Chapter 599: Foolish and Unhappy

Zhao Kuangyin never gave his brother a good face.

After choking back a sentence, he looked at the words on the screen and followed them to mutter:

"It's a pity that the Emperor of Song is not Emperor Wu of Han."

However, this sigh was not too sad for Zhao Kuangyin:

"I should let Guo Jin and Yang Ye destroy the Northern Han and become famous, conquer the Khitan and praise their merits, make Yanyun return without distinction between north and south, and make the carriages and books of thousands of miles mixed together."

Zhao Pu wanted to say something but stopped, and wanted to say that Yang Ye was still a general of the Northern Han Dynasty. Was the emperor thinking too far?

However, Zhao Kuangyin did not give him a chance to refute. After sighing, he suddenly seemed to remember something interesting, and asked Zhao Pu by the head:

"Zhe Ping thinks, how does Wu Hou compare to Cao Sun?"

To others, this question was ridiculous, but Zhao Pu understood the meaning.

Zhuge Wuhou gave the calligraphy to later generations with the time signature, which can roughly calculate the time. He also went to Chang'an to show his achievements. Based on this, I am afraid that Cao Cao and Sun Quan are far from being opponents.

Of course, there is no need for so much analysis. Liu, Guan, and Zhang are all there, Wuhou is in his prime, and there is the thousand-year-old military strategy of Guangmu as a reference. It is probably not difficult for Yanhan to revive three times.

So Zhao Pu also said the truth:

"Even if Cao and Sun join forces, it is difficult to stop Wuhou from reviving Han."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded, then touched the beard on his chin and said with interest:

"In this case, what will Cao Sun feel when he knows what will happen after his death."

If Cao Sun can see it, he will most likely be tied up. What else can he feel? Zhao Pu complained in his heart.

Moreover, why does it feel that the emperor wants to see Cao Mengde and Sun Zhongmou and gloat over their misfortunes.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't think so much, he just did it when he thought of it, and simply stepped forward and stretched out his fingers to write and draw on the stone table.

〖Zhao Kuangyin: When will Wu Hou tie up Sun and Cao?〗

In the small courtyard in Luoyang, the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

After all, joking aside, this brother-in-law was very capable and determined in his early years, and he also defeated Cao at the Battle of Red Cliffs, so there were a few more sighs and laments.

Zhang Fei was indignant about the fate of the people in the north.

Liu Bei was thinking about how he could bridge the gap between the north and the south.

Lu Su was sighing, and Kong Ming was writing and drawing with his head down, perfecting the rise and fall of a thousand years sorted out from the fragmentary words on the light curtain.

Then several people saw Zhao Kuangyin's question on the light curtain.

"Why is the Emperor of Song... more anxious than us?"

Zhang Fei scratched his chin, his face full of confusion.

But then he volunteered to take the paper and pen, then turned his head to look at his brother:

"Brother, what should I say?"

Liu Bei looked up at the Song Emperor, who was also asking Kong Ming for advice like the Tang Emperor, and felt that his guess might be true.

Liu Bei pondered for a while:

"Just say..."

〖Zhang Fei: Faster than you. 〗

Three simple words, but Zhao Kuangyin could read a hard taste from them.

Has he offended this Huan Hou? Zhao Kuangyin couldn't remember.

After thinking hard and getting nowhere, he could only attribute it to the fact that Huan Hou's hometown was Zhuo County, and he was still worried about the sufferings suffered by the northern lands of the two Song dynasties and his contempt for the northerners.

"If the Northern Han can be pacified and Zhuo County can be incorporated into the Song Dynasty, I think Huan Hou can ease some of his color?"

Zhao Kuangyin guessed, but no one could answer his thoughts.

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In Kunning Palace, Yingtian Prefecture, Empress Ma frowned more and more as she saw the names of Zhao Kuangyin and Zhang Fei floating alone on the light curtain.

[In 1162, because of Wanyan Liang's defeat, there were endless arguments for war. Lu You, the editor of the Privy Council who was specially granted the title of Jinshi by Song Xiaozong, was very worried, so he submitted a memorial, hoping that Song Xiaozong would first rectify the administration of officials, manage the Huai River and Huai River well, and then slowly plan for the Central Plains.

