Regarding Zhang Jun's unrepentant and active and uncooperative attitude, not only Han Shizhong was helpless, but even the always bullish Governor Zhang Jun was also helpless.

In the end, it was Prime Minister Zhao Ding who came up with a way to steal the beams and change the pillars.

Zhao Ding's approach was to first forcibly transfer Zhao Mi to the front division of the Lin'an Mansion and listen to the emperor's command; Then he sent the original palace commander Yang Yizhong's army to support Han Shizhong.

This method was originally a last resort, but in practice, new problems have emerged.

Yang Yizhong is not as good as Yang Mi, he is strong in martial arts, and he is the most trusted head of the Imperial Forest Army by Emperor Gaozong, although his official rank is lower than Han Shizhong, he is dissatisfied with Han Shizhong in his heart.

This is the so-called "people around the Son of Heaven, every official is one level higher".

As a result, Yang Yi's Chinese army entered Tunsi Prefecture around June, but it was not under the command of Han Shizhong, and did not provide even the slightest help to Han Shizhong.

As a result, Han Shizhong's plan to attack again ran aground.

Han Shizhong was very angry, and was disappointed with the arrangement of the imperial court, so he had to lead his troops back to Jiangnan.

In order to show the imperial court that he was invincible on the battlefield, Lao Han not only led the whole army to return, but also deliberately brought more than 10,000 Huaiyang people back to the garrison safely.

Han Shizhong's move is very interesting: the common people drag men and women, move slowly, and walking with the army is a taboo for soldiers, unless the strength is higher than the enemy, the enemy does not dare to approach and harass.

This move, to put it bluntly, is a slap in the face to the commander-in-chief Zhang Jun.

Even the most basic grain and grass support has not been arranged, and what is the great cause of the Northern Expedition!

In July of the sixth year of Shaoxing, that is, three months after Han Shizhong collected his troops and returned to the DPRK. Yue Fei also began his Northern Expedition.

There are also some objective reasons why Yue Fei delayed his expedition until July.

The first is that Emperor Gaozong missed him. summoned him to Lin'an Mansion to meet and chat. It's really just chatting. Didn't say anything important.

Although the two did not talk about anything practical, these communications were a necessary political tactic to quickly create a sense of intimacy between superiors and subordinates, so as to make work smoother and more efficient.

In the minds of the imperial court at this time, Yue Fei's combat effectiveness was strong, he was honest and honest, did not disturb the people, and was particularly obedient, which was simply a model among the three good students.

For such a good boy. The emperor must have tried every possible means to win him over

Wang Yan was the second reason for delaying Yue Fei's expedition.

At that time, the eight-character army commanded by Wang Yan was stationed in Jingnan Mansion, and its official military name was the former deputy army, and Wang Yan was in charge of the capital.

The founder of the Bazi Army was very old, and after many years of fighting, his health deteriorated rapidly, and he also suffered from a very serious illness.

Zhao Ding, the left minister, and Zhang Jun, the right minister, discussed, in case Wang Yan died of illness, and his army would have no one to command, so it was better to move the army to Xiangyang Mansion, and Wang Yan would serve as the prefect and pacification envoy of Jingnan Road. Controlled by Yue Fei. After Yue Fei moved to Xiangyang Mansion as his Xuanfu Division. The eight-character army was merged into the Yuejia army.

His army was handed over to Yue Fei nearby, and the jurisdiction happened to be next to it, so everything was logical.

This arrangement between Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun gave Wang Yan the number of the army and allowed him to personally own the area under his actual jurisdiction, and his intention was to allow him to retire honorably.

But Wang Yan did not appreciate it and refused to accept such an arrangement.

Yue Fei was his former subordinate, and he was very disobedient, disobedient and prickly. Over the years, Yue Fei's voice has been great, and every time he has achieved great achievements, it seems to be a ridicule of him.

Therefore, for such an arrangement of the imperial court, he could not bear it.

Wang Yan is different from the world after all, in the midst of depression and illness, he suddenly cheered up and actually got better.

In order to calm the situation, the imperial court had to order the eight-character army to be transferred to Lin'an Mansion.

In this way, Wang Yan resigned from the post of Xiangyang prefect, led 10,000 horses from the headquarters, boarded the ship from Jingnan Mansion, went down the river to the east, and transferred to Zhang Jun's Governor's Mansion to consult the military.

According to legend, Wang Yan passed through Ezhou on the way, and Yue Fei asked him to talk about it by the river. On the banks of the mighty river, the two held hands and talked for a while.

There is no record in the history books of what they said, but a gust of river wind blew, and Wang Yan immediately boarded the boat and untied the cable. The ship rode in the wind, and flew thousands of miles, and soon it was far away.

Yue Fei kept watching, sighing constantly. Wang Yan is tough, and the older he gets, he is worthy of a generation of talents.

However, back to reality, Yue Fei found that there was a little trouble in defense.

The eight-character army followed Wang Yan to Lin'an Mansion and became Zhang Jun's descendant of the Governor's Mansion. Not only did the strength of the Yue family army not increase because of this, but it had to disperse its forces because of the takeover of the Jingnan Prefecture defense area of the original Bazi Army.

There will be another personnel transfer, and there will be a reduction in troops before the battle

Of course, there was another thing that delayed Yue Fei's expedition - Yue Fei's mother died.

In ancient times, due to the limitations of many factors such as medicine, life was rare for seventy years. And Yue Fei's mother Yao is over seventy years old, which is considered a long life in the Song Dynasty.

It's just that Yue Fei's mother is very filial, although the military affairs are cumbersome, as long as he does not send troops, he always waits in the morning and dusk, personally adjusts medicine and changes clothes, and takes care of everything.

