Yue Fei had been fighting with the Jin Army for many years, and he had long been prepared for this set of tactics of the Jin Army. He shilled his son Yue Yun to lead the "Backlash Army" and the "Youyi Army" with a total of 8,000 people out of the city to face the battle. The Backlash Army and the Youyi Army were the elite of the Yue Family Army, and were often used as commandos or death squads.
On the eve of departure, Yue Fei sternly admonished his son: "You must win, otherwise you will see you!" ”
This is a duel between the most elite troops of the Song and Kim sides, and it is also a cavalry battle. On one side is the invincible legion composed of the most elite cavalry of the Jurchens, and on the other side is the most elite back-to-back army and the guerrilla army in the Yue family army with strict military discipline.
Battle of the Songjin Cavalry (Image source: documentary screenshot)
Yue Yun danced two iron cone guns straight through the Golden Array, and the Backlash Army and the You Yi Army adopted the mobile and flexible tactics of "either horning in front of it or pulling its side", suddenly forward and backward, left and right, so that the "kidnapping horse" who completed Yan Wushu could not exert its power and could not outflank Yue Jiajun from the two wings of the Yue family's army.
Yue Yun rushed into the enemy line (Image source: documentary screenshot)
At the same time, Yue Fei also sent strong infantry, armed with sharp weapons such as machi knives, knives, and big axes, to specifically split the horse legs of the "Tiefutu" army. The three horses of the "Tiefutu" are connected, as long as one horse is servant, the other two horses cannot gallop, so they make a mess. And as soon as the horse fell to the ground, the infantry immediately slashed the cavalry on horseback with a heavy axe.
The Great Breaking Iron Float (Image source: documentary screenshot)
After a brutal slash, the "Iron Futu" array that completed Yan Wushu was defeated. The two sides fought bloody battles for dozens of rounds, from the afternoon to the dark, and the corpses of golden soldiers were strewn across the field. However, Yan Wushu was unwilling to fail, and the subsequent 100,000 troops were continuously transferred to Yongcheng.
Because the Jin army used the tactics of the sea of people, wave after wave of continuous attacks, Yue Jiajun was a little unable to support, at this critical moment, the Jin army suddenly had a chaotic formation, it turned out to be Yang Zaixing, a member of Yue Fei's subordinates, he rode into the enemy position single-handedly, shouting that he wanted to finish the first rank of Yan Wushu. I saw him crisscrossing the battle formation, repeatedly charging and killing, and thousands of troops were difficult to stop. He didn't want to break out of the encirclement at all, but specifically rushed to the depths of the pile of people, even if he was shot several times and was wounded all over his body, he did not retreat, and rushed the formation of the Jin army into chaos.
At the moment of the fiercest battle, Yue Fei also personally led dozens of horses to stand out in front of the battle, which was the second time that Yue Fei had personally come to the front line after three years. I saw him leaping horse rushing into the enemy position, opening his bow left and right, and the arrows were empty. The morale of the soldiers doubled when they saw the commander in person, and they fought to the death against the enemy, killing the corpses of the Jin army all over the field.
Yue Fei personally went into battle (Image source: Internet)
Jin Bing saw the four words "Jingzhong Yue Fei" written on the big banner of Yue Jiajun, and knew that Yue Fei himself personally went into battle, and he was all afraid.
The sky was getting dark, and the Jin army was defeated and fled. Yue Jiajun pursued the Jin army for more than 20 miles, captured more than 200 good horses of the Jin army, won more with less, and achieved a great victory in Haocheng.
Cheng Dajie (Image source: Internet)
Yan Wushu was angry and deplored, lamenting: "Since I started to fight in the north, I have not been defeated today."
The news of the great victory of Haocheng reached Emperor Gaozong, and although he was extremely dissatisfied with Yue Fei's resistance to the march, the great victory of Haocheng still made him very happy, and he immediately sent a congratulatory letter to reward Yue Fei and reward Yue Jiajun with 200,000 taels of silver, but he did not give Yue Fei effective assistance to a single soldier.
Yue Fei had no choice but to continue to fight alone. And the next bloody battle is already brewing.
