One Piece of Song Dynasty

When the ancients were promoted, they had to resign to the court three times to show humility. Yue Fei was no exception. He had submitted his resignation letter to Shangshu Province three times before, but the court refused to do so. As a result, the official appointment of the envoy of Tongtai Town was not announced until July. After hearing the news, Zhang Yuanwai of Taihu Taoxiyuan in Yixing immediately held a banquet and invited Yue Fei, his mother, daughter-in-law and major generals to congratulate Yue Fei on his promotion.

"The governor of Tongtai Town is also a prince after all. From now on, the east of Yangzhou will be our territory. This big fat guy." Before Yao Da could finish, he was interrupted by Yue Fei: "What did my uncle say? The governor of Tongtai Town can only defend the north of the Yangtze River." For a moment, I’m not going to be a military thief, so what’s the use of having territory?”

"General Yue has lofty ambitions and is very comparable to others. However, Tongzhou and Taizhou are located at the strategic point in the north of the Yangtze River and are close to Haikou. They are of great strategic significance. They are also the land of plenty. The governor can collect the wealth of Tongzhou and Taizhou and recruit troops on his own for the future. Lay the foundation." Li Ruoxu took a longer view and was more practical.

"My nephew has to take his uncle with him when he takes office. He is always jumping around in Zhang Zhu all day long. Wouldn't it be exhausting?" Yao Da shouted. The mother-in-law was puzzled: "It's not like you're playing monkey, who wants you to jump around all day?"

"Who else can ask me to dance besides my good nephew who wears dozens of kilograms of armor and jumps up from the ditch all day long? Who can bear this?" Yao Da comically imitated the training scene, making Li Wa laugh: "Mr. Why do you have to wait for your uncle to jump into ditches every day?”

Yue Fei was too lazy to speak and tried his best to control his dislike for Yao Da. Li Ruoxu explained: "This is a training specifically for the Jin cavalry. The Jin soldiers are tall and powerful, while our army is mainly infantry and short. If we want to defeat the Jin army, we must be able to rise up and attack."

"My son is not only thinking about suppressing the rebellion in front of him, but also thinking about how to fight against the Jin in the future. If you are ambitious Yue Fei, my mother will have a drink with you." Mother-in-law nodded and raised her glass. Yue Fei stood up and drank wine and said: "There is nothing better than knowing a son like a mother. In the future, I will kill the golden thief, recover the lost territory, and welcome back the two saints. This will fulfill Yue Fei's lifelong ambition."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was infected and couldn't help but feel proud. Yue Fei raised his head and saw the white wall, and said to Zhang Yuanwai: "Uncle Zhang, I want to use this white wall to do graffiti. Can I borrow some pen and ink?"

Zhang Danian couldn't get what he asked for, so he ordered people to bring him pen and ink. Li Wa didn't know that Yue Fei still had the talent for writing and writing, so she looked at him with admiration. I saw Yue Fei drinking another glass of wine, picking up his pen and thinking deeply, and then wrote:

Near the middle of the plains, the golden thieves are driving as if they are entering an uninhabited land. The generals are incompetent and not as strong as the Great Wall. I was angry at Heshuo and raised a brigade of lone troops to revive Yixing. Build a healthy city with one fell swoop. The thieves poured into the river, hurriedly guarding the night, and hated that the horse would not turn around. Now we are cultivating our troops and preparing them to be ready for the enemy. If the imperial court sees it and makes it complete, we will go deep into the prison court, bind the thief leader, slaughter all the barbarians in front of the bloody horse, welcome the two saints back to the capital, and take their homeland. Go to the edition again. Once this intention arises, heaven and earth will know it. He Shuo Yue Fei Shu.

Zhang Xian, Wang Gui and other generals had already understood Yue Fei's inner world, and they were even more awe-struck at this time. Zhang Danian raised his glass and made a toast: "General Yue has lofty ambitions and swallows up mountains and rivers. He is truly the Great Wall of the country. We have no words to express, so here's another toast."

Yue Fei toasted and thanked Zhang Yuanwai. Because he was leaving for Taizhou to take up his post tomorrow, he left the table early and all the generals also dispersed. Returning to the military camp, Yue Fei decided to go to Taizhou for inspection first to understand the situation. Zhang Xian took the entire army and tens of thousands of family members to pack their bags, and the entire army set off after he returned.

