And the beginning of the Song-Mongolian War actually began from Duanping to Luo.

After the fall of the Jin Kingdom, both the Song and Mongolia knew that war would be a matter of time, one was a rapidly rising nomadic empire, and the other was a civilized dynasty that did not forget its homeland, and a little spark could ignite the fuse of war between the two largest regimes in the world at that time.

Song Lizong was strong and was about to carry out a recovery plan, and when he heard such a perfect plan, he of course advocated sending troops. In March and April of the year of the destruction of Jin, Li Zong successively sent people to Luoyang to sweep the tombs of the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty, and at the same time secretly conducted military reconnaissance. Zheng Qingzhi, the right prime minister and privy envoy who was the prime minister, also changed his previous posture and was very much in favor of sending troops to the Central Plains.

After the death of Shi Miyuan, who had been in power in the Southern Song Dynasty for more than 20 years, in 1233, the young Song Lizong finally ushered in a pro-government. He intended to make a difference, led a "Duanping Reform", eliminated maladministration, and promoted a large number of newcomers, among which the brothers Zhao Fan and Zhao Kui were representatives. They strongly advocated taking advantage of the opportunity of Mongolia's retreat to the north to send troops to the north to "pacify the Central Plains, hold the Yellow River, occupy Tongguan, and recover Sanjing".

Sanjing refers to the three capitals of the former Northern Song Dynasty: Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, Henan Mansion in Xijing, and Yingtianfu in Nanjing. This suggestion has a good historical basis, because the Jin State relied on the Tongguan-Yellow River defense line to fight the Mongols for more than 20 years, forcing the Mongols to use the Southern Song Dynasty to attack the Jin rear.

At the same time, the Zhao brothers also have their own little abacus behind them: although they worked hard to quell Li Quan's rebellion, they lost to Shi Songzhi of Jingxiang on the occasion of destroying gold. Shi Songzhi is Shi Miyuan's nephew, and if he wants to have an advantage in the court, he must surpass Shi Dang in terms of military exploits.

Although the reconquest of the Central Plains would bring great prestige and honor, most of the courtiers were opposed to sending out the army.

Qiao Xingjian, the governor of the political affairs, was sick at home at the time, and after hearing about this, he immediately wrote to him: "Today, the border is vast, and it is not a single way to go out, how many of Your Majesty's generals are enough to be one-sided? How many are there who are brave and fighting? How many are wise and good at strategizing?" "Your Majesty's soldiers, tens of thousands of people who can fight? Tens of thousands of people who part ways and Qujing, tens of thousands of Luo? Tens of thousands of people who stay in Tun and guard Huai, and tens of thousands of people who are Xiang?"

The prefect told Zhang Yu that "Mongolia is not comparable to the golden enemy, and it is elected as a general, trained troops, saved money, accumulated corn, and consolidated itself."

Zhen Dexiu, a famous scholar who had just returned to the dynasty, said: "Moving the river and Huaijia soldiers to defend the useless empty city, Yunjiang and Huaijin Valley to treat the waste soil that cannot be cultivated, the effect of wealth is not expected, and the fundamental disadvantages are immediately seen." ”

In the midst of such opposition, Song Lizong, who issued an edict to "ask for straightforwardness" and said that he wanted to be good, still brazenly decided to send troops. He only sent the 60,000 troops of the Huaixi Division to the north, trying to recover the Central Plains with these 60,000 troops.

You must know that even the battle plan formulated by the main battle faction still stated that after recovering Tongguan and south of the Yellow River, at least 150,000 elite divisions of 100,000 battles should be used for full-time defense in order to hold the Yellow River defense line. Emperor Lizong stubbornly only sent the Huaixi army, and an immature military campaign began.

Almost all of the generals in the theater were opposed to sending troops.

Qiu Yue, Zhao Fan's chief of staff, said: "Fang Xing's enemy, the new alliance has retreated, and he is full of vigor and sharpness, and he would rather donate his income to others!" Wu Qian, the commander-in-chief of Huaixi, said: "Although it is easy to take Henan, it is difficult to defend it, and the cost of the army is huge! The people are poor and unbearable, and they are changing violently, so how can today's affairs be discussed lightly!"

Although Shi Songzhi, who presided over the battle to destroy Jin, had selfish intentions, he was right in the book, believing that Jinghu had been hungry for many years and could not afford such an attack, and it was unrealistic for Henan to obtain supplies in the local area. and said that he would rather resist the order than send troops.

It's just that the military's opposition did not bear fruit in the end, and the defender of Bianjing, Cui Li, who was originally a marshal-level figure of the Jin State, was ordered to hold Bianjing, but later surrendered to Mongolia with Bianjing. After he became the governor of Bianliang in Mongolia, he still had a bad record, which made the military and people in the city boil. Some of the generals of the old Jin Kingdom, led by Li Boyuan, who had long been dissatisfied with Mongolia, took advantage of the Song army's entry into the Central Plains to launch a mutiny and kill Cui Li. After that, Li Boyuan and others surrendered to the Quanzicai army.

