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Text Chapter 399 The End of the First Northern Expedition

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    "It's been eight years, it's been eight years without knowing it!" In Hangzhou City, Zhao Pu was lamenting, as if he was dreaming.  When I first came to this world, the Song Dynasty was heading towards dusk. The Jin army was attacking Bianliang City. The royal family was in danger and they were fighting to stay alive. Everything was simple and direct.  In order to survive, Zhao Pu had no choice but to risk his life and train the army. Although he was unskilled and an amateur, he could only grit his teeth, hold his spine straight and continue to move forward.  ??Just like this, we fought step by step, with constant ups and downs, made many mistakes, and had constant twists and turns, but we still survived.  Eight years have passed in a flash, and Zhao Pu is now twenty-six years old!  Today, the situation is very good. The Song Dynasty is no longer in danger of extinction. There is even some hope that the Northern Expedition will succeed.  At worst, they could just row across the river to control the situation. In short, their lives were saved, and they didn't have to worry about being beheaded by the Jin army and used as a ball.  And the most worrying thing is the Battle of the Northwest!  In the Battle of Fuping, the Song army was still defeated. It was a miserable defeat, and hundreds of thousands of troops were wiped out.  At that time, Zhao Pu had already prepared for the worst: first, let the Central Route Army retreat, and then send 30,000 elite Eight-Character Army troops into Sichuan for emergency relief.  At that time, Zhao Pu had already planned to fight the Jin Army in a bloody battle to defend Chengdu on the Chengdu Plain.  It's a pity that he once again overestimated the Jin Army. It may be that Jin Wushu's command level is insufficient, or it may be that the Jin Army is exhausted from long battles. First, it was defeated at Monk Yuan, and then it was frustrated at Xianren Pass. The Jin Army has lost the opportunity to enter Sichuan.  Take the initiative.  The so-called Chengdu Defense War can no longer be fought!  !  This made Zhao Pu, who was frightened, finally breathed a sigh of relief.  As the Jin army's attack was frustrated, the northwest fell into a confrontation.  The Jin army was unable to attack, and the Song army was unable to regain the lost ground.  Other battlefields also entered a state of confrontation, and the war between Song and Jin subsided again.  Although the front lines are still tense, both sides are trying their best to restrain themselves.  There may be small conflicts and small fights.  But big battles and big bloody battles will never be staged again.  Both sides were tired from fighting and took a short rest.  The first Northern Expedition ended like this after two years of hard work.     From the beginning.  Zhao Pu never planned to destroy the Jin Kingdom in one battle.  This is impossible!  The Kingdom of Jin is not so fragile, not so weak. Taking too big steps and attacking too fiercely will leave flaws.  leading to defeat.  This Northern Expedition has four main goals: First, it is to recover Shandong. It does not need to recover the entire territory of Shandong. It only needs to occupy a few strategic points along the coast and some plain areas to form sufficient strategic fulcrums.  In order to cross the sea and attack.  However, the distance to attack Youyun and Liaodong from Shandong is closer than that from Jiangnan.  This strategic goal has been achieved. Some important ports and some plain cities in Shandong have been connected as one, which can better deter the Jin Army's hinterland.  The only shortcoming is that after Shandong experienced war, the damage was serious.  Thousands of miles of desolation, reconstruction after the war will cost a lot of money, and money must be spent to build some defense lines and fortresses.  Consolidate the results.  This cannot be done in three to five years.  Before Shandong is stabilized, it is not suitable for a large-scale attack.  The second goal is to test the strength of the Jin Army and hone the combat effectiveness of the new recruits.  In recent years, the number of new recruits has increased. Although they have undergone rigorous training and are considered to be qualified, it is a pity that they have not been on the battlefield to fight. No matter how good the training is, it is in vain.  Only by mixed with recruits and veterans, and constantly hone can we be able to become a soldier completely.  In the early stage, the confrontation between the East Route Army and the Jin Army was only a small-scale attack. The purpose was to strengthen the tacit understanding between the new veterans, improve the combat effectiveness of the recruits, and quickly transform the new recruits into veterans.  And this goal has been achieved. After more than two years of bloody battles, as long as they don't die, they are considered elites; and this time, the strength of the Jin Army was once again tested.  The combat effectiveness of the Jin army has declined drastically. It is no longer the case that the Jurchens are less than ten thousand and that they are invincible.  The third goal is to use war to divert conflicts.  ¡°Zhao Pu is not an economist, so it¡¯s really not possible to play around with the economy and carry out reforms.  During the course of a series of reforms, some problems emerged, which seriously damaged the interests of the middle and lower classes and caused some social unrest.  At this time, Zhao Pu successfully diverted some conflicts through foreign war.  This trick has been used by many countries.  