One Piece of Song Dynasty

Wu Shu said, "Since we want to make peace, I will grant you the Song Dynasty south of Jianzhou as a vassal, so as to avoid endless wars."

Wang Lun wondered, "Which Jianzhou should I build?"

Wu Shu said impatiently, "South of Oujiang River, you have Fujian and Guangdong and Guangxi. Isn't it enough?"

Wang Lun was very angry and laughed back, "The establishment of a state south of the Oujiang River is not the establishment of a state in the Northeast. I thought the king gave me all the south of the Songhua River."

Wanyanchang saw that Wu Shu couldn't gain any advantage in the verbal dispute, so he stopped Wu Shu who was furious and stood up to send Wang Lun out. Wang Lun sneered and saluted, strode out, and said, "To return the Oujiang River, you have to cross the Yangtze River first, huh."

"From now on, you just focus on fighting, and don't get involved in peace talks anymore." Wan Yanchang saw Wang Lun back and laughed to himself when he saw Wu Shu raising his head in depression and cheering one after another. Wu Shu said depressedly, "Uncle, I still have the heart to start a war. So far, Luzhou and Chuzhou have not been defeated. The Song army has deployed heavy defenses in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It rains or snows all day long, and the roads are muddy. How can we fight this battle?"

Wan Yanchang sighed, "Yes, Wu Shu, have you noticed that the Song army is getting harder and harder to fight? This time the Song army started to fortify the walls and clear the country. The common people have disappeared, and they haven't gotten much food so far."

Wu Shu said harshly, "That's because the Song Army won't fight in the field with us. Whether it's in the northwest or the Huaihe River, it's either a siege or a battle in a place with complex terrain. Both of these are not suitable for cavalry operations and cannot bring out the full potential of our cavalry." strength."

Wan Yanchang smiled and said, "When we attacked the Song Dynasty a few years ago, we fought a lot of siege battles. At that time, except for a few tough guys, we basically conquered most of the cities if we wanted to. But now, this time, we just started fighting." Whether it is Luzhou or Chuzhou, we have been fighting for more than ten days, and we haven't defeated them yet."

Wu Shu was confused and said, "Uncle, I want to say that our Jin Army's combat effectiveness has declined."

Wan Yanchang shook his head and said, "That's not true. What I mean is that the Song army is getting stronger and stronger as they fight. If they continue to fight like this, the looting proceeds will become less and less, which is not good for us. It will be a waste of effort."

A few days later, Wang Lun returned to Lin'an. Li Xin immediately summoned Wang Lun. Wang Lun reported truthfully that the Jin army's move south was not Wan Yanchang and Wu Shu's original intention. Wan Yanchang asked the Song State to send another person to the Jin State for peace talks.

A few days later, a letter came from Liu Yu asking for help. Wang De of the Song Army led his troops to continuously break through the city and almost reached Yancheng. Wanyanchang and Wushu were shocked and hurriedly ordered all the armies to assemble and retreat north. However, the army had just gathered and retreated north. After that, another urgent message came from the north saying that Jin Taizong was critically ill. Wan Yanchang and Wu Shu were even more anxious to return home, so they withdrew their troops overnight. After hearing the news, the puppet Qi army also hurriedly abandoned their baggage and fled in embarrassment in the heavy snow. Han Shizhong received the news and ordered The various ministries followed and pursued the victory. The Jin-Qi coalition's first southern invasion was defeated in this way.

Zhao Ding entered the government office holding the victory report and shouted, "Your Majesty, what a great victory. The enemy retreated far away. Our troops are taking advantage of the victory to pursue them. Li Shifu's troops pursued them to the Huaihe River. The enemy troops were defeated and many of them fell to the Huaihe River and died."

Li Xin said, "The Jin army went south this time at the invitation of Liu Yu. They couldn't afford it early, so it was not as good as before. They sent an order to reward the East and Middle Governor's Offices, and each of the two Governor's Offices received a bounty of one billion Chinese dollars."

Zhao Dingzuo bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Wanyan Sheng, the second emperor of the Jin Kingdom, also known as Wu Qimai, died in January of the ninth year of Jianyan, and his temple name was Taizong. In the thirteenth year of his reign, Taizong of the Jin Dynasty destroyed the Liao Kingdom, destroyed Bianjing, expanded the territory to thousands of miles, and established the country. He can be called the most accomplished emperor of the Jin Kingdom.

