The shame of Jingkang is a disgrace, the Jin people plundered a lot of wealth and jewelry to go south, Hebei, Hedong many territories are difficult to reconcile, and the remaining ministers, the civil official clique have gone south, and finally established political power in Hangzhou, promoted to Lin'an Province, continue to maintain the rule, may be in the future to see the Southern Song Dynasty is a corner of peace, is it inaction, is it true? In the case of chaos, wouldn't it be possible for the Southern Song Dynasty to go north to recover its homeland? Looking at the division of the regime at that time, the struggle for hegemony among the heroes, and the Chaos of An Shi were actually quite similar, the Tang Dynasty was also attacked by Chang'an, the emperor fled, and finally the crown prince succeeded to the throne, ordering the world to counterattack and finally restore the Tang Dynasty, not to mention that in the face of the extremely vicious Jin soldiers, there was no general trend in the world, yue Fei was difficult to go north no matter how powerful, then, what was the war potential of the Southern Song Dynasty?
First of all, what is the general trend of the world, is the people's hearts, although the Northern Song court lost too many people's hearts during the Jing Kangnian period of song Huizong, uprisings broke out in various places, and constantly bowed to foreign nationalities, cut land and pay compensation, so that the people were very disappointed, but it was not disappointed in the Northern Song court, it was a disappointment in the Song Huizong, Song Qinzong, and there were also princes who stood up at this time to safeguard the dignity of Zhao Song, Zhao Zhao was not in danger, angrily rebuked the Jin soldiers in the Jin camp, and then left Zong Ze to command the overall situation in the north and lead the grandmaster to the south. And the choice of the capital is very reasonable, Lin'an, whether it is economic or geographical, or strategic location, is the superior choice for the northward counterattack, although there are many changes of generals, many unbearable, but it is undeniable that Zhao Zhuo once again raised the banner of the Song Dynasty, Zong Ze, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and a large number of generals under his call to continue to fight against the Jin people in the name of the imperial court, and more than 100 million Song people were also able to continue to survive in the south under the protection of Zhao Shuo, although he had many deficiencies, not tough enough, but it is undeniable, He once again united the hearts of the people, and the Northern Song Dynasty continued to be righteous. The day can be northern expedition.
After that? Geographical advantage, the north to cross the river, the Jin people must not have a water army, that is to say, compared to the prevention of the Jin people crossing the river, the Southern Song Dynasty Northern Expedition is more likely, the Jin people generally rely on what to cross the river? Not the Yellow River freezes in winter, or relies on sheepskin rafts, which is certainly not enough to see in front of the water army with warships, although the Jin people occupy the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, but after the Hedong, Many territories in Hebei are actually undefendable, although the Jin people's cavalry is strong in combat, and well-trained, but it is not invincible, after all, the Song army has experienced war training, it is also very effective, the national enemy and family hate, naturally can build a strong army, and finally in Huang Tiandang let Han Shizhong's thousands of water troops almost annihilate the Jin Wushu 100,000 golden soldiers, It is a very good example, so to say that the time and place are favorable, the Southern Song Dynasty actually has, as for people and not to mention, millions of people in the north are waiting for Wang Shibei to set the Central Plains, and the Liu Yu and Gao regimes supported by the Jin people, many soldiers are the original Song army, the Northern Song Dynasty is still looking forward to it, and the people's hearts and minds everywhere are available, Yue Fei's Northern Expedition is constantly there are rebels and militias to surrender is this reason, it can be said that the heavens and places are favorable and people, and the southern soldiers are sufficient, and the grain and grass are abundant. Whether the emperor needs to use the victory of the Northern Expedition to stabilize his throne or the general wants to make meritorious achievements and recover the homeland, it is conducive to the Northern Expedition, so throughout the Southern Song Dynasty, the Northern Expedition is a good way to gain fame, suppress public opinion, and the Northern Expedition.
