Whether on the battlefield on the front or in the enemy-occupied areas on the north bank of the Yellow River, new news reports are coming almost every day. But Yue Fei not only didn't feel happy, but the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense.

The reason is that since the award for the battle of Yuncheng was issued, for more than ten days, no news from the imperial court has been delivered, which is too unusual.

Since Emperor Taizong, the Great Song Dynasty has always been very cautious about the use of military generals, especially for the giant field army like the Yuejia Army, the Privy Council has letters to understand the situation and inquire about the supervision almost every day.

There was silence for more than ten days in a row, and the time was so long, either there was a major change in the imperial court, or there were some major changes in the imperial court's policy.

It's not a good thing anyway.

On the 18th day of the seventh month of the tenth year of Shaoxing, that is, the day of the victory of Zhuxian Town, Yue Fei had not had time to celebrate with his brothers, and the order of the imperial court was finally belated.

After reading the holy decree, Qin Cha put the holy decree in Yue Fei's aloft hand. At this time, Yue Fei seemed to have been hit by five thunderbolts, and stood quietly on the ground, unable to speak for a long time.

This is actually an edict of the class teacher.

Yue Fei knew that he had lost, and he had lost to Qin Hui, who was powerless.

Pain, helplessness, incomprehension, hesitation, grief and indignation, etc., these adjectives may not be difficult to describe Yue Fei's mood at that time.

Not only Yue Fei, I believe that most Chinese people will have emotional fluctuations when they see this history.

After a long time, Yue Fei picked up the pen and sent a letter back to Emperor Gaozong, opposing the "measures to set up the class teacher":

"The deed and the golden captives are all gathered in Tokyo. Repeated defeats. Sharp and frustrated. Shocked inside and out. Those who heard the spy wanted to abandon their baggage and quickly cross the river. In this case, the heroes are ringing in the wind, the soldiers are using their lives, the time of the day, the strength and weakness have been seen, and the time will not come again. Chances are missed. The ministers are familiar with the materials day and night, but His Majesty wants to do it. ”

Yue Fei's piece of music was written sincerely, to the point, and exhausted the situation at that time, and was even evaluated by later historians as: "The words of loyalty and righteousness flow out of the heart, and there is really the style of Zhuge Kongming." ”

It's a pity that such a piece of music was exchanged for the twelve gold medals of Emperor Gaozong

In the Song Dynasty, the so-called gold medal was a foot-long wooden communication plaque engraved with eight vermilion lacquer gold characters: "Imperial Front Characters." No entry into the shop"; The post officials were not allowed to make handovers in the post station, but could only pass them sequentially on horseback. If there is any delay on the way, they will be severely punished, and "the crime of one day will be allocated".

This kind of gold medal is the express express mail used by the emperor to issue emergency orders.

Shen Kuo in "Dream Creek Pen Talk? It is recorded in the "Official Administration": "There are three classes of post transmission: foot delivery, horse delivery, and urgent foot delivery. Hurry the foot to deliver the most, travel 400 miles a day, only the army is prosperous. In Xining, there are gold plates in a hurry, such as the ancient feather slot, with the wooden card vermilion lacquer gold words, bright and dazzling, such as flying lightning, those who look forward to it all avoid the road, five hundred a day. ”

According to the record of the "Chronicle of King Xingshi of E", these twelve gold medals were sent to Yue Fei's Xuanfu Si Yamen on the same day - "two out of ten people who receive gold books and plates in one day."

These twelve gold medals all have only one order, let the Yue family's military horses go to work and return to the court; And the tone is so firm and the words are so harsh that they cannot be refuted at all.

This situation can be described as unprecedented, and it is enough to know the urgency of the matter and the determination of the imperial court.

It seems that it is necessary to be a teacher, otherwise it will be a big crime of rebellion.

In the face of this situation, how could Yue Fei, who was foolish and loyal to filial piety, dare to disobey, and with a mixture of grief and anger, he could only look up to the sky and sigh: "Ten years of work will be wasted!" All the counties that have been obtained will be closed in one day! ”

When the Ming Dynasty poet Li Dongyang looked back on this harrowing history, he wrote in his "Golden Plate":

"The gold plate, from the sky, the general wept and the squad returned, and the morale was depressed and angry like thunder. In the earthquake border, the thistle has covered the Jianghuai. The enemy is peaceful, the strong man is dead, the world is in trouble, there is this, the country is dead, it is too late! ”

The news that the Yue family's army was going to withdraw quickly spread.

The local people were greatly disappointed, like mourning and examination, and came to the barracks in groups to cry and complain: "We waited for the incense basin to carry grain and grass to welcome the officers and soldiers, and the captives knew about it." Today, the public is here, and there is no such thing! ”

This is a very practical problem, the reason why the Yuejia army was able to win consecutive battles and good news was frequent, and the local people could make great efforts.

This was originally the national anti-gold action advocated by Yue Fei to "connect the river trace".

Now that Yue Jiajun said he would leave, what would be left to the local people would be ruthless repression and revenge by the Jurchens.

Looking at these villagers and elders in front of him, Yue Fei couldn't bear it, and tears flowed out of the corners of his eyes. Helpless, Yue Fei could only wave his hand and ask the Chinese army to invite the holy decree out to publicize it, and said in a sad voice: "The court has a decree, I am not allowed to stay without permission." ”

When the army withdrew to Caizhou, hundreds of people flocked to the yamen and outside, including ordinary people, monks, and scholars. A Jinshi led the crowd to kowtow to Yue Fei and said:

"A certain fall will be more than a decade. Fu Wen Xuanxiang came to the north with the whole army, aiming to recover, and a certain disagreement with the sound of chariots and horses, taking the day as the year. Now the first voice has come, so the territory is gradually recovering, the ugly beast is running, and the people are in the house, so that they are fortunate to get rid of the left. Suddenly, I heard that Xuanxiang's class teacher, sincerity is not admonished, even if Xuanxiang does not take the Central Plains as his heart, he will also give up the merits of his success?"

