The world did not fulfill its wishes. This time, the great contribution of restoring the foundation of our ancestors was not obtained, but instead became a sin. If you really want to hold the responsibility accountable, then Emperor Lizong is the culprit. [? The problem is that the emperor cannot make mistakes. He is the embodiment of truth and a spiritual sustenance. If an emperor makes mistakes every few days, what do you think about the people below? But the mistake has already come out, and more than 100,000 troops and civilians are gone. What should I do? There are only two ways, one is to take the blame for someone, and the other is to turn big things into small things.

The Zhao brothers, Zheng Qingzhi and all the sons of the court were important officials, and it was difficult to put the blame on them. In this military operation to recover the Three Capitals, Shi Songzhi, the commander of Jinghu, refused to allocate food and grass, which was a bit wrong. But Shi Songzhi is not an ordinary person. He is Shi Miyuan's nephew. Although Shi Miyuan died, he did not die of collapse. The power of the Shi family was still there. If he had not had such a great support, he would not dare not transfer food to the Northern Expedition Army. This blame would obviously not be taken to him.

The pro-war faction cannot be deducted, and the anti-war faction cannot be deducted, so they can only turn big things into small things. So Song Lizong reduced the Zhao brothers and all their sons to one rank, and the deputy generals below were deducted three ranks, and there were also suspended. Shi Songzhi could not be punished at all. If the Jinghu Commander was appointed as the military position, he would not be the Minister of Justice. Unfortunately, Shi Songzhi did not give Lizong face and refused to say that his mother was sick and simply hid at home.

A great defeat that consumed countless money and food and lost more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians. As a result, it was a slight mistake. Those who should be responsible were not responsible, and those who should be reviewed were all mixed. From this point of view, the system of the Song Dynasty still had great flaws, especially in the control of major decision-making power, which was too relaxed. Moreover, these court officials had problems with their minds. When the enemy was in the present, they still had kung fu and internal fighting. Isn't this a sucking death? In fact, from this point of view, the emperors and court officials of the Southern Song Dynasty were a bit like frogs in the well. They did not realize that Mongolia would be more powerful than Jin and Liao. [I thought that if the energy consumed by Jin and Liao, it would inevitably consume the Mongols.

This report was collected by Lin'an statisticians from Lin'an City from official and unofficial channels, and then passed to Cixi in Guangzhou City through regular fast sailing ships between various ports. He finally sent Jinhewan himself. After Hong Tao arrived at Jinhewan, it was two years since Duanping, that is, in the spring of 2015, and several months had passed by the storm.

The report also mentioned that at the end of last year, the Mongolians sent an envoy to the Southern Song Dynasty court to "consult" the Southern Song Dynasty court, asking the Southern Song Dynasty court to continue to pay tribute to the Mongol Empire and become a vassal state like the Jin Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty court would definitely not agree to this condition. Finally, I sent a godfather away, and now I have another one. Why? In fact, the Mongolians did not plan to really ask for any annual tribute. They just made a gesture. If you really give it, then take it and just supplement the military expenditure. At worst, you can delay it for a year and beat you up. If you don't give it to it, there is an excuse. Why don't you give it to the Jin Dynasty? This is to look down on us, and then beat you up!

Some scholars in later generations have also analyzed that even if the Mongols received annual tribute, they would be released from the Southern Song Dynasty. I wonder if this was a bad idea when going to school. At that time, the Mongols had already figured out the truth of the Southern Song Dynasty. Before Duanping and entering Luoyang, they had already designated a major policy of going south. I could rob your family. Do you give me 500 yuan a month, so I won't rob you? If you are more righteous, don't rob you directly, and if you are more righteous, you will accept you for half a year of filial piety. Then you will rob you. Is this a discussion and analysis?

If the Southern Song Dynasty was a barren land and everyone lived a hard life, the Mongols probably might have let it go. (＝(?〔It’s useless to grab it. Unfortunately, the Southern Song Dynasty was one of the most wealthy countries in the world at that time. There was a rich man around him. Will the bandits raise them to rob them? Do you have to wait for you to recover and continue to struggle and escape?

Can the Mongolian turn war into jade and silk by suppressing the pro-war faction? The Southern Song Dynasty court has not yet been so stupid. It is impossible to steal chickens and lose rice. The short honeymoon period between the court and Mongolia has also disappeared. So the Southern Song Dynasty court began to actively prepare for war, not to attack, but to defend.

How to defend, there is actually nothing to ponder. Since ancient times, there are only three routes, east, middle and west, that can mobilize troops on a large scale between the north and the south.

