Zhao Gou wrote an edict to Zhang Jun himself, "If one person crosses the river, he will be beheaded on the spot" and wrote an edict to Yang Yizhong, "If there is no army, he should be marching." On October, Zhang Jun's military senator Lu Zhi was sent to the front line by Zhao Gou to supervise Liu Guangshi's troops!

On the same day, Han Shizhong led his troops across the Huai River to counterattack, successfully blocking Liu Qi's Eastern Army! Zhang Jun quickly returned after receiving Zhao Gou's killing order and fought hard with Liu Lin's 100,000 troops in Haozhou and Shouzhou! In addition, Zhang Jun ordered Yang Yizhong to lead the front army in the palace to meet Zhang Jun immediately!

That night, the people sent by Zhang Jun came to Caishiji, the temporary residence of Liu Guangshi, and gave Liu Guangshi the sample of the edict! Liu Guangshi's face turned green all of a sudden. The emperor was serious this time and his life was hard to save! He quickly summoned the magical generals of his subordinates, including the first general Wang De and the second general Li Qiong, and said, "Let's move forward and save my head."

As mentioned earlier: Liu Guangshi himself is a battlefield idiot and can lose any battle. However, his generals are extremely brave. Some special ones dare to stare at Han Shizhong and Yue Fei, but they even obeyed Liu Dayane! At this time, Liu Guangshi called for help, and the group of people exploded immediately...

On the 4th, Wang De, Li Qiong and others all returned to Huaixi and fought against the puppet Qi army. Zhang Jun had already been in a state of dire straits. Behind them, Yang Yizhong was also approaching the battlefield and now he arrived in Haozhou.

Shocked by the emperor's killing order, the speed of the Song army was shocking. Taking Liu Guangshi's army as an example, they retreated from their original garrison Luzhou to the south bank of the Yangtze River, received the order and rushed back, and they actually fought with the puppet Qi army in Huoqiu, Zhengyang, Qianyang Temple and other places!

Huoqiu is in Shouzhou, just on the south bank of the Huai River. In terms of horizontal lines, it is a little further north than Luzhou. This is enough to show how afraid Liu Guangshi is! And his generals have made great efforts, and all the big victories have stabilized his head. But the real focus of this battle is not here, but in Outang Town, Haozhou. The real glorious figure is not any of the four generals of Zhongxing, but Yang Yizhong!

Let’s talk about Xiao Yang. Xiao Yang is very famous. There is a saying that he is the great-grandson of Yang Ye, a famous general of the Northern Song Dynasty. He was born in Daizhou and was extremely brave since he was a child. After joining the army, he was subordinate to Zhang Jun. When Zhao Gou formed the Marshal’s Mansion, Xiao Yang was one of the earliest teams. At that time, he stood outside Zhao Gou’s curtain all night, which made Zhao Gou feel a rare sense of security when he was young.

Yang Yizhong was shocked when he showed his power for the first time. At that time, there were many thieves. An excellent thief no longer saw how much things he stole, but how much land he occupied. Rencheng was stolen, and the Marshal's Mansion sent many people to him. One day, Zhao Gou climbed up to look at the city and felt depressed. Is this still the world of the Zhao family? But he saw several cavalrymen wearing armor and holding sharp edges and breaking into the Rencheng gate!

Zhao Gou witnessed these knights galloping around the city and killing hundreds of people. The leader of the man was covered in blood and seemed to be seriously injured. Zhao Gou urgently ordered someone to recall, but found that they were all the blood of the thieves they killed, and there were no scars. Zhao Gou was surprised and personally served him wine to "drink this bloody man"

Yang Yizhong is famous because of this. Xiao Yang was born with a strong beard and a majestic expression. Those who like him called him "Ten Brothers". This ranking was made by Jianyan when the generals were ranked after the southward transition. From Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, Yue Fei, Wu Jie, Wu Lin, to the youngest Yang Yizhong...

I'm so annoying to him, it's not very elegant. Who made him the "bearded eunuch" call him the most caring person? He was loyal and obedient to any orders without condition. He was just like a eunuch, but he had too much beard...

On the 8th, Liu Qi led tens of thousands of troops to Luzhou from Dingyuan County, Haozhou to meet with Liu Lin's main force. As a result, in Yuejiafang, Liu Qi's vanguard army encountered Yang Yizhong's 000th hall front army. Without saying anything, Yang Yizhong quickly resolved the battle, continued to take the initiative to attack, and faced Liu Qi's army!

On the 10th, the two armies met in Outang Town, more than 60 miles southeast of Dingyuan County. Liu Qi arrived first and occupied the terrain before Yang Yizhong. The puppet Qi army lined up along the mountain, and the army of tens of thousands of people was ready. The front row was densely packed with archers... This was the standard team of the Song army in the past, which meant that once the war started, the attacking side would face countless arrow rains that covered the sky and the sun, which was an unsolvable nightmare...

Yang Yizhong was about to jump into the well, and he gave whatever Liu Qi wanted. He sent Wu Xi, the commander of the Defeat Army, to lead 5,000 elite cavalry to attack the main formation of the puppet Qi army. The rain of arrows that day came as scheduled, but could not stop the breakthrough of the Song cavalry!

