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However, Chong Shidao still made suggestions for the country to the best of his ability. He advocated the deployment of a large number of troops to the banks of the Yellow River to prevent the return of the Jin army.

As a result, Emperor Qinzong of Song Dynasty once again rejected his proposal because he was afraid of wasting money. Chong Shidao therefore lamented that the Jin army was a threat to the country. As expected, the Jin army came to Kaifeng again less than a year after they withdrew.

This siege was more severe than the previous one. Most of the elite troops were defeated, which directly pushed the Song Dynasty to the brink of collapse.

At this time, Chong Shidao, who was already seriously ill and weak, became the only candidate for the anti-Jin commander. So, he endured the pain and resolutely accepted the order, and made a final suggestion to Song Qinzong: move the capital to Shaanxi to avoid the edge of the Jin army, and at the same time grant all the military power to guard Kaifeng City to the generals.

However, Song Qinzong regarded the struggle for military power as a rebellious act, so he rejected Chong Shidao's proposal for the third time on the grounds that he was timid. Chong Shidao eventually died in grief and anger.

Finally, Emperor Qinzong of Song Dynasty disregarded the opinions of the peace faction and sent envoys out of the city to seek peace, while disregarding the opinions of the war faction and defending the capital. As a result, the Jin army did not accept the peace talks and easily broke through the gate of Kaifeng.

Only then did he regret not listening to Chong Shidao's advice, and was eventually taken to the Jin camp along with Song Huizong.

[Another ruthless man after Yue Fei, who destroyed the Jin Dynasty and defeated Mongolia. It was a pity that the emperor of that time was too idiotic. Historical trivia and historical figures]

He was a rare and brave general in the late Southern Song Dynasty. He took up the banner of destroying the Jin Dynasty after Yue Fei. He predicted the invasion strategy of the Jin army three times and finally destroyed the Jin Empire that had suppressed the Southern Song Dynasty for hundreds of years.

At the same time, he also defeated the brave and warlike Mongolian army several times. In this video, we will learn about the legendary deeds of Meng Gong, a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty.

After Yue Fei's death, the Southern Song Dynasty surrendered to the Jin Dynasty in the north. It was not until the emergence of Meng Gong in the late Southern Song Dynasty that the feud between the Jin and Song Dynasties was finally resolved. Meng Gong was born in 1195 in Zaoyang, Hubei.

His great-grandfather and grandfather were both generals under Yue Fei and fought bravely. His father, Meng Zongzheng, also distinguished himself in the Northern Expedition during the reign of Emperor Ningzong of the Southern Song Dynasty. Meng Zongzheng once sent his four sons to fight with him. As the third son, Meng Gong not only developed excellent martial arts in the army, but also had a keen ability to observe the situation on the battlefield.

During the reign of Emperor Ningzong of the Song Dynasty, a new and powerful country emerged in the northern steppes of the desert: the Mongol Empire founded by Genghis Khan. In order to expand abroad, the Mongolian forces began to launch an offensive against the Jin Dynasty, whose military power was gradually weakening.

The Jin Dynasty was defeated one after another, and Emperor Jin Xuanzong was forced to move the capital to Kaifeng, Henan. The Southern Song Dynasty, which had long been unwilling to pay tribute to the Jin Dynasty, finally seized the opportunity and began to refuse to attack for various reasons. Jin Xuanzong was already very angry at being chased around by the Mongolian army, so he decided to once again take advantage of the Southern Song Dynasty and make up for all the losses caused by the Mongolian army to the Jin Dynasty on the Southern Song Dynasty.

Therefore, he launched a large-scale war against the Song Dynasty, regardless of the threat from the Mongols. Meng Gong and his father became the main generals in this war against the Jin army, and they broke through 18 camps of the Jin army, forcing the Jin army to retreat.

The Southern Song Dynasty began to recuperate after the war. In 1232, the situation in the north changed dramatically. The Mongolian Empire launched a major battle against the Jin Dynasty - the Battle of Sanfeng Mountain. The Mongolian army defeated the Jin army and the main force of the Jin Dynasty collapsed. The Jin Emperor Jin Aizong then moved south to Caizhou (now Ruzhou, Henan).

