In the early autumn of 20xx.

Several SUVs are lined up, galloping on the wide national highway, and above the vehicles, there are two drones with high-definition cameras, recording the progress of the convoy, only to see that when these cars enter the next fork in the road, they all turn off the flat road, straight to the narrow and rugged village road.

At this time, the host's magnetic voice sounded in the front row of the car: "Audience, welcome to this episode of the program "Tracing the Ancients", I am the host Xiao Cai, today we are going to the archaeological site of a major war that has changed the direction of the entire Chinese nation's history - the post-war site of the ancient Baigou River, and the guest we invited today is Professor Mei Cirenmei, who is extremely familiar with the history of Song and Liao and has written dozens of related monographs. ”

With the camera, first a young man with spirit, and then to an old man in his fifties, his hair was already half-thin, and he wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. At this moment, he smiled at the camera and bowed his head, and said sharply: "Hello friends on the Internet, I am Mei Ciren, I don't know how much you know about the history of the Songliao Baigou River Battle that has just been unearthed recently, but in my opinion, for every Chinese son and daughter who loves our country and our nation, they should have a certain understanding of the causes and consequences of this war." Although the scale of this battle was not as huge as imagined, its importance was not under any large-scale battle that we are familiar with, and in a sense, it did change the entire historical course of the Chinese nation. ”

Subsequently, the host Xiao Cai popularized the background of the war between Song and Liao that happened thousands of years ago for the audience and netizens who watched the show. With these introductions, the vehicle finally stopped near a large dirt pit in front of it.

After everyone got off the bus, the host quickly introduced the topic and began to interview Mei Ciren. Mei Ciren was also in good spirits, and while checking the nearby geography, she responded patiently, and gave a further explanation of what she mentioned earlier: "...... Many historians have mentioned that although the Song Dynasty has shone on the past and the present in all aspects of culture and economy, it also has the biggest problem, that is, it is not well armed, so it has been passive in the face of the invasion of the Liao State and Western Xia.

And the battle of Baigou River here has magnified this problem to the extreme. According to my understanding of the history at that time, in fact, this battle can be said to be related to the life and death of the Great Song Dynasty, if this battle is really lost, the Song Dynasty, which has been established for a hundred years, will completely collapse, even if the Liao State does not take the opportunity to invade the south, the Jurchen Jin State, which looked extremely powerful at that time, will inevitably go south after destroying the Liao State. At that time, the Song Dynasty after the defeat would definitely not be able to resist them. ”

"Then why hasn't later history developed the way you said, Professor?" Xiao Cai fulfilled the duties of a host, like a praising actor, and quickly asked questions.

Mei Ciren smiled and circled the ruins of the ancient battlefield in front of him: "That lies in the fact that the Song Dynasty has not been defeated in this battle." ”

"Didn't you say that according to your inference, the Song Dynasty was already in a very bad situation in this war?"

"Yes, but sometimes history is written by heroes

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。 Because of the sudden rise of a person, it changed the trend of this battle, Xiao Cai, do you know who this person is? ”

Xiao Cai laughed: "Professor Mei is still selling Guanzi, but it can't be difficult for me who has already made preparations, it's Sun Tu, right?" ”

"That's right, it's Sun Tu. A military attache of the Song Dynasty who was actually inconspicuous at the beginning, and even the military power in his hands had been cut clean. Professor Mei nodded with satisfaction: "It was precisely because he suddenly stood up and raised his arms when he was in danger that the main force of the Song army, which had already chosen to be a spectator from the wall, threw himself into the battle, and joined forces with the Western Army of the Song Kingdom, which had been fighting with the Liao army for a whole day, and withstood the inevitable wave of offensive of the Liao army!" ”

The voiceover immediately sounded, and began to introduce the origin of the title Western Army, as well as the various situations of the Western Army at that time. By the time these background information were introduced, several people had already appeared on the edge of the newly excavated battlefield ruins, and there were still a lot of silt accumulations underneath, in addition to some already rusty weapons under the silt, there were also a large number of human and horse corpses, which were pouring out the tragedy of the original battle to the people of later generations.

"Hey, there are still a lot of traces of grain here...... Xiao Cai's eyes were very poisonous, and he quickly identified some different things in the mud below.

