Chapter 514 Yongxi Northern Expedition

In the Manna Palace.

Li Shimin did not comment on Zhao Er's painstaking efforts to capture Taiyuan, but in the end he lost everything due to his eagerness for quick success.

It can only be said that even though they are both of the "second" generation, there is still a gap between Taizong and Taizong.

And the Battle of Gaoliang River was not an accident at all. After all, he still clearly remembered the casual poems he had made in later generations.

There was an urgent sound of killing outside Xizhimen...but the donkey cart drifted.

The only thing that worries Li Shimin is whether there are too many twists and turns in the history of the Song Dynasty.

I can’t write down why my brother died, and I can’t remember why I succeeded to the throne despite my fate. Even this failure needs to be explained briefly.

Thinking again about what Chu Suiliang told Chu Suiliang last month, saying that the Xuanwu Gate incident should not be distorted but must be recorded in detail, Li Shimin couldn't help but shake his head:

"The writing style is great, but the writers are few."

"The price of paper is cheap, but those who can write are few and far between."

This is not just an objection to the Northern Song Dynasty, but more likely because of his identity as the leader of the Tang Dynasty, and a pity for the dynasty that inherited the Tang Dynasty.

This sigh also caused a lot of silence in the hall. Du Ruhui stepped forward and said:

"Uncle Ji died and his three brothers still wrote, 'Cui Zhuo killed his king' without changing his expression."

"The name of Bing Bi Zhi Shu can be seen in the history books. He has the integrity of the Taishi family, and there are also historians who stick to the past without thinking about death."

"There are two people in the Song Dynasty who may have been killed because of this."

Of course Li Shimin understood what Du Ruhui meant.

The Song Dynasty may not be short of strong historians, and Zhao Er may not be as easy to get along with as Cui Zhuo.

Thinking on the bright side, maybe all the historians in the Song Dynasty who could write straightly were killed?

Shaking his head again, Li Shimin also felt that it was really a headache to struggle with this, so he finally put it down temporarily and sighed:

"What a pity for Guo Jin. If he could survive, perhaps fewer good men would have died during the attack on Youzhou City."

Fang Xuanling didn't even need to raise his head to know that His Majesty was attracted by talents as soon as he saw a famous general, so he committed a crime.

He was capable of both literary and military skills, defeated many with less, and died unjustly. It can be said that every point touched the heart of His Majesty.

"If Guo Jin were under Youzhou City, the Song army might be defeated faster."

Fang Xuanling shook her head and objected:

"Later generations said that the internal troubles of the Song army were related to the "plot to establish Dezhao." Judging from the Song Dynasty's desire to establish Zhao Defang, this Zhao Dezhao was most likely the biological son of Song Taizu."

"It is speculated from this that Zhao Guangyi ordered the Song army to attack Youzhou forcibly because he refused to reward him. The soldiers had resentment and were unable to attack for a long time, so they were on the verge of mutiny."

"If Guo Jin is in the army, he will be involved in this matter, which may eventually cause civil strife in the Song army..."

As he spoke, Fang Xuanling shook his head repeatedly. The water in the Northern Song Dynasty was too deep, and he was a little unsure of it.

Li Shimin nodded and turned his gaze back to the light screen, but the incident of Wang Xiaobo's uprising was still rumbling in his mind.

Long battles have already made his sense of smell extremely sharp, and these three words already made him feel trembling all over.

Future generations have called "ancient times" unequal more than once, which is to say that future generations will be equal.

And this equalization of rich and poor seems to be in line with the meaning of equality.

So if Wang Xiaobo is equally rich and poor, what should be the next step?

With almost no need to think, three words popped into Li Shimin's mind: wait for the noble or the humble.

A slight coldness ran down his back and went straight to his forehead. Li Shimin felt that he might have understood why there would be no emperors in future generations.

However, the light screen did not leave Li Shimin much time to think deeply, because the light screen could clearly see that Zhao Er was about to attack again!

