Objectively speaking, Zhang Jun is still very capable.

Whether it is the analysis of the current situation, behind-the-scenes planning and other aspects, Zhang Jun has his very unique insights; What is lacking is only the ability to command specific battles.

It's just that Zhang Jun is a civil servant, and it is normal that he doesn't know how to lead troops. If Zhang Jun had self-knowledge and understood his strengths and weaknesses, it would be a blessing for him and the Southern Song court.

This time Zhang Jun's vision was very accurate, at least he saw the fact clearly, the Dongting Lake bandits really couldn't all be concentrated in this season.

Therefore, Zhang Jun suggested to Yue Fei that this time he should do the opposite, but attack at the turn of spring and summer.

Yue Fei completely agreed with Zhang Jun's opinion, so he set the date of Yue's army's expedition in May of that year.

Moreover, when Yue Fei arrived at the combat area, he found that this time even God was on his side, and the water level of Dongting Lake in May was actually shallower than in winter.

What could happen for Lang?

As soon as I inquired, it turned out that there was a great drought in Dongting Lake this year, and now is indeed the best time to suppress bandits

Yue's army arrived in Tanzhou early in early April.

It's just that Yue Fei only brought 15,000 people, which is already the largest number of troops that Yue Fei can bring, because there are still some troops left behind in the six counties of Xiangyang.

Therefore, Yue Fei also recruited all the local officers and soldiers according to the new positions given to him by the imperial court: including 20,000 people from Hunan under the command of Ren Shi'an, Wang Jun, and Hao Hui; Wu Yi Doctor, Jizhou Thorn History, and 5,000 people in command of the Dingzhou Army, Ma Du Zhan; Jiangnan West Road Pacification Division controlled Qi Chao 8,500 people.

In total, there are 50,000 people, although there are still not as many thieves as in Dongting Lake. But it also caused a lot of momentum. gave Yang Yuyu a lot of pressure.

Of course. There is also a credit to Zhang Jun in this.

At this time, the relationship between Zhang Jun and Yue Fei was unprecedentedly good

Although the soldiers and horses gathered and the grain and grass were sufficient, Yue Fei was not in a hurry to use the troops, but according to Zhang Jun's previous suggestion, "first dispatch the army and horses, choke the thief's road, cut off their grain routes, and strictly prohibit Boyi." to make the thief lack food".

This practice is to destroy the food source of the bandits in Dongting Lake and besiege the bandits for a long time, in order to break the enemy's morale and reduce the enemy's fighting spirit.

In addition, Yue Fei also adopted the strategy of "recruiting and arresting", focusing on political inducement and surrender, supplemented by military offensives. "Induce the unruly and think that the township guides", and implement differentiation and separation. Prompted Yang Mo's army to coax and defeat the enemy with the enemy.

It should be said. This move was prepared by Yue Fei for a long time.

When Yue Fei left the palace of the Emperor of Lin'an Mansion, he had already applied to Emperor Gaozong for ten sets of artifacts dedicated to Zhao'an - "ten pairs of gold plates, flags, and lists, which can be used for Zhao'an".

Song Gaozong also issued an edict at Yue Fei's request, stipulating that Yang Mo, Huang Cheng and others "if they lead the crowd", they can be sent to the Zhizhou of Jinghu South and North Road, which is of course also a very high standard of recruitment.

Before Yue Fei himself arrived in Tanzhou, he sent local officials to Yangmo Water Village to surrender.

Unexpectedly, the official prostrated to the ground and said, "The envoy sent so-and-so, and fed the hungry tiger with meat." It is better to accept the sword than to endure the humiliation of the thief. ”。

What is the reason why this official would rather be punished by Yue Fei than dare to send an envoy to Dongting Lake?

It turned out that before this, the officials of the Song Dynasty in Jinghu Road, and even ministers like Li Gang, had successively sent envoys to Yang Mojun's water village to say surrender, and these envoys were all killed by Yang Mi, and none of them were spared.

