"It is easy to shake the mountain, but it is difficult to shake the Yue family's army!"
Many people have heard this sentence, but few people know the source of this sentence, and they don't understand why the Jin soldiers, who claim to be invincible, sighed like this?
In fact, this sentence comes from a turning battle between Southern Song and Jin Dynasty "The Battle of Song and Jin Yancheng". Battle of can be said to be a classic battle in history that is underestimated to defeat the cavalry with footsteps. If you are not a person who knows about Yue Fei history, you don't know much about the Battle of yeong, and you have not even heard of the Battle of yeong, even if you know a little, it is difficult to feel it. Why is the arrogant Jin Wushu sighed: It is easy to shake the mountain, but it is difficult to shake the Yue family army !
It was also the brilliant victory of the Yue family army in the Battle of Yancheng that broke the myth of the invincible Jin soldiers, reversed the situation where the Southern Song Dynasty was always under the pressure of the Jin Dynasty, inspire the morale of the Southern Song people, hit the arrogant arrogance of the Jin soldiers, and strengthened the confidence of the Southern Song people to resist the Jin soldiers, and stabilized half of the Southern Song Dynasty.
The Battle of Yancheng can be said to be one of the most glorious battles in the early Southern Song Dynasty, but unfortunately, the battle between the Yue family army and the Jin soldiers was not well-known due to historical reasons. Therefore, not many people know about this battle.
It was also the victory of this battle that gave Yue Fei a hope of restoring his hometown. But just when Yue Fei was planning to make a concerted effort, he received Song Gaozong Zhao Gou's 12 gold medal orders.
In desperation, Yue Fei left a sigh of eternal sighs Ten years of achievements, which was abandoned! All counties obtained will be completely rested in one day. The country is difficult to revive! The world of the universe is no longer possible!
The battle in Yicheng can be said to be the pinnacle of Yue Fei's life, the brilliant work of the Yue family army, the turning point battle of the Song and Jin Dynasties, but it is also the last glorious life of Yue Fei. Not long after that, Yue Fei was framed by Qin Hui and was killed in Hangzhou Fengboting on false charges.
What is very suspicious is that after Yue Fei was killed, Jin Wushu did not send large-scale troops to the Southern Song Dynasty. The reason for this is that historical experts believe that Yue Fei defeated Jin Wushu in the Battle of Yancheng.
Even if Yue Fei was not there, he already had a psychological shadow. So how could the Yue family army, whose equipment and number of people in the Battle of Yancheng, have heavy cavalry Tiefutu and serial horse , the arrogant Jin soldiers, give out psychological shadows?
First stage
In 1128 AD, Jin Wushu led the elite Jin soldiers to attack the Song Dynasty three times. Emperor Gaozong of Song had to keep retreating south, from Yangzhou to Taizhou , for 10 years. In 1138 AD, the capital was temporarily settled in Lin'an. Although Song Gaozong had been retreating, fortunately, several famous anti-Jin generals appeared at that time, such as Zongze , Han Shizhong , Yue Fei, etc. It was their heroic resistance that led to the Jin army's failure to defeat Song several times.
After Emperor Gaozong of Song got a chance to breathe, he became tired of fighting in the face of the powerful Jin soldiers, and only saved half of the country in his mind. Seeing that the Southern Song Dynasty could not be destroyed quickly, Jin Taizong took another strategy. In October 1130, the Jin soldiers released Qin Hui back to the Southern Song Dynasty and placed the main force of the attack in Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places where the Southern Song Dynasty was relatively weak. The strategic intention of this move was very obvious. The Jin soldiers wanted to control Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places, so they controlled the upstream of the Yangtze River. This would allow them to go downstream, and the Southern Song Dynasty had no barriers anymore.
However, the Jin soldiers' wishful thinking was broken by the brothers of Wu Zhen, Wu Zhen and the Sichuan-Shaanxi Anti-Jin Rebel Army. The Jin soldiers were severely injured in the monk Yuan, Rao Feng Pass and the immortals in Sichuan-Shaanxi, so the Southern Song Dynasty was able to defend the Sichuan-Shaanxi on the western front.
