Chapter 13 Lecture 11 Han Wu Breaks Gold

As we mentioned earlier, in the process of pacifying the Miao-Liu mutiny, Han Shizhong made the first contribution.Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Zhang Jun, and Liu Guangshi were collectively called the Four Generals of ZTE by later generations. They made great contributions to protecting half of the country in the Southern Song Dynasty.Their portraits are still in the Palace Museum. So, what kind of person is Han Shizhong?It is said that Han Shizhong is from Shaanxi. He is handsome and handsome.However, when he was young, his family was poor and could not make a living, and he was a bit of a rogue, fighting, drinking and gambling in the market all day long, and he didn't look promising at all.Maybe he is the fifth child, so he is called Po Han Wu.He drank all day long, and when he drank too much, he lost his morality. He often slept anywhere on the street, and even slept in muddy pits. In addition, he didn't take a bath at ordinary times, so he got serious skin diseases and was covered with scabies. The sores were festering and foul-smelling, and even his wife hated him.

One day, when Han Wu went swimming in the river, he was entangled by a big anaconda.The boa constrictor opened its mouth wide, trying to swallow Han Wu in one gulp.Han Wu hurriedly grabbed the upper and lower chambers of the python's mouth with both hands. The python couldn't bite down, so he twisted his body and strangled Han Wu hard, trying to strangle him to death.Han Wu also struggled desperately, and this person became deadlocked as soon as the python started.Han Wu thought to himself, it's not a problem to go on like this, he has to find a way to get out.At that time, although his upper body was entangled, his lower body could still move, so while trying to break the python's mouth with his hands, he walked out of the river and drove home.Passers-by on the road saw it, oh my god, there was a burly man with a big boa constrictor wrapped around his body.When Han Wu entered the house, he yelled at his wife to get a knife and chop up the python.When his wife saw this, she was so frightened that she ran away.As soon as Han Wu got angry, he found a kitchen knife by himself, but he couldn't hold the knife while holding the python with both hands, so he tried a way to stand the knife on the chopping board with the blade facing upwards, then hugged the python and rolled back and forth on the chopping board.You think, how strong is the boa constrictor, even a cow can be strangled to death, and Han Wu can't subdue it with a few strokes of gold.It rolled like this until the knife was missing its edge. At this time, the python might have no strength. Han Wu hurriedly freed his hand and chopped off the snake's head with one knife.Han Wu was also exhausted at this time, thinking to himself, fortunately I was born with supernatural power, otherwise I would have died under the mouth of this beast today.The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he chopped the python into several pieces with a knife.Another thought, I can't make it cheaper for others, so I might as well cook it for dinner.Unexpectedly, after eating a meal of python meat, it may be that the snake venom cured the sores. Han Wu's skin sores healed, and when the sores fell off, his whole body was white. That's why people call Han Shizhong a handsome man.Han Shizhong fought against the giant python, and it was a blessing in disguise. Not only did the skin sores on his body heal, but his fame also spread.

Han Shizhong fought the giant python alone, and his reputation has spread far and wide ever since.Someone persuaded him, since your family is poor, why don't you join the army and serve your country?You are born with supernatural power, and you will definitely have a bright future in the army.Han Shizhong thought, yes, I can join the army.So Han Shizhong went to join the army.On the battlefield, he fought bravely and made many military exploits. However, because the Song Dynasty emphasized culture over military affairs, generals were not valued, especially small soldiers like Han Shizhong.Later, Han Shizhong followed the eunuch Tong Guan to pacify Fang La's uprising. Because of the capture of Fang La, Han Shizhong got a chance to be promoted.After Fang La was defeated, she hid in a cave and was caught by Han Shizhong.It's a pity that Han Shizhong's life was not good. He caught Fang La, and his superior officer arrived just after he got out of the cave.The officer saw it, yo, the credit was delivered to the door by himself, so he said to Han Shizhong, Fang La belongs to me.The chief took Fang La away to claim credit, and Han Shizhong still hasn't been promoted.Later, the matter of Han Shizhong's capture of Fang La was reported to the court, so that Han Shizhong got the position of a junior military officer.After becoming a military officer, Han Shizhong worked harder in the war, and his military exploits were outstanding. Not only was he appreciated by his superiors, even the emperor gradually knew about Han Shizhong.Therefore, the emperor promoted Han Shizhong to be an observation envoy, with a fourth-rank official rank, and he can already be regarded as a prince of one side.After the Jingkang Incident, Han Shizhong led his troops and went south with Emperor Gaozong.

