In the long history of China, there is a story that makes people awe-inspired. It was an era when Mongolian iron cavalry swept the world, and only the Southern Song Dynasty stood upright. The Southern Song Dynasty not only held on to its territory for half a century, but also demonstrated the tenacity and dignity of the Han people at the time of life and death. They composed a tragic hymn to the Chinese spirit, which moved future generations. In 1259, Möngke Khan was killed in the Diaoyu City of Hezhou, Chongqing, and the Mongol army retreated north. Before the retreat, Kublai Khan secretly signed an agreement with Jia Yidao, the prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, who monopolized the government, that as long as the Southern Song Dynasty provided 200,000 yuan of silver and 200,000 silk horses each year, they could use this as a boundary and not invade each other.
However, due to his mediocrity and corruption, Jia Rudao concealed the content of the agreement, claiming that he commanded the army to repel the Mongols. The following year, Kublai Khan was proclaimed emperor, and he sent the Confucian statesman Hao Jing as a messenger to demand fulfillment from the Southern Song Dynasty. Jia Rudao was afraid that Hao Jing would reveal the truth, so he put him under house arrest. This ban is as long as 15 years. Kublai Khan sent people to inquire about Hao Jing's whereabouts several times, but to no avail. In the autumn of 1261, Kublai Khan used this as an excuse to order an army to attack the Southern Song Dynasty. However, due to the fact that Alibugo was being fought at the time, the offensive in the south did not make much progress. In 1267, at the suggestion of Liu Quan, Kublai Khan decided to change his strategy and shift the focus of his attack to the Jingxiang area. He decided to capture Xiangyang and Fancheng first.
Since then, the six-year Battle of Xiangyang has begun. The Han River in Xiangfan is a tributary of the Yangtze River, and as long as Xiangfan is taken, the Mongol army can go down the river and take the Jiangdong and Jiangnan regions. The Mongol army knew that Xiangyang and Fancheng were rich in storage and were important military towns in the Southern Song Dynasty, so they first adopted the tactics of building forts on all sides and besieging them for a long time, cutting off the connection between the north and south of the Song army and encircling Xiangfan. During this period, the Song army led the naval army to aid Hunan many times, but was defeated by the Mongol army. And the Song army's successive defeats were not due to poor combat strength, but because of Jia Yidao's deception. The warriors of Xiangyang City were blockaded by the law, and the Song Emperor did not get the news and did not send it. From this point, it is not difficult to see that Jia Rudao is a mediocre minister who is greedy for power and loves face extremely much.
However, even in such a predicament, the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty still held on to every inch of land and built a line of defense with their flesh and blood. They know that every move they take is related to the survival of the country and the dignity of the nation. In this seemingly desperate battle, the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty used their bravery and tenacity to write touching heroic stories. In the era of the Song court's glamour and corruption, Mongolia, under the wise leadership of Kublai Khan, took a key step in the construction of political power.
In 1271 A.D., Kublai Khan followed the example of the previous dynasties of the Central Plains and issued an edict to take one of the precursors of the Yijing catastrophe and officially establish the state name as Dayuan. Since then, the first unified dynasty established by ethnic minorities in Chinese history was born, turning a new page. Despite repeated defeats on the battlefield, the Song army's tenacity and fearlessness did not wane. When the main force of Xiangyang was besieged in the inner city, a death squad composed of 3,000 militiamen, led by Zhang Shun and Zhang Gui, set out from Qingzhou, a branch city in the northwest of Xiangyang, and went down the Han River. They shouldered the necessities and weapons that were urgently needed in the city, and were determined to bring hope and strength to the soldiers and civilians of Xiangyang.
After a night of fierce fighting, they finally arrived in Xiangyang, which gave great encouragement to the soldiers and civilians in the city. However, when the army was collected, the leader Zhang Shun did not return for a long time. A few days later, his body surfaced, bow and arrow in hand, his face full of anger, dozens of arrows in his body, and his death was tragic. The soldiers in the city were all moved, and they set up monuments for him to bury and build temples to worship. Since then, Xiangyang has not received any foreign aid. The Mongol army pursued the victory and launched a fierce attack on Xiangyang by multiple routes. At the same time, two Arabic craftsmen from Persia joined the fray, improving and increasing the range and accuracy of the trebuchet, making it a major reform marvel in world history. However, despite the help of trebuchets, the Mongols were unable to quickly break through the city of Xiangyang.
At this critical moment, the Southern Song army invented the world's first assault rifle that sprayed bullets, and fired heavily at the Mongol army. Both sides paid a huge price, and the battle in Xiangyang City was extremely fierce. Eventually, due to the disparity in strength, the city of Xiangyang was broken by the Mongol army. The Song general Fan Tianshun hanged himself when the city was broken, while the Song general Niu Fu led more than 100 remnants of the army to fight in the streets with the Mongol army, and finally was seriously injured and set himself on fire. The tragic sacrifice of the Song army in Xiangyang City made the Mongolian soldiers admire. The loss of the Battle of Xiangyang became a milestone event and a major turning point for both sides' offense and defense.
