of Han and Zhang were transferred, Yue Fei, the envoy of Tongtai, was inexplicably subordinate to Liu Guangshi's jurisdiction.

In this case, even if Emperor Gaozong was willing to attack Yue Fei, he had to follow the procedures of the imperial court and ordered Liu Guangshi to send troops as soon as possible

Why did the privy envoy Zhao Ding send Zhang Jun to send troops instead of Liu Guangshi in the first place?

The reason is simple: Liu Guangshi is too slippery.

If Zhang Jun agrees to send troops, then the probability of Zhang Jun sending troops is still very high; But Liu Guangshi is completely different, as the son of Liu Yanqing, the commander of Xuanfu in the Qinzong era, Liu Guangshi is well aware of the importance of preserving strength, so even if he agrees to the imperial court to send troops, it is very likely to be perfunctory.

What Zhao Ding feared still happened.

In the case that Emperor Gaozong gave Liu Guangshi five handwritten edicts, Liu Guangshi still put on a posture of "the general is outside, and the monarch's order is not affected". Turning a deaf ear to the Emperor's decree.

History of the Song Dynasty. It is recorded in the Biography of Liu Guangshi: Shi Jin stayed in Huaidong. Guangshi is quite afraid of its edge. Chuzhou has been besieged for 100 days, and the emperor's codex is interesting to help Chu Wu, but it can't be done.

In the end, after the Privy Council issued nineteen official documents and the last edict of Emperor Gaozong, Liu Guangshi reluctantly took action.

Emperor Gaozong has such words in this edict: "The worry of lip death, Yu Qing is the most important." It is advisable to cross the river as soon as possible, supervise the battle with his body, and make the towns use his life. Loyalty. Urgently solve the siege of Shanyang. ”

The emperor obviously asked Liu Guangshi to personally supervise the battle, but in fact, Liu Guangshi only sent the commanders Wang De and Li Qiong to cross the river with 2,000 soldiers to save Chuzhou.

Wang De and Li Qiong also knew that it was impossible for their two thousand people to rescue the siege of Chuzhou. In the end, after a few days of armed parade in the Huainan area, I went through the motions and went back to the camp to resume my life.

The Jin soldiers heard that Liu Guangshi's reinforcements had retreated, and the siege of Chuzhou became even more fierce.

"History of the Song Dynasty" volume 448: Jin Zhiwai rescued, and the siege was urgent

Zhao Li, the defender of Chuzhou, was a rare brave general in the early Southern Song Dynasty.

Jianyan for three years. After the Jin soldiers captured Xuzhou, the whole city was sacked. Zhao Li's family was not spared, and Zhao Li and Jin Bing were inseparable from then on.

Zhao Li gathered the remnants of the soldiers and villagers near Xuzhou, attacked a small group of Jin soldiers, and robbed the wealth of the Jin soldiers.

In December of the same year, Wanyanchang besieged Chuzhou, the situation was very critical, the city guarded Jia Dunshi almost wanted to surrender, Zhao Li went to the rescue, after seven fierce battles, successfully broke through the blockade of the Jin soldiers, and entered the city of Chuzhou.

At this time, Zhao Li, "with a stream in his cheeks, can't speak", can only use his hands to command the battle. After entering the city, Zhao Li pulled out his arrow, blood sprayed, and the color of the soldiers changed.

After Zhao Li was stationed in Chuzhou, he changed his defensive strategy and ordered people to dig a lot of large pools on the inner side of the city wall, and a raging fire was built in the pools.

As soon as the Jin soldiers reached the top of the city, they were immediately hooked by the defenders with long hooks, dragged from the city head into the fire pool, and burned alive.

The golden soldiers in the fire pool cried wolf, and the golden soldiers outside the city were terrified inexplicably, and the army was in turmoil. Wan Yanchang saw that he couldn't attack for a long time, so he had to retreat in a huff.

Zhao Li was therefore appointed by the imperial court as the envoy of the Chuzhou, Sizhou, and Lianshui armies, and the governor of Chuzhou.

At that time, Zhao Li would not have imagined that a year later, he would continue to compose his legend in Chuzhou until the end of his life, and be praised by the people of this place for generations

First to finish Yan Wushu, and then to finish Yan Chang, Zhao Li has repelled many attacks by Jin soldiers in a row, and under the siege of tens of thousands of Jin soldiers, he is standing tall.

However, the situation in Chuzhou is already quite dangerous.

First of all, the question of soldiers: Among the soldiers and civilians in Chuzhou City today, thousands of people were brought by Zhao Li from Xuzhou, and half of them were old and weak; There are only 2,000 soldiers from Chuzhou, plus 5,000 militiamen in the four counties under the jurisdiction of Chuzhou, and Zhao Li's command is less than 10,000.

The fierce battles caused the attrition of Chuzhou's men and horses very seriously, and by the beginning of September, there were less than 3,000 soldiers under Zhao Li's command.

Soldiers are a problem, and food is a bigger problem:

At the beginning of the siege, there was still a small amount of food to eat in the city; The siege lasted for a long time, and the food of the soldiers and civilians was "no living thing". All the men, women, and children of the city, regardless of whether they are rich or low, feed on wild vegetables, reed roots, and other things.

After mid-August, the city ran out of food, and had to feed on plants and trees.

Chuzhou has reached the most dangerous time

The fall of Chuzhou City is just around the corner.

Wan Yanchang and a group of Jin soldiers couldn't help but dance with their hands, extremely excited.

However, an unexpected thing happened.

