One Piece of Song Dynasty

Liu Yu, the prefect of Jinan, Shandong, surrendered the city without any resistance. Of course, Zhao Yi rescued Guan Sheng and his family before Liu Yu surrendered. After Liu Yu surrendered, the Jin army handed over all the occupied areas of the Central Plains south of the Yellow River to Liu Yu. , the soldiers continued to advance southward rapidly, conquering important towns in the Central Plains of the Southern Song Dynasty and heading straight to the Huaihe River. The military pressure on Yangzhou suddenly increased.

In this dangerous situation, Zhao Gou led Zhang Jun, Lu Yihao, Zhu Shengfei, Huang Qianshan and other ministers to drive across the Huaihe River, visit the front line of the anti-golden war, inspect the river waterproofing army, and personally deploy the battle plan: Han Shizhong stationed the Huaiyang Army to form the third A line of defense prevented the Jin army from crossing the Huaihe River; Liu Guangshi, because he had just defeated the rebel Li Cheng, inspected the school's young masters and garrisoned troops in Xuyi, building a second line of defense on the south bank of the Huaihe River; Wang Yuan, Zhang Jun and other troops guarded Yangzhou. Build the third line of defense to defend Yangzhou.

Zhang Jun proposed that the conflict of insufficient military pay was imminent and must be resolved immediately. Zhao Gou asked everyone for advice. Lu Yihao took the opportunity to once again propose the restoration of money production: "If you want the soldiers to use their lives, you must increase military pay. Please allow your majesty to agree to print more money and resume the production of money. Otherwise, I will only be a clever woman who cannot make a meal without rice."

Zhao Gou was conflicted about increasing the taxes on the people, so he had no choice but to ignore him and asked Kang Lu to inform Miao Fu to escort the Queen Mother to Hangzhou temporarily.

Seeing Kang Lu nodding and leaving, Lu Yihao urged again: "It's urgent and there is no other way but to restore the economy and make money. Please make a decision, your majesty."

Zhao Gou knew that Lu Yihao was a good man in collecting money, and was afraid that he would go too far, so he had no choice but to promote Zhu Shengfei to the Minister of Secretariat, and asked Zhu Shengfei to work with him to specialize in money introduction and additional management of money. This move opened the door for the Southern Song Dynasty to repeatedly increase taxes in the future.

Tokyo, which had become an isolated island, was now in panic. By the middle of the first month of the third year of Jianyan, Du Chong, who was left behind in Tokyo, had obtained evidence of collusion between bandits such as Wang Shan, Zhang Yong, and Li Cheng, and had to make up his mind to clean up the house. Yue Fei first showed his talents in this battle, like a divine help, and he officially entered the stage of history.

At that time, the soldiers and horses left behind in Tokyo were inferior in numbers and could only be outmaneuvered, not attacked by force. So Du Chong ordered Chen Que, Yue Fei, Liu Jing, Li Bao, as well as the newly recruited thieves general Li Qiong and other left-behind commanders. The general took advantage of the darkness and led his troops out of the city through Nanxunmen to attack Zhang Yong's camp. As soon as the troops came out of Nanxun Gate, they suddenly saw countless lights and torches on the opposite side, illuminating the outside of Nanxun Gate as bright as day. Zhang Yong and Wang Shan's hundreds of thousands of troops were already waiting in formation. Du Chong knew that the plan had been exposed, so he took up the position and shouted loudly: "Zhang Yong, Wang Shan and the giant thief Li Cheng colluded to rebel. Who dares to fight?"

Saiguan Suo Li Bao responded and rushed out with his army to charge towards the enemy's formation. Li Bao rushed over, but in less than a turn, he was thrown off his horse by the traitor Zhang Yong and captured. Li Bao's team collapsed instantly. The rebels immediately counterattacked with fierce momentum and approached step by step. When Du Chong saw the generals around him looking at each other, he couldn't help but panic: "Who else dares to fight?"

"Stay back and watch Yue Fei defeat the enemy." Just as Yue Fei was about to move forward, the commander Liu Jing, who had a good relationship with him, grabbed Yue Fei and said, "There are more than rebels, and your troops only have troops. If you rush forward rashly, isn't it right?" "Strike an egg against a stone"

Yue Fei broke away from Liu Jing, showed no fear, and led his two thousand men to rush forward, rushing towards the enemy's weakest formation. Yue Fei took the lead, with Pegasus rushing at the front. As he rushed forward, he opened his bow and fired arrows left and right, constantly shooting the rebels who were blocking him.

