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    In the second year of Tianjian's reign, the Kingdom of China fully blossomed. It first fought a war to conquer the west, then went north to sweep the grasslands, and then used force to control the peninsular kingdom in the east.  There was a lot of movement throughout the country's borders, and there was a lot of harvest.

    The fighting in the east, west and north directions was so lively and the results were brilliant, the Chinese generals in the south could not sit still.

    In September, the long-awaited opportunity finally arrived.  Zhao Gou received a gold medal and transferred all Liu Guangshi's Jiangfang army to Dongting.  As soon as Liu Guangshi left, Li Bao, deputy commander of the Donghai Second Division of the Chinese Army stationed in Changguo (today's Zhoushan) and Fubo Zhonglang General, launched a surprise attack on the Southern Song Dynasty Tiger Wing Navy in Dinghai (originally stationed in Yanguan).

    At this time, the commander of the Tiger Wing Navy guarding Dinghai was Xu Wen, known as "Xu Dadao".  This person was also a figure in history. He had a very high martial arts value and could wield a large sword weighing twenty or thirty kilograms very smoothly.  He became the commander of the navy of the Southern Song Dynasty earlier than Li Bao, but because of his bad temper, he offended senior officials in the court and was framed. In anger, he led the navy and more than 60 warships to defect to the Qi Dynasty.  After that, Li Baocai took over the Southern Song Dynasty navy and became the next commander of the navy capital.  In other words, this battle was actually fought between two historical naval commanders of the Southern Song Dynasty.

    However, not to mention the superiority and inferiority of the two in commanding and combat capabilities, just from the comparison of the number of warships, the number of troops, weapons and equipment, the supply of food and wages, the morale of the army, etc., the Tiger-wing Navy of the Southern Song Dynasty was  , are all at a comprehensive disadvantage.  Xu Wen lost this naval battle before it even started - it had nothing to do with command level or personal ability, everything was determined by hard power.

    With such a huge disparity in strength, the battle did not last long, and the soldiers of the Tiger Wing Water Army surrendered one after another.  Finally, surrounded by Chinese warships, Xu Wen abandoned his sword and surrendered.  The last water force in the Southern Song Dynasty from the Yangtze River to the East China Sea was completely wiped out.

    There were not many casualties in this battle. More than 2,100 Song troops under the command of Xu Wen were captured, and more than 40 large and small warships were captured.  The results are gratifying.

    After the war.  The State of China submitted a strongly worded letter of credence to the Southern Song Dynasty's embassy in Chang'an, severely reprimanding the Southern Song Dynasty's Tiger Wing Navy for deliberately provoking trouble. The Second Division of the Chinese Army's Donghai Division could not bear it.  Only then did he fight back.

    When the letter of credence was sent back to Changsha, the left prime minister Zhao Ding's nose was so angry that he was so angry. This was a thief shouting to catch the thief!  However, because the entire Tiger Wing navy army was wiped out and no one escaped, it can be said that there is no evidence to back it up, allowing the other party to tell the truth without being able to refute.  What's even more annoying is that Xu Wen was controlled by the original Huyi Navy Army.  After returning to the Jianghua Kingdom, he actually claimed that it was indeed the Tiger Wing Navy that started the incident - well, this was a bite from a thief, which penetrated three parts of the bone. The Southern Song Dynasty could only swallow the knocked out teeth.

    If only one tiger-wing navy was lost, the Southern Song Dynasty would be heartbroken.  But he could still bear it. What really frightened the Southern Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers was the next move of the Chinese navy - 2,000 Chinese troops, plus the newly surrendered 2,000 Song troops, landed and occupied Dinghai.  Those who claim this is a provocateur should pay a price.  Only a hundred miles southwest of Dinghai is Mingzhou (Ningbo). At this time, Mingzhou, which is as big as Mingzhou, has only a few hundred archers and a native army. How can it withstand the Chinese army?  The loss of Dinghai means the loss of Mingzhou. Once Mingzhou is lost

    The monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty broke into cold sweat as they looked at the border between their country and China.  The Chinese navy and land army stretched along the Yangtze River to Jiangzhou (today's Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province) on Jiangnan East Road, and were eager to move.  Now the Chinese navy is occupying Dinghai again and peeking at Mingzhou.  Once there is a change, the two armies of sea and land will advance together and can easily cut off more than ten states in the north of the Liangzhe Road and Jiangnan East Road In other words, the officials, soldiers and civilians of these more than ten states will be cut off from their retreat at any time and packed into the Hua Kingdom.  pocket.

    Now, the emperors and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty faced a difficult choice: to withdraw, or not to withdraw?  This is a difficult question.  Jiangnan is the richest place in the country!  Most of the grain is produced here, the imperial court relies on it for taxation, and many wealthy businessmen gather here.  If you withdraw, the losses will be unimaginable; if you don't withdraw, you will lose all your capital.

