I will never be Renzong

Chapter 60 Yanyun Sixteen States

In the martial arts arena, pairs of cavalrymen were performing riding charge drills, shouting and killing loudly, and the drills were very impressive.

Zhao Zhen, who was not far away, looked at him and couldn't help frowning. In the era of cold weapons, cavalry is one of the most important arms, and it is also the king of kings. If the Central Plains Dynasty wants to become an empire, it must have a large-scale cavalry. Legion.

The Song Dynasty claimed to have 20 cavalry, but among the 20 cavalry, it would be considered good to have [-] or [-] cavalry. Two or three people and one horse.

As a time traveler, Zhao Zhen naturally knew that the enemies of the Song Dynasty were far from the current Liao Kingdom and the Dangxiang people, but also Jurchen and Mongols, as well as the restless Jiaozhi Kingdom in the south.

If he wants to establish a unified and powerful empire, he must form a powerful cavalry.

Throughout the history of China, after the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, it has been bullied by the nomads in the north. It was not until Zhao Wuling King Hu Fu rode and shot and formed a large-scale cavalry army that he was able to compete with the nomads. Even when the Qin Dynasty was established, the first emperor even He did not hesitate to build the Great Wall to resist the Huns, and even sent general Meng Tian to lead 30 troops to the north to resist the Huns.

In the Han Dynasty, after several generations of emperors accumulated experience, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had great talents and strategies, and formed a large-scale cavalry. Finally, under the command of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, he defeated the Xiongnu and sealed the wolf as a Xu.

But the nomads on the prairie are like leeks, they grow out after one stubble is harvested, and even the later Sui and Tang dynasties had to use a lot of manpower and material resources to deal with the nomads in the north.

The dog army was beaten away, the Huns came, the Huns were defeated, the Turks came again, and the Turks were finally defeated. After two or three hundred years of stability, they didn’t want the Central Plains to have endless civil strife. Call the emperor and establish a country.

In order to seek help from the Khitan people, the founding emperor of the later Jin Dynasty handed over the natural horse breeding base of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Khitan. However, this move only attracted wolves into the house. Without the Great Wall defense line, the northern region was a natural plunder for the Khitan people. base, and the Khitan became increasingly powerful.

After Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin established the country, he fought hard for several years and finally ended the five generations of separatist regimes. But at this time, the Khitan climate has become a big success, and it is not something that can be solved by tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

Yanyun Sixteen States couldn't take it back, Song Taizu naturally had trouble sleeping and eating, so on the one hand, he stepped up training soldiers, on the other hand, he tightened his belt to live, saving millions of money every year, in order to make Yanyun Sixteen The state was bought back from Khitan, or seized back by force.

But the day failed, and after the sound of an ax and candle, the wise and powerful Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin finally ended hastily, and the throne also fell into the hands of his younger brother Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi.

Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi was also a diligent emperor. Although his military strategy was slightly inferior to Song Taizong Zhao Kuangyin, he was not an idiot who did not understand military affairs. After all, the last separatist power in the Central Plains, the Northern Han Dynasty, was destroyed by him.

Although Zhao Guangyi's military ability is still qualified, but his desire to control is too strong, and coupled with the destruction of the Northern Han Dynasty, it is inevitable that he will be arrogant and underestimate the enemy. So he became flustered, and aggressively attacked Liao, but the army defeated Baigouhe, and finally fled in a donkey cart.

This battle was very important to Song, as it was one of the main factors that contributed to Song's decision to take a defensive stance, but did not want to lose in the end.

Although the Northern Song Dynasty lost a lot in this battle, it has not hurt the muscles and bones, and the vitality is still there.

Song Taizong was naturally not reconciled to failure, he didn't want to live under the glory of his brother all the time, and the court also had criticisms about his succession, so he has been mobilizing troops, just waiting for the opportunity to avenge his shame.

In 982 AD, Emperor Jingzong Yeluxian of the Liao Kingdom passed away. Yelu Longxu, who was under 12 years old, succeeded to the throne, and his mother, Empress Dowager Xiao, was regent.Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi saw how this orphan and widow could be his opponent. Isn't this a god-given opportunity?

So the second battle against Liao was launched in 986. However, due to the relapse of the old disease, Song Taizong failed to drive the conquest. Ever since, he came up with a very awesome idea, that is, to divide the army into three parts, namely the eastern part. , Central and Western.All three armies attacked Yanjing from three sides, thus recovering Yanyun sixteen prefectures.

And he sat up as the commander behind the scenes, and came with a remote-controlled army thousands of miles away, but Song Taizong's ideas were too advanced. He was born 1000 years earlier. If it is placed in the modern age of advanced communication technology, it is understandable for him to do so. But this is ancient times before even electricity.

The battlefield is changing rapidly, and the opportunity to fight is fleeting. Often, the battle is over before his order is conveyed to the front line, so the second attack on Liao failed again.

The two expeditions against Liao failed miserably, and the domestic situation was unstable, threatening the imperial power, so Song Taizong began to learn from the pain, feeling that he could not surpass his brother's military achievements in any case, so he put his mind on internal economic construction and literary development.

Although Song Taizong's two expeditions to Liao ended in vain, they also planted the seeds of hatred. In 1004 AD, the adult Yelu Longxu and his mother, Empress Dowager Xiao, commanded 20 troops and began to march southward, attacking cities and villages all the way. Arrived at the city of Chanzhou.

The weak and incompetent Song Zhenzong saw that even the wise and powerful first emperor could not handle the orphans and widows. Now the orphans have grown into strong men, and the widows have become strong women, and he is just a weak scholar. How can he be him? The opponents of the two, therefore, wanted to move the capital to avoid the limelight under the advice of the Zhuhe faction. Fortunately, the prime minister Kou Zhun talked badly, bluffed and threatened, and finally Song Zhenzong came to the front line in person. army attack.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen sighed deeply. The great situation left by Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was ruined by Song Taizong, and Song Zhenzong was even a fool, and even signed the first unequal treaty in the Song Dynasty - Tan Alliance of Yuan.

"Officials! Be careful!"

Zhang Mao, the chamberlain on the side, suddenly ran in front of Zhao Zhen and shouted loudly.

Zhao Zhen just woke up from his reverie at this time, and saw a runaway horse galloping towards him three feet away.

"Escort! Escort!"

Zhang Mao shouted loudly while stretching out his hands to block Zhao Zhen.

Seeing this, the four guards quickly ran in front of Zhao Zhen to form a human wall with their bodies.

He thought the four guards could stop the runaway horse, so there was no panic in Zhao Zhen's eyes, but he didn't expect that the horse was too strong, and a charge sent the four of them flying.

There was a trace of panic in Zhao Zhen's eyes, thinking, is it possible that I, a time traveler, will die under the horse's hooves?
Passerby A: Damn it!Where's my dragon-slaying sword?
Passerby B: Did you forget that you lent it to me a few days ago?

Passerby A: Then let him go today!

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