Was the military strength of the Song Dynasty weak?

Song dynasty is the richest dynasty in this history, even the economy of Tang dynasty is not as good as that of Song dynasty, and the overseas trade of Song dynasty is the most prosperous among all dynasties. It is generally believed that the Song Dynasty was a cowardly dynasty, a disgrace to Jingkang and a great power. In short, it gives people the impression that the military is weak, but the economy is the strongest. In fact, the Song Dynasty was not only ahead of other dynasties economically, but also a powerful dynasty militarily. You're welcome to say that the military strength of the Song Dynasty is far above that of the Tang Dynasty. Yue Jiajun and Han in Song Dynasty were both famous soldiers, especially Yue Fei.

It can be said that China's best military strategist in past dynasties can't be compared with Chairman Mao's idol Yue Fei in military management, command, strategy and art of war. According to the survey, the success rate of foreign wars in Song Dynasty surpassed that in Tang Dynasty. With such a record, can the military strength be weak? In fact, the military strength of the Song Dynasty was very strong, which led us to think that his military strength was very weak.

Bed crossbow in song dynasty

With the great progress of military technology in the Song Dynasty, firearms entered the war stage from the Song Dynasty, and firearms such as thunderbolt, thunderbolt, iron cannon, rocket, musket and artillery were invented. With the continuous development of the water army, there were cars and boats in the Southern Song Dynasty, and there were car guns and single-pointed guns in the trebuchet. Yue Fei also used a large number of firearms when dealing with Jin Guo. The Song Dynasty had the best heavy infantry at that time. They fought in the south and the north in the Song Dynasty infantry armor. Soldiers in the Song Dynasty were equipped with more than 60 kilograms, while the PLA's maximum load-bearing running was only 30 kilograms. Moreover, it is self-evident that until the infantry in the Song Dynasty, it was a long-distance attack on physical fitness.

In Song Dynasty, 8 Jin Army invaded and was attacked by Han Shizhong Navy. The navy in Han Shizhong was tall and guarded the estuary. Although 8 jin j has many soldiers, but few boat people, it is not good at water warfare. 8 Jin Jun suffered heavy losses. Later, Yue Fei broke the journey to the south Tower, and 8 Jin Jun was unable to fight back. Song and yuan war fought in the Song Dynasty for 45 years, and the Mongolian Legion has never been so difficult to destroy a country. Mongolia perished in the state of Jin less than 10 years ago. I dare ask, if the military of the Song Dynasty is weaker than that of the Jin State, then why is the military of the Song Dynasty so powerful and timid?

The main reason lies in the rulers. The emperors of the Song Dynasty were generally greedy for enjoyment, with deep pockets and no ambition, but they were described as stupid, afraid of money, timid and selfish. Single-source alliance is an unequal treaty signed in the case of obvious military victory. In the Xixia War, Xixia was weak, and the Song Dynasty finally defeated Xixia. However, the Song Dynasty still promised to give Xixia an annual coin (the national strength of the Song Dynasty can completely destroy Xixia). It can be said that the Song Dynasty was worse than the Qing Dynasty, and the most wonderful emperor in history was Song Huizong.

This is a complete softie. He thinks that instead of spending money on war, it is better to give money directly to Jin State. Jin has a small population and underdeveloped military technology. Even the technology of ironmaking and gunpowder is far behind the Song Dynasty, and the population and economy are far behind the Song Dynasty. Everyone with brains knows that they are not afraid of them, but they must meet this wonderful emperor. He not only sent money, but also sent women weapons and technology to the state of Jin. Having such an emperor was really the sorrow of the country, which led to the shame of Jingkang later. The emperor's wife and daughter became military prostitutes in the state of Jin, which was a great shame only in the Song Dynasty. In the later period, Yue Fei led Yue Jiajun to defeat almost all the elites of the State of Jin, and obviously he could go north to destroy the State of Jin.

However, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and Qin Gui resurrected Yue Fei and killed him on trumped-up charges. The reason is that they are timid, and then they bow to Xu Jinguo. They give Xu Jinguo a lot of old coins every year. It can be said that in the Song Dynasty, every enterprising emperor had it except Song Taizu. The emperor's policy towards military commanders was to insult military commanders and suppress military commanders and soldiers, which led to social discrimination against soldiers, especially in wartime, and he was unwilling to transport grain and other military supplies to the front. In many cases, Song Jun was defeated because of poor logistics.

The quality of the people in the Song Dynasty was also very low. The emperor of the Song Dynasty promoted the literati excessively, coveted pleasure, paid a high salary to maintain honesty, and failed in anti-corruption supervision, which led to corruption in the Song Dynasty. The official prostitution in Song Dynasty was the most serious in all previous dynasties. The merchant government in Song Dynasty gave them high treatment, but did not educate them to have values. Many people are greedy for money and lose their patriotism. Many businessmen smuggle a lot of military supplies to the enemy, and most military commanders are mercenaries. The tactics and tactics of the Mongolian army's great detour were taught by Guo Baoyu in the Song Dynasty.

