Chapter 96 Yue Family Army
The battlefield in Taiyuan was settled. Han Shizhong defeated the troops of Du Chong, the pseudo-Qi Du Chong, beheaded thousands of thousands of enemies, and captured more than 30,000 enemies. Du Chong was only free and fled in a panic. Han Shizhong took the opportunity to recover Chuzhou, Haizhou, and Xuzhou. The lost land of the Tianchang Army that had been lost in the third year of Jianyan had been recovered. The troops pointed directly at the original Jingdong East Road, threatening the entire pseudo-Qi rule center.
In April of the spring of the sixth year of Jiankang, the states of Hujing, Xiangtan, and Yue Fei adopted a plan to encircle on ten sides and advance step by step. With the great efforts of Li Gang, the national affairs of Pingzhang, the troubles of Yang Mo in Dongting Lake, which originally took five years to solve, were fully achieved in less than two years.
This news was sent to Chang'an shortly after the victory of Taiyuan. Zhao Huan read Yue Fei's report, but saw the book saying: "I killed Yang, recruited Huang Zuo, and Zhou Lun surrendered more than 200,000 thieves, and all the Hunan and Xiang were all pacified, and more than a thousand thieves were captured. From then on, Jinghu will be worry-free."
Yang Mo was a man of great talent. In the name of fighting against the Jin Dynasty, he took over the prestige of Zhong Xiang. He implemented the prestige of villages and farmers in the territory, taking into account both soldiers and farmers, and fighting in the land and water, and separating along Dongting Lake. Dozens of counties in Jinghu fell into his hands and leaned against the lake, all of whom were good at water wars. At the beginning of the uprising, the Song army had no navy, and Yang Mo's troops were mobility and flexible. Land battles entered the lake and water attacks landed on the shore, which made the Song soldiers with absolute advantage with no way to do anything. If Zhao Huan had not known that Jinghu was important, and Yang Mo's rule had a continuous war, several natural disasters broke out, and a large area of disease and starved to death, leaving the soldiers without a fighting spirit. The generals under his command surrendered one after another, and it would be impossible to wipe out so easily.
After the extermination of Yang Mo's separatist rule, Jingxiang, the four-war land, was finally freed up and directly threatened Tang and Dengzhou. Advance could lead to Luoyang and Kaifeng. When retreating, he would defend along the river without any worries. Although he was fighting a civil war, he wiped out the Han peasants who revolted, which was its strategic significance. Later generations commented that it was not under the great victory of Zhuxian Town, which shows its importance.
Zhao Huan knew this truth well, and those who knew the military in the court also knew the benefits and interests of the relationship. As soon as Yue Fei's memorial arrived, the government and the country were joking, the first thing that came to mind was not to reward the meritorious soldiers, but to follow up afterwards.
In the first order, Yue Fei dispersed the remnants of the rebel army, and more than 27,000 households were placed on the spot. He gave the fields acres of seeds and oxen, and exempted the taxes for three years. The Political Affairs Hall sent officials to comfort the local area, so that the states could recover their vitality in a short period of time.
Select strong warriors, first enrich the imperial guards in various states, and then organize the wing army. Those who are old and weak who are still willing to serve in the post office will be assigned to the post office to receive the national salary and will not cause trouble.
The most eye-catching thing is that the prime minister Zhao Kai submitted a memorial and asked to protect the rural community organizations in the Lianghu area.
This village community was invented by Zhong Xiang, who was a member of the community. They assisted each other in farming. Those who entered the community first paid a certain share of money and grain, and then helped each other. Those who were poor and poor also worked together to help each other. When the autumn harvest and spring plowing, all households in the community worked together to help each other, making the fields and silkworms prosperous and the property rich.
Before Zhong Xiang rose up, the two lakes were one of the richest places in the Song Dynasty. In particular, the production of grain and silk products was still abundant. The entire Song Dynasty's financial income and military support cost were highly dependent on the two lakes.
After the military was launched, production was damaged, and the two lakes were not protected enough, so naturally they could not raise the national tax. At this time, the war stopped, and many local officials hated the act of civil organizations and associations, and they must strictly prohibit it. As soon as Zhao Kai submitted the memorial, the emperor immediately approved it. This was obviously after the monarch and ministers discussed it, and Zhao Kai came forward to the emperor to allow it. The rest of the prime ministers in the Political Affairs Hall had nothing to say, but officials at all levels were stunned and did not know what the court was thinking.
In fact, such a village and community organization is equivalent to a cooperative in later generations. As long as the farmers are not deprived of land and assets, they will unite the farmers. If the government adds more support and control, such clubs will only benefit but not harm, and there is no need to worry about farmers' rebellion. At the beginning of the rebellion of the Zhong Xiang, Zhao Huan intended to carry forward the village and community throughout the country, but he was unable to start due to frequent wars. This time, the two lakes were recovered, and the villages were just used to restore the vitality of the two lakes. After a year or two, he could use this matter to promote it nationwide.
By May of the sixth year of Jingkang, Han Xiaowei arrived in Shangjing, and the Song army took advantage of the spring and summer momentum of attacks gradually slowed down. The Jin people mostly attacked when the autumn was high and the horses were fat, while the Song army defended, which was called "Autumn Defense." The Song army attacked most of the time when the war horses were thinner. When it was midsummer, it was difficult for both men and horses to withstand the scorching heat, which was when the two countries stopped their troops and ceased to recuperate.
At this time, Yue Fei received an order from the Shufu, ordering him to march to Xiangyang to explore the Central Plains.
