The short videos I watched from all dynasties

[ Unfortunately, Zhao Huan was even more incompetent than his father Zhao Ji.

Because except for the emperor, everyone in Bianjing City was united in resisting.

Zhao Huan, who was promoted to emperor, had already been frightened out of his wits by the Jin army. So did the retired emperor Zhao Ji, who fled south, do anything?

Well... he seized the troops and food supplies from the Jiangnan region...

Fortunately, the elite Western Army led by the famous northwestern general Zhong Shidao and more than 200,000 troops including swordsmen and crossbowmen from the two lakes area arrived in Bianliang.

Logically speaking, the Jin army, which was alone and deep in the enemy's territory, had only 60,000 troops, so the Song Dynasty had the upper hand, right? 】

What did Emperor Zhao Huan do? He immediately sent people to the Jin camp to negotiate peace, demanding that the Jin army agree to peace at all costs.

Why? He was afraid. Rather than being afraid of the Jin army outside, he was more afraid that Zhong Shidao and Li Gang would join forces and pose a threat to his throne...

Well... I can only say that the Song Dynasty is worthy of being the leader of the army. They are still defending until the country is about to be destroyed...

If you say that Zhao Huan really had no interest in the throne, he would not have held on to the power as soon as he came to power. But if you say that he was a normal emperor, that is not true either, because he did not listen to anyone's advice and only wanted to negotiate peace with the Jin army.

The Jin army was also worried that their retreat would be cut off, so they agreed to peace talks, but the conditions were extremely harsh.

"Cede the three important cities of Taiyuan, Zhongshan and Hejian to Jin.

The annual tribute increased to two million strings of cash per year.

Five million taels of gold and fifty million taels of silver

There were 10,000 horses, cattle and mules, and 1,000 camels.

One million rolls of multicolored satin, one million rolls of lining silk, and five book supervisors.

Send the prince and the prime minister as hostages."

When Zhao Huan heard that the Jin army was willing to negotiate, although he felt that these conditions were a bit too much, he only felt a little painful before agreeing.

He immediately collected enough gold and silver and sent Prince Kang Zhao Gou and Prime Minister Zhang Bangchang to the Jin camp.

During the first siege of Bianjing, the Song army defeated the Jin army, and the Jin army retreated. The Song dynasty gave money, cattle and horses to the Jin dynasty...

Giving money after winning a battle is also a tradition of the Song Dynasty...

The Jin army left, and Song Huizong, who had fled south, returned. 】

【 The cession of the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhending and Hejian was even more incredible. Minister Yang Shi said of their importance: "If we abandon Beiting, the enemy cavalry will rush through our heartland and reach the capital in a few days."

Therefore, Song Qinzong became a little tougher later and sent an imperial edict to the three towns asking them to resist firmly and not give in to the Jin Kingdom.

At the same time, Song Qinzong Zhao Huan demoted the pro-peace officials who signed the treaty at that time, and sent three military generals, Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shizhong and Yao Gu, to rescue the three towns.

"We must defend our ancestral territory to the death and not give it to others even a single inch."

The siege of Zhending and Hejian could be lifted by relying on the terrain, but Taiyuan could not.

The original three armies were reduced to only two due to the retirement of Zong Shidao due to old age.

Zhong Shizhong decided to use Zhending as the main camp, gather baggage and advance steadily to rescue Taiyuan. Unfortunately, Xu Han, the Privy Councilor of the Privy Council in Bianjing who formulated the strategy and command, disagreed.

When Xu Han, the envoy of the Privy Council, heard that there were only some Jin soldiers in Taiyuan, he was not worried. He asked Zhong Shizhong and Yao Gu to rush to rescue them and not to attack them, otherwise he would be punished for being cowardly and not daring to fight.

Because of the system of the Song Dynasty that valued civil officials over military officials, the military commanders Zhong Shizhong and Yao Gu had no decision-making power at all. The decision on how to fight was made by Xu Han, a civil official far away in Bianjing...

There was no other way, so Zhong Shizhong and Yao Gu decided to meet in Taiyuan. Yao Gu could go down the Fen River, but Zhong Shizhong could only cross the mountains and ridges. In order to quickly rescue Taiyuan, he had to travel light.

The main force of Zhong Shizhong encountered the Jin army in Shouyang County. After the Song army won three and lost two, they drove back the Jin army and arrived at Shaxiongling near Taiyuan.