[From a historical perspective, the Battle of Gaoliang River was the closest the Song Dynasty came to regaining the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. The defeat in this battle was indeed related to the national destiny and foundation of the Northern Song Dynasty.

But for the Northern Song Dynasty at that time, although Youzhou was defeated, Zhao Er at least had the credit for destroying the Northern Han Dynasty. It can be fooled that the impact was not that big.

What really caused the Northern Song Dynasty to suffer from "Liaophobia" was Yongxi's Northern Expedition.

Three years after the Battle of Gaoliang River, Liao Jingzong died of illness, and ten-year-old Liao Shengzong succeeded to the throne.

His biological mother, Xiao Chuo, was honored as the Empress Dowager and was given the title of Queen Mother.

Han Derang and Yelu Xiezhen became ministers of Gu Ming and assisted in government affairs.

In this case, the imperial edict from the magistrate of Xiongzhou in the Northern Song Dynasty was shown in the table above, saying that the Khitan ruler was now in charge of the young country. The mother of the country even had an improper relationship with Han Derang, and the Khitan was scolded and waiting for Master Wang!

This memorial scratched Zhao Er's itch. The fool was so happy that he immediately started planning the Northern Expedition.

In fact, everyone in the Northern Song Dynasty made empiricist mistakes in choosing the timing of Yongxi's Northern Expedition.

He Lingtu felt that the Queen Mother was in charge because she was entertaining people with sex and had an unfair power and sex deal with the minister who cared about his life.

But in fact, Queen Mother Xiao was really a very rare female politician in ancient times.

Less than two years after the death of Liao Jingzong, Empress Dowager Xiao basically eliminated the hidden dangers in the country. The two ministers of Gu Ming were allowed to drive her. Even Brother Yeluxiu, who could not drive the donkey cart out of the Gaoliang River, publicly expressed his support for Empress Dowager Xiao. At this time, everyone in the Liao Kingdom could say that the monarch and his ministers were of one mind.

And even if we take a step back, even if Queen Mother Xiao really had an improper relationship with Han Derang, it would not be a problem at all according to Khitan customs, let alone a lot of scolding.

On the other hand, in the Northern Song Dynasty, after driving the donkey cart, Zhao Guangyi never mentioned the imperial driver's personal expedition. Instead, he changed his command. Before the expedition, he formulated the concept of the three-pronged army's Northern Expedition, and detailed what each army would do. Things are clearly planned.

In simple terms, the troops were divided into three routes, with the Taihang Mountains running north and south as the boundary. The Eastern Route Army attracted the main force of the Liao Army in the Hebei Plain, the Central Route Army captured the Taihang Mountain Pass, and then joined forces with the Western Route Army to first flatten the west of the Taihang Mountains, and then support the Eastern Route Army.

In fact, from today's perspective, this strategy has a lot of brainstorming, because the fundamental purpose of the Northern Song Dynasty's Northern Expedition can only be Youzhou in the east.

Whether it wins or loses in the Taihang Mountains, it does not affect the Liao Army on the Hebei Plain, relying on its cavalry advantage to chase the Song Army.

The result is that the Western and Central Route Armies win all the way, and the Eastern Route Army loses all the way. The Liao Army swept the Song Army in the Hebei Plain. The Western and Central Route lacked strategic support points and could not be defended, and finally could only be defeated.

The defeat of the Eastern Route Army was not only a problem of cavalry gap, but also Zhao Guangyi's tricky operation.

Cao Bin, the leader of the Eastern Route Army, was an old general of Zhao Da and was highly suspected during the reign of Zhao Er.

Before the Yongxi Northern Expedition, the governor of Zhenzhou falsely accused Cao Bin of buying people's hearts, so Zhao Er simply and directly dismissed Cao Bin from his position as Privy Councilor.

A month later, the governor of Zhenzhou was convicted and Cao Bin's grievances were resolved, but Zhao Er still did not restore Cao Bin's position as Privy Councilor.

The result was that the Eastern Route Army saw that the Central and Western Route Army had frequently succeeded, and Cao Bin, who did not have the position of Privy Councilor, was forced to send troops because of his low position and high position and could not suppress his subordinates. As a result, he was completely defeated by the Liao army.

