When Jin is strong and Song is weak, what tactics should be used to defeat strong enemies? At that time, there were two theories, the first was that space was exchanged for time; the second was protracted war and resistance to gold behind enemy lines.
These two tactics cannot be counted as wrong, but it is inevitable that people will be a little frustrated when they say it: when you say it, you just don't dare to confront the Jin Army!
With the passage of the times, the strength of the enemy gradually faded out of people's vision, so in the anti-gold god drama, a new kind of thinking naturally arose: the enemy is also two shoulders carrying a head, what is there to fear? As long as we have the spirit of the bright sword, we can defeat them!
Speaking of which, the Bright Sword Spirit is very relieving, so whether at that time or in later generations, it is easy to occupy the commanding heights of public opinion. As long as it doesn't matter to us, who would think that we should implement such a strategy, and this strategy is the most powerful.
The question is, when people really rush forward, how many people dare to say that they will never be thin?
Although, Bright Sword is the best inspirational chicken soup, so anyone who sees this chicken soup can't help but want to drink two bowls. The problem is that the ideal is full, realistic and bone-like. Therefore, many times, we say the sword to ourselves a thousand times, and in the end we can only play space for time, protracted warfare and resistance behind enemy lines.
In the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the main representative of the spirit of the bright sword was Li Gang, the Shaoqing of Taichang. Because this strategy dominated, the Northern Song Dynasty could only endlessly mobilize the main military force and constantly go to war with the Jin army.
In this context, any statement that dares to say that the Golden Army is too powerful and that it will exhaust our vital strength will be ridiculed and insulted by people.
Because, the Bright Sword Spirit has long said, what difference can people make? Aren't they all carrying a head on two shoulders? Why should we be afraid of the Enemy of the Golden Army like a tiger?
As long as it is discussed in public, this rhetoric will always have the upper hand. Because those who dare to take a clear stand against this view are usually killed by spit and are more likely to be killed on the spot by the patriotic masses.
Since the logic of the bright sword strategy is so simple, crude, and powerful, who dares to argue with it? Because, if you dare to deny this strategy, you will be killed by the angry masses on the spot, and you will die in vain.
More importantly, logically speaking, there is never a mistake in the bright sword strategy. As long as we lose the battle, it must be because too many people do not have the spirit of the bright sword.
This is not bad, if the generals of the three armies all have the spirit of bright swords, what is the Golden Army? But the problem is that this logic is the logic of "why not eat meat".
When I say this, I am not denying the Spirit of the Bright Sword, because the Spirit of the Bright Sword is indeed very important. However, if a person really believes in the "as long as we have the spirit of the bright sword" when analyzing the major events of the military state, how to do so proves in itself that he does not understand politics at all, let alone the human heart and human nature.
As long as we have the spirit of the bright sword, we can do the same, and logically speaking, this statement is not wrong at all. As Emperor Hui of Jin said, as long as everyone can eat minced meat, they will not starve to death, which is "correct nonsense".
The real question is, how do we get the hungry to have minced meat? How can we let everyone have the spirit of the bright sword? That's complicated to say.
When Emperor Hui of Jin thought about solving the famine, he never considered where the minced meat came from, and many people concluded that he was a fool; but many people never considered where the spirit of the bright sword came from when they preached the spirit of the bright sword, so why did no one accuse them?
What should we do to make the officers and men of the three armies bravely and fearlessly rush forward?
In the eyes of many people, this is too simple, as long as the emperor holds the trumpet in his hand and keeps blowing. In hindsight, this move was indeed easy to use, but it also indirectly proved one point: when the quality of the two armies was too different, the bright sword spirit was useless.
Because when Emperor Huizong of Song really did this, the news we heard was nothing more than that the Song army was defeated one after another, and finally Emperor Huizong of Song could not escape and was also captured.
Later, the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong Zhao, wanted to play space for time, and was surrounded by many soldiers and civilians who were bent on resisting Jin, believing that he was afraid of the enemy like a tiger.
Seeing this situation, a senior official said dismissively, how many of you dare to say that you are qualified soldiers? Just by virtue of your performance, how many dare to say that they are not deserters? The emperor relies on you to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Jin army, and I am afraid that it is another shame for Jingkang.
