It is said that the great battle of Song and Jin lasted for more than three months, and the history is called the Battle of Huaixi. In this battle, the Song army won first and then lost, first defeating the Jin people at Gargao, but the Jin people and horses army withdrew quickly, and the damage was not very heavy. Later, in Haozhou, the Song army was defeated by the Jin army, and the Song army infantry was slaughtered by the Jin people's iron horses, and 60,000 people were damaged. In this battle, Han Shizhong led the army to participate in the battle, but returned without success. Yue Fei also led the army to participate in the battle, and even ran in the air. However, Yue Fei sent troops to rescue Huaixi, but it buried him with endless disasters. Later, Qin Ju and others collected evidence of Yue Fei's crimes and talked about the Battle of Huaixi. The Battle of Huaixi, although not a long time, the two sides did not send much troops, only for a local campaign, but the impact was far-reaching, but the Song history was brushed on and did not elaborate. It is obvious that Qin Ju and others have falsely accused Yue Fei, deleted historical facts, and confused the world. It was not until after Emperor Xiaozong ascended the throne that Yue Fei Zhaoxue, Yue Fei's grandson, and Yue Lin's son Yue Ke (岳珂), demanded from the Song court the edicts and imperial edicts that Emperor Gaozong had issued to Yue Fei during the Battle of Huaixi, and sorted them out one by one on time and day to restore the truth. Ranked, Shaoxing eleven years of this Battle of Huaixi, Yue Fei sent troops to rescue, Guan Jian is a time, distance, place, if you do not talk about it again, I am afraid that the rank will not be understood. After it is clearly explained, the column can understand what is "wanting to add sin, and there is no excuse for it".
Saying that Yue Fei withdrew his army and returned to Xiang'e, Wu Shu sighed: "Today's southern army, its courage and sharpness is our army in the past; today's our army, its cowardice is the southern army of the past." Although he sighed, the twelve golden tablets forced Yue Fei to withdraw his troops, and He Mo entered Beijing to seek peace, which also convinced Wu Shu that fearing war and seeking peace was the mainstream idea of the Song court. No matter how much Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Liu Kun fought to the death, it was difficult to change the Song court's policy of being ready to seek peace at any time. Although the army was defeated this time, it did not hurt the vitality of the Jin Kingdom, but let Wushu take the land of Henan and eliminate the internal troubles in Hebei. Wushu proposed peace conditions, but the Song court refused to agree, so Wushu decided to launch another campaign against the Song state, even if the battle results were unfavorable to Jin, but also to form pressure on the Song monarchs and subjects, in order to take the initiative in the negotiation of peace.
Wushu listened to Li Qiong's suggestion and decided to send troops to Huaixi. Ha Mixuan also agreed, saying: "Huaixi Xuanfu made Zhang Jun, a straw bag, and as soon as our army moved, it would shake the Southern Dynasty." Zhao Zhuo also knew that Zhang Jun was incompetent, and he would send Yang Yanzhong, Liu Qi, Han Shizhong, and Yue Fei to rescue him. Our army and horse army, advancing and retreating rapidly, seized the fighter plane and annihilated Zhang Jun's army first. If he can take advantage of the situation to cross the river, it is very good; if not, withdraw to Huaibei, tell him all the Song troops, tired of running for his life, call that Zhao Shuo, no peace. In this way, when we negotiate peace again, we have the upper hand. If Zhao Shuo still refused to be soft, our army would go again after resting, repeatedly attacking and harassing him in Huaidian, dragging him south to exhaustion. "Wushu then gathered a large army of 90,000 and invaded Huaixi.
Although Yue Fei was depressed for a while in Ezhou, Emperor Gaozong turned to him about Lu Wenlong's affairs, issued an edict reprimanding Zhang Zongyuan, dismissed him from his post as a supervisor of the army, rushed to Lingnan to serve as an idle official, and did not send any more people to Yue Fei's army. Yue Fei always remembered the four words in his heart, "Jing Zhong, Serve the Country", and he lifted his spirits again and took care of affairs. Yue Fei expected that Wushu would not stop the army, and had always attracted attention to the movement of the Jin army, as early as before Wushu sent troops, Yue Fei had received spy reports that Wushu was preparing to cross huaihuai to the south, and it was very likely to attack the important town of Shouchun in western Huaixi first. Yue Fei worked out a set of strategies to resist the Jin army overnight and reported it to the imperial court, and this "Beggar Commanders Breaking the Enemy Song" was held by Qin Ju and there was no reply.