With a pure heart and a failure, are you willing?

Yue Fei had mixed feelings and was speechless, so he had to order someone to ask for the holy decree of Emperor Gaozong again, and put it on the table for the villagers to read.

Everyone raised their eyes and read it, and wept together, looking at each other and crying: "As soon as the army leaves, how will we be good?" ”

Yue Fei turned his heart and said, "Okay, I will stay in the army for five days, and I hope that those who return to the south can go with the army." ”

For a time, there was an endless stream of people who migrated south with the army, "so that the south is like a city"

As for why he insisted that the Yuejia army return to the dynasty, Qin Hui's henchman Luo Ruji said: "There are few soldiers, the people are poor and the country is lacking, if Yue Fei goes deep, wouldn't it be dangerous." ”

I didn't expect that these statements of the juniper party that made something out of nothing and pointed to the deer as a horse would be echoed in modern times.

The so-called professors and experts said: "Yue Fei is alone, although he has won all battles, but his potential has been exhausted, how can he resist the whole country with an army?" So no matter what, he is the end of the crossbow, and if he doesn't retreat, the whole army will be destroyed. The contestant is only when, where, and in what way the test fails. ”

It may seem plausible, but if you analyze it carefully, you can find the fallacy.

That's right, this time Yue Fei's Northern Expedition was mainly in the Henan area to fight against the troops of Wanyan Wushu; And although the army of Wanyan Wushu is the main force of the Jin State, it is definitely not all the Jin soldiers.

If the Jin Kingdom could exert all the strength of the whole country and drop all the soldiers and horses stationed in other places, Yue Fei would definitely face great trouble, and even be defeated.

But the question is, would the Jurchens dare to do this?

You must know that in the north of the Jurchens, there are Mongolian tribes in the ascendant, and Genghis Khan's grandfathers have begun to prepare for a journey across Asia and Europe.

In the northwest of the Jurchens, there is the Western Liao, which has just been reborn from the ashes, reborn, and has a deep blood feud with the Jurchens; Yelu Dashi, the former Great Liao remnant, is now growing in his wings, and several fierce battles with the Jin soldiers not only did not fall behind, but also severely damaged the expeditionary Jin army. It's just that when counterattacking the Jin Kingdom, there was still a lack of strength.

And in the West, there is also the Western Xia, which has always been eyeing the tiger.

In such an international environment, can the Jurchens still exert all their strength to deal with the Yue family's army?

The Jurchens developed too fast, and the land area increased thousands of times, but the first generation of soldiers were killed, wounded, old and sick, and many times it was the Khitan, Xi, Han and other foreign armies supporting the façade.

Especially in the Han region, Yue Fei won successive battles, and Jin Wushu wanted to recruit soldiers, but no one cared. In this situation, how can it be said that Yue Fei's potential is exhausted, and Wanyan Wushu will turn defeat into victory?

The battle of Yingchang is to seize Tianwang Mountain in Henan, who wins, who wins; After passing Henan, the north bank of the Yellow River is a flat river, until Yanyun is in no danger to defend, this is the iron law of the history of the two Song Dynasty wars, and no one can reverse it.

At this time, from a purely military point of view, the Yuejia army has become an unstoppable trend, and it is expected to regain Kaifeng, cross the Yellow River, recover Hebei, and even capture Yanyun.

As for the materials, grain and grass, it is not worth talking about.

The land of the Central Plains is full of Han people, the army can be expanded without restrictions, and materials can be mobilized at any time in each place, and the success of connecting Heshuo allows Yue Fei to no longer have to worry about the food and grass problems of the first three Northern Expeditions.

Ahead is a bright path, and if Yue Fei can move on, he will win everything.

It's a pity that history has no ifs

Yue Fei came back, with countless people and the fruits of victory, and a stomach full of resentment, disappointment, and even confusion and helplessness.

After returning to the Ezhou base, the imperial court immediately sent a large number of rewards.

It stands to reason that these rewards are all deserved by Yue Fei.

Not to mention Yue Fei, Zhang Jun and Wang De, the two generals who took the lead in withdrawing their troops, were all given the treatment of combat heroes by the Lin'an Imperial Court.

As a result, in the midst of the boos of the officials and people of Lin'an Mansion, Zhang Jun and Wang De went to the West Lake to row and play triumphantly.

Yue Fei's approach was diametrically opposed to others, he pushed back all the rewards of the imperial court, and the choice of words and sentences in his reply letter was full of edges and corners, which made some people restless:

"Today, the captives rode on the border of Kou, and they were not extinguished, and the ambition of the mere ones did not work for one or two. The minister is a plan, but he is greedy for the lord....how to redeem it"!

The approximate meaning of Yue Fei's reply letter is: I have no credit, I have to plan for myself, covet money and official positions, and killing 10,000 times is not enough.

Obviously, there was something in Yue Fei's words, pointing directly at Qin Hui, Zhang Jun, Wang De and others, and let these people sit down and face up to their clumsy and dirty deeds.

Immediately afterwards, Yue Fei asked for his resignation again...... (To be continued......)

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