Since Du Chong's original Jiang and Huai Xuanfu Divisions had in fact been abolished, the regent palace ordered Yue Fei to be reappointed as the commander of the Imperial Camp Division. On 5 February, Yue Fei won the first battle at Qingshui Pavilion, located in the 30th Song Lane in the south of Jinling City, where the enemy was 15 miles crossed, beheaded 175 Jurchen people wearing gold and silver rings, captured alive 45 Jurchen, Bohai, and Han'er soldiers, and captured more than 3,700 pieces of horse armor, bows, arrows, knives, flags, gold, drums, and other equipment.

In the situation that the enemy is outnumbered, it is naturally impossible to encircle and annihilate the army of Yan Wushu. Yue Fei's strategy was to drive the enemy across the river from the south to the north. There is a mountain in the 30th Song Dynasty in the south of Jinling City, the upper twin peaks, the east and west face each other, so it is named Niutou Mountain.

In mid-February, Yue Fei led his army to camp on Niutou Mountain, twelve miles west of Qingshui Pavilion, where "small trees sprout and spring stones reflect each other", which is enough to ensure the rest and drinking water of the soldiers.

He sent a hundred sergeants, dressed in the black clothes of the Jin army, to infiltrate the Jin camp in Yuhuatai in the dark night and attack the enemy army. The Jin army couldn't distinguish between friend and foe, attacked each other, and killed indiscriminately. In order to prevent the Yuejia army from robbing the camp again, the Jin people had to send additional patrol troops outside the camp, and their patrol troops were ambushed by the Yuejia army and annihilated.

In February of the fifth year of Jianyan, the Yuejia army fought dozens of battles with the Jin army, and all of them were victorious. The defeat in the war made Wanyan Wushu know that it was a pity to give up Jinling, but he also felt that it was useless to stay in Jinling for a long time.

Beginning on 25 February, he stepped up his wanton killing, plundering, and destruction in Jinling City, and he himself moved to Jing'an Town, 15 Song Li, northwest of Jinling City.

Yue Fei detected the signs of the retreat of the Jin soldiers, and led 300 knights and 2,000 infantry to rush down Niutou Mountain, defeated the enemy again, and entered Yuhuatai and Xincheng in the southwest corner of Jinling City.

On 1 March, Wanyan Wushu retreated from Jing'an Town to Xuanhua Town, Liuhe County, Zhenzhou, on the opposite side of the river. Yue's army pursued to Jing'an Town and eliminated the last Jin army. The soldiers jumped onto the enemy ships that had not yet escaped, and most of the remnants of the enemy were drowned in the river. The armor, weapons, drums, baggage, oxen and donkeys on the shore were tens of thousands, or abandoned vertically and horizontally, or piled up like mountains.

The Battle of Jinling lasted for half a month, and the Jurchens were beheaded "3,000 people with bald hair and rings", not including the Jin soldiers of other ethnic groups, and more than 20 officers including the chief of the gods, including Liuge, were captured. Among them, in the first battle of Jing'an alone, more than 300 Jin soldiers were captured, including eight Jurchens. This was the first brilliant victory of the Yue family's army.

Yue's army was stationed in Jinling City, and the former general of Jinling Mansion also entangled the township soldiers and entered the city with them. The city was full of embers, and the streets and houses were unrecognizable; The corpses of the residents were strewn and bloody, and many of the wounded were still moaning and crying. Two years later, 70,000 or 80,000 mutilated bones were collected and buried. In addition, a large number of people were driven across the river by the Jin soldiers. This large city, which usually has a population of nearly 200,000, suffered a devastating catastrophe.

Yue Fei and his soldiers are all people who have been in battle for a long time, dare to face the sword light and face the blood shadow, and in the face of this tragic scene, they really feel unbearable, and everyone is extremely sad and angry.

Yue Fei angrily said to Zhao Gou: "Jiankang is a critical place in the national situation, and it is advisable to select troops to defend it. And Huyan Xuanshuai fought with the thief and Pingyang, and the last general thought that Heluo must be empty, and His Royal Highness should return to Jinling and supervise the troops to recover Heluo. ”

Yue Fei thought that now was a good time to recover the Heluo region, so he did not hesitate to offend Bianliang's taboo, called Zhao Gou His Royal Highness, and asked him to lead the army north.

