Chapter 68 Section 2
The purpose of Jin Shizong's eagerness to quell the domestic uprising was to concentrate on handling the relationship between Song and Jin.The two countries, Song and Jin, have been friendly for nearly 20 years since the peace talks in Shaoxing, and they have not used weapons.Wan Yanliang, the fourth emperor of the Jin Kingdom, tore up the peace agreement and provoked a war against the Song Dynasty, but was defeated and died in the end.After Emperor Sejong ascended the throne, he hoped to end the war situation in the Kingdom of Jin as soon as possible and recuperate, so he offered to negotiate a peace.So, will the Southern Song Dynasty agree to negotiate peace with the Kingdom of Jin?How did the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty view the relationship between Song and Jin?
Hailing's invasion of the South was done in the name of the Kingdom of Jin.Regardless of who your emperor is in the Song Dynasty, after the Shaoxing peace talks, each of the two countries guarded the border according to the agreement between the two countries. Our Song Dynasty strictly abides by the festival of ministers and gives you old coins every year. The relationship between the two countries has always been very good, and they have not used swords for decades.Now you, Jin Guo, betrayed the alliance and beat me on your own initiative, which proves that the Shaoxing peace agreement has failed, and you, Jin Guo, have violated the peace agreement.Since you violated the agreement, I don't have to abide by it.Under such circumstances, the Song army won the battle again, so the court raised its eyebrows, and the ministers of the main combat faction began to raise their heads, advocating one after another to regain the lost ground in the Central Plains.
On the Sichuan-Shaanxi battlefield, general Wu Lin sent troops frequently and recovered 13 military states. At that time, the Song army advanced as far as the Deshun army, which is in today's Jinning County, Gansu.The Song Dynasty was divided by the Qinling Mountains, the Huaihe River, and the Kingdom of Jin. It was completely a southern regime, but at this moment the Song Army had reached Gansu as far north as it could.When Wu Lin attacked the Deshun army, the guard of the state of Jin ordered his soldiers to shoot arrows.However, most of the soldiers of the Jin Army were Han Chinese. When everyone looked down from the tower, they saw that Wu Lin was alone on a horse and did not wear any armor. He only wore soft robes and light clothes and hats. Demonstration in circles under the city.Wu Lin told Jin Jun on the city that I was coming.The soldiers of the Jin army chanted together, "Xianggong has come, throwing the bow and arrow, and the guards of the Kingdom of Jin bundled up, opened the city gate and surrendered.
The Song army in the Central Plains advanced as far as Haizhou, which is today's Lianyungang.Jin Guo lost in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and turned to attack Jianghuai in the Central Plains, and first attacked Haizhou. Wei Sheng, the governor of Haizhou, led his troops to fight.At that time, more than 3,000 cavalry from the Song army fought against the Jin army, and more than a thousand people were left guarding the city. The two armies were fighting inextricably.Wei Sheng was defeated and retreated into the city to appeal to the imperial court. The imperial court sent Zhang Zigai to lead thousands of soldiers to reinforce him.Zhang Tongzhi mobilized in front of the formation, our army is few, and the enemy's army is numerous. As long as we rest, our morale will be gone.As soon as the two sides were dispatched, Zhang Zhongjian, his number one general, was killed in battle.Zhang Zigai stood on the horse and shouted, General Zhang died for the country, and this revenge will not be avenged.The soldiers of the Song Army went down the mountain like tigers and defeated the Jin Army in one go.
The Kingdom of Jin was defeated on several battlefields, and the voices of the Song Army's main battle were louder and louder.