Chapter 397 The Third Great War of the Song and Mongols in Suo Wuji's History began with the sudden dispatch of the Mongol general Ah Shu to Xiangyang in the autumn of 1267, although it was only a tentative and predatory attack, but it also kicked off the prelude to the Great War, which is also the reason why I predicted that the war would break out at the end of next year.

The Battle of Xiangyang was the most critical battle in the history of the Song and Mongol wars, in September 1268, the Mongols began to besiege the city, and in 1270, the Mongol naval division entered the war, and cut off the communication of the Han River Valley, since then, Xiangyang has become an isolated city, and the Mongols have completely gained the upper hand. By February 1273, in the years-long Xiangyang War, both the Song and Mongolia invested a lot of manpower and material resources, and the Southern Song Dynasty government carried out a counter-encirclement war and a war to aid Xiangyang in order to save the crisis, but finally ended in the complete defeat of the Southern Song Dynasty, Xiangyang City was broken, and the defender Lü Wenhuan surrendered.

As for the evaluation of this war, later military scholars unanimously believe that it is the same as the failure of Duanping to enter Luo, that is, the Southern Song Dynasty regime's weak control over the army, the discord between the generals and commanders, and the inconsistency of pace, in the final analysis, lie in the incompetence of the highest level of the Southern Song Dynasty.

In fact, the reasons for the fall of any dynasty are mostly similar, and they cannot be attributed to the strength of the opponent, but to the defeat of themselves.

After the defeat and retreat to Taiwan, Mr. Chiang of later generations carried out a thorough reflection, and he summed up a lot of reasons for the failure, the first of which was that the internal unity could not be sincere, so it gave the traitors an opportunity to divide and provoke. In view of the Kuomintang that was in power at that time, Mr. Jiang believed that the party could not be united, and there were factional differences among comrades, friction between interests, violation of party discipline, and corruption of party morality, so that the entire party was like a piece of scattered sand, and finally was hit by **, resulting in a complete collapse and complete collapse; As for the army, he believes that the national army is a six-no-army with no doctrine, no discipline, no organization, no training, no soul, and no foundation.

How can such a leadership and such an army be undefeated?

The reasons for the failure are nothing more than these, but whenever it comes to the end of a dynasty, they all repeat the reasons for the loss of the country, as Du Mu said, "Later generations mourn but do not learn from it, and make future generations mourn future generations." ”

I finally said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to summarize the key points of today's meeting, which are two things, one is confidence, and the other is practice. From now on, the Military Affairs Yuan and the Ministry of War need to start studying these specific combat plans, and the relevant plans should be aimed at three different stages: the defensive stage needs to take advantage of the fortification of the city to destroy as many enemies as possible at the minimum cost, and the two indicators here, one is the minimum cost, and the other is as many enemies as possible, both of which are indispensable; In the stalemate stage, it is necessary to rely on the city and adopt different methods to carry out local attacks and harassment according to the surrounding environment, so as to destroy the enemy in the movement war; When it comes to the counteroffensive stage, it is necessary to abandon the cities that our army has entrenched and carry out field and siege warfare; although our dynasty has the power of an artifact, these two tactics are not the strength of our army, so we also need to carefully consider and formulate effective tactics and strategies to make up for the lack of experience of our army. ”

"Yes, your ministers obey."

"In addition, I have one more suggestion for you, you can let Lin'an Military University participate in the discussion of this issue, there are many people and great strength, and after brainstorming, you may be able to come up with many effective methods."

Lu Xiufu said: "This method is feasible, and the open teaching of military universities is very suitable for collective wisdom. ”

"Yes. Before the end of the meeting, I will talk about the return of the envoys of the various military regions at the end of the year to report on their work, because the war is approaching, so I decided to let the core generals of the military regions return to Lin'an in batches in advance, it is now the middle of October, in the middle of next month, the meeting of the Guangnan Military Region, the Sichuan Military Region and the Miaojia Military Region will be held first, and the meeting of the Xiangyang, Luzhou and Yangzhou Military Regions will be held at the end of next month. ”

"Yes, I obey."

Although I was very relaxed at the beginning of the meeting, after the meeting, I could feel that the ministers attending the meeting shared a common feeling that war was imminent.

Gongsun Xiaochen did not want to enter the court as an official, and like Tian Xiuyan, he chose to enter Lin'an Military University to study, the difference between the two is that Tian Xiuyan majored in command, while Gongsun Xiaochen preferred marching formation, so he chose strategy as his main project.

From the first day she joined the Red Cross Society, Lin Ying fell in love with this charity. Seeing that Lin Ying was enthusiastic and charitable, and was very well-behaved, Pu Shougeng appointed Lin Ying as the third vice president of the Red Cross after consulting with me. As the business of Shifeng Commercial Bank became bigger and bigger, Xiao Tian's energy gradually turned back to Shifeng, and Fang Ling would be by my side at any time, so Pu Shougeng also happened to need a full-time vice president.

