History of Song: Wu Jie guarded Shu and blocked the Jin state from attacking the Song dynasty from the east
preface
Five thousand years of history have nurtured different civilizations, some gorgeous, some brilliant, some decadent, some desolate. Looking at the long river of years, we read history and know that behind the prosperity is a mess, and behind the richness, there is actually poverty.
cause
After the Battle of Fuping, the Song Dynasty army was defeated and the War against Jin officially began.
▲Battle of Bupyeong
outcome
After Wu Jie's death, his younger brother Wu Xuan continued to guard the Shu lands and protect the people of the Song Dynasty
▲ Wu Xuan
disposal
1. Jin Guo attacks Xian Ren Guan
We also know very well what kind of history the Song Dynasty has experienced, and prosperity and loneliness coexist. The Tang and Song dynasties can be mentioned together, and culture and prosperity are essential factors, but the Song Dynasty is far inferior to the Tang Dynasty.
The harassment of the nomads, the Tang Dynasty is the choice to fight back, while the Song Dynasty always fails, and even makes the emperor a prisoner. The invasion of the Central Plains by nomadic peoples such as the Liaojin Led to the gradual decline of the Song Dynasty.
The once invincible Song Dynasty was also beaten by the nomadic people to become the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty, but even so, the Jin Dynasty still refused to give up, they still wanted to continue to attack and successfully take the Song Dynasty.
And the capture of the emperor, the defeat of the Song Dynasty by the nomads, etc., all of this has become their humiliating history, reluctant to mention, but have to remember.
▲ Jurchen people
The Jin dynasty was the Jurchens, they were once vassals of the Liao, but the Liao state has been oppressing them, causing the officials to force the people to rebel, and the Jurchens have rebelled and successfully destroyed the Liao.
After the Liao state was destroyed by the Jin state, they set their sights on the Song Dynasty, so in 1134 AD, the Jin state of Wushu led an army to attack Xianrenguan, and decided to attack from this attack, and then entered Shuguan to attack the Song Dynasty.
▲ Jinguo
2. The War of Song Jin
The position of Xianrenguan is very special, if the people of the Jin Kingdom take the Xianrenguan, they will drive straight in, cross the Yangtze River, and then successfully attack the Southern Song Dynasty with the troops who remain in the north, and then the entire Southern Song Dynasty will be in the hands of the Jin Kingdom.
For this reason, the defense of this place of immortal pass is particularly important, and the generals of the Golden Kingdom can also see it, so they are also indispensable to the immortal pass.
▲ Immortal Pass
At that time, the general who guarded Xianrenguan was Wu Jie, who had been fighting the Jin Kingdom for many years and had a lot of experience, and he had defeated the attacks of the Jin Kingdom many times, making Wu Jie also famous in the imperial court.
Although Zhen Shou Xian Guan was an experienced Wu Jie, he was able to defeat the Jin Kingdom again and again, but in the face of this attack, Wu Jie was more worried.
Because this time Jin Guo Wushu led 100,000 elite soldiers, and also carried Sichuan's envoys. On the other hand, Wu Jie's men and horses that he could mobilize were less than 10,000 people.
The number has already failed, plus the Wushu brought all the elite soldiers, and their troops are ordinary soldiers, so in addition to the number, the equipment can not be resisted.
In order to be able to quickly reach the Immortal Pass, the Jin Kingdom even dug a passage on the iron mountain north of the Immortal Pass to quickly reach the Immortal Pass.
Then the Jin State launched a fierce offensive, but after all, the Jin State came from afar, and the previous excavation of the passage had already consumed a lot of physical strength, so the first war was won by the Song Dynasty.
However, JinGuo adjusted and rested, and soon made a second attack. This time, in order to be able to successfully enter the Immortal Pass, they used the cloud ladder, but Wu Jie saw the move and let people smash the cloud ladder, resulting in the failure of the second attack of the Jin Kingdom.
▲The Battle of Immortal Pass
3. Victory of the Song Dynasty
Wushu still did not give up the attack, even after two failures, Wushu soon made adjustments, dividing the Jinguo army in two, trying to resist Wu Xuan, who came to the rescue.
In fact, after Wu Jie heard about the attack of the Jin Kingdom, he found his brother Wu Xuan and hoped that he could lead the troops to the rescue, but the number of troops brought by Wu Lu was still not as large as that of the Jin Kingdom, but after all, it was his brother and the motherland behind him, so Wu Xuan still bravely went.
In the face of the siege and blockade of the Jin Kingdom, Wu Xuan still quickly rushed out of the breakthrough and successfully reached the Immortal Pass seven days later. However, Wu Xuan had come from afar and was a little tired, so Wu Xuan still needed to rest well.
At this time, the generals of the Golden Kingdom came again, and in order to take the Immortal Pass, they even stepped on the corpses of their companions and climbed up step by step.
Wu Jie felt that he could not be so stubborn, so he took advantage of the cover of night, he ordered people to carry knives and torches, and at night, they lit torches and shouted to kill, which frightened the people of Jinguo, who thought that the Song army was coming.
As a result, after waiting for a day, there was no one to see, and at this time, the Song army took advantage of the fatigue of the attacking soldiers and launched an attack, and soon the Jin army was killed by the Song army.
Jin Wushu saw such an ending and could only order the withdrawal of troops, but he did not expect that when he withdrew, he was actually ambushed by the Song army, resulting in the Jin army being scattered again.
Wu Jie's achievements were all in front of his eyes, and Emperor Gaozong of Song added officials to Wu Jie for this purpose.
▲ Golden Vulture
brief summary
Wu Jie's presence resisted the Jin State's attack on the Song Dynasty through the Yangtze River, keeping a balance between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty.
【References】
1. History of Chinese Civilization, Song, Liao, and Jin Dynasties
2. General History of China, Song and Liao, Jin Yuan History
3. "Liaojin History"