Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

"Even if I am not told in advance the fate of the Jiangnan Song Dynasty, I can still predict it."

"If you enter Luo at this level, you will definitely lose!"

In the Bianliang Hall, Zhao Kuangyin also shook his head repeatedly and came to almost the same inference.

Zhao Kuangyi on the side took half a step back, then sneered cautiously:

"This Lizong is the blood descendant of his elder brother. It may not be too heartless to say so."

Zhao Kuangyin turned his head to see Master Kongjiong's move, and couldn't help being speechless. He immediately said with a hook:

"Why are you so far away? I won't beat you."

Zhao Kuangyi breathed a sigh of relief and stood back as he was told.

Then there was an immediate blow on his bare head.

So the anger that filled his heart made him glare at Zhao Song Guanjia, and then he looked at him and said slowly:

"This is to teach you that in battle, you never tire of deceit. This is called a soldier who never tires of deceit."

This is simply unreasonable!

Master Kong Jiong couldn't help but clenched his fists in anger... and then moved his rosary beads two minutes faster.

"What? Not convinced?"

Zhao Kuangyi's eyes lowered again, and soon he heard his brother's slow voice coming from above his head:

"Do you think Mongolia can just sit back and watch Lizong live in peace?"

No need to answer, Zhao Kuangyin shook his head and said:

"Never will."

"As soon as Khwarezm started to gain momentum, Mongolia found a way to destroy its country."

"In order to destroy his country, he even chased him as far as Tianzhu and pursued him relentlessly."

"As future generations will say..."

When Zhao Kuangyin thought of those words, he couldn't help but admire the freedom of speech in later generations:

"This Temujin is a man who can bite each other with dogs without getting hurt."

"The virtue of a meal may not be repaid, but the resentment of Jizhan will definitely be repaid."

Zhao Pu also came back from his reverie about those powerful officials who had taken power one after another, and agreed:

"Just like Xixia, it has no blood feud with Mongolia, but it also sends women, wealth, and soldiers and horses to encourage them."

"However, it can be seen from the fact that Mongolia did not distinguish between its plunder and its gains, the intention of destroying Xia has already been there."

In his view, the temporary ceasefire between Xixia and Mongolia was not so much a peace negotiation as a bloodletting plot by Mongolia against Xixia.

Even if Xixia honestly did not take any money from Mongolia to encourage them, it would not be able to escape the result of self-destruction due to lack of national strength.

Therefore... "Rather than saying that Song and Mongolia worked together to destroy Jin, it is better to say that the Jiangnan Song Dynasty was forced to destroy Jin."

Zhao Pu couldn't help but sigh as he said:

"However, due to this series of wars, I don't know how many people in Henan and Hebei are still alive. Moreover, the Yellow River has changed its course and flooded for thousands of miles. I'm afraid there is no rooster crow for thousands of miles."

"As a result, the amount of food and grass needed for the Northern Expedition is simply countless."

"If... during the Battle of Caizhou, Mongolia was given 300,000 dan, it is impossible..."

At the end, Zhao Pu also shook his head, obviously not optimistic about this battle.

Zhao Kuangyi spun the rosary beads two minutes faster in his hand, thinking in his mind that it is no wonder that most of the ministers and officials in the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty took Zhao Pu, who was "the most eloquent", as their example.

However, he would not say this. He just wanted to see how the Song Dynasty would be destroyed next.

We are already in such a situation, what other famous generals can there be? Can you defeat Mongolia, which is destroying the country and destroying it?

[Duanping into Luo is the most straightforward name for the Northern Expedition in the Southern Song Dynasty.

In 1234, the Kingdom of Jin was gone, and so was the authoritarian Shi Miyuan.

For Lizong, the mood at this time was like a toad diving into a well, a wild donkey entering a deserted beach, a big fire roasting a fish, a big pot letting a bird stew, highlighting a sense of comfort.

So this year the title was changed to Duan Ping, and the greatest achievement of this Northern Expedition was also written on it: entering Luo.