In fact, according to the records before and after "Taizong Shilu", whether the Eastern Route Army sent troops or retreated, it was ordered by Zhao Guangyi, and Cao Bin had actually been personally sidelined by Zhao Er.

As a result, after the defeat, Zhao Er directly put the blame on Cao Bin, saying that the defeat was due to "the generals not respecting Cheng Zuan".

This operation has to be said to remind the UP host of a transport captain who once airdropped a hand order to command the battlefield.

In addition, according to the summary of today's scholars, after the failure of the Northern Expedition in Yongxi, Emperor Taizong of Song adopted a comprehensive contraction strategy, not only stopping the Northern Expedition plan, but also stopping the southwest strategy.

In the case of weak external successors, the theory of stopping war was gradually adopted, and the military generals completely lost their voice. The pattern of emphasizing civil over military was completely formed, which was also the beginning of the weakness of the Northern Song Dynasty.

During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, the civil official Yin Zhu used a paragraph to summarize the situation of emphasizing civil over military at that time:

"The champion is awarded the title, even if he leads tens of millions of soldiers, recovers You and Ji, drives the strong invaders out of the desert, returns with a triumphant song, and offers victory in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, his glory is also unmatched."

Even if the military generals led the troops to recover the old land of Han and Tang and offer victory in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, their glory is still not as good as the champion who was called out outside Donghua Gate. This is the weak Song Dynasty. 】

Weak Song Dynasty!

All the previous things only made Zhao Kuangyin angry or sad, but these two simple words made him shake.

At this moment, he wanted to rush into the light curtain and yell:

Only by expanding the territory can a country be established. If the territory is not expanded, the country will not exist. What is the use of the top scholar?

But unfortunately, this can only be an empty fantasy. The fact is that from his perspective, he also understands that it will be extremely difficult for those who want to expand the territory for the country if the military generals are so weak.

Either reform to save yourself, or wait for the Jin soldiers to arrive and watch the top scholar's bones trampled on the streets.

"You are a shrimp eel, with no courage in your heart, and you have lost my soldiers, generals, food and money in vain."

Hearing his brother's sigh, Zhao Guangyi opened his mouth to explain but felt that he had no way to start.

He didn't want to admit that the Song Taizong who was timid in one battle and irresponsible in another was himself.

But there was a voice in his heart telling him that it was normal for him, Zhao Kuangyi, to do these things.

Otherwise, he could have joined the army in the Later Zhou Dynasty to help his brother, but in the end he chose to stay in the safe city of Bianliang.

Going to the battlefield was not something he couldn't do, but he didn't want to.

But even so, he still refused to admit defeat:

"In this case, I should be happy that my brother can make me unhappy."

Zhao Kuangyin raised his eyes and stared at his brother thoughtfully:

"If I punch you to death here, do you think the younger generation in the light curtain will know? Will the history books on the other side change?"

Zhao Guangyi was horrified. Seeing his brother clenching his fists and almost crawling away, all his quick wits were used almost immediately at this time:

"Brother, look at me. Emperor Taizong of Tang also viewed Guangmu, and the chaotic world at the end of the Tang Dynasty did not change. "

"Brother even told me that Liu Bei had already taken Guanzhong after taking advantage of Guangmu, but how could the records in the Records of the Three Kingdoms have changed?"

"From this, killing my brother will not help."

This statement was well-founded, and Zhao Kuangyin was convinced, so he finally put down his fist and smiled:

"I was just joking, my good brother, why do you take it seriously?"

Since the emperor said so, Zhao Guangyi could only walk back carefully.

Seeing that his brother really didn't care anymore, he tried to find something to say:

"I never thought that the Khitan queen was so good."

"And judging their barbarian customs by our Chinese customs, they were not good in the end."

Zhao Kuangyin shook his head and said lightly:

"I have heard from the younger generation that the Liao History and Jin History are also listed as one of the Twenty-Four Histories in later generations, and they are all regarded as the orthodox of China."