On the tenth day of the first month, Emperor Gaozong ordered Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Liu Kun to strengthen their garrisons, and only ordered Yue Fei to reorganize his armaments and did not issue him with combat tasks. Yue Fei did not know why there was no echo from the previously played table, but he went to the table again and requested to send troops. Yue Fei proposed the strategy of "encircling Wei and saving Zhao", that is, taking advantage of the Fact that the Jin army invaded Huaixi and the old nest was empty, he led thousands of miles to attack Luoyang and Beijing, which could not only relieve the siege of Huaixi, but also take advantage of the fact that when the Jin army retreated, Zhang Jun pursued, Yue Fei intercepted, and took the opportunity to surround and annihilate the Jin army and retake Henan. Yue Fei ordered the table to be delivered to Lin'an urgently. Ezhou is 2150 Song Li (about 1140 kilometers) away from Lin'an, and it is 400 Song Li per day according to the urgent report, and it can reach Lin'an on about five or six days. After Yue Fei waited for the urgent report to leave, he calmed down, thinking that Emperor Gaozong would probably not allow him to enter Henan. After thinking about it for a while, he sent another table and proposed a more secure and easily acceptable plan for Emperor Gaozong, which was to lead the army to Huaixi, but not from Jiangzhou to Huaixi. Therefore, the route is well known to the world and is easy to be intercepted by the Jin Army. Yue Fei suggested diverting the route to Huangzhou (Huanggang, Hubei) and Puzhou (蕲州, Inc. Puchun, Hubei), and then going deeper, so that he could unexpectedly go around to the rear of the Jin army, and attack the Jin army from north to south with the various armies in Huaixi, destroying the Jin people between Huaidian.
After Yue Fei waited for the table to be issued, he asked Huang Qinian, Wang Zuo, Zhang Xian, and Wang Gui to come over for consultation and inform everyone of the strategy he was thinking about and the matter of the above table. Huang Qinian said, "Marshal, the "Beggars and Commanders Breaking the Enemy" that you first went to was like a mud cow like a sea, which showed that the imperial court snubbed you. Even this time the imperial court issued an edict, which only allowed me to fight with armaments, and there was no task, so why did the marshal take the initiative to ask for war? Moreover, on the front line of Huaixi, Zhang Jun's soldiers and horses were 80,000, Yang Yanzhong and Liu Kun could all enter Huai to reinforce, and Han Shizhong could also respond to the side, and there were far more military horses than the Jin people. The marshal asked for battle, but Zhang Jun was jealous, thinking that the marshal wanted to rob him of the credit. ”
Wang Zuo said, "Whether to grab the merit or not, or two words, everything should be determined by the situation in Huaixi." In my opinion, Zhang Jun, Yang Yanzhong, and Liu Kun each held an army and each had their own ideas. Zhang Jun is high and should be dispatched by him. But That Zhang Junyi was the opponent of Jin Wushu, and sooner or later he would have to send reinforcements from our army. But this time the marshal can no longer be willful, and the imperial court will arrange how to do it, and we will do it. The marshal wanted to "encircle Wei and save Zhao", and I am afraid that Shengshang was thinking of "falling in Jiangnan". If Zhang Jun is lost, the imperial court will only let me wait to rush to the rescue, and I have already panicked, and even the marshal will go to fetch Bian and Luo. The last time we were forced to withdraw our troops from Beijing, it was again urged by gold signs, and it was also a shortage of grain and ordnance. The imperial court only wants a peace, and even if there is an enterprising spirit. Zhang Xian and Wang Gui both said that Wang Zuo's words were reasonable, and he asked Yue Fei not to act rashly.
Yue Fei said, "This time I have also made up my mind, please be on standby in everything, and do everything according to the will." ”
Wang Zuo said, "The marshal is right when he has this idea." The marshal obeyed everything orders, and the imperial court had peace of mind. As for winning or losing, it was either my negativity, or the adult who said, "He is a fish worm, so let him be a fish worm and do what I do." Now the marshal should also understand some things, the imperial court wants to fight, but also a helpless battle, the war is not to make progress, just to kneel more decently. Could it be that the officers and men of our army went naked to block the Iron Floating Massacre so that they could kneel decently? I don't have to kneel, but whoever nods his head, the golden people there, can be more decent than them. ”
Huang Qinian said, "Wang Zuo, this statement is too much. ”
Zhang Xian and Wang Gui said: "Big brother, the morale in the army is low at present, and many brothers don't want to do it. Although you have talked with all the commanders and generals in the army, I think you still have your own ideas. The eldest brother should still listen to Wang Zuo this time, don't make a thankless fuss again. ”
On the 29th day of the first month, the Jin army had reached the boundaries of Wuwei Army, He County, Chao County, quanjiao and other places. Emperor Gaozong ordered Yang To leave Lin'an and go north to join forces with Zhang Jun and Liu Kui to resist the enemy, and ordered Han Shizhong to send troops to Chu Prefecture to take care of him. He specially sent Yuzha to Yue Fei, and did not hesitate to praise the words: "Qing Zhongzhi crowns the world, and the success of breaking the enemy must be Qing." The report of the morning and evening waiting for the secretary of the master. "Ordered Yue Fei to send troops at night to Jiangzhou (Jiujiang) to find an opportunity to break the enemy."