The situation in Taizhou is worse than Yue Fei imagined. Among its four subordinate counties, Xinghua and Taixing counties, which are the hometown of rice, have been transferred to Chengzhou and Yangzhou. The remaining barren Hailing County is destined to have no harvest this autumn due to frequent wars, and the harvest in Rugao County is not much better. Go, more than troops and more than of their families came to Taizhou. What to eat? It was almost late autumn. The soldiers were still wearing summer clothes. What to do with winter clothes? Yue Fei was full of questions and wrote separately to the court and Liu Guangshi asking for help. Only then Returned to Yixing on the th of the lunar month.

On the th of the month, Yue Fei led the entire army and his family members to depart for Taizhou to take up his post. On the nd, he arrived in Jiangyin, only to receive a military order on the th of the month ordering him to quickly rescue Chuzhou. Jiangyin is five hundred miles away from Chuzhou, and the infantry marches sixty miles a day. They should have reached Chuzhou before September. Yue Fei led his light cavalry across the river and arrived in Taizhou on the th of the month, where he stayed to wait for his group. As for the brigade and family members in charge of Wang Gui, it was said that due to the lack of ferries, it took seventeen days to arrive in Taizhou until September.

During the half month that Yue Fei was in Taizhou, he was busy moving and relocating, handling military affairs, and merging the original soldiers in Taizhou. He personally selected a hundred people with high martial arts skills to join his personal army. The purpose of doing so was not to create the impression that one was first come, first served and one favored the other in the army. This was Yue Fei's consistent style, but it was strongly dissatisfied by Fu Qing.

Fu Qingzao was so jealous that Wang Gui accepted Liu Jing's troops and became the commander, his eyes turned blue, and he felt that Yue Fei did not regard him as his brother. Now that I saw that I had done the most meritorious service, but in the end I got nothing, and the training was very difficult, so I gave up and quietly contacted Liu Guangshi's general Wang Dewang Yaksha, hoping to get the understanding of former commander Liu Guangshi and return to the army. Under Liu Guangshi's command. Unexpectedly, Zhang Xian found out about this, and Zhang Xian naturally reported it to Yue Fei.

Ever since he was promoted to be the envoy of Tong and Tai Town, Yue Fei has been deeply disgusted with Fu Qing's behavior of being indifferent to both big and small. Because this is not conducive to strict military discipline, he has long been deliberately alienating Fu Qing. According to common sense, it is human nature for Fu Qing to have the intention of leaving him and returning to his old commander Liu Guangshi. As the saying goes, everyone has his own ambitions, and this is just an idea. It has not been implemented yet. If it were someone else, he might have taken the initiative and invited Fu Qing to have a farewell drink. But Fu Qing's idea, which has not been implemented yet, hurts Yue Fei's self-esteem. In a word, he would never allow it.

Yue Fei remained calm. When Wang Gui arrived with his army and family members, he specially arranged a military parade at the Taizhou Military Field before setting off for the expedition. On that day, Yue Fei, Li Ruoxu and other counselors and counselors sat on a high platform, drinking wine and eating barbecue while watching the generals compete in archery. The generals came back from shooting arrows and stood on Yue Fei's left and right. The primary school came to report that General Fu Qing had shot one hundred and seventy steps, and none of the other generals had exceeded one hundred and fifty steps. Yue Fei praised Fu Qing loudly, and Fu Qing was feeling proud. Yue Fei immediately took out the gold belt of the war robe that he had prepared, handed it to Wang Gui and said: "This war robe and gold belt were given by the imperial court, and they are rewarded to you."

Wang Gui thanked him, and Fu Qing got angry as expected, reaching out to grab the shirt and gold belt: "Why should Wang Gui be rewarded? I am the first in archery, I have made the most meritorious service in the battle of Qingshui Pavilion, and I haven't seen any merit at all. This reward should be Be mine."

This was the moment Yue Fei had been waiting for. Seeing Fu Qing and Wang Guila fighting over each other, he got up and tore up his shirt angrily, smashed the gold belt and threw it into the fire. He said, "Fu Qing is brave and has no military discipline. Why don't you kill Fu Qing?" Fu Zhong pulled Fu Qing down and chopped him down."