At the same time that Yue Fei was writing the paperwork, Zhao Gou, who was returning to Lin'an Hangzhou, was also discussing with Qin Hui in his chariot.

"The gold thief finally retreated across the Yangtze River, and Hu Yangeng fought with the gold thief in the east of the river, thinking that the gold thief had no time to go south for a while. The lonely king should have a good life and rest. Zhao Gou said.

At this time, Qin Hui had already succeeded Wang Boyan as the right man of Shangshu, he sat opposite Zhao Gou, heard Zhao Gou say this, gave a salute, and said: "How can the king miss the opportunity? ”

"Qin Youcheng, do you mean that Lone Dang went to Jinling and waited for an opportunity to march into Bianliang?"

"Marching into Bianliang?" Qin Hui smiled slightly, "The empress dowager of Bianliang is the main palace of Emperor Jingkang, and the newly established little crown prince is the widow of the three kings......"

"How can that little bastard ......" Zhao Gou shouted anxiously, but immediately realized and covered his mouth.

"The king, there are many speculations about the origin of the crown prince, but as long as the Empress Dowager is still sitting in Bianliang City, this speculation can only be circulated secretly, and it cannot be put on the table to talk about things."

Seeing that Zhao Gou was silent, Qin Hui said: "Similarly, as long as the Empress Dowager is still in Bianliang, no matter who the king brings or how many people he brings to Bianliang, it is useless, and a single edict can peel off the king's python robe." ”

"So, what to do? You still say it's a good opportunity? ”

"Your Majesty, you will be the emperor at this time, and you will be at that time."

"Oh, huh? What the? Usurper? Zhao Gou was originally sitting on his knees, but he was so frightened that he leaned back and fell to the ground.

Qin Hui smiled slightly, and said: "The king is the ninth son of Emperor Daojun, the regent of Emperor Jianyan, the fall of Bianliang, the martyrdom of the empress dowager and the crown prince, the king as regent, stood up in danger, promised the country with his body, and ascended to the great treasure, who dares to say that it is wrong." ”

"The fall of Bianliang?"

"In the past, it was a big flood at the mouth of the Yellow River, blocking the road between Bianliang and Luoyang, and now that the flood has passed, the male soldiers gathered in Luoyang to complete the Yan Wushu, will he let Bianliang go?"

"Didn't the thief chief of Wushu just suffer a loss in Jiangnan, didn't he want to find Gu for revenge?"

"The king just needs to think about it from the perspective of vultures. The minister can't go into details, just remind me that the king and the Jin Kingdom still have peace talks. ”

Zhao Gou is a smart person, and he can understand it at all. As the saying goes, the thief captures the king first, and the gold thief knows the soldier one by one, and he will not fail to understand this truth.

The "king" of the Great Song Dynasty is, after all, the court of Bianliang, if the Jin soldiers attack Bianliang, the reinforcements that can go to Bianliang at the moment are nothing more than three roads: Jiangnan, Hebei, and Shaanxi.

Shaanxi was blocked by the Jin soldiers, and the Xuanfu of Hebei made Hu Yangeng trapped in Pingyang, while Jiangnan not only negotiated peace, but also secretly declared himself a vassal.

Therefore, the Jin soldiers attacked Bianliang, and Bianliang was in a state of isolation, and the only thing to worry about was that Jiangnan ignored the peace treaty and sent troops north. After all, Jin Bing had already violated the peace treaty and searched the mountains and seas.

Zhao Gou said his doubts, and Qin Hui said: "Therefore, the king should not appear to be the first rat at both ends, be the emperor, cut himself off from Bianliang, and take on great responsibilities with clear intentions." ”

Qin Hui said vaguely, but Zhao Gou understood that once he became the emperor, the two palaces with Bianliang would no longer have room to turn around, and to save Bianliang by himself was the way to death, and the Jin soldiers could attack Bianliang boldly without worrying about the reinforcements in Jiangnan.

"But once Gu becomes emperor, what will the people of Jiangnan think? What will the people of the world think? ”

"Gou Jian has the shame of lying on his salary and tasting courage, and Wenjing has the shame of begging with his relatives. As long as the king sits firmly on the throne and supports the Song family, all the people in the world will understand the king's painstaking efforts. If the king can't sit on the throne, why should he care what the people of the world think? Does the king think that when the crown prince of Bianliang grows up, he will let the king step down from the position of regent in peace? ”