The third war between the Song Dynasty and Mongolia in history started when the Mongolian general A Shu suddenly sent troops to Xiangyang in the autumn of 1267. Although it was just a tentative predatory attack, it also kicked off the war. This is also my prediction of the future of the war.
The reason for the outbreak at the end of next year.
The Battle of Xiangyang was the most critical battle in the history of the Song-Mongolian War. In September 1268, the Mongolian army began to siege the city. In 1270, the Mongolian navy participated in the war and cut off the traffic in the Han River Basin. Since then, Xiangyang has become an isolated city. The Mongols
Completely gained the upper hand. Arrive
In February 1273, during the several-year-long Xiangyang War, both Song and Mongolia invested a large amount of manpower and material resources. In order to save the crisis, the Southern Song Dynasty government launched a counter-siege war and a battle to aid Xiangyang. However, it ended in the complete defeat of the Southern Song Dynasty.
.Xiangyang City was destroyed. The defender Lu Wenhuan surrendered.
Regarding the evaluation of this war, later generations of military scientists unanimously believed that it was the same as the failure of Duanping's invasion of Luo. That is, the Southern Song Dynasty regime's control over the army was weak, the generals were inconsistent, and the pace was inconsistent. In the final analysis, it was the incompetence of the highest level of the Southern Song Dynasty.
In fact, the reasons for the collapse of any dynasty are mostly the same. It cannot be attributed to the strength of the opponent, but to defeating oneself.
Mr. Chiang of later generations conducted a thorough reflection after he was defeated and retreated to Taiwan. He summarized many reasons for the failure. The first of which was the inability to sincerely unite internally, which gave the traitors an opportunity to divide and provoke.
Regarding the Kuomintang that was in power at the time, Mr. Chiang believed that the party could not be united.
Factional differences, frictions of interests, violation of party discipline, and corruption of party ethics caused the entire party to become like a piece of scattered sand. In the end, the Communist Party took the opportunity to attack, resulting in total disintegration and complete collapse. As for the army, he believed that the national army was a
A six-no army with no doctrine, no discipline, no organization, no training, no soul and no foundation.
How can such a leadership and such an army be invincible?
The reasons for failure are nothing more than these. But whenever a dynasty comes to the end, these reasons for the country's destruction are repeated invariably. As Du Mu said, "Future generations will grieve and ignore it, which will also make future generations grieve again."
Descendants too."
I finally said: "Dear sirs, let me summarize the key points of today's meeting. In summary, there are two points. One is confidence. The other is practice. The Military Academy and the Ministry of War need to start studying these specific combat plans from now on.
The relevant plans are aimed at three different stages. The defense stage requires the use of the strength of the city to eliminate as many enemies as possible at the minimum cost. The two indicators here are: one is the minimum cost, and the other is as many enemies as possible.
The enemy is indispensable; in the stalemate stage, we need to rely on cities in various places. According to the surrounding environment, we need to adopt different methods to carry out local attacks, harassment, etc. to destroy the enemy in mobile warfare; in the counterattack stage, we must abandon the cities that our army is holding on to carry out.
Field warfare and siege warfare. Although our dynasty has the power of artifacts, these two tactics are not what our army is good at. Therefore, they need to be carefully considered and effective tactical strategies must be formulated to make up for the lack of experience of our army."
"Yes. I obey your order."
"In addition, I have another suggestion for you. You can let Lin'an Military University participate in the discussion on this issue. There are many people and strength there. After brainstorming, you may come up with many effective methods."
Lu Xiufu said: "This method is feasible. The open teaching style of the Military University is very suitable for collective efforts."
"Well, before the end of the meeting, I will talk about the return of the military district commanders at the end of the year to report on their duties. Because the war is approaching, I decided to let the core generals of each military district return to Lin'an in batches in advance. It is now mid-October. Next month A meeting of the Guangnan Military Region, Sichuan Military Region and Miao Military Region will be held in the middle of the month. A meeting of the Xiangyang, Luzhou and Yangzhou Military Region will be held at the end of next month. Lu Aiqing, after discussing with Fan Aiqing, arrange the time and report it to me and the teacher."
"Yes. I obey your order."
Although I looked very relaxed during the meeting, after the meeting, I could feel that the ministers who participated in the meeting shared the same feeling as me. War is imminent.
Gongsun Xiaochen did not want to become an official in the court. Like Tian Xiuyan, he chose to study at Lin'an Military University. The difference between the two was that Tian Xiuyan majored in command, while Gongsun Xiaochen preferred marching and formation, so he chose Strategy as a major.
Lin Ying fell in love with this charity from the first day she joined the Red Cross. Pu Shougeng saw that Lin Ying was enthusiastic about charity and was very well-behaved. After discussing with me, he appointed Lin Ying as the third person of the Red Cross. Vice President. As the business of Shifeng Commercial Bank grows bigger and bigger, Xiao Tian's energy gradually returns to Shifeng. And Fang Ling will be by my side at any time. So Pu Shougeng just needs a full-time vice president.
On the afternoon of the tenth day after returning to Lin'an, Wei Xiaoqi and Yun Zhongfei brought Suo Wuji and Suo Wuhun to Shifeng Trading Company. Because of Fang Chenyi, I asked Fang Ling and Fang Chenbang to participate in the meeting.
