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Yue Fei was born in Yonghe Township, Tangyin County, Xiangzhou. His father's name was Yue He, and his family had been farmers for generations.

Although his family was poor, Yue Fei was quite principled and ambitious when he was young. He liked reading and was particularly good at "Zuo Zhuan", "The Art of War" and "Wu Qi's Art of War".

In addition, Yue Fei once learned archery from martial artist Zhou Tong, and became very strong, able to shoot with both hands.

Yue Fei enlisted in the army under the command of Liu Qian, the Xuanfu envoy of Zhending. He led 200 soldiers to defeat bandits in Xiangzhou and captured the bandit leaders Tao Jun and Jia Jinhe alive.

"When Zhao Gou, then King Kang, arrived in Xiangzhou, Yue Fei was able to meet Zhao Gou and was ordered to defeat the bandit Ji Qian. He succeeded and was promoted to Cheng Xin Lang."

"After that, Yue Fei fought against the Jin army many times in Xiangzhou. He first led the cavalry to lure the enemy and defeat the Jin soldiers at Ligudu, and then followed Liu Hao to fight against the Jin soldiers in the south of Huazhou. Yue Fei took advantage of the Jin soldiers' ignorance of the Song army's weakness and decisively met the enemy and killed the enemy alone in front of the battle, eventually repelling the Jin soldiers."

"Yue Fei was also promoted to Bingyi Lang because of his merits and was under the command of Zong Ze, the governor of Tokyo."

"Zong Ze praised Yue Fei for his bravery, but he lacked battle formations and only knew how to fight in the field, so he taught Yue Fei a battle formation diagram."

"But Yue Fei believed that warfare should be flexible and changeable, and Zong Ze agreed with him."

"After Zhao Gou, the Prince of Kang, ascended the throne, he became Emperor Gaozong of Song. Yue Fei wrote a thousand-word letter to Emperor Gaozong, urging him not to flee southwards, but to lead his army northwards to recover the lost territory in the Central Plains while the Jin soldiers were unable to gain a foothold in the Central Plains."

"However, Yue Fei's petition was not accepted by Song Gaozong. Instead, he was stripped of his official position and expelled from the army for exceeding his authority."

"After Yue Fei left the army, he joined Zhang Suo, the governor of Hebei, and served as a military officer and commander of the central army."

"Yue Fei advised Zhang Suo that the country needed Hebei to firmly establish its capital in Kaifeng."

"If you can place a strategic location and deploy heavy troops, when a city is invaded by the enemy."

"If other cities can quickly send reinforcements, the Jin army will not be able to invade Henan, and Kaifeng will be able to stabilize."

"After hearing this, Zhang Suo appointed Yue Fei as Wujinglang."

"Zhang Suo ordered Yue Fei to follow the commander-in-chief Wang Yan across the river. Wang Yan saw that there were many Jin soldiers in Xinxiang, so he stopped his troops and did not move forward."

"Yue Fei led his troops alone to fight against the Jin soldiers, and successively repelled the Jin soldiers in Xinxiang, Houzhaochuan and other places. Yue Fei was also injured in many places."

"But after Yue Fei ran out of food and money, Wang Yan refused to give him any."

"Yue Fei led his troops northward, captured Jin general Tuoba Yewu in Taihang Mountain, and stabbed Jin general Black Wind King to death."

"But Yue Fei knew that he was not on good terms with Wang Yan, so he turned to Zong Ze and served as the commander of the garrison."

"After Zong Ze passed away, Du Chong took over as governor of Tokyo, and Yue Fei began to follow Du Chong again."

"In the second year of Emperor Gaozong's Jianyan reign, Yue Fei fought against the Jin army everywhere and repelled the Jin soldiers in places such as Heilongtan and Zhuludu."

"In the following year, he was promoted to the governor of Zhenzhou because he defeated bandits many times and captured bandit leaders Du Shuwu and Sun Hai alive."

"At that time, the governor of Tokyo, Du Chong, was preparing to lead his troops to retreat south to Jiankang. Yue Fei believed that no inch of the Central Plains could be lost. Once the army retreated south, the Jin army would quickly occupy it and it would be difficult to recover it in the future."

"But Du Chong insisted on retreating south, so Yue Fei had no choice but to return south with the team."

"On the way, we fought against the bandits Zhang Yong and Li Cheng successively, and won both battles."

"Du Chong was ordered to guard Jiankang. When the Jin army joined forces with Li Cheng to march to Wujiang, Du Chong stayed indoors."

"The Jin army then crossed the river at Majiadu, and Yue Fei, Wang Xie and others were ordered to fight, but Wang Xie and other generals fled before the battle, leaving Yue Fei to fight alone."

"Later, Du Chong rebelled and surrendered to the Jin Dynasty. He repeatedly encouraged his subordinates to plunder the Song army, but he did not dare to attack Yue Fei's troops."