Finally, it helped Mongolia destroy the Southern Song Dynasty. The weakness of Han Shicun's water army was that the Song people taught Jin Wu to burn the sails of the Song water army with rockets, which made it impossible for the Song water army to catch up with them. It can be said that the civil military commanders in the Song Dynasty, especially Qin Gui, betrayed the country for personal interests, and the whole society had little value except money. Most people can ignore the interests of the country and the nation for their own interests. The poverty and weakness in Song Dynasty were mainly caused by the corruption of rulers and the lack of people's values. Of course, there are many epic heroes such as Yue Fei and Wen Tianxiang. But these people tried their best to save the decadent Song Dynasty.

Suppose a person born in the first year of Song Jianlong (960) lived to be 80 years old, what would he experience?

I am too old to remember many things. I only remember that when I was crowned, Emperor Taizong was defeated in the Gaoliang River and was almost caught by northerners ... Uh-huh ... It was said that at that time, the butler's ass was hit by Liao people and he returned to Bianjing by donkey cart. Later, the treatment of this arrow wound needed wine as a primer, which was too expensive. Emperor Taizong demanded that only salt water should be used instead of wine.

Grandpa, grandpa, does the government have no money to buy wine?

Ah (old, hard of hearing, I didn't catch what my great-grandson said) ... Later, I heard in my life that I cut my toes in Baiteng River, how many soldiers died in Guan Qi ditch, and the Liao army hit the named state ... (panting) ... It was almost buried, and I didn't want to meet Yuan Hao's rebellion again, and all 50 States in Yin Xia were lost.

Ah ... it turns out that we didn't even play Jiazi (covering our mouths) in DaSong.

Jia Zi has never won, and will meet again on the battlefield in the future. Who dares to be afraid, who can not be timid? If you don't hit people's hearts, you're already scared. How do you fight this war?

Few people stayed around for a long time, but in the later period, the strength of savings became stronger and stronger, and I sneezed and coughed twice. Scared that others would hit him again, Iron Blood Song gave him a slip of coins, such as celebrating the jubilee and increasing the year, and crossing the river with 8 Jin troops.

I wrote a joke before, copying the way of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and writing that the Golden Man crossed the river. "The gold man is quite fat, wearing tiger skin and silver armor, and holding 60 Jin of fine steel ebony mace. He walked to the river, reined in his horse and roared, "I'm from Tieling, with a black beard." Who dares to fight to the death with me? "If the sound is thunderous and the echo repeats for a long time, Song Jun is frightened, and Nuo Nuo dare not speak. There is a commotion and he retreats. Seeing that there was no answer, Jin Man added, "What is the reason that today's warriors don't fight and those who retreat don't retreat? "words not to say that finish, hundreds of people were electrocuted, all died of green juice, bravery is broken. ...

"The golden man and the sheep drummed all night, and if the sound was earth-shattering, the wind and cloud changed color and the shock was abnormal, and I was shocked."

Which singer is not afraid to listen to this scene? I call him grandpa.

Grandpa Yue is awesome! (So in the three hundred years of Dasong, Di Qing was praised wildly, and Yue Fei was praised fiercely-this is really strong. In the case of national cowardice, you can force your opponent to fight and win at every turn! ! ! But if we really discuss how strong their martial arts are, there is nothing to say. There are too many stories about Han Dynasty, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties! )

Maybe I was exposed to the history of the Song Dynasty when I was a child, and my father urged me to recite the "Wang Xiaobo Uprising in Li Shun" he remembered as a child, but he was not "awesome in the Great Song Dynasty!" "What is the good night market in Tokyo and Hangzhou, the high waves in Qiantang River, the beautiful chrysanthemums in Luoyang City and the picturesque life of the whole people" are all preconceived. Later, I especially like to watch the means of transshipment. The two governments "talk about opportunities", the scholars "annex" the land, and the small farmers enjoy life-the cowardly dynasty, I don't like it the most. ...

I went back to my hometown this summer and passed Sanmen Pass and Haoshuichuan. I like chatting with passers-by. Just after school in the local area, I went to play ball and chat with the local middle school teacher. Under the guidance of this teacher, I went to Han Sui and Mingcheng near Sanmenxia to see broken walls in the ancient battlefield. I listened to the local people telling the story of Xiao Guan-Xia Song once shrugged his shoulders, and Han Qi was not surprised. Sichuan is full of dragons and tigers, and the wanderer said that the soldiers were on the plane.