    In the end, Zhao Gou ignored the dissuasion of his officials and made up his mind to withdraw his troops, horses, and wealthy businessmen.  Soldiers, horses and financial resources are the foundation of a country. If it is too late, when the Chinese army takes action, it will be a waste of both men and money.

    In October, the Shaoxing court issued a decree to abandon the Liangzhe Road and Jiangnan East Road, including Hangzhou, and more than ten armies, prefectures, and prefectures, and all officers, soldiers, merchants, and civilians moved south.

    This order to move south aroused strong resistance and opposition from the prominent families in the south of the Yangtze River.  The Chinese people have always been reluctant to leave their homeland. Even if it is a poor place with poor mountains and rivers, and a place where it is difficult to raise people, they will not leave it lightly. What's more, Jiangnan, the richest Feng Shui treasure land in the world?  If you don't wait for the beautiful Jiangnan, you will go to Jingnan and wait for the Chu barbarians. You are a fool!  The Chinese and Song dynasties were all descendants of the Han family. No matter who was in charge, it was just a situation between the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Why run away?

    Courtiers of the Southern Song DynastyThere are many officials whose families, families, and properties are all in the south of the Yangtze River. Once they move south, most of their wealth will be lost. How can this be done?  Officials in the DPRK and the Central Government kept evangelizing, trying to express that this matter was inappropriate, bad, and impossible to do.  The group discussion was fierce, making Zhao Gou anxious and unable to resist.

    With the order to move south, Jiangnan was in chaos.  Unlike the reluctance of rich and famous families to relocate, who of the soldiers guarding the city, especially the Yangtze River defense line, would be willing to stand on the front line and be under the threat of the Chinese army at all times?  As soon as he heard that he was ordered to retreat, he immediately jumped up and ran as fast as he could.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? However, many local large households were opposed to the southward migration and had serious conflicts with the relocation government. As a result, they were not protected by the government when the troops broke out and attacked.  In such a chaotic situation, bandits of all sizes emerged, and together with the officers and soldiers, they wreaked havoc on the place and caused great harm.

    The prosperous Jiangnan and beautiful rivers and mountains were ravaged again.  But this time, it was not foreign invaders, but internal trouble.

    In November, when a son of a wealthy businessman in Huzhou whose family was destroyed by bandits fled to Dinghai by boat and asked for help from the Second Division of the East China Sea, it was like a spark that ignited the raging flames of the Chinese army's southward march.

    ??The Chinese navy and land army need such an excuse to intervene.

    At the end of November, the Chinese army deployed the First and Third Divisions of the First Field Army on the north bank of the Yangtze River; the First, Second and Third Divisions of the East China Sea (adapted from the Tiger Wing Navy), totaling 40,000 troops.  Launch an all-out attack on the Song army on a thousand-mile front starting from Suzhou in the east, Mingzhou in the south, and Jiangzhou in the west.

    From beginning to end, there was not a single frontal battle in this war.  It's all a chase.  How could an army that was retreating, or even in retreat, still have the courage to fight head-on?  Looking into the wind and fleeing is the best portrayal of Song Jun at this moment.

    It¡¯s a pity if you want to escape.  We also have to ask whether the Chinese army will agree - just as the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty worried.  China's navy moves from east to west, and its army moves from west to east.  When the two armies met in Quzhou at the junction of Liangzhe Road and Jiangnan East Road, they tightened this huge pocket.  The whole south of the Yangtze River is in the middle of the river.

    The Chinese army took action, and the bandits in the south of the Yangtze River were wiped out. The local wealthy and prominent families, wealthy businessmen, and merchants all escaped the disaster and even kept their property. They all cheered and greeted them with food and drink.

    It was the end of Tianjian's second year.  The Chinese army marched in a running posture, occupying the entire south of the Yangtze River effortlessly, and easily picked the last essence of the Southern Song Dynasty in their hands.

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    The second year of Tianjian was a good harvest year for China.  Fighting in the south and north, attacking in the east and taking in the west, everything blossomed and bore fruit.  It established the vast territory of Greater China.

    In the same year, for the Southern Song Dynasty.  It was a tragic time that is unbearable to look back on.

    First, the entire imperial court was forced to move south, and then there was chaos everywhere, which was like pouring water on oil, and it was invincible. In the end, Jiangnan was lost. However, the matter was not over yet. Yang Tai's rebellion became more and more intense, so much so that Zhao Gou did not dare to stay.  In the imperial palace in Changsha, he fled to Hengzhou (today's Hengyang, Hunan), four hundred miles away from Changsha, for safety in the name of patrolling.

    When Liu Guangshi's army was all assembled, a fierce water battle took place in the 800-mile Dongting Lake.

    In February of the third year of Shaoxing, the Southern Song Dynasty assembled an army of 50,000, with Zhang Jun supervising the battle, Liu Guangshi in command, Yang Mi and Wang De as the vanguard, and all-out efforts to suppress the Yang Taishui bandits.

    Zhang Jun adopted the strategy of "simultaneous suppression and appeasement". On the one hand, he led the elite Song army with powerful generals Wang De and Yang Mi to launch a military attack on Yang Taijun;  Disintegrate Yang Taijun.