In February and March, the military information of Luzhou's loss reached Lin'an, and Emperor Gaozong sent a second imperial letter to Yue Fei, informing him that the Jin army was already in Luzhou and that Zhang Jun, Yang Yanzhong, and Liu Kun were fighting with the enemy. He praised Yue Fei's good plan after the troops from Huang and Pu entered the army to bypass the Jin army, and urged Yue Fei to send troops quickly.
On February 5, Emperor Gaozong's first imperial seal reached Ezhou. Wang Zuo smiled: "We, the Heavenly Son, are willing to say anything good whenever we want to say good things, but once we don't use them, turning our faces is faster than turning over a book." Jin Jun arrived at the Yangtze River in less than a month, and I wonder what Zhang Jun was busy with this month? The imperial court now only urged the marshal to send troops to Jiangzhou, and even if he cared about what encircled Wei to save Zhao, what bypassed Huang and Puyou. I was afraid that the marshal would be late, and Jin Wushu would search the mountains and the sea again. ”
Yue Fei said, "The military situation is urgent, and jokes are not allowed." "Urgently, orders to send troops.
Wang Zuo stopped and said, "At this time, the military situation is unknown, and it is inappropriate for the marshal to rush to Jiangzhou with troops." Moreover, the marshal has already asked for a detour around the yellow and the pu, and will wait a few days to see if there is any change in the imperial court. ”
Yue Fei said, "Wang Zuo, you also agree with this battle to be carried out according to the will." The Holy Emperor has arrived, and I will raise an army to go to Jiangzhou, how to delay. ”
Wang Zuo said, "Marshal, how many people in the imperial court know how to fight?" Send our army to Jiangzhou, and where will it go when it gets to Jiangzhou? Where is the food and grass supplied? When our army entered Huaixi, did they listen to Zhang Jun? Or is it waiting for the army? There was no arrangement for everything, and the marshal was snubbed for several months, and he said a word of praise without a head, and then he urged the army to march? If the marshal might as well play the strategy of entering Luo and Bian again, or if the imperial court changes its mind, our army will not have to go to Huaixi to join in the fun, so as not to provoke people to be jealous. ”
When Yue Fei heard Wang Zuoyi say it, he also felt that he was undecided. It is a repetition of the strategy of the soldiers entering Luo and Bian again. Yue Fei was still on his way to Lin'an, but the second imperial seal sent to Yue Fei by Emperor Gaozong on February 3 arrived in Ezhou.
On February 9, Emperor Gaozong's second imperial residence arrived. Informing Yue Fei that the Song and Jin armies were at Luzhou, Emperor Gaozong agreed that Yue Fei would advance from Huang and Pu and go around to the back of the Jin army and attack the Jin army with Zhang Jun, Yang Yanzhong, and Liu Kun. Yue Fei was overjoyed, anxious to go to the table, and was scheduled to send troops to Huang and Pu on February 11. At that time, Yue Fei was suffering from wind and cold, coughing incessantly, and he could not take much care of it anymore, so he decided that he and Yue Yun would lead the eight-thousand-back crest army and horse army first, followed by the 10,000-back crest infantry, and Zhang Xian, Pang Rong, Dong Xian, Yao Zheng, and Zhao Bingyuan would each lead the front army, the right army, You Yi, the Tread Path, and the Shengjie horse infantry. The remaining six armies, commanded by Wang Gui and Niu Gao, were on standby at De'an Province and the Xinyang Army, with Yang Qin leading the water army to patrol the River, leaving Zhao Bingyuan to garrison Ezhou with su He, the sixth general of the Victorious Army.
On February 11, Yue Fei sent out troops, personally leading the 18,000 horse infantry of the Wei army to march 180 Song Li a day, and stopped in Huangzhou (Huanggang, Hubei) that night, that is, to play to Lin'an, informing the troops to huangzhou, preparing to meet the situation at the border of Shu and Puzhou, and asking Zhang Jun for the date of the defense, so as to determine the end of the army.
