One Piece of Song Dynasty

Yue Fei sent people to take Lu Junyi and five thousand soldiers into the camp. Yue Fei returned to the commander's tent. Li Ruoxu saw Yue Fei coming back and asked, "General, what did the prince's imperial edict say?"

Yue Fei handed the imperial edict to Li Ruoxu and said, "Mr. Li, let's take a look. Your Majesty promoted me to Hubei Province and sent Lu Junyi with five thousand infantry to strengthen our army. He asked our army to pack up and go to Jiangxi to help Han Shizhong." We will exterminate the rebels Li Cheng and Zhang Yong, and then go to Hubei. There is no need to bring any military relatives with us, the imperial court will make arrangements for them."

Li Ruoxu shook his head after reading the imperial edict and said, "Our prince, although he was promoted to general as the Hubei Propaganda Envoy, he took away the general's personnel and financial rights. I have inquired about the various propaganda envoys appointed by the prince." He only has military power, but he also sent Lu Junyi and infantry troops. The name is to strengthen the general's strength, but in fact, he may not trust the general."

Yue Fei thought thoughtfully and said, "It is enough to have military power. I will not rebel. Taking away those powers will save me trouble and I can devote all my energy to fighting. I will go to test the five thousand the prince gave me later." Sir, let me go and see what a person is like."

Li Ruoxu bowed his head and said, "Yes, general."

Yue Fei took Li Ruoxu to the camp where Lu Junyi and five thousand soldiers were staying. Lu Junyi saw Yue Fei coming and said, "General Yue."

Yue Fei nodded and said, "General Lu, can Yue have a look at Yue's new subordinates now?"

Lu Junyi said, "Of course." Then Lu Junyi made a gesture, and the five thousand soldiers who were still sitting stood up.

Yue Fei nodded after looking at it, and then Yue Fei asked them to conduct various drills such as formations. Looking at the five thousand soldiers, Li Ruoxu sighed, "These are stronger than our soldiers look."

Yue Fei nodded in agreement and said, "These soldiers have better reaction speed and higher discipline than our soldiers. It seems that Lu Junyi is right. The prince has high requirements for his subordinates."

Three days later, Yue Fei led his army to leave Jiangyin. On the way, he prepared to take away some of the military relatives who stayed in Yixing and sent people to Jiangyin to wait for the court's arrangements. The people of Yixing ran to both sides of the street to welcome Yue Fei and his army into the city. Among the people, a man stared at Yue Fei and suddenly rushed out and knelt in front of Yue Fei's horse to complain, saying that his wife had been taken over by Yao Da and begging General Yue to make the decision. Yue Fei had previously asked his uncle to escort his family back. He estimated that this matter was probably true, so he asked the people in public. The people nodded and complained, saying that Yao Da not only dominated other people's wives, but also bought and sold them by force, and took all their good shops as his own.

Yue Fei's blood was gushing and he was furious. When he looked up, he happened to see Yao Da hugging the prostitute and teasing him recklessly on the street. Yue Fei was furious and rushed off. Li Ruoxu hurriedly asked Yue Fan to ask his mother-in-law for help, and winked at Zhang Xian and Wang Gui, who hurriedly followed on horseback. Yue Fei got off his horse and pulled Yao Da early. He punched him and beat him severely, "I told you to dominate my wife, occupy my shop and oppress the people, and violate military discipline."

Zhang Xian and Wang Gui couldn't help but beat Yao Da when they saw him, and hurriedly went over to stop Yue Fei. Yue Fei's fist was heavy, and Yao Da just cried and couldn't stand up anymore. Yue Fei turned around and said loudly to the people, "Yue Fei is going to Jiangzhou to suppress the traitor Li Cheng. He is returning to Yixing to pick up his family and transfer them to Jiangyin. My uncle Yao Da harmed one party because of Yue Fei's lack of military discipline. I beat Yao Da to death today for the sake of peace." The people redress their grievances”

The people around him applauded and applauded. Yue Fan had already come running with his mother-in-law on his back, followed closely by Mrs. Li. When Yao Da saw his sister, he cried loudly and rushed to his mother-in-law, "Sister, help me, your son is going to kill his brother."

