Many people like to ridicule Zhao Cuo for being chased to the sea by the Jin army, in order to prove that Zhao Cuo is a soft egg. I used to think so, but then I don't think so when I read more about history.

Many people like to ridicule Zhao Cuo for being chased to the sea by the Jin army, in order to prove that Zhao Cuo is a soft egg.

I used to think so, but then I don't think so when I read more about history.

Because we can't say that Zhao Zhuo didn't dare to resist, but the soldiers in the front couldn't resist.

In the face of Jin Wushu's beheading of Zhao Shuo by searching the mountains and inspecting the sea, Zhao Shuo absolutely hoped that the Southern Song Army would desperately resist.

However, the several regular armies of the Southern Song Dynasty at this time did not exceed 10,000 in size, and the logistics could not be guaranteed, and there was no such strength at all.

The Southern Song forces responsible for guarding the Yangtze River defense line, including Yue Fei, collapsed at a touch, Yue Fei's commander Chen Quan was killed in battle, and the commander Du Chong surrendered to the enemy, and Yue Fei could only be defeated.

The Jin army did not pay attention to the Southern Song army at all, and the vanguard troops of hundreds of Jin Wushu dared to advance lightly.

If Zhang Jun had not desperately blocked the vanguard of the Jin army in Mingzhou and slowed down the pursuit speed of the Jin army, it is estimated that It would be difficult for Zhao Zhuo to retreat to the sea.

Therefore, this battle, the Battle of Mingzhou, ranked first among the thirteen battle achievements of the Southern Song Dynasty Zhongxing evaluated by Emperor Xiaozong later.

Although the scale of this battle was not large and there were not many enemies annihilated, this was the first time that the Song army took the initiative to meet the Jin army and won a victory.

If Zhao Shuo had not run to the sea and successfully escaped the pursuit of the Jin army, there might not have been a later Southern Song Dynasty, and those who laughed at Zhao Shuo in this way would not have hoped that Zhao Cuo would stick to Lin'an, the city would be destroyed and captured, and the Jin Kingdom would unify the world?

If Lin'an is besieged, what will be the situation?

There was no army to break the siege at all, because when the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed, the troops had been crippled, and the Southern Song army had not really been established at this time.

At this time, Zhao Zhuo was thirty-six plans, taking the best strategy, as long as it was not caught, it was a victory, and later history we also know that this was the last effort of the Jin Dynasty's main war faction to plan the destruction of the Southern Song Dynasty.