In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 299 The Northern Song Dynasty lost all face

It can be said that precisely because of Zhao and Rui's "sincere" support over the years, the people in the Jin Kingdom may still look down on the Song people, but most of them will definitely no longer be careful to guard against the Song people.

For example, Jin Guotong's guard general Nahe bought the house and his deputy Li Ping.

Tongguan is hundreds of miles away from the Song army's territory, and is separated by Wuguan, one of the four passes.

At the beginning of the trade between the Song and Jin Dynasties, the Jin court required that no more than 30 people from the Song Dynasty could come.

In the first two years when I bought a house together, I was cautious, but gradually I started to feel relieved.

Later, the Song Dynasty people asked to open a shop in Tongguan to sell sugar and other products, and gave Yu Nahe and Li Ping the corresponding shares to buy.

The two readily agreed.

Since then, more and more people from the Song Dynasty have gone to Tongguan.

There are less than 30 people every time, but when added up, there are more than [-] people inside.

When Jia Sidao entered Tongguan, he saw that the streets were crowded and very lively. He was surprised that Tongguan City was actually overcrowded.

Only then did he know that the Jin people had abandoned the west of Tongguan and moved in with a large number of people. Now Tongguan City is densely populated and very lively.

The people of Song Dynasty were required to open a shop in the south of Tongguan, five hundred steps away from the city gate, selling various supplies, which was also quite popular in the city.

Tongguan has three gates: east, west and south. Only the east and west gates face the outside.

The south gate is the largest, and it is also the gate commonly used for entering and exiting Tongguan City and its interior areas. Jia Sidao and the others entered through the east gate, and then went to his shop near the south gate.

A large row of shops here were opened by Song people, and there were a small number of Jin soldiers stationed at one end of the street as a precaution. In fact, the Jin soldiers were really on guard in the first two years, but now they don't take it seriously.

After Jia Sidao arrived, he found that he had many shops, dozens of them in a row, selling everything. The key was that there were more shop assistants.

Otherwise there wouldn’t be so many shops.

The shop assistants are all young and strong, and they mainly sell sugar, salt, tea, etc., as well as other daily necessities. The largest shop is a card room, followed by a restaurant, but the prices here are quite cheap, billiards are only fifty cents an hour. The mahjong box costs [-] coins per hour, which is much cheaper than in Da Song.

Not long after he arrived, he discovered that not many Jin people came to play. Although it was cheap, there were still more Jin soldiers coming to play.

Few common people come to play mahjong, and wealthy common people will buy a pair of mahjong and play it back.

Li Ping, the deputy general of the Kingdom of Jin, often brought people to play.

The largest box in the store is reserved for Li Ping.

Jia Sidao was eloquent and brought a large number of gifts to Nahe Maizhu and Li Ping on the first day.

The couple couldn't go out to play together, but Li Ping came out to play. After a few days, Li Ping became familiar with Jia Sidao.

This Li Ping loved to play mahjong, and he often played late into the night with several Jin army generals, still playing with candles lit.

Jia Sidao was very smart and could endure hardships. Every time after they finished fighting, he would ask Li Ping and others to cook some side dishes and prepare some wine in the middle of the night. He would also invite Li Ping and others to drink and eat.

Over time, the relationship between the two parties became closer.

During the day, Jia Sidao and Quan Ying would go shopping.

From the perspective of the Mongolian army, the current attack on Tongguan can only be from the west.

In the early Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao was able to attack from two sides, because at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang army was corrupt and did not defend the original Hantong Pass. After the Hantong Pass was abandoned, Huang Chao bypassed Hantong Pass and attacked Tongguan from both sides.

Now that Hantong Pass has also been fortified, the Mongolian army can only attack the west when it comes in.

After Jia Sidao looked at it, he found that the west gate was the narrowest, and only two people could ride side by side at the city gate. This was a characteristic of Tongguan.

In other words, whether the Mongolian army comes from the west or the Jin soldiers leave the city, thousands of people will have to walk for half a day.

