[Since the establishment of the Song Dynasty, successive emperors have put their main energy and strength on internal suppression in order to consolidate their rule.

The first two emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty, Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and Taizong Zhao Guangyi, both regarded foreign invasions as "troubles of the armpits", and regarded the "rebellion" of the people and military coups as "troubles of the henchmen".

Therefore, most of the laws of the Zhao and Song dynasties were formulated to prevent internal troubles, and even in order to prevent the rebellion of the warriors, they tried their best to suppress the generals and weaken the combat effectiveness of the soldiers.

In this way, how much combat effectiveness does the soldiers of the Northern Song Dynasty have.

Most of the power of the Song Dynasty was consumed in internal control, but it was extremely weak in the external strong enemy, the Khitan. 】

Seeing this, Liu Che couldn't help but tease: "Hehe. I'm afraid this is the real reason why Da Song is called Da Ji. ”

Zhu Di couldn't help but sigh and said, "It's a pity that Kou Zhun has meritorious service to the outside world, but in the end, he also ended up dying miserably."

Zhu Yuanzhang was expressionless and said: "Those who have made meritorious contributions to the outside world in the Song Dynasty almost have no good end. ”

"The Song people are experts in the civil war, and the outsiders in the foreign war just pity loyal people like Yue Wumu, alas"

[We all know that throughout the Song Dynasty, their main opponents were the Liao State, the Jin State and the Mengyuan Empire, and the founder of the Liao State was the Khitan. 】

[During the five dynasties at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the warlords of the Central Plains fought in four places, while the Khitans in the north took the opportunity to begin rapid development.

In 923 AD, after the fall of the Later Liang, Hebei was in chaos.

Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji saw the opportunity, so he led the army south, taking the opportunity to capture Youzhou and Anci, Lu, Sanhe, Yuyang, Huairou, Miyun and other counties.

In 936, in order to become the emperor, Shi Jingjiao, a general of the Later Tang Dynasty, asked Yelu Deguang of Liao Taizong for help.

Shi Jingjiao established the Later Jin Dynasty with the help of the Liao soldiers, cut the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Liao, and recognized the Liao Emperor as his father, so that the Central Plains lost the northern Ping Domain, and also lost face. 】

Shi Jingjiao, who is on the list of the top ten faint kings, has been dead for almost a month, but he didn't expect to be pulled out by the video and whipped at this time, which fully shows that it is shameful to recognize a thief as a father, and even after death, I am afraid that he will not be able to live in peace.

[Later, Zhou Shizong Chai Rong was committed to the Northern Expedition in order to recover the lost territory and revitalize national defense, and once recovered the three states and three passes that had been occupied by the Khitan nobles for more than 20 years, but unfortunately when Chai Rong led the army to continue to march north, trying to recover the entire territory of Youzhou, he had to drop out of the division due to illness.

Xuan took Waqiao Pass as Xiongzhou, Yijin Pass as Bazhou, left troops to defend, and the army returned to Bian. Soon, Chai Rong fell ill and died, and the Northern Expedition was stopped. 】

"Oops! This emperor looks quite powerful, but it's a pity that he died like this! Liu Bang saw that there was an emperor who almost recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun, and immediately expressed deep regret.

"Chai Rong seems to be pretty good." Emperor Wen of Sui's evaluation was concise and to the point.

"It's a pity that Chai Rong treats Zhao Kuangyin as a brother, but Zhao Kuangyin has taken away the country of other people's sons," Kangxi said with some disdain.

When Zhao Kuangyin saw the name "Chai Rong" in the video, his face was also a little unnatural.

Chai Rong's trust in Zhao Kuangyin has even reached the point where he can be entrusted by his family, and then such unreserved trust is exchanged for the tragic ending of the throne being taken away and his sons either missing or dying early.

[During the time of Song Taizu, the Liao Dynasty was during the reign of Muzong Yelujing, Yelujing was addicted to wine, ignored state affairs, and adopted a conservative strategy towards the Song Dynasty.

The Song dynasty was able to take advantage of the opportunity to develop its power and quickly pacify the secessionist regime in the south.

When Liao Jingzong Yeluxian ascended the throne, Liao's national strength had not yet recovered for a while, so he could still be with Song Xiang'an, Kaibao seven years (974) to Taiping Xingguo four years (979), Song Liao also sent envoys to each other for five years.

