As we all know, after An Lushan and Shi Siming launched the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty went through the Yellow Nest Rebellion, and then to the Shatuo zhu Wen chasing the deer in the Central Plains and usurping the throne.
The Tang Dynasty, which was opened by Tang Gaozu Li Yuan and Tang Taizong Li Shimin rongma in their lifetime, uprooted a traitorous thief who was deeply favored by the emperor after hundreds of years of glorious wind and rain.
Hearing this bad news, it is estimated that the leaders of the Tang Dynasty will not be blind under the Nine Springs.
Let us follow the rings of history and recall the five generations and ten kingdoms period, which was devastated by war.
The pointer of history stays at this moment, "Jinyang" is the Kyoto where Liu Zhiyuan, a Shatuo tribe, established the Northern Han dynasty.
In 975, after emperor Taizong of Song destroyed the southern Tang dynasty and unified the southern feudal towns and towns, he decided to devote all his strength to eliminating the Northern Han Dynasty, a diehard who frequently confronted the Great Song Dynasty.
However, Zhao Kuangyin, the grandfather of the Song Dynasty, launched three large-scale Northern Expedition wars against Jinyang, the seat of the Northern Han dynasty, all because the Northern Han ally Liao State extended a helping hand and repeatedly sent troops to intervene and suffered from the enemy, all in vain, so that Zhao Kuangyin eventually died because the Northern Expedition had not yet been as desired.
As everyone knows, after the "Axe Sound Candle Shadow", after Zhao Kuangyin, the younger brother of Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, inherited the throne, he listed the conquest of the Northern Han regime as one of the important military operations.
He also formulated a tactical detour to intersperse, disperse the enemy as a whole, and then implement the technique of catching turtles in an urn to divide and annihilate, and at the same time use the strategic deployment of encirclement points to attack and aid and wait for the Northern Han ally Liao army to penetrate deeply.
This move was to avoid the Northern Song army from being attacked by enemy troops from the Xiangbei Liao state when attacking the Northern Han Dynasty.
Zhao Guangyi's strategic intention was obvious, that is, while trapping the Northern Han Dynasty, he encircled and suppressed the Liao army that came to his aid, and then concentrated his forces to conquer Taiyuan.
In order to capture Taiyuan in one fell swoop, the Northern Song Dynasty formed a new service "artillery army", also known as the "Flying Mountain Army", which is a siege weapon that can fire huge stones during siege and field battles.
In January 979 (the fourth year of the Taiping Revival), after two years of active preparations, the Northern Song Dynasty once again raised troops against the Northern Han Dynasty.
"Within this month, he led the Sixth Division to personally march, along the road to provide for the beard, and from the officials, and ordered the province to make a covenant, and there was no laborer." Collected Edicts of the Song Dynasty. Volume 244
The second ruler of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi, the Emperor Taizong of Song, ordered the guards to command the main force of the Northern Song Army under the command of Pan Mei to set off on a day and lay a net of heaven and earth in the outer positions of Taiyuan;
The former army and the Ma army of the command battalion both commanded envoys and deployed "Guo Jin" Chen Bing Shiling Pass (near Yangqu, Shanxi), and divided troops to control various dangerous passes to block the Khitan troops reinforced by the Liao state;
Ordered the inspector Tai Wei and taining junjie "Meng Xuanzhe", also known as Meng Chang's son, to block the Khitan soldiers who came to the aid of the liao state in zhenzhou (zhengding, Hebei);
Ordered the inspectors of the capital, the general "Xie Hui" of the Right Qianniu Wei, the deputy envoy of the Province of Keqi Tingchen, the soldiers and horses to deploy Wang Xi, the Zizhou Assassin Wang Gui, the soldier and horse capital colonel "Folding Yuqing" and other generals each belonged;
Chen Bing besieged the military towns of Longzhou (Qi County, Shanxi), Meng County, Fenzhou (Fenyang, Shanxi), Qinzhou (Qin county, Shanxi), and Lanzhou (Lan county, Shanxi) to disintegrate the military defenses of the Northern Han regime.
On January 15, 979 (the fourth year of the Taiping Revival), the main force of the Song Dynasty army sped from Zhenzhou (Zhengding, Hebei) along the Jingxing Pass (ChengtianJunZhai) between Taiyuan and Hebei, which is today's NiangziGuan, to the Northern Han capital Taiyuan.
Liu Jiyuan, the helmsman of the Northern Han Clique, heard that the Song army was coming, and knew that the lone wolf was difficult to defeat the fierce tiger, and could only rely on the Khitan people.
Therefore, he ordered people to immediately leave for the land of the desert north, begging the ally Liao Guo to draw his sword to help, and use force to hold the Northern Song Dynasty and withdraw its troops.