Yue Fei immediately made him stand up and said loudly: "I will send you, you will never die." ”

At this time, Yue Fei was no longer the Yue Fei when he conquered the four Kou a few years ago, he was famous, domineering and leaking, and wherever the army went, there was no piece of armor left; Now giving the thief Kou a chance to surrender is already an extrajudicial grace, if the bandits in Dongting Lake are still stubborn, don't blame Yue Fei for being ruthless

Yue Fei did what he said, and he asked Zhang Jundu's governor's office to surrender earlier, and Tian Ming, the leader of the rebel army who had "not touched an inch", to serve as the commander of the soldiers and horses of Tiancha Hengzhou.

The officials do not care about affairs, but they can receive a salary, and "those who have been reformed can be compensated."

This sentence is crepe, and when translated into the vernacular, it means "If you surrender, you will get the money." ”

This is not only that, Yang Hua, who was under the jurisdiction of Tanzhou soldiers and horses at the time, was also ordered by Yue Fei to "enter the thief and recruit peace", trying to collude with the old department and murder Yang Mo.

This series of deployments failed to make Yang Mi surrender, but it moved another big man in Dongting Lake.

This big man's name is Huang Zuo, and he knew that Yue Fei was by no means comparable to Wang Xie, so he said to his subordinates: "I heard that Yue Jie's order is like a mountain, and you can't play it." If it is an enemy, I Cao Wansheng will not be able to live a full reason, and if I go quickly, I will surrender. Yue Jie envoy, sincere people, will meet me well. ”

In this way, Huang Zuo led his troops to Tanzhou to surrender. Yue Fei immediately played him as a martial arts doctor of the seventh grade, and praised the people of the gate, and gave him a rich reward.

This position is the same as the position that Song Jiang, the leader of Shuibo Liangshan, received after recruiting An.

This is not all, Yue Fei went to the camp where Huang Zuo's troops were located to inspect and "question" them to show his faith in them.

Tomorrow, Yue Fei invited Huang Zuo to the banquet again, and when the wine was hot, Yue Fei stroked Huang Zuozhi's back with his hand and said:

"The son is really a husband, and the one who knows the good and the bad is not as good as the son. Zizi is a strong eagle, not under the times, if he can make a meritorious name for the court, how can a marquis be enough! I want to send my son back to the lake, and if it is convenient to take advantage of it, I will capture him; Those who can persuade with words can be recruited. Can the son do my job?"

Yue Fei's choice of words and sentences is of course high-sounding and impeccable, but in fact there is only one meaning: You come to me to surrender, I have already done everything you should do, do you also have to hand in a letter of submission!

Huang Zuo is an old man, of course he understands Yue Fei's intentions. So he "wept with gratitude", thanked Yue Fei again, and accepted the military order.

On April 14, Huang Zuo led his troops to break through a camp in Yang Mi, killed many rebels, captured nine leaders including Chen Gui and several hundred soldiers, and seized grain and ships. Burn the entire water village to the ground.

See this. Yue Fei immediately promoted Huang Zuo to an official. is a martial arts doctor, "commanding according to cheapness", and also fills in the blank name of the official notice for his book.

For hundreds of captured rebels. Yue Fei gathered them in the teaching ground and asked the staff what to do.

The crowd said, "He has killed many officers and soldiers, and it is better to kill them all." ”

Killing them is, of course, a good choice, to warn those bandits who do not surrender, and to avenge the slain officers and soldiers, killing two birds with one stone.

Among the many staff. Only the supervisor of secrets, Huang Zong, did not say a word.

Yue Fei asked him, and Huang Zong said: "Temptation and persistence, not martial arts, this is the military aircraft." ”

A word woke up the person in the dream, Yue Fei and Huang Zong smiled at each other

Yue Fei not only did not kill these hundreds of bandits, but also greeted them with cold and warmth. Asked:

"What kind of coke do you have in the thief's village?"

Now that the entire Dongting Lake has been blocked by Yue Fei's army, life is difficult, and there is nothing to enjoy. These bandits honestly replied with "desolation and sorrow".

