Yue Fei s First Northern Expedition The only field master soldier in the Southern Song Dynasty came

This was not only the first Northern Expedition of the Southern Song Dynasty, but also the first Northern Expedition of Yue Fei. From the fourth year of Shaoxing to the eleventh year of Shaoxing, all the Northern Expeditions of the Southern Song Dynasty were Yue Fei's Northern Expeditions.

Why is Yue Fei's death suffocating?

Yue Fei is not only the Great Wall of the country, but the sword of the country, and the only sword.

Except for Yue Fei, all the top generals of the Southern Song Dynasty, including Han Shizhong, who terrified the Jin army, did not have the ability to lead the Northern Expedition.

The Northern Expedition was either a strategic offensive or a strategic **, in short, it was to attack. This involves two forms of warfare:

One is to conquer the city, you have to take down all the large cities and key places of the people, any place can not be defeated is a failure, and may even be cut off from retreat, if you want to retreat, you have to retreat;

The second is to fight in battle, face to face on the plains of the wilderness, and it must be able to fight. Can't beat it? The Southern Song Dynasty army, which was dominated by infantry, could not be defeated or died, and the whole army collapsed and the whole army was annihilated.

Therefore, the Northern Expedition not only has a high difficulty factor, but also a high risk index.

If you can't win the defensive war, you can't win, we can run! Even, just play disappear and the city is gone, but I can retreat with all my divisions, which is not a loss, such as Liu Guangshi in the Dayan.

But if you go deep into the enemy territory and lose the battle, why do you run? There will not even be a chance to succeed in one day.

Either end their own biological life and sacrifice their heads directly; Either end your military life, and you are not a general if you run out of the army; Either end their own political life, and it will be difficult for the imperial court to re-employ a defeated general.

In both forms of warfare, it is necessary to carry out a war objective and cultivate a war capability, which is what the enemy is talking about: annihilating the enemy's living forces. To put it simply, it is to kill people, kill a lot of people, not only kill the enemy, but also kill the enemy weakly, and kill until no one dares to pick up ** and continue to kill with you.

According to statistics, the Song Dynasty's war victory rate was higher than that of the Tang Dynasty, but why was the Song Dynasty still weak, and it was so weak that the country died?

Actually, there is no contradiction at all. A victory is a victory, but the result is to hold the city and repel the enemy. After two years, people are making a comeback, and they still have to fight. What's the point of winning this kind of battle, no matter how many you win? What if you lose? lost the city, wiped out the army, and then didn't even have a chance to turn the tables. This point can be referred to the Battle of Jingkang.

Since Jianyan, and even since Jingkang, the Song army's field battles have been almost completely defeated, and they have not taken the initiative to defeat a city, nor have they really won a field battle. In other words, the Song army has never been able to eliminate even a single living force of the Jin army on a frontal battlefield. Even if the lone army of Jin Wushu went thousands of miles to search the mountains and seas to capture Zhao Gou, he was not wiped out by the Song army.

Therefore, this Northern Expedition was of great significance, and the Song army not only finally crossed the Yangtze River, but also finally rushed out to kill people.

For this Northern Expedition, the Southern Song Dynasty court gave the most abundant guarantee and made the most rigorous deployment, and even Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi, the two army leaders, were sent to assist, which can be called the general mobilization of the whole country. This is not to be taken lightly, and it cannot be said to be careless.

But the core problem is still not solved, that is, how many soldiers did Yue Fei give?

A lot is given in name, but not much is actually given.

After the suppression of bandits and the allocation of the imperial court, the total strength of the Yuejia army increased to 28,000 people. This is the foundation of why the general Yue Fei became a general. Without an army, even if Yue Fei used his soldiers like a god, he would not be able to become a general and could not afford the Northern Expedition.

Then there was the army specially drawn for the Northern Expedition, and the two armies of the Hubei Road pacification envoy were Cui Bangbi's 3,000 men and Yan Xiaogong's 1,900 troops; An army of Jingnan Township to pacify and relieve Qian, that is, Xin Tai's 1,200 township soldiers.

Of course, there must be those who disobey and refuse to be transferred, such as the 5,000 elites of Liu Guangshi in the Daya, who came to report after the battle, just like not coming. There is also the pacification envoy Li Heng, who made the unofficial Northern Expedition, with 15,000 troops, but this guy doesn't look down on Yue Fei, and reports directly to Zhao Go's "bodyguard" Zhang Jun, and he can't participate in the Northern Expedition.

Then there are those who take the initiative to ask for help, such as Niu Gao, Li Dao, Dong Xian and others. These people were either distrusted pacification envoys or generals of pacification envoys. They have the same background and resume as Yue Fei, and they can also fight. The problem is that they are generally not mixed well, not worse than Yue Fei, but the kind that can be mixed to destroy the army and confiscate the territory.

In the end, the total number of troops in the Northern Expedition was about 35,000. This figure is generally accurate.

This is the Southern Song Dynasty, but what about the Jurchen and Pseudo-Qi?

The strategic goal of the Northern Expedition was to capture the six towns of Xiangyang, which had been lost in Shaoxing for three years, that is, "the puppet Qi sent Li Cheng to invade the Jin people and break the Xiangyang, Tang, Deng, Sui, Yingzhuzhou and Xinyang armies".

