mijobooks Chapter 143: 4 against [-]
Chapter 143: 4 against [-]
Before Yue Fei made his first Northern Expedition, he had to understand the situation at that time, the Southern Song Dynasty compared to the Northern Song Dynasty.
Shaanxi Fifth Road, Hedong Road, Hebei Liang Road, Jingdong Road, Jingji, Jingxibei, Southwest Road, and Huainan East Road were directly lost.
All of them are in the north, but about a quarter of the country's land area. Because the economic center of gravity was not moved southward in these places at that time, these places are all quite important towns.
The food from Shaanxi No. [-] Road, the silk fabrics from Hebei No. [-] Road, which were called clothes and quilts at that time, and even iron ore, were all in these places.
These places are almost Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and part of Henan.
At that time, the Henan area was occupied by the Qi State, a regime supported by the Jin people.
But in the area from Luoyang to Xiangyang, it was basically a mess. Most areas were in a state of armed separatism and sparsely populated.
There is no way around this, the Song Dynasty couldn't beat the Jin soldiers, and people beat Caogu every year, so they naturally fought like this.
Under such circumstances, Yue Fei carried out the Northern Expedition.
This was Yue Fei's first Northern Expedition, and it was also a brilliant victory for him.
Yue Fei's army at that time was about 5000 people, while his opponent, Qi State, should have sent no less than [-] troops, and even Jin soldiers would join in later.
In just one place in Xinye, the enemy claimed to have 30 troops in the counterattack. In fact, it must not be that many, but if you dare to shout 30, there are definitely 10.
But so what?
In this case.
two months.
Xiangyang, Dengzhou, Tangzhou, Xinyang, Suizhou and other places were all recovered.It took about two months for the whole of Henan to be directly restored.
During the period of attacking the city and pulling out the strongholds, by the way, they had to fight against the Jin people, but even so, under the command of Yue Fei, the Yue family army recovered these places in just two months, and directly repaired the defense of the Jingxiang war zone .
There is no need to mention the importance of Xiangyang.
Since ancient times, it has been a battleground for military strategists.Regardless of whether it is Dengzhou, Tangzhou or other places.
That is also a pretty good location. Dengzhou is known as the throat of Qin and Chu, and it is connected to Shanxi, Xiangyang and other places. Whether it is going to Luoyang or Xuchang, it must pass through here.
The importance of this piece of land is largely due to the fact that this piece of land can establish the Hanshui line of defense and relieve the threat of Jinbing to Jiangling, Hunan, Hubei and other places.
Otherwise, fighting on two fronts would really mean that the Song Dynasty was powerless.
From Luoyang to Xiangyang, after sending troops, Yue Fei quickly regained the lost ground, consolidated the defense, and quickly restored economic productivity. This is also a pretty good achievement.
This place, that is, Jingxi Road, has been a very solid line of defense for a long time after the Southern Song Dynasty. It can not only support Huaixi, Shaanxi and other places, but also go north and north to the Central Plains.
The victory of the Northern Expedition this time was completely unexpected by Zhao Gou.
It was completely unimaginable in his mind that Yue Fei actually regained his homeland, and it only took two months.
When the good news came, everyone in Zhao Gou was stunned.
The happy mood was beyond words, and there was even a celebration and a prisoner offering ceremony later, which was somewhat shameless, but after being persuaded by others, it was fine.
This is the first Northern Expedition, so what happened next?
Then came the second time, two years later.
This battle was fought quite a bit plainly.
Yue Fei led the Yue family army to send out troops, and easily regained Ruzhou, Shangzhou and other places, and by the way, the surrounding areas of Luoyang, and almost reached Luoyang, but in the end because of the problem of the route of the Northern Expedition.
As a result, the logistics operation could not keep up, and the troops had no choice but to withdraw.
And because the Song army was basically all infantry at that time, and there was no such thing as a horse farm in the Southern Song Dynasty, so the formation of cavalry troops was quite difficult.
Yue Fei's troops basically used infantry against cavalry, and one of the great gains of this Northern Expedition was the capture of [-] horses.
For Yue Fei at that time, this thing was like rain from heaven.
Yue Fei's troops finally had some more cavalry, and every general likes this thing.
The third Northern Expedition!And the most important part is finally here.
Here, everything about Yue Fei is vividly displayed, and of course, it has also become Yue Fei's regret in his life.
This year is four years later.
You can almost speak boldly, if this time, if there is no recall of Zhao Gou's twelve gold medals, this year, Yue Fei will be able to regain Hebei, Hedong, that is, the two provinces of Hebei and Shanxi.
It can even reach the Yanyun area, and the next year, perhaps the so-called Jin country will no longer exist.
But none of this assumption makes much sense.
The premise of this Northern Expedition is that Song is strong and Jin is weak.
Yes, you read that right, Song Qiang and Jin Ruo.
Why is this so?Because all the gifts given to you by fate have their prices marked in secret.
Jingkang, for Jin Guo, is a year worth celebrating.
They easily obtained the vast land in Lianghe, Central Plains, Shaanxi and other regions, as well as a large number of gold and silver treasures.
But in such a vast land, there are not many Jin people themselves, how should they rule?
The answer is Qi State, but will the governance of Qi State be good?Of course not, this led to this area, despite the continuous uprising of the rebel army, and then it was extinguished.
But such a flame is still burning continuously.Anti-gold, anti-gold, these two words keep appearing in this period of history.
Even the places occupied by the enemy are the same. In fact, they don't have much righteousness for their family and country. All they want is to survive.
But it's a pity that neither the Jin people nor the Qi country wanted them to continue to survive. Therefore, this place was not easy to manage.
At the same time, coupled with the frequent internal strife in the Kingdom of Jin, this naturally led to a decline in its national power.Everything over there was smashed into a pot of porridge.
Later, Qi State was abolished, and Song and Jin signed a covenant. In name, Song Dynasty Shaanxi Fifth Road and Henan Province were returned, but Jin Wushu was very dissatisfied with this condition.
Naturally, it led to their continued infighting.Among them, Wanyan Chang and Wanyan Xiyi were implicated.
Afterwards, generals Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zongfu, Wanyan Loushi, Wanyan Yinshu all died of illness, and the rest of Jingkang who were able to fight all died of old age.
Compared with the decline of the generals of the Jin Dynasty, the strength of the Southern Song Dynasty was constantly recovering, and the internal strife was gradually quelled.
Amidst the voices of the Northern Expedition and Restoration of the Country, this battle finally began.
However, even so, Yue Fei's main combat force is only about 8 to [-] people.
In contrast, the commander of Jin Wushu had at least 25 troops, and the reinforcements from the Kingdom of Jin came again, about 15.
In other words, in this battle, Yue Fei had no more than 10 soldiers, most of whom were infantry, against Jin Wushu's 40 army, and among this army, there were at least [-] elite cavalry.
So, what will be the outcome of this battle?