Because the puppet Qi army did not have the standard weapon of the Song army and various bows and crossbows that were similar to it. If so, the Jin army would have obtained a patent and copied and pasted countless copies. Does the Fourth Prince still run around the Qinling Mountains with arrows? The technological advantage is unique to the Han people! Until the demise of the Song Dynasty, even the Ming Dynasty, the aliens could not get involved!

5,000 cavalry shook Liu Qi's main position, and Yang Yizhong launched a general attack in time. He personally led his army to rush in from the puppet Qi army and fell into the super formation. This was very desperate, very much like seeking death, but Yang Yizhong left a surprise for Liu Qi!

Zhang Jun's former army commander Zhang Zongyan was ordered by Yang Yizhong to quietly go around the back of the puppet Qi army before the war started. At this time, he suddenly launched and stabbed Liu Qi in the back!

This is Yang Yizhong's style! Every move of this person looks crazy and passionate, but behind it is hidden thousands of caution, all calculations, and every step is mechanically accurate... This will be verified at critical moments in the years to come!

The puppet Qi army's formation collapsed and attacked three groups of people. Unexpectedly, Liu Qi was not a famous general. All he could do was rescue himself from a thousand troops...

More than 10,000 puppet Qi army was captured by Yang Yizhong, and hundreds of other ships and thousands of vehicles were captured. When Liu Qi's Eastern Army was defeated, Liu Lin, the middle army, also fled immediately! During the escape, Wang De, the No. 1 general under Liu Guangshi, joined forces with Yang Yizhong, and chased them to Shouchun Mansion on the south bank of the Huai River. Kong Yanzhou on the west side surrounded Guangzhou and retreated together!

In a sense, it was Yang Yizhong who dealt with this massive attack from the pseudo-Qi Dynasty!

Zhao Gou was particularly happy when the guards showed their faces. While showing off to the priests, he showed off, "This time you know I know I know I know that I have a good reputation, I will win." He also sent a commendation order to Yang Yizhong - to be promoted to Yang Yizhong as the governor of the army, the capital of the palace, the guards and the guards, and the commanders of the guards!

The very obedient Xiao Yang refused very wisely, with a great reason - the military strength of the three yamen cannot belong to one person. This is what our ancestors have said for nearly 180 years! I will remember it for the rest of my life! Zhao Gou was moved. Xiao Yang is so good, but we can continue to focus on training...

The above battle is the very famous Battle of Outang in the history of the Southern Song Dynasty. This battle is really lacking in pure military sense, and it is no big deal. Because the opponent is the puppet Qi army with generally low combat power, it is also filled with temporary recruitment of civilians. What if there are many such troops?

This point alone determines the value of the Battle of Outang. But its political significance is extremely far-reaching! It is the fuse, and it follows Yue Fei's second Northern Expedition, and the turning point is clearly visible!

On the Jin side, the pseudo-Qi State that deposed Liu Yu was finally promoted to the dragon case of the little emperor Wanyan Dan...

The Southern Song side reviewed the performance of the top figures in this battle. When the puppet Qi army changed into Jurchen clothes and walked onto the battlefield, Emperor Zhao Gou and Prime Minister Zhao Ding were panicked. In addition to preparing to retreat to Lin'an and issued a death order to force Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi to counterattack, they also urgently recruited Yue Fei to help Huaixi again. At this time, Yue Fei's eye disease worsened sharply, and almost invisible during the day. Moreover, his army had just ended the expedition. He was tired, and he was mainly hungry! He had not recovered, but he still went as soon as he heard the imperial edict!

When the Yue family army arrived, the Battle of Outang had already ended! Zhao Gou was very embarrassed and Zhao Ding was very ashamed. At this time, they knew that Liu Yu had been deceived, but the superiors naturally had their own way to cover up their shame. The two conducted a public Q&A:

Zhao Ding "From this incident, we can see the respect of the generals ahead for the court, and everyone obeys the orders."

Zhao Gou nodded repeatedly, "Yes! Liu Lin is defeated, I am not happy. The generals know that respecting the court is truly gratifying." The kung fu in changing his goals was as light as possible and perfect as he could.

Unfortunately, someone decided to seize this mistake and make a big fuss, thus realizing the wish of "the first person in real power in the empire". In November, this person returned from the front line: Zhang Jun!

The second prime minister, knowing the affairs of the Privy Council, Zhang Jun, the commander-in-chief of the enemy, had long disliked Prime Minister Zhao Ding. Although Zhao Ding caught him out of the abyss, the two of them had a huge gap in their working style and political ideals, which was a gap!

Zhao Ding is a person who must first calm the outside world. He always keeps his eyes on the three-point land south of the Yangtze River. His catchphrase is "Develop yourself first, and wait until everything in the country is abundant and rich, and the soldiers are trained, then think about what is going on outside."

