Talking about the combat effectiveness of the Jin Army

In the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin army was very strong in combat.

Li Ye praised Jin Bing, the so-called "man is like a tiger, a horse is like a dragon, an ape is like an ape when he goes up the mountain, he is like an otter when he enters the water, his momentum is like Mount Tai, and China is like a tired egg." It means that the Jin army is very strong in combat, fighting like a tiger on foot, a dragon in cavalry, an ape in mountain combat, and an otter in water combat.

So he was called Liuru, and the result was that he was scolded for fearing the enemy like a tiger, and his reputation was so bad that he was on the street.

In fact, what he said was a bit exaggerated, but it also reflected the strong combat effectiveness of the Jin Army, which had excellent performance in foot combat, cavalry warfare, mountain warfare, and water warfare.

In later battles, the Jin army repeatedly engaged the Song army, and the number of victories was many.

In today's history books, only the great victory of the monk Yuan, the great victory of Xianrenguan, the great victory of Shunchang, the battle of Yuncheng and so on are recorded. However, he ignored the 80,000 Jin troops under the city of Bianliang, and the 200,000 defenders of Bianliang who were forced to sign unequal treaties; In order to rescue Taiyuan, he rescued Hedong twice, but more than 200,000 western troops were wiped out. On the battlefield in the northwest, Wanyan Lou led the Jin army, which had just reached 10,000, to sweep through the northwest, and the Song army was defeated.

On the southeast front, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, Liu Shiguang, Yue Fei and others repeatedly fought with the Jin army and were defeated repeatedly. The world just remembers that Han Shizhong won a big victory in Huang Tiandang, but he didn't lose many times before this battle, and he didn't know how many times he was defeated after this battle.

And even Yue Fei, who is known as invincible, is not invincible.

Jin Shi. In the Biography of Wang Bolong, it is recorded that "the army crossed the quarry, defeated Yue Fei, Liu Li, Lu Shang and other soldiers, and obtained millions of grains." ”。 Jin Shi. The Biography of Wanyan Ang records that "the Song general Yue Fei came to attack Dongping with 100,000 soldiers, known as one million." There are 5,000 soldiers in Dongping, and they are in a hurry. When Sang Zhe Fang Mao, Ang made many flags in the forest, thinking that he was a suspicious soldier, and he thought that he was in front of the elite soldiers. Flying did not dare to move, and held on for a few days and retreated. "Raise the troops in solidarity, and fly to retreat." Jin Shi. The Biography of Fusan Huntan records that "in the second year of the Heavenly Family, he rejected Song Yuefei. Huntan led 60 horsemen, went deep into the service, and went to Yanling, defeated more than 700 people of the Song Dynasty's grain and salary army, and captured many of them. ”。 Jin Shi. Wanyan Zongxiu's Biography records that "Zong Bi recaptured Henan, and Zongxiu and Hailing both went to the army as former envoys. The Song general Yue Fei's army was between Bo and Su, and Zong Xiu led 3,000 cavalry to choke the brunt, and then defeated it with the armies.

"History of Jin" is written from the standpoint of the Jin State, and some are biased towards the Jin State, but it can also reflect certain facts.

In the Song and Jin wars, Yue Fei fought with the Jin army, mostly confrontations, maintaining undefeated and undefeated, and sometimes when the battle situation was unfavorable, there were also defeats. However, even if it was defeated, there was no major rout, which reflected the strength of Yue Fei's army.

In the battle of Song and Jin, the Jin army won many battles, but the battle line was too long, the rear was unstable, and the internal struggle for power was already powerless; Although the Song Dynasty was defeated repeatedly, its combat power was gradually rebounding, coupled with Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hubei, and the Huaihe generation, most of which were mountainous and hilly, and the water was all over the place, which was not conducive to cavalry combat.

This book is set against the backdrop of the shame of Jingkang, which is destined to be unavoidable from the battle of Song and Jin.

Some readers said that this book is an abusive text.

I don't think so, in the early days of the Song-Jin War, the Jin army was defeated repeatedly. In the Hedong rescue battle, the Song generals used 100,000 troops to rescue the siege of Taiyuan, but they were defeated by Lou Mur and the living daughter father and son, and the division was beheaded in Xiongling. He also defeated Yao Gu's 60,000 rescue division in Yuci, and the elite division of Song Dynasty was defeated when they encountered Lou Room. On June 6, Song Qinzong ordered Xie Qian, Zhe Yanzhi, Zhang Hao and others to lead their troops to rescue Taiyuan. At the beginning of August, Zong Han's army was defeated and lurked in Taiyuan Nanguan, Lou Room defeated Zhang Hao's 50,000 reinforcements in Wenshui County, and several other armies fled. At this point, the Song court's military operation to rescue Taiyuan was a complete failure. Song turned to peace.

In the book, although there are discrepancies in the pig's feet, they are not yet at the center of power, the mobilized military force is very small, the right to speak is very low, and they are powerless to reverse the development of the big situation.

Pig's feet are not a panacea.

The battle of Song and Jin is summed up in one sentence, even if the Jin State wins nine out of ten battles, it may not be able to destroy the Song Dynasty, because the GDP of the Song Dynasty is too terrible, and the integrated national strength is too strong, which is completely overwhelming the Jin State; And even if the Song Dynasty was defeated nine times, as long as there was one victory, it could push the Jin army into a predicament.

The battle of Song and Jin, from the Jin attack on Song in 1125 to the Shaoxing Peace Conference in 1142, was fought for 17 years.

The Jin State lost, although it won many battles, but it fell into the quagmire of the protracted war of the Song Dynasty, the national strength was greatly lost, and it was no longer able to fight, and if it continued to fight, it might not be defeated by the Song Dynasty, but it would be dragged to death by the Song Dynasty;

The Song Dynasty was also defeated, losing half of the rivers and mountains, and even losing self-confidence and dignity.

Some people say that if there is no thirteen tokens to recall Yue Fei, Bianliang will be recovered, Henan, Hebei and other places will be recovered.

Actually, this is wrong.

The Song Dynasty was dominated by infantry, which doomed the Song Dynasty to have more than enough to defend the city and not enough to attack. In the plains of Henan and Hebei, it was very dangerous to engage the Jin army.

In the defense line of thousands of miles, as long as there is a breach, the Song army may be defeated.

Even if Yue Fei recovers Bianliang and Henan, Shandong and other places, he will not be able to occupy it for a long time. Because of the destruction of agriculture caused by the war and the emergence of famine, it must have been a heavy burden for the Song Dynasty; Every time the Song Dynasty occupied a city, it was a big burden.

In addition, the backward logistics and transportation of the Song Dynasty were fatal flaws.

Everything will repeat itself.

Just like in history, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Southern Dynasties also recovered Chang'an and Luoyang. But after a big victory, it is often a big defeat.

Looking back at history, you will find a striking similarity, except for the success of Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition, no one succeeded in the Northern Expedition.

The Northern Expedition, many times, was tantamount to failure.

The pig's feet in this book will inevitably defeat the Jin army and recover the rivers and mountains, but this road is difficult, difficult, but the pig's feet will work hard.

I hope you enjoy this book.