After the war between the Two Lakes, Yue Fei's headquarters was originally 50,000 soldiers. After the remnants of Yang Mo's troops were incorporated, they selected strong generals and strong soldiers to join the army. The number of troops had been expanded to more than 90,000. It was really strong. Among all the units of the Song army, only Han Shizhong could compare with it. The emperor also gave him the position of Prosecutor and the Jiedushi of the Qingyuan Army, and ordered him to be the general manager of the marching in Xiangyang. It was a legitimate command of the three armies with more than 20 commanders and deputy commanders. In addition, the express statement of the edict made him draw the Central Plains, which made Yue Fei and many generals under him excited.
The situation is very good, and Yue Fei was extremely excited. He is only in his early thirties this year. If he changes his normal times, it is rare to become a deputy general. At this time, he was promoted to the procuratorate and the junior guards, and he was in charge of the politicians. He had nearly 100,000 troops under his command, and was the leader of the Song army. This shows that the emperor and the Shufu trusted him. His official career was like this, and his national fortune was also booming. He fought against all divisions in the south and north. The disastrous defeat and shame caused people to hurt people in the past few years from the second year of Jingkang to the third year of Jianyan, and gradually left people far away.
When Yue Fei was in a state of great excitement, he was in a state of great excitement and joy. He was very happy and happy when he thought of the army that could revive the Central Plains, and even enter the northern country in the future.
In fact, Zhao Huan also took a fancy to him. This person's loyalty and ability are absolutely unquestionable. Among the many marshals and generals of the same era, no one was Yue Fei's opponent. As long as such a general was properly attacked and did not allow him to interfere in politics indiscriminately, he would not let many literati senators enrich his shogunate, and his food and supplies were controlled by the court. If this person led the army to fight against the Jin people, he would definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Yue Fei's troops were originally mostly stationed in Tanzhou, but after receiving the imperial edict, they immediately started to move forward. After nearly two months of comfort, the situation in the two lakes was very good. After spring plowing, the people had no shortage of food and clothing, and there were seeds that could be harvested in the fields. In addition, the villages and communities were not abolished, but several prefectures and counties were abolished, and a large number of prefectures and county officials were abolished. The transfer and criminal tax division was established, which was directly under the central government. The exploitation and exploitation of the people was completely stopped, and the trauma of the civil war was quickly calmed down. When Yue Fei took over his life, the country was prosperous and the people were safe, and there was no need to station a large army.
As a result, the three armies of Yue Fei were moving quickly. Yue Fei's troops now had more than 90,000 troops, all of whom set off together for fear that the military camps near Xiangyang were arranged inappropriately. Moreover, nearly 100,000 people were in a vast and supply pressure along the way was quite high. There was no war now. Yue Fei had a plan and ordered his eldest son Yue Yun to lead the Beiwei Army to set off in advance. After arriving in Xiangyang, he prepared everything. After three days after the Beiwei Army was fully launched, the army gradually set off and headed for Xiangyang.
Yue Fei's troops were divided into three armies according to the imperial court. In order to command Ruyi, he also reported to the Shufu that he added special military names. In addition to the front, middle and rear military names, the three armies were commonly owned by the court military names, there were also Biejue, Tabai, Youyi, left and right, selected the front, win victories, defeating the enemy, and naval army, and a total of twelve armies. Yue Fei led the central army, Xu Qing, Yao Zheng, Fu Xuan, Fu Qing, Kou Cheng, Li Dao, Wang Jing and others to command each, and led one army. Beiwei first, and the front army was taibai, and Youyi then, Yue Fei and the central army were separated by two days before leaving and looking at the direction of Xiangyang.
Although he was worried about the army disturbing the people, since he heard that Yue Fei's troops set off, the people near the two lakes were reluctant to leave. Many people put down their farm work and rushed to both sides of the road to see them off.
Yue Fei was simple and adaptable by nature and did not like gold, silver, money and wealth. Not only was Zhang Jun and other generals not as good as him, but Han Shizhong was far inferior to him. Among the four generals of Zhongxing, he was not greedy for money or lust. His army was also restricted by military discipline and was subject to strict orders to freeze to death and not demolish houses. Although he was inevitably forced to use swords and guns during the war, he rarely hurt the people. After the war, he was even more unscrupulous. Not only was he much stronger than ordinary officers and soldiers, but even the Yang Mo Di Yi army was said to be rich and poor, and his military discipline was far inferior to Yue Fei's troops. In addition, Yue Fei had great achievements in combat, conquered strong enemies, and his army was strong. Between the two lakes, the people had already spoken by mouth, and this invincible army was named the "Yue Family Army" in the famous place in later generations.
Yue Fei's troops set off in late April and tried their best to travel on the road. By the time they arrived in Xiangyang, it was already mid-May of the sixth year of Jingkang. Since tens of thousands of people had already arranged the first one, and when the army arrived, they entered the camp to settle down. Everything was in order and was not chaotic. After a day, 50,000 or 60,000 people had already settled around Xiangyang City.
Yue Yun, Xu Gui and others worked together to welcome the central army, ran forward and settled the soldiers, ordered people to clean up the tent of the Central Army's father commander, and ordered them to arrange meals to the army first, so that the soldiers who had just arrived had just arrived were busy from early morning to evening, and were sore and soft that they felt that they were not as tired as they were in battle.
Seeing that it was getting late, Yue Fei went to the city to visit Li Gang but had not returned yet. Yue Yun knew his father's habits and only made a few light side dishes. It was normal to eat steamed buns, but there were a few jars of good wine.
This is not a wartime period. Yue Fei is addicted to drinking good wine. After coming back, he must drink a few drinks before he can rest.
He didn't dare to use wine and meals first, but he just called a few cavalry soldiers and looked for a slope with wooden coach guns, wearing heavy armor, and rushed back and forth. After several times, he was so hot that he felt sweaty that he had just passed away.
Chapter completed!