Emperor Gaozong ran from Yangzhou to Jiankang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu), and the monarchs and ministers discussed the next step together.Emperor Gaozong was going to Hangzhou. Han Shizhong was only a military general. He had no right to speak on such an occasion, but at this time, regardless of his status, he stood up and shouted, saying that the country has lost Hebei and Shandong. After Huainan and Zhejiang, where else can we go?So we must stick to it here.Of course, no one listened to him at this time.Therefore, Han Shizhong led his more than 8,000 people and stationed in today's Zhenjiang to guard the natural danger of the Yangtze River.

Later, Wanyan Zongbi, the commander-in-chief of the Jin army, led his army to the south and chased Song Gaozong from Hangzhou to the sea, claiming to search the mountains and seas to catch Zhao Gou.Wanyan Zongbi is the Wanyan Wushu mentioned in the Or Jin Wushu.He was the fourth son of Jin Taizu, and later became a core figure of the Jin Kingdom. He was named King of Liang, served as the Marshal of the capital, and the leader of the Taifu. He was the prime minister and the commander-in-chief of the army.In the history of China, Wanyan Zongbi was an outstanding minority general. He was courageous, courageous and resourceful.It is said that during the search of mountains and seas to capture Zhao Gou, Wanyan Zongbi only led five thousand light cavalry, and dared to drive straight in, which shows that his ability is extraordinary.At that time, the Jin army also prepared ships to go to sea to capture Song Gaozong.However, as soon as the soldiers of the Jin Army got on the boat, they vomited so badly that they couldn't even stand up.In this case, the Jin army obviously couldn't fight the Song army, and was won several games by the navy of the Song Dynasty.Wanyan Zongbi understood that it is not suitable to use force as a golden soldier at sea, and he cannot use his own weaknesses to compete with the opponent's strengths, so he resented and retreated.

The Jin army was not used to naval warfare, so Wanyan Zongbi gave up pursuing Song Gaozong and led his troops back to Jiankang.At this time, the Jin Army claimed to have 100,000 people. Of course, this may be an imaginary number, but tens of thousands must be some.These people burned, killed, and looted along the way. Wherever they went, the countryside was barren, the lives were devastated, and gold, silver, jewelry, and silk treasures were all swept away.We have said that when nomads fight wars, the cost of war is very low, and now they return with full rewards, which is equal to a huge profit, so the people of Jin Kingdom are very happy.The Jin army originally planned to return to the ruled area of ​​the Jin Kingdom to enjoy the fruits of victory with a large amount of looted treasure.However, on the way back, something unexpected happened to Jin Jun.

It was smooth sailing when the Jin army went south, but they didn't expect that it would not be so smooth when they went back.The Jin army was going to cross the Yangtze River when it returned to the north. Han Shizhong was already preparing for battle in Zhenjiang at this time, and was going to attack the Jin army head-on here.According to the common sense of war, Wanyan Zongbi supported 100,000 troops, while Han Shizhong's troops were only 8,000. The difference in military strength between the two sides was huge, and Han Shizhong could not stop the Jin army.Therefore, Wanyan Zongbi didn't pay attention to Zhenjiang at all at first, thinking, Han Shizhong only has 8,000 people, and he still wants to stop my 100,000 troops from crossing the river?Piggybacking can kill you.Thus, the Jin army entered the Yangtze River.

As soon as the Jin army entered the Yangtze River, Wanyan Zongbi found that things were not quite the same as before.Before the two armies officially started fighting, Han Shizhong gave Wanyan Zongbi a disarm.It turned out that Wanyan Zongbi had to observe the terrain in order to prepare for the battle when he arrived in Zhenjiang.Therefore, Wanyan Zongbi took more than 30 cavalrymen and climbed the mountain to look at the camp of the Song army.Han Shizhong had already expected that the Jin army would climb the mountain to observe the terrain, and there would definitely be high-level generals coming, so he laid an ambush on the mountain in advance.Wanyan Zongbi went up the mountain, and as soon as he reached a small temple, Han Shizhong's ambush soldiers came out, one hundred inside the temple, one hundred outside the temple, and another hundred at the bottom of the mountain.These 300 elite soldiers of the Song army rushed forward and caught the Jin army by surprise.However, Wanyan Zongbi was a famous general after all, he was skilled in horse bow and horse, and when he saw an ambush, he would mount his horse and run away.The guards he brought resisted desperately in order to defend the coach.Song Jun didn't know that the person running away was Wanyan Zongbi. Seeing that there were only a few dozen golden soldiers and there was nothing to fish for, he killed all these golden soldiers and did not pursue them.Later, General Song interrogated the captured Jin Bing, only to learn that the man in the red robe who escaped was Wanyan Zongbi.When Han Shizhong heard about it, he regretted it a lot, and said that if he knew this, he should ambush more people, and he would never let the thief survive.