On the afternoon of the tenth day back in Lin'an, Wei Xiaoqi and Yun Zhongfei brought Suo Wuji and Suo Wusoul to Shifeng Commercial Bank, and because of Fang Chen's difference, I asked Fang Ling and Fang Chenbang to also participate in the talks.

"Subordinate Suo Wuji, Suo Wuji, subordinate Chenbang to see the emperor." The three of them all received instructions from Fang Chenyi, so they claimed to be subordinates.

"Yes, excuse me, three gentlemen, please take a seat."

"Thank you for the throne."

"This place is not in the middle of the court, you don't need to be polite, Xiao Qi, pour tea."

I slightly looked at Suo Wuji, who met for the first time, in terms of appearance, he and Suo Wuji are quite similar, just a little younger, but the demeanor and temperament of the two are completely different, Suo Wuji looks elegant and indifferent, giving people a sense of harmony, which is a little close to Fang Chenyi, but Suo Wusoul gives people a cold feeling, Fang Chenyi told me that Suo Wusoul has been engaged in supervision work in the Alliance, and the people in the meeting are not afraid of him, and moreover, the Alliance organized several northward assassination operations, It was all planned by Suo Wusoul and personally led the team. Suo Wusoul, like his eldest brother Suo Wuji, respects Ling'er's father very much, and is extremely loyal to the boss.

The Suo brothers are northerners, young often in Beijing West Road (Shandong and Henan) rangers, many years ago followed Fang Chenyi, settled in the south, is Ling'er's father's right-hand man, although the two do not have too many ideals, but only the boss's order is obeyed.

Since Fang Chenyi established the Alliance, Suo Wuji has been the well-deserved number two person in the association, and in the eyes of many newcomers, Suo Wuji's reputation is still above the mysterious elder. Suo Wuji is humble, principled, not rigid, and strong in martial arts, so he is deeply respected by the members of the Alliance.

After the two sat down, they saluted Fang Ling and Yuan Jian, "I've seen Miss, I've seen Mr. Yuan." ”

Yuan Jian replied: "Mr. Suo, you're welcome." ”

Fang Ling looked at Suo Wuji carefully, and said slowly, "You are Uncle Suo Wuji?" ”

Suo Wuji had already learned what had happened from Fang Chenyi's letter, and he inevitably felt a little sad in his heart: "Miss, exactly." ”

"I don't remember anything, but my father said before he left for the Valley of the Kings that the two uncles were his good brothers and could be trusted, and asked me to treat them like my own uncle."

"Miss......" Suo Wuji choked up, "Now the old master can't escape from the world, and Miss will be the master of my brothers in the future." ”

Fang Lingdao: "Uncle Suo, you are Ling'er's uncle, just like my second uncle, don't mention the word master again." By the way, Uncle Suo, my father asked you to follow my brother in the future, right? ”

"Yes, miss. The old master ordered me to dissolve the Alliance, and asked me to lead all the members of the Alliance to submit to the emperor and follow the emperor to rejuvenate our dynasty. ”

Fang Ling nodded and said, "Brother, let's get down to business first." ”

"Good. The two Mr. Suo, Mr. Fang, and the alliance founded by Ling'er's father are regarded as complicity in nature, but this matter has been borne by him alone, and I will not hold others accountable. Ling'er's father and I talked about the purpose of the Alliance, tracing back to its origin, and also hoping that my Chinese nation would be strong and prosperous, which is consistent with my thoughts and even practices. Mr. Suo, you don't have much contact with me, maybe you don't know very well, Mr. Fang, you have been playing the dart game, have you felt the changes that have taken place in the past two years in my dynasty? ”

Fang Chenbang said: "Back to the emperor, although his subordinates did not enter the court as officials, because of the dart game, they often traveled south and north, and had contacts with people from all over the world. In the past two years, as the emperor said, the lives of the people in my dynasty have changed greatly, not only in Lin'an, but also in other regions of our dynasty, and the main changes are two points, in short, the lives of the people tend to be stable, and the money and goods at home have begun to have a balance, and the second is that the mental outlook has generally begun to improve, and there are more smiles on their faces. ”

Suo Wuji said: "Your Majesty, your subordinates actually have a deep understanding. In the past two years, especially since the beginning of this year, the development of the League has encountered great setbacks, and the reason is that the people's lives have gradually become richer, the government at all levels has gradually become honest, and there have been fewer and fewer things to oppress the people, which has led to fewer and fewer people joining the League. Your Majesty, most of the core members recruited by the League in the past were ordinary people who had read books and low-level officials, these people had ideas and ambitions, and they all hoped that our dynasty could restore the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties in the past, but they were disappointed with the government and court at that time, so they gathered together. In the past two years, the views of those scholars have begun to change, and most of them believe that only by following the current emperor can they realize the ideals in their hearts. The emperor's instructions in the Gongyuan last year made the students of the world see hope, and the subsequent performance made them feel that the emperor is the only one who is the emperor in the Han family. Therefore, the subordinates agree with the old master's approach. ”

I smiled and said, "Very good, with Mr. Suo's approval, I think the follow-up of the alliance will be much easier." ”