Author: Our special guest author Nine Fish Pavilion
Under Zhao Kuangyin's national policy of emphasizing literature and light force, the military generals of the Northern Song Dynasty were extremely depressed, and the wenchen could show off their military might on the heads of the military generals, and the result was that "the Northern Song Dynasty lacked generals, and the Southern Song Dynasty lacked phases."
Of course, there are exceptions to this, during the years of Emperor Renzong, Di Qing once established military prestige in front of civilian officials, and by virtue of his strength, he fought the rebellion of Nong Zhigao in world war, which became a good story for thousands of years.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" > Nong Zhigao was to be annexed to the Song Dynasty and was shelved by officials</h1>
Nong Zhigao was the leader of the ethnic minorities in Guangyuan Prefecture, and because he could not bear the oppression of the Jiaotong State, he immediately rebelled against the Jiaotong Li Dynasty regime. In the eyes of the Song Dynasty, it was the land of barbarians, too far from Kaifeng, and the whip was out of reach, so the control over this side was very loose.
In 1041 AD, after the Nong Zhigao uprising, he wanted to find a patron, after all, he was weak, if there was a Song Dynasty to follow him, he would have more confidence to bargain with the toe people. Therefore, Nong Zhigao sent people to find the local Song Dynasty official Chen Jue of Yongzhou, and expressed the hope of submitting to the Song Dynasty and asking for an official and a half-post.
Letter after letter was delivered to Chen Jue's hands, but Nong Zhigao never received any reply, and after a long time, Nong Zhigao was not happy. In Nong Zhigao's view, it must be that the Song Dynasty people looked down on him as a countryman, so they didn't pay any attention to him at all.
In 1051, Nong Zhigao attacked Yongzhou, after decades of peace after the alliance of Yuanyuan, the Song army's combat strength had long been much worse than before, and soon after Yongzhou was captured, Nong Zhigao captured Zhizhou Chen Jue and questioned him why he did not reply.
Historical records record that "Zhi Gao read the military treasury, got the gold letter, and angrily said: I ask my subordinates to ask an official to unify all the ministries. He did not report the tasting; the song was not obtained, so he helped him out. Sick eyes, unable to see, fearful and crying long live."
In fact, it was not that The Song court did not reply to the letter, but that this Lord Chen Jue, with the attitude that more was better than less, did not report it at all. In the face of Nong Zhigao's verbal threats, Chen Jue did not have a trace of Han Chinese backbone, but instead knelt down and shouted long live, surrendering to Nong Zhigao.
This time, Nong Zhigao was very happy, and it turned out that the so-called officials of the Heavenly Dynasty were such virtues. After Nong Zhigao captured Yongzhou, he established a great southern state and became the emperor of Tu himself. Due to Chen Jue's delay, the Nong Zhigao rebellion took a long time to reach the capital, and after Hearing the news, Emperor Renzong put the issue of quelling the rebellion on the agenda.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="73" > a contest between civilian officials and military officials</h1>
In order to expand the results of the battle, Nong Zhigao then besieged Guangzhou, and Emperor Renzong immediately sent Sun Shu and Yu Jing to quell the rebellion, and in the Renzong Dynasty, it was very normal to send Wen Chen to command the troops, but the effect was really disagreeable.
The magnitude of this rebellion made Emperor Renzong have to pay attention to it, and how many generals could fight in the Empire? Seed Shiheng was already old, and there was only one person left, that is, Di Qing, who was stationed in the northwest.
Emperor Renzong gave Di Qing a practice in the Hanging Arch Hall, and Di Qing also gave Emperor Renzong a guarantee that "there is no way to repay the country without war." May the fallen horses be hundreds, and the soldiers will be forbidden, and the thieves will be the first to be killed. ”
When Sun Huan and Yu Jing arrived at the front, they did nothing at all, and Nong Zhigao still went his own way and did not look at Song Jun at all. Before the expedition, Emperor Renzong also promoted Di Qing to the position of Deputy Privy Councillor, equivalent to Deputy Minister of Defense, as a sign of respect.
