preface
Yue Fei, a famous patriotic general in Chinese history, is known as the embodiment of loyalty in Chinese culture.
At the same time, Yue Fei's military talent is also rare in a century. Under his leadership, the Yuejia army was invincible and invincible, and was evaluated by the enemy as "shaking the mountain and making it easy, regretting the difficulty of the Yuejia army".
And the reason why Yue Fei was able to do this step was inseparable from the strict military discipline he established, and it is rumored that even Yue Fei's uncle was executed on the spot after violating military law.
But when a soldier fled, Yue Fei did not hesitate to kill everyone else, but he ended up sparing one of them.
Although this person was just an unknown little person at the time, after Yue Fei's death, he left his name in the long river of history with an earth-shattering naval battle.
He is Li Bao, a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty Naval Army.
"Splash the third child"
Li Bao was born in an ordinary peasant family in Heze, Shandong, but he was not interested in inheriting his father's business farming, but was more interested in dancing and playing swords.
But this kind of behavior seems to be tantamount to not doing a proper job in the township, and it is no different from those street gangsters, so Li Bao is often despised by the villagers and is called "the third child".
Just when Li Bao had just grown up as a young man, he was attacked by Jin Bing who went south. The mountains and rivers of the Great Song Dynasty fell, and Li Bao's hometown was also burned and looted by the Jin soldiers, his family was killed, and Li Bao became an orphan.
In order to avenge the murder of his relatives, Li Bao gathered more than 30 people in his hometown and tried to assassinate the governor of Puzhou, who was appointed by the Jin State.
But how could these former peasants really succeed in assassinating Zhizhou under the protection of many Jin soldiers, Li Bao and others failed without any suspense, and could only flee to Haozhou in embarrassment.
Li Bao was naturally very unwilling to do this, so he joined the local anti-Jin rebel army and vowed to expel the Jin people from the land of the Great Song Dynasty.
But the truth is still cruel, an army that has been put together temporarily and has not undergone any training is naturally no match for the Jin army, and it will soon face the threat of being exterminated.
This made Li Bao feel desperate, but he was at the most enthusiastic age, and he would never give up easily, and would rather die than fight the Jin army to the end.
But at this time, Li Bao heard that there was an army in the Song Dynasty called the Yuejia Army, which was invincible and invincible, and it happened to be recruiting troops nearby recently, so he had the idea of taking refuge.
Join the Yue Family's Army
Soon, Li Bao took dozens of brothers to the camp of the Yue family's army, and saw a tall and mighty strong man wearing iron armor at the entrance of the camp.
Presumably this is the rumored Yue Fei who commanded the Yue family's army!
Li Bao felt that he had come to the right place for a moment, this person was extraordinary just by looking at his temperament, completely different from other court officials, and he might really be able to defeat the Jin army.
"Villain Li Bao, I brought these brothers here to join the army and serve the country, and I implore the general to accept us"
Hearing the words of the person in front of him, Yue Fei carefully looked at this group of people, although they were all ragged and embarrassed, their eyes were firm, and there seemed to be an unquenchable fire of revenge in their eyes.
This kind of person is definitely not the meticulous work of the Jin Army! Yue Fei did not hesitate and immediately agreed to their joining.
This made Li Bao and his party very happy, but they were still too young at this time, and they would inevitably make many mistakes.
After joining the Yue family army for a period of time, Li Bao found that this place did not seem to be the same as he thought:
Unlike what he thought of taking the initiative to attack the Jin Army, very harsh drills were being carried out here every day, and a squad leader like Li Bao was even harder, and he had to learn the art of war every night.
At the same time, the military regulations of the Yue family army were very strict, which made Li Bao and others, who were used to being free, feel very uncomfortable.
With the passage of time, the Yue family army was still stationed in the same place for drills, without any preparation to attack the Jin army, which made Li Bao even begin to suspect that Yue Fei was a person who sold his reputation and reputation.
Under this kind of thinking, Li Bao began to doubt his previous free life, and became more and more disgusted with the strict military discipline of the Yue family's army.
In the end, Li Bao united dozens of comrades-in-arms who had various ideas but wanted to escape, and sneaked out of the barracks at night, preparing to reorganize his own troops.
But how elite the Yue family army was, Li Bao's behavior was quickly discovered and arrested by the sentry.
Because the impact of this matter was too significant, even Yue Fei attached great importance to this matter and decided to deal with it personally.
As we all know, the act of deserting from the battlefield can easily damage morale, and may even cause the entire army to collapse without a fight, which has always been a serious crime enough to cut off the head.
What's more, Yue Fei has always been extremely strict in governing the army, and it is rumored that even Yue Fei's uncle was executed after punishing military discipline.
It can be said that Li Bao and others can be said to be certain to die this time, and there is no luck.
Yue Fei, who was furious, severely reprimanded Li Bao and the others who had been captured, and immediately decided to execute them as an example.
