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Speaking of the prosperous dynasties in ancient history, the first thing we think of is those regimes that unified the Central Plains to establish a grand dynasty and established a state for more than a hundred years, so the regime that lasted for a hundred years is called the Shengshi Dynasty, but there is an accident in these regimes, that is, the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty survived for more than three hundred years, but the territory was only a small half of the Central Plains regime, compared with the Han and Tang Dynasties, not even a quarter of it was reached, to the Southern Song Dynasty, the territory of the Song Dynasty was even smaller, the foreign war has been defeated, and even by the Northern Jin State to the point of being unable to breathe, but friends familiar with history know that when the Southern Song Dynasty was just established, the national strength was still relatively strong, but at this time Song Gaozong negotiated peace with the Jin State, resulting in the failure to have a war with the Jin State in the most prosperous period, which also makes people feel curious. If he did his best during the song dynasty, would he be able to defeat the Jin Kingdom?
Before analyzing this problem, I would like to introduce the situation faced by the Song Dynasty during the song dynasty. We all know that the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty was Bieliang, but with the large number of Jinguo going south, Bieliang was directly breached, and even Song Weizong and Song Qinzong were directly abducted by Jinguo, which was later the Difficulty of Jingkang. Song Gaozong ran to the south of Lin'an, with the support of many Song Dynasty ministers, Song Gaozong ascended the throne to establish the Southern Song Dynasty, and then the Southern Song Dynasty launched a series of anti-Jin wars, wanting to recover the original territory of the Northern Song Dynasty, but at this time the Jin State had occupied the Yellow River region, and the Jin State also had a great tendency to continue to go south, at this time the Song Dynasty faced a situation that the morale of the domestic people in the Northern Expedition was high, and the Jin Side had to go south with the trend, and the Song Dynasty had reached the brink of war.
Then, during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Song, if he tried his best to fight against the Jin Kingdom, would he be able to defeat the Jin Kingdom? The author first gives his own answer before analyzing the problem, that is, during the Song Gaozong period, the Song Dynasty could not defeat the Jin Dynasty, for four specific reasons, and listened to the author in detail. First, the Song Dynasty soldiers will be insufficient. During the Gaozong period of the Southern Song Dynasty, it was said that the Song Dynasty had a million male divisions, and the song dynasty's military strength did reach a million people, but in fact, the million troops were not male divisions, and they were mostly infantry and less cavalry. In the process of fighting on long distances, cavalry occupied the main part, and the Song Dynasty's troops were significantly weaker than those of the Jin Dynasty. And the Song Dynasty generals in the Song Dynasty are more famous only the four generals of Zhongxing, the most famous Yue Fei is more suitable for land warfare, the other more famous Han Shizhong, is good at fighting water battles, as for the other two abilities and fame is far inferior to Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, in addition to the four generals of Zhongxing, Song Gaozong period has no generals who can take the hand.
Second, the internal political attitude of the Song Dynasty did not support a war with the Jin Dynasty. Even if the Song Dynasty wanted to do its best to fight this war, it would be hindered in it, and the political collectives within the Song Dynasty were pursuing peace, and even Emperor Gaozong of Song at that time did not want to have a war, let alone those cowardly civilian officials. The Song Dynasty poured all its forces into a war with the Jin Dynasty in the frontier areas, and after a long confrontation, it was bound to be recalled by the Song Dynasty, and they only had a wait-and-see attitude towards this war, and if they could not attack for a long time or formed a long confrontation, they would think that the Song Dynasty would be defeated this time. In order to avoid the difficulty of Jingkang again, Song Gaozong will definitely obstruct it, may not continue to distribute troops, may not give food and grass to the front-line troops, and if the Northern Expedition succeeds in welcoming back the Second Saint, it is not something that Song Gaozong wants to see, so internal support is a major defeat of the Song Dynasty in foreign wars.
Third, the Song Dynasty was internally unstable, and there were often uprisings and rebellions, and it could not fully block the Northern Jin Dynasty. After the Battle of Jingkang, Emperor Gaozong of Song established the Song Dynasty in Lin'an, and most of the people of the Song Dynasty were enthusiastic at this time. He wanted to recover the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty in shame. Although the overall morale of the Song Dynasty was high, in fact there were still many people who did not support the Song Dynasty, they began to rebel after the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, and these rebel forces reached a particularly crazy point, according to the records of the Song Dynasty during the peasant uprisings that occurred in total, there were nearly three hundred uprisings in the Southern Song Dynasty, if the Southern Song Dynasty put all its forces on the north to resist the Qin State, it is very likely that small forces will rise up and directly force the capital Lin'an.
Fourth, during the period of Emperor Gaozong of Song, it was also the period of the strongest prosperity of the Jin Dynasty. The main reason why there was the Difficulty of Jing kang and the destruction of the Northern Song Dynasty by the Jin Dynasty was that the Song Dynasty and the Jin State at that time united to destroy the Liao. In the process of destroying the Liao, the greatest role was the Jin State, the Jin State was as powerful as a rainbow all the way south, first destroyed the Liao State, and then attacked the Song Dynasty downwards, although the heyday of the Jin State and the existence time was relatively short, but his most powerful period of time, so that all the regimes in the Central Plains were very worried and afraid. If the Jin Dynasty gritted its teeth and continued to march south, it was very likely that the Southern Song Dynasty established by Emperor Gaozong of Song would be directly destroyed, and at this time the Jin State was at its peak of strength, even if the Song Dynasty wanted to attack the Jin State with all its might, it was necessary to first look at the gap between the strengths of the two sides.
Combined with the above points, the author believes that even if the Song Dynasty tries its best to confront the Jin State, it is impossible to win, and the main reason is that the overall strength of the Song Dynasty is much weaker than that of the Jin State. Although the population of the Central Plains regime has always been far superior to that of other ethnic minority regimes, a large population does not mean that there are many troops, and a large number of soldiers does not mean that they can fight for a long time. Moreover, during the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin State was never defeated, and in the Song Gaozong period, even if the military and civilians of the whole country were united, it was difficult to defeat the Jin State and restore the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty. The above is the author's personal opinion, welcome friends with other insights to leave a comment.
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