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There is a famous general in history, he once encountered such a problem, but he chose to live, and his first name was destroyed, when he was 80 years old.
This famous general is named Xia Gui, but since he made his choice, he is no longer a famous general, but has become a traitor, which is the end of a traitor. Although he gained temporary comfort and lived for a few more years, he was doomed to be left behind for ten thousand years!
Xia Gui lived to be 83 years old, and if he did not have the later 3 years old, he would have appeared in the national heroes of the Southern Song Dynasty; but with this 3 years old, he appeared in the Yuan History, which is the difference between 3 years.
Let's take a look at what Xia Gui was like before the age of 80, right?
Xia Gui was born in the middle of the Southern Song Dynasty, by which time Mongolia had risen, and Xia Gui was about the same age as Genghis Khan's fourth son, Torre.
When Xia Gui was in his 30s, the Jin Dynasty in the north was destroyed by the Mongols, and the first major military operation that Xia Gui participated in in his life was the subsequent "Duanping into Luo".
"Duanping into Luo" was the fuse of the Song and Mongol wars, followed by the endless Song and Mongolian wars (later known as the Song and Yuan Wars), and Xia Gui's military career almost ran through the entire Song and Mongolian wars.
Xia Gui is a natural warrior, his night vision ability is very strong, can see the place where the arrow falls at night, known as "Summer Night Eye".
Xia Gui's origins are thanks to one of his compatriots, who later became the second generation of the Southern Song Dynasty's anti-Mongolian general, he was Lü Wende.
Under the promotion of Lü Wende, Xia Gui gradually grew into a fierce general on the anti-Mongolian front. He successively moved to Henan, Lianghuai, Jinghu, Sichuan and other places, leaving behind countless stories of anti-Mongolian resistance that can be sung and wept, and later became an important commander of several major defense areas in the Southern Song Dynasty, and he was still active in the front line of the War of Resistance in his 70s.
Xia Gui once proposed retirement to Emperor Song Lizong at the age of 75, but did not get Song Lizong's permission. At this time, which emperor dared to let such an experienced veteran retire? Xia Gui had no choice but to carry it hard.
Unfortunately, Xiangyang eventually fell into the hands of Lü Wende's younger brother Lü Wenhuan, and the Yuan army broke through the Han River and finally found the best way to destroy the Song.
At the critical moment, Xia Gui was forced to drag his old body to the front line to resist, but the strange thing was that from then on, Xia Gui, who had experienced hundreds of battles, seemed to have changed into a person, and would not fight at once, and several blockade battles were defeated, and finally, at the age of 80, he chose to surrender to the Yuan army.
Such a veteran of the battlefield was actually late, not only did we not expect it, but even Xia Gui's former family boy did not expect it. In the end, this family boy (who was already the commander at this time) vowed to die and did not want to follow the old master to surrender the Yuan, and was brutally booby-trapped by Xia Gui.
In the end, the integrity of a generation of famous generals is not even as good as his children, and he is ashamed of people!
Ironically, Xia Gui did not live long after surrendering to the Yuan Dynasty and died at the age of 83. In order to survive this short and cruel year, he was able to do the act of defecting to the enemy and betraying the country, is this a good deal or not?
At this time, another patriotic soldier is using his practical actions to declare to the world: even if he is allowed to live for another 30 years, he is not willing to surrender! This is not a question of whether it is cost-effective or not, it is a question of the integrity of a nation! His name is Wen Tianxiang!
Well, today's sharing ends here, and we'll see you next time