On the first day of December in the first year of Jingkang (1 126), Zhao Gou, the king of Song Kang, was in Shuai Fu, Kaiyuan, Hebei. Zhao Gou is the marshal of Hebei military forces, Chen Heng is the marshal, and Wang Boyan and Zong Ze are the deputy marshals. Kang Wang appointed Chen Hengbo, a famous doctor of Wu State, as the commander-in-chief of Marshal House. His subordinates were divided into five armies: the front, the back, the middle, the left and the right, among which the former commander-in-chief was Liu Hao. Yue Fei belongs to Liu Hao's former army. Yue Fei was ordered to lead 300 cavalry south to conduct reconnaissance in Guli, Wei County, Daming Prefecture. He defeated an 8-Jin army team and killed an enemy general in the Imperial Forest. He was promoted to "Huyilang" for his meritorious service. Before Liu Hao's former army went south with 2500 men, Yue Fei was ordered to lead 100 knights to the border of South Sliding State near Kaifeng. When Song Jun returned to China, he met the nomads from the Yellow River. Yue Fei hacked and killed a general Jin, and Jin Jun was killed back, so he was promoted to be "from Bapin Bingyilang".
In late December of the first year of Jingkang (165438+65438+late October of 2027), Zong Ze took on the heavy responsibility of rescuing Kaifengfu, while the Grand Marshal Zhao Gou only gave him 10,000 troops, which were divided into five armies: front, back, middle, left and right. Chen Hengbo is in charge of the capital and leads Zhong Jun. Yue Fei once served in the army. This is the first time that he has become a ministry of Zong Ze. Zong Ze led his troops into Kaide Mansion and fought thirteen battles with 8 Jin J in succession, winning every battle. In a battle in the first month, Yue Fei shot and killed two standard-bearers of the 8 Jin Army, led the cavalry to attack the enemy and seized a batch of ordnance. Therefore, it was promoted to "Zhengbapin Xiuwulang".
In February of the fifth year of Tianhui (165438+the end of March 2027), after Yue Fei's former army in Zong Ze was stationed in Berlin Town, Dingtao County, Guangji Army, the Marshal's Office ordered him to be transferred to Huang Qian Shan to cancel Zong Ze's command of this army. On the first day of May in the first year of Jianyan (11June 27 12), Zhao Gou, King of Song Kang, was located in Yingtianfu, Nanjing, and established the Southern Song Dynasty, continuing to resist gold. After being assigned to Huang Qian Shan's army, Yue Fei wrote a letter to Zhao Gou, asking to join the war, because he had no war to fight for several months. Huang Qian Shan and Wang Boyan read Yue Fei's letter, stating that "I overstepped my authority and should not say", and severely punished Yue Fei, removed his official position and removed his army.
In August of the first year of Jianyan (11September of 27), Yue Fei went north, entered Hebei to recruit Zhang Suo's army, and took the position of "Zhengbapin Xiuwulang" as the commander-in-chief of Zhong Jun. Zhang appreciated Yue Fei very much, and soon he was promoted to be the commander of the "Seven Commanders of the State of Wu". In the first year of Jianyan (1 127 10), in mid-September, Zhang appointed Wang Yan as the commander-in-chief and led Yue Fei, Zhang Yi and Bai to recover Weizhou and other places. Immediately, Zhang Suo was expelled from Lingnan for impeaching Huang Qianshan, and the Zhaofu Department of Hebei West Road was revoked, leaving Wang Yan's army alone.
Wang Yan was stationed in Shimen Mountain, Xinxiang County, Weizhou (now Xinxiang City, Henan Province), and was surrounded by the assembled 8 Jin Army, so he played carefully. At that time, the 24-year-old Yue Fei was a little youthful and accused Wang Yan of being timid: "The second emperor is dusty, and the thief is based on the river. Courtiers should clear the way. Welcome aboard. Today, we don't make a quick decision, but wait and see. Do you really want to be a thief? " Lead his men to fight without authorization and capture Xinxiang county. However, it was immediately attacked by the assembled 8 Jin Army, and Wang Yan's department was scattered.
Wang Yan cleaned up the mess and retreated to Xishan, a city and county in * * (now Huixian County, Henan Province). In order to show their determination, Wang Yan and his men tattooed the words "Serve the country with heart and swear to kill the gold thief" on their faces, which means "Eight-character Army". Later, it grew to tens of thousands of people and recovered hundreds of miles. 8 Jin Jun's repeated encirclement and suppression failed.
Yue Fei led the remnants to fight in Taihang Mountain area for some time. After hearing the news of the growth of the Eight-character Army, he knocked on the hut where Wang Yan used to live, hoping to return to Wang. However, Wang Yan said to Yue Fei, "Your crime should be punished. However, you have stayed in my country for a long time, but you can restrain yourself and have the courage to return home. The country is in danger, and talents are rare. How can revenge on the enemy be evil? I leave you now. " Yue Fei was neither pursued nor accepted.