Zhao Guangyi could only smile awkwardly, and felt a little regretful in his heart:

Since he also regarded Liao as the orthodox, why didn't Guangmu go to find the Khitan people? As a result, he ended up in such a situation.

It only takes two more years to ascend to the title of King of Jin...

This thought jumped in his mind for a moment, and was firmly suppressed by Zhao Guangyi.

If he wants to live well in the future, he can no longer have any covetous thoughts about his brother, unless his brother really can't save the death in two years.

And he needs to survive these two years to see the result no matter what!

…

In the palace of General Chang'an of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Fei complained directly:

"According to what Song Chen said, even if the champion is resurrected, he will not be as good as the number one scholar?"

Pang Tong has never been afraid of trouble. Hearing this, he smiled and said:

"Yidemo said that the champion Hou was resurrected. Even if the credit for Wei Huo was attributed to one person, in the Song Dynasty, we had to listen to the No. 1 Scholar and listen to the Song Emperor to fight remotely."

"If you win, Emperor Song is wise. If you lose, you don't respect the odds."

"It's a matter of course. Even the Marquis of Huaiyin dare not say that there will be a matter of course before the war!"

Zhang Fei hates:

"The brother-killing king who was so frightened that he peed his pants in this battle still wanted to succeed. No wonder the Song Dynasty was destroyed."

"Can the number one scholar be compared with more than a thousand elite soldiers?"

Kong Ming smiled and watched Zhang Fei complaining there, which was not surprising.

After all, whether it is the present Han Dynasty, the later generations in the light curtain, or the early Tang Dynasty, they all respect martial arts as the glory of opening up territories.

Yide is even more like this. He wants to achieve the feat of opening the border so that he can enter the martial arts temple to enjoy sacrifices. He also wants to be famous for future generations so that future generations can carve his name on the stars and the moon.

As a result, Xinxinniang's achievements were so despised, so he was naturally unhappy.

Pang Tong also supplies Don’t be afraid of trouble:

"I just regret that there is no one who is the number one scholar in the Song Dynasty to compete with Yide."

At this time, Zhang Fei shook his head hesitantly and said:

"They are all my descendants, and I understand that they are not the fault of the number one scholar."

"The truth is that Zhao Er is courageous and does not live up to his expectations."

Everyone in the hall laughed when they heard this, Liu Bei shook his head and concluded:

"If martial arts are extremely high, there will be disasters in Tang vassal towns. However, if military force is suppressed by culture, there will be generals who do not know that soldiers will perish in every battle, and there will also be worries about the country's subjugation."

"We should take this as a lesson to avoid future disasters."

Kong Ming, Pang Tong and others all nodded together. Now they are taking advantage of the car behind them to lead the car in front.

Zhang Fei shouted loudly and said:

"Brother, don't think about such far-fetched things. After the Cao thieves are eliminated, I, Zhang, can conquer the Western Regions, open Jiaozhou and occupy the Korean Peninsula, and then go to see the Japanese country."

"I, Lao Zhang, will definitely be disarmed and return to work when the time comes, so I won't make it difficult for my elder brother."

Liu Bei couldn't laugh or cry, while Ma Chao had the same longing in his eyes:

Who can refuse such a martial arts feat that can set an example for thousands of years?

…

"This Song Emperor is so ignorant. How can he be undefeated in such a battle?"

"If I restrict the pharmacist like this, don't talk about Tuyuhun, Jieli may show off his power now."

Li Shimin also complained loudly, causing Li Jing to nod secretly.

Or maybe it was only five years since he ascended the throne. Compared with the throne under his butt, being a general on horseback charging was an unforgettable part of his career, so he complained directly.

Empress Changsun asked with a smile: "If Your Majesty changes places and becomes a general of the Song Emperor..."

Li Shimin’s answer was without hesitation:

"Then I will follow Zhao Da's example, seize his position, conquer all enemies in the world, and unite the four seas."

Queen Changsun shook her head and said:

"This may be the reason why Zhao Er can't trust the general."