Chapter 45 After Yashan, there is China
The night was hazy, it was a dark night, there was no moon, no sun, and I couldn't see my fingers, it was a good day for night attacks.
On the huge plain, a great battle broke out. During the battle, bright torches were everywhere, and a trace of darkness was dispersed, and in this situation, the two armies fought fiercely. 400,000 Song troops and 30,000 Jin troops; The Song army was all infantry, and the Jin army was all cavalry. There was a big battle on the outskirts of Bianliang.
Defeated, the Song army was defeated again.
Failure, this is not the first time, nor is it the last, but just one of many. When the number of failures increases, the failures also become numb.
Since the Song and Jin wars, the Song army has been defeated repeatedly, and each time the Song army dispatches an army that is five, eight, ten, or even more numerous than the Jin army. Every time the Song army used the weapons prepared, it was getting better and better, and the god arm crossbow, chariots, etc., even low-level gunpowder weapons appeared.
With each battle, the number of Song army's troops increased, and the Song army's equipment became better and better, but the battle record remained the same, and it was always defeated.
This time the Song army was defeated again.
This proves once again that a large number of people is not necessarily a winner; The weapon is good, and it is not necessarily the winner.
The defeated Song army was like herding sheep, running all over the world, and every soldier was running desperately. You don't need to run past the Jin Army's iron cavalry, you only need to run through the robes around you, and the dead friends are not dead poor monks.
The number of defeats of the Song army this time was too large, 200,000 rushes, all over the wilderness. And the Jin army is only 30,000 people, the number is too small, even if it is a knife to kill one, it is quite laborious, more to urge the war horses, drive away the defeated Song army, but the Song army trampled on each other, causing a large number of casualties.
Because the number of Song army defeats was too large, the Jin army could not kill them, and there was no time to clean up the battlefield, some soldiers took the opportunity to escape, and some soldiers also fled lying on the ground and pretending to be dead.
It is not clear to see at night, and the potholes on the ground, canals, stones, ridges, etc. are naturally not to be taken care of. Some Jin troops chased too fiercely, did they notice the obstacles on the ground, the war horses tripped over the obstacles on the ground, the horses lost their front hooves, and instead of hitting their heads and bleeding, they died and broke their ribs, and some of them were unlucky, and even their brains burst.
Afterwards, the Jin army counted that in this battle, 1,000 cavalry were killed and 5,000 were wounded.
It was also a rout, those who were the first to defeat the Song army always died first; And those Song troops who later collapsed died later, and with good luck, they might survive.
The night passed, and it was another bright day, the sun was shining, but it was the darkest day for Yao Pingzhong. Under the First World War, 200,000 were all wiped out.
"In ancient times, there was Zhao Kuo, talking on paper, and 200,000 were wiped out; Today, by me Yao Pingzhong, 200,000, wiped out overnight! Yao Pingzhong's face was full of tears, and his heart was extremely low.
At this time, there was no personal soldier around, only him, the helmet did not know where it was lost, the battle armor on his body had been damaged by more than half, and the war horse under him was panting weakly, his face was full of blood, and his hair was scattered. At this moment, he is no longer the heroic young general, but a lost dog.
He is not even as good as Zhao Kuo.
Zhao Kuo was besieged by the Qin army for forty-nine days, and only perished after he ran out of ammunition; And he fought for just one night and was completely destroyed. Zhao Kuo led 400,000 Zhao troops against Bai Qi's 500,000 Qin army, and finally lost; And he was 400,000 against the Jin army of 80,000, and he lost.
"Whew!"
Yao Pingzhong pulled out his sword and wiped it on his neck, as long as he pulled it slightly, he was completely dead.
However, the sword stopped.
"I'm defeated, if I go back, the official family will kill me......" Yao Pingzhong's heart was terrified to the extreme, and he didn't stay any longer, urging the war horse to run into the distance. He didn't know where to run, just kept running, kept running, away from Bianliang, away from this sad place.
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Early in the morning, looking at the daylight outside, the Jin army was packing up the spoils of war, with joy on his face.
Zhang Bangchang's face was very lost, and he muttered: "Defeated, how could it be defeated!" β
"Defeated, defeated, nothing remarkable!" Zhao Pu breathed a sigh of relief, and his mood was extremely relaxed, as if the Song army had won the battle.
Zhang Bangchang said: "Your Highness, you are right! In this battle, all the elites of my Great Song Dynasty Bianliang were wiped out, and the land of the three towns ceded was a foregone conclusion, and north of the Yellow River, all of them were the land of Hulu, and even the Central Plains were also in decline! β
"Isn't that a good thing?"
"Good thing! I can't see it, I only see the tragedy of Wuhu Mess repeating itself again, and the Great Song Dynasty perished overnight! β
"Why did my Song army repeatedly lose to the Jin army?" Zhao Pu asked a clichΓ© question again.