Seeing that the Jin soldiers' attacks were repeatedly frustrated, Song Gaozong and his ministers began to have the idea of regaining the lost territory of the Central Plains. Song Gaozong sent Yue Fei to the north to attack the pseudo-Qi. Jin Xizong was unable to fight on both sides, so he had to change his strategy and proposed peace talks on the Southern Song Dynasty.
When he saw the Jin soldiers willing to negotiate peace, Song Gaozong was so happy that he immediately said that Yue Fei had "driven to take the Central Plains". In 1139 AD, Song Gaozong paid tribute to the Jin Dynasty, and the Jin Dynasty temporarily returned it to Shaanxi, Henan and other places in the Southern Song Dynasty.
However, Song Gaozong did not expect that Jin people turned against each other too quickly. But after a few months, Jin Xizong refused to admit it. With his support, Jin Wushu told Song Gaozong that I was back.
In May 1140 AD, the Jin soldiers made an excuse casually. Jin Wushu took charge of more than 100,000 as the main force, divided his troops to attack the Southern Song Dynasty from four routes. Faced with the fierce attack of the Jin soldiers, the soldiers and civilians of the Southern Song Dynasty were not prepared at all. The Song army defending from all walks of life was vulnerable, and the offensive of the four routes of Jin troops was like chopping bamboo.
Jin Wushu then marched towards Huaixi with great momentum in order to expand the results of the battle. As the saying goes, guarding the river first, guarding the Huai River. If the Huai River is lost, the natural danger of the Yangtze River will no longer be detoured.
At this time, Emperor Gaozong of Song saw the Jin soldiers coming in full force and knew that it was a fantasy that there was no peace. Therefore, in order to save half of the country, he sent Gao to Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Yue Fei to fight.
Yue Fei's main attack direction was Huaixi and rescued the siege of Shunchang. Before leaving, Song Gaozong said to Yue Fei, "You must have a place to revive the plan." Song Gaozong's words were firmly supported by Yue Fei's resistance to the Jin Dynasty when he was screened.
Yue Fei, who was supported by Song Gaozong, immediately dispatched troops and led the troops with Niu Gao , Yang Zaixing and others. He advanced at the same time and launched a fierce counterattack against Jin army .
. Yue Fei personally led the main force of the Yue family army to advance straight in, preparing to cross the Yellow River at any time and recover the lost land in Hebei. Under the active resistance and counterattack of the Southern Song army, the situation in the Southern Song Dynasty gradually improved. First, Liu Qi and also fought a classic defensive battle with a small amount of troops. The spirit of the Jin soldiers was arrested, and the situation began to develop on the better side. Just when Yue Fei was planning to cross the Yellow River to recover the Central Plains, Song Gaozong began to sway left and right. Although he wanted to discuss peace, he wanted Yue Fei and the generals to achieve greater victory, so as to increase the bargaining chips for peace talks with Jin .
But he was a little afraid that Yue Fei would be too fierce, and offended all the Jin soldiers at once, or actually took back the two emperors. For this reason, he quickly asked Li Ruoxu to to let Yue Fei return to the court.
second stage
But Li Ruoxu was still one step slower, and Yue Fei, who saw the time was ripe, had already started. Yue Fei ignored Li Ruoxu at all and used the reason that the arrow had to be fired on the string.
let the Yue family army continue to advance. On June 25, the Yue family army had already entered Zhengzhou. On July 2, the Yue family army recovered many strategic areas of Luoyang . At this time, Yue Fei was still in contact with the rebels in Hedong and Hebei. The three parties became a stance, and the Jin army was facing an enemy from both sides. Although the Yue family army won the victory at this time, it formed a situation where the army was alone and deeply penetrated.
The lonely army went deep into the army without support was a taboo, and Yue Fei lost the support of Song Gaozong, and the Yue family army could only advance at the fastest speed.