Hearing the senior official utter such provocative and utterly discouraged remarks, his colleagues immediately pulled him aside and advised him not to say them again. Words are not nonsense, and if you continue to talk like this, you will definitely be torn apart by angry soldiers and civilians. All in all, the old saying is preachy, muffled and rich. If you are okay like this, you will always say what you have in your heart, and you will lose very ugly.
Of course, if this senior official dares to make such nonsense, he will naturally be characterized as a traitor, a traitor, and a soft bone.
Faced with this situation, Zhao Zhuo directly said that those who resisted gold would not be spared, so he personally took up his bow and arrow and shot down two of the chaotic soldiers who obstructed the exchange of space and time: those who vainly discussed the state were killed without forgiveness.
Simply looking at this fact, it must be that Zhao Zhao and his gang are mad to the extreme. The problem is that when the military situation is in a hurry, the government formulates a strategy, but it is casually destroyed.
When Zhao Zhuo floated to the sea in a boat and watched the Jin army follow far behind, but he was still unable to catch up with himself, he couldn't help but proudly say that those who became big things must make a decision immediately, if I hadn't run away decisively at that time, now, the shame of Jing Kang would definitely repeat itself.
In the face of Zhao Shuo's remarks, people can naturally say that this guy is shameless to the extreme: he is afraid of the enemy like a tiger, suppresses the anti-gold enthusiasm of the patriotic soldiers and civilians, and boasts about himself.
But the question is, just by virtue of the performance of the Song army at that time, who dares to say that Zhao Zhuo will stick to Hangzhou and will not be defeated and captured?
The biggest mistake of the Northern Song government at that time was that the central government had been looking ahead and backward in its grand strategy.
In this context, you let them have the courage to fight with the Jin Army, they really don't dare; the key is that they dare to fight with the Jin Army, but the army collapses one after another.
Let them insist on the strategy of exchanging space for time, but they hesitated again and again, and finally stayed in a place like Bieliang that was absolutely unsuitable for a strategic decisive battle and fought with the Jin army.
As a result, the main military force was constantly depleted, and when the second Beiliang defense war came, the city of Bieliang could no longer gather any military strength, so the central government of the Northern Song Dynasty let the Jin army give a pot.
Many people laughed at The Second Emperor Hui Qin for fearing the enemy like a tiger, and it was often said that Hui Qin Er was afraid of the enemy like a tiger, so they did not allow the anti-war soldiers and civilians to go to the city of Bieliang to serve the king, because they were afraid of provoking the Jin army.
I really don't know what logic this is to draw.
Because, if the emperor really feared the enemy like a tiger, then when he heard the Jin army rushing over, he would definitely only instinctively shout two sentences.
First words, brothers, hold me back.
The second sentence, brothers, hurry up and save the car.
All in all, the generals will be transferred to the front line to fight. After all, if a million people died, it would not be the emperor's turn to die, if this could withstand the attack of the Jin Army, what would they hesitate?
The rapid demise of the Northern Song Dynasty was due to the fact that they had been kidnapped by the so-called Bright Sword Strategy.
Facts have repeatedly proved that with the combat effectiveness of the Song army and the hard-hitting war with the Jin army, it will only continue to exhaust the living forces, but the northern Song decision-makers do not dare to reject this exciting strategy.
Later, Zhao Zhuo took over the banner of the Great Song Dynasty and directly played space for time.
All in all, if you laugh at me and scold me, I also want to play space for time. In other words, as long as the time is not ripe, I will never go to war with the Golden Army. In other words, as long as the enemy dares to attack, I dare to flee all the way, but I can't, I can run to the sea.
Even so, Zhao Zhuo has been shouting, extravagantly saying that those who resist gold will not be spared! Anyone who dares to use the banner of resistance against gold to kidnap the central government, or even take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune in the country, will be severely punished.
Although there were a large number of imperial literati, they endorsed and stood for Zhao Zhao's actions. But his behavior is also criticized by the world.
Zhao Shuo played like this, and the final result was that there was no Northern Restoration of the Central Plains; if Zhao Shuo had been playing the so-called bright sword strategy, what would be the result? Many people will always think that they can definitely restore the Central Plains in the north, and even directly pound the Yellow Dragon.
The question is, who dares to say that the result of such a toss is not to let the Jin Dynasty constantly hit the great Song Dynasty's living forces, and then sweep the entire great river north and south?
The space-for-time strategy of the Zhao era is easy to get people's support for very simple reasons.