"In Guangde, Yue Fei defeated the Jin soldiers six times and captured Jin general Wang Quan and more than 40 other generals."

"Yue Fei selected some Jin soldiers who could be used by him, sent them back to the Jin camp, and asked them to burn the Jin camp at night. Yue Fei took advantage of the chaos to defeat the Jin army."

Wang Yangming: When Yue Fei entered Zhongcun, he did not allow the generals to ask for food from the people even if they were starving.

At that time, many Han people who were recruited into the Jin camp came to submit when they heard that Yue Fei was stationed in Zhongcun.

In the fourth year of Jianyan, Wanyan Zongbing approached Changzhou. Yue Fei led his troops to garrison in the territory and subdued the bandits Guo Ji and others.

The local people praised Yue Fei and built a temple in his honor with his portrait.

Wanyan Zongbing launched a large-scale attack on Changzhou. Yue Fei led his troops to fight against him and won four battles in a row. He also pursued the fleeing Jin army in Zhenjiang East and Qingshuiting and won complete victories every time.

Later, Wanyan Zongbing pressed on Jiankang, and Yue Fei ordered his subordinates to sneak into the Jin camp at night to harass it, causing the soldiers in the Jin camp to kill each other because they could not distinguish between friend and foe.

Later, he led the cavalry to attack Longwan and defeated Wanyan Zongbing, eventually forcing Wanyan Zongbing to flee to Huaixi, and Jiankang was recovered.

When fighting against the bandit Qi Fang, Yue Fei won every battle.

When Zhang Jun passed by and saw that Yue Fei was a good fighter, he praised Yue Fei to Prime Minister Fan Zongyin. After the court learned about it, he appointed Yue Fei as the pacification envoy of Tongzhou and Tai and the governor of Taizhou.

However, Yue Fei did not accept the appointment. Instead, he took the initiative to request to guard the Huainan East Road and led his troops to recover the prefectures and counties along the road, and then recovered the lost areas of Shandong, Hebei, Hedong, Jingji and other roads.

When the Jin army attacked Chuzhou, Yue Fei went to support in place of Zhang Jun. He won three battles in a row, killed the Jin general Gao Taibao, and captured more than 70 enemy leaders.

Liu Guangshi, who was ordered to support Yue Fei, was afraid of the enemy and did not move forward. Yue Fei received an order from Song Gaozong to guard Tongzhou and Taizhou alone. However, Yue Fei believed that Taizhou had no strategic location to defend, so he retreated to Chaixu, and Taizhou was lost.

Therefore, Yue Fei requested punishment from the court.

In the first year of Shaoxing, Jiedushi Zhang Jun and Li Cheng's general Ma Jin had been confronting each other in Hongzhou for more than a month. After Yue Fei arrived, he volunteered to be the vanguard to quell the situation.

Yue Fei led his troops across the river to fight, and defeated Ma Jin at Yulongguan, forcing him to flee to Yunzhou.

Afterwards, Ma Jin launched a counterattack, but was lured deep into Yue Fei's territory and was eventually defeated.

After Ma Jin was defeated, Li Cheng failed to provide reinforcements and was also defeated by Yue Fei's troops, resulting in Ma Jin being beheaded. Li Cheng fled and took refuge with Liu Yu of Qi.

After Li and Ma Jin were pacified, the bandit Zhang Yong rebelled again. Yue Fei wrote a letter to persuade him to surrender because he and Zhang Yong were from the same hometown.

Yue Fei and Zhang Jun joined forces to quell the rebellion of the bandits Li Cheng, Zhang Yong and others. Yue Fei was appointed by the court as the deputy commander of the Shenwu Right Army for his great contribution, and stayed in Hongzhou. He was also granted the titles of personal guard and Jianzhou inspector.

The following year, Cao Cheng led an army of more than 100,000 to occupy Daozhou and Hezhou, and Yue Fei was ordered to recruit them.

Yue Fei requested to wipe out the bandits while they were still weak and had not yet formed a strong force, and Song Gaozong approved the request.

In Hezhou, Yue Fei created the illusion that food and grass had run out in order to confuse the captured spy Cao Cheng. He then deliberately let the spy escape and asked him to deliver a message to Cao Cheng.

After hearing this, Cao Cheng really attacked Yue Fei. Yue Fei led his army to defeat Cao Cheng and forced him to flee to Lianzhou.

Yue Fei could not bear to kill Cao Cheng's accomplices, but was afraid that they would regroup, so he only sent people to kill their leaders and recruited the rest of the people. As a result, Yue Fei recruited 20,000 of Cao Cheng's former followers and continued to pursue Cao Cheng, forcing him to surrender at the Xuanfu Division.

After that, Yue Fei put down the rebellions of Ma You, Liu Zhong, Li Zongliang and others one by one.

