Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 620 Super high emotional intelligence shock

[In 1206, the Mongol Khanate was officially founded.

For the Mongol Khanate at that time, the country that must be attacked was naturally the Jin Kingdom, which had a bloody feud.

So naturally, Genghis Khan couldn't wait to lead the army in person and launched an attack on Xixia.

Once in the Northern Song Dynasty, on the issue of moving the capital, the Che Shen gave advice: There is no danger in virtue.

As we all know, Bianliang City was driven straight into by the Jin people, and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed with unprecedented efficiency.

The self-reliant Xixia is a bit more miserable: What is the risk? What is virtue?
The territory of Xixia is in the Hexi Corridor. In this land, if you think of low EQ, it is connected in all directions, and if you think of high EQ, it is surrounded by enemies on all sides.

In modern times, there was a place that was very similar to it called Poland. People nicknamed it the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe. It didn’t matter whether you were fighting from the east to the west or from the west to the east. Anyway, if you didn’t kill it, you couldn’t even think about going there.

Moreover, Xixia, like Poland, always fights with the neighbors when you are in trouble, so when you are unlucky, others will naturally not pay much attention to you.

The Mongolian cavalry galloped and plundered freely in the Hexi Corridor, a land without dangerous passes, coming and going like the wind.

The bellicose Mongolia paid great attention to this battle and was eager to get a glimpse of the reality of its future opponents.

But the Jin Kingdom at this time was no longer the Jin Kingdom in Mongolia's memory.

In addition to paying tribute, Mongolia's most important requirement for Xixia is to attach Mongolia to capture gold. The purpose of everything is to serve this old enemy.

As a result, the Song and Jin parties joined forces to stage a small Song-style shock to the Mongols.

Just before and after Mongolia surrendered to Xixia, the Kaixi Northern Expedition between the Song and Jin Dynasties also came to fruition.

Facing Song's Northern Expedition, Jin first sent his servants to command General Kui, but he soon died of illness, so he sent General Wanyan Zonghao, who lasted for half a year but also died of illness, so he changed his command to General Wanyan Kuang and continued the fight.

Turning to the Song Dynasty, the Northern Expedition, which clearly called for the opening of the Jubilee Festival, ended up losing Zaoyang, Guanghua, Suizhou, De'an, Anlu, Yingcheng, Yunmeng, Hanchuan, Jingshan, etc., and they were about to invade. Jiangnan.

But firstly, the Jin people were facing the threat of the Kaixi Northern Expedition. Secondly, there were conflicts between the Jin Kingdom and the Mongolian Xixia. It would have been nice if the dog bit the dog, so it would be a disservice. They just regretted that they could not go to the front line to watch the excitement, and they explicitly rejected Xia Xiangzong. Asking for help.

So the undisturbed Mongolia gave Xixia a merciless beating. From 1206 to 1209, Mongolia carried out three large-scale attacks on Xia, most of which returned with full results. In the end, Xixia surrendered, ending the first Mongolian-Xia war.

The Mongols said, "What the hell are you fighting for? Changing commanders three times in one battle. This is a taboo in military strategy. Do you understand?"

Xia Xianzong wrote to the Southern Song Dynasty asking for help... Sorry, the last time Song and Xia were bordering each other was before Yue Fei's death. After Yue Wumu was framed, Song and Jin agreed on the Shaoxing peace treaty and ceded the Shang and Qin states, and Song and Xia were no longer bordering each other. Of course, there was no way to ask for help.

Within two years, Xia Xiangzong couldn't bear it anymore and wrote to Jin Emperor Wanyan Yongji asking for help.

So the Mongols were also greatly shocked: You don't call this the Kaixi Northern Expedition. According to the reign of the Jin Kingdom, you call it the Taihe Southern Conquest.

These thoughts were later written by Mongolia into the revised "History of the Jin Dynasty": Zhang Zong's battle against the Song Dynasty, Sanyi was the commander in chief, and it was taboo among military strategists. The Song Dynasty did not know how to take advantage of this and take advantage of it. How could anyone say that? !