The East Road is in the direction of Jianghuai, and it is under the jurisdiction of Huainan West Road and Huainan East Road in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is collectively called Jianghuai, because it is right between the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River. This area is not very different from the Jianghuai River in later generations. The Yellow River changes its route when it has nothing to do. Now it just takes Si and enter Huai, resulting in dense lakes in this area, with waterways crisscrossing. The traffic of 6 routes is not very convenient. But it is closest to Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. Even if the Mongols do not attack here, they will be closely guarded here according to people's habits. They are not afraid of 10,000, but they are afraid of something.

The middle road is the direction of Xiangyang, which is the southern part of Henan and northern Hubei in later generations, collectively known as Jingxiang. In the administrative divisions of the Song Dynasty, it belonged to Jingxi Road and Jinghu North Road, abbreviated as Jinghu, and established the position of Jinghu General. This is a military position, a bit like the commander of the military region in later generations. When it comes to traffic conditions, it should be the most convenient place. The waterways and 6 routes are very convenient. After crossing the Han River, it is all connected to the south, and it is all plains. However, there is a strong city blocking the road here, and it is still a strong city facing the river. It is Xiangyang City. The city is high and the walls are thick. As long as the defenders are not stupid, it is not easy to attack.

The West Road is in the direction of Sichuan and Shaanxi, including Lizhou Road (Hanzhong, Shaanxi), Yizhou Road (Chengdu Fu Road), Tongchuan Fu Road (Sichuan Santai), and Kuizhou Road (Fengjie, Sichuan). The situation here is quite complicated. After the demise of the Jin Kingdom, part of the Jin army stationed in Shaanxi surrendered to the Southern Song Dynasty, and part of the Mongolians. Some of them became Sandu, and no one surrendered, occupying the mountain and becoming king, wanting to be a fence-bearing, and seeing which side is more cost-effective, it is really not enough to hold troops and respect themselves.

Not only did this happen in Sichuan and Shaanxi, but many Jin ** teams surrendered in Xiangyang. The Southern Song Dynasty court did not play well in how to deal with the Jin ** team. They actually insisted on implementing the more garrison system in this sensitive period, which was to let the commanders of various military regions on the frontier change military regions to take office every once in a while, preventing them from grasping a military region for too long, so as to cultivate their direct troops in this military region.

This system cannot be said to be completely wrong. If it is peaceful, it can indeed effectively prevent military personnel from interfering in politics. But any system must have a premise. The Mongolian army will go south at any time, and it is a bit too rigid to play the game of not knowing the generals and not knowing the soldiers. It may be because the Emperor Taizu of Song Dynasty Zhao Kuangyin usurped the Later Zhou Dynasty with military generals, and from the late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, it was precisely because of the military rule that the continuous wars were caused. So, whether it was the Northern Song Dynasty or the Southern Song Dynasty court, they were very afraid of the army. In order to prevent the Zhao family from usurping power again, they would rather reduce the combat effectiveness of the army than allow any military region to appear. In other words, they would rather be beaten by outsiders than be cheated by their own people, which is a bit too much.

In January of the second year of Duanping (15th year), Meng Gong, a famous Southern Song general who was originally stationed in Xiangyang, was transferred to Huangzhou. When he was stationed in Xiangyang, he recruited many surrendered generals from the Jin Dynasty and organized them into the Northern Army to help the Southern Song army defend the Mongolian army. However, the person who succeeded him was Zhao Fan, who was the brother of the Zhao brothers who encouraged Song Lizong to recover the three capitals. After Zhao Fan came to Xiangyang, he did not like these surrendered generals from the Jin Dynasty. He always felt that they were not reliable, and even had the intention of killing, so he was persuaded by his generals. And the surrendered generals of the Northern Army were not fools. He surrendered to the Song army just because Meng Gong gave them enough hope. Now he has changed his boss who wants to cut off their heads all day long. Can he live this life?

"The officials in your court, from the emperor to you, have some ability to manage the local area. Once they are involved in the military, they are all fools! And they are a group of petty fools! You wait and see, there must be problems with the defense lines between Sichuan and Xiangfan. This is not because I am disheartened, but because the enemy is still trying to pull out his little little army by himself. If you can win a battle, it is unreasonable. They should be defeated! There is no reason and no failure!" He just completed the second good news.

The long voyage in the Cape, and arrived at Jinhewan with exhaustion and joy. Before his home was in, Hong Tao received information from Cixi. These messages had been sent to Jinhewan a month ago. After watching them for a while, Hong Tao's heart was completely filled with joy because of the hope of building a city in Cape Town, and replaced by full of anger and helplessness. He could only vent his anger, an official of the Southern Song Dynasty, and could not do anything.

"Sir, it's arbitrary. Zhao Fan is also a famous general of this dynasty. With him in Xiangyang, it's not necessarily too much for Meng Gong." Wen Nan was worried about Hong Tao's prophecy, but he was not willing to admit that his national government was a military fool and wanted to try to find a fig leaf.
Chapter completed!