Although Yan Wushu suffered his first defeat, he was not reconciled, and in order to kill Yue Fei, he mobilized another 120,000 Jin troops, preparing to first occupy Linying (present-day Linying County, Henan) between Zhaocheng and Yingchang, in an attempt to cut off Yue Fei's connection with his deputy Wang Guibu, and then continue to attack Yue Fei's city.
Yue Fei then urgently ordered his other deputy, Zhang Xian, to lead his troops to quickly come to the rescue of Zhaocheng, and at the same time sent a patrol to the vicinity of Linying to reconnoiter the enemy, and the leader of the patrol, Yang Zaixing, who was about to take the first rank of Yan Wushu in the Battle of Zhaocheng, finally broke out from the siege of the Jin army.
On the morning of July 13, Yang Zaixing led 300 light horses just arrived at the small commercial bridge in the south of Linying County, and suddenly met the main force of Finish Yan Wushu, and soon fell into a heavy siege, although the crowd was very different, but Yang Zaixing was not afraid, led his troops to fight to the death, the battle lasted from the morning to the Shen hour, in these hours, Yang Zaixing's troops with extraordinary heroic spirit, actually killed more than 2,000 Jin soldiers, Yang Zaixing himself has killed red eyes, people are blood people, horses are blood horses. In the end, all of them died along with three hundred soldiers.
It was a very bitter battle, and it is said that the day coincided with heavy rain and the Xiaoshang River became a river of blood. After Yue Fei heard the bad news that Yang Zaixing had died in battle at Xiaoshangqiao, he led his subordinates to rush to Xiaoshangqiao. At that time, he saw Yang Zaixing covered in arrow feathers, and in addition to his pain, he ordered Yang Zaixing's body to be left in the army for one day before being cremated. It is said that after Yang Zaixing's body was cremated, more than two liters of arrows were picked up from the ashes.
Yang Zaixing in the bloody battle (Image source: Internet)
The battle under Yang Zaixing bought valuable time for Zhang Xian, who rushed to the rescue, and Zhang Xian led reinforcements to the battlefield that night, and attacked the Jin army in the early morning of the next day.
This was a bloody revenge, most of the elite troops of the Yue Family Army were in Zhang Xian's hands, and each of them had the same courage as Yang Zaixing.
After Zhang Xianbu's crazy slashing, the 120,000 Jin army that had completed Yan Wushu was defeated in the Xiaoshanghe area.
The battle of Haocheng and the battle of Xiaoshang Bridge allowed Finish Yan Wushu to truly appreciate the power of Yue Jiajun, but after all, he is a famous general of the Jin State who has been in the battlefield for a long time, and after the death of those famous generals of the Hundred Battles in the Jin State to destroy Liao and the Northern Song Dynasty, Finish Yan Zongwang, Finish Yan Zonghan, and Finish Yan Chang, Finish Yan Wushu is currently the most senior, capable and powerful martial general of the Jin State, and naturally it will not be so easy to say defeat.
After Yan Wushu carefully analyzed the situation on the battlefield, he found that the main force of the Yue Family Army was gathering towards Haocheng, while the defense of Yingchang Mansion, the Yue Family Army's grain storage office, was relatively empty. In the Battle of Haocheng, although the "Tiefutu" suffered heavy losses, the main force of the kidnappers still existed, and it was still possible to fight. Therefore, Yan Wushu quickly decided: take Yingchang Mansion again and strive to win back a round.
He transferred all the troops he could find: 100,000 infantry, 30,000 cavalry, 6 commanders (the title of the commander of the golden soldiers) who participated in the battle, and his son-in-law, General Xia Jinwu, was also in the battle. It can be said that this is all the belongings of the Jin Army in Henan.
On July 14, 1140, the Jin army once again killed Yingchang, threatening to storm the city and capture Wang Gui alive.
After Yan Wushu chose to turn to Yingchang, his vision was indeed vicious. But what he didn't expect was that Yue Fei, who had a clever calculation, had already anticipated this situation and sent Yue Yun in advance to lead the elite cavalry of the Backbone Army to aid Yingchang.