It was originally built for defense and to facilitate defense, but the designer didn't expect one thing.

Once the army leaves the city to fight the enemy, it will not be easy to return to the city when it returns.

It is estimated that Hantong Pass was designed in this way at that time. Otherwise, if Cao Hong's army retreated, it would not be too late for Ma Chao to follow him into the city.

Jia Sidao, who did not understand military affairs, could see the problem.

One day he came to the west gate and was speechless when he saw that the west gate was so narrow that even a large carriage leading to Guanzhong could not pass.

He pointed at the west gate from a distance and said to Quan Ying: "The west gate is so narrow. If hundreds of people come in and out, they are not allowed to queue for half a day?"

Think again that Ge Shuhan once had 20 elite soldiers. How many days would these 20 people have to go out from such a narrow city gate?
Quan Ying chuckled: "I don't know, that's how they designed it. It should be good for defense."

Jia Sidao said nothing, thinking that there was no moat in the west and it would be easy to get to the city.

If the attackers attack from the city wall, it will be useless no matter how small your city gate is. It will not be conducive to a large army attack.

"There are ditches outside the city. If the Mongolian army wants to come in, they must fill the ditch first." Quan Ying said at this time: "The Jin army should dig through the Yellow River and let water in to form a moat, which will make it easier to defend."

There is a ditch outside the west gate, but the Yellow River could not be dug, so there is no moat.

Of course, the golden soldiers are now huddled in the city, with 10,000+ troops, which is enough for defense.

The west side of Tongguan is only a few hundred meters long. There are 10,000+ Jin soldiers. One person can stand per meter, and thousands of people can stand in ten rows. They can fill the densely packed city head with people.

This section of the city wall is only a few hundred meters long, with the Yellow River on the left and the mountains on the right. Even if you have hundreds of thousands of people, you can only queue up.

This is also the reason why the Mongolian army, with hundreds of thousands of men, could not get in.

Jia Sidao arrived in Tongguan in early April.

As a result, in November, the Mongolian Khan Ogedai personally led an army of 40 to attack Tongguan.

This startled Jia Sidao.

Fortunately, Tongguan is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Mongolian troops came forward one after another, like ants on the city, but were beaten back by waves of Jin soldiers.

There's really nothing we can do about it, the city wall to the west is only a few hundred meters away.

Although the Mongolian army has 40 troops, there are only a few thousand people fighting in the front, and most of them can only watch and stare from behind.

The same goes for the Jin army, with 10,000+ troops resting and waiting in the city, and thousands of people guarding the city walls.

When those thousands of people got tired of fighting, they were immediately replaced by thousands more.

The two sides fought for nearly two months. After Subutai was defeated and fell back to the valley, the Mongolian army retreated.

There were cheers in Tongguan City, and Jia Sidao was actually very happy, and his sense of security doubled. This place is really difficult to attack. As long as the defenders don't mess up and don't go out to fight, there is basically no solution.

At this time, Jia Sidao thought about it, if the Song army attacked from the east, the effect would be similar.

The east wall is also several hundred meters long, even shorter than the west wall. Even the Song army with hundreds of thousands of soldiers can't get in.The terrain of Tongguan is wide from north to south and narrow from east to west.

Therefore, even if the Song army crossed Wuguan and captured Wuguan where one man was worth ten thousand, it would not be easy to attack Tongguan.

Brother-in-law, what do you think?Going to Tongguan?Jia Sidao suddenly became enlightened. The Song army sent food here as if it was losing money every year, and established a good relationship with the Jin people. He was afraid that he might have some surprise and sneak attack on the Jin army's Tongguan.

In order to prove his idea, one night, while Jia Sidao and Quanying were drinking wine and eating vegetables, they suddenly asked Quanying.

"Tongguan is so dangerous, how did the Song Dynasty (Northern Song Dynasty) lose it?"