In the long history of China, there is a story that makes people awe-inspired. It was an era when Mongolian iron cavalry swept the world, and only the Southern Song Dynasty stood upright. The Southern Song Dynasty not only held on to its territory for half a century, but also demonstrated the tenacity and dignity of the Han people at the time of life and death. They composed a tragic hymn to the Chinese spirit, which moved future generations. In 1259, Möngke Khan was killed in the Diaoyu City of Hezhou, Chongqing, and the Mongol army retreated north. Before the retreat, Kublai Khan secretly signed an agreement with Jia Yidao, the prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, who monopolized the government, that as long as the Southern Song Dynasty provided 200,000 yuan of silver and 200,000 silk horses each year, they could use this as a boundary and not invade each other. However, due to his mediocrity and corruption, Jia Rudao concealed the content of the agreement, claiming that he commanded the army to repel the Mongols.
The following year, Kublai Khan was proclaimed emperor, and he sent the Confucian statesman Hao Jing as a messenger to demand fulfillment from the Southern Song Dynasty. Jia Rudao was afraid that Hao Jing would reveal the truth, so he put him under house arrest. This ban is as long as 15 years. Kublai Khan sent people to inquire about Hao Jing's whereabouts several times, but to no avail. In the autumn of 1261, Kublai Khan used this as an excuse to order an army to attack the Southern Song Dynasty. However, due to the fact that Alibugo was being fought at the time, the offensive in the south did not make much progress. In 1267, at the suggestion of Liu Quan, Kublai Khan decided to change his strategy and shift the focus of his attack to the Jingxiang area. He decided to capture Xiangyang and Fancheng first.
Since then, the six-year Battle of Xiangyang has begun. The Han River in Xiangfan is a tributary of the Yangtze River, and as long as Xiangfan is taken, the Mongol army can go down the river and take the Jiangdong and Jiangnan regions. The Mongol army knew that Xiangyang and Fancheng were rich in storage and were important military towns in the Southern Song Dynasty, so they first adopted the tactics of building forts on all sides and besieging them for a long time, cutting off the connection between the north and south of the Song army and encircling Xiangfan. During this period, the Song army led the naval army to aid Hunan many times, but was defeated by the Mongol army. And the Song army's successive defeats were not due to poor combat strength, but because of Jia Yidao's deception.
The warriors of Xiangyang City were blockaded by the law, and the Song Emperor did not get the news and did not send it. From this point, it is not difficult to see that Jia Rudao is a mediocre minister who is greedy for power and loves face extremely much. However, even in such a predicament, the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty still held on to every inch of land and built a line of defense with their flesh and blood. They know that every move they take is related to the survival of the country and the dignity of the nation. In this seemingly desperate battle, the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty used their bravery and tenacity to write touching heroic stories.
In the era of the Song court's glamour and corruption, Mongolia, under the wise leadership of Kublai Khan, took a key step in the construction of political power. In 1271 A.D., Kublai Khan followed the example of the previous dynasties of the Central Plains and issued an edict to take one of the precursors of the Yijing catastrophe and officially establish the state name as Dayuan. Since then, the first unified dynasty established by ethnic minorities in Chinese history was born, turning a new page. Despite repeated defeats on the battlefield, the Song army's tenacity and fearlessness did not wane.
When the main force of Xiangyang was besieged in the inner city, a death squad composed of 3,000 militiamen, led by Zhang Shun and Zhang Gui, set out from Qingzhou, a branch city in the northwest of Xiangyang, and went down the Han River. They shouldered the necessities and weapons that were urgently needed in the city, and were determined to bring hope and strength to the soldiers and civilians of Xiangyang. After a night of fierce fighting, they finally arrived in Xiangyang, which gave great encouragement to the soldiers and civilians in the city. However, when the army was collected, the leader Zhang Shun did not return for a long time. A few days later, his body surfaced, bow and arrow in hand, his face full of anger, dozens of arrows in his body, and his death was tragic. The soldiers in the city were all moved, and they set up monuments for him to bury and build temples to worship. Since then, Xiangyang has not received any foreign aid. The Mongol army pursued the victory and launched a fierce attack on Xiangyang by multiple routes. At the same time, two Arabic craftsmen from Persia joined the fray, improving and increasing the range and accuracy of the trebuchet, making it a major reform marvel in world history.
However, despite the help of trebuchets, the city of Xiangyang was breached by the Mongols. Song general Fan Tianshun hanged himself when the city was broken, and the Song general Niu Fu led more than 100 remnants of the army to start a street battle with the Mongolian army, and finally was seriously injured and set himself on fire, the Song army in Xiangyang City admired the Mongolian soldiers with tragic sacrifices, and the loss of the battle of Xiangyang became a milestone event and a major turning point in the attack and defense of both sides, since then the door of the Southern Song Dynasty has been opened, and the Mongolian army has been driven for a long time