In November of the thirty-first year of Shaoxing (1661), the dark clouds of war once again fell, and at the moment when the commander of the army had no fighting spirit, Yu Yunwen stepped forward and made a generous statement: "If the Jin army successfully crosses the river, where can you escape, our army controls the river, if you rely on the natural danger of the Yangtze River, why can't you survive?" Besides, after thirty years of raising soldiers in the court, why can't you fight the bloody enemy to serve the country? "
Yu Yunwen (1110-1174), courtesy name Binfu, a native of Renshou County, Longchuan, was a descendant of Yu Shinan, a famous Tang Dynasty minister, who entered the priesthood of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty in the twenty-fourth year (1154) and embarked on the career path.
Yu Yunwen is majestic, generous and responsible. In the thirtieth year of Shaoxing (1160), when Yu Yunwen was ordered to send an envoy to the Jin Kingdom, the Jin people engaged in some entertainment activities and showed off their ancestral archery skills.
Yu Yunwen also opened his bow and arrow, and jin people did not expect that a scholar had such a skill, so he did not dare to despise it.
Yu Yunwen had keen military insight, and along the way he saw the Jin people building warships to transport grain and grass, and knew that they had the intention of destroying the alliance and invading the Song.
After Yu Yunwen returned, he immediately went to the outside, saying that the Jin people would invade the south and would attack five ways, and suggested that the court strengthen the coastal defense. However, the Southern Song court was immersed in a state of singing and dancing, and did not take his advice seriously.
In September of the thirty-first year of Shaoxing (1161), the Jin lord Guanyan Liang led an army of 600,000, known as a million, and the soldiers were divided into four roads to cut down the Song Dynasty.
Within a month, the Southern Song Dynasty's Huai River defense line collapsed, and in October, Guan Yanliang led his army across the Huai River, and for a time "shock and terror" occurred at home and abroad.
Emperor Gaozong temporarily appointed the Privy Council with Ye Yiwen as commander-in-chief, the governor of jianghuai and the military, and Yu Yunwen as the military staff officer of the jianghuai army to assist Ye Yiwen in resisting the enemy.
When Yu Yunwen was ordered to the front line of the quarry, the Huaixi commander Wang Quan was defeated and fled, and the general Li Xianzhong took over, but he had not yet arrived.
The king's defeated soldiers were more than eighteen thousand men, sitting in groups of three or five, unassading their armor and demoralized, and if the Jin people set foot on the south bank, they would scatter and flee.
Yu Yunwen was a scholar and an excellent political worker, speaker and agitator.
He said passionately, "If the Jin army succeeds in crossing the river, where can you escape?" Our army controls the great river, so why can't we survive if we rely on the natural dangers of the Yangtze River?
Besides, the court has been raising soldiers for thirty years, so why can't you fight with the blood of the enemy to repay the country? "
The soldiers listened, were very encouraged, and said one after another: "Since you are in charge, we are willing to fight to the death!"
Yu Yunwen was ordered to come to the army and did not let him command the battle. Someone advised him: "The public is ordered to be a master, not to be ordered to supervise the battle, and others are bad, and the public is to blame?"
Yu Yunwen said, "Crisis Society, will I be safe?" Therefore, he divided the Yangtze River Marine Division into five roads: two roads were deployed along the east and west banks, one was driving along the river, and the other two roads were ambushed in the small harbor in case of an accident.
Yu Yunwen personally supervised the battle, and stroked the back of the general Shi Jun's back to encourage him: "Ru Qian slightly smells the four directions, and after the formation, there are several women!"
When Shi Jun listened, he had to open his hair, drew his double knife, and fought to the death.
The Song fleet was tall and strong, and the warships were flexible, quickly cutting off the enemy fleet, and the thunderbolt cannon made the enemy afraid.
In one day of fierce fighting, more than 4,000 enemy people were annihilated, 20,000 households were annihilated, 500 women were captured, and 500 people from 1,000 households were killed. Yan Liang was furious and ordered: "Do not die in Jiang's death!" "
The next day, the Song army attacked with ammunition, burning more than 300 enemy ships, and Yan Liang lost his troops at the Battle of Quarry Rock, so he chose the direction of attack in Yangzhou.
Yu Yunwen was like a god, and he had already waited in Yangzhou in a strict position and defeated the Jin soldiers. Yan Liang was anxious, and put down his harsh words: "If you can't cross the river within three days, kill all the generals!" This intensified their internal contradictions.
When the Jin soldiers were in the south and the Song army were dead, Guanyan Yong, who remained in Tokyo, was proclaimed emperor, and the generals under Yan liang's account defected to the new master, and even killed Yan Liang as a ceremony. Soon, the Jin people sent envoys to negotiate peace.
At the Battle of Quarry Rock, Yu Yunwen led the Song army to annihilate more than 4,000 Jin troops, stopping the Jin people from advancing south, prompting infighting among the Jin people, and saving the crisis.
It is of great significance that an empire has survived for another 118 years. Posterity praise: Wei Zhao Yu Gong, a person throughout the ages!