At that time, the demand of the war faction was to send troops to the north as soon as possible.

The demand of the peace faction was to restore the Shaoxing Peace Agreement and continue to give money and make peace.

Lu You's suggestion was more pertinent, but he neither agreed with the northern expedition nor the peace.

From this point, it can be seen that Lu You, like Li Bai, was gifted with literary talent.

However, if Li Bai's political talent is zero, then Lu You is negative.

Song Xiaozong didn't care about Lu You's memorial at the time. After all, I had just ascended the throne, so why can't I enjoy myself?

But Lu You was anxious, so he asked Zhang Tao, a famous minister at the time, to ask Xiaozong: Your Majesty, what do you think of my opinion?

Song Xiaozong didn't think much of it, and issued an order to dismiss Lu You from his post and let him go to Zhenjiang to be a judge to calm down.

But just one year later, the Song and Jin officially started fighting, which is what we just talked about, the failed Longxing Northern Expedition.

The year after Lu You was demoted, the hawks and doves in the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty also decided the winner.

With the support of Song Xiaozong, the hawks prevailed, and Zhang Jun became the Privy Councilor to supervise the military affairs of Jianghuai.

At the beginning of his tenure, both the Song and Jin sides rushed towards war. The Jin Kingdom pressured the Southern Song Dynasty to continue to implement the Shaoxing peace agreement and pay money. Song Xiaozong argued for the border to be renegotiated and equal dialogue.

The Jin Kingdom exerted pressure and pretended to move south, but this time Zhang Jun and Song Xiaozong discussed and decided to take the initiative.

The Longxing Northern Expedition was anticlimactic. In the early stage, the Song army won victory after victory and the Jin army retreated step by step, but soon the Song army itself ran into big problems.

The two commanders of the Northern Expedition, Li Xianzhong was stingy. After leading the army to conquer Suzhou, each soldier was rewarded only 300 yuan.

Shao Hongyuan was very jealous and felt that he was so powerful. Why should he listen to the control of Li Xianzhong, a waste, when he was the deputy envoy of the Recruiting and Suppressing Army?

In short, one was brainless and the other was unhappy, so it was impossible to win.

The Jin Kingdom responded and sent heavy troops to attack Suzhou. Shao Hongyuan watched Li Xianzhong fight hard without helping him, so Li Xianzhong was defeated and Suzhou, which was not even warm, was lost again.

The Jin army then pursued and killed Li Xianzhong and Shao Hongyuan in Fuli, and the Longxing Northern Expedition ended.

After this battle, the Song and Jin sides negotiated peace again. The Song ceded the six states of Tang, Deng, Hai, Si, Shang, and Qin, and called the Jin Kingdom uncle and nephew.

The only achievement was that the annual tribute of the Shaoxing Peace Agreement was changed to annual tribute, and the silver and silk were reduced by 50,000 each, saving some money.

The only interesting thing about this battle was the number of casualties of the Song army in the Battle of Fuli.

The historical records of the Jin Dynasty stated that in this battle, the Jin army killed 15,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry, and beheaded 4,000 in the subsequent pursuit. The number of Song soldiers who died in the water was countless, and 30,000 armors were captured. The results of the battle were very exaggerated.

The Southern Song historical materials of the same period, "Chronicles of the Two Dynasties of the Restoration" and "Qidong Yeyu", described the number of deaths in a very general way, "the number of deaths is unknown" and "incalculable".

It looks like a battle between the Song and Jin dynasties with a huge disparity in strength.

However, according to a letter "Li Zizhi's Report" collected in "Baozhenzhai Calligraphy Praise", "the loss of the army is less than half, and although there are many lost horses, it is not more than half".

According to Li Zizhi's signature, his report was a reply to Shangguan Li Ruoshui's note, so it is the most credible.

It is not difficult to guess that the Southern Song literati exaggerated the defeat.

Either they did not know the military, as Li Jing criticized the historians, "The historians rarely know the military, and cannot record the actual deeds".

Or they wanted to suppress the voice of the pro-war faction, so they cooperated with the Jin Kingdom to artificially exaggerate the defeat.

In short, it is either stupid or bad. 】