In the Southern Song Dynasty, in addition to Yue Jiajun, who was able to frighten the nomads from fear, there was also an army that was also the nightmare of the nomads, that is, the Eight-character Army led by Wang Yan.
The early Wang Yan got an official position to work in the DPRK after an inspection by Song Huizong. Because of the perennial war in the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Yan joined the Jingyuan Army and started his military career. In the crusade against Xixia, the military exploits were remarkable, and then the Jin army went south and Wang Yan led the army to resist the Jin army. In the later period, Wang Yan and Yue Fei parted ways because of their disagreement on tactics.
when Wang Yan came to the west mountain of * * *, he recovered many righteous men who resisted the gold. At that time, the gold people clearly priced Wang Yan's head, which made Wang Yan sleepless every night. In order to show their loyalty, their soldiers tattooed on their faces the words "Serve the country wholeheartedly and swear to kill the gold thief", and the Eight-character Army is also famous for this. Then nomads from every encounter with Wang Yan led the "eight-character army" was beaten and retreated. Nomads from when reporting to the generals, uneasy to say that this figure-of-eight army is too much, simply can't beat it!
Wang Yan is upright and upright, especially in marching and fighting. Therefore, Wang Yan in his heyday offended many bureaucrats of the capitulators in the Southern Song Dynasty, and under the encouragement and slander of the capitulators, the current emperor deprived Wang Yan of his military power. The leadership of the "Eight-character Army" was handed over to General Liu Kun. Because of its good strength, the "Eight-character Army" won many victories under the leadership of Liu Kun.
Liu Kun and Wang Yan are the same kind of people who want to serve the country and kill the gold thief. However, they all touched the interests of the "capitulators" and others, so the final result was the same as Wang Yan's dismissal of military power. The "eight-character army" also spread to all parts of the Song Dynasty with the arrangement of the authorities.