Wang Gui was the defender of Yue Jiajun who remained in Yingchang Mansion, this person was brave and good at fighting, and was the second master under Yue Fei.
At this time, the defenders of the Yue family army in Yingchang were only about 10,000 people, and the strength was very different compared with the invading Jin army, but Wang Gui and Yue Yun were not afraid, and they did not give the Jin soldiers a chance to attack the city at all, they left a small part of the troops to defend the city, and then led the main force out of the city to face the battle.
The "Yue Family Army" did not defend the city, but went out of the city to fight, which was completely uneasy and unreasonable, and Yan Wushu was taken aback.
As soon as the two sides faced each other, the 22-year-old tiger general Yue Yun slashed his gun and rode his horse, leading 800 knights on his back to attack the Jin army first. Then the infantry also launched a strict queue to follow, winging the horse army, and fighting the left and right horses of the enemy. One side relies on the strength of the army, while the other side relies on morale and courage and fights more and more. The two armies fought hard for dozens of rounds, and it was still difficult to distinguish between high and low victory and defeat. Yue Yun entered and exited the enemy position more than ten times, suffering more than a hundred wounds, and the soldiers on both sides were also killed.
However, in the face of the overwhelming and seemingly endless Jin Army, the endless flesh and blood in front of him and the killing sound shocked the sky, even Wang Gui, who was firm in his heart, his confidence at this time could not help but waver, and he had the intention of retreating.
At the critical moment, Yue Yun, who was covered in blood, came to Wang Gui's side and loudly reminded Wang Gui: The Northern Expedition of the Yue Family Army has become a lone army, and the retreat of size will lead to the hatred of breaking the embankment!
Yue Fei's words woke up Wang Gui, yes, the pawns who crossed the river would never be able to retreat, even if they all fought the Yue family army in Yingchang City, as long as they could consume the gold army on the opposite side, it was worth it, for the sake of the Yue family army, for the Northern Expedition, all offensives had to continue!
Wang Gui entered the battle without hesitation.
At this time, not only the Yue family army was in trouble, but the pressure on the Jin army side was even greater, and the whole army participated in the battle with an absolutely superior force, not only was it in the inferiority, but even Xia Jinwu, the son-in-law who had completed Yan Wushu, was killed by Yue Yun in the battle.
However, at this time, the Yue family army defending the city also poured out of the city to reinforce, becoming the last straw that crushed the Jin army, and the Jin army, which was exhausted by Yue Yun and Wang Gui, could no longer support and fled in the direction of Kaifeng.
After 6 hours of fierce fighting, the Jin army killed a 10,000-year-old (son-in-law of Wanfushu) on the spot, five people were killed, and Yue Jiajun captured 70 or 80 generals of the Jin army alive, killed more than 5,000 enemies, captured more than 2,000 people, captured more than 3,000 horses, and countless other fragments, which can be described as brilliant results.
Within a week, 30,000 Yue Jiajun won two great victories in Haocheng and Yingchang, which was the key victory of Yue Jiajun in the Fourth Northern Expedition. Under the dangerous situation of being alone, scattered troops, and outnumbered by the enemy, Yue Jiajun relied on the bravery and skills of the generals, experienced fierce battles, broke the superior strength of the enemy, and finally won the final victory.
The Battle of Yingchang (Image source: Internet)
Finish Yan Wushu, who was killed to the point of being killed, led the remnants of the defeated army to withdraw to Kaifeng Mansion, and had never had such a serious battle with Yue Jiajun before, and this time he really understood the power of Yue Jiajun. Since then, a famous comment has been circulating in the Jin army: "It is easy to shake the mountain, and it is difficult to shake the Yue family!" ”
The victory of the Fourth Northern Expedition can be said to be the pinnacle of Yue Fei's entire military career, and also broke the unprecedented victory record in the history of the Song-Jin War, which completely smashed the Jin Dynasty's attempt to eliminate the Southern Song Dynasty, forcing the Jin Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty to form a new strategic confrontation.
Yue Fei's 4th Northern Expedition Roadmap (Image source: Internet)
So what happened after Yue Fei's fourth Northern Expedition? Tomorrow night at 8 o'clock, I will continue to describe to you, so stay tuned!