In history, the greatest suffering of the Central Plains was not the capture of the Yuan Dynasty, but the direct capture of the emperor by the enemy, which is the famous shame of Jing kang. The emperor was arrested and eventually died in a foreign country, which was a great shame for everyone.
However, the subsequent Southern Song Dynasty did not make the Jin Kingdom better, at its peak, a population of 7 million, only 100,000 people were killed, and to this day, the Jin Dynasty has long become a symbol in history.
Shame on Jing Kang
The Northern Song Dynasty is the most economically powerful dynasty in China's history, but the economic strength can not hide the weakness of military strength, as a former hegemon, the Northern Song Dynasty also joined forces with the Jin State to destroy the powerful Liao State, but in the end it still ended in a miserable end.
The earliest enemy of the Northern Song Dynasty was not the Jin State, but the powerful Liao State, the Liao State's successive attacks made the Northern Song miserable, not only invaded and occupied the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, but also forced the Northern Song to sign an offensive treaty, the Northern Song Dynasty has been looking forward to an opportunity to overthrow the Liao State, and the rise of the Jin State has made the Northern Song See Hope.
In 1120, the Northern Song Dynasty and the Jin State formally reached a cooperation against the Liao State, and after the victory, the Northern Song Dynasty would give the Original Liao State money to the Jin State, while the Northern Song Dynasty took back Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, although on the surface, it was a good deal for both countries.
The Jin Dynasty could get the land and money of the Liao State, and the Northern Song Dynasty could take back its homeland, but the Northern Song Dynasty ignored the point, did the Jin State really just want to be an ally? Maybe they had their own little calculations from the start.
Due to the defeat of the battle, the Northern Song Dynasty did not complete the battle objectives, so the Jin State used this as an excuse, not only forcibly occupied Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, desperately plundered all the cities in Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, but also allowed the Northern Song Dynasty to increase the amount of reparations, and finally the Northern Song Dynasty not only spent more costs, but also took back only a small part of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures.
After that, the general of Pingzhou chose to take the initiative to return to the Northern Song Dynasty and the whole country celebrated, and everyone was in a state of jubilation at that time, but they did not expect to become the beginning of the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.
On the grounds of this incident, the Jin State openly tore up the peace treaty and began a war with the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Jin State, which had just defeated the Liao State, was at its peak at this time, not only successfully breaking the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, but also capturing the two emperors and many members of the imperial family at that time.
For these two emperors, the Jin people have been brutally torturing them, and finally the two emperors all died in other places, which is the famous shame of Jing Kang in history.
Ferocious revenge
Once allies turned into fierce hungry wolves in the blink of an eye, at this time the Southern Song Dynasty, which broke and stood up, did not have the ability to break the net with the Jinguo fish, although there were many battles with the Jinguo during the period, but most of them ended in failure, and in desperation, they could only sneak and secretly live, quietly waiting for the opportunity.
There is reincarnation in the world, and the heavens have spared no one. How could the Jin Kingdom not have imagined that they would end their dynasty in the same way, just as the Jin Kingdom turned from prosperity to decline, next to the Jin Kingdom, Mongolia quietly rose.
The appearance of Genghis Khan, the proud son of heaven, not only unified Mongolia, but also began to challenge the majesty of the Jin Dynasty, and also gave hope to the Southern Song Dynasty, although the Southern Song Dynasty was not strong enough in combat, but it was better than having money, and Mongolia was also very happy to have such a partner.
In 1233, the cooperation between the Southern Song Dynasty and Mongolia was officially reached, the battle was about to break out, the Jin Kingdom suffered a two-sided attack, a rapid rout, coupled with a very chaotic internal, and finally the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty committed suicide, the Jin State perished, the Southern Song Dynasty was finally humiliated, and the shame after more than a hundred years was washed away.
In this battle, the Southern Song Dynasty did not repeat the mistakes of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Generals made a devastating blow to the Jin Dynasty, the cruel and murderous Mongols in the eyes of Europeans were much gentler than the Southern Song Generals, and the ferocity of the Southern Song Generals was not mentioned too much in the history books, only a set of thought-provoking figures.
At the height of the Jin Dynasty, the total population reached 7 million people, which was not easy for the Jin State, which was not long established, but at the time of the fall of the Jin Kingdom, the remaining population of the Jin State was less than 100,000 people, which was roughly equivalent to the population of a steppe tribe, and most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled.
Once upon a time, the infinite scenery of the Golden Kingdom disappeared in the long river of history, and after that, the descendants of the Golden Kingdom were almost invisible, which was the most tragic demise, and the Golden Kingdom forever became a symbol in history.
The last resistance of the Southern Song Dynasty
The Southern Song Dynasty united with mongolia to avenge the snow, but followed by a full-scale attack by Mongolia, compared with the Jin Dynasty, Mongolia was more powerful, not only in the Asian region, but also in the European region, if it were not for the unexpected death of the Mongol Khan caused the internal power struggle, mongolia to take the whole of Europe is not difficult.
However, for Mongolia, the Southern Song Dynasty already had experience, the lesson of jingkang shame made the Southern Song Dynasty dare not believe in any allies, in the history of the Mongol conquest, the Southern Song Resistance was the longest and most fierce, with a small Xiangyang City, the Southern Song Dynasty resisted for more than thirty years.
Although the Southern Song Dynasty eventually broke down, and Mongolia also established the Yuan Dynasty in the Central Plains, but everything the Southern Song Dynasty did was still singable and weeping, and in the defense of Xiangyang at that time, the military and the people were truly united, and not only did a large number of troops garrison at that time, but also a large number of civilian forces in Xiangyang City.
In the novels "Eagle Hero" and "Legend of the Eagle Hero", there are records of folk warriors guarding Xiangyang City, although these records have some fictional components, but also highly restore history. After the Southern Song Dynasty, there were few chivalrous warriors with high martial arts in history, and there is a saying that almost all the folk masters at that time coexisted with Xiangyang.
The demise of the Southern Song Dynasty was predestined from a certain point of view, the strength of Mongolia was irreversible, even if there was no cooperation from the Southern Song Dynasty, the jin kingdom was destroyed sooner or later, and the southern Song Dynasty was attacked by everyone.
Attacking the Jin Dynasty with the Mongols may hasten the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, but for all the Southern Song generals, the destruction of the Jin Dynasty was inevitable, and all the costs paid for it were worth it.
But the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty also shows one thing, a country, a nation, must have a strong enough military force to ensure security, which is why china later desperately wanted to build atomic bombs, the father of China's missiles Qian Xuesen once said that there is no sword in the hand and there is no need to have a sword.
It is precisely because our country has a strong enough military force that other countries can compete fairly with us, which is the foundation of the country.