Chapter 302: Slap in the face
On the first day of their arrival in Luzhou City, Yue's army won the first battle.
The battle commanded by Niu Gao and Xu Qing not only won many small victories, but also won heartily and happily, and the defenders of Luzhou City were dumbfounded.
However, this is just an appetizer to start with, and the formal feast is yet to come.
A few days later, Yue Fei led more than 20,000 main troops to the city of Luzhou.
Qiu Yi, the governor of Luzhou, went out of the city in person and wanted to welcome the Yue family army into the city, but Yue Fei refused, so he camped outside the city because he didn't want to harass the people.
If you don't enter the city and defend it, will you not be able to fight the enemy outside the city?
You must know that the combined army of Lu Daojin and Qi is known as an army of 300,000; There are at least one or two hundred thousand people to remove the water, although the Yue family army is brave, but it can't be one against ten, right?
Although there are these questions, after all, it is the first time to meet, and the Yue family army has a prominent reputation, and it is not easy for the enemy to say anything to Yue Fei, so he can only bury these uneasiness in his heart.
These uneasy feelings of hatred lasted only one night, and then suddenly disappeared.
Early the next morning, scouts on the front line reported that the main force of the Jinqi coalition army, which was a hundred miles away from Luzhou City, had retreated overnight and fled to the north, and even gave up a lot of baggage in the camp.
What the? The 300,000 Jin and Qi allied troops actually fled without a fight, and they fled in such a hurry and thoroughly, without any warning beforehand.
Although they lost for a while a few days ago, the Jin and Qi alliance soldiers were so powerful that there was no reason to retreat at all, could it be because of Yue Fei?
Wow. This Yue Fei's reputation turned out to be as powerful as this. was able to scare the Jinqi coalition army of this scale alive. It's incredible!!
Huainan West Road pacification envoy and Luzhou governor Qiu Wei was stunned by his own idea.
"Three Dynasties and Northern Alliances" Volume 164: At that time, more than 100,000 Fan and puppet armies went to Luzhou for hundreds of miles and tun, and they all escaped overnight. The more shocked he was, and he wrote to protect the light, praised his prestige and bravery, and thanked Yue Fei
Could it be that this is the legendary Yue Feihu's body was shocked, and the Jinqi coalition fled in despair?
Of course not. At this time, Yue Fei had not yet reached the point of scaring off the enemy just by his name.
The retreat of the more than 100,000 gold and Qi coalition forces is an ironclad fact, what happened here?
The Southern Song Dynasty court used many means and spent more than half a year to find the truth about the retreat of the Jin soldiers: it turned out that Wanyan Wu, the emperor of the Jin State, was critically ill and about to die.
According to ancient tradition, the succession to the throne should be passed from father to son.
The last time Wanyan was beaten and died suddenly, Wu Qimai took advantage of the unpreparedness of Wanyan and the Han brothers to steal the big position; Now that Wu Qimai is critically ill, Wanyan Wushu and others must of course rush back to regain their right to inherit the throne. It is absolutely impossible for Wu Qimai to pass on the throne to his own bloodline
In any case, the Jinqi coalition army retreated after all.
The Southern Song Dynasty court relied on the new force it had cultivated. Won the victory in the Battle of Huaixi. Although the gold content of this battle is not high, winning is the last word.
In the battle of Huaixi, the biggest hero is, of course, Yue Fei.
Needless to say, Yue Fei's courage and courage to advance alone and challenge the Jin and Qi 300,000 allied forces with more than 20,000 soldiers and horses is worthy of the admiration of the world.
Most importantly, Emperor Gaozong concluded from this incident that Yue Fei's troops were the strongest among the imperial armies and the most obedient to orders.
As a result, in February of the fifth year of Shaoxing, the Southern Song Dynasty court promoted Yue Fei to the envoy of Zhenning and Chongxinjun. Zhenning Army is the name of the festival town of Kaide Mansion, and Chongxin Army is the name of the festival town of Suizhou.
In the Song Dynasty, there was a special ritual for the awarding of the two towns, called the "Xikuo Canon".
In just a few years, Yue Fei stood on the same level as Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong and Wu Jue, and shouldered the task of defending the Southern Song Dynasty
The biggest beneficiary of the victory in the Battle of Huaixi was, of course, our Emperor Gaozong.
As soon as the Jin soldiers retreated, at least one more year of stable life.
Of course, Emperor Gaozong also made some moves.
After the retreat of the Jin army, he quickly set off, rushed from Hangzhou to Pingjiang Mansion, and went to the front line in person, showing the demeanor of a generation of Zhongxing heroes, which amazed the people all over the world!
Zhang Jun also benefited a lot from the victory of the Huaixi Campaign.
Although Zhang Jun didn't do anything, he neither went to the front line to supervise the battle, nor did he escort grain and grass in the rear; But after all, he was the nominal military commander-in-chief, so after the war, he became a deputy minister.
Two years after his defeat and dismissal, Zhang Jun returned to the center of power in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Of course, those who were rewarded by the imperial court were also those civil officials who supported Yue Fei's troops, including Chen Ziqing, the governor of Jiangzhou, Shen Heqiu, the governor of Jiangzhou, and so on
The victory of the Huaixi Campaign, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were very happy, except for the three great generals.
Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong are in too awkward situations now.
If it weren't for Yue Fei's lone army to forge ahead and attack the enemy army, no one in the imperial court would dare to accuse these military bigwigs of fearing the enemy and avoiding the war, even Emperor Gaozong himself.
However, Yue Fei's birth and dazzling victory exposed the shameful acts of these military bigwigs to the world, and they were criticized by those who read the books.
Needless to say, Liu Guangshi's habitual avoidance of war and Zhang Jun's glorious suicide, the most pitiful is our General Han Shizhong.
Han Shizhong's face has been hot for a while.
For so many years, since Kaifeng lost the Song Dynasty and fled south, he has fought all the way, and he is recognized as the overlord of the army, and he is the strongest man in the army who is feared by everyone and cannot be provoked!
This time, he killed the vanguard of Jin Bing on Huainan East Road, which was originally very in line with the image, very exciting, and very exemplary, but this Yue Fei suddenly jumped out to make trouble......
Yue Fei didn't have as many troops in his hands as he could, Yue Fei was able to take this bit of men and horses across the river to drive away the Jin army, but he was driven back to the south bank by the Jin army, the contrast between this one out and one in was too great, how could people look at him!
This is clearly a slap in the face, a naked slap in the face.
The fire of jealousy burned in the hearts of the three generals, making Yue Fei not know what to do
In fact, Yue Fei was still willing to abide by some old rules in the army.
The phenomenon of seniority in the army is more serious than in officialdom, he climbed all the way from a soldier to the top, with his own powerful troops, what has he not seen during this period?
Yue Fei also knew that he would attract jealousy, and he had been looking for an opportunity to make up for it.
In ancient times, the exchange of information was extremely inconvenient, that is, there was no telephone, and there was no Internet, so Yue Fei could only write letters to Liu, Zhang, and Han frequently.
In the letter, Yue Fei's posture was very low, which was also a reality. At this stage, his military rank is lower than that of the three, his age is relatively young, he is both a junior and a junior brother, and a low profile is conducive to unity.
Yue Fei didn't expect that something would happen like this.
To write a letter is to write, and it is frustrating to mention this, and the three generals are all from old and rough backgrounds.
Han Shizhong did not suddenly burst out in his later years, and his poetry was unique; As for Zhang Jun, at one time he and Liu Guangshi accompanied Emperor Gaozong to a temple to play, and the abbot asked him to write an inscription, only to see Zhang Jun's old face flushed, and he refused to put down the pen for half a day.
It turns out that this guy can't write at all.
Liu Dashuai finally got better, holding a pen like catching a knife, and left his signature crookedly.
Compared with the three big brothers, Yue Fei's font is very good, and his penmanship is close to Su Shi, the first master of the Northern Song Dynasty, and he is a generation of masters in calligraphy alone.
What would be the effect of such a word in the hands of the three coarse people?
Straight lady thief, what is this guy writing, why can't I understand anything! This is clearly here to show off, to show off in front of yourself!
These letters, which Yue Fei had painstakingly written, were burned in the jealousy of the three generals and turned into ashes. They start to have low self-esteem.
The contradictions between several imperial military giants are deepening.
After the Battle of Huaixi, the contradictions in the army became deeper under the intentional or unintentional intervention of Emperor Gaozong
In the fifth year of Shaoxing, the Southern Song Dynasty court at this time was in a good situation.
On the Northwest Battlefield, Wu Jue took advantage of the great victory of the Immortal Pass, and spent more than half a year to recover a number of important state capitals, including Fengxiang Mansion, and drove the power of the Jin State out of Shaanxi.
In the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the emergence of the Yuejia army forced the Jin soldiers and the puppet Qi regime to change from strategic offensive to strategic defense.
And the Jin State, the top enemy, is now in the midst of a struggle for the throne, and has no time to look south.
As a result, Emperor Gaozong and his leadership began to focus on the stability and prosperity of the country
The establishment of Liu Yu's puppet Qi regime certainly attracted some Han Chinese who were not tolerant of the Southern Song regime, and on the other hand, it also increased the legitimacy of the Zhao regime.
For Emperor Gojong, the legitimacy of the regime has always been a thorn in his heart.
Although Zhao Huan of Qinzong has been kidnapped by the Jurchens in the north for several years, Zhao Huan just does not let go and has always refused to give up his throne.
Strictly speaking, Gaozong Zhao's heirloom jade seal originated from Zhang Bangchang, not his own brother Qinzong Zhao Huan.
In this sense, Emperor Gaozong's imperial legal system was flawed.
In fact, Emperor Gaozong was most worried that the Jin soldiers would attack him in the name of Emperor Qinzong, so that all the prestige and righteousness of Emperor Gaozong would be lost.
The establishment of the puppet Qi regime actually helped Emperor Gaozong solve this problem in disguise.
The reason is very simple, compared to Liu Yu, Zhao Gou is of course more legitimate, whether it is in terms of blood, resources, or ability.
Therefore, since the establishment of the puppet Qi regime, the political situation in the Jiangnan region has become more stable and united, except for one place - Dongting Lake...... (To be continued......)