In the era of Emperor Huizong of song, the empire was also a big business, and mobilizing 102,000 troops was like playing. In this context, the emperor dared to say that space was exchanged for time, which naturally could not be understood by people.
In the zhao dynasty, the empire's family business had long been almost defeated. Moreover, the previous series of hanging by the Golden Army had already made the bright sword strategy a bit infamous. Because, as it turns out, this is the logic of "why not eat minced meat".
In this context, Zhao Zhuo repeatedly fled in the face of the enemy army, but he was still the leader of the anti-Jin resistance loved by the people of the whole country. In the simplest terms, Yue Fei heard the emperor's orders, understood and carried them out, and did not understand and carried them out. Everyone may say that such a foolish and loyal person as Yue Fei is rare in ancient times. The problem is that Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun, and Han Shizhong are also like this when they face the emperor's orders!
In the fairy tale version of history, Zhao Zhuo is the luckiest emperor in human history: he is useless, but he meets Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and other super-first-class gods.
The key point is that although these super-first-class divine generals all have the super strong military ability to hold the sky with one hand, facing Zhao Shuo, they are all the same as eating the Three Corpse Brain Divine Dan.
What is even more divine is that Zhao Zhuo has nothing to destroy his national defense, but he can still rule the Golden Kingdom. This really means that blessed people don't have to be busy, and if the Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty is also blessed in this way, Hou Jin will certainly not be able to unify the world.
Any kind of public opinion can become the mainstream public opinion of the times, it must have enough strength to support, must have enough interests to promote.
Our question now is, why did the Bright Sword Strategy gain support in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty? The reason is very simple, that is, the strategy of exchanging space for time, protracted war and resisting gold behind enemy lines is very simple to say, but in actual operation, it is full of blood and tears.
The government army has gone to play space for time, protracted war and resistance behind enemy lines, what should the people do? Nature can only be the grass on the wall.
In short, when the Jin army came, I mixed with the Jin army; when the Song army came, I followed the Song army; when the Liao army came, I mixed with the Liao army, although there was no Liao army at that time, but it was basically the same meaning.
In the face of this practice of the common people, the defenders of the Tao must have directly scolded the inferiority of the people.
In fact, what is the inferior root? You, a professional soldier like the Northern Song Dynasty government army, can only run when you see the Jin army, do you still expect the ordinary people who have not undergone any military training to play with the Jin army and would rather die than yield, is this not "lenient to self-discipline and strict with others"?
Based on the interests of the common people, the form of war they most hope for is: the Song Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom lead their respective armies, find a secluded place to fight, and whoever of you wins, we ordinary people accept whose rule.
In this way, no matter how many casualties the troops of the Song and Jin dynasties were, the most that suffered was the military dependents, while the vast majority of the people were not implicated.
But once the government does not adopt the bright sword strategy, what space must be played for time, protracted war and resistance behind enemy lines? That would inevitably plunge the whole nation into war.
If you are in the position of ordinary people, will you shout the strategy of shining swords, or will you shout about space for time, protracted war and resistance behind enemy lines?
If you chant the former, there will certainly be many people shouting along with you; if you chant the latter, what kind of eyes will the neighbors around you look at you?
If the so-called ordinary people were all people like Wu Dalang, it is estimated that they would not be able to make much movement. But the problem is that there are still people like Ximen Qing and Zhang Dahu among the common people.
More importantly, under this kind of interest game, the interests of the emperor's relatives and state relatives and high-ranking officials and rich people seem to be consistent with the interests of the common people.
In this context, the Qingliu people mouthed a bright sword strategy, naturally will make the entire empire boiling blood, when the emperor is suspicious of this, immediately there are countless people around him, giving him constant encouragement, when the emperor wants to refuse, they will look for new agents.
Song Huizong wanted to play space for time, and directly played as the commander of the light rod; Song Qinzong wanted to play space for time, and he was directly surrounded by everyone.
More importantly, through his own experience in ascending to the throne, Song Qinzong naturally knew clearly that if he dared to act obstinately, he would become the commander of the light rod at any time. At that time, it was not known which brother of his own would be cheaper.
In the end, the Jin army slashed the top of the pyramid of the entire Northern Song Empire with a heavy knife.
In the face of this situation, the bright sword strategy is still very marketable, but more people know that there is no result in playing like this, so Zhao Zhuo can finally put forward the space for time strategy with great fanfare.