A famous Jin general named Wu Xian escaped the massacre by the Mongolian army in this battle and gathered more than 10 soldiers in just a few months.

At this time, Jin Aizong believed that Caizhou was not a place to hold fast, so he decided to send Wu Xian to Sichuan of the Southern Song Dynasty. In 1233, Wu Xian claimed to have 20 troops to march towards the Southern Song Dynasty, and Meng Gong was ordered to meet him.

In the first battle, more than 5000 elite Jin soldiers were killed. Meng Gong later predicted that Wu Xian's main force would march northeast of Xiangyang, so he set up an ambush with 8000 soldiers in a strategic location.

As expected, Meng Gong guessed Wu Xian's attack route. The main force was ambushed, suffered heavy casualties, and more than 3 people were captured.

In July of the same year, a general under Wu Xian surrendered to the Song army and provided very important military intelligence to Meng Gong.

As a result, the Jin army was defeated by the Song army again. Wu Xian, who had suffered heavy casualties, finally decided to lead the remaining soldiers to flee to Hushan Mountain, hoping to occupy the high ground to resist the pursuit of the Song army. However, Meng Gong once again predicted his idea and ambushed him at the foot of Hushan Mountain.

When the Jin army was about to climb the mountain, they were caught off guard and defeated. Wu Xian decided to lead the remaining troops to flee to Shangzhou to resist, and Meng Gong also chased after them.

Finally, they fought a decisive battle with Wu Xian and defeated the enemy. Wu Xian had to abandon the remaining 7 troops and escape in the chaos. As a result, he was killed by the Mongolian army while fleeing, and the plan to seize Sichuan failed.

During Wuxian's invasion of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Mongolian army arrived at the city of Caizhou, ready to destroy the Jin Dynasty in one fell swoop. However, although the Jin army suffered repeated heavy losses, its combat strength was still fierce, and they actually defeated the Mongolian army in front of the city.

The Mongolian army could only invite the Song Dynasty to jointly destroy the Jin Dynasty. The Song court did not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and sent Meng Gong and others to lead 2 troops and a large amount of food and grass to support. In the first month of 1234, Meng Gong took the lead in leading troops to break through Caizhou City and blockaded the coalition forces outside the west gate, and then launched a fierce street battle in the north of the city.

Emperor Aizong of Jin hanged himself, and Wanyan Chenglin, who had been in power for only an hour, was subsequently killed. The Jin Dynasty, which had suppressed the Song Dynasty for nearly a hundred years, was finally destroyed under Meng Gong's fierce attack.

Of course, the Jin Dynasty in the late Southern Song Dynasty was not the same as the early period, and the Mongolian army also played a very important role in the campaign to destroy the Jin Dynasty.

Although Meng Gong accomplished what Yue Fei failed to accomplish, many people do not care about his contribution to the destruction of the Jin Dynasty. However, it was not the war with the Jin Dynasty that really highlighted Meng Gong's combat capability, but the war with the former ally, the Mongol Empire.

We all know that the Mongolian army was a very powerful army. While at war with the Jin Dynasty, the Mongolian army's westward expedition had already occupied Moscow, Hungary and other countries.

It was this army that was repeatedly defeated by Meng Gong in the battles to invade the Southern Song Dynasty.

In the second year after the fall of the Jin Dynasty, the Mongol Empire suddenly marched south and occupied the Southern Song Dynasty's Xiangyang City in one fell swoop. Then they began to build ships and aimed directly at Jiangling. Meng Gong was immediately ordered to resist the Mongol army.

He seized the opportunity and successively broke through 24 enemy camps in the Battle of Jiangling, burned the Mongolian army's river crossing boats, successfully curbed their offensive pace, and recovered more than 2 captured civilians.

Afterwards, Meng Gong successively recovered the lost territories such as Xiangyang and Jingmen, stored food and grass, built fortifications, and prepared to recover various parts of the Central Plains.

