At the end of this year, Song Jin reached a peace agreement, which is known as the "Longxing Peace Conference" in history. Both sides made concessions and reached an agreement -

First, Song Jinshi is the country of uncles and nephews.

Second, the annual tribute was changed to the annual coin, and the silver silk was 200,000 taels each.

Third, the Southern Song Dynasty gave up the six prefectures of Hai, Si, Tang, Deng, Shang, and Qin, and the border between the two sides was restored to the original state at the time of the Shaoxing Peace Conference.

Fourth, the two sides exchanged prisoners of war, and the defectors were not among them.

The Northern Expedition of Longxing was huge, but the emperor's will was not resolute, the war was uncertain, the generals were not in harmony and lacked unified command, and the fighters were delayed, and they ended in failure, which confirmed Xin Qiji's sentence in "Yongyule Jingkou Beiguting Nostalgia": "Yuanjia is grassy, seals the wolf and Juxu, and wins the canghuang Beigu."

The Longxing Northern Expedition was in full swing and then defeated, and Li Xianzhong, the supreme military commander of the front, fought bravely and skillfully, and made outstanding achievements, because the villain Shao Hongyuan made an obstacle and did not obey the unified command, resulting in the destruction of the vigorous anti-gold cause.

Song Xiaozong was furious, and in a fit of anger, he demoted Li Xianzhong to the deputy envoy of the Guozhou regiment, but protected Shao Hongyuan, and only demoted him to the doctor of Wuyi, and his military position was still the same. Yang Tongwen, the forward commander, was implicated and demoted to the fourth general in the southeast, he can be regarded as seeing through the weakness and incompetence of the imperial court, Longxing and peace are a copy of Shaoxing's peace, and Zhao Song is a thin mud that can't support the wall, and he sits back and watches the Jin country dominate and has nothing to do.

After this blow, Song Xiaozong gradually lost confidence in recovering the Central Plains and leveling the Jin Kingdom, and the Southern Song Dynasty border returned to the state of Shaoxing Peace Conference.

Since then, Song Xiaozong, like Zhao Gou, has become less and less courageous, and gradually became conservative, and in the following 20 years, he no longer talked about the grand cause of unifying the Central Plains.

Yang Tongwen had nothing to do in the barracks, so he devoted himself to studying Qimen gossip and other military formations. Yang Tongwen studied like this for more than ten years, and it was not until he met Xin Qiji, a great writer and military strategist, that he had a chance to vomit and pour out his heart.

Xin abandons the disease, the word You'an, the number Jiaxuan, Shandong East Road, Jinan Prefecture Licheng County (now Jinan City, Licheng District, Yaoqiang Town, Sifengzha Village) people, the Southern Song Dynasty bold faction of the lyricist, known as the dragon in the word, and Su Shi together called "Su Xin", and Li Qingzhao and called "Jinan Er'an".

In the thirty-second year of Shaoxing (1162), the young Xin Qiji was ordered by Geng Jing, the leader of the Shandong Righteous Army, to go south to contact the Southern Song court. Xin Qiji heard the news that Geng Jing was killed by the traitor Zhang Anguo on the way back to the north, and was furious, and led 50 cavalry to drive directly to Shandong, rushed into the 50,000 gold camp, arrested Zhang Anguo, who was drinking and having fun, and called on Geng Jing's old troops to do it anyway.

After that, Xin abandoned the disease and drove across the Huaishui, escorted Zhang Anguo to Jiankang City to be beheaded, his amazing bravery and decisiveness, made him famous for a while, heroic, cowards rose for it, Zhao Gou sighed at first sight, "Hero also!" ”。

In April of the second year of Chunxi, the tea merchant armed group led by Lai Wenzheng on Hunan Road revolted in Changde Mansion and Yuezhou, and successively defeated the official army in Hunan and Jiangxi. Xin Qiji was recommended by the prime minister Ye Heng, and went to Jiangxi to be sentenced to arrest the tea people's rebels.