The time and place are favorable, and we have to look at the opponent, right? First of all, the puppet regime supported by the Jin people in the Central Plains, how to say, it is similar to the Wang puppet regime, it is okay to suppress the uprising of the people and peasants, and there is some gap in fighting with the army, so basically there is no need to worry, the original Zhang Bangchang was not a Jin person who withdrew south, and quickly ran to Lin'an and Surrendered to Zhao Zhuo? Then there was the Western Xia, although the Western Xia took advantage of the Jing Kang shame, the Song Self-Care raided the Song army and destroyed most of the Western Army, but the Western Xia itself was full of contradictions, it was difficult to continue to expand, it was necessary to digest itself, expand the strength of the war, and in the face of the strength of the Jin people, the Western Xia was reduced to a vassal state, so the threat of the Western Xia was not strong, and the Western Liao was also self-conscious, that is, to see the most powerful enemy, the Jin people. The Jin people rose from the completion of yan A bone, strong and tyrannical, soon destroyed the land of the five capitals of the Liao state, basically completely swallowed the Liao state, and did not do anything major changes to the Liao state, in addition to slaughtering the Soldiers of the Liao state, and then continued to entrust the Han people in the Liao country with heavy responsibilities, at the same time, in order to develop themselves, constantly plundering the wealth of the Song people, resulting in the central plains people's resentment boiling, this is actually no different from killing chickens and taking eggs, they can do things by tax alone, but they have to use force to seize, in the short term, it is indeed easy to have a lot of wealth, However, it is not conducive to the will of the people and the will of the people And all the newborn armed regimes have fatal flaws, that is, the problem of leadership, when yan Ah bone is beaten, it is natural to coerce everyone, but after his death, he passed the position to his younger son, which naturally caused internal turmoil, zhanhan wanted the position of the wolf lord, and as a result, he was co-opted by the little emperor and others to kill them, and internal turmoil was also an important reason for the weakening of the strength of the Jin people, and the Jurchen tribe actually did not have a large population, and it was very difficult to rule by himself, and the best way was to support the puppet regime. That is to say, even if they are all soldiers, in fact, the war potential is very limited, grain and grass, weapons and equipment supplies are a big problem, so after Jin Wushu was defeated by Yue Fei several times, he withdrew his troops in a hurry, and even wanted to go north, not the Central Plains. Because their strength is temporary, there is a lack of logistics, supplies to match it. Therefore, after the Jin people prospered for only a hundred years, they were wiped out by the Mongols due to civil strife.
After analyzing the situation between the enemy and us, it is not difficult to see that the feasibility of the Northern Expedition is very great, so Yue Fei's four Northern Expeditions have recovered a lot of lost land, and even hit the city of Tokyo, putting the Jin people in the Central Plains in an embarrassing situation, the army wants to withdraw to the Grassland in the Central Plains is not to retreat and can retreat back, they lack of water troops, they are easily surrounded, the combat effectiveness is strong, the lack of supplies is trapped, and they are also lambs to be slaughtered, they go south by relying on sheepskin rafts and the Yellow River to freeze, but the Yellow River is not frozen all year round. Nor could the Song Dynasty's water army have been inactive. And the war is determined by many factors, the Jin ruling class all want to go south to plunder wealth, the contradiction is relatively small, and the narrow Southern Song Dynasty court is not so simple, there are huge Zhao family royal families they want to protect their own interests, there are foreign relatives, Zheng, Zhu Sanjia, the empress dowager who controlled the government at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty are these families, they also want to protect their own interests, as well as meritorious families, such as the famous general Gao Jia, Cao family, etc., and finally, there are Wen Chen, represented by Qin Jun, Zhou Bangyan and others, they do not necessarily oppose the Northern Expedition. But the military generals are more difficult to accept for them, or that compromise and concessions can make them a country, and the success of the Northern Expedition will make their status decline, they are naturally unwilling, of course, even if these people have great influence, Zhao Zhuo still has the greatest right to speak, he does not want to take his father and brother back, do not think that Song Huizong lost Jiangshan and felt that he was very faint, in fact, the imperial court, or many officials in Jiangnan were his confidants, at that time, the south flight was not a casual flight to the south, many local officials were changed again, And later Miao Liu mutiny, behind the shadow of Song Huizong, it can be said that Zhao Zhuo also wanted to restore the Central Plains, after all, the influence of the Zongmiao Temple in the hearts of the ancients is incomparable, but he did not want his father and brother to come back, but he wanted to be useless, Song ruled the country with filial piety, the ministers, the people all wanted him to go north, take back his father and brother, he could only stop the Northern Expedition, and this thought became hostile to Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and others under the inducement of Qin Ju and others, and eventually self-destructed the Great Wall, unable to carry out the Northern Expedition.
It can be said that the war potential of the Southern Song Dynasty is very strong, the people's hearts in the north are available, the veterans who have experienced war, the peasant rebels everywhere, and the armies in the puppet regime are all helpers, and the Jin people's rule is unstable, the battle line is very long, and the troops are scattered, the command is appropriate to restore the homeland, can only be said to sigh, and finally the Southern Song Dynasty is in a quiet corner, the Jin people are also like the former Liao state, lost their eyes by the prosperity, and finally unified the world by the newborn Mongolia, leaving the cowardly Song name. I wondered, how desperate should it be to look at the King of the North for another year?