Historical records record that "in the morning of his own unitary, he would rise up in the hall of the generals, and summon thirty-two other people, so that the case was defeated and killed, and he was expelled from the army and beheaded. Jing tasted the pressure of Shu to go to war, and because he left the table, he prayed: Shu shu was out of order, and it was also the sin of Jing's moderation. Qing Yue: "Ren Ren Chen, the military is not the one who is also in charge." All the generals are chestnuts. ”
Before Di Qing left for the expedition, he ordered the front line to stop all military operations and follow up until he arrived. Yu Jing was a civil official of the Song Dynasty, and this time he was sent to quell the rebellion, that is, he had not established anything and had achieved every inch of grass, and now the imperial court sent Di Qing, if Di Qing won, then what was the meaning of his Yu Jing's existence.
In order to compete for merit, Yu Jing attacked Chen Shu in Guangxi and launched an attack on Nong Zhigao, and the 8,000 Song army was defeated at Kunlun Pass, and the morale of the Song army was devastated.
Di Qing arrived in Binzhou and summoned the generals to discuss the matter, and by this time, he had already learned the news that Chen Shu had secretly sent an army to defeat the battle. If the army does not obey the order, how can the war be won, so Di Qing must establish military prestige, otherwise the rebellion will be quelled, which is a fool's dream.
Di Qing then ordered that the 32 defeated men be captured and the military tent beheaded. If you change to other dynasties, it is perfectly normal to kill the general Li Wei, but this is the Song Dynasty, whether it is a civilian or a military general, as long as it is not a big mistake, it will never be killed, the heaviest is to be reduced to a civilian, Di Qing's move shocked the civilian officials present.
In this defeat, the person responsible for the defeat was theoretically Yu Jing, who instigated his subordinates to send troops privately in order to compete for merit. Yu Jing immediately stood up and hit the round field: "Chen Shu's failure also has the fault of my moderation. In Yu Jing's view, this is not a big deal, and two sentences of criticism are enough.
Di Qing replied with a calm face, "You are a civilian minister and are not subject to military law." "Di Qing's other meaning is that if you are a martial general, I can kill you now." Hearing Di Qing's words, everyone present was shocked, and thirty-two human heads rolled to the ground, in exchange for the Song Army's mighty might.
Here, we see a series of problems, the civilian army is not reliable, and the combat effectiveness of the Song army is indeed very poor, coupled with the incompetence of the official team, which has laid many foreshadowings for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="74" > Di Qingye to seize Kunlun Pass</h1>
War was Di Qing's main profession, and his years of training in the northwest battlefield had already cast him into an excellent general with courage and strategy.
In the minds of others, Di Qing would definitely send troops to battle immediately, but the order he received was that the army rested for ten days. In fact, Di Qing's move was also confusing Nong Zhigao.
Nong Zhigao must have learned that the Song Dynasty had sent reinforcements, and the most important pass in front of him was Kunlun Pass, however, unexpectedly, the next day, Di Qing led his troops to take Kunlun Pass overnight and gained the initiative in the battle.
After Nong Zhigao got the news, it was too late, and he could only send troops to meet the battle. The Song army was condescending and attacked nong Zhigao's rebels, but even so, the Song army's forwards were still unable to repel the enemy.
In fact, the forbidden army of the Song Dynasty and the local defenders had no combat effectiveness anymore, so it was normal to lose repeated battles and defeats, and at this time, only the hundreds of fallen cavalry led by Di Qing were the last killer.
Historical records record that "the Green and White Banner Cavalry, on the left and right flanks, went out of their way to the thieves, were defeated, chased for fifty miles, beheaded thousands of ranks, and their party Huang Shimi, Nong Jianzhong Zhizhong, and the false officials were killed fifty-seven times, and more than five hundred thieves were captured, and Zhigao set fire to the city at night and fled." ”
At the critical moment, the flag in Di Qing's hand was waved, and two all-cavalry units came out from the left and right flanks, the effect was immediate, under the impact of the elite cavalry, the rebel formation was in chaos, and had to run backwards. In this battle, the Song army won a great victory, killing thousands of enemies, Nong Zhigao set fire to escape, and the rebellion was finally quelled.
From this, we can also sum up one or two, the combat effectiveness of the army is out of the fight, not cultivated, why is the army under Di Qing so strong? That's because these cavalry have been fighting in the northwest for many years, and although there are few people, they are enough to deal with nongzhigao's woolly thieves. References: Song Shi Liechuan 19th, Continuing Zizhi Tongjian, Vol. 52