The mother-in-law scolded her brother for not living up to expectations, and blamed herself for not keeping an eye on Yao Da. Yue Fei hurriedly said, "Mom, please don't plead for him. My uncle violated military discipline and caused harm to his son. My son can tolerate his uncle, but military law cannot."

"Yao Da will be punished according to whichever article of military law he has violated. If my mother does not plead for Yao Da," my mother-in-law said so, and she already shed tears. Li Wa hurriedly knelt down to Yue Fei, "My mother-in-law only has this brother, and my husband only has this uncle. At least let him be spared this time."

Li Ruoxu and other generals also thought that Yao Da had committed his first crime and that his family was already old, so they begged Yue Fei to spare him this time. Seeing his mother-in-law crying miserably, the common people sympathized with Yue Fei and asked him to show mercy. Seeing this, Yue Fei pointed his riding crop at Yao Da and warned, "Uncle, please love yourself more in the future. If you dare to violate military discipline again, my nephew will spare my uncle, but Yue Fei's military discipline will not spare my uncle."

Yue Fei finished speaking and walked away. Yao Da was helped up by Yue Fan with his face covered in blood, but he looked at Yue Fei's back bitterly.

The team passed Zhang Zhu, took away all the military relatives and continued to march southwest. The army spans several provinces, so how to maintain military discipline and not disturb the people along the way is a big deal. Yue Fei particularly emphasized that the prince's army now abides by discipline, and their army must strictly observe military discipline in order not to lose face in front of Pao Ze. On this day, Yue Fei, Li Ruoxu and other hundreds of counselors were discussing on the march. No one noticed that Yao Da was following. He suddenly overtook Yue Fei and stopped a dozen steps ahead. He turned around and bent his bow. He nocked an arrow and shot an arrow at Yue Fei. Li Ruoxu, Zhang Xian, and Wang Gui were all shocked because of the sudden incident.

Fortunately, Yao Da missed his shot, and the arrow hit Yue Fei's Ma'an Bridge, and his wings were still trembling. When Yao Da saw that he missed his shot, he hit his horse and ran away. Yue Fei was furious and immediately chased him. He caught him and threw him off his horse. Yue Fei dismounted and immediately pulled out his sharp knife and said angrily to Zhang Xian and Wang Gui who were the first to arrive, "Catch him!"

"Yue Fei, I am your uncle, how dare you kill me?" Zhang Xian and Wang Gui each grabbed one of Yao Da's arms, with their mouths still full of anger. Li Ruoxu came over and saw that Yue Fei was so angry that he tore his uncle's clothes apart and raised the sharp knife in a fierce manner. It was too late to stop him. Soon after that, Yao Da lowered his head and saw a sharp knife stabbing his chest. He screamed and died.

Zhang Xian and Wang Gui watched with horror. Seeing the soldiers marching nearby waiting to watch, they all stamped their feet and shouted, "Yao Da is General Yue's uncle. He still kills people who violate military discipline. You all know General Yue's methods, so continue marching!"

All the soldiers were so scared that their faces turned pale and they all hurried away without looking away. Later, Yue Gao came with his mother-in-law and Mrs. Li's sedan. Mother-in-law and Mrs. Li didn't know that Yao Da was dead, but they still waved to Yue Fei.

Yue Fei returned to the horse with a livid face, pulled out the arrow from the saddle, and knelt down in front of his mother's sedan chair. "My uncle wants to kill Yue Fei. My son is unfilial, so I will kill my uncle."

The smile on her mother-in-law's face did not fade. She raised her head and saw the bloody corpse of her brother. She immediately trembled all over and her mouth trembled for a long time before she managed to say, "Then bury it."

Later, the mother-in-law was persuaded by Li Wa to help her down. The three armies passed by, and they were all afraid of purges. Yue Fan hurriedly found a coffin to bury the body on the spot.