The military generals of the Song Dynasty include Yue Fei, Meng Gong, Cao Bin, Di Qing, Li Jilong, etc.
1. Yue Fei
Yue Fei was a famous anti-Jin general, strategist, strategist, national hero, calligrapher, and poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. He ranked first among the "Four ZTE Generals" in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Yue Fei joined the army four times and participated in commanding hundreds of battles.
Yue Fei was an outstanding commander in the Southern Song Dynasty. He valued the people's strength to resist the Jin Dynasty and created the "Linking Heshuo" strategy, advocating that the civilian anti-Jin Dynasty rebels north of the Yellow River and the Song army cooperate with each other to regain lost territory; In running the army, rewards and punishments are clear, discipline is strict, and he can be considerate of his subordinates and lead by example. The "Yue Family Army" he leads is known as "if you freeze to death, you will not tear down the house, and if you starve to death, you will not take prisoners."
The Jin army once commented that "it is easy to shake a mountain, but it is difficult to shake the Yue family's army" to show their sincere admiration for the Yue family's army.
Yue Fei's literary talent is also outstanding. His representative poem "The River Is Red: Angry Hair Rushing to the Crown" is a famous patriotic poem that has been passed down through the ages.
2. Meng Gong
Meng Gong, also known as Puyu, also known as Wu'an Jushi. A military strategist and national hero in the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty, he was the fourth son of General Meng Zongzheng of Zuo Wuwei.
Meng Gong was born as a general, and his great-grandfather Meng An and grandfather Meng Lin were both generals under Yue Fei. In his early years, he followed his father to fight against the Jin Dynasty in Zaoyang. After the death of Meng Zongzheng, he took over the Zhongshun Army and was responsible for the military affairs of the west of Beijing.
In the sixth year of Shaoding (1233), he defeated the invading troops of Hengshan Gong Wuxian of the Jin Kingdom.
In the first year of Duanping (1234), he participated in the Battle of Caizhou and united with Mongolia to destroy the Jin Kingdom.
Although Meng Gong was a military general, he focused on cultural and educational undertakings and built the Public Security Academy and Nanyang Academy during the war.
He also studied the "Book of Changes" carefully and became quite familiar with Buddhism. His works include "Jingxin Yi Zan" and "Wu'an French", etc., which have been lost today. "Complete Poems of the Song Dynasty" and "Complete Song Dynasty Prose" have collected his poems and essays.