On February 28, 979 (the fourth year of the Taiping Revival), the High Command of the Liao State ordered the Southern Governor Yelü Sha and the Ji King To Lie;
There were also generals who swept through Wei Prefecture (蔚州, Inc. Ul County, Hebei), beat Pan Mei into the wilderness and fled, and then invaded Shuo Prefecture, capturing Yang Jiye's Southern Yuan King Yelü Xieyi and other generals who commanded the soldiers of various departments to reinforce Taiyuan.
At the same time, the Liao state also hoarded heavy troops at the Nanjing Youdu Prefecture (Beijing), which controlled the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, to strengthen the defense, in case the Northern Song Dynasty took the opportunity to cross the border.
On March 16, 979 (the fourth year of the Taiping Revival), the Northern Song Dynasty's Ma army commanded envoys and deployed "Guo Jin" to line up troops at Shiling Pass, laying down a tianluo net, waiting for the fish to throw themselves into the net.
The Khitan army reinforced the Northern Han Dynasty in the south of Pixing Daiyue, and when it marched to Shiling Pass (near Yangqu, Shanxi), it encountered the Song army ambushed here, and after losing more than 10,000 soldiers, they abandoned their armor and fled.
In the Battle of Baimaling in song and Liao, the Northern Song army won the first battle, that is, took advantage of the situation to launch a large-scale comprehensive general attack on the Northern Han regime, and in the past month, the military town fortresses on the outskirts of the Northern Han Dynasty have been lost, and only Fenzhou and Taiyuan, which are left alone and helpless.
"Lucky Fenhe. Build bridges, and order the courtiers to send tens of thousands of Dingfu from Taiyuan counties to the city. "The Continuation of the King's Decree. Volume 315
Although the Liao state sent reinforcements several times during this period, they were all defeated by the Tactically Prepared Northern Song forces.
Since then, the isolated and helpless Northern Han defenders have begun to strictly defend the city of Taiyuan, while the Northern Song army has built a circular siege fortification outside Taiyuan to attack in turn.
On April 23, 979 (the fourth year of the Taiping Revival), Emperor Taizong of Song personally came to taiyuan, the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty, delivered a letter of persuasion to the soldiers guarding the city, and ordered them to put down their butcher knives and surrender the whole country, but the Northern Han defenders refused to surrender their weapons.
"On the twenty-third day, on all sides of the city of Taiyuan, according to the camp, they read the tapping machine stone, the leather pole, the ladder punch, and the instrument. All who have been dismounted, and the generals have been summoned to comfort them for a long time. "Song Will Want to Compile Manuscripts. Soldier VII
On May 4, 979 (the fourth year of the Taiping Revival), Zhao Guangyi, the Emperor Taizong of Song, once again airdropped a letter of persuasion to the Northern Han defenders in the city, and after being rejected again, launched an unprecedented siege of the city.
Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi personally came to the forefront of the war to supervise the battle, and tens of thousands of troops in the Northern Song Dynasty took turns to project arrows at Taiyuan City, and for a time, a hundred cannons fired in unison, ten thousand arrows were fired in unison, and Taiyuan City was miserable and rainy, corpses were piled up like mountains, and blood flowed like a river.
Forced by the situation, Liu Jiyuan, the ruler of the Northern Han Dynasty who killed his brother and usurped the throne, was cruel and unkind, and had a wolf heart, finally issued an edict two days later, ordering the armed forces of the Northern Han Dynasty to stop resisting and surrender unconditionally.
Emperor Taizong of Song, Zhao Guangyi, suffered heavy losses and frequent setbacks during the siege of Taiyuan, and in order to completely eradicate the hidden dangers of local armed entries, he ordered the city of Taiyuan to be razed to the ground.
"BingShen, Xingcheng North, Yusha River Gate Tower." As far as the remnants of the people were relocated to the new city, they sent envoys to oversee them, and when they came out, they were ordered to set fire to them. "Song Shi Benji. Taizong I》
The war between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Two Tigers of the Northern Han Dynasty was of great significance in ancient history.
People who are familiar with history know that in the middle and late period of the tang dynasty's rule, the power of local feudal towns has been entrenched for a long time, so that the ancient Chinese land has suffered from life and death for a long time.
After the Establishment of the Great Song Dynasty by the Chen Qiao Mutiny, Zhao Kuangyin was still in a period of historical division in which he coexisted and died with the separatist regimes of many local feudal towns.
After the Joint Efforts of two generations of leaders, the Northern Song Dynasty, after destroying the local separatist forces of Nanping, Chu, Houshu, Southern Han, and Southern Tang in one fell swoop, launched the ultimate battle to annihilate the Northern Han regime and unify the land of China.