Not counting the defenders of the six counties, only Li Cheng's department, which was stationed in Xinye, was expanded to 300,000 by the puppet Qi. Of course, this is a claim, and it is impossible to verify how much, but it is definitely more than Yue Fei. Therefore, in terms of attention and organizational efficiency, the pseudo-Qi is superior to the Southern Song Dynasty.

Li Cheng, like Yue Fei, was the original Kaifeng general. After the collapse of the Kaifeng army, Li Cheng mixed relatively well and became one of the first eight pacification envoys appointed by the Southern Song Dynasty. Yue Fei is the third batch. This guy once sat in Huaixi and had tens of thousands of troops, and he could be called the number one person in the Southern Song Dynasty. But Li Cheng resolutely did not serve as cannon fodder, he did not attack the Jin people in the north, but robbed Jiangnan in the south. Zhang Jun and Yue Fei Jiangnan suppressed bandits, and it was Li Cheng who was suppressed. Seeing that he couldn't defeat the Southern Song Dynasty officials, Li Chengcheng defected to the puppet Qi and became a traitor.

From this comparison of troops, you can know how difficult Yue Fei's Northern Expedition is. Yue Fei and his Yue family army are not able to win more with less, but must win more with less.

In 1134 AD, in April of the fourth year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei led his army from Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi) and crossed the Yangtze River from Ezhou (now Wuchang, Hubei) in May. After crossing the river, Yue's army immediately turned on the berserk mode.

The first target is Yingzhou.

Jing Chao, the general of Yingzhou, was once the "Banzhi" of the Northern Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, equivalent to the Royal Guard, with high people and strong martial arts, known as ten thousand enemies. Moreover, this guy is quite strong. Yingzhou, now Zhongxiang, Hubei, is a famous city in Jianghan, not only the city is high and the pool is deep, but also the defenders alone have more than 10,000 people.

In the face of the Yuejia army, which did not even bring siege equipment, Jingda's "Banzhi" had no fear, and even specially organized a capable force to scold the city, and scolded the main generals of the Yuejia army one by one from beginning to end.

Yue Fei persuaded him to surrender to no avail, so he immediately organized an attack.

Shi Zaiyue's army "rose from tired shoulders", to put it simply, it was to take a ladder, climb the city wall, and harden the city wall and the defenders of the city head of Yingzhou with flesh and blood. This kind of siege warfare without siege equipment was also done by the Mongols later. But the Mongols filled the earth on horseback, filling in a slope under the city wall, and then stepping on the wall. Like the Yue family's army, the Mongols have never done it.

But one thing is certain: as long as your army is strong enough, you can attack a city without siege engines.

The Yue family army, which ascended to the top of the city, directly killed the puppet Qi army to the point of psychological collapse. In just one day, Yingzhou was breached, more than 7,000 puppet Qi defenders were killed, and the big "Banzhi" Jing Chao committed suicide by jumping off the cliff.

Since the first year of Shaoxing, the Yuejia army has suppressed bandits all the way, expanded all the way, and leveled all the way, and finally trained to attack strong troops, and emerged on the Songjin battlefield for the first time.

The problem with pseudo-Qi is that the legitimacy is low. Therefore, the fighting will of the puppet Qi army was particularly poor and could not fight a tough battle. As long as you encounter a really fatal army, you can only collapse. The reason why Yue Fei won more with less all the way is here.

The second target, Xiangyang and Suizhou, fight together.

The first battle is so easy, and the second battle will be rolled out in an all-round way.

Yue Feibing was divided into two routes, one way to attack Xiangyang, today Xiangyang, Hubei, and personally led the team; All the way to attack Suizhou, now Suizhou, Hubei, led by Zhang Xian.

But Yue Fei received bad news on his way to Xiangyang. His own number one fierce general, Zhang Xian, couldn't beat Suizhou. A small Suizhou can't be defeated, so how can Xiangyang, which has 100,000 troops, fight?

This is the difficulty and danger of the Northern Expedition, you can only win, and you can only win all the time. But if you don't win a battle, you lose.

At this time, Niu Gao, who had just joined the Yuejia army, took the initiative to ask for help, claiming that he could take Suizhou with only three days of food. Niu Gao's domineering spirit is equivalent to slapping the Yue family army in the face: You are all vegetables, and I am the king.

But Yue Fei boldly used Niu Gao. As it turned out, this was a very wise decision. The new number one general of the Yue Jiajun was officially born.

In less than two days, the news of Suizhou's breach was transmitted back to Yue Fei's army. Counting the time of hurrying, it took Niu Gao half a day to break Suizhou.

That's the value of a fierce general. If you send someone else to fight, you can't win it, but you can win it casually if you send him to fight.

Next is the decisive battle of Xiangyang.

The defenders of Xiangyang were 100,000, and Yue Fei was full of 35,000. For Li Cheng, there is no reason to trap Xiangyang, and he must fight in the field. Outside Xiangyang City, in the place of "Xiangjiang River on the left", the main forces of Song Qi officially collided together. And on the Songjin battlefield, a face-to-face field battle was finally ushered in.

