Wu Li

Wu Li

Wu Yu (1093-1139, July 18), the word Jinqing. Deshun army Longgan county (now Jingning, Gansu Province) people. He was a famous general in the Southern Song Dynasty.

In his early years, Wu Yu joined the army to fight against the Western Xia Dynasty. In the second year of Jianyan's reign (1128), he led the army to fight against Jin. He and his younger brother Wu Xun were both well-known for their bravery and strategy. They belonged to Qu Duan and Zhang Jun successively. After the failure of the battle of Fuping, Wu Yao defended the areas of sangheyuan, raofengguan, xianrenguan, etc., and repeatedly defeated the Jin army. It is known in history that "Wei (Wu) Yao's body should be his charge, and there will be no Shu for a long time.". Wu Li eliminated redundant personnel, saved floating expenses, set up extensive land reclamation, repaired waste weirs, and established the method of transshipment with Hu Shi to make sufficient grain storage. The official went to Sichuan Province as a Xuanfu envoy.

Shaoxing nine years (1139), Wu died of illness, 47. As a posthumous title of "Wu'an", Shaoshi was awarded to him. In the third year of Chunxi (1176), he was granted the title of King Fu, ranking among the seven kings.

Life of the characters

Young people join the army

Wu Jian was originally from Longgan County of Deshun army. Later, because his father Wu Jian was buried in Shuiluo city (now Zhuanglang County, Pingliang City, Gansu Province), he moved there. When he was young, he was resolute, respected integrity, and was good at riding and shooting. When he was reading, he was good at righteousness. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Wu Xun, who was not yet 20 years old, joined the army in Jingyuan road as a good son.

Song Huizong Zhenghe (1111-1118), the Xixia invades the border, Wu Xun leads the army to fight fiercely, because of his bravery, he is promoted to Jinyi vice captain and Quanren team general. In the second year of Xuanhe (1120), he took part in the suppression of the fangla uprising, "breaking the crowd, capturing a chief" and breaking the "Hebei thief". He was the 11th general in the former Song Dynasty. In the first year of Jingkang (1126), the Xixia attacked the Huaide army, and Wu Yu led more than 100 cavalry to pursue it, beheading 146 levels. Bingyilang and the 12th Deputy General of Jingyuan road were awarded with their contributions (the history of Song Dynasty was the second deputy general). With the help of these battles, Wu Xun showed his strength in the army for the first time.

The battle of Fuping

In the second year of Jianyan (1128), the army of Jinbing west road went out of Daqing pass (today's Dali County east of Shaanxi Province), invaded Shaanxi Province and went straight to Jingyuan road. Under the command of Qu Duan, an official under the control of the economic and strategic department, Wu Xun led the former army to attack, defeated the Jin soldiers in Qingxiling, and pursued them for 30 Li. Because of his merit, he was promoted to wuyilang, jingyuanlu military commander, and zhihuaide army. Later, he was ordered to move eastward to recover Huazhou (now Huaxian County, Shaanxi Province). When the city broke down, Wu Li prohibited soldiers from killing and plundering, so that the people could be stable.

In the third year of Jianyan's reign (1129), Wu Xun was promoted to the rank of martial arts doctor and Zhongzhou governor. In the winter of that year, Shi bin, the leader of the uprising army of the rest of Songjiang, failed to conquer Xingyuan (now Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province) and turned to Chang'an (now Xi'an, Shaanxi Province). Qu Duan ordered Wu Xun to lead his army to kill him. Turn right, Dr. Wu. When Zhang Jun was in charge of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Liu Ziyu recommended Wu brothers' bravery. Zhang Jun summoned Wu Xun and attached great importance to him, so he appointed Wu Xun as the commander and took charge of the front soldiers with Wu Xun.