In the spring of 1179, there was a drizzle in the area of Xiangchu, with a cold heart. In the mist, a chic and sad figure appeared in this Jiangnan Zeguo.

He is the 39-year-old Xin Qiji, who was transferred from the deputy envoy of Hubei to the deputy envoy of Hunan and concurrently served as the pacification envoy of Hunan. In this spring season, he embarked on the road to the south.

As soon as he took office, Xin Qiji did not have time to rest, and made a secret visit, and discovered all kinds of problems on the Hunan Road in time, so he asked the court to establish a local army in Hunan on the grounds of Hunan's "stubborn customs" and "empty armaments", and named it "Hunan Flying Tiger Army".

With the permission of the imperial court, Xin Qiji began to prepare for the army in the summer of that year, planning to recruit 2,000 infantry troops and 500 horse troops, and planned to build a military camp on the site of the Ma Yin barracks.

Xin Qiji adopted the strategy of managing the army by natives, but there was no suitable candidate for the training of local officers for a while, so he sent them to various prefectures and counties to find generals to train the army. He decided to make a trip to Chishui Pass to see if there was an ideal candidate there......

Yang Tongwen of Hunan Road was idle at this time, and he was so bored in his hometown Chishui Tong Shouxiao (his father Yang Zhengjie passed away), he was about to go up the mountain to hunt with a bow and crossbow, and his brother Yang Tongfu came to visit him with a basket of candied date cakes and freshly made plasma duck and braised pork. Yang Tongwen saw that his brother came in happily, so he smiled and asked, "Brother, what's the happy thing?" ”

Yang Tongfu put the basket on the table, took out a piece of paper from his arms and gave it to Yang Tongwen: "I don't understand it very well, anyway, it's a good thing for the government to recruit army leaders." ”

"Oh, is there such a thing?" Yang Tongwen dragged it over and took a quick look, "Lord Xin is going to recruit troops, and he has spent a lot of money on training to hire local officers." ”

"What conditions do you want?"

"You must understand the method of arranging the formation of the horse infantry army, be familiar with the operation of bows and crossbows and firearms, and kill the golden soldiers in battle."

"Brother Wen, isn't this position just for you?"

"Yes. Tomorrow I will go to the Zhijun Mansion and ask for clarification. As soon as Yang Tongwen's words fell, the sound of horses' hooves outside the courtyard suddenly came. Yang Tongwen walked out of the hall door and saw that the person who came was more than eight feet tall, about forty years old, with a Chinese face, bright eyes, a long beard, and a green dragon sword, and slowly walked towards Yang Tongwen.

"May I ask if Your Excellency is General Yang Tongwen?" Come straight into the single knife and hold the fist.

"It's under you, dare to ask what the adults are?" Yang Tongwen said humbly.

"This envoy Xin Qiji, this trip to meet the general."

"Look up for a long time, the name of Lord Xin is like thunder, sit in the house, please!" The two of them entered the house together.

"Brother Tongfu, this big hero is Lord Xin, the pacification envoy of Hunan."

"I've seen Lord Xin." Yang Tongfu was stunned for a moment and stood stupidly.

"Go and pour tea for the adults."

"Okay." Yang Tongfu brought a bowl of honeysuckle tea. Xin Qiji took a sip and said: "The honeysuckle tea has a pure and eternal aroma, sweet taste, and cold nature, which can clear away heat and detoxify, clear the throat, activate the meridians, and eliminate heat and trouble." ”

"What's your concern? Can you tell me about it? ”

"When I see the general, my troubles are gone."

"Tongfu, what are you still doing, go and tell the kitchen to prepare oil tea." Yang Tongfu walked out of the hall door and went straight to the kitchen.

"What is Yang's ability, you have to come to the door in person?"

"Nowadays, the imperial court compromises with the outside world, cultivates literature with martial arts, and implements the strategy of first securing the inside before the outside. The country cannot stand without defense, and the envoy wants to form a flying tiger army in case of emergency. ”

"My lord has raised me, Yang knows a little about the art of war, and he has only studied the marching formation."