On February 14, Emperor Gaozong's third imperial palace arrived again, informing Zhang, Yang, and Liu that they were fighting with the Jin army, so Yue Fei quickly raised troops from Huangzhou to Shouchun, and after leaving the enemy, joined forces with the various armies to attack the Jin army. He also informed that the military grain had been transported to the rivers and ponds, and that Yue Fei's army could contact the grain officials to obtain grain when they entered Zhuanxi.
Wang Zuo asked, "On the eleventh day, I only went to Huangzhou to play the army, so why did the imperial army arrive again and ask our army to go to Shouchun?" ”
Yue Fei said, "It will take twelve days for me to travel back and forth with Lin'an here, and this imperial seal was only sent before." I reckon that the Saint sent imperial seals to the armies every day, and commanded them from afar. Letting our army go to Shouchun is only the ultimate goal, not to let me go directly to Shouchun. ”
Huang Qinian said, "Wang Zuo, I have been fighting like this since Emperor Taizong, and Tianzi and a group of civilian ministers in charge of the army are in the midst of the curtain, relying on the map to command the front line; the front-line warriors will either advance or retreat, or fight or defend." This time, we will fight according to the old rules, and the imperial court will be at ease, and only then will we know that we are obedient. ”
Yue Fei immediately led his army and rushed to Shuzhou (Anhui Qianshan, Tongcheng, Anqing).
On February 18, Zhang Jun, Yang Yanzhong, Liu Qi, Wang De, and the Jin army fought at Gargao and defeated the Jin army. On the fourteenth day, Yue Fei received Yuzha and set out from Puzhou. From Huangzhou to Puzhou 310 Song Li, Yue Fei arrived in Huangzhou on the evening of the eleventh, rested for a while and then marched urgently, and arrived in Puzhou on the fourteenth. In Puzhou, he received the third Yuzha and rushed to Shuzhou. The distance between The two places is 380 song li, this section can no longer be rushed to march, because it may encounter the enemy, it is necessary to maintain the physical strength and formation of people and horses, and during the march, it is necessary to wait for the treading path and the tour to constantly report on the situation, and people eat dry food, and the horses eat in the wild, and the march is slower.
On February 20, the sixth day of the calendar, Yue Fei rushed to Shuzhou.
On February 23, Yue Fei traveled north to Shucheng, a small city in northern Shuzhou. The Gargao Victory Report was also sent to Lin'an on the same day. The Jin army had retreated, and Luzhou was already an empty city. Yue Fei immediately sent his subordinate officials to Luzhou to contact Zhang Jun.
On the evening of February 24, Zhang Jun's reply to Yue Fei's letter was sent back to Shucheng, saying that the Jin army had crossed the river to the north and returned to Luzhou, luzhou was empty, and there was a lack of food, so yue fei did not have to lead the army to Luzhou. Wang Zuo said, "Marshal, Zhang Jun has defeated jin ren, and he no longer wants us to share his credit in the past." Our army has run out of grain, and shucheng has gone down to the county with thousands of households, and it will not be able to raise much grain and grass. Our army should rush to Chizhou for grain. Shucheng is more than 300 miles from Chizhou via Tongcheng, and can be reached in three or four days. And Chizhou is 900 miles away from Lin'an, and the urgent report can be reached in two days, which is convenient for contact with the imperial court. ”
On February 25, Yue Fei left Shucheng for Chizhou and reported to Lin'an, "When the subject arrived in Shucheng on the twenty-third day, he sent a note from a subordinate official to Zhang Jun, and Zhang Jun's return to the subjects had already crossed the border and there was little grain in the future, so the minister had now gone to Chizhou to receive grain in order to obey the will of the imperial court." The minister is expected to care for Huaidian, Zhang Jun, etc. are enough to do it, and the minister is also optimistic about its success. ”
On February 26, Emperor Gaozong gave Liu Guangshi, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, Yue Fei, Yang Yanzhong, and Liu Kun an edict, praising them with the words "The book of Victory is tired, the army is loud, and gai has not had the grandeur of today since the rejuvenation of the army", and also abstained from "still thinking about the fight of the trapped beasts, and ensuring the preservation of merit".
On March 3, Han Shizhong reported to Lin'an, and on March 3, his army sent an army to Chuzhou, and the boat division went up to Huaihuai and rushed to Shouchun via Haozhou.
On March 4, Yue Fei again received Emperor Gaozong's imperial message, saying that he had heard that the Jin people had crossed Huaihuai, and Yue Fei went north to meet Zhang Jun, leading Yang Yanzhong and Liu Kun to Kefu Shouchun. Yue Fei immediately returned to Shucheng, went north to meet him, and obeyed the command of the imperial court in everything. On that day, the Jin people surrounded Haozhou.
