The Southern Song Dynasty is a regrettable dynasty, the dynasty was subverted, Zhongliang suffered, this history gives people the feeling of oppression, how many people read Yue Fei's "Man Jiang Hong" and sighed, thinking of how many loyal and good generals in the Southern Song Dynasty, with the heart of saving the country, but in the end can not stop the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty.
The most famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty was naturally Yue Fei, and in addition to Yue Fei, there were many generals who also shined at the time of the country's peril, such as Wu Jie, who was posthumously awarded the title of King of Fu and was once on a par with Yue Fei.
Wu Jie
1. Teenagers join the military
To be posthumously crowned king after death, there must be great merit before death. The legend of Wu Jie's life began at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, when he was a teenager, Wu Jiu was a man of both literature and martial arts, quite chivalrous, and the Wu family had been in the army for generations, so Wu Jiu also joined the army at a very young age.
In the following years, there is no record in the history books, when Wu Jie's name appeared again, it was during the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song, when he was already a general of Shubian. At that time, the Song State and Jin were at war, repeatedly defeated, and could only ask for peace, and this bad news made the imperial court inside and outside a miserable fog.
The Jin State had already made Emperor Huizong of Song panic, and as a result, at this time, Western Xia felt that the Song Dynasty had just finished fighting with the Jin State, and the national strength was empty, which was a good opportunity to take advantage of the fire and robbery, so it sent an army to invade the border of the Song State. Attacked on both sides, the Song Dynasty fell into a major crisis, and unexpectedly, the Western Xia's offense was easily resolved, and a young general led the army to repel the invading Western Xia army.
Emperor Huizong of Song
This general was Wu Jie, who, after the border guards learned of the invasion of Western Xia, immediately organized all the military and civilians on the border to resist the enemy as hard as they could, and Western Xia wanted to take advantage of the chaos to take advantage of it, but he did not expect to encounter strong resistance, morale was frustrated, and he could only turn back in ashes.
When Emperor Huizong of Song learned the news, he was overjoyed and quickly lowered his order to reward Wu Jiu, and the official was promoted to a higher level. Since then, Wu Jiu began to lead troops to fight everywhere, at that time the situation in the Northern Song Dynasty was already very bad, not only the strong enemies outside were around, but also the peasant revolts inside were also wave after wave, and in the second year of pacifying Western Xia, Wu Jiu was transferred by Emperor Huizong of Song to Jiangnan to quell the Fangla Uprising, and in the first year of Jing Kang, the Western Xia and the thieves did not die and sent troops to attack the Song, as a result, Wu Jiuxing rushed to the aid at night, and the Soldiers of Western Xia retreated as soon as they saw Wu Jiu's banner and fell without a fight.
However, such a good general as Wu Jiu could not stop the emperor's fainting, and a few months later, the Jingkang Rebellion occurred, and the Jin people invaded the city of Bieliang and abducted Hui Qin's Second Sect and occupied the northern land, even if the generals from all over the Song Dynasty rushed day and night, it was too late to save the overall situation, and the most humiliating history of the Song Dynasty occurred.
Jingkang Rebellion
Second, the threat of the earthquake in all directions
As a general, watching the destruction of the country, Wu Jie's heart must be full of pain, but he can only continue to lead his army to fight, in order to get the opportunity to wash away the shame of the country. Hope is not nothing, soon after Emperor Gaozong of Song ascended the throne, Wu Jiu was ordered to lead troops to Daqingguan to resist the Jin soldiers, and finally not only fought the Jin soldiers back, but also recovered the lost land around Daqingguan, and the people of the north were grateful to Wu Jiu, and Wu Jiu was also full of ambition, thinking that one day he could reorganize the rivers and mountains.
In the fourth year of Jianyan, Jin Bing invaded Jianghuai in a big way, and it was Jin Wushu, the general of the Jin State, who led jin bing. Wu Jiu and four other generals merged with the fuping area to discuss the situation, at that time the generals believed that the water network in Jianghuai was dense, and the cavalry of the Jin army was difficult to march, so they could directly launch the army against the enemy, but Wu Jiu firmly opposed this tactic.
Wu Jiu's view was that he should lead a large army to occupy a high ground and meet the enemy in a subduction trend. The generals disagreed, and finally decided that Wu Jiu would lead a group of men and horses to occupy the high ground, while the rest of the generals were still on the flat ground. On the second day, the Jin soldiers came to kill, and Jin Wushu had already prejudged the terrain of Jianghuai, so he let the soldiers lay wooden planks and firewood on the marching road, and traveled unimpeded all the way, and the Song Dynasty army on the plain was defenseless, and was instantly defeated by the Jin soldiers, leaving only Wu Jie who was guarding the high place.