In 1241, the Great Khan of Mongolia died of illness, and the country was in chaos. Meng Gong seized the opportunity and attacked the Mongolian military strongholds in Henan several times, burning a large amount of food and grass stored by the Mongolian army.

Just as Meng Gong won repeatedly and the situation was improving, the generals of the Zhenbei Army who had previously wanted to unite with the Mongolian army also secretly proposed to surrender to him.

Meng Gong was very happy about this, but Song Lizong was afraid, thinking that the surrender of the Xiang army would help Meng Gong's power. Meng Gong could only sigh: People in the Central Plains can no longer realize their ambitions. He fell ill and resigned from his post. However, Song Lizong had no intention of retaining him and immediately approved his resignation. Meng Gong eventually died of illness in October 1246 at the age of 10.

[This is the historical figure who truly suppressed Fang La's uprising, a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty who was known as the enemy of ten thousand people. Historical trivia and historical figures]

He was originally a hated street thug, but with his outstanding combat ability, he became one of the most famous generals in the Southern Song Dynasty. He surrounded the 8000 Jin troops with 10 men, laying a solid foundation for the precarious Southern Song regime.

In this video, we will learn about Han Shizhong, a famous general who was known as "the enemy of ten thousand men".

Han Shizhong was born in a poor peasant family in Suide, Shaanxi in 1090. In that era, if children from poor families wanted to stand out, learning martial arts and joining the army became their fastest way.

Therefore, Han Shizhong had mastered martial arts since he was a child, but he became a well-known "troublemaker" in the local area before he joined the army. Once a fortune teller told him that he would be one of the three highest officials in the country in the future, but Han Shizhong thought he was a liar and beat him up.

In 1105, during the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, the people of Suide finally received great news: Han Shizhong, who was less than 20 years old, was finally called up to join the army and was about to go to the front line to resist the Western Xia.

The day Han Shizhong left was filled with clamor and excitement, and everyone hoped that he would never return to this land. Although Han Shizhong often bullied the villagers, he was not ambiguous in the war against foreign enemies. He had always been aggressive and aggressive, but after joining the army, he could finally "fight" with others legitimately, and because of his outstanding performance in the battle, he became a squad leader.

In the battle to attack Yinzhou, he directly attacked the enemy general defending the city and took his head. The morale of the Song army was greatly boosted, and they swarmed forward and finally captured the long-defeatable Yinzhou city.

Afterwards, he turned to attacking the leaders. Not long after, the Xixia army attacked again. Han Shizhong learned that the enemy's military supervisor was the Xixia prince consort, so he rode his horse to break through the formation and killed him with one blow. The Xia army instantly fled in panic. Han Shizhong killed the two main generals of the enemy in a short period of time, and everyone was amazed.

Even the official in charge of compiling the report thought it was pure nonsense. Based on his understanding of the internal situation of his own army, he knew that some powerful son was trying to gain military merit. Therefore, Han Shizhong was only promoted by one level.

In the following 12 years, Han Shizhong continued to fight bravely, following the famous general Liu Yanqing and others. He was promoted successively based on his military exploits and completed a major transformation in his life.

In 1120, two major events occurred in the Northern Song Dynasty: first, a maritime alliance was reached with the Jin Kingdom to jointly attack the Liao Kingdom; then, the Fang La uprising broke out, and the fierce offensive broke through the Northern Song cities, and its army soon grew to nearly one million people. In 1121, Emperor Huizong of Song ordered a campaign against the Fang La uprising.

In the battle with Fang La, Han Shizhong made great contributions again. He defeated many rebels with ambushes and thus earned the title of "Ten Thousand Enemies".

Afterwards, he pursued Fang La's main force straight to the enemy's camp, killed dozens of people and captured Fang La alive.

In 1122, the Song army suffered a complete defeat in the battlefield attack on the Liao Kingdom.