Jianyan four years (1130) spring, promoted to Jingyuan road mabujun deputy manager. Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan sari, the generals of the state of Jin, entered the pass with a long drive. Qu Duan ordered Wu to resist the enemy in pengyuandian, while he stationed his troops in Hezhou for help. In the first battle, Wu Yu defeated Jin Jun, so that Wan Yan SA Li he cried under the heavy pressure. But then the Jin army came to fight again, Qu Duan refused to help, and Wu's army was defeated. After Qu Duan retreated to tunjingyuan, he impeached Wu Li for disobeying his command, and was demoted to the rank of Wu Xian doctor. He was removed from the post of general manager, and he was also aware of the Huaide army. Zhang Jun cherished Wu's talent, and soon afterwards he was appointed Deputy Manager of Qin Feng, who also knew Fengxiang house. After the war, Wu Li comforted the army and the people and made them live on. Later, he was transferred to Zhongzhou defense envoy.

In the autumn of the same year, the Jin army launched a large-scale attack on the Southern Song Dynasty. In September, in order to restrain the Jin army and relieve the pressure on the southeast, Zhang Jun assembled Liu Xi, the economic envoy of Xihe Road, sun Luo, the economic envoy of Qinfeng Road, Liu Qi, the economic envoy of Jingyuan Road, Zhao Zhe, the economic envoy of Huanqing Road, and Wu Li, the "five route division" in Fuping, Shaanxi Province, and made Liu Xi the commander in chief. The song camp had a dispute about how to respond to the battle. Wu Xun thought that they should climb high to resist the enemy, but most of the generals thought that the mud in front of the song camp could hinder the Jin cavalry. Just when the song army was still hesitating, Wanyan zongbi came to the Jin army and moved the soil to carry firewood and fill the road. Soon the mud was razed to the ground and the cavalry of the Jin army passed by. Wanyan zongbi and Wanyan Loushi attacked the song camp on both sides. Wu Yi and Liu Yi took the lead in fighting the left-wing Wanyan zongbi army and fought bravely. Although the Wanyan zongbi troops had been through a hundred battles, they were also a little timid. However, Zhao Zhe, who was fighting on the right wing, was "absent from his headquarters without permission. When the soldiers saw the dust rising, they fled and the army collapsed.". In this way, the enemy of the right wing took advantage of the gap to help Yan zongbi, and Wu and Liu were defeated because they were caught between the two sides and suffered from the enemy. In the battle of Fuping, the song army suffered a disastrous defeat, which is known as "all the five roads fell, and Bashu earthquake".

A fierce battle against the monk yuan

After the war of Fuping, Wu Xun was given the command of the capital and was ordered to reorganize the remnant. He led thousands of disabled soldiers to retreat to Fengxiang area. He and his younger brother Wu Xun guarded heshangyuan (now southwest of Baoji, Shaanxi Province) to the east of Dashan pass. He "accumulated millet to protect troops and built a barrier", intending to defend himself. Some people advised Wu to retreat to Hanzhong, but he refused. When people in Fengxiang heard that Wu Xun was in the monk's palace, they felt grateful for his former kindness and sent food and grass to the song army at night. Wu Yu paid back with silver and silk, which made the people more happy, and more and more people joined the transportation team. When Jin Jun found out this, he was very angry. He ambushed and killed the transport team in the Weihe River. He also set up "Baowu" and "LianZuo" decrees. However, the people still risked to ban grain delivery for several years. At that time, the song army of monk yuan was isolated from the outside world, and the soldiers lost their fighting spirit. Some people even attempted to hijack the Wu Li brothers and surrender their gold. When Wu Xun learned of the situation, he summoned the officers and men and encouraged them with words of loyalty, "all the officers and men were crying" and willing to listen to the order. Zhang Jun, based on Wu's contribution, made him an observer of Mingzhou. Not long after that, Wu Li left his post to mourn for his mother's death, and was restored to his original post, and concurrently served as the governor of all roads in Shaanxi Province.