"In the spring of the third year of Shaoxing, Yue Fei was ordered to go to Lin'an, but he was afraid that the rebellion would resurface, so he did not make the trip."

"At that time, bandits were rampant in Qianzhou and Jizhou, and entered more than ten prefectures and counties such as Xunzhou and Meizhou to plunder."

"Yue Fei was ordered to go and pacify the rebellion. He defeated the bandits in Qianzhou and ordered Xu Qing and others to go to various places to persuade the remaining bandits to surrender."

"Song Gaozong secretly ordered Yue Fei to massacre all the people in Qianzhou City after he occupied it. Yue Fei repeatedly pleaded to only execute the main culprit, and Song Gaozong agreed."

"The people of Qianzhou were grateful to Yue Fei for this and enshrined a statue of Yue Fei in Qianzhou."

"In the same year, Yue Fei went to the court to meet Emperor Gaozong of Song, and Gaozong personally wrote the banner of "Loyal Yue Fei". He also promoted Yue Fei successively, and he was promoted to the commander of the Shenwu Rear Army, and retained the post of governor."

"At that time, Liu Yu established Qi and relied on the bandit Li Cheng who came to join him. He joined forces with the Jin soldiers to attack Xiangyang and six other counties. He also colluded with the Dongting Lake bandit Yang Mo and attempted to lead his army south."

"In the fourth year of Shaoxing, Yue Fei believed that the six counties of Xiangyang were the foundation for the northern plan to conquer the Central Plains, so he wrote a letter to take the lead in conquering the six counties of Xiangyang. Song Gaozong appointed Yue Fei as the governor of Huangzhou, Fuzhou, Hanyang Army, and De'an Prefecture to recover the lost territory."

"After Yue Fei led his troops across the river, he first recaptured Yingzhou City, forcing the defending general Jing Chao to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff."

"He also sent Zhang Xian and Xu Qing to recapture Suizhou, while he himself led his troops to Xiangyang and captured Li Cheng who was in Xiangyang."

"After checking the terrain, Yue Fei ordered his men to divide their forces and attack, eventually defeating Li Cheng's army and retaking Xiangyang."

"After Xiangyang and other places were recovered, Yue Fei believed that the Jin people had become arrogant and lazy after entering the Central Plains, and although Liu Yu established Qi, the people still missed the Song Dynasty."

"At this time, we should lead our elite troops north to the Central Plains, and take advantage of the fertile land in Xiangyang and other counties to cultivate farmland, store up food and money, and prepare to cross the river to annihilate the enemy."

"Yue Fei successively recovered Dengzhou, Tangzhou, and Xinyangjun. Afterwards, Yue Fei requested to resign from the post of governor, hoping that other officials of the court would govern Jingzhou, Xiangzhou, etc., but the court did not agree."

"Instead, Suizhou, Yingzhou, Tangzhou, Dengzhou, and Xinyang Army were merged into Xiangyang Prefecture Road and placed under the jurisdiction of Yue Fei."

"So Yue Fei moved to Ezhou and was granted the title of Jiedushi of Qingyuan Army, Zhizhishi of Hubei Road, Jing, Xiang, and Tanzhou, and was granted the title of Kaiguozi of Wuchang County."

"Wanyan Zongbi and Liu Yu besieged Luzhou. Yue Fei was ordered by Emperor Gaozong to rescue them. The Jin soldiers saw the Yue character flag and the Jingzhong flag and were defeated in a battle."

"After Luzhou was pacified, Yue Fei asked the court to forgive their previous overdue debts and to lend money as appropriate so that the people in Xiangyang and other prefectures would have grain and cattle to farm."

"Officials in various regions were evaluated based on the number of refugees they recruited."

"In the fifth year of Shaoxing, Yue Fei's mother was named Lady of the State, and Yue Fei was granted the title of Jiedushi of Zhenning and Chongxin Army, and the governor of Hubei Road, Jingxiang and Tanzhou. He was further granted the title of Wuchang County Founding Marquis, and was appointed the governor of Jinghu North and South and Xiangyang Road, and the commander of the Shenwu Rear Army, and was ordered to arrest Yang Mo."

"Yang Mo's accomplice Huang Zuo learned that Yue Fei came to offer surrender, and took the initiative to surrender."

"Yue Fei ordered Huang Zuo to return to Dongting Lake to deal with Yang Mao. Huang Zuo was very grateful to Yue Fei. After accepting his surrender, he repeatedly made military achievements under Yue Fei and persuaded Yang Qin and others to surrender."

"From April onwards, while Yue Fei was trying to persuade Yang Mao's generals to surrender, he also ordered his men to attack Yang Mao's outer camps many times, and successively subdued tens of thousands of Yang Mao's men."

"At that time, Zhang Jun thought that Yang Mao's water fort would be difficult to break through in a short time, and Yue Fei assured Zhang Jun that the bandits would be captured in eight days."