Jia Sidao believes that if the imperial court does business here and sends food, it is not to recapture Tongguan, and it will definitely not care about Tongguan. If it is to recapture Tongguan, it will definitely study the loss of Tongguan.

Sure enough, Quan Ying talked eloquently about how the Northern Song Dynasty lost Tongtou. Moreover, he intended to popularize some military knowledge with Jia Sidao, and he explained it in great detail.

At first Jia Sidao listened casually, but gradually his face became serious and his expression was quite shocked.

Maybe he is really a gangster now, but when he heard how miserable the Northern Song Dynasty was back then, he could actually empathize with them and feel the endless shame and anger.

The Northern Song Dynasty lost Tongguan after the Jingkang Incident. At that time, all the troops capable of fighting were basically wiped out.

Quanying said that after the Jin Dynasty destroyed the Liao Dynasty, it was about to attack the Central Plains.

Because when the Jin Dynasty united with the Song Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty, they discovered that the Song Dynasty was politically corrupt and the army's combat effectiveness was low. Therefore, in October of the third year of Tianhui (1125), more than 10 troops were sent south to attack the Song Dynasty in two groups.

The west route, led by deputy marshal Wanyan Zonghan from the left, attacked Taiyuan from Xijing (now Datong, Shanxi).The east route, led by Wanyan Zongwang, the commander of Nanjing Road, attacked Yanshan Prefecture (southwest of today's Beijing) from Nanjing (now Lulong, Hebei). They adopted a strategy of divided attacks and combined attacks in an attempt to seize Tokyo (now Kaifeng, Henan) and destroy the Northern Song Dynasty.

As expected, the Song Dynasty was vulnerable, and more than 20 Song troops surrendered before the Hebei region was attacked.

Then the East Route Army, led by Wanyan Zongwang, first defeated the 20 imperial army outside Bianliang City, and then defeated Yao Pingzhong's 20 army.

The West Route Army defeated the divisions under Taiyuan City, defeated Yao Gu, Zhang Jing and others, and annihilated more than 10,000 Song troops.

This Song army had a lot of money, easily worth 10,000+, and several 20 in a row. This means that since the war between Song and Jin Dynasty, Song State had lost at least more than 60 troops.

At that time, there were not so many Jurchens in the Jin Kingdom in the whole country. It is estimated that the Jin Kingdom was too weak to kill them until the end.

Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty couldn't stand it anymore and quickly sent an envoy to sue for peace. He was willing to cede Hebei and other places in exchange for money, compensation, hostages, marriage, and vassalage. He used all means, without any shame.

Jia Sidao's face turned green when he heard this.

Even he, a traitorous official, felt the shame of the Northern Song Dynasty.

So the Jin army withdrew first, and then went home to discuss the matter. They felt that the Song people were like stupid dogs, easy to beat and easy to bully. After being beaten like this, they still gave away land, money and women. This must be true. You have to keep fighting.

So in August of the next year, after rest and recuperation, the Jin Army made a comeback and conquered Taiyuan first. In September, Wanyan Zonghan of the West Route Army attacked Bianjing from Taiyuan, capturing Weisheng Army, Longde Mansion, and Dumengjin along the way.

Then Xijing, Yong'an Army, and Zhengzhou of the Song Dynasty surrendered one after another like Hebei.

In December, Wanyan Zong conquered Zezhou.

The East Route Army, led by Wanyan Zongwang, launched an attack on Bianjing in May. In December, the Jin Army crossed the river and then captured Linhe County, Daming County, Deqing Army, and Kaide Prefecture. In just ten days, they On December 12, he conquered Huaizhou and arrived at Bianjing City.

Seven days later, the West Route Army, led by Wanyan Zonghan, also arrived at Bianjing City and surrounded Bianjing.

At the same time, after the fall of Taiyuan, the army of the famous Jin general Wanyan Loushi crossed the Yellow River south and headed west to Luoyang. They blocked Tongguan and locked up the most elite Western Army in the Song Dynasty within Tongguan, cutting off its Qinwang. the road. (Of course, the Western Army at that time was basically crippled by the Jin Kingdom after the first two support battles. There was not even one elite or main force left.)

