pjbooks Chapter 395 Recapture of Dengzhou
Chapter 395 Recapture of Dengzhou
Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty
At this moment, the people of the Ming Dynasty were extremely excited and clapped their hands in delight. As expected of General Yue, he had defeated the enemy in a rout!
Even if they live hundreds of years later, and even if they are very familiar with Yue Fei's story, they will still be excited by Yue Fei's killing of the enemy and sigh with regret for General Yue's fate when they hear it again!
During this period, the people were in high spirits, especially at the newly built Yue Fei Temple, which was bustling with visitors.
People went to the temple to offer sacrifices and burn incense with piety and solemnity. Looking at the statues of gods in the temple, they saw Qin Hui and others kneeling next to them in stark contrast!
At this moment, people's anger reached its peak, and they decided to take a united action against the statue of Qin Hui!
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Meanwhile, in the live broadcast room
Lin Ke suddenly became excited, her voice rising as she said, "This mission has also reached its final moment."
"On the seventeenth day, Yue Fei ordered an attack on the city. Yue Yun was brave and capable, and was the first to scale the city walls, capturing Gao Zhong alive. Thus, Dengzhou City was captured."
"Once Dengzhou is recovered, the rest will be easier to handle. On the 23rd, Yue Fei ordered his generals Wang Gui and Zhang Xian to go to a place 30 li north of Tangzhou to intercept the Jin and Qi puppet troops and help Li Dao recover Tangzhou."
"On that very day, Xinyang Army was also captured by Cui Bangbi's army. In the end, Yue Family Army captured a total of fifty officials, including the prefect of Tangzhou under the puppet Qi regime, the military governor of Xinyang Army, and the vice-prefect."
"After Yue Fei had deployed the defenses of the six prefectures and there was nothing more to improve, he led his army in triumph back to Ezhou."
"If I hadn't known that Emperor Gaozong of Song, Zhao Gou, had also sent Liu Guangshi and Han Shizhong, I would have thought that this part was Yue Fei's army's home ground, and that Yue Fei's command of this battle was going too smoothly."
"However, it wasn't that they didn't send reinforcements. It wasn't until July 26th that Liu Guangshi's general, Li Qiong, led 5,000 reinforcements to the scene. When he arrived, he found that Yue Fei's army had already done all the work."
"However, regarding the rewarding of merits afterward, Yue Fei still submitted a memorial requesting that these five thousand men be rewarded first..."
"Although he didn't do any work, Yue Fei was so helpful that Li Qiong gave him a thumbs up, expressing her satisfaction!"
Yue Fei's victory in the recapture of Xiangyang, also known as the first Northern Expedition of the Yue Family Army, can be considered the first large-scale victory since the founding of the Southern Song Dynasty.
"To recover such a large area of lost territory, you have to remember that the Southern Song Dynasty had already been established for eight years at that time. Think about it, was Yue Fei a newcomer?"
"Obviously not. What did Zhao Gou do? He spent most of his time indulging in pleasure or on the run. He wasted his time."
"Afterwards, Zhao Gou assigned the Xiangyang area to Yue Fei as a defense zone for the Yue Family Army."
"Thus, Yue Fei used Xiangyang as his base, preparing for his later Northern Expedition!"
Southern Song Dynasty
At that very moment, news of Yue Fei's army's complete victory reached Zhao Gou's ears through the screen.
He stood up excitedly, spun around a few times, his eyes as bright as the stars in the night sky. He swore he had never been so happy since the founding of the Southern Song Dynasty!
"Just as later generations have said, Yue Fei was brave and skilled in battle, a truly excellent general," Zhao Gou murmured.
What followed was a conflicted feeling. He knew that if Yue Fei were to act according to his nature, the matter of the Northern Expedition would definitely be brought up again!
What should he do then? Launch a northern expedition or seek peace with the Jin? But history has shown that his choice was wrong!
Never mind, let's wait until he brings it up!
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The live stream is still ongoing:
“Starting from Shaoxing, the situation on the Song court reversed, for example, the battles of Raofeng Pass and Xianren Pass led by Wu Jie, and the battle of the six counties of Xiangyang led by Yue Fei, etc.”
"The military capabilities of the Southern Song Dynasty have improved significantly, and the Song Dynasty will no longer be suppressed by the Jin Dynasty as before. The Jin Dynasty is also clearly aware of this."
"The Song court was temporarily at peace with external threats, and internal troubles such as bandits in the Jianghuai region, such as Kong Yanzhou and Yang Yao, were suppressed. Overall, the Southern Song Dynasty was relatively stable at this time."
"And spring and summer always seem to pass so quickly. It was already around June of the fifth year of Shaoxing when the bandits were quelled. It was only a few months away from the autumn and winter that the Jurchens preferred."
"Therefore, the Song court and the public were extremely disgusted with this kind of fear and anxiety, which often felt like a knife was hanging over their heads. At this time, the calls for a northern expedition to recover lost territory grew louder and louder!"
"In the years before the reign title Shaoxing, even a cowardly emperor like Zhao Gou, who only wanted to run away, couldn't help but want to beat up the Jurchens. At this time, his wish was still to launch a northern expedition!"
"Therefore, the entire court and the public unanimously decided: Northern Expedition!"
Zhao Gou: Tell my father! I am not a coward!
Song court: (｀へ′) Northern Expedition! Northern Expedition!
"The Northern Expedition. Unlike any other war before, its importance is something you all understand."
"The preparations required were not simple, so before launching this Northern Expedition, the Song court made some military arrangements."
"First, in the winter of the fifth year of Shaoxing (1135 AD), the Song court unified the national army into the Xingying Hujun (行营护军). The main generals of the Song court at that time were assigned positions, with Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong and Yue Fei serving as the Zhongxiang and Xiangxiang Hujun (中前軍军).
"Liu Guangshi and Wu Jie served as the left and right guards, while Wang Yan's 'Eight-Character Army' served as the front guard deputy army."
"At the same time, the Song court also divided these people into different regions. Han Shizhong stationed troops in Chengzhou and Chuzhou to be responsible for the defense of the Huai River basin."
"Zhang Junjun's army was stationed in Jiankang Prefecture, while Liu Guangshi's army was stationed in Taiping Prefecture. These two men were respectively responsible for the defense of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River."
"As for Wu Jie, he was responsible for guarding the Sichuan and Shaanxi regions, while Yue Fei was stationed in Ezhou. These two were respectively responsible for the defense of various places in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River."
A spoiled young man from the Tang Dynasty: These are some of the main generals! If we can persist with the Northern Expedition, maybe…