Chapter 56: The God of War (400 Sanjiang Ticket Plus Update)
This court is really rotten in the bones.
Zhao Hao's gaze was cold.
The Battle of Xiangyang was the first hard-to-face contest between the Song Dynasty and Mongolia in the true sense, and its importance is self-evident.
If this battle is won, it will not only greatly boost the courage of the Song army and people, but also allow Mongolia to slow down its southward march and face the threat of the Song Dynasty again.
The gap between the Song Dynasty and Mongolia in the real sense of comprehensive national strength is not as big as others imagine.
Because the economic strength of the Song Dynasty was too strong, I dare not say that it was the last, but it was unprecedentedly strong.
With money, anything is possible.
In the end, the war is compared to burning money.
In this regard, the Song Dynasty could throw off the ten streets of Mongolia.
The Song Dynasty, which had an economic advantage, was undoubtedly very effective once the war machine was in full swing.
The high-quality military command personnel and the highly efficient command system were fully able to enable the Song Dynasty to give full play to its economic and scientific and technological advantages.
If the Song Dynasty could have a promising monarch who made good use of talents, appropriately adjusted the national policy, and given more initiative to the generals, and if the Song Dynasty could have a few virtuous civil servants who really took the country as their own responsibility, and were no longer limited to civil and military contradictions, it was entirely possible to avoid the fate of the Song Dynasty's demise.
However, contrary to expectations, most of the heroes did not die well.
The traitorous ministers were in chaos, and the emperor was mediocre, and he pushed the Great Song Dynasty, who had already walked to the precipice, into the endless abyss.
How can this not be chilling?
How can this not be deplorable?
The hot-blooded Meng Hui in front of him must have been disappointed at this moment.
It's just that as a Song person, even if he is disappointed, he still chooses to sacrifice his life and forget death for this land.
Because he didn't have a choice.
The war has developed to the present, and the real war is on the verge of breaking out.
Between Song and Mongolia, there was no room for relaxation.
Mongolia intends to destroy the Song Dynasty, and people of insight can see it.
Zhao Yun still wanted to talk about peace.
He may really not understand, and he is confused by Jia Yidao.
But whether he really doesn't understand or pretends not to understand like an ostrich, he doesn't know how disappointing what he did.
At the beginning of his ascension to the throne, Zhao Yun, who carried out great reforms, has now become an emperor without the slightest shining point.
His reputation among the people has also shifted from ordinary to faint.
Now, even ordinary people in the folk know that the Song Dynasty had a treacherous minister, and now His Majesty is an out-and-out faint monarch.
Zhao Hao didn't add fuel to the fire.
After all, Zhao Yun is his father in this life.
Zhao Hao just tried his best to do his best, he had given up pinning his hopes on Zhao Yun.
Facts have proved that Adou really can't help up.
"General Meng, reinforcements will be available, and the imperial court will be back on the right track, I promise. Zhao Hao said solemnly.
It should not be chilled by a general like Meng Heng who is dedicated to the people, and it should not disappoint Meng Hui, who can be said to be the last military god of the Southern Song Dynasty.
He should be praised, supported, and praised by all nations.
Meng Hui does have this qualification.
The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, and the waves are sweeping away the heroes.
In the history of ancient China, the stars twinkled, and Meng Heng was one of the few generals in the Song Dynasty who could enter the forest of famous generals.
In the golden age when the Mongol armies swept through Europe and Asia, who could defeat the Mongol armies in hard-fought field battles?
Looking at the world, even looking at the past and present, few people can do it.
And Meng Hui is the one who does the best, and he is also the only general in the Song Dynasty to do this.
Meng Hui's popularity in later generations is not high, neither as good as the Diaoyu City victory of Yu Jie, nor as good as Wen Tianxiang and other loyal ministers behind him, but the role he plays in this era is not comparable to Yu Ji and Wen Tianxiang combined.
If it weren't for Zhao Hao, who had read a lot of books in order to enrich the "Big Dream Heart Sutra", I was afraid that I wouldn't know that in this era, there is such a famous general.
The reason why the Southern Song Dynasty was able to hold out under the iron hooves of the Mongol army for 50 years was that Meng Heng was the first to do so.
It was the defense line he single-handedly established that blocked the southward pace of the Mongol iron hooves and bought the Southern Song Dynasty fifty years.
Meng Hui is a tragic hero, although he has enough talent and talent, but looking around, god-like opponents and pig-like teammates, even if he tries his best, he still can't reverse the general trend.
Although he once broke through 24 Mongolian military villages on the Jianghan Plain and achieved the "Jiangling Victory", he took the initiative to attack and repelled the Mongolian army head-on, recovering Xiangyang and Xinyang and other lost territories.
Yes, in true history, Xiangyang was originally occupied by the Mongols.
It was Meng Heng who recaptured Xiangyang.
An inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood.
It was precisely because Meng Heng recovered Xiangyang, Xinyang, Kuizhou and other places that the entire front of the Song Dynasty to defend against the Mongols formed a solid front, and led to the first real war between the Mongols and the Song Dynasty that ended in defeat after six years.
Moreover, the Mongol invasion of the south several times in the future was full of bloody battles, but it could not move forward.
Meng Hui's line of defense has made great contributions.
The Mongol cavalry may have conquered the whole world, but they never conquered the Southern Song Dynasty.
Blocked by the Song Dynasty's continuous southward movement, the proud Mongols had to bow their heads and face the Song Dynasty squarely, adjust their original political and military policies, focus on learning the Song Dynasty's science and technology and naval tactics, and widely appoint Han generals.
Ironically, the later Mongol battle to destroy the Song Dynasty basically became a battle between the Han people in the north and the Han people in the south.
When the country is ruined and the family is destroyed, some people die generously, and naturally some people bend their knees to the enemy.
The most famous and tragic battle of Yashan, the leading general of the Mongolian army, named Zhang Hongfan.
Ethnicity: Han.
The situation in the Song Dynasty at that time was that the more traitors were beaten, the more they became.
There are always some people who can "pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages, and look at the Lord".
The more times like this, the more you can see the preciousness of people like Meng Heng.
Without the persistence of people like Meng Heng, with the fragile military strength of the Song Dynasty, it could only be defeated with one blow.
There are always some military god-level figures in history, and their existence improves the military strength of the entire country.
There are quite Mu Wei Huo in the distance, Yue Fei in the near distance, and Meng Hui, even if he is not as good as these people, but looking around the world, he is already the top handsome talent.
With him guarding Xiangyang, Zhao Hao's heart was half relieved.
"Your Highness, the last general really hopes that you can ......" Before Meng Heng's words could be finished, he was interrupted by Zhao Hao.
"General Meng said cautiously, the affairs of the war will be entrusted to you, and the affairs of the court will be entrusted to me. Brothers who were born and died on the front line, I will definitely not let them have worries. Zhao Hao said categorically.
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