On March 10, Yue Fei had once again rushed to Shucheng, and received a message from Emperor Gaozong that Han Shizhong had rushed to Shouchun via Haozhou, asking Yue Fei to contact Han Shizhong and work together to take the initiative from Changzhuo to Anhuaixi. Yue Fei immediately replied to Emperor Gaozong and raised an army to Rush to Luzhou to cooperate with Zhang Jun or Han Shizhong.
On March 13, Yue Fei arrived in Luzhou, and Wen Zhang Jun and others suffered a crushing defeat in Haozhou and had been defeated one after another. Yue Fei went up to the imperial court to set the advance. Receiving the eight-hundred-mile expedited imperial edict from Emperor Gaozong on March 10, he informed Yue Fei that Wushu had re-peeked into Haozhou, and Zhang Jun and others had already led the army to rush to Luzhou, ordering Yue Fei to rush to Luzhou, transport grain and grass, and also transport it to Luzhou, asking Yue Fei to shield the river, judge the situation, and then try Shouchun. Yue Fei held Yuzha silently in his hand. Because Zhang Jun had already defeated Haozhou, it was obvious that Emperor Gaozong had not yet received the report of defeat.
From March 13 to 17, Yue Fei received Emperor Gaozong's imperial edict every day, and for one day, he was still informing him of military information and asking him to rush to Haozhou for reinforcements. Yue Fei had arrived in Dingyuan, south of Haozhou, on March 17. By the eighteenth day, Liu Kun finally returned to Taiping Prefecture, and Zhang Jun, Yang Yanzhong, and Han Shizhong had already retreated to the Yangtze River.
Yue Fei was in Dingyuan, the Jin army had already returned from Huaibei, and Zhang, Yang, Liu, and Han had also retreated. Yue Fei held Emperor Gaozong's thirteenth imperial seal in his hand, wanting to cry without tears. He had never been so embarrassed since he had led the army alone, and he had not fought a single battle, but had only wandered all over the land, rushed to the road, and searched for food all over the place. Yue Fei did not feel a sharp rise in evil qi, and scolded loudly: "The country is not good, and the official family does not cultivate morality." Pointing at Zhang Xian, he said, "Like Zhang Jun's soldiers and horses, you can take 10,000 people and you can step on it!" He also pointed to Dong Xian and said, "Like Han Jiajun, you can step on it without ten thousand people!" "All his life, Yue Fei has always been cautious, and it is rare for him to speak so vainly and lose his attitude. Forced to withdraw from the Northern Expedition, the anger was depressed. This time, in the face of such a childlike defeat, he could not bear it and did not feel the outbreak.
Wang Zuo advised, "Marshal, there is no need to be so angry. This time, our army acted according to the orders of the imperial court, and all of them had the Holy Emperor's Imperial Seal as evidence. The sin of defeating the army has nothing to do with the marshal. When I looked at the dozens of imperial seals, Marshal Dozan obeyed discipline, obeyed orders, and did not act rashly, so it can be seen that what the Saint cares most about is that the marshal obeys. The Saint Shang and the imperial court had never gone through the battle front, thinking that fighting a war was a strategy, a martial art, that is, they were behind them, doing the work according to the map, and issuing orders. Even if this is a strategic plan, the front can be decisively won. It's ridiculous. The marshal still reported the situation here first, and asked the imperial court to stop our army. It was expected that Zhang Jun's retribution had already arrived in Lin'an, and he didn't know how to push the imperial responsibility again. ”
Sure enough, as Wang Zuo expected, Zhang Jun put the responsibility for the defeat on Liu Kun and Yue Fei, saying that Liu Kui was "ineffective in combat" and yue Fei "could not stay and advance." Although Emperor Gaozong knew this, he did not punish Zhang Jun and Yang Yanzhong, nor did he rebuke Yue Fei and Liu Kun. The Battle of Huaixi was hastily concluded, and he was already contemplating the matter of discussing peace and stripping the military commanders of various armies.
Although Wushu took advantage of the Battle of Huaixi, he also knew that it was no longer feasible to destroy the Song state by force, and Xitu took advantage of Huaixi's victory to gain the upper hand in the negotiation of peace; Because of the defeat of the Huaixi army, Emperor Gaozong became more and more "afraid of gold", only afraid of this long-term dispute, more and more uneasy, and the heart of peace was stronger, so he made up his mind of "condescending to himself and discussing peace". The envoys of the two sides exchanged endlessly, and the discussion and peace were once again closely unfolded.
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