In the first year of Shaoxing (1131), the Jin generals did not stand in Fengxiang, but Wulu and daoda scattered the pass and led tens of thousands of troops to invade the south. The two Jin armies joined forces in sangheyuan. Wu Xun only had thousands of troops stationed in the monk's area, and he was outnumbered by many enemies, and he was short of military reserves. In this case, Wu Li still chose to stick to it. He generously encouraged the soldiers and said, "I'm here. The enemy will never dare to cross us and March from behind. Only by keeping the position can we protect Shu." At that time, Wulu and Chenghe ordered the strong cavalry to advance to Beishan. Wu Xun used the favorable terrain to divide his army into two teams and led one team to fight with the Jin soldiers. In Japan and China, both sides were tired, so Wu Zhen put the rest of a new force into the battle, and the song army gained strength and fought bravely. The cavalry of the Jin army were trapped in the valley terrain, so they had to dismount and fight. As a result, they were defeated and retreated to the yellow cattle Fort in the southwest of the former monk village. We had to withdraw because of bad weather. Three days later, he didn't set up an arrow to cross the border. Wu took advantage of his instability and sent troops to defeat him. The two departments of Jin army could not join forces.

Wan Yan zongbi was shocked and furious when he heard of the defeat. He built a floating bridge to cross the Weihe River and reach the front line of Baoji. He built a pearl camp and built a stone city in an attempt to open the entrance to Sichuan. Fearing that his subordinates would be horrified, Wu summoned his officers and men to encourage them with words of loyalty, "the generals will cry and swear with blood that they will do their best.". In October, the Jin army launched an attack on the song army, who was defending and upholding the Yuan Dynasty. Wu ordered the generals to "choose a hard bow and strong crossbow to fight with each other, and fire repeatedly in different times" and "the crossbow is like rain". At the same time, he sent his farewell generals out of the enemy's rear and cut off the enemy's grain route. Then he sent Wu Li to lead 3000 cavalry troops to the north of shenchagou. As expected, a few days later, the Jin army was attacked by the grain road and retreated to shenchagou. Wu Li led his troops to attack at night and broke more than ten barracks in Jinying. Wan Yanzong bi was in the middle of the battle. "Only to escape, he took the stairs to get rid of his beard and fled back." he stayed in Yanshan, stayed in Shaanxi, and was in Fengxiang. Zhang Jun, according to Wu's contribution, made him a governor of Zhenxi army.

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In the second year of Shaoxing (1132), Wu Xun and Xuanfu took control of the army and horses in the three prefectures of Shaoxing (Lueyang, Shaanxi), Wen (Wenxian, Gansu), and long (Pingwu, Sichuan). He ordered his younger brother Wu Xun to guard the heshangyuan, sent Guan Shi, the general manager of Xihe, to recover the Xihe prefectures, and led the main force to Hechi (now Huixian, Gansu). In the meantime, Jin general Wan Yan SA Li drink "make five road traitor, invade from Shangzhou.". Li Yanqi, a demoted general, was sent to move to Qinzhou, threatening xianrenguan (now the south of Huixian County in Gansu Province, which is an important road to Sichuan) to contain Wu fan, and he also ordered a ride out of Xihe road to contain the ancient division of Guanshi. Wanyan salihe led the main force to take the path to the East and attack Jinzhou (now Ankang, Shaanxi).

In the first month of the third year of Shaoxing (1133), due to the weak defense of the song army, Jinzhou was lost. In February, the Jin army marched into Hanzhong. At that time, Liu Ziyu transferred to Xingyuan prefecture (now Nanzheng, Shaanxi Province) and heard that Jinzhou had been occupied. He ordered Tian Sheng to guard raofengguan (now Shiquan, Shaanxi Province) and called Wu Xun to help.

After hearing the news, Wu Li immediately ordered troops to set out from Hechi and rushed to raofengguan three hundred Li in the night. He presented Huang Gan to Jin Jun and said, "the army has come all the way. I'll use it to quench my thirst for the time being." Wanyan salihai, surprised by the speed of his arrival, said with his staff: "how can Wu Li come so fast?" Wu Yu then went into battle and fought against raofengguan. The Jin army took turns to attack with heavily armored soldiers. Wu Yao personally commanded the song army. The bow and crossbow were launched fiercely, and the big stone was used to push and press. He held on for six days and nights. The corpses of the Jin army were as large as a mountain

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