In March of this year, when the Jin Kingdom was destroyed and the war between Mongolia and Song Dynasty was undecided, Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty ordered Meng Gong to escort Zhu Yangzu, Lin Tuo and others into Henan to visit and briefly repair the imperial tombs of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Meng Gong became famous as early as when Jin Aizong was crazy about Nan Gong, he rescued the siege of Zaoyang and defeated the Jin general Wuxian one after another until the opponent's entire army was annihilated.

In Meng Gong's lineage, his grandfather Meng Lin and great ancestor Meng An were both Yue Fei's generals, so they can also be called standard generals.

In the Battle of Caizhou that destroyed the Jin Dynasty, Meng Gong was in charge of the Southern Song Army. However, this battle was a near miss. It was even more thrilling to escort two ministers north to visit the imperial mausoleum. It was a bit like riding a thousand miles alone. the taste of.

In short, for Lizong, the Ancestral Temple has been dedicated and the imperial tomb has been worshipped. It would be a fool not to take advantage of the emptiness in Henan to regain the old land!

On a deeper level, Duanping's entry into Luoyang also has a political significance.

After all, as we all know, Song Lizong was able to ascend the throne entirely because of the irreconcilable conflict between Shi Miyuan and the former prince, so he took advantage of Song Ningzong's death to make an edict.

After Lizong ascended the throne, some people even rebelled and launched a mutiny in an attempt to support the former crown prince on the throne. Although they were put down, it was well known to everyone.

Therefore, for Song Lizong at that time, there were foreign enemies in the north, foreign relatives at home, and party disputes in the court became increasingly fierce. It can be said that there were many contradictions. In this case, Song Lizong had to first preserve the legitimacy of his throne and the legal system.

That's why there was a scene where Meng Gong traveled thousands of miles alone to escort ministers to pay homage to the imperial tomb, but this was only the first step.

The Northern Expedition to regain the old capital was the second step that Song Lizong had to take.

Therefore, although the timing of this Northern Expedition was not very appropriate, at the time it was seen as necessary and unavoidable.

After all, even if you don't make the Northern Expedition, will Mongolia still let you occupy Jiangnan and Huaihe, which was one of the top prosperous places in the world at that time?

Therefore, Duanping enters Luo has never been a question of whether to fight, but a question of how to win.

In this regard, the Southern Song Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty consistently made the same mistake, that is, the decision-makers did not know how to fight.

Whether it was the literati during the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song, or the generals and Emperor Lizong of the Southern Song Dynasty, they all treated the life-and-death battle of the country's survival as a joke.

Not to mention the ridiculous attack on Liao and Yan by the Northern Song Dynasty, since the Southern Song Dynasty wanted to fight, it should be united and determined to win.

As a result, 60,000 elite troops in the Lianghuai War Zone went out in full force and headed north. Shi Songzhi, the supreme commander of the Xiangyang War Zone, and Zhao Yanna, the supreme commander of the Sichuan War Zone, were still trying their best to oppose it, believing that it was unwise to provoke Mongolia.

In the end, Shi Songzhi even quit his job and resigned to go home.

The army set out in a hurry, with different opinions within the army, and even the preparations made before the war were extremely inadequate.

As a result, the Northern Expedition Army faced the Central Plains after the Mongol-Jin War, and the Yellow River that Mongolia dug again to obstruct the Song Army.

The army of the Northern Expedition had to eat five days' worth of food as seven days' worth. After the vanguard was attacked and destroyed by the Mongols, the food had to be eaten for thirty days. In the end, half of the 60,000 troops returned hungry. The grand Northern Expedition ended up as a joke.

But it was just what Mongolia wanted. In the autumn of the following year, Ogedei marched southward from Lianghuai, Jingxiang, and Sichuan on the pretext of entering Luoyang during the Duanping Campaign.

Among them, the Sichuan route with a force of 500,000 soldiers was led by his second son Kuoduan. At Yangping Pass, a Song general led the Beiwei Army to the front and shot from both sides. He then sent his elite troops to attack from both sides, which caused a great defeat to the Mongolian army. He successfully recaptured Xianren Pass, which led to the hasty end of the Mongolian invasion.

After the war, Kuoduan was known by his name: Cao Youwen, the governor of Lizhou. 】