There have been too many generals in the history of the Song Dynasty, they have made meritorious contributions to defend the country, and they are worthy of our admiration, let us take stock of the five famous generals of the Song Dynasty:
5. Yang Zaixing
Yang Zaixing made many achievements in the War of Resistance against Jin, and once followed Yue Fei to meet the Jin army at Xiaoshang Bridge, and single-handedly rushed into the enemy formation, trying to capture the Jin Wushu, although he failed, he was still able to return alone. In the battle of Sun Hongjian, he defeated 2,000 enemies, recovered Changshui County, captured 20,000 stone of grain for the army and civilians, and recovered all the dangerous areas of Xijing. There were 10,000 horses and hundreds of thousands of grain and grass left by the pseudo-Qi, and the Central Plains responded in groups.
Yang Zaixing's most glorious moment was in the battle of Xiaoshang Bridge. In this battle, he encountered 120,000 elite soldiers of the Jin army with 300 cavalry, and achieved an excellent record of "killing more than 2,000 people, and 10,000 households and 100 people". Although Yang Zaixing was martyred in this battle in the end, his bravery and determination won high praise from Song Gaozong: "Yang Zaixing, the general of Fei, is also the son of Bangyi." Riding into the battle alone, several vultures, being wounded by dozens of wounds, killing dozens of people and returning, the momentum can be known for a while!
4. Wu Jue
Wu Jue (1093-July 18, 1139), known as Jinqing, was a famous anti-Jin general during the two Song Dynasty periods in China. He was born in Longgan County, Deshun (present-day Jingning County, Gansu Province).
In the second year of Jianyan (1128), the Jin army entered Shaanxi, and Wu Jue, under the command of Qu Duan, the commander of Jingyuan, defeated the Jin army at Qingxiling, which greatly boosted the morale of the Song army. Later, he was appreciated by Zhang Jun, the envoy of Xuanfu, and was promoted to the commander.
In the fourth year of Jianyan (1130), Wu Jue marched into the army to recover the Yongxing army and was appointed as the envoy of the Yongxing army. In the same year, under the command of Zhang Jun, he participated in the Battle of Fuping. After the war, he and his younger brother Wu Lan gathered stragglers and held the monk plain. In the battle of Monk Yuan in the following year, he first defeated Jin General Wuli, Ulu, Zhehe and others, and then broke the heavy troops of Jin Shuai Wanyan Zongbi's department and won an unprecedented victory. Because of the meritorious construction festival, he was named the envoy of the Zhenxi Military Festival.
After that, Wu Jue confronted the Jin army in the area of Raofeng Pass and Xianren Pass for ten years, and planned Yue Fei's Northern Expedition. He was the envoy of the two towns of Baoping and Jingnan, Tejin, Kaifu Yitong and the three divisions, and the Sichuan Xuanfu envoy. In the ninth year of Shaoxing (1139), he died of illness at Xianrenguan at the age of forty-seven. He was posthumously awarded the title of Young Master, nicknamed "Wu'an". In the third year of Chunxi (1176), he was posthumously named King Fu and ranked as one of the seven kings.
3. Wu Lan
A famous general in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, the younger brother of Wu Jue, the envoy of Sichuan Xuanfu. He was good at riding and shooting, and followed Wu Jue to defend against Western Xia. In the second year of Jianyan (1128), he raised an army to resist Jin, and he was quite brave. In the first year of Shaoxing (1131), he participated in the battle of Jianqing Pass, with the most merits, awarded the monk the original command, defeated the Jin army, and awarded the deputy capital of the Jingyuan Road Mabu Army and the training envoy of the Kangzhou regiment. In the fourth year of Shaoxing, he participated in the battle of Xianren Pass, defeated the Jin army, and was promoted to the Dingguo Army Chengxuan Envoy, the Xihe Langu Road Pacification Envoy, and the Zhixi Prefecture.