"Subordinate Suo Wuji, Suo Wuhun. I am subordinate Chenbang to see the emperor." All three of them received instructions from Fang Chenyi, so they called themselves subordinates.
"Yes. No courtesy. Please take a seat, three gentlemen."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the seat."
"This is not the imperial court. No need to be polite. Xiao Qi. Pour some tea."
I took a brief look at Suo Wuhun, whom I met for the first time. In terms of appearance, he was quite similar to Suo Wuji. He was just a little younger. But their demeanor and temperament were completely different. Suo Wuji looked elegant and indifferent. . Gives people a sense of harmony. This is somewhat close to Fang Chenyi. But Suo Wuhun gives people a cold feeling. Fang Chenyi told me that Suo Wuhun has been engaged in supervisory work in the alliance. During the meeting There is no one who is not afraid of him. Moreover, the several assassination operations to the north organized by the Alliance were all planned and personally led by Suo Wuhun. Suo Wuhun, like his eldest brother Suo Wuji, respected Ling'er's father very much. He is extremely loyal to his boss, so Fang Chen once said that the Suo brothers can entrust them with important tasks.
The Suo brothers were from the north. When they were young, they often traveled on the West Road of Beijing (in the Shandong and Henan areas). They had followed Fang Chenyi and settled in the south many years ago. They were the right-hand men of Ling'er's father. Although the two of them did not have many ideals. But he only obeyed the orders of his boss.
Since Fang Chenyi established the alliance, Suo Wuji has been the well-deserved number two figure in the alliance. In the eyes of many newcomers, Suo Wuji's reputation is still higher than that of the mysterious leader. Suo Wuji is modest, principled and... He is not rigid and has great martial arts skills, so he is deeply respected by the members of the Tongmenghui. Both new and old members will call Suo Wuji "Sou Lao" when they see him.
After the two sat down, they saluted Fang Ling and Yuan Ji and said, "I've met Miss. I've met Mr. Yuan."
Yuan Ji returned the greeting: "Mr. Suo, you're welcome."
Fang Ling looked at Suo Wuji carefully and said slowly, "You are Uncle Suo Wuji."
Suo Wuji already knew what happened from Fang Chenyi's letter. He couldn't help but feel a little sad and said, "Miss, that's right."
"Although I don't remember anything, my father said before going to the Valley of the Kings that the two uncles Suo are his good brothers. They are completely trustworthy people. They asked me to treat them as my uncles."
"Miss..." Suo Wuji choked up. "Now the old master cannot escape from the world. Miss will be the master of my two brothers in the future."
Fang Lingdao: "Uncle Suo, you are Ling'er's uncle. Just like my second uncle. Don't mention the word master again. By the way, Uncle Suo, my father will ask you to follow my brother from now on."
"Yes, Miss. The old master ordered me to disband the Alliance. He also asked me to lead all the members of the Alliance to submit to the emperor and follow the emperor to revive our dynasty."
Fang Ling nodded and said, "Brother, let's get down to business first."
"Okay. The two Mr. Suo and Mr. Fang. The alliance founded by Ling'er's father is considered to be treason in nature. However, he has taken full responsibility for this matter. I will not hold other people accountable anymore. Ling'er
My father told me about the purpose of the Tongmenghui. Tracing back to its origins, this is also the case.
I hope that our Chinese nation will be strong and prosperous. This is consistent with my thoughts and even my actions. Mr. Suo, you have not had much contact with me. You may not be very clear. Mr. Fang, you have been in the escort agency. Do you feel that I am heading towards the escort agency?
The changes that have taken place in the people in the past two years."
Fang Chenbang said: "Back to the emperor. Although my subordinates have not entered the court as officials, they often travel north and south because of the escort agency. They have contacts with people from all over the country. In the past two years, as the emperor said, the lives of the people in our court have changed greatly.
.Not just Lin'an.
I see that the same is true in other areas. There are two main changes. To put it simply: First, people's lives have become more stable, and money and materials at home have begun to have a balance. Second, their mental outlook has generally begun to improve. On their faces,
There are more smiles.”
Suo Wuji said: "Your Majesty, my subordinates are also aware of this. In the past two years, especially this year, the development of the Tongmenghui has encountered great setbacks. The reason is that the people's lives are getting richer and the officials at all levels have become increasingly clean.
Oppress the people
Things are getting less and less. This leads to fewer and fewer people joining the Tongmenghui. Your Majesty, the core members recruited by the Tongmenghui in the past were mostly educated common people and low-level officials. These people have ideas and ambitions.
I hope our country can return to its former glory
During the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, they were disappointed with the government and the court at that time, so they gathered together. In the past two years, the views of those scholars began to change. Most of them believed that only by following the current emperor can they realize their ideals.
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Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. The emperor's instructions at the Gongyuan last year gave students all over the world hope. His subsequent performance even made them feel that the only one who can revitalize our Han clan is the emperor. Therefore, how his subordinates treated their old master... even
For recognition.”
I smiled and said: "Very good. With Mr. Suo's approval, I think the follow-up affairs of the Alliance will be much easier."