In the great debate in the fifth year of Shaoxing, the main battle factions of the Southern Song Dynasty court won a complete victory, not only occupying the absolute upper hand in public opinion, but also winning the full support of Emperor Gaozong.

As the leader of the new generation of the main battle faction, the right servant Zhang Jun designed a battle plan that was even more magnificent than the decisive battle of Fuping in the northwest.

In order to ensure the implementation of this plan, he first carried out a major reorganization of the army of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Zhang Jun divided the country's armed forces into "three armies" and "five major departments."

The Sanya Army is the Praetorian Guard, that is, the private soldiers of Emperor Gaozong's Imperial Forest Army, which is composed of the front division of the palace, the horse army division and the infantry army division.

This force is very weak, except for the palace front division under the command of Yang Yizhong, which is adapted from the original Shenwu Chinese Army and has a strong force, the other two are useless.

The five major departments, its predecessor was the "Shenwu Army", the general name of the five generals Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, Wu Jue, and Yue Fei, and this time it was renamed "Xingying Guard".

The specific arrangements were: to rename Zhang Jun's troops as the "Central Protector Army" and garrison Jiankang; Han Shizhong's troops were renamed the "Former Protectors" and were stationed in Cheng and Chu Prefectures; Liu Guangshi's troops were renamed the "Left Guard Army" and were stationed in Taiping Prefecture.

These three generals were jointly responsible for the defense of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Huaishui Basin.

Wu Jue's troops were not in the Shenwu Army system before, but at this time they were included and called the "Right Protector Army", responsible for guarding large areas such as Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu.

Wang Yan's eight-character army was called the "front guard deputy army" and was stationed in Jingnan; The Yuejia Army was renamed the "Houhu Army" and was stationed in Ezhou. These two units are responsible for the defense of the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

The above arrangement seems to be a change of name and does not matter.

But look at it from another angle. You can feel Zhang Jun's domineering. When a new official takes office, he needs to greet and roll call. His solution is to give you a different name.

The implication of this is: everything will have to listen to me from now on!

Changing names, greetings, moving seats, re-queuing, and so on are all officialdom behaviors with Chinese characteristics, or they can be called culture, and they are not uncommon even in the Celestial Empire

In the early spring of the sixth year of Shaoxing, the right servant shot Lord Zhang Jun's Northern Expedition plan out of the cage.

He personally went to the Governor's Mansion in Zhenjiang Prefecture and summoned the major generals stationed in the southeast to listen to the order.

At the military council of the Governor's Office, Zhang Jun made the following decisions:

First, Han Shizhong's army sent troops from Chengzhou and Chuzhou. The Huaiyang Army attacking Jingdong Road (under the rule of Pi, southwest of present-day Pizhou City, Jiangsu).

Second, Yue Fei's army entered Tunxiangyang Mansion from Ezhou and advanced into the Central Plains.

Third, Zhang Junjun was stationed in Xuyi County, Sizhou Prefecture (now Xuyi County, Jiangsu) from Jiankang Prefecture.

Fourth, Liu Guangshi's army was stationed in Luzhou from Taiping Prefecture (Zhidangtu, now Dangtu County, Anhui).

Fifth, Yang Yizhong's palace front division army acted as Zhang Junjun's backup.

As for the Northwest Army under the command of Wu Jue, who was stationed in Sichuan and Shaanxi, it was not within Zhang Jun's military plan at all, and could only stand still.

In this plan, the armies of Han Shizhong and Yue Fei went on the offensive, while the armies of Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi took a defensive position. Liu Guangshi's task was only to recruit the enemy, and part of Zhang Jun's army had to stay in Jiankang Mansion for training.

It is clear that such a combat deployment. It is a compromise between Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi, two old fritters, who support the army and play the enemy, and are cowardly to avoid war.

It's just that for Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi, the two bigwigs in the army. Even the emperor may not be able to command, let alone a mere Zhang Jun?

Therefore, Zhang Jun left the two group armies of Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun behind, and it was also a last resort

The military meeting in Zhenjiang Mansion ended successfully, and after the meeting, Zhang Jun talked to Han Shizhong and Yue Fei respectively.

Zhang Jun fully affirmed Yue Fei's achievements in the previous stage and encouraged Yue Fei to make persistent efforts to recover the Central Plains at an early date.

When they were about to part, Zhang Jun also deliberately patted Yue Fei's shoulder, and said earnestly: "This gentleman's Su Zhi is also, reluctantly!" ”

At that time, Zhang Jun did have high hopes for Han Shizhong and Yue Fei.

"Zhu Wen's Official Document Collection" Volume 95 records: Jun "Among the generals, every one of them is called the loyal and brave of the world, and the flying Shen is a crane, and he can rely on it to do great things." ”

In February of the sixth year of Shaoxing, Han Shizhong's army rose up, crossed the Yangtze River with the whole army, and aimed the first battle at Huaiyang, which was a puppet Qi.

As for why Han Shizhong wanted to send troops at this time, there is no answer in the historical materials.

However, it can be determined that the timing of this dispatch of troops is very problematic, because at this time, Yue Fei and Yue Yun, father and son, were still in Lin'an Mansion to meet Emperor Gaozong.

Instead of letting Han Shizhong's lone army go deeper, why don't you wait for a while, together with the Yue family's army, go hand in hand?

In fact, Han Shizhong not only chose a bad timing for sending troops this time, but also encountered a very serious problem - his entire plan to send troops was known in advance by Jin Guo and Pseudo-Qi.