In 1234 AD, that is, on the fifth day of the seventh month of the first year of Duanping, Quan Zicai led the Song army into Bianjing, so dreamily realized the dream of Yue Fei and other anti-Jin generals who had never realized it in their lives. However, what they saw was no longer the bustling city in the "Qingming Riverside Map", with a population of more than one million remaining, only more than 600 defenders and more than 1,000 residents. There were ruins everywhere, and ruined corpses and white bones could be seen everywhere, and there was not the slightest life in the city.

Fifteen days later, on July 20, Zhao Kui led 50,000 Huaidong soldiers to Bianjing and Quanzicai.

The news of the recovery of Bianjing came back to the Southern Song Dynasty, and the entire court of the Southern Song Dynasty was almost boiling, and there was a congratulatory voice everywhere.

Song Lizong's intention was very obvious, he wanted Zhao Fan, who was sitting in the rear, to go to Bianjing as soon as possible, and asked Zhao Kui and Quanzi to recover Xijing Luoyang as soon as possible. Song Lizong, who was carried away by the victory, felt that he was about to become the lord of Zhongxing, but he did not expect that the Mongolian iron cavalry was already quietly waiting for the Song army in Luoyang.

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Quan Zicai is not famous in history, and he is even infamous for abandoning the army and running away:

Quan Zicai was ordered to send troops and resist. Bianjing was guarded by Cui Li, who was rampant and domineering, bullying people, and the lieutenants Li Boyuan and Li Qisu were insulted by Lisuo, and secretly tried to report grievances. The whole son will be calculated, and it is agreed that it can be eliminated from the inside and outside. According to the premeditated plan, Bo Yuan pretended to meet with Li to discuss how to defend the city, but Li was not on guard and rode to the meeting. Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, Bo Yuan immediately pulled out his dagger and stabbed him in the chest, knocked him off his horse, and died on the ground. Standing and dying, Bo Yuan and others went out to welcome the Song army, and the Song army entered the city in triumph.

After staying for more than ten years, Zhao Kui, the marshal of the Huaixi Army, led 50,000 troops from Chuzhou to Sizhou to Bian.

Kwai asked Zicai: "We started planning to occupy Tongguan and hold on to the Yellow River, it has been half a month since you arrived in Bianjing, why don't you attack Luoyang and occupy Tongguan?" He said: "The food has not been collected. Kwai said angrily: "The current Yuan army has not arrived, just take advantage of the situation to attack, if you wait for the food to arrive, I am afraid that the Yuan army will already go south." Quan Zicai heard Zhao Kui say this, and he didn't know what to do: Attack? Food and grass are not prepared; If you don't attack, the opportunity will be missed. At this moment, he also estimated that if he did not agree to send troops, Zhao Kui would definitely have to send troops on his own, and if so, Zhao Kui would take away his easily attainable military exploits, so he had no choice but to agree to send troops.

How to send troops? Fearing that the great achievement would be lost, Quan Zicai only sent his own non-main force, and put aside the Huaixi soldiers, the main force led by Zhao Kui. He sent Xu Minzi and others to raise 13,000 troops to advance westward first, and ordered Yang Yi to lead 15,000 crossbow troops from Luzhou as a follow-up, and the two armies were only given five days' rations each.

Minzi led the army to Luoyang, Luoyang was not guarded, there were only more than 300 residents, and Minzi easily occupied Luoyang. Luoyang arrived, and Li Zong issued an edict "Zhao Fan for Jinghe Guan, Shaanxi Xuanfu to make Kaifeng Mansion stay in Tokyo, Zhao Kui for Jinghe System to make Zhiying Tianfu Nanjing to stay, Quanzicai Guanshan System to make Zhihenan, Xijing to stay."

After entering Luo, the division that entered the city ate the original five-day ration, and there was no rice to put in the pot, so they had to dig artemisia grass to satisfy their hunger. At this time, the house leaked and rained, the Bianshui dam burst, the flood flooded, the road was interrupted, and the Song army was blocked from delivering grain. Upon learning of this, the Mongol king Tass hurriedly ordered the Yuan army to move south.

Yang Yi led the crossbow army to the east of Luoyang thirty miles, just spread out and sat down to cook and eat, a whistle, suddenly saw a frowning cover suddenly appeared, the Yuan army forward Liu Xiangan led a Biao army to suddenly kill, the Song army was unprepared and made a mess.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yang Yi fled in a hurry, and his troops collapsed. The Yuan army pursued the victory, chased to Luoshui, and drowned countless Song troops. When the news reached Luoyang, the morale of the officers and soldiers in the city fell sharply when they heard the news. The Yuan army arrived in Luo, and Toshiko went out of the city to face the battle, regardless of victory or defeat. Although there was no winner or loser, the Song army had no food to eat, and Xu Minzi had nothing to do and was forced to retreat.

