Yue Fei's main achievements were to unite with Heshuo, actively contact the rebels to fight against the Jin Dynasty, recover the six counties of Xiangyang, and make the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.
Yue Fei (March 24, 1103 - January 27, 1142), courtesy name Pengju, was born in Tangyin, Xiangzhou (now Tangyin County, Henan Province). During the Southern Song Dynasty, he was a famous general, military strategist, strategist, national hero, calligrapher, and poet who fought against the Jin Dynasty. He ranked first among the "Four Generals of the ZTE" in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Yue Fei joined the army four times since he was twenty years old. From the second year of Jianyan (1128) when he met Zongze to the eleventh year of Shaoxing (1141), he participated in and directed hundreds of battles, large and small. When the Jin army attacked Jiangnan, it was unique and advocated resisting the Jin army and regaining Jiankang. In the fourth year of Shaoxing (1134), six counties of Xiangyang were recovered. In the sixth year of Shaoxing (1136), he led the Northern Expedition and successfully captured Shangzhou, Guozhou and other places.
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One day in the midsummer of the tenth year of Shaoxing (1140), Gaozong, who was in Lin'an, received a good news from Yue Fei. Gaozong was naturally very happy about the great victory in the Central Plains. He immediately summoned Prime Minister Qin Hui to discuss the next plan.
You can imagine Gaozong's mood at that time. The Song Dynasty had suffered from the Jin Kingdom's cowardice for many years. He thought that he was chased by the Jin army and had no way to go to the sky or the ground. He fled overseas several times! Now, I finally got over it. Gaozong will definitely still think that if he can really regain the Sixteen Provinces of Youyun and fulfill the last wishes of Taizu and Taizong, then he will be a veritable master of ZTE...
Gaozong reported Yue Fei's victory The report was handed to Qin Hui, ready to listen to Qin Hui's opinion. Unexpectedly, Qin Hui showed no joy and asked Gaozong three questions. These three questions not only stunned Gaozong, but also cost Yue Fei his life.
Qin Hui's first question was "Can the Yue Army really destroy the Jin Army?" Gaozong fell into deep thought. Indeed, the strength of the Jin Army was taught by Gaozong, and the weakness of the Song Army was seen by Gaozong with his own eyes. In just a few years, Yue Fei was able to completely wipe out the Jin Army? This is indeed suspicious. At that time, the Yuejia Army did achieve some victories and rarely defeated the Jin Army in a decisive battle with cavalry on the plains.
However, the losses of the Jin soldiers were not so great that they were completely defeated. Just as Gaozong was deep in thought, Qin Hui's second question came: "Do you remember the Huaixi mutiny two years ago?" This question aroused Gaozong's thinking. In March of the seventh year of Shaoxing (1137), Liu Guangshi proposed to retire. The various departments of the Huaixi Army he led were not subordinate to each other, and conflicts became increasingly apparent.
The imperial court could not control it, and eventually Liu Guangshi's old troops rebelled, plundered wantonly, and kidnapped Luzhou officials, family members, and civilians, and 200,000 people surrendered to the puppet Qi. However, Gaozong may still be thinking, "Yue Fei is loyal, won't he surrender?" Qin Hui's third question came: "Emperor Taizu Long Xing was also a loyal minister before, right?" Gaozong's heart "thumped".
At this time, Qin Hui proposed to "stop as soon as possible" and took advantage of the Song army's slight advantage to negotiate peace quickly. Gaozong thought that he had never lived a peaceful life since he ascended the throne, and that he was only in his thirties and already had gray hair. After thinking about this, Gaozong made up his mind to negotiate for peace.
Gaozong, who had figured it out, wanted peace talks, and Jin Wushu, who suffered losses on the battlefield, also wanted peace talks. In the end, the two sides reached the "Shaoxing Peace Agreement". The borders between the Song and Jin Dynasties were bounded by the middle stream of the Huaihe River and Dashan Pass in the west. The south belonged to the Song Dynasty and the north belonged to the Jin Dynasty.
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