In order to take care of Yao's rest and recuperation, Yue Fei didn't even dare to walk or cough.

Two years ago, after Yue Fei was in the six counties of Xianghan and Kefu, because Yao was seriously ill, "there was no other servant to serve the decoction", Shangjuan pleaded for the temporary dismissal of military affairs, and suggested that Wang Gui and Zhang Xian should take charge of Yue's army on their behalf.

The death of the old mother this time makes her sad state even more conceivable. For three days, Yue Fei didn't even take a sip of water slurry, his eyes were red and swollen from crying, and his old illness recurred.

After the last day, Yue Fei buried his mother in the beautiful Lushan Mountain; For this reason, Emperor Gaozong gave 1,000 taels of silver and 1,000 horses of silk to show comfort.

Yue Fei usually frugal, but this time he is extravagant, "the guard is very prosperous, the spectators are stuffed, and the mountains are like a city." He believes that since he could not fulfill his filial piety during his mother's lifetime, the thick burial after death is the most important opportunity to fulfill his filial piety in the future.

After the funeral, Yue Fei was in the famous ancient temple Donglin Temple, guarding filial piety for his mother.

According to ancient Chinese etiquette, the son must be "worried" for three years. In case of special circumstances. Only then can the official mourn. It's called "revolting".

And Yue Fei also applied to the imperial court for three years of "Ding Wei".

For Yue Fei's idea, Gaozong and Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun and other ministers resolutely did not allow it.

Li Gang knew that Yue Fei was a dutiful son, and believed that Yue Fei wanted to "finalize" and the imperial court to "recover", which was bound to take a lot of trouble and time.

So Li Gang played the Song court and asked for an "early punishment" for this, so as not to delay the big event.

Furthermore. He also wrote a separate letter to Yue Fei, saying, "Xuanfu Shaobao is outstanding by nature, filial piety, and compassion", but he also earnestly hoped that he would not "abolish justice with personal kindness", "rise up suddenly, always follow the road, build an immortal honor, and help achieve the cause of Zhongxing".

And Emperor Gaozong's approach was to envy and power at the same time.

Gaozong first sent a personal eunuch named Deng Cong to Donglin Temple in Lushan, Jiangzhou, to show royal compassion; Other than that. The imperial court gave the most severe order,said. "If it is postponed according to the previous period, and there is a resignation, its subordinate officials and so on should be far away." All subordinates can be dealt with "constitutionally".

In this way, in July and August of the sixth year of Shaoxing, under various pressures, Yue Fei began his second crusade to the north

The army was opened, and Niu Gao, the commander of the left army of Yuejia's army, once again took the position of vanguard officer as he wished, crossed the Yangtze River first, and attacked the Caizhou area.

Niu Gao's first target was the town of Rujun near Lushan County, Ruzhou, because this was his hometown.

The guard of the Zhenru army is named Xue Heng, known as brave, and Niu Gao has already released the news before the battle, saying that Xue Hengsheng must be captured alive.

Niu Gao did what he said, and it only took less than half a month to escort Dang Xue Heng back to the headquarters of the Xuanfu Division as a prisoner of war, which surprised Yue Fei.

Niu Gao successfully penetrated the eastern road, successively conquered most of Yingchang Province and the surrounding area of Caizhou, forcing the army of the puppet Qi to assemble in this direction.

A month later, Yue Fei led the main force across the river, and the direction of the attack was Yuzhou in the west.

Yue Fei adopted the tactics of attacking the east and attacking the west: Niu Gao's left army made a feint in the east to cover the main attack direction of the army; After Niu Gao's initial victory, Yue Fei's large army attacked in the northwest direction.

At the beginning of August, Wang Gui, Dong Xian, Hao Xi and other well-known generals of the Yuejia Army joined forces to attack Lushi County in Yuzhou, which was accurately calculated, and there was the most urgently needed thing for the Yuejia Army's Northern Expedition - grain and grass.

For this expedition, Yue Fei was actually resistant, the main reason was that the imperial court did not allocate enough grain and grass to Yue Fei this time. So much so that when Yue flew across the river, the whole army only carried ten days of grain and grass.

What to do if there is not enough food, you can only loot in enemy-occupied areas.

Lushi County is an important granary of the pseudo-Qi. This news was presented by Wu Yilang, the puppet Qi and Yang Mao, the superintendent of the liquor tax of Lushi County, who "came forward to join in".

With Yang Mao as the internal response, Yue's army easily took Lushi County and seized 150,000 stone of grain.

The grain and grass were in hand, and the offensive suddenly unfolded. Wang Gui and others quickly divided their troops into several routes, captured Yulue, Zhuyang, Luanchuan and other counties, and the troops continued to the west, from Yuzhou into the territory of Shangzhou.

According to the general geographical division, Yuzhou and Shangzhou both belong to the Shaanxi Road, which is the war zone of Wu Jue in the northwest. Wu Jue's subordinate Shao Long had already written to ask for the recovery of these two states, and the Song court also approved him in advance, as long as he was defeated, he would be the head of the two states.

In other words, Yue Fei actually stepped on the boundary and hit the northwest.

Yes, Yue Fei crossed the line, but he did not stop, but launched a further offensive, and after sweeping the entire Shangzhou, he wrote a letter to Wu Jue, saying that he could send Shao Long to take office.

By this time, Yue Fei had already led his army to another area, Shunyi.

Shunzhou was located southwest of present-day Song County, Henan Province.

Let's review Yue Fei's roadmap for this expedition: first sent Niu Gao to the east to attract the attention of the puppet Qi, but the main force entered the northwest to grab military rations, swept the whole territory to attract the puppet Qi troops again, and then suddenly changed direction and came to the real goal of this trip - the Central Plains of Henan...... (To be continued......)

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