The honest answer of the bandits made Yue Dashuai laugh heartily, so. Yue Fei not only released all the hundreds of bandits, but also let them go to the streets to buy daily necessities.

The gang of bandits only found out when they walked on the street that they had not seen for a long time. There are countless kinds of goods on the streets, and the prices are extremely low, and there is no sign of a drought.

This gang of bandits is like in a dream, there are many things and they are cheap, who is still a bandit!

The news reached the bandits' nest and caused a huge response.

Spring has just passed, the water village is very dangerous, everyone is about to starve to death, so much food outside, but I can't get it; The officers and soldiers were under siege, and there was no way to buy them if they had money.

Hunger is the first need in life, and soon the gangs loosen and surrenders continue to appear

Ren Shi'an turned out to be a Fujian commander, followed Li Gang into Jingnan Road, and was transferred to Yue Fei's command together with Wang Jun, Hao Xi and others.

One day, Yue Fei called Ren Shi'an, and without saying a word, he first beat a hundred military sticks.

Ren Shi'an was beaten, and he was not convinced, and shouted: "Why did the marshal beat me?" ”

Yue Fei's face was gloomy, and he replied coldly: "Because you once disobeyed Wang Xie's orders, Wang Xie not only failed to beg for thieves, but also almost lost his teacher. I sent you to attack Huang Cheng's thief party today, and you can't complete the task within three days, be careful of your head! ”

Ren Shi'an was so indignant that he had to raise the army to fight, and every time he took more than ten steps, he called the sergeant to shout: "Marshal Yue's 200,000 army has arrived!" ”

Huang Cheng sent people out to see that there were no more than 10,000 soldiers, and there was only a lone army of Ren Shi'an, so he joined forces to attack Yong'an Village, where Ren Shi'an was located.

Ren Shi'an saw that there were a lot of people coming, and it was not to advance, and it was not to retreat, so he fought hard.

The two armies fought for a whole day, and Ren Shi'an was defeated and retreated. Suddenly, a cannon sounded, and the ambush soldiers buried by Yue Fei rose in all directions, and the thief army was defeated and fled, and the Yue family army chased to Goupi Mountain and returned.

The Niu Gao army took advantage of the victory and moved to the south of the old county of Longyang, and approached Yang Qi's Dazhai.

The battle was won, and all the generals who participated in the battle were rewarded. In addition, Yue Fei also played the imperial court to praise Ren Shi'an's merits

In this battle, hundreds of bandits were captured, and the opinion of the staff on the handling of these prisoners was: "The day before yesterday, I was relieved, and I already had the heart to return, and now I should also release them." ”

At this time, Yue Fei's chief of staff, Huang Zong, objected again and said:

"Don't kill the day before yesterday, it's tempting. If you dare to fight today, there will be a fierce ditch in it. ”

Yue Fei agreed with Huang Zong's opinion, so he personally inspected them, selected a few of them who looked extremely vicious, executed them, and put hundreds of others back to Shuizhai.

Over the next two months, Yue Fei launched several more small campaigns and released most of the captured captives. As a result, it caused dissatisfaction with the pacification envoy of Jinghu South Road and Xi Yi, the governor of Tanzhou.

Xi Yi said to Zhang Jun: "Marquis Yue has no other intentions, so he plays this trick." How?".

This Xi Yi actually thought that Yue Fei had no intention of leveling the thief at all, but was just passively dealing with the thief and passing the time, and wanted to play this matter to the court.

Zhang Jun gave him a vicious look, then broke out and laughed, and said:

"Marquis Yue, loyal and filial piety, why don't you know it? There is a deep machine with soldiers, and Hu Ke is easy to measure! ”

is a good sentence of loyalty and filial piety, Zhang Jun's words are indeed very classic, representing the general view of the Southern Song Dynasty court on Yue Fei.

Yue Fei won the unanimous approval of the court with what he did.

At this time, Zhang Jun and Yue Fei are of the same mind, and they are invincible! . (To be continued......)

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