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Yue Fei

Type Figure Region China Time 1103–1142 Also known as Pengju、Wumu、Yue Wumu

Yue Fei (1103–1142), style name Pengju, a famed Southern Song general resisting the Jin, recalled by twelve gold plaques in 1141 and executed;…

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  1. 1134–1140Xiangyang–Yingzhou front · JingxiangDuring the Shaoxing era Yue Fei led the Yue Family Army northward, recovering the six commanderies of Xiangyang, advancing to garrison Yingzhou, winning battle after battle, his forces pointing at the Central Plains, making him the mainstay of Southern Song resistance to the Jin.
  2. 1141From the Yingchang (Xuchang) front toward Lin'an · Central PlainsIn the eleventh Shaoxing year the Song court issued twelve gold plaques ordering Yue Fei to withdraw; he retreated from the front, bringing his northern expedition abruptly to an end and shifting the anti-Jin situation toward peace negotiations.
  3. 1141–1142Lin'an (Hangzhou) · LiangzheAfter returning to court Yue Fei was framed by Qin Hui, Zhang Jun, and others, imprisoned on the charge of 'possibly having' (moxuyou), and died at the Fengbo Pavilion in Lin'an at the end of the eleventh Shaoxing year, the fall of a great Southern Song anti-Jin general.

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