One Piece of Song Dynasty

After meeting Wang De, Qu Duan directly led troops to Xiangyang. After more than half a month of traveling, he arrived in Xiangyang. At this time, Xiangyang had just made some progress through the efforts of Yue Fei and others.

That day Qu Duan led his army to the outside of Yue Fei's barracks. Yue Fei came out to greet him after receiving his report. Qu Duan clasped his fists and said: "General Yue, I led my army to take over Xiangyang in the name of the prince. This is my appointment decree, and there is another This is the imperial edict given by the prince to General Yue."

After receiving the two imperial edicts, Yue Fei looked at them and said, "Your Majesty, Yue Fei, accepts the edict. Governor Qu, please come in. I'll pack up my army and head to Pingjiang Prefecture tomorrow."

After having a banquet with Qu Duan in the evening, Yue Fei called Li Ruoxu, Wang Gui and other generals. Yue Fei gave the imperial edict to Li Ruoxu and said: "Mr. Li, please read the royal edict to everyone."

After Li Ruoxu finished reading, the generals whispered to each other, and Wang Gui was a little dissatisfied and said: "Brother, what does this imperial edict mean? We have just gotten better in Xiangyang."

Lu Junyi said: "The general thinks that the prince will reuse the general. The general has been with the prince for the longest time. Every step the prince takes is carefully considered. Besides, the army guarding the camp before the camp is directly under the prince, so he will not be wronged. General."

Yue Fei asked: "What does Mr. Li think?"

Li Ruoxu frowned and said: "Judging from the prince's military formation, the three east, middle and west governor's offices have been formed. These three roads will be the future anti-golden front lines. After the original east and west governor's offices were established, I think the prince Maybe the Zhonglu Dudufu will be handed over to the general, or the general will be placed under the Zhonglu Dudufu, because at that time the prince has already transferred the general to Hubei Road. I really didn't expect that the prince would transfer the general away from the anti-golden front line at this time. However, the prince may have other deeper meanings in turning the general into a direct army. As for what the prince's intention is, I don't know, but does the imperial edict say that the general should take the army to Pingjiang Mansion to station it and then take Yue Yun with him? Let's rush to Lin'an together, I think the answers to all the questions should be available by the time we meet the prince."

Yue Fei nodded and said: "Okay, then tomorrow the whole army will march towards Pingjiang Mansion."

In September of the seventh year of Jianyan, after Yue Fei settled his army in Pingjiang Mansion, he took Yue Yun and Li Ruoxu to Lin'an to meet Li Xin. This was the first time that Li Xin met Yue Fei, a national hero praised by later generations.

Li Xin arranged the meeting place at Yuewang Mountain in Lin'an. Yue Fei and three others followed Li Xin to the Yuewang Mountain. Li Xin asked: "General Yue, do you know the origin of this mountain?"

Yue Fei replied: "Your Majesty, this mountain is called Yuewang Mountain. According to legend, it was the place where King Goujian of Yue stationed troops to fight against Wu."

Li Xin stopped in front of the sword washing pool and said: "Gou Jian lay down on firewood and tasted gall. The gall is not finished after tasting it. Gou Jian will finally avenge his shame in a battle."

"I have long hoped that one day I could restore the Central Plains and avenge my shame." Yue Fei was high-spirited.

Li Xin asked Yue Fei the same question as Liu Qi: "If the Northern Expedition is given the command of a general, how will the general fight?"

When Li Xin heard Yue Fei's answer, he laughed. As expected, the answers of these generals were exactly the same. Li Xin laughed and said: "Haha, I knew that your answer to Yue Fei is exactly the same as Liu Qi's answer."

Yue Fei said doubtfully: "Liu Qi"

Li Xin nodded and said: "Liu Qi, named Uncle Xin, is the son of Liu Zhongwu, the former Western Army general and Luchuan Jiedu envoy. His talents are not inferior to your Yue Fei. He is currently leading the army to be stationed in Jiangxi. I also asked him about it before. His answer to this question is the same as yours."

Li Ruoxu probed: "The prince is not satisfied with General Yue's answer."

Li Xin said: "It's not that they are dissatisfied. From a military point of view, their argument is fine, but from other aspects it is somewhat lacking in consideration." Then Li Xin said what he said to Liu Qi. Once again, including his own plan for the Northern Expedition.

After hearing this, Yue Fei and others knelt down in shock and said, "Your Majesty is such a talented person, it's better for me to wait."

Li Xin smiled and said: "So Yue Fei, are you still dissatisfied with me for transferring you from the front line of Xiangyang?"

Yue Fei cupped his fists and said, "I don't dare."

Li Xin asked: "Then do you understand the reason why I transferred you back from Xiangyang?"

Yue Fei replied: "The prince wants me to participate in this big plan."

Li Xin said: "Xiao Dezi spread out the map."

As Xiao Dezi spread out the map in the washbasin, Li Xin pointed at the map and said: "Not just to participate, I want you Yue Fei to command an army of and march directly into Yanyun to isolate the Central Plains, Hebei and Liaodong, and do it for me The army completely regained the Central Plains and Lianghe to create conditions. I will tell you another news. The commander of the -strong army in Jinzhou on the other side is Liu Qi. When the time comes, you two must cooperate well to block the Liaodong Jin Army from me in Liaodong. .”

Yue Fei knelt down again and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely lead the army to complete Your Majesty's Northern Expedition plan, guard Yanyun, and prevent the Liaodong Jin Army from entering Yanyun."

Li Xin said: "In the past few years, you should study Yan Yun and train the army carefully. I will give you all the information about Yan Yun. Although your army is in the name of protecting the army before the camp, I will give you all the information about Yan Yun." I will replenish your army of in the next few years.”

Yue Fei replied: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Li Ruoxu, I heard that your brother is Li Ruoshui, one of the three ministers of the Jingkang Death Festival."

Li Ruoxu replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, Li Ruoshui is my elder brother."

Li Xin said: "Well, then you should work beside General Yue. When the Northern Expedition begins, you will assist General Yue in guarding Yanyun. I am here to ask you, do you know why Hedong and Yanyun fought when Jingkang went to war?" The cloud will be lost soon."

Yue Fei replied: "That's because the Yisheng Army and the Changsheng Army rebelled, and both armies were composed of Han'er from Liaodong."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Yes, it is indeed because of their rebellion, but you know why they rebelled. It is precisely because of the different treatment and distrust of them by the court, not only the court but also the lower class people and soldiers, but don't We forget that they are Han people like us, and the blood in their bodies is the descendants of Yan and Huang. Who can blame them when they lost Yan Yun? It can only be said that the court was incompetent and could not recover Yan Yun. They lost more than a hundred people to the Liao Kingdom. year, you remember that if you cannot handle the relationship with the Han people in Yanyun during the Northern Expedition, even if you occupy Yanyun, they will beat you back. Not only the Han people in Yanyun, but also the Khitans and Jurchens. Yanyun is already We must face this fact in a place where many ethnic groups live together. In fact, the imperial court once invaded the city of Yanjing during the second Northern Expedition. However, it was because of poor military discipline and indiscriminate killing of innocent people that aroused the anger of the Khitan people and made them share the same hatred. The result was that the Second Northern Expedition fell short."

Yue Fei sighed: "I was also in the Northern Expedition army, and I have heard about this."