忠心报国的岳家军 

　　岳飞是南宋时期抗击金朝进犯的名将。他从小刻苦读书，特别爱读兵法，20岁时参加了军队，以勇敢出名。

　　岳飞一心想收复被金朝占领的中原大地，对自己要求十分严格，又关心爱护士兵。他领导的岳家军作战十分勇猛，从没打过败仗。

　　公元1140年，金大将兀朮(wuzhu)带领金朝的军队向南宋进攻。岳飞带领岳家军与金兀朮作战。

　　兀朮有一支经过专门训练的骑兵，人马都披上厚厚的铁甲，叫做“拐子马”，向岳家军进攻。岳飞看准了拐子马的弱点，等敌人冲过来，命令士兵弯着身子，专砍马腿。马砍倒了，金兵跌下马来，这样就把拐子马打败了。兀朮听到这个消息，伤心得哭了。他说，自从带兵打仗以来，全靠拐子马打胜仗，这下全完了。岳家军乘胜收复了许多中原失地。 

　　但后来，昏庸的宋高宗却与金朝讲和，命令岳飞从前线撤兵，又解除了他的兵权。公元1142年，奸臣秦桧(hui)又以“莫须有”(即当地语言“可能有”的意思)的罪名把岳飞害死了。岳飞死时只有39岁。

　　Yue Fei was a general of the Southern Song Dynasty, who fought victoriously against the invading forces of Jin, a kingdom established in northern China by the Nuzhen tribe, and drove them out of the Central Plains.

　　In 1140, the Jin army under General Wu Zhu attacked the Southern Song Dynasty. Their warhorses were clad in thick armor, so Yue Fei instructed his men to hack at the horses'unprotected legs. In this way, the Jin troops lost their advantage, and were crushingly defeated. 

　　However, the fatuous Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty made peace with the Jin. Yue Fei was dismissed, and in 1142 executed on a trumped-up charge.