Later, the historically famous Jingkang Disgrace occurred. The Jin army captured Bianjing and the Northern Song Dynasty fell.

Since the army was near Bianjing of the Song Dynasty, Wanyan Loushi led only about 1 Jin soldiers at that time. On the way, he met Song general Fan Zhixu who was going to reinforce Bianjing for the third time.

It is said that Fan Zhixu led an army of 30 to rescue Emperor Weiqin.

At this time, after the first two reinforcements, the Western Army was surrounded by the Jin Army for reinforcements, and all its elite main forces had been defeated.

These 30 people must be what they claim to be. Most of them should be new recruits or the old, weak, sick and disabled. The actual number is probably around [-] at most. Anyway, it is considered the strongest unit in the West.

As a result, Wanyan Loushi led a wave of troops and horses to charge, and the Song army collapsed immediately.

Then something more famous happened.

The Song army was chased by Wanyan Loushi all the way. The Jin army simply fled wherever they reached the city.

When the city was breached, the Song troops escaping in front set fire to the bridge in order to prevent the Jin soldiers from pursuing them. As a result, the Song troops behind them fell into the water one after another.

At this time, anyone would have beaten the drowned dog, but Wanyan Loushi sent people to rescue the Song soldiers who fell into the water, and then appointed Han local officials to manage the local area.

This time, he even surrendered after hearing the news, and there was no need to fight.

Wanyan Loushi should have more troops at this time, but they are only around [-] to [-].

After that it basically became his performance.

After defeating Fan Zhixu's 30-strong army, he first went to Huazhou and Tongzhou, and then went straight to Tongguan.

At this time, the Song army in Tongguan had almost no intention of fighting and collapsed at the first touch. In this way, Tongguan, a famous historical pass in the world, was captured by the Jin soldiers so easily. It was almost impossible for the Song army to fight back later.

After Jia Sidao heard this, he couldn't help but turn his head and look at the city walls on the east and west sides of Tongguan.

As the only two directions that can be attacked, even people like Jia Sidao who do not understand military affairs believe that it is really difficult to break in as long as they use a little care.

When the Jin soldiers broke through Tongguan so easily, it was just because the soldiers had no fighting spirit and the generals had no thoughts, so everyone surrendered desperately.

The emperor's brother-in-law wants to recapture Tongguan. If he succeeds, this will definitely leave a mark among the emperors of the Song Dynasty.

And I can actually participate in it. My brother-in-law is going to give me a huge credit.

Does Jia Sidao understand military affairs?

At least I don't know how to fight now.

But he went all the way from Lin'an to Tongguan, and followed Quanying through the entire Jinjing. After seeing what he saw along the way, he firmly believed that with the current management and investment of the Song Dynasty here, if he wanted to suddenly attack, the possibility of winning the pass was very high. big.

It is not difficult for the Song army to enter Shaanxi from the Jinghu area, but the difficult thing is to pass Wuguan.

Jia Sidao climbed it himself, and it was quite dangerous, even more dangerous than Tongguan.

However, the Song Army spent six or seven years in the early stages of building a good relationship with the Jin people. Quanying and the local guard generals were as familiar as brothers, and they always talked and laughed when they met.

He saw that Quan Ying had a fierce energy in his body. If he suddenly turned against him, the Jin army guard would not be able to prevent him.

As long as the army can pass Wuguan, there are hundreds of Song people hiding in Tongguan. In addition, the black barrel-like thing he saw last time must not be a good thing. Young Jia Sidao thought about it and thought that he You must take the credit for this.

Although Jia Sidao is only 17 years old, he has been a disciple of Du since he was a child. He likes the excitement of Du.

I want to beat my brother-in-law in this game, Jia Sidao thought silently.

(End of this chapter)