As his comrades-in-arms were executed one by one, Li Bao's emotions became more and more excited, and the grievances in his heart became more and more, and he finally couldn't help it.
I saw that Li Bao directly angrily reprimanded Yue Fei for only setting up strict military discipline but never taking the initiative to attack, and he had no intention of driving out the Jin army to defend the country, and he was simply a coward and coward.
Yue Fei didn't expect Li Bao to have such thoughts, so he decided to let Li Bao, a young man he used to admire very much, understand before he died, so he suspended the execution and called Li Bao to start analyzing it step by step.
"If you don't train, how can you defeat the elite gold thief! If we don't make careful preparations, how can we recover the land of our Great Song Dynasty! ”
As Yue Fei's words ended, Li Bao finally realized his mistake, but it was too late.
"I wanted to sacrifice my life for the country, but I didn't expect to die at the hands of my family and country, sad and sad!"
Li Bao finally couldn't help crying, he didn't expect that he would die here with all his dedication to serving the country.
Seeing that this ambitious young man was so out of shape, Yue Fei thought of himself who had no way to serve the country for a while, and couldn't help but feel a trace of pity in his heart, and finally decided to give Li Bao a chance.
Li Bao, who was able to leave his life, was also very grateful, and made up his mind to repay Yue Fei's kindness.
And Yue Fei also attached great importance to Li Bao and found that he did have a good talent, so he arranged him by his side as a deputy and taught him all his theories.
Under these conditions, Li Bao made rapid progress and soon became a general who could take charge of himself.
A shocking battle
"Heavenly Sunshine, Heavenly Sunshine!"
In 1142, as Yue Fei finally left an eight-character blood book on the wall, he was ordered to die by Song Gaozong on "trumped-up" charges, and a generation of patriotic generals died unjustly.
The only fortunate thing is that there are still people in the Yue family's army who have inherited Yue Fei's lineage and are determined to defeat the Jin State and regain the country, and Li Bao is one of them.
Previously, Li Bao, who had outstanding ability, had been recommended by Yue Fei to Han Shizhong, and because of this, he was lucky enough to stay alive again, waiting for the opportunity to attack the Jin army.
And this opportunity soon came, with the death of Yue Fei, the Jin Dynasty no longer had any concerns about the Southern Song Dynasty, and did not hesitate to tear up the agreement.
In 1167, the Jin State once again marched into the Southern Song Dynasty, mobilizing 70,000 elite soldiers and more than 600 warships to dispatch from the sea to directly Lin'an, the stronghold of the Southern Song Dynasty, and destroy the country in one fell swoop. Wan Yanliang confidently said that the Song Dynasty could be destroyed within 100 days.
At this time, the Southern Song Dynasty was no longer available, and there was no general who was good at naval warfare, and he was unable to stop the fleet of the Jin State.
Just when Song Gaozong and his ministers were worried and could only scold Jin Guo for not keeping his promises, a general stood up, and it was Li Bao:
"All you need is 3,000 archers and 120 warships to retreat from the enemy."
The ecstatic Song Gaozong hurriedly appointed Li Bao as the deputy commander of the Mabu Army on the West Zhejiang Road, and went to meet the Jin army in a row.
However, although Li Bao said that he was very confident, he actually knew the difficulty and danger of this battle in his heart, so he was very careful and cautious.
And on the way, Li Bao's fleet encountered a great storm, which is extremely ominous. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Li Bao directly wrote a suicide note, showing his determination to die if he did not win the battle.
After meeting the Jin fleet, Li Bao did not rush to attack but secretly inquired about the news.
At that time, there were many Han Chinese among the soldiers of the Jin State, and Li Bao secretly contacted them, and many of them secretly fled from the Jin Army to join Li Bao's command, and brought an important piece of information about the Jin Army: most of the Jin army's fleet was oil sails.
This gave Li Bao a good note.
On a windy day, Li Bao launched a surprise attack on the Jin fleet, and attacked with all kinds of prepared fire, such as rocket artillery, coupled with the howling wind at this time, the Jin warship soon fell into a sea of fire.
The fire burned for four days and four nights, and the Jin army was completely defeated, while the Southern Song Dynasty was temporarily spared.
This naval battle was the first use of firearms in human history, and has thus become one of the "100 most influential battles of mankind".
brief summary
Yue Fei's appreciation of Li Bao's patriotic feelings allowed him to spare Li Bao's life, and Li Bao was able to fight this wonderful battle, defeating tens of thousands of Jin troops among thousands, ushering in a period of peace for the Song Dynasty.
From the initial defeat to the independent leader, and then to the head-on defeat of the Jin army, Li Bao has continued to improve and grow, and has been dormant for many years with extraordinary perseverance, and finally turned the situation around and completed his transformation from a deserter to a famous general, this spirit is worth learning from all of us.