(Someone in the comment area asked about "Xiongguan Pass"-according to the map, the so-called Haoshuichuan is located in today's Longde County, next to Xiaoguan, belonging to Xiaoguan Defense Zone. I used to drive to Huai with my local teacher-I really can't figure out who can get in despite all the adventures in the world. Han Qi, a military straw bag, will not be moved when he is in power. Instead, he will be abolished as Shu Ren and even beheaded and kept for the New Year? )

That Xiao Guan, rock-solid, stretches for more than 20 miles, with huge walls facing each other on both sides, especially in the danger of three passes. There is a river in front of it, so the two cars can't turn each other before the pass, which is extremely difficult to keep. When the Bayin Highway was built after the founding of New China, we had to choose to dig tunnels here.

Both the former dynasty and the later dynasty were used in order to encircle Khan and make a name for themselves in the north to show national prestige. It was only in the Song Dynasty that they were repeatedly defeated by Xixia and lost their military power.

More ironically, three passes, four miles south, is Pingliang, which is here. , Zhao Gui, Kouluo, Hou, Li Mu ... These people formed the "Guanlong military aristocrat" written by Chen Yinque in the great turmoil and Great Depression at the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was called "Pingliang to discuss the Lord" in history (I also went to see the places where heroes from all walks of life discussed the Lord in those years, and I specially went to see Yu Wentai just in case.

In its heyday, Goguryeo was levied, the country was ruined and 300 thousand households immigrated to Jianghuai. Barbarians dare not disobey, make trouble, and the ranks dare not bow to their knees.

For Japan, the World War I at Baijiangkou destroyed its century-old accumulated strength, and was finally replaced by the Tang Dynasty and respected as a teacher.

The elders of the barbarian Dishuai are bound to be in Chang 'an if they act rashly, but they are fierce when they are rampant.

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The so-called "great virtue of the Tang Dynasty" can be seen from the fact that the northern and southern Yi emperors called my uncle to death, and Seymour begged for his death. Bi Guogong lost his mind and volunteered to be buried with Taizong, and the Persian royal family died in Chang 'an. ...

Compare the two. How can you not let people sigh!

To answer the question of a complete subject, China was divided before every peak, and the length and depth of division directly affected the peak degree of later dynasties-the 500-year struggle in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period created Qin and Han Dynasties; At the end of the Han dynasty, the dispute between the three kingdoms in a hundred years made gold; Three hundred years of disputes in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties created the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The hundred-year struggle in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties created the Song Dynasty, and the hundred-year chaos in the Southern Song Dynasty created the following Yuan and Ming Dynasties. It's just that the Qing dynasty was different from the previous dynasty and was bullied. It was too easy to win the country and the war was too heavy, so the whole country looked lifeless, and later it was bullied by foreigners.

It can be clearly seen that the more turbulent it is, the more it can breed a new era beyond the previous dynasty! What is the reason? Long-term turmoil and chaos have forced people to find a way out of their predicament, which has catalyzed all-round innovation in ideology, social structure, national system and so on-countless capable and knowledgeable people are constantly trying a series of reforms. If it doesn't work, try another way. If it doesn't work, then change it and modify it ...

Finally, the dispute ended and a brand-new country was born. She gathered the wisdom of countless wise men and women in the previous generation and opened up a great cause beyond their predecessors-when Zhou and Sui held the steel knives of the soldiers in one hand, the fighters of Xianbei people in the other hand and the Han soldiers in the government soldiers in the other; Holding the classics of literati in one hand, carrying everyone's strongmen, Buddhism, Confucianism and Mohism, and the Great Wall of the Central Plains in the other. ...

Finally, I jumped out of a series of limitations, such as morality or Han, Confucianism or Buddhism or Taoism, cold family or aristocratic family, sadness or hyperactivity, and so on. Bureaucracy, renting customs, three provinces and six departments, prefecture and county government, imperial examination, and localization of alternate Hu Hua. ...

Compared with the previous Jin Dynasty, when the turmoil ended, it was a brand-new society and country.

What about the contrast between Song Dynasty and Tang Dynasty? We are concerned about the "changes in the Tang and Song Dynasties". The end of Tang Dynasty and the beginning of Song Dynasty were generally good. What is the difference between the social life of Xuanzong Dazhong for six years and Taizu Kaibao for six years?

By the way, this is a century-long cruel test for foreigners from the west and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (China has been ruined since ancient times, but has it ever been bullied by others? Zhou was bullied by Rong, Jin was bullied by Wuhu, Song was bullied by Qidan, and was humiliated by Jurchen, and then Mongolia perished and Manchuria died in Ming Dynasty. Although the country declined, he won all the victories, only once in the war of resistance! ), it encountered about three thousand years of great changes, I hope it can restore the Han and Tang dynasties.