Therefore, it is not surprising that the Jin Kingdom was defeated in the battle against Jin Yehuling launched two years after the Mongolian forced landing in Xixia. The Battle of Yehuling, or to be more precise, the Battle of Yehuling-Huihebao. This battle was first defeated in a narrow place like Yehuling, and then retreated to the open Huihebao and suffered a devastating blow from the Mongols. Later, when compiling history, the Mongolians boasted that the Jin army had 300,000 soldiers, but this 300,000 yuan was just a claim. In fact, at that time, the Jin Kingdom already had a "good" tradition of empty pay. It is possible that the so-called 300,000 yuan was too much. Just one hundred thousand.

On this point, when compiling "The Complete History of Chinese and Foreign Wars", Li Zefen, a former Artillery Party general who defeated prisoners of war, an anti-Japanese hero, and a historian, combined his experience in the Artillery Party and his own professional comments on the Mongolian and Song Dynasties. ’s first battle.

At that time, the Jin army changed its commander before the battle (Wanyan Chengyu replaced Duji Sizhong), the front line was empty, and the rear was indiscriminately issuing gold yuan... Indiscriminately handing out banknotes, in short, it was a familiar smell.

Therefore, in Professor Li’s view, this so-called key defeat of the Jin Kingdom is very simple:
The Jin people had no fight against the Mongolian elites in Yehuling. They fled to Huihebao and relied on the fortifications to be blown up again, which ultimately led to a great rout. 】

〖Low EQ: Taihe Southern Expedition; High EQ: Kaixi Northern Expedition; Super high EQ: Mongolians shout awesome.

The Taihe Southern Expedition reminds me of General Chen’s words: The Vietnamese and the French are a pair of excellent opponents. Now the same applies to the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom.

One went to ambush late because of the rain, and the other set off late because of the rain. The final meeting can only be said to be a well-matched choice, and indeed it can only be described as wonderful.

Why do I feel that no normal person in the Song, Liao and Jin Dynasties could have such an exciting thing as the Whip of God?

You may say that Mongolia is weak. It is just a joke to say that Mongolia is strong. Genghis Khan finally died here in Xixia...

Did Jin Guo’s two coaches die of illness one after another? No wonder it feels like Jin Guo has a look on his face.

Da Jin and Da Zang are truly uncles/nephews. Yehuling had the advantage in location and military strength and was defeated by the Mongols. Later, the Mongols were not sure of capturing the city of Yanjing and so they blackmailed them away. In the end, it was Jin Xuanzong who I was so frightened that I peed my pants, so I followed Zhao Jian's example, and Zhenyou came from Yannan and moved south to Kaifeng, handing over Hebei.

Saying this makes me think of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor guarded the country, and there was indeed some great power style here.

Xixia and Poland after contact with Mongolia are indeed quite similar. They roll their eyes when they pinch their necks, and they brag when they let go. 〗

In the small courtyard in Luoyang, Liu Bei first asked an irrelevant question:
"There has never been anyone like Emperor Gao or Emperor Shi Huang in the West?"

In fact, he had wanted to ask this question for a long time.

Later generations rarely talked about the West, but every time they glanced over, they could see dozens of countries of varying sizes scattered around the Mediterranean Sea.

The only thing I can remember is probably Rome, but Rome only completed its founding around the Mediterranean Sea. As the younger generation said - it turned the Mediterranean Sea into its own bathtub.

But from the fleeting glance at the map from the Tang to the Song and Yuan Dynasties, what can be seen is that less than half of the Eastern Roman Empire is left.

But even so, you can see that the Mediterranean Sea is sparse to the north. It is not an exaggeration to say that there are hundreds of countries.

And thinking about the various descriptions of Rome in the past and later generations, Liu Bei naturally made a guess:
"It can't be... we are waiting for Rome in this world to be the country with the largest territory in the West for two thousand years?"

Several people suddenly felt that it was really possible, at least as far as what they could see on the light screen, there was really no one that could surpass their Rome in the 19th year of Jian'an.

(End of this chapter)