Zhu Yuanzhang: After Yue Fei arrived in Dingzhou, he used the previously surrendered troops of Yang Mo to recruit them along the way, while setting up camps and lining up ships to prepare for an attack on Yang Mo.

Yang Mo's important subordinates were persuaded to surrender one after another, but Yang Mo refused to surrender and fled into the lake by car or boat.

Yue Fei ordered people to build huge rafts to block the lakes and harbors, and to throw rotten wood and weeds upstream to make them float downstream.

He also asked the soldiers to curse and provoke Yang Mo, who was enraged and launched a boat to chase after him. Eventually, due to blocked waterways, he could not move forward and was eventually beheaded by Yue Fei's subordinates.

In this battle, Yue Fei captured more than a thousand warships and greatly expanded the Ezhou navy.

Yue Fei was promoted to the rank of Duke and appointed as the Recruiting Envoy of Jinghu North, South and Xiangyang Roads.

In the sixth year of Shaoxing, Yue Fei was ordered to move his troops to the west of Beijing, and was appointed as the Jiedushi of Wusheng and Dingguo Army, and also served as the deputy envoy of Xuanfu.

Yue Fei set up the Xuanfu Office in Xiangyang in an attempt to recover the Central Plains.

During this period, Yue Fei stayed at home to mourn for his mother's death. Song Gaozong repeatedly ordered Yue Fei to go to Wuchang to mobilize the army, so Yue Fei had no choice but to return to the army.

Later, he was in charge of the affairs of Hedong Road and governed Hebei Road, and defeated the enemy many times.

In September, Liu Yu sent his son Liu Lin and nephew Liu Ni to invade the Huaixi area separately.

At that time, Yue Fei had serious eye disease due to years of fighting, but he was still ordered to go to Huaixi and defeat Liu Lin's army.

On the way, Song Gaozong sent a letter saying that Liu Lin and others had left and there was no need to pursue them. Instead, they should guard against the enemy invading Xiang, Deng, Chen, Cai and other places. Therefore, Yue Fei withdrew his troops midway.

In the seventh year of Shaoxing, Yue Fei met with Song Gaozong and was named Taiwei.

Yue Fei discussed with Song Gaozong many times the strategy of restoring the Central Plains. He analyzed that the Jin people used Liu Yu to establish Qi in an attempt to disrupt the Central Plains and let the Song people kill each other, while the Jin people themselves could train their troops.

Yue Fei requested Song Gaozong's permission to lead his troops to march into Bianliang, Luoyang, Shaanxi and other places to surrender the rebel generals, so that the Jin soldiers would abandon Bianliang and recover the capital, Shaanxi and other places.

Then they divided their troops to stabilize the Mesopotamian region and captured Liu Yu.

Song Gaozong trusted Yue Fei very much and frankly entrusted the task of restoring the country to Yue Fei.

When Yue Fei was planning the Northern Expedition, he encountered obstruction from the peace faction, such as Qin Hui and Zhang Jun. They refused to hand over the Huaixi Army to Yue Fei and instead handed over the military power to someone who was not worthy of the job. After Yue Fei argued with Zhang Jun to no avail, he submitted a petition to be relieved of his military power so that he could mourn for his mother.

Song Gaozong issued several edicts urging Yue Fei to return to the army, but Yue Fei declined.

It was not until Song Gaozong ordered Yue Fei's staff to plead with him for many days that Yue Fei agreed to return to the army.

After Yue Fei returned to the army, he asked Emperor Gaozong of Song why he was reluctant to launch the Northern Expedition, saying that if he continued to delay, he would lose the great opportunity to launch the Northern Expedition, and asked Emperor Gaozong to personally supervise the war. However, Emperor Gaozong did not agree to Yue Fei's request.

Yue Fei learned that Wanyan Zongbing disliked Liu Yu and that Liu Yu was on good terms with Wanyan Zonghan, so he designed to alienate the three of them.

Yue Fei wrote a letter intending to conspire with Liu Yu to kill Wanyan Zongbing, and used Wanyan Zongbing's spies to let him know about this.

After Wanyan Zongbing learned of this, he reported it to the Jin court, which deposed Liu Yu.

Yue Fei petitioned the court to seize the opportunity to attack and successfully recover the Central Plains, but was again rejected by Song Gaozong.

In the eighth year of Shaoxing, Yue Fei was ordered to return to Hangzhou to meet the prince. Afterwards, Yue Fei praised the prince as a king of revival.

It happened that the Jin court sent envoys to discuss the return of the lost land in Henan. Yue Fei reported to Emperor Gaozong of Song that the Jin people could not be trusted and that Prime Minister Qin Hui's peace talks were inappropriate and he was afraid that he would be ridiculed by future generations. (End of this chapter)