Han Shizhong led dozens of cavalrymen who were suddenly surrounded by 2000 Liao soldiers during their retreat. As a result, he led a few people to charge into the enemy camp and fight, while the rest of the troops took advantage of the chaos of the Liao soldiers and shouted and rushed to kill them. The Liao soldiers quickly withdrew. Han Shizhong immediately pursued them, beheaded several people, and then returned to the army.

In the following three years, he was ordered to suppress bandits, made many outstanding achievements, and was promoted to the seventh-rank military general.

In 1125, after the Jin Dynasty destroyed the Liao Dynasty, it began to move south. The Jingkang Incident broke out, Kaifeng fell, and Huizong and Qinzong were taken captive to the north. Han Shizhong and his ministers supported Zhao Gou, the Prince of Kang, as the emperor, who was known as Emperor Gaozong of Song, and the Southern Song Dynasty was established. In 1127, the Jin army launched an attack on Henan. Han Shizhong was the deputy general manager of the Fuyan Department at the time and was ordered to fight against the Jin army, but ultimately failed.

Gaozong decided to flee the following year. After arriving in Qiantang, Miao Fu and Liu Zheng suddenly mutinied because they were dissatisfied with the court, which was the Miao-Liu Rebellion. Han Shizhong thus became Gaozong's savior and successfully defeated Miao and Liu. He thus established his position among the generals of the Southern Song Dynasty and was promoted to the first rank.

In the same year, Wanyan Wushu, the general of Jin, led an army of 10 to invade the south again, and successively captured Jiankang and Lin'an. Han Shizhong avoided the attack and retreated to Jiangyin. Gaozong moved the capital again.

The Jin army plundered the area and then retreated. Han Shizhong knew that the enemy was not good at water battles, so he defeated the Jin army with 8000 men when the Jin army crossed the river, and captured Wanyan Wushu's son-in-law alive. Wanyan Wushu retreated to a dead end - Huangtian Dang because he was not familiar with the terrain. Nearly 10 elite soldiers were surrounded by Han Shizhong.

Wanyan Wushu could only use the strategy of offering a large sum of money to negotiate peace with the Song army, but was rejected. Just when Han Shizhong was about to annihilate the Jin army in one fell swoop, a traitor appeared in the army and proposed to Wanyan Wushu the strategy of burning the sails. As a result, many ships of the Song army were burned, and the Jin army took the opportunity to rush out of Huangtian Dang and withdraw to the area north of the Yellow River.

Although this battle was a bit regrettable, Han Shizhong besieged 8000 Jin troops with only 10 troops for 40 days, and his deeds spread across the country.

As Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and others grew up, the anti-Jin situation began to gradually turn around. Wanyan Wushu encountered many setbacks whether facing Yue Fei or Han Shizhong, and was severely taught a lesson by Han Shizhong in the Battle of Dayi Town.

Many people compare Yue Fei with Han Shizhong. In fact, if Yue Fei and the Yue Family Army were the banner of the Southern Song Dynasty's Northern Expedition, then Han Shizhong was the pillar of support since the establishment of the Southern Song Dynasty.

As the situation against the Jin army improved, Han Shizhong finally saw hope for the future of the Southern Song Dynasty. He hoped that one day the world would be at peace and he could return home to visit those fellow villagers who once hated him to the core.

However, the rise of the treacherous minister Qin Hui shattered everyone's dreams. The peace faction headed by Qin Hui attempted to maintain peace in a corner, constantly inciting Emperor Gaozong to negotiate peace with the Jin Kingdom, and advocated depriving Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and others of their military power.

So several generals were sent to the Privy Council to retire and drink tea. In fact, Han Shizhong was almost killed by Yue Fei before the incident. Fortunately, Yue Fei tipped him off, and he had saved Emperor Gaozong before, so he was spared.

Han Shizhong also pleaded for Yue Fei after the incident, but was treated coldly by Emperor Gaozong. He was so disillusioned with the court that he resigned from his post, closed his door to visitors, and devoted himself to studying Buddhism at home. He also gave himself the name "Qingliang Jushi" and died of illness in September 1151 at the age of 9.