I have to praise that Jin Guo and Pseudo Qi are very good at their work in this aspect of intelligence: before Han Shizhong attacked Huaiyang City, a huge army had been assembled in this city, just waiting for the Jiangdong Tigers to come and throw themselves into the net.

Why do you suspect that Han Jiajun's military intelligence has been leaked?

Because in ancient times, marching and fighting was a very large and complicated project. It is not only the mobilization of the army, but also the rationing and replenishment of all kinds of food and baggage, the construction and transportation of various equipment, and so on.

It can be said that without a month or two, it is simply impossible to organize a team with combat effectiveness.

And the Han army has not yet arrived in Huaiyang, and the coalition forces of the puppet Qi and the Jin State are ready to wait for the day.

In this case, what is not a leak?

As for the cause and process of this major leak of military information, just like why the Han Jiajun was scheduled to send troops in February, no clues can be found in the historical materials.

It's inexplicable.

However, if you associate this matter with Qin Hui, you can find a clue.

Although Qin Hui has been deposed, he still lives in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It's not far from Lin'an Province; A more important point. Although Qin Hui turned against Lu Yihao. But there is still a very frequent connection with the two current prime ministers, Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun.

In other words, it is possible that Qin Hui learned about Han Shizhong's military situation through Zhang Jun's channels, and even exerted some influence on Han Shizhong's troop dispatch plan through Zhang Jun.

This is, of course, a one-sided speculation, but it can reasonably explain some strange phenomena

For the results of the first battle of the Northern Expedition, "History of the Song Dynasty? The Biography of Han Shizhong is recorded very clearly: "To the bottom of his city, he was surrounded by thieves, and he jumped out of the siege. Leave no stone unturned. ”

Yes, the combined forces of Jin and Puppet Qi succeeded in encircling Han Shizhong's troops, and the number of soldiers was much larger than Han's army.

It's just that quantity does not represent quality, in front of the brave Han Shizhong, the Jinqi coalition army was as if it was paper paste, and it was easily broken out by the Han army, and not even a single arrow was picked up by the coalition army.

The funniest thing is that in the process of breaking through the Han family's army, Hu Yantong, the former protector general, grabbed the neck of a golden general and carried him over the horse. After coming out, I realized that this person was called Yahejin.

The Jin State was equivalent to the Song Dynasty's Tai Lieutenant, and was a very senior military attaché.

After Han Shizhong rushed out of the ambush circle. Finding that although the number of enemy troops was large, their combat effectiveness was underground, and they were really vulnerable, so Han Shizhong ordered the whole army to turn back and kill back, drive away the enemy soldiers on the periphery of Huaiyang City, and continue to besiege Huaiyang according to the original plan.

Alas, the invincible Jin Bing has now fallen to the point of being despised by Han Shizhong.

Joyfully!

Huaiyang is the most important defensive gate of Pseudo-Qi in the east, and once this pass is broken, Pseudo-Qi will have no danger to defend.

For Han Shizhong's strength, Liu Yu panicked, and hurriedly sent his nephew Liu Yi and Wanyan Wushu to join forces and rush to Huaiyang to rescue.

In this way, Han Shizhong became a lone army in Jiangbei and was surrounded and attacked by the combined forces of Jin and Pseudo-Qi.

Although Han Shizhong is not afraid, although the Han family army is still invincible on the battlefield. However, war is not just a contest of force between the two sides, but also includes many contents, such as grain and grass.

The grain and grass of the Han army were plundered several times by the Jin soldiers on the way to transportation.

In desperation, Han Shizhong asked Zhang Jun, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, and Zhang Jun, who was stationed closest to him, for assistance.

Han Shizhong's request was very simple, he wanted to secondment Zhao Mi and his subordinates under Zhang Jun to help Han Jiajun escort grain, grass and other supplies.

Who is this Zhao Mi, who deserves Han Shizhong's favor?

opened the "History of the Song Dynasty" and saw that this Zhao Mi is also a person with a lot of background:

He was born in the four-year martial arts examination of Emperor Huizong, although it is not the title of the gold list, but he has also passed the palace test of the imperial court, and his martial arts are strong.

In the first year of Jianyan, Zhao Mi's entourage Zhang Jun met an ambush in Rencheng to seek the enemy, and he was not alarmed, led the soldiers to rush, and shot many enemies with his own hands, and the army was able to escape.

In February of the third year of Jianyan, when the Jin soldiers captured Yangzhou, among the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty, only two were partial to the general to organize resistance, one was called An Yi, and the other was Zhao Mi.

An Yi guarded the Guazhou ferry and covered a large number of officials crossing the river; And Zhao Mi was on the edge of the canal, commanding and covering tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to cross the river and escape.

In the fourth year of Jianyan, the Jin soldiers broke into eastern Zhejiang, and the situation was critical. It was he who fought to the death, defeated the Jin army in Mingzhou, and was promoted to martial arts doctor because of his merits, and was promoted to the command

Originally, in this case, Zhang Jun had the responsibility to lend a helping hand to Han Shizhong.

But after Han Shizhong's letter for help arrived, General Zhang refused immediately.

Zhang Jun's idea was: "You old Han came up with a good idea. There are not many people in our army who can fight, Zhao Mi is gone, who will help me support the scene? Besides, when you came to secondment Zhao Mi, it was clear that Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou and never looked back. You have taken the army I sent by the hand, who am I going to go to? ”

Alas, it's really a dog that can't change eating.

In this case, Zhang Jun just looked at his small book, ignoring the overall situation...... (To be continued......)

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