Once you lose the battle, it may be a foolish move; but once you win the battle, it may be a magic move.  Fortunately, with the victory after victory on the battlefield, all strata were transferred to the Northern Expedition. As for the mistakes in the reform, they have long been ignored.  And?At the moment when all strata were ignored, Zhao Pu took action quickly, quietly entered the village without firing a gun, and when no one else cared, he corrected the mistakes in the reform and settled everything.  The fourth goal is to stimulate domestic demand.  War most stimulates domestic demand.  The reason why the economy of the Song Dynasty was far more prosperous than that of the Ming and Qing Dynasties was simply because of the fast currency circulation.  ?According to the perspective of capital, gold and silver stored in the cellar will never be capital. Only when it is used in the field of circulation, and only when it is continuously circulated, is it capital.  In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the currency was mainly gold and silver, and they were accustomed to hiding gold and silver in cellars. As a result, there was less currency circulating in the market and the economy was not very prosperous. In the Song Dynasty, the currency was copper-based, and copper coins were easy to rust and were not suitable for cellars.  Saving money causes money to circulate quickly.  The purpose of fighting the war and carrying out the Northern Expedition was to activate the market and activate the capital accumulated among the people. ? And activating private capital will not only help provide sufficient funds for the Northern Expedition, but also help provide money for the reform.  In fact, many reforms fail for many reasons, the most important of which is lack of money.  Money is not everything, but nothing can be done without money!  Money can solve many problems and even make a reform that should have failed succeed.  With the injection of a large amount of money, the reform also has a higher chance of winning!  It now appears that the four goals of the Northern Expedition have been basically achieved.  Although the failure of the Battle of Fuping was a minor shortcoming, it still had its flaws.  This first Northern Expedition, which lasted for two years, was a perfect conclusion!  After two years of fighting, the national treasury was completely empty, which was one of the important reasons for stopping the offensive.  "But Zhao Pu doesn't care. Later generations often say, don't be afraid of empty treasury, just be afraid of lack of credibility of the government.  As long as the government has enough credibility, if it runs out of money today, it will be back tomorrow!  Everything is in order, the only drawback is that Zhang Jun is here to cause trouble!  In the Battle of Fuping, Zhang Jun attacked rashly, causing the entire army to collapse and the entire Northwest Bureau to deteriorate.  Although Sichuan was saved in the end, a large area of ??land in the northwest was lost.  It is no longer possible to use Shaanxi as a springboard to threaten Hedong.  Zhang Jun's defeat was particularly dazzling given the success of all the Song armies.  At this moment, the memorials for impeaching Zhang Jun came one after another. Some said that Zhang Jun was like Zhao Kuo and Ma Su, and asked the emperor to kill Ma Su with tears; some said that Zhang Jun's loss to the northwest was the most serious, and not killing him would not be enough to satisfy the people's anger.   In short, at this moment, there are already a lot of impeachment memorials.  Zhang Jun¡¯s political career is completely over.  Even if he is exempted from the death penalty, he is still destined to be exiled and demoted. It seems impossible to turn around in this life.  When he thought about the mistake that Zhang Jun had made, Zhao Pu had the urge to kill people. However, after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. Killing people would not solve the problem, it would only worsen the situation.  After the defeat in Fuping, the northwest soldiers were panicked and their morale was unstable. At this moment, they needed to calm their hearts the most. However, Zhang Jun made a series of stupid moves. First, he demoted Liu Xi for the crime of defeat, and beheaded Zhao Zhe and his generals Zhang Zhong,  Qiao Ze, a series of killing operations frightened many people in the Northwest Army.  As a result, Murong Tao, the general on the Huanqing Road, defected to Xixia, and Zhang Zhongyan and Li Yanqi, the generals on the Jingyuan Road, rebelled against the Jin army.  A large number of northwest troops surrendered. Under the guidance of these leading parties, the Jin army's attack went much more smoothly.  In short, Zhang Jun made a series of stupid moves and failed moves!  There is no shame in losing a war. Who has never lost a war? But after losing a war, you are guilty of hacking people, venting your anger and looking for scapegoats.  There is no crime in killing people. As a marshal, he has the right to kill people, but the situation must be determined.  Zhuge Liang shed tears and killed Ma Su when the situation was stable. When the situation was unstable, he did not dare to kill Ma Su. But when Zhang Jun was in an unstable situation, he had to kill people repeatedly to show his majesty, and the situation collapsed!  As a commander-in-chief, you must remain calm at all times. Only by being calm can you make the best choice. Unfortunately, the continuous failures have already made Zhang Jun lose his mind. Zhao Pu is very disappointed with Zhang Jun.  It¡¯s not because we lost the war, it¡¯s because we didn¡¯t handle the aftermath of the war well!
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