One is Yue Fei and the other is Wang Yan.
Wang Yan is a talented person who joined the Party (now Changzhi, Shanxi). When I was young, I received the imperial higher military education-Ma Gong's Children's College (note: it belongs to the Privy Council and is in charge of a military school that recruits young people to teach martial arts). He was first awarded the title of Qinghe Commander. Later, Wang Yan took a general under Zhongshidao, the governor of the western regions, to spend the summer for the second time.
Nomads from the army invaded, the old general died of illness, and the nationalist army was beaten out of the water by jurchen. Wang Yan led the remnants to raise the banner of resisting gold in Hebei. After Zhang arrived in Hebei, Wang Yanling led his troops to mutiny, and was highly appreciated by Zhang. He was appointed as the commander-in-chief and became Zhang's military leader, that is, Yue Fei's immediate boss.
In the first year of Jianyan (1 127), in mid-September, Zhang Suo managed to cobble together 7,000 poorly equipped troops, appointed Wang Yan as commander in chief, and led eleven generals including Yue Fei to recover Weizhou. No sooner had the troops set out than the news came from the rear that Zhang Suo had been demoted and the Zhaofu Department had been abolished, and this team became childless again.
As for Weizhou, Jurchen has tens of thousands of troops, and the strength of the two sides is far from each other. After a bloody battle, Wang Yan suffered heavy losses and finally broke through from Xinxiang, Weizhou.
After the breakthrough, Rebecca summoned the remaining forces to discuss the future development direction.
Rebecca's goal is clear. At present, there are many righteous people in the two rivers. To develop the team, it is necessary to develop the broad masses of different classes, whether they are rural husbands or bandits. As long as you dare to fight against jurchen, you can be pulled into the team. In the chaos, everything is aimed at resisting gold.
At this point, Wang Yan and Zhang Suo, Zong Ze, Ma Kuo and other important anti-gold leaders at that time had the same views.
Yue Fei doesn't think so. The repeated failures in his early military career made him understand a truth. To defeat Nuzhen, he needs an iron division with strict discipline and correct thinking, and an army composed of villagers, soldiers and bandits. It seems lively, but it can't fight hard. The team should recruit northwest noncommissioned officers with combat experience, not abuse them.
None of them can convince anyone. Wang Yan finally ordered Yue Fei to recruit two fugitives near Xinxiang, ending the discussion.
Yue Fei rejected the military mission. He didn't care too much about Rebecca, so he chose to leave and fly alone.
In the short term, Rebecca's choice is correct. After Xinxiang broke through Wang Yue's separation, Wang Yan collected the broken parts and actively contacted the "heroes of the two rivers". The team grew rapidly, and the loyal militia leaders of Hebei, Hedong 19 battalions responded to Wang Dutong.
In order to increase the recognition and cohesion of the team, Wang Yan asked his men to tattoo the words "serve the country wholeheartedly and swear to kill the gold thief" on their faces.
Who wants to follow him, Wang Yanan? It's easy to organize the formalities. Just put this character on it.
At that time, the "eight-character army" was famous in the two rivers, and the troops under Wang Yan's name claimed to be 180,000, which became the armed forces of the Central Plains with great deterrent to the Jurchen.
Yue Fei's department moved to Taihang Mountain area after Xinxiang broke through, and gradually got into trouble. Yue did not want to recruit blindly, and the supply of grain and grass became a serious problem. After several battles, the number of employees has been seriously reduced, and food, clothing, housing and transportation have become problems. Peng Yue raised horses himself and slaughtered them.
When the news came that the Eight-character Army had repeatedly defeated the Golden Man, Yue Fei began to reflect. Perhaps in the current environment, Wang Yan's choice was right, and whether he was too idealistic.
He can't bear to think about it. For the survival of his troops, Yue Fei decided to go back to Wang Yan, confessing and borrowing food.
That day, Yue Fei left without saying goodbye, and Wang Yan was very angry. He reported to his superiors that Yue Fei chickened out and ran away. Yue didn't know that he had long been blacklisted.
To Wang Yan's surprise, Yue Fei came back to confess his sins. Some subordinates said that Yue Fei was courageous and left the team without authorization, so he should be beheaded to establish military prestige. Rebecca thought it over and over again, but finally he didn't do it. He said to Yue Fei, I will spare you, but the figure-eight army will not tolerate you. Go! Save your life and fight hard with Jurchen.
Wang Yanze scoffed at Yue Fei's request to borrow grain, saying that there was commissary, and in the camp of Jin people, whoever had the ability would have food.
Yue Fei turned and walked away in despondency. Yan Wang said, wait a minute. After all, you and I both worked together under Zhang Zhaofu. How can I make Yue control to go home empty-handed? We heard that Wang was still drinking. There is also an altar of good wine in Wang's camp, which is soaked in the blood of Hebei's finest sorghum and sorghum. If Yue Kong has the courage, please have a drink, and he will also have the courage to meet Jin people on the battlefield in the future.
Yue Fei looked at Wang Yan's aggressive eyes, heroic. He screamed that he wanted to drink the blood of the golden dog, but Peng Yue was not drunk for a thousand cups. Come on up.
Yue Fei drank the blood wine offered by the soldiers in one gulp and felt that his blood was unobstructed. After many days of difficulties, he swept away and strode out of Wang Yan's barracks without scruple.
He wanted to prove to Rebecca that the road he chose was also correct.
Ten years later, in the sixth year of Shaoxing (1 136), Wang Yan led 10,000 troops to the south of the Yangtze River to join the army in the Governor's Office of Zhangjun. Yue Fei, then the propaganda ambassador of Xiangyang, Hubei Province, was stationed in Ezhou. Hearing that his former boss passed by Ezhou, he sent someone to invite Wang Yan to stay in Ezhou for a boat trip.
At this time, Yue Fei was the most dazzling general of the empire, and Wang Yan led the eight-character army into Sichuan and Shaanxi. Although he has made many meritorious deeds, compared with Yue Fei, the stars are dim. In addition, the court had long wanted Wang Zicai to retire and arrange a suitable candidate to take his place. At first, Song Ting chose Yue Fei, and asked Wang Yan to be the magistrate and the messenger of peace in southwest Beijing. He was "restrained" by Yue Fei. After Yue Fei moved Xiangyang County, the capital, to the headquarters, he merged the Eight-character Army into Yue Jiajun.
Wang Yan refused to accept this appointment. Considering the veteran's face, he would rather retire early than work under his expelled staff. Later, the imperial court transferred the Eight-character Army to Lin 'an Prefecture.
Yan Wang still remembers the "festival" between him and Peng Yue.
At this time, Yue Fei, who passed by Ezhou, ignored the past and took the initiative to invite him. Yan Wang was a little surprised, but immediately agreed.