In the tenth year of Shaoxing (1140), he once again resisted the southern invasion of the Jin army, and worshiped the envoy of the western army of the town. After the signing of the "Shaoxing Peace Conference", he was ordered to guard Xingzhou and became one of the three major marshals of the Southern Song Dynasty, Sichuan, and Shaanxi. In the thirty-first year of Shaoxing (1161), when Emperor Jin Wanyan Liang invaded the Song Dynasty, he served as the envoy of Sichuan Xuanfu, resisted the enemy with illness, and had a long-term confrontation with the marshal of the West Road of the Jin Kingdom, Tushan Kening, and each other won and lost, and after the signing of the "Longxing Peace Conference", he retreated to Sichuan. In the first year of the main road (1165), worship Taifu, King Xin'an County, and Xingyuan Yin. In the third year of the main road (1167), Wu Lan died of illness at the age of sixty-six, and was given the title of Taishi and King Xin, nicknamed "Wushun", and ranked one of the seven kings of the Southern Song Dynasty.
2. Liu Qi
Liu Qi fought with his father since he was a child, and Song Huizong was the only waiter for the gate. After the establishment of the Southern Song Dynasty, he was awarded the title of the protector of Longyou, and defeated the Western Xia many times, which was quite prestigious. After that, he was promoted by the famous minister Zhang Jun and participated in the Battle of Fuping.
In the tenth year of Shaoxing (1140), in the battle of Shunchang, the Jin general Wanyan Zongbi army was broken, and Liu Qi led about 20,000 people of the "eight-character army" and the army and people of the whole city and the main force of more than 100,000 Jin army led by Jin Wushu personally fought a decisive battle, broke the Jin army, and then sent troops to assist Yue Fei's northern expedition.
1. Han Shizhong
Han Shizhong (1089-1151), a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty, was known as the "Four Generals of Zhongxing" together with Yue Fei, Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi.
Han Shizhong is burly and brave. He was born in a poor family, practiced martial arts since he was a child, was addicted to alcohol, and advocated moderation and righteousness. At the age of 18, he enlisted in the army and began his military career. In the army, he was brave and strategic, and made great contributions to the Song Dynasty in the wars against the Western Xia and Jin, and also made significant contributions to quelling rebellions in various places.
Battle of Huangtiandang: In March 1130 (the fourth year of Jianyan), the Jin army, led by Wanyan Zongbi, invaded Jiankang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu) in the Southern Song Dynasty. By this time, the Southern Song Dynasty had fled south to Mingzhou (present-day Ningbo). At the same time as the Jin army attacked Jiankang, Han Shizhong led the army from Zhenjiang to lead the boat division up the river, wanting to cut off the return route of the Jin army. When the Jin army saw that the Song army was coming to intercept it, they preemptively occupied the favorable terrain with the intention of blocking the Song army.
Seeing this, Han Shizhong ordered the navy to attack in two directions, personally leading one team to attack from the front, and the other team to attack from the side. After a fierce battle, the Song army successfully forced the Jin army into a treacherous water area - Huang Tiandang. Huang Tiandang was a narrow river, and the ships of the Jin army could not pass smoothly.
In the ensuing battle, the Song army used the old channel of the Lao Stork River to create a large canal connecting the mouth of the river, so that the Jin army could not escape. The Jin army was trapped in Huang Tiandang for 48 days, during which time several unsuccessful attempts to break out.
The Battle of Huang Tiandang was an important battle between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty. In this battle, the Song army led by Han Shizhong succeeded in forcing the Jin army into treacherous waters and finally defeated it. This battle was of great significance to the Southern Song court, as it demonstrated the strength and courage of the Southern Song army, and at the same time inspired the confidence of the Southern Song people to resist the Jin.
Battle of Dayi: It was an ambush battle in the tenth lunar month of the fourth year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1134), in the Song-Jin War, the Song army defeated the Jin and Puppet Qi allied forces in the area of Dayi Town (now northwest of Yangzhou, Jiangsu). This battle is also considered to be one of the thirteen military exploits of the Southern Song Dynasty.
In this battle, the Jin army commander Wushu and the Jin general Nie Erxiao Jin led the Jin army, united with the army of Liu Yu of the puppet Qi, known as the army of 500,000, and attacked the Song Dynasty in the south and attacked Huainan. Han Shizhong personally led the cavalry to garrison Tun Dayi Town to meet the Jin cavalry. After a fierce battle, the Song army successfully defeated the combined forces of Jin and Puppet Qi.
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