Originally, Yao Gu should have arrived, but his subordinate Jiao Anjie, the commander of the army, spread false news, so Yao Gu chose to stay put.

When Zhong Shizhong arrived at Shaxiongling, he was trapped in a situation of being alone and deep in the enemy's territory without food and grass. After being completely cut off from food, Zhong Shizhong held out for three days before his entire army was annihilated. Zhong Shizhong died in battle at the age of 68.

Upon learning that Zhong Shizhong was dead, Yao Gu retreated to Delong Prefecture in Shangdang, and the rescue attempt at Taiyuan was a complete failure.

When the news of the failure reached Bian Jing, Song Qinzong, who had just demoted the ministers who advocated peace, began to purge the ministers again.

Xu Han, the envoy of the Privy Council, was dismissed from office, Jiao Anjie was beheaded, and the veteran general Yao Gu was dismissed and exiled to Guangzhou.

[The failure of the rescue of Taiyuan allowed the peace faction to take control of the court again, and Li Gang, who insisted on resisting the war, was kicked out of the court.

Some generals in various places understood the court's intention of peace, so they did not rescue Taiyuan.

Although Li Gang was in favor of war, he was a civilian official and had no military experience. The court only gave him the power to command the war but not the power to control the troops. Therefore, his responsibility to lead the various troops to continue to rescue Taiyuan was undoubtedly a failure.

For example, Deputy Envoy Liu Qian, Deputy Envoy Jie Qian, Envoy Zhang Hao, Official in Charge of Public Affairs Zhe Yanzhi, Commander-in-Chief Wang Yuan, Zhe Keqiu and other generals chose to rescue Taiyuan, but ultimately due to lack of coordination, their efforts were in vain and they were defeated by the Jin army.

When the news of the failure of the rescue of Taiyuan reached the court again and again, Li Gang was abandoned by the court, demoted to Ningjiang, and completely withdrew from the center.

Taiyuan has been under siege since the first siege of Bianliang, and it has been almost nine months.

The people of Taiyuan City swore to fight to the death and all the people in the city became soldiers. The food and grass had long been gone, and the edible plants and animals were gone, so corpses and the old and weak became new food.

The defenders were too hungry to take up their weapons. In the street fighting, Deputy Chief Governor Wang Bing was unable to break out, so he took the portrait of Emperor Taizong of Song and jumped into the Fen River and died.

"I have served my country with all my loyalty and my people with all my duty. What else can a man ask for in his life?"

Wanyan Zonghan ordered that Wang Bing's body be trampled into mud by horses.

Commander Zhang Xiaochun and his son Zhang Jia were captured and taken to the north.

More than 30 local officials in Taiyuan died heroically.

The Jin soldiers massacred the city of Taiyuan.

Taiyuan fell, and all the cities in Hedong surrendered without a fight, and the Song Dynasty's western front completely collapsed.

At this time, it was already September in the first year of the Jing Kang period.

The second siege of Bianliang would not be resolved by simply sending gold and silver like the first time.

There is no longer a minister in the court who insists on fighting like Li Gang. The smooth life of Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qinzong ended here. The history of the Northern Song Dynasty is also coming to an end. The peaceful life of countless people will be broken by the war...】

＜Blood pressure has risen＞

＜ Wait, aren’t these the Qing and French armies in the Sino-French Treaty? ? ? ＞

＜ Oh, so there is already a prototype at this time? ＞

＜ Did you really agree to these conditions? Didn't Song win? Is there really something wrong with your brain? ＞

＜Good Guys, Alliance of Chanyuan 2.0＞

＜ This episode really made my blood pressure rise [angry] ＞

＜King Kang: 6

If Zhao Gou died at this time, would it be better? >

＜I don’t understand, but I am shocked. The people of the Song Dynasty did not rebel…＞

＜What should I do? I'm going to be pissed off before the Jingkang Incident.＞

＜ The Song Dynasty really never lacked good generals, but it just didn’t have a good monarch…＞

＜"Your Majesty, why did you surrender first when we were ready to fight to the death?" ＞

＜Defense, you only know how to defend against military generals. Without military generals, your Song Dynasty would have been destroyed long ago＞

＜ To be honest, I think I could be the emperor if I went to the Northern Song Dynasty ＞

