Heaven does not fulfill people's wishes, this time the great credit for restoring the ancestral foundation has not been obtained, but has become a sin, and it is really necessary to investigate the responsibility, then Emperor Lizong is the culprit. The problem is that the emperor can't make mistakes, he is the embodiment of truth, a kind of spiritual sustenance, if an emperor makes mistakes in three days, what do you make the people below think. But the mistake has already come out, and hundreds of thousands of troops and civilians are gone, what should we do? There are only two ways, one is to find someone to carry the black pot, and the other is to turn a big thing into a small thing.

The Zhao brothers, Zheng Qingzhi, and Quan Zicai are all important ministers in the court, and it is difficult for this black cauldron to be detained on their heads. In this military operation to recover Sanjing, Shi Songzhi refused to allocate grain and grass due to the Jinghu system, which was a bit wrong. But this Shi Songzhi is not a mortal, he is Shi Miyuan's nephew, although Shi Miyuan is dead, he is not downfalling, the power of the Shi family is still there. If it weren't for such a big reliance, he wouldn't dare not transfer food to the Northern Expeditionary Army, and this black cauldron would obviously not be able to deduct it from him.

The main battle faction cannot be detained, and the anti-war faction cannot be detained, so it can only be turned into a small matter. So Song Lizong cut the Zhao brothers and Quan Zicai by one rank, the deputy generals below by three ranks, and those who were suspended. Shi Songzhi can't go unpunished at all, so don't do this military position in the Jinghu system, and come back to be the secretary of the Criminal Department. It's a pity that Shi Songzhi didn't give Li Zong face, and excused himself by saying that his mother was sick, so he simply went home to hide.

A great defeat that cost countless money and food and lost more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians, as a result, it was an understatement, and the irresponsibility of those who should be responsible and the non-review of those who should be reviewed were all mixed up as mud. From this point of view, the system of the Song Dynasty is still very flawed. Especially in the control of major decision-making powers. It's too loose. And these courtiers have problems with their brains. When the enemy is present, there is still kung fu infighting, isn't it death. In fact, from this point of view, the emperors and courtiers of the Southern Song Dynasty were a bit of a frog at the bottom of the well, they did not realize that the Mongols would be more powerful than the two countries of Jin and Liao, and thought that if they consumed more energy than the two countries of Jin and Liao, they would inevitably be able to consume the Mongols as well.

This report was collected by Lin'an statisticians in Lin'an from official and unofficial sources. It was then passed to Cixi in the city of Canton by regular fast sailing ships that traveled between the various ports, and finally returned to Jinhe Bay by himself himself. When Hong Tao returned to Jinhewan, it was already the second year of Duanping, that is, in the spring of 1235, and at this time several months had passed since the turmoil.

The report also mentions that at the end of last year, the Mongols sent an envoy to the Southern Song Dynasty court to "ask questions", demanding that the Southern Song court continue to pay tribute to the Mongol Empire and become a vassal state as it did with the Jin State. The Southern Song Dynasty court would definitely not agree to this condition, and finally sent away a godfather. Now there's another one, why? In fact, the Mongols didn't really plan to ask for any tribute. They're just making a gesture. If you really give it, then take it, just to supplement the military spending, it's a big deal to drag on for a year and then beat you. If you don't want to give it, you just have an excuse, why don't you give it to Jinguo? This is looking down on us, and then beating!

Some scholars in later generations have also analyzed, and there are even people who say that if the Mongols get the annual tribute, they will let go of the Southern Song Dynasty, and this Nima doesn't know if he has a bad brain in school. At that time, the Mongols had already figured out the reality of the Southern Song Dynasty, and had already specified the general policy of going south before Duanping entered Luo, I can rob all your family, do you give me 500 yuan a month, I won't rob it? Those who are righteous don't want money to rob you directly, and the grandson who orders will first collect your filial piety for half a year, and then then rob you, which still needs to be discussed and analyzed?

If the Southern Song Dynasty is a barren land, and everyone lives a miserable life, the Mongols probably may really let go of a horse, and it is useless to grab it. It's a pity that the Southern Song Dynasty was already one of the richest countries in the world at that time, and there was a rich man by his side, and the bandits would not rob it? Do you want to wait for you to recover and continue to struggle and escape?

Can just by suppressing the main battle faction turn Mongolia into a jade silk? The Southern Song Dynasty court was not stupid enough to this extent. The short honeymoon period between the imperial court and the Mongols also disappeared, so the Southern Song court began to actively prepare for war, this time not to attack, but to defend.

How to defend, in fact, there is nothing to ponder, since ancient times, the large-scale mobilization of troops between the north and the south is nothing more than three roads, east, middle and west.

The East Road is the direction of Jianghuai, which is under the jurisdiction of Huainan West Road and Huainan East Road in the Southern Song Dynasty, collectively referred to as Jianghuai, because it is located between the Huai River and the Yangtze River. This area is not quite the same as the Jianghuai in later generations, the Yellow River was rerouted when it had nothing to do, and now it is just right to seize the Si into the Huai, resulting in dense lakes and waterways in this area, and the land transportation is not very convenient. But this is the closest to Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, even if the Mongols do not attack from here, according to people's habitual thinking, they will be closely defended here, not afraid of 10,000.