Du Chong, Liu Jing, Chen Que and others watched the enemy formation attentively, and saw Yue Fei rushing toward a rebel general on the other side with a gun. The rebel general and Yue Fei clashed. After the two horses crossed each other, they turned around and ran. As they ran, they suddenly saw a spear on their shoulders. They turned around quickly and saw that Yue Fei behind him had put the spear on his shoulders. This is Yue Fei's most classic and famous move. The opponent was immediately stunned. Yue Fei took the opportunity to stab the traitor in the throat with a spear, immediately piercing the enemy's throat and knocking the traitor off his horse. Yue Fei raised his horse and circled, shouting loudly: "Yue Fei, those who obey me will live, and those who go against me will perish."

Zhang Yong and Wang Shan's men hurriedly pulled back the rebel general's corpse, and saw that the transparent hole in the throat of the corpse was so big that it seemed as if a speeding carriage could pass through. The rebel team stopped in horror, and their formation began to become disordered. Seeing that the enemy was timid, Yue Fei seized the opportunity to take the lead and led Zhang Xian and other two thousand men to rush towards the opponent's most chaotic formation. Chen Que and Liu Jing also hurriedly waved their flags and led the troops to follow Yue Fei. The rebels then retreated, their defeat was like a mountain falling, and they were in an unstoppable rout. Du Chong became proud again and valued Yue Fei more and more.

Du Chong dug up the Yellow River and defeated the rebels, and Kaifeng escaped another disaster.

In the first month of the third year of Jianyan's reign, the Jindong Route Army, under the command of Wu Shu, directed its troops towards Jiangsu. Shuyang, guarded by Han Shizhong, soon fell. He himself was hit by two arrows and his fingers were cut off in two. Covered in blood, he led the defeated soldiers in an embarrassing retreat to Yancheng.

After Wu Shu broke through Han Shizhong's first line of defense, he took advantage of the opportunity to cross the Huaihe River and went straight to Xuyi, the second line of defense guarded by Liu Guangshi. Unexpectedly, Liu Guangshi himself was commanding the Tianchang Army two hundred miles south of Xuyi. Remote control away from the front line is a very common phenomenon among senior generals of the Song Army, and it is also called "prudent". As a result, the Jin army had not yet crossed the Huaihe River, and Liu Guangshi's army stationed in Xuyi dispersed without even seeing the shadow of the Jin army. The defeated troops on the front line retreated to Tianchang, dragging Liu Guangshi all the way back to Yangzhou, leaving behind a large area of ​​Huainan land, quietly waiting for the Jin army to come and trample on it.

Tianchang is less than a hundred miles away from Yangzhou. After Wushu captured Tianchang's army and saw how smoothly the advance was going, he couldn't help but have delusional thoughts. He personally selected five thousand elite cavalry and made a long-distance attack on Yangzhou, hoping to capture Zhao Gou alive with a blitzkrieg.

It was not until the night of the first day of February in the third year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty that Zhao Gou received intelligence reports that Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi had defeated their troops.

Wu Shaofen suggested: "Your Majesty, it's better to leave quickly."

Zhao Gou sighed: "Han Shizhong was defeated, even if his skills were inferior to others, how could Liu Guangshi be defeated without even seeing the shadow of the Jin Army?"

"Your Majesty asked Liu Guangshi to garrison Xuyi, but he dared to go to Tianchang garrison 200 miles away," Shaofen said angrily. Gillian on the side also fussed and said: "7 yuan is just money to feed the pigs."

"Let's not talk about those things. The Jin soldiers are very close to Yangzhou. If your Majesty doesn't leave, it may be too late." Shaofen urged again. Zhao Gou comforted her and said: "Huang Qianshan said that Wang Yuan has loaded the documents, money and silk on thousands of ships, and I can board the ships at any time and go south to Jiangning."

"How dare you listen to Huang Qianshan? I'm afraid I won't even be able to put on my pants." Wu Shaofen curled her lips. Zhao Gou said dissatisfied: "Shaofen, you are good at everything, but you like to participate in politics. Tomorrow I will order General Liu Zhengyan to escort the harem to Hangzhou, and you will go with him."

Wu Shaofen said angrily: "Whoever the harem likes will leave, but Shaofen won't leave anyway."

Zhao Gou couldn't write and said: "I will leave tomorrow. I will issue an edict now, and the soldiers and the people will avoid the troops."