This also lifted Mei Ciren's spirit: "It seems that the course of this war recorded in the history books is completely correct. Judging from where we are now, this should be the rear of the Song Army's Dazhai, and on our left side is the ancient Baigou River......" After pointing to the wasteland in front, he continued: "And the silt here that is several meters thick is affected by the water of the Baigou River. It is precisely because of this river that this ancient battlefield site has been completely preserved. ”

"Huh? Is it because of the diversion of the river? ”

"It can be said that it can be said that it is not, and it is more accurate to say that it is a man-made diversion of river water, that is, diversion of water to irrigate, which is a common trick used on the battlefield in ancient times to break the enemy." Professor Mei explained with a smile.

"So, this flood was initiated by the Liao State? After all, we are now standing in the camp of the Song army. ”

That's it, because this place was part of the Liao State at that time, so they were more familiar with the local topography and waterscape, and it was easier to lay out relevant strategies. And according to historical records, Yelu Dashi, the deputy marshal of the Liao State, is still a powerful person who is very good at winning with strategy. ”

The host imagined the scene of the flood, and exclaimed: "In this way, the Song army is really dangerous, and under such circumstances, it is really amazing to be able to turn the tables with the weakest official army in the past dynasties!" ”

"Sun Tu is indeed amazing, but sometimes, a person's success or failure is really related to luck. If he hadn't raised his arms at that time, and then led countless men and horses in the barracks to kill him, he was afraid that as soon as this flood came, the Song army would really collapse completely. After all, at that time, the Western Army had fallen into absolute danger, and they were already the strongest existence in the Song Army! If the Chinese army camp is washed by the flood again, it will be even worse, and I don't need to say more about the final consequences, right? Mei Ciren said with emotion: "But it was Sun Tu who led the troops to rush, not only saved the Western army in front, but also saved the Song army in the camp, when the big water came, what it could do."

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The damage is not as great as it used to be. ”

"It's really lucky, now there is always a saying on the Internet, saying that Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, is the son of a plane, and now it seems that this Sun Tu is not far behind." Xiao Cai sighed.

"Haha, this statement is really interesting, I have also seen it said on the Internet. However, I always believe that everything cannot be attributed to external factors of luck, and in the end, their success is due to their own unremitting efforts. Isn't there a saying that success is reserved for those who are prepared? Whether it is Sun Tu or Liu Xiu, the reason why they can do things that others can't seem to do, just like hanging, is because they have made enough preparations before this.

"I won't say much about Liu Xiu, let's just say that today's protagonist Sun Tu, he relied on years of silent hard work in the low-level army, so that he had a strong influence at that time, and then there was a battle that turned the tide here in Baigou River."

"Professor Mei said it well, so we should also have such momentum in our daily study and work, and be more prepared, so that we can succeed when fate favors us." Speaking of this, Xiao Cai felt that it would be a little too preachy to go down, so he quickly pulled back the topic: "But even so, Professor Mei, I still don't understand one thing, that is, why did Song Jun, who has always been known to everyone for his weakness and cowardice, suddenly burst out with such a strong fighting spirit?" Also, why was an official army of the Song Dynasty instigated by Sun Tu to be killed against the order with a few words when there was a commander? ”

"You're two questions, but when you sum it up, it's a common problem." Professor Mei smiled and said: "But this is a bit long, we have to start with the system of the Song Dynasty, especially the various systems of the army......

This column is meant to popularize historical knowledge, but it just allows the host and guests to go to some archaeological sites to increase interest, so when Professor Mei wants to go deeper, Xiao Cai, as the host, has no intention of dissuading, but is interested in becoming a comedic actor again.

So, with the cooperation of the two, the various policies of the Song Dynasty since the founding of the country were introduced in simple terms, and finally, Mei Ciren said with a serious expression: "Everything can find a causal connection, and the cause and effect in this battle have actually been buried in the national policy of emphasizing literature and light military force and constantly suppressing the army of military generals when the Song Dynasty was founded."

"Over the past hundred years, the generals and soldiers have suffered too much and suffered too much, and they have accumulated their dissatisfaction to a critical point, just waiting for an outlet to appear. It's like controlling water, you are always blocked, and in the end something will definitely happen, and it is like a spring, you press it too hard, and once it rebounds, the power is also extremely amazing!

"In the past, no one dared to stand up, or no one could have such a high reputation. But the appearance of Sun Tu changed all this, so there were hundreds of thousands of Song troops in battle, which can be called a miracle in the history of thousands of years of war in China! But this was a crooked fight, after all, it saved countless Song troops and turned the entire battle around......"

Speaking of this, the old professor's eyes shone brightly, and he looked ahead abruptly, as if he could penetrate a thousand years of time and see the battle that changed the course of the entire Chinese nation......

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