Quan Zicai and Zhao Kui were in Bianjing, and they repeatedly urged Shi Songzhi to relieve food, but they never came. The Yuan army approached Bianjing and flooded the city with the water of the Yellow River's golden embankment. In the face of flooding the city, in order to protect the lives of the soldiers, Quan Zicai simply discarded his previous efforts to lead the army south.

When the south was returned, Liu Zicheng's staff miscalculated, Zhao Kui's command was ineffective, and the Song army was defeated

After the defeat, Zhao Fan had no face. In order to shirk responsibility, he went to the table to impeach Quan Zicai for lightly sending the division and using troops improperly. Liu Zicheng's staff miscalculation, and Zhao Kui's ineffective command led to the annihilation of the rear army.

Li Zong then issued an edict: "Zhao Kui was demoted to one level and disposed of the camp in Tokyo, Henan; Quan Zicai was demoted to one level and disposed of Tangzhou, Dengzhou, and Xizhou; Xu Minzi was dismissed from his post and dismissed; Yang Yi was demoted to four ranks, and he was ordered to be suspended from his post and served in the army to see the after-effects; Shi Songzhi also begged to be removed from office. ”

Other responsible persons have also been punished.

In the second year of Duanping, Quanzi lived in Tangzhou, and Wen Buhua, the general of the Yuan army, led the army to invade. At the moment of the great enemy, Quanzi abandoned the army and fled at night. Liu Zicheng, who was the ordnance supervisor at the time, also discarded the heavy gun that night and fled at night. Fortunately, Zhao Fan came to the aid and repelled the Yuan army.

And "The Book of Song: The Biography of Zhao Kui" also describes this situation from the side:

Zhao Kui, the word Nanzhong. In November of the sixth year of Shaoding, the edict granted the Huaidong system to make an envoy and know Yangzhou, into the right, the emperor said: "Qing father and son brothers, Xuanli is very much, Qing can take the lead in the battle, donate himself to serve the country, this is especially difficult for Confucian ministers, I am very happy." Kwai Dun thanked him and said: "The minister is not a minister, the righteousness of loyalty and filial piety, taste the teaching of the gentleman, and receive the grace of the country, and he should sacrifice his life to repay His Majesty." ”

In the first year of Duanping, the court discussed the recovery of Sanjing, and Aoi Shang invited him to go to war, and he authorized the military department to write and so on. When the summer was in full swing, the embankment broke, the water overflowed, the grain transportation did not continue, and the recovered counties were all empty cities, and there was no food for the soldiers. Before long, the northern soldiers went south, crossed the river, and sent a sluice, but many of the soldiers drowned and returned in defeat. Zhao Fan expressed the impeachment of Kui, and Zhao and Quan Zicai were each demoted by one rank.

In the first year of Jiaxi, he knew Yangzhou with a bachelor of Baozhang Pavilion. In the second year, in response to An Fengjie, he worshiped the book of the Criminal Department, and reinstated the Tuntian envoy of the road. Kwai stayed for eight years before and after, cultivated the land to govern the army, and prepared for the benefit.

Chunyou three years, buried his mother, begged to submit to the final system, not allowed. Aoi Shang said: "Shifting loyalty is filial piety, the friendship of courtiers, teaching filial piety and seeking loyalty, and the benevolence of the monarch and father." Loyalty and filial piety are one original, and they are not contradictory. Therefore, it is said that loyal ministers are their kings, and filial sons are their relatives, and their origins are also. In the past, he was responsible for the matter, obeyed the line, risked thousands of deaths without hesitation, donated his body to the difficulty, and served his life to keep the seal, which was also the charge of filial piety. The minister was in the grass and soil yesterday, and was ordered to start a family, reluctantly obey the power system, and first the urgency of the country and then the funeral. Now he has been released from the throne to go to the official, and he has been posthumously subdued and begged to obey the Yi system. "Not again. Then he said: "The former ministers were edicted to disobey the Ding family, and Min Ran was sad and guilty, and he did not dare to resign, but the ministers tasted the urgency of the country and served the righteousness of the courtiers. And the ministers have chased the system of declining hemp, stretched out the mourning of the block, turned the soil into a grave, relied on the house to be exhausted, and the funeral has not retreated, and it should not be removed for several months. "It is ordered to lift the Dongxiao Palace, not to worship.

In the first year of Jingding, he was awarded two Huai Xuanfu envoys, sentenced to Yangzhou, and entered the Duke of Lu. In the first year of Xianchun, he added a young master. In the second year, he was awarded the young master, the Wu'an military festival envoy, and entered the title of Ji Guogong. Zhouci Xiaogushan, Xue, eighty-one years old. It's night, and the stars of the five continents are like a basket. Give the Taifu, Zhen Zhongjing.