    This trick is indeed extremely effective.  In fact, in any rebellion in history, as long as the ruler of the dynasty uses this big killer weapon and there are capable people to operate it well, good results will usually be achieved, and this time will be no exception.

    In April, Huang Zuo, Yang Qin, and Zhou Lun of Yang Tai's army rebelled one after another, and the Dongting Chain Stronghold was defeated one after another.  Yang Taijun began to fall into trouble.

    In June, Yang Taizhai fell into isolation due to the rebellion of Yang Qin and others. Yang Tai led the remaining troops to stick to the water stronghold and continue fighting.  Wang Dejun used huge rafts to block the port of Hanzhong, and filled the shipping channel with rotten wood and grass, making it impossible for Yang Taijun's vehicles and ships to move.  The two sides fought fiercely for more than ten days, and Dazhai was finally captured.

    Everyone can surrender to the Song Dynasty, but Mrs. Yang cannot.  Because he inherited the mantle of Zhong Xiang, he used the "Great Sage of Heaven" as his calling, but Zhong Xiang died in the hands of the court.  If he surrenders, the image of this "Great Sage and Heavenly King" will collapse. He will be despised by his subordinates and become worthless.

    Since Mrs. Yang was unwilling to surrender, she naturally also refused to be captured without mercy. Before the stronghold was broken, she and Prince Zhong Yi swam to break out of the encirclement and were captured by the Song army.

    In July, Mrs. Yang, Zhong Yi and others were captured in the camp.?, he was sent to the bustling city of Changsha with weapons, but he abandoned the city.  Before execution, he still shouted "Master" (the title of Prime Minister Zhong).

    The Yangtai Rebellion was suppressed, but Zhao Gou's nightmare was not over, and perhaps it would never end.

    After this turmoil, the people's livelihood in Jingnan was withered and thousands of miles of desolation.  Jingchu is the land of fish and rice, eight hundred miles away from the Dongting. The green water is dyed red, floating corpses are like crucian carp, wild crows are flying around, and ghosts are crying, it is like a hell on earth.  Changsha, which is only two hundred miles away from Dongting Lake, is no longer suitable as a national capital.

    It was also in this year that riots broke out frequently in various places in the Southern Song Dynasty - to be precise, in the few remaining areas of the Southern Song Dynasty, Jiangnan West Road and Fujian Road.

    For example, the Wang Nianjing riot in Xinzhou (now Shangrao, Jiangxi Province); Fan Ruwei's rebellion in Jianzhou (now Jianou, Fujian Province); Peng You's uprising in Jizhou (now Ji'an, Jiangxi Province); Chen Yong's rebellion in Qianzhou (now Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province)  It¡¯s true that ¡°one group is more powerful than another, and one group is stronger than another.¡±

    The Southern Song Dynasty had to mobilize its already thin troops to put out fires and carry out large-scale raids.  Although it has achieved certain results, it has never been completely eradicated.  This tied up a large number of the Song Dynasty's troops and consumed countless rice, grain and military pay, which made the already stretched financial situation of the Southern Song Dynasty court even worse.  If the court has no money and food, it will be difficult to pay the military pay; without sufficient military pay, the soldiers will not be able to fight hard; in this case, more money and food will be spent This is a vicious cycle.

    The country of the Southern Song Dynasty was in turmoil.

    In August of the third year of Shaoxing, it was a stormy and dark late night. The simple Hengzhou Palace was filled with raindrops outside the window and a single lamp inside the room.

    Zhao Gou, who had an unhealthy bluish-white complexion on his face, was sitting alone in front of the desk, looking at the picture under the dim light.

    This is a map of the Song Dynasty that was just drawn by the Secretary of the Household Registration Department. On this map of the world, the only ones marked in red are Jinghu South Road, Fujian Road, Jiangnan West Road, Guangzhou and Song Dynasty.  Nandong Road, Guangnan West Road and other five roads.

    The most shocking thing is that this vast area is completely surrounded by the half-moon shape of Hua State starting from Liangzhe Road in the east, Henan Road in the north, and Kuizhou Road in the west.  If we include the uneasy banditry in the east and north, the entire Song Dynasty is completely in an extremely dangerous "noose loop", which may be suddenly tightened by Chang'an's giant hand at any time

    Once this situation occurs, Jinghu South Road will be the first to bear the brunt!  I really can't stay in Hengzhou any longer.  Move the capital!  The capital must be moved!

    But where can it be moved?  In one year, the capital was moved three times, in a hurry like a lost dog. Are the descendants of the Zhao family more incompetent than me?

    Zhao Gou's sleeves couldn't help trembling as he looked at the picture. He felt sad, and his heart and lungs cramped. He covered his mouth with his sleeves and coughed wildly, and his face turned blood red from holding in his sleeves.  puff!  A mouthful of blood sprayed on the dragon case, dots of red beads, the scarlet color was dazzling
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