After the death of Jin Taizong, after a fierce power struggle, the -year-old Anbanbeile Wanyandan came to the throne and was known as Jin Xizong in history. This Jin Xizong worshiped Yu Wenxuzhong as his teacher since he was a child. He liked to wear Hanfu and had a good etiquette culture. He especially learned the thin golden body of Song Huizong. After ascending the throne on this day and being worshiped by all the civil and military officials, the first thing he did was to give Yu Wenxuzhong, who wrote the eulogy for Emperor Taizong of the Jin Dynasty, the title of Doctor Ziguang Qinglu. Hundreds of officials gave me advice on whether the Northern Kingdom or the Southern Kingdom was more powerful in history."

Yu Wenxuzhong left this question to Wan Yanchang. Wan Yanchang replied that historically, the North has always been the most powerful, especially in terms of population and military. The North was far superior to the South. It was not until the Song Dynasty that the population of the South exceeded the North. However, the North was still stronger than the South militarily. Jin Xizong asked again, "The emperor's uncle is the most knowledgeable in our country of Jin. Can you explain it in more detail?"

Wan Yanchang said, "Let's talk about population first. During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei had a population of 44, pacified Shu with a population of 4, and destroyed Wu with a population of . In the following years, the population of the north was about , while the population of the south was about . However, in the Song Dynasty, due to The rapid development of the south has allowed the population to increase rapidly. Moreover, due to the wars in the past few years, a large number of people in the north have fled to the south. Today, the Song Dynasty in the south has a population of about . After the Jin Dynasty swallowed up the Liao Kingdom and half of the Song Dynasty, the total population It has also reached more than , which is basically the same as the two. However, my territory of Dajin is much larger than that of DaSong, so relatively speaking, the territory of DaSong is more densely populated."

Seeing Jin Xizong nodding, Wan Yanchang concluded from a military perspective: "The military difference between the north and the south is actually the difference between Hu and Han. The military of the north has always been better than that of the south, which can be highly summarized in three sentences: the density of organization, the excellence of cavalry and shooting, and the intelligence of scouts. From Starting from Shi Le, the Jie tribe in the south who was the first to defeat them, various northern ethnic groups have rampaged across China one after another, all the way to Wu County in the south of the Yangtze River. It is clear at a glance that the north is strong and the south is weak."

Jin Xizong asked, "But since the defeat of Kaifeng, our country of Jin has gone south to Jianghuai three times and attacked Sichuan and Shaanxi four times. In addition, this time we have assisted Qi in going south. This is the third time in nine years that we have gone south, but we have not yet destroyed the Song Dynasty. Since our country of Jin is better than The Song Dynasty was powerful, so why did it fail to conquer the Song Dynasty many times?"

"Your Majesty asked profoundly. It is an objective fact that the North is strong and the South is weak, but it is difficult for the North to annex the South. There are two reasons." Yu Wenxuzhong talked eloquently, "First, the Northern Dynasties can rarely handle ethnic relations well. With a very small number of People rule most of the different ethnic groups, and the difficulties can be imagined. Shi Le's country was destroyed because of the conflict between Chinese and non-Chinese people. Today, the Jin Kingdom has Khitan, Mongolian, Tatar, Bohai and other ethnic groups, and it has not been properly coordinated. The southern expedition may lay hidden dangers for the Jin Kingdom in the future."

"It's nonsense to say that I am conquering the south and the north just so that I, the Jin Dynasty, can unify China as soon as possible." Jin Xizong was listening attentively, but was suddenly shouted down by Wu Shu. Yu Wenxuzhong immediately turned around and said tit for tat, "What is the essence of national unity? It means that inferior civilization is subordinate to higher civilization. It is self-evident who is the most civilized today, of course it is the Song Dynasty."

"Yu Wenxuzhong is saying that if we, the Jin Dynasty, want to truly defeat the Song Dynasty, we must first have a civilization comparable to the Song Dynasty," Jin Xizong asked. Yu Wenxuzhong returned "Exactly." The reason why Fu Jian hurriedly invaded the south was because he knew that the most civilized Central Plains people at that time had already crossed south with the Eastern Jin Dynasty. If he did not immediately conquer the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he would not be able to claim to be the orthodoxy of the Han people. status, they cannot completely conquer other ethnic groups such as Xianbei."