In the Song Dynasty, there was a great general named Bi Zaiyu, who successively served as the commander of zhenjiang and the general of Xiao wei, who was brave and good at war, strategic, and famous for being good at controlling soldiers.
In the second year of the Kai Jubilee (1206 CE), Emperor Ningzong of Song ordered the Northern Expedition, and the commander Guo Ni ordered the general Bi Zaiyu to be the vanguard and led 480 cavalry to attack Xuzhou.
When Bi Zai encountered a passing through HongXian County (present-day Si County, Anhui), he encountered the wounded soldiers under Guo Zhuo and Li Ruyi withdrawing, so he asked them about the battle ahead.
The wounded soldier replied: "The city of Suzhou has sent a lot of water, the Song army has lost, and the commander Tian Junmai has been captured by the Jin soldiers." ”
Bi Zaiyu led the cavalry galloping and chose to camp at Lingbi, and met the Troops of the Song general Chen Xiaoqing, who planned to retreat, but Bi Zaiyu dissuaded him: "Although our army has not taken Suzhou, victory or defeat is a common affair of soldiers, how can we defeat ourselves?" I was ordered to capture Xuzhou, and here I borrowed the road, preferring to die outside the north gate of Lingbi, rather than live outside the south gate. ”
Chen Xiaoqing received Guo Ni's letter and was ordered to withdraw it, and Bi Zaiyu said to the generals: "Guo Zhuo and Li Ruyi's troops are defeated, and the enemy army will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue, and I should resist the pursuing troops here." ”
Jin Junsu knew General Bi's prestige and shouted, "General Bi is coming!" He immediately broke up and fled for his life.
Bi Zaiyu waited for the crossing of the water to pursue, he held a double knife, slashed and killed countless golden soldiers, the armored battle robe was stained red with blood, and chased the Golden Army for thirty miles, at this moment, a gold armed with a double hammer will appear, Bi Zaiyu left hand knife blocking the iron hammer, the right hand knife cut its ribs, Jin will fall off his horse and die.
When the main force of the Song army left Lingbi twenty miles, Bi Zaiyu set fire to Lingbi City, and the general asked him why he chose to be in the daytime, and Bi Zaiyu said: "Arson at night will expose the position of our army, so choose the day, so that the smoke can also cover the retreat of the main force." ”
When the Jin army went south again, Bi Zaiyu preemptively occupied the fortress of Liuhe City and contained the Jin army.
When the Jin army was still twenty miles away from Liuhe, Bi Zaiyu ordered the generals to put an end to the banner and personally lead the elite troops to set up an ambush at the south gate.
In the blink of an eye, the Jin army crossed the moat, and when it was about to enter the city gate, the city gate tower suddenly sounded in unison, and the Jin soldiers were confused by this "one silence and one noise", and they were suddenly terrified and helpless.
Bi Zaiyu took the opportunity to rush out of the south gate, and the Jin soldiers fled in a daze, and the Jin army was defeated.
The Jin general Yan Tula jumped like a thunderbolt, mobilized 100,000 troops to surround Liuhe City, and launched a series of fierce attacks, the arrows in the city were quickly shot, if there was a close melee, the Song army against ten times its own Jin army was tantamount to hitting the stone with an egg.
In order to relieve the pressure of the soldiers, Bi Zaiyu ordered the musicians in the city to recruit the musicians in the city to the city gate, and for a time the sound of the gongs and drums and orchestras was loud, and the defenders of the city heard the music, and the mood was greatly relieved, while the golden soldiers outside the city heard the music, did not know which one the Song army was singing, and was stagnant, suspicious of the ambush.
When the Jin army was resting, Bi Zaiyu sent a small group of cavalry to harass, and the Jin soldiers did not rest well at night, and during the day they were still worried and afraid, and they could not live forever, and they withdrew from Liuhe a few days later.
When Bi Zaiyu learned of the withdrawal of the Jin army, he led the cavalry out of the city, sprinkled some beans cooked with spices on the road, and then charged to kill the Jin soldiers, the Jin soldiers turned back to pursue, and the Song army fought and retreated, luring the Jin soldiers to the place full of beans.
The golden army war horses were hungry and could not resist the temptation of fragrant beans, and stopped to eat beans. No matter how the master whipped and ate without stopping, the Jin Army was suddenly in a state of confusion.
At this time, Bi Zaiyu led the cavalry to charge and kill again, the Jin army lost soldiers and returned with a big defeat, and the Song army won a surprise victory, perfectly interpreting the successful battle example of winning more with less.
When the Jin army invaded the south again, Bi Zaiyu had reached the twilight year, and in the tenth year of Jiading (1217), Bi Zaiyu was in charge of the Wuxin Army Festival, and died of illness at the age of seventy.