And what is interesting is that the person who impeached Zhao Kui in "Song Shu - The Biography of Zhao Kui" is his brother Zhao Fan.

It's just that Zhao Fan's impeachment is likely to be a means to protect Zhao Kui, because Zhao Fan himself did not participate in Duanping and Luo.

Zhao Fan's exploits and deeds are more achieved from the war with the Jin State:

Fan Zi Wu Zhong, less from his father's army. In the thirteenth year of Jiading, he tasted the gold annihilation with his brother Kui at a high head. For fourteen years, he went out to supervise the army of Tang, Deng, Fan and Kui. Meng Zongzheng knew Zaoyang at the time, and he was afraid of supplying 100 million, so people asked: "Jin is in Qi and Huang, and Jun is attacking Tang and Deng, why not?" Fan said: "Otherwise, if Xiangyang is prepared to save Qi and Huang, then Tang and Deng will definitely be behind." And Qi, Huang Zhikou Zhengrui, if you first pound Tang and Deng to show that you have more than enough, Tang and Deng should be immaculate, then I don't keep and self-consolidation, Kou is in Qi, Huang Shi is old, and then return to the teacher, you can defeat the enemy without trouble. "Defeated the gold man for a long time, and his younger brother Kui was given the system to appease the internal machine, and the matter was "Kwai Biography".

Fifteen years, Ding's father was worried, and he reinstated the secret cabinet and sentenced Yangzhou. For sixteen years, he was the superintendent of armaments, and he knew Gwangju with the direct secret cabinet. In the seventeenth year, he became the governor of Dazong Zhengcheng, the waiter of the Criminal Department, and the trial general as a prisoner and the right to know Zhenjiang Mansion. Enter the Zhihui Pavilion, Zhiyangzhou, and Huaidong to pacify the deputy envoys. Liu Quan and Wang Wenxin stayed in Yangzhou for the old and young, and Fan wanted to repair the military and politics, fearing that his disciples would leak the military plane, so it was time to give work. The two families were very happy, and Fan left Xu Xiji's book, so that the two of them returned to Chu, and the two of them followed it, and Fan Houyun sent it. and those who have Sun Hai are also eight hundred. Fan also asked to return Chuzhou, and asked to create 3,000 horse troops, and recruit the strong people of the wanderers and the heavy servants of the prison city. Other people are half-year soldiers, in the fields in spring and summer, and teach in autumn and winter. Officials are exempt from construction and do not abandon agriculture for private purposes.

Peng Yibin made the commander Zhang Shixian see Fan, please conspire against Li Quan. Fan told Zhao Shanxiang, the envoy of the system, that "Yibin is full of words, like a mountain pressing eggs; If you lose this, you will not be right, and the murderer on the right will be untethered. In case Yibin becomes a great hero without a dynasty, it is a matter of Tang Domain, and it is not a matter of calculation. Mo Ruo moved Yangzhou to increase the army to Xuyi, and the four general soldiers each left half to prepare for the gold people, the rest of them all set off, choose one can be the general, and ordered Kui to pick the elite 10,000 people in the west of Huai to participate in Chuzhou, out of the Xupu Sea Road, fifty ships into Huai, to cut off the thief back to the way, the secret Yibin from the north to attack it, everything is good. The four governors have power and position, although Liu Xuan can win his favor, but he can't control his death. If you use it, you must order your relatives to perform the formation, and trace the four people, and you can't stop sitting and planning it. "Don't report it.

Fan also said: "The country will prosper from now on, otherwise it will be sluggish." If the imperial court does not want Emperor Zhang, then Fan Nai will be punished, and his job is to catch thieves, but Fan will be ordered to take measures against the salt thieves in Chuzhou with his own soldiers, and Fan should transfer half of the two armies of Shiqing and Zhang Hui, and hundreds of their ships, and go to Chucheng to curb the thief road, transfer half of Xia Quan and Fan Chengjin, and guard it according to Lian and Hai, and move Yangzhou to fight Xuyi. However, he had to personally mention the elite and heroic, strong and brave, etc., and then he was young outside the city, showing the thief the situation, telling the thief to bring blessings and misfortunes, and the thief would surrender himself. If they still refuse, then the military and civilians in the north and south will be mixed, and there will be internal responders. Don't ask Yibin to attack in the north, and under the mountain and sun, he will be stationed in Lian and Hai to respond to it, and he will return to his family to leave his party, and within half a month, this thief will die. If so, then the Pu Water Army will not be transferred, but it will be enough to get Zhao Kui's 3,000 people. If the imperial court is worried about spending, then all of them will buy 200,000 military supplies in Zhenzhou, and Lian and Chu will accumulate and be self-sufficient. ”

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