Fei Xiao said: The infantry is dangerous, and the cavalry is flat. Into the left column riding the riverbank, the right column steps flat ground, although the crowd of 100,000 how can they do.

But the problem is that the cavalry needs depth to deploy, and if it can't be deployed, it will not be able to exert the effectiveness of mobile attacks; The infantry needs to form a dense formation, and it is resolute that they cannot escape, and it is better to leave them to their deaths and survive.

But Li Cheng is operating in reverse.

Therefore, there is no suspense in this battle.

Niu Gao led the cavalry to attack Li Cheng's infantry; Wang Gui led spearmen to attack Li Cheng's cavalry.

The arms were restrained, the horses were killed by guns, the pawns were ridden and disordered, Li Cheng's cavalry was pushed into the river, and Li Cheng's infantry was used as a target. In just one day, the 100,000-strong army collapsed and was reimbursed in the First World War.

Then, Li Cheng immediately reappeared in his "bandit" nature, resolutely did not serve as cannon fodder, and directly abandoned Xiangyang.

ps: There are differences about the timing of the Battle of Xiangyang and the Battle of Suizhou, and it is generally believed that the Battle of Xiangyang came first and the Battle of Suizhou came later. But the problem is that he can't take Suizhou, how dare Yue Fei fight Xiangyang? Therefore, it is inclined to take the battle of Suizhou in front and the battle of Xiangyang in the back. The order of "The History of the Song Dynasty Niu Gao" shall prevail, that is: fly to Gao Xing, wrap three days of food. The grain was not exhausted, the city had been pulled, and he was beheaded by Song, and he had to die 5,000 and then returned to Suizhou. Li Cheng was in Xiangyang, and Fei Fei Gao broke it with cavalry and restored Xiangyang.

The third target, Dengzhou, Tangzhou, and Xinyang Army.

In the battle of Xiangyang, Li Cheng was as stupid as a pig. But this guy is not stupid. In the officialdom of the Southern Song Dynasty, he was able to mix into a leader in pacification; In the rivers and lakes of the Southern Song Dynasty, he can fight as a giant bandit in the south of the Yangtze River; In Pseudo-Qi, he is also a general at the top and Liu Yu's right-hand man. And the reason why he was defeated so badly was that he encountered the Yue family army who was really fighting to the death, and second, he could be shameless but resolutely not cannon fodder.

This is the mentality that a worker should have. Yue Fei for the sake of his career and his own wealth, can he fight to the death? What if the power allows? Then you have to fight to the death.

After the Battle of Xiangyang, the puppet Qi emperor Liu Yu injected a large number of vital forces into Li Cheng, and the troops of the Jin general Liu Hejian, the Jin puppet army in Shaanxi, and the Lianghe signing army all gathered under Li Cheng's command. Li Cheng's army was stationed in Xinye, Dengzhou, with 30 villages, known as 300,000, and was the first army of the puppet Qi. The big boss Liu Yu took out his blood capital, and the big bandit Li Cheng naturally wanted to be ashamed, so he put on a posture to fight to the death with the Yue family's army.

But Yue Fei changed his playing style.

Divide the already thin army into several attacks, and then divide them into combined attacks, attacking Li Cheng's camp from all sides. It was only when Li Cheng's army was weakened and abandoned that Yue Fei sent his army to fight a head-on battle. But this is a bait for the enemy. When the puppet Qi army pressed up for a decisive battle, Yue Fei poured out the real main force and fought a decisive battle with Li Cheng again.

The result of the Battle of Dengzhou, like the Battle of Xiangyang, was that the Yuejia army won more with less, and the first army of the puppet Qi was defeated and collapsed.

The most noteworthy thing in this battle is that the Yue family army completely annihilated Liu Hejin's Jin army troops, and the Jin general Liu Hejin fled alone, and Yue Fei officially broke the record of the Jin army's complete victory in the field.

In the end, Li Cheng's troops withdrew from Jianghan in a hurry. But Li Cheng will still meet, and his grievances with Yue Fei and Yue Jiajun are far from over.

Yue Fei did not stop, and immediately broke through the Dengzhou, Tangzhou, and Xinyang armies. At this point, the entire Northern Expedition ended successfully, and the Yuejia army recovered all the six counties of Jingxiang in two months.

When Dengzhou was attacked, the battle report was transmitted to Lin'an. Zhao Gou was completely shocked by the combat effectiveness of the Yue family's army: I had heard that the Yue Flying Army was disciplined, and I didn't know that it could break the enemy like this.

When the battle reached this level, the Southern Song Dynasty should take advantage of the victory to pursue, destroy the pseudo-Qi, and recover the homeland. And Zhao Gou's holy decree is:

When chasing away, he was cautious and did not get out of Li Heng's old world, but he was provoked and had a wrong plan. Although he has performed miraculous deeds, he will be punished.

And Zhao Gou's timidity and worry are not entirely unreasonable.

Since the Battle of Xianren Pass, the real opponent of the Southern Song Dynasty, Jin Wushu, has not moved. Therefore, the next battlefield battle will be more intense.