Zhang Jun sneered at it. Zhao Ding's concept seemed appropriate, but in fact it was simply unreasonable. What level is considered wealthy? Is the Northern Song Dynasty Ren and the two dynasties considered? But at that time, countless officials still screamed that the country was too poor, the people's livelihood was too poor, and civil servants were too poor to go out to fight. Do you understand by using war to support the war? In the war, we are consuming, and the enemy is also consuming, and we have to examine the gains and losses. Do you understand whether you understand?

In Zhang Jun's eyes, Zhao Ding was a short-sighted coward! It blocked the stumbling block of his ideal! If this recruitment of Yue Fei was purely a trick! When Yue Fei moved, Jing Xiang was gone, what should I do if I was attacked? I saw that the east wall was demolished to repair the west wall. I have always had this set of solutions for repairing! No matter how stupid the Jurchens are, they will seize the opportunity sooner or later!

First of all, on January 1, with the strong recommendation of Zhang Jun, Qin Hui, who was left behind in Lin'an, was urgently summoned to Pingjiang Prefecture, preparing to partner with Zhang Jun to replace Zhao Ding, who was about to be dismissed from prime minister.

This is really shocking! Zhang Jun’s most praised points in his life are two points. One is that he is tough and always takes destroying Jin as his mission and never engages in any peace talks. The other is that he knows people. He has promoted a lot of famous ministers, such as Zhao Kai, Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Liu Qi, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Yu Yunwen, and Wang Shipeng. They are all famous at that time and have outstanding achievements! The Southern Song officials also admitted this point, and Zhang Jun’s recommendation was made! But they all chose to avoid one point: Qin Hui was also recommended by him! Zhang Jun’s reason for choosing Qin Hui was “soft and slanderous”

"小无" is a derogatory term, which clearly shows that Zhang Jun knows that Qin Hui is a bad guy! This is based on evidence. Qin Hui acted very evil when he was the prime minister last time. Everyone knows that he is definitely not a good person! But "小" means that Qin Hui is a soft guy, easy to control. This is outrageous, right? Everyone who knows Chinese history in the future will shake his head at Zhang Jun's "knowing people" this time... There is no other explanation, it can only be attributed to Qin Hui's omnipotent deception. Even Zhang Jun, who claims to be aware of people, fell into the jar!

The left clerk Chen Gongfu repeatedly impeached Zhao Ding, and the right clerk Wang Jin repeatedly impeached the assistant secretary of the Privy Council, Zhe Yanzhi, who was advancing and retreating with Zhao Ding. On the 5th, Zhang Jun returned to the Pingjiang Prefecture Palace from the front line. Facing Zhao Gou, he made two suggestions: 1. Taking advantage of the victory to attack Henan, destroy the pseudo-Qi, arrest Liu Yu, and restore the old capital of Kaifeng. Liu Guangshi was both arrogant and cowardly, and was useless. Even if he did not kill him this time, he should be dismissed from his post and recruited his army!

To be fair, these two are top priorities, Zhang Jun said it well! But Zhao Ding disagreed. The Prime Minister had another opinion, saying that Liu Yu was just a piece of meat on the case and could be chopped down at any time. But is there any benefit after chopping it? It would be a direct conflict with the Jin Kingdom! Compared with the two, it would be better to keep the fake and matte as a buffer...

As for Liu Guangshi, his army has been intricate for many years, and it is almost Liu's personal private army. Suddenly, it will definitely cause a major incident and will not be able to recover after that!

Zhang Jun was furious! Keeping the pseudo-Qiqi as a buffer, it was obvious that it was a replica of Zhao Pu's policy of "first south and then north" in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. At that time, the Khitan was strong and the south was weak. The Song Dynasty had to divide the steps in its attack. Can it be compared with that time? It was even more ruthless to Liu Guangshi. Putting aside the war factors, I dare not move because of the nature of the private army alone, which further encouraged the arrogance of the generals! This was the first national policy of the Song Dynasty, and the gun must be in the hands of the government!

In addition to impeaching Zhao Ding and Zhe Yanzhi, and promoting Qin Hui at the same time, Zhang Jun also ordered Yue Fei and Han Shizhong to attack the puppet Qi again! On the 5th, Han Shizhong led his army to attack the Huaiyang Army on Jingdong East Road.

Yue Fei's eye disease has just eased, but the military rations are still far away. Is it appropriate to go to Jiangbei in this situation? Yue Fei thought about it and went to the expedition! Bring enough military rations for 10 days...

Yue Fei's third Northern Expedition was only 10 days long for food and grass! The target was Caizhou, an important city in the pseudo-Qi Dynasty. Not only was there a high city and deep pools, there were many enemies, but his mortal enemy Li Cheng was also in charge. Li Cheng was known as the number one general of the pseudo-Qi Dynasty, and he was still very frustrated. Knowing that Yue Fei was coming, he was very careful first. First, he came to clear the world and never gave Yue Fei the opportunity to grab food on the spot. Second, he decided to give Yue Fei a small excitement...

Yue Fei came to the city of Caizhou, but found that there was nothing on the tall city wall, no soldiers, no flags, no sound, the whole city was quiet and empty. Is this really uncommon? (To be continued)
Chapter completed!