On July 8 of the same year, Jin Wushu thought he had discovered the weakness of the Yue family army, and led the elite Tiefutu of the Jin soldiers to move out in full swing, and suddenly rushed to Licheng, where the Yue family army was stationed.
At this time, only Yue Fei could dispatch people, only Yue Yun led the " Beiwei Army " and "You Yi Army". Although there were not many people, Yue Fei was not timid because the "Beiwei Army" was the elite of the Yue Family Army, and it can be said to be a special force in the Southern Song army.
Jin Wushu did not expect that facing the Jin soldiers with superior forces, Yue Fei did not retreat at all and chose to fight head-on. Shen Shi that day (from 3:00 to 5:00 pm), the "Beiwei Army" who was waiting for work took the initiative to launch an attack on the two wings of the Jin army.
Why did Yue Fei choose Shen Shi? Therefore, at this time, the Jin army had just arrived. Although it was riding a horse, its physical fitness was also consumed. At the same time, the weather was stuffy and the foothold was not stable. Therefore, at this time, the Jin soldiers' physical fitness and combat effectiveness decreased.
Yue Fei ordered the "Beiwei Army" to attack the cavalry on both wings of the Jin soldiers. He also ordered Yue Yun to lead the "Beiwei Army" to bring a knife, a knife and a big axe.Jin Wushu's elite "Guizima" confronted head-on. Jin Wushu never expected that Yue Fei would use infantry to fight cavalry, and it was also the famous iron-floating map.
But Jin Wushu saw that the flexible "Beiwei Army "waves" the knife, chopped cavalry, cut horses from above, and harvested "Guizima" one by one, and then took a breath.
"Beiwei Army"'s close-killing fighting style made the "Guizima" lose its power, but he brought the elite of the Jin army. After these people were dismounted, they did not show any weakness. The two sides fought fiercely.
One of the "Beiwei Army" that had been against hundreds of enemies, charged more than 10 times, but the Jin soldiers were reorganized repeatedly Formation. The situation on the battlefield at this time is very unfavorable to the "Beiwei Army", because the Yue family army has no support, and the Jin soldiers still have 100,000 on the road. If the "Beiwei Army" continues to fight, the entire army may be wiped out. At this critical moment, Xiao General Yang Zaixing suddenly entered the Jin army formation alone in order to change the situation on the battlefield, trying to capture Jin Wushu alive.
Unfortunately, when chasing Jin Wushu, he was discovered by the Jin army. Yang Zaixing brought 300 warriors, facing Jin Bing several times his own, he bravely moved forward, killing the Jin army corpses in the wild, and finally died with serious injuries.
Yang Zaixing's actions also inspired the Yue family At night, the tired Jin soldiers were killed and fled from the battlefield. The elite Jin soldiers were completely wiped out by the Yue family army in this battle. Even if there were reinforcements, the Jin soldiers with no morale had no hope of turning around and had no hope of turning back.
3stage
However, Jin Wushu did not give up the idea of destroying the isolated army. On July 10, he attacked again at night. Just as 50 cavalrymen from the "Beiwei Army" were on guard, they found that the Jin army was attacking. While quickly reporting the military situation, they broke into the enemy's formation and killed an opponent's general, delaying the time of the Jin soldiers' sneak attack.
Facing the large number of Jin soldiers, Yue Fei thought that the enemy must be taught enough so that they would not continue to attack. Therefore, Yue Fei seized the fighter plane, took the enemy's armor and held the sharp edge, led the "Beiwei Army" and "Youyi Army" to attack, and set up the Jin soldiers with a good formation.
Yue Fei did not hesitate and rushed into the enemy's formation. The "Beiwei Army" behind them all fought for the first time, and a hundred steps away from the enemy's formation was short crossbows and long arrows.
Yue Fei even killed the enemy's chief general A Liduo and Li Jin under the horse in one round. When the Jin soldiers saw that the commander was beheaded, they immediately became panicked and ran around like headless flies.
