Yes, this iron army at that time can be said to have frightened the Jin people. According to records, the Jin people's commanders basically started to get scared when they heard that they were going to fight this army. It can be imagined that this iron army was The army's reputation was so high at that time, but because the leader of this iron army was very resolute in resisting the Jin Dynasty, and most of the literati in the Southern Song Dynasty at that time were surrenderers, they could only be targeted for everything. Later, because of this, they were still was dismissed from office, so this Iron Army was also disbanded in the later period. It can be said that the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty was entirely self-inflicted. The name of this Iron Army was the Eight-Character Army, and its leader was Wang Yan.
It can be said that Wang Yan has loved studying and fighting since he was a child, so he is also quite proficient in military martial arts. He passed the interview with Song Huizong early in his life and became a junior officer at that time. He followed the famous general Zhongshi Dao at that time. Crusade against Xixia, but in the second year of Jingkang, because the Jin army began to attack Bianjing, Wang Yan saw that the country was being bullied by the Jin army, so he went to Hebei to join the army to resist the Jin army. It can be said that he became famous because of his young age. Therefore, he was promoted to an officer at that time, and Yue Fei was working under him at that time. Later, the two of them parted ways due to different opinions on tactics.
Because there were many people in the Taihang Mountains who were very active in resisting the Jin Dynasty, and there were a lot of rebels here at that time, so Wang Yan could be said to have gathered many anti-Golden martyrs here, and At that time, the Jin people offered a high price for Wang Yan's life in order to kill him. Therefore, it can be said that Wang Yan hardly dared to sleep at that time. In order to show their loyalty, his subordinates carved "?" on their faces. Serve the country wholeheartedly and swear to kill the golden thieves? Eight characters. This is also the origin of the name of the Eight-Character Army. It can be said that Wang Yan later led the Eight-Character Army and defeated the Jin people and fled. Later, the Jin people generals heard that the opponent was Wang Yan. The Eight-Character Army basically started to tremble with fear.
It can be said that Wang Yan was a resolute anti-Jin faction, but at that time the surrender faction in the Southern Song Dynasty court accounted for the vast majority, so Wang Yan was later dismissed from office because of this, so the Eight-Character Army was handed over In Liu Qi's hands, it can be said that the Jin army was defeated, but because it was too powerful, it was regarded as a thorn in the side of the capitulation faction, so it was also beaten down, so the world-famous Eight-Character Army was also dispersed. From now on, there will no longer be any Eight-Character Army in each army.