Zhang Bangchang was silent for a long time, and said, "The Great Song Dynasty lacks horses? β
"I understand, it means that the Great Song Dynasty lacks horses, and the resistance to Jin will be defeated, and the resistance to Jin will die!" Zhao Pu smiled, with sarcasm in his tone. This made him think of what someone in later generations said, resisting Japan will perish, guns are not as good as people, guns are not as good as people, what day is it to resist? It is even absurd to say that China will be destroyed after three days of resistance against Japan!
Zhang Bangchang was also stunned, once the Great Song Dynasty was defeated, it was always attributed to this reason, but as long as people with a little brain, they knew that this was a pretext and an excuse for failure.
"Silence, silence does not erupt in silence, it dies in silence!" Suddenly, Zhao Pu thought of that era, China was also facing life and death, facing an unprecedented crisis, that disaster was tragic, in the disaster the Chinese nation was reborn bloody, towards rejuvenation.
This time, it is also a test for the Great Song Dynasty, if you can't be reborn from the fire, then you will perish in Yashan.
"During the Warring States Period, the Wei State rose. Wei and Qin fought a great war, Qin was defeated, and the king of Qin was also killed by an arrow. Tens of thousands of troops were killed, and five hundred miles west of the river were lost. At that time, Wei united with other countries to besiege Qin and completely divide Qin State. How similar the Qin State was to my Great Song Dynasty at that time! β
"If you are not as strong as others, you can only recognize your grandson. At that time, the Qin State had no choice but to cede land and seek peace, and all its dignity was lost. β
"The old Qin people are extremely sad! But the old Qin people did not admit defeat, gritted their teeth and persevered, failure is just a new start, as long as the old Qin people have a breath, they will be ashamed of blood, tooth for tooth, blood for blood! β
"Heaven does not abandon the old Qin people. A teenager entered the Qin State, abandoned the well fields, emphasized agriculture and mulberry, rewarded military merits, implemented unified measurements, etc., changed the law for 18 years, the national strength of the Qin State became stronger, and the Wei State fought again, killing the Marshal of the Wei State in one fell swoop, recapturing the land of Hexi, a blockbuster, and becoming the head of the Seven Heroes in one fell swoop. Later, after the efforts of many monarchs, by the time of Qin Shi Huang, the Wei State, which dominated the world and insulted him, had already been slapped to death by him! β
"Everyone in the world knows that the Qin State unified the six countries and created great deeds through the ages; But who knows that the humble country that was persecuted by Wei and almost perished! β
"If you don't work hard, don't look for objective reasons. As long as the spirit does not slip, there are always more ways than difficulties; If it is a spiritual slippery, there is more suffering than a solution! Da Song is not a horse, but lacks backbone. Without backbone, even if there are horses, they can't form a powerful iron horse. Even if the iron cavalry becomes an army, it is defeated repeatedly! Zhao Pu said.
This truth has been proved by later generations. The Song Dynasty's combat strength was inferior to that of people, and it was defeated by Liao, Western Xia, Jin, and Mongolia, and it can be said that horses were inferior to people; However, in the Ming Dynasty, it occupied the dangerous points of Liaodong and spent a lot of money to establish the Guanning Iron Cavalry. However, the Guanning Iron Cavalry was still a waste, and it was defeated again and again, and it was beaten by the Manchurian Eight Banners.
"It's okay to fail! If it hurts, it may stimulate backbone, as long as the backbone is recovered, there is still hope for Da Song. may be like the old Qin people, reborn in blood. If the backbone is gone, simply perish, simply become a slave of the country! Zhao Pu said extremely plainly.
In history, after the shame of Jingkang, the shame was quickly forgotten, and the scholar was addicted to the wind and snow in the south of the Yangtze River, living the days of picking up girls and raising prostitutes, and even created the tragedy of the Storm Pavilion.
The rabbit is not dead, the dog has been cooked, the thief is the father, and he is willing to be the emperor.
Wang Jingwei was willing to be the emperor, but the result was that everyone punished him; And Zhao Gou and Qin Hui and others, willing to be the emperor, are still in the same way.
At that time, a nation that forgot shame, forgot blood feuds, and sank in a languishing life, finally ushered in the twilight of Yashan.
The world sympathizes with Yashan and thinks it is a feat; And in Zhao Pu's view, this is deserved.
Forgetting shame is tantamount to betrayal. A nation that has forgotten its shame has no second fate except to perish, except to become a slave to the country.
People of a certain island country always say that there is no China after Yashan.
However, Zhao Pu just believes that there is no China before Yashan, and there is China after Yashan.
Before Yashan, it was an era of drunken dreams and death, forgetting the shame of Jingkang, betraying history, having no backbone, and living a life of walking dead; But after Yashan, he lived a fourth-class citizen, but he always remembered the shame and always thought about driving out the Tartars and restoring China.
Before Yashan, it was a spineless people; And after Yashan, it is a nation with a revived backbone.
If you have no backbone, even if you have everything, you will lose it first; has the backbone, even if you are poor and white, you will have everything.
PS: This chapter is very good, it writes about the national backbone, and also writes about my views on Yashan.
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