The middle road is the direction of Xiangyang, that is, the southern part of Henan and the northern part of Hubei in later generations, collectively referred to as Jingxiang. In the administrative division of the Song Dynasty, it belonged to Jingnan Road and Jinghu North Road, referred to as Jinghu, and the post of Jinghu system envoy was established. This is a military position, a bit like the commander of the military district in later generations. In terms of traffic conditions, it should be the most convenient here, with well-developed waterways and land routes, and after crossing the Han River, it extends in all directions to the south, and it is all plains. However, there is a strong city here to block the way, or a strong city near the river, it is Xiangyang City, the city is high and the wall is thick, as long as the defenders are not brainless, it is not easy to attack.

West Road is the direction of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Lizhou Road (Hanzhong, Shaanxi), Yizhou Road (Chengdu Road), Tongchuan Road (Sichuan Santai), Kuizhou Road (Fengjie, Sichuan). The situation here is more complicated, after the fall of the Jin state, part of the Jin army originally stationed in Shaanxi surrendered to the Southern Song Dynasty and part to the Mongols. There are also some of them who don't surrender, occupy the mountain as the king, and want to be the grass on the wall, to see which side it is more cost-effective to fall to, but it is really not enough to support the army and self-respect.

Not only in the Sichuan-Shaanxi region, but also in the Xiangyang area, many Jin troops surrendered, and the Southern Song Dynasty court did not play well on the issue of how to deal with the Jin army. In such a sensitive period, they have insisted on implementing the system of changing military forces, that is, they have the commanders of various military regions in the border areas be transferred to another military region at intervals to take up their posts, so as to prevent them from grasping a military region for too long and thus cultivating their descendants in this military region.

This system cannot be said to be completely wrong, and if it is in peacetime, it can indeed effectively prevent military personnel from interfering in politics. But there must be a premise for any system, and the Mongolian army will go south at any time, and it is a bit too rigid to play this game of soldiers who do not know the generals and generals who do not know the soldiers. may be because Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, usurped the rivers and mountains of the Later Zhou Dynasty with military generals, and during the period from the late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in China, it was precisely because of the military people that the continuous wars were caused. Therefore, whether it is the Northern Song Dynasty or the Southern Song Dynasty, they are very afraid of the army. In order to prevent the Zhao family from being usurped by their own army again, they would rather reduce the combat effectiveness of the army indefinitely than allow a strong army to appear in any military region. In other words, I'd rather be beaten by outsiders than be cheated by my own people, which is a bit overkill.

In January of the second year of Duanping (1235), Meng Heng, a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty who was originally stationed in Xiangyang, was transferred out and went to Huangzhou. When he was stationed in Xiangyang, he incorporated many Jin generals and organized them into the Northern Army to help the Southern Song army defend against the Mongol army. But the person who succeeded him was Zhao Fan, the elder brother of the Zhao brothers who had encouraged Song Lizong to recover Sanjing. After this Zhao Fan came to Xiangyang, he didn't treat these Jin generals very well, and always felt that they were not very reliable, and even had murderous intentions, so he was reluctantly persuaded by the generals. And those generals of the Northern Army are not fools, they surrendered to the Song Army only because Meng Heng gave them enough hope, and now they have a boss who wants to cut off their heads all day long, can they still live this life?

"The officials in your court, starting with the emperor and continuing to you, still have some ability to govern the place, and when you get involved in the military, you are all fools! And it's a bunch of two fools with small bellies and chicken intestines! You wait and see, there will definitely be a problem with the Sichuan and Xiangfan defense lines, this is not that I am discouraged, but the enemy is still pulling his own little Jiujiu army, and it is unreasonable to win the battle, they should be defeated! There's no reason not to fail! "I had just completed the second voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, and returned to Jinhe Bay with a tired journey and a happy heart, and before I entered the house, Hong Tao received information from Cixi. These messages had arrived at Jinhewan a month earlier, and after reading them for a while, the joy in Hong Tao's heart that had been generated by the promise of Cape Town was gone, and was replaced by anger and helplessness. He could only make Wen Nan, an official of the Southern Song Dynasty, angry, and he couldn't do anything.

“…… Mr. is arbitrary, Zhao Fan is also a famous general of this dynasty, and with him guarding Xiangyang, it is not necessarily too much worse than Meng Hui. Wen Nan was concerned about Hong Tao's prediction, but he was not willing to admit that his national government was all stupid militarily, and he wanted to try to find a fig leaf.

"I'm not saying that he is too bad for Meng Heng, I'm saying that your court is too bad for Mongolia! If my ancestors were not Song people, I would help the Mongols beat you together, and it is unreasonable for a country like yours not to die! Hong Tao doesn't care if Wen Nan is too sad to say this, people or countries that have no ability should perish, this Nima is a natural choice. Natural selection is the truth! It has nothing to do with the nation or the country. Whoever has the ability eats meat, and whoever doesn't have the ability eats, which couldn't be more reasonable. (To be continued.) )