＜Zhong Shizhong really died tragically, Xu Han, why are you giving orders blindly＞

＜ It's a pity that Wang Bing was such a loyal man for his country, but in the end he was portrayed as a villain who did all kinds of evil in Water Margin! ＞

＜ Zhang Xiaochun later became the prime minister of the pseudo-Qi but secretly wanted to return to the Southern Song Dynasty and even sent some news to the Southern Song Dynasty. In the end, Zhao Gou still did not let him go back…＞

＜Civil officials were demoted, and military generals were exiled＞

＜It is the people who are miserable. Defending the city means death. Surrendering means death. It is death anyway＞

＜The entire Song Dynasty owes so much to the many civil servants and military officers who served the country so loyally＞

＜The Jingkang Shame is coming soon, everyone, please prepare your quick-acting heart-saving pills!!!＞

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People who read this period of history before the Song Dynasty wondered if there was really such a foolish emperor?

I feel worse than the emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty...

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Song Dynasty, the second year of Tiansheng

Liu E's mouth twitched. This Alliance of Chanyuan 2.0 was probably mocking Zhao Heng.

"Zhen'er, you must take a good look at the future of the Song Dynasty."

Zhao Zhen was stunned by the Song Dynasty traditions mentioned on the screen: giving money after winning the battle and guarding against military generals.

"My dear Madam, the Chanyuan Alliance proposed by my father can ensure a hundred years of peace in the Song Dynasty. But the light curtain seems to disagree?"

"Also, isn't it the right thing to do to protect against military commanders? The An-Shi Rebellion and the calamity caused by the feudal lords were both very serious..."

Liu E listened to Zhao Zhen's words without saying anything.

Zhao Zhen had no choice but to think about it himself.

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Song Dynasty, the first year of Baoyuan

Zhao Zhen, the Emperor Renzong of Song who had already taken power, understood Guangmu's words, "Everything depends on the word 'pass'."

Thinking of the war in the northwest, the disasters in the country and the "three redundancies" phenomenon, Zhao Zhen finally made up his mind to carry out reforms.

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Song Dynasty, the second year of Xining

Although Song Shenzong Zhao Xu had known long ago that Song Huizong and Song Qinzong, father and son, would bring down the Song Dynasty, he did not know how long it would take.

When Zhao Xu first ascended the throne, he expressed his desire to reform the government. Unfortunately, after the New Policies of the Qingli Period, the ministers were unwilling to see any more radical reforms in the court.

The future of the Song Dynasty revealed by the light curtain also made the ministers worried, but some people believed that Liao was still there and Jin was still far away from us, so there was no need to worry too much.

But Zhao Xu always felt that Zhao Ji was very close to him, and suddenly a thought occurred to him, "Could this Zhao Ji be my son?"

Zhao Xu was frightened by this idea and became more determined to reform.

Wang Anshi was valued by Zhao Xu because of his common ideals and beliefs, and he decided to start the reform in February.

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Song Dynasty, the second year of Chonghe

After suddenly learning of their own fate, Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shizhong, Yao Gu, Wang Bing, Zhang Xiaochun and others could no longer have any hope for Huizong and his son.

"Isn't it the emperor's intention to have treacherous officials?"

Everyone in front of the light curtain understood why there had been criticism of the monarch before.

Song Huizong Zhao Ji was a little anxious at this time. Would those ministers rebel?

I have handed over the government affairs to the pro-war faction, so there shouldn't be any more prisoners...

Seeing the light curtain talking about the actions of Crown Prince Zhao Huan after he ascended the throne, Zhao Ji immediately issued an edict to depose Crown Prince Zhao Huan.

"The Jin army is so fierce, can the Liao Kingdom stop it?"

"Should we send troops to aid the Liao Kingdom?"

After this light curtain spoiler, the court officials began to fear the Jin people.

The people of Taiyuan were in a state of panic after learning about the future, but fortunately the local officials stabilized their hearts and avoided unrest.

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Since the future Prime Minister Li Gang ordered the recruitment of soldiers, the enthusiasm of the people to join the army has been the highest since the founding of the Song Dynasty.

"I don't want my hometown to be trampled by the Jin army."

"Those golden men are nothing."

“I don’t know who else we can listen to.”

The emperor is unreliable, the prince is unreliable...