However, this seemingly friendly situation was finally broken due to Song Taizong's personal conquest of the Northern Han Dynasty and the assistance of the Liao soldiers to the Northern Han Dynasty. 】

[During the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, there were two large-scale wars between the Song and Liao in the fourth year of Taiping Xingguo and the third year of Yongxi (986).

Both wars ended with the crushing defeat of the Song army.

Since then, the tendency of the Northern Song Dynasty to "guard the inside and the outside" has become more serious, and the negative and compromising mood in the Song court has also grown.

The Khitan cavalry moved southward for many years, and the Great Plain of Hebei was often harassed, and the people's production and life were seriously damaged. 】

[In the third year of the Dao (997 AD), Song Taizong died, and the crown prince Zhao Heng succeeded to the throne, that is, Song Zhenzong.

The Khitan cavalry took advantage of the new establishment of the Song lord and harassed the border more frequently.

In the second year of Xianping (999 AD), the Liao army defeated the Song army at Gaoyang Pass, captured the Song Dynasty and deployed Kangbao descendants on behalf of the capital, and returned in a big plunder.

In the sixth year of Xianping, the Liao army invaded Gaoyang Pass again, and the deputy capital of the Song army deployed Wang Jizhong and was captured and surrendered to Liao.

These two huge defeats greatly shocked the Northern Song court. 】

Seeing this, countless people in parallel worlds couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh.

The national defense is not strong, and it can even be said that the Great Song Dynasty is weak, and in the end, it is the people who suffer!

[In the first year of Jingde (1004), border emergency documents were frequently circulated, saying that the Liao army was about to invade on a large scale again.

Prime Minister Li Xin and Bi Shi'an were helpless in the face of strong enemy pressure.

In June of this year, Bi Shi'an recommended Kou Zhun to Song Zhenzong as the prime minister, and said to Song Zhenzong: "Kou Zhun is talented and loyal, and can judge major affairs; Martyrdom and jealousy. At present, the northern strong invasion, only Kou Zhun can defend the country against the enemy. ”

In August, Kou Zhun was appointed as a scholar of Jixian Palace, and Bi Shi'an was the prime minister.

In September, Liao Shengzong Yelu Longxu and his mother Empress Dowager Xiao led an army of 200,000 to set off from Youzhou and send troops to the Great Song Dynasty! 】

[The Liao army attacked Dingzhou from the Weilu army, but was blocked by the Song soldiers, so they turned their troops to the southeast.

When the enemy cavalry invaded southward, and "the book was in a hurry to meet five times a night", most of the upper echelons of the Northern Song Dynasty ruling group were panicked and frightened.

If Wang Qinruo, the governor of the political affairs, was a native of Jiangnan, he advocated moving the capital to Jinling; Chen Yaosuo, a member of the Privy Council, was a native of Sichuan, and proposed to move the capital to Chengdu. They all advocated a way to evade the enemy in order to deal with the invasion of the Khitans.

At this moment, Song Zhenzong had no intention of resisting the enemy, and he was even more panicked, and the huge court was chaotic like ants in a hot pot. 】

[At this extremely critical moment, Kou Zhun stood up and resolutely advocated sending troops to resist.

When Song Zhenzong asked Kou Zhun for advice, Wang Qinruo and Chen Yaosuo happened to be present.

Kou Zhun knew in his heart that the proposal to move the capital was proposed by them, but he pretended not to know and said to Zhenzong: "I don't know who gave His Majesty this policy to move the capital?" Sin kills the head!"

Subsequently, Kou Zhun further proposed that the emperor should personally conquer to win the victory, and swore that if Song Zhenzong drove the expedition in person, the enemy should flee; Even if they do not flee, we can surprise the enemy's strategic deployment, and at the same time hold the capital to fatigue the enemy, so that we can wait for the rest of the work, consume the enemy, and achieve the final victory. 】

[Kou Zhun's analysis finally dispelled Song Zhenzong's fears and prevented the idea of the escape faction.

Facts have proved that Kou Zhun is not only good at analysis, but also a series of strategies he later developed against the enemy are indeed effective, helping the Song Dynasty successfully resist the invasion of Liao. 】

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