Yue Fei's Troop-Inspection Platform

　　   Yue Fei's Troop-Inspection Platform is located in the Youxi River bend, 5 kilometers west of the county town at Penzhu. When Yue Fei, the Song Dynasty’s Imperial Commissioner, was campaigning against Peng Youliang, he set up camp at Penzhu, trained his troops, and built this troop-inspection platform here.

　　

　　Yue Fei (1103~1142)　　   Yue Fei (1103–1142), courtesy name Pengju, was a native of Tangyin in Xiangzhou (now part of Henan). He was an outstanding military strategist and tactician of the Northern Song Dynasty. Yue Fei’s father, Yue He, and mother, Lady Yao, were farmers. In his youth, Yue Fei studied archery and spear techniques under Zhou Tong and Chen Guang respectively, becoming the most skilled martial artist in the county. However, due to his family’s poverty, he later went to Xiangzhou (now Anyang) “to work as a farmhand for the Han Weigong (Qi) family.” In early 1122, Yue Fei first joined the army. In October of the same year, during the Northern Song’s campaign against the Liao Dynasty, he reached the walls of Yanjing (present-day Beijing) and was deeply impressed by the towering city walls... Details+