Wu Jiu personally led the soldiers to rush to the enemy position, and the Jin Wushu army was almost scattered by Wu Jiu's impact, with heavy casualties, but outnumbered, Wu Jiu, who was fighting alone, was finally defeated at the hands of Jin Wushu. Wu Jiu led several thousand men and horses to retreat to Fengxiang, and not long after, the Jin Wushu army also rushed to fengxiang to encircle Wu Jiu.
Golden Vulture
This siege lasted for several years, Wu Jiu was stationed, and Jin Wushu's army could not advance, so it could only cut off the grain route, and wanted to trap Wu Jiu and others in the city. However, the nearby people heard about this and risked their lives to quietly transport grain to Wu Jiu's side, which allowed the defending army to survive.
After being trapped for several years, Wu Jiu believed that the enemy's morale was weak and could turn to attack, so he fought a decisive battle with the Jin army at Shangyuan, separating the Jin cavalry from the infantry and annihilating the cavalry in the deep valley. When the news reached Jin Wushu's ears, Jin Wushu was greatly shocked, and then he thought that Wu Jiu would be eliminated, so he personally led an army of 100,000 people to kill Wu Jiu.
At this time, The army in Wu Jiu's hands was only 5,000 people, and the imperial court always hesitated not to send troops to rescue them, and Wu Jiu could only rely on these 5,000 people to resist Jin Wushu. Wu Jiu planned to fight a battle, he gathered his generals, blood as an alliance, and vowed to fight to the death until the last moment, when the Jin Wushu army came, Wu Jiu ordered the crossbowmen to fire ten thousand arrows in unison to attract the main force of the enemy army, while another group of men and horses took this opportunity to detour back to the rear of the Jin soldiers to cut off the grain route of Jin Wushu.
The 100,000 people of the Jin army had no food, and could only temporarily retreat for tens of miles, Wu Jiu took advantage of the retreat of the Jin army and the unstable formation to go out of the city to meet the enemy, all the way to the Jin army, the Jin army panicked, fled one after another, even Jin Wushu was shot by an arrow in the melee, and almost lost his life. In this way, Wu Jiu relied on a mere five thousand people to fight the Golden Wushu and was frightened.
Jin Jun
Third, where the soul returns
After Wu Jiu's victory, he broke the siege of the Jin soldiers and returned to the central region, and soon led a large army to conquer the Jin soldiers of Shudi again, and the Jin soldiers of Shudi were not very talented, and Wu Jiu won consecutive battles and soon recovered the area around Bashu.
At this time, the situation in the Southern Song Dynasty was simply very good, the land of Sichuan and Shaanxi was firmly guarded by Wu Jiu, and Yue Fei's army was also like a broken bamboo in the north, and it seemed that it could directly attack the Huanglong Province, but since the victory of Shudi, Wu Jiu had never led troops to fight again, which should not have been, because after the conquest of Shudi, Wu Jiu was only about forty years old, which was the golden age of a general.
But things just happened very strangely, after fighting Shudi, Wu Jiu has been guarding Chuanshan, and there is no record of taking the initiative to attack again. The history books record that he was deeply loved by the people in Shudi, Tuntian Zhisang, Xingshui Shui, and a very popular parent official, the question is whether Wu Jiu's job is to be a general, or a general who loves to take the initiative.
In the end, Wu Jie died at the age of 47, and the history books record that the cause of his death was "drowning in wine and hemoptysis and dying.". This statement makes it difficult for people to believe, because the history books also record that Wu Jiuzhi was strict in his army and never let the soldiers and generals indulge in sex, and when he led the troops in battle, he never had any record of indulging in sound and color.
However, Secretary Shi had to make it clear that when Wu Jiu was in Shudi, he was seriously ill and difficult to treat, but when he was so sick, Wu Jiu still ignored the persuasion of others and got drunk all day.
It is worth mentioning that an incident occurred during the days when Wu Jiu fell ill, the Southern Song Court and the Jin State held a peace talk, one of the conditions for the Jin State to agree to the peace talks was to let Wu Jiu's army withdraw from Sichuan and Shaanxi, Song Gaozong agreed, and after a few months of this incident, Wu Jiu died of a serious illness due to alcoholism.
This famous general did not receive Yue Fei's twelve gold medals, but it seemed that there was no difference, compared to Yue Fei, Wu Jiu was not killed by the imperial court, and it was already decent. But did his death really have nothing to do with the imperial court? If the disappointment had not been to the extreme, how could an upright and indomitable general be so reckless of his body when he was seriously ill?
Yue Fei
Neither Wu Jiu nor Yue Fei died at the hands of the enemy, but at the hands of the kings they were loyal to, and as these loyal generals died, the slogan of the Southern Song Dynasty to recover the lost land became empty talk.
Those lands and people who fell under the iron hooves of the Jin Dynasty may have looked to the south countless times, but the famous general Wu Jiu, who had once defeated a strong enemy, never had the possibility of returning, and the Southern Song Dynasty's Gou An finally exchanged for his own demise, leaving only a sigh for posterity.