After Emperor Gaozong of Song killed Yue Fei, do you know why the Jin soldiers did not take the opportunity to go south to destroy the Song?

Yue Fei (1103-1142), also known as Pengju, a native of Tangyin County, Song Xiang prefecture (present-day Tangyin County, Anyang, Henan), was a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty, a famous military figure, strategist, and national hero in Chinese history, and one of the four generals of the Southern Song Dynasty.

It can be said that it was the existence of Yue Fei that was a big blow to Jin, and it also enabled the crumbling Southern Song Dynasty to take a safe corner. According to historical records, in the more than ten years from Yu Zongze in 1128 to 1141, Yue Fei led the Yue family army to fight hundreds of battles with the Jin army, and was invincible. In 1140, after yan Wushu destroyed the alliance and attacked the Song, Yue Fei waved his northern expedition, successively recaptured Zhengzhou, Luoyang and other places, and then defeated the Jin army at Haocheng and Yingchang, and marched into the town of Zhuxian. Unfortunately, later, Emperor Gaozong of Song and Qin Ju were bent on seeking peace, and ordered the retreat of the troops with twelve "golden cards", and Yue Fei was forced to take the division in isolation. In the course of Song Jin's peace negotiations, Yue Fei was framed by Qin Ju, Zhang Jun, and others, and was arrested and imprisoned. In January 1142, Yue Fei was murdered with his eldest son Yue Yun and his general Zhang Xiantong on charges of "false rebellion".

It is said that the Yue family army that resisted the Jin soldiers was gone, and it was a good time for the Jin army to go south to destroy the Song, but the Jin soldiers did not do this in history. The reasons for this are as follows:

1. There was more than one famous general in the Southern Song Dynasty against Jin. During the Southern Song Dynasty, in addition to Yue Fei, there were also Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, and Liu Guangshi, the four of whom were included in the Southern Song Dynasty's "Four Generals of Zhongxing" within the scope of the fare. Although their merits were not as great as Yue Fei's, they also played a major role in resisting the Jin soldiers and ensuring the establishment and consolidation of the Southern Song Dynasty regime. It is precisely because of their existence that the Southern Song Dynasty will not be destroyed by Jin.

2, Jin did not destroy the strength of the Southern Song Dynasty. Since the Jin State attacked the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty in 1127 and destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty and occupied the Central Plains, the Jin State and the Song State began a 15-year-long melee, and the Jin State had already complained about it, and coupled with the frequent wars between the Jin State and the Western Xia and Goryeo countries, it was obvious that the Jin State could no longer afford such frequent foreign wars.

3. The internal turmoil in Jin had no time to take care of the Southern Song Dynasty. Since Emperor Xizong ascended the throne, the entire court of Jin dynasty has been divided into the main and main factions and the main war faction, and internal contradictions have continued, first of all, the absolute power of Yan Zongpan, Completed Yan Zongjun and others have been chaotic and chaotic, and they have been killed by the emperor, but then the power is controlled by Emperor Yan Zongbi, and they began to wash the official field of the Jin Kingdom, Zuo Xiang and many ministers were killed one after another, Emperor Xizong was suspended, and later although he regained his full strength, he did not want to make progress, and also began to kill indiscriminately, and the clan and ministers in the court were also killed one after another, and finally they were killed by the right minister Yan Liang, and Completed Yan Liang established himself as emperor. In order to keep the throne, Yan Liang began to kill all the heirs of Emperor Taizong's lineage, and the powerful clans and generals of the Jin State were almost killed. It was the constant civil strife in the Jin Dynasty and the lack of time to take care of the Southern Song Dynasty that ensured that the Southern Song Dynasty was not destroyed.