Some spies reported that a Song army had appeared in the direction of Chengzhou, although the number of the army was small, but it was fierce and unstoppable, and it had defeated the Jin soldiers stationed in Chengzhou three times.

Wan Yanchang was furious on the spot: "There is still such a thing? My Dajin National Soldier Wei Hehe, like the sun in the sky, those who avoid me live, and those who touch me die, who is so ignorant! ”

However, the comer was not good, since the Jin army guarding Chengzhou had lost three times, Wan Yanchang did not dare to slack off, and ordered the love general A Zhu Li Jin to support Chengzhou quickly.

Ah Zhuli Jin is one of the few golden wolf warriors under Wan Yanchang, and Wan Yanchang believes that as long as the golden wolf warriors come out. Soon this Song army will be wiped out.

But. Once again, things were not what he expected.

Day 3. Wan Yanchang received an urgent battle report: Chengzhou City has been recovered by the Song army of the department, and more than 70 high-ranking generals of the Jin army have been captured, including Gao Dabao, the general of the Jin State who was ordered to guard Chengzhou, and the golden wolf warrior Azhuli Jin who went to help!

After Yan Chang heard the battle report, he was shocked, and the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground and shattered.

When he came to his senses, he was busy dispatching troops. Gather heavy troops and pounce on Sandun near Chengzhou, in an attempt to crush this Song army in one fell swoop. However, it was the heavy troops he sent that were defeated.

Wan Yanchang surrounded this army five times in succession, and all five times were crushed.

What is strange is that every time this team broke out of the encirclement, it did not change the direction of the march, and still pointed directly at Chuzhou City as always.

It stands to reason that such a force, which is completely open about its direction of action, has committed a taboo and can easily be annihilated on the way.

At that time, Chen Qingzhi, a famous general in Southern Qi, was good enough. "Famous teachers and generals are not imprisoned, and thousands of soldiers avoid white robes." From Gongxian to Luoyang, he fought 47 times before and after, attacked and plundered 32 villages, but finally the whole army was destroyed.

The reason for this is that Chen Qingzhi's marching route has been figured out by the opponent, and the later he goes, the fewer troops he has, and in the end it is difficult to escape.

Now the person leading this army seems to be competing with Chen Qingzhi, and the front of the army is directed at Chuzhou City

"Tell me, who is the commander of this Song army?!" Wan Yanchang's eyes were as sudden as copper bells, and he was furious.

The commander of this army was not only the most powerful opponent Wan Yanchang had encountered in his life, but also later became the existence of the nightmare of all the Jin soldiers.

His name is: "Yue Fei"

The Jin soldiers are strong and strong, and there are many soldiers. In the eyes of the imperial court, only giants such as Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun can compete with them, so the imperial court has always only pinned its hopes on Liu and Zhang.

When Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun's performances were completely disappointing, the imperial court thought of a general who fought for any battle - Yue Fei.

Therefore, when Yue Fei led his men and horses from Yixing on August 18, passing through the Jiangyin army, and preparing to cross the Yangtze River to Taizhou, he had not yet received the order issued by the imperial court on August 19 to rescue Chuzhou.

Gaozong found that he could not move the two uncles, Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi, so he had to directly order Yue Fei to set off from Taizhou to rescue Chuzhou.

Of course, Emperor Gaozong also understood that Yue Fei was weak alone, and it was difficult to rescue Chuzhou by relying on Yue Fei's lone army, so he continued to issue an edict urging Liu Guangshi to support Yue Fei.

It's a pity that Gaozong's edict to Yue Fei was too late

Facts have proved that only Yue Fei is the only one who really acts according to the orders of the Jianyan Imperial Court.

Yue's army arrived in Jiangyin on August 23. Since he could not find a ship, he could only stay on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Yue Fei learned that the situation in Chuzhou was like a tired egg, so he didn't care about waiting for a large army to cross the river, so he took some cavalry across the river with the only few civilian boats and returned to Taizhou on August 26.

After Yue Fei entered Taizhou, he did not inspect the whole city, but only recruited daredevils and gathered soldiers and horses from Taizhou. One day later, he came to the school field and asked them to shoot arrows, and whoever shot the arrow accurately recruited them, and as a result, there were just two hundred people who met the standard, Yue Fei gave him horses and armor, divided them into four teams, and began to send troops to rescue Chu.

On September 9, more than 10,000 soldiers of Yue's army crossed the Yangtze River and rushed to Chengzhou to join Yue Fei.

At this time, Yue Fei thought that the few cavalry plus the newcomers recruited in Taizhou had just recovered Chengzhou. And the 2,000 "tour group" led by Wang De and Li Qiong had just finished the "Huainan Seven-day Tour" and swaggered back home.

At this time, the situation of Yue's army was very bad, due to the loss of casualties and the lack of food and grass.

From the six battles and six victories of the Guangde Army to the victory of the three battles in Changzhou, and then to the great victory in Jiankang Mansion, in the past few months, the Yuejia army has been running from place to place, almost without any rest, the wounded have not mourned, and the combat effectiveness has declined sharply.

And the more than 30,000 elite gold soldiers of the other party's Wanyanchang have been resting on the south bank, plus they have won against Chuzhou, and the momentum is booming.

If the main forces of the two armies face each other now, the consequences will be terrible.

So Yue Fei wrote two letters to the neighboring Liu Guangshi that were handed down to future generations: "Shen Liu Guangshi Begging for Soldiers and Horses and Grain" and "Shen Liu Guangshi Begging for Soldiers".

(To be continued......)

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