"Your Excellency does not have to be humble. Qimen gossip should be the basis of the infantry formation, and the formation is ever-changing. ”

"The Bagua Array was pioneered by Sun Bin, a soldier of Qi during the Warring States Period, and there are eight doors of rest, life, injury, Du, Jing, death, shock, and opening. In the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang added a command platform in the middle, guarded by archers and infantry, and commanded the formation, with a total of 4416 changes. ”

"In the era of cold weapons, the outcome of a war is not determined by the absolute number of casualties on both sides, but by morale. When the vast majority of the subordinates of one side fall into fear and lose the courage to fight, they then collapse. ”

"The courage of the husband is also, and the battle mostly depends on whether there are standing comrades around him and whether his side can keep the lineup intact. If the battle formation is complete, even if it is besieged, the soldiers can motivate the soldiers to continue fighting. ”

"Infantry battle formations need to be trained in advance. Once the two infantry lines fight each other on a flat ground and fight face to face, an excessively tight formation may cause your own weapons to be unable to effectively swing, but the opponent's Changge has the opportunity to hit several people in one hit. ”

"This battle formation also has weaknesses, it cannot take into account safety and mobility, and it cannot face off with the cavalry, which also gives the horse army an opportunity to charge. Enter from the east (Shengmen), go to the southwest (Xiumen) to kill, and then enter from the north (open the door), and the gossip array can be broken. Yang Tongwen said with a smile.

"Bagua Array, there are so many doors, I'm stunned." Yang Tongfu on the side heard it in a fog, and smiled sideways.

And Xin Qiji began to admire Yang Tongwen from the eyes of his heart: "Those who are in the formation lie in the movement and in the on-the-spot performance." ”

"But since Emperor Taizong, my Great Song Dynasty has adopted the strategy of emphasizing literature over military force, and every time he goes to war, the emperor will grant the generals a military formation map, and remotely control the generals who fight on the front line, and the battle is rigid, which limits the army's mobile combat ability."

"That's right, that's why there was the sorghum river fiasco...... I, the Yang family's general, the Golden Dao Linggong (Yang Ye), were deeply besieged in Chenjiayu and captured by the Liao State......"

"When the battle is about to begin, the front-line commanders and commanders naturally regard the troop formation diagram as a holy relic, and they dare not make some changes privately.

Fight in formation according to the emperor's formation, and even if the battle is lost, the commander has little responsibility. A few brave and resourceful generals did not line up according to the formation map when they were about to fight, and won the battle on the fly, but they had to ask the emperor for their guilt. ”

"It's ridiculous!" ……

After some conversation, he felt that Yang Tongwen, whom Lu You (a patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, had visited the Feishan area to worship the Feishan Temple), strongly recommended to him was not a whim, but after careful consideration, the prestige of the Yang family was never blown out, and he was looking for the right person today.

The cook brought the fragrant oil tea, Xin Qiji drank four bowls in a row, and said with a smile: "This is a good thing to come in pairs, and make a fortune in all seasons." Well, fragrant, delicious! ”

"My lord, erudite and talented, the Miao family oil tea does have this saying. If you don't like it, you can continue drinking. Please—" Yang Tongwen said.

In the fifth bowl, Xin Qiji said: "The five grains are abundant!" ”

Then he drank the sixth bowl and said, "The six animals are prosperous!" ”

"Seven Stars Shine!"

"Majestic on all sides!"

"The earth is long!"

Xin Qiji drank nine bowls in a row, and the cook kept adding tea and tea ingredients, seeing that Xin Qiji was still unsatisfied, Yang Tongwen couldn't help but be impressed by the amount of tea in front of the Shandong man in front of him.

Yang Tongwen was born in Miao Village, and grew up drinking oil tea since he was a child, at most six bowls, and said with a smile: "Since adults like Miao family oil tea so much, how about I give you some?" ”