Yue Fei took this opportunity to command the "Beiwei Army" to fight hard to kill the enemy. The Jin army was defeated and fled for more than 20 miles. After two fierce battles in three days, the Yue family army won the more with few defeats and achieved great victory. In the battle of Yancheng, Yue Fei completely destroyed the elite heavy cavalry of the Jin soldiers. Jin Wushu said sadly, "Since the rise of the army at sea, all of them have won this, and now it is already! "In modern terms, Jin Wushu means that this is a big loss!
The victory of the Battle of Yancheng, Song Gaozong was both happy and a little dissatisfied when he learned about it. He was dissatisfied with Yue Fei's resistance to the order. It was happy that the Battle of Yancheng was a great victory. Song Gaozong also commended Yue Fei and the Yue family army. Then Yue Fei continued to march and defeated the Jin soldiers in the Battle of Yingchang. Faced with the powerful Yue family army, the Jin soldiers had no choice but to "It is easy to shake the mountains, but it is difficult to shake the Yue family army! "The famous saying.
The Battle of Yancheng and the later Battle of Yingchang took only 11 days. Yue Fei achieved brilliant results one after another while the army was alone. This has to admire Yue Fei's courage and the courage of the Yue family army.
It's a pity that Yue Fei was recalled by Song Gaozong 12 to the gold medal. On the day he returned to the court, he sighed helplessly, "Ten years of achievements are abolished." It’s a pity!
Why did Yue Fei get a proud record
How brilliant is Yue Fei’s record in the battle of Yicheng?
Twenty years after Yue Fei’s death, a saying in the Jin Dynasty was still circulating: “Yue Fei will not die, Jin will be destroyed! "More than 60 years after Yue Fei died, the Emperor of Jin recognized Yue Fei's outstanding military achievements.
Battle of Yicheng Yue Fei created an unreplicable myth
1, with infantry head-on, and wiped out the iron-futu of the Jin soldiers. You should know that the iron-futu of the Jin soldiers is the best among the heavy cavalry , and Yue Fei's "Beiwei Army" was trained by a group of peasants and soldiers. But it was such a Yue family army with simple equipment that completely wiped out the well-equipped and strong combat power in the era of cold weapons. Yue Fei's record can be said to be unparalleled.
2. Under many unfavorable factors, Yue Fei still won several great victories in his alone army, and almost recovered Kaifeng with a few attacks with the cavalry. In particular, he suffered heavy blows against the elite of the Jin army. There were not many people in history who did it.
3: The battle of Yancheng defeated more with fewer people. The Yue family army had only a few thousand troops at that time. They won the victory against the elite Jurchen elite cavalry. The most important thing is that after a long period of hard battle, the Yue family army still maintained high fighting spirit and combat effectiveness. This shows that the Yue family army has strong combat effectiveness. Even in the Han and Tang dynasties, there seem to be many examples like this.
The reasons for the victory of the Battle of Yancheng are many aspects,
1: Yue Fei commands well and can seize the opportunity.
2: As the head coach, Yue Fei was very timid in the face of the enemy. He did not think about avoiding his edge, but chose to fight head-on, which gave the Yue family army a good role model.
3: Whether it was Yue Fei or Yue Yun, they all led the way and charged into battle, which greatly inspired the fighting spirit of the Yue family army.
4: Yue Family Army always regards returning our country as an important task.
In this battle, all Yue's army united against the enemy. Faced with the severe situation of many enemies and few enemies, the key to victory is still high morale and heroic killing the enemy is the key to victory. They withstood the severe test and training of the usual times, so the soldiers of the Yue Family Army were brave and good at fighting on the battlefield, and could be called "one to be ten". With the above conditions and the outstanding military ability of the commander, the Yue family soldiers defeated and led the main force of the Jin army under the severe situation of the enemy being too small, creating a proud victory in Yancheng. This battle lasted for a hundred years for the Song Dynasty and also created the myth of the Yue family army.