After Yan Zongbi fled back to the camp, he became angry from embarrassment, thinking that the people of the Song Dynasty were too cunning, I was observing the terrain, and you actually ambushed me to plot against me, this is not like the work of a famous general, if we have the ability, let's fight with dignity.The people of the Jin Kingdom hated the people of the Song Dynasty the most. They never fought in an upright manner.Therefore, Wanyan Zongbi was very angry at this time, saying that I must show you Song Jun how powerful my Dajin warrior is, unlike you who always do such despicable and nasty things.The next day, Wanyan Zongbi ordered troops to be dispatched to fight Han Shizhong to the death.

As soon as the two sides started fighting, Wanyan Zongbi found out that something had happened.Wanyan Zongbi had an army of 100,000, and he was originally mighty, but he ignored a problem. Although his cavalry were brave and good at fighting on the shore, they vomited as soon as they got on the boat, and they couldn't fight at all.Wanyan Zongbi saw that the cavalry was not good enough, so he ordered the Jurchen soldiers not to go up, and let the Han soldiers go up.In the troops of the Jin army, there are not many real Jurchens, and more are descended from the Song Dynasty, so the Han soldiers are mostly.However, these Han soldiers are also from the north, and they are also not familiar with water warfare.At this time, Han Shizhong's troops had an important advantage, that is, his warships were advanced.Han Shizhong's warship is a huge warship, while Jin Jun's side is full of small boats captured temporarily, even fishing boats.As soon as the two sides fought, the outcome was obvious. How could the small boats of the Jin Army deal with Han Shizhong's giant ships?It doesn't matter if you shoot it with an arrow or hit it with a stone, it doesn't help at all.Those huge warships were braving arrows and stones, and they knocked over the small boats of the Jin army, and countless soldiers of the Jin army fell into the water and drowned.Many of the Han soldiers in the Jin army were soldiers from the Song Dynasty. These people acted as puppet troops for the enemy and started war on their own motherland. , There are few who really rush forward, but many who run backward.After Wanyan Zongbi was defeated, he said in his heart that he did not expect that Po Han Wu would be so difficult to deal with, so he never dared to underestimate the enemy.

In this battle between Song and Jin, there was also a particularly touching scene, which is often said in storytelling, "Liang Hongyu beats the drum and fights against Jinshan".Liang is Han Shizhong's wife, later novelists invented a name for her, called Liang Hongyu.Han Shizhong has four wives in total, and no one can tell where the Liang family is and when he married Han Shizhong.It is said that the Liang family was born as a prostitute in Jingkou, and later married Han Shizhong. She was courageous and resourceful.In this battle, she and Han Shizhong commanded the troops and blocked the Jin soldiers, which played a very critical role, which is what we call the drum battle against Jinshan.Today, there is still a drum in Jinshan Temple, which is said to be the battle drum beaten by Liang Hongyu back then.But this possibility is unlikely, because more than 800 years have passed since this incident, if it was really the drum, it would have been rotten by now. The ancients paid attention to the formation of troops in battle, maintaining formation and paying attention to rules and regulations.It's not like what's happening in TV dramas now, a group of people shout up and fight like a gang fight.Naval combat pays special attention to the formation of formations, and the formation must be maintained between warships. If the formation breaks up, it will cause a situation where several enemies attack each other.Therefore, the naval warships must maintain a strict formation, and all warships must be in line with the commander's ship, and jointly march towards the enemy ship.However, when fighting on the river, it is often difficult to identify the direction, because the river is often covered with fog, and when the battle starts, the fireworks are shrouded, bows and arrows and stones are flying around, and it is even more difficult to observe where the enemy is. .At that time, there was no radar or telephone, so someone needed to indicate the direction from a high place.So, Liang Hongyu was on the Jinshan Mountain, showing the direction of the Song Army and helping the Song Army to identify the enemy's position.She indicated the target with the red flag, and the red flag pointed to the left, indicating that the enemy was on the left, and all the warships of the Song Army rushed to the left to attack the enemy.If there is a surprise attack by an enemy ship on the right, Liang Hongyu will immediately point the red flag to the right, and Song Jun will turn the bow of the ship to meet the battle when he sees the signal.During the day, Liang Hongyu used the red flag to indicate the target, and at night, he used the red light to indicate the target.Therefore, Han Shizhong was able to defeat Wanyan Zongbi in this battle, and Liang Hongyu contributed a lot. Wanyan Zongbi suffered a defeat, and Han Shizhong blocked the way for the Jin army to cross the Yangtze River to the north. Wanyan Zongbi was trapped in the south of the Yangtze River, so he was very anxious. I can go north. The next day, the camp of the Jin army opened up. Wanyan Zongbi led the cavalry out of the camp and shouted at the camp of the Song army, asking General Han to answer.Han Shizhong came out and asked, what's the matter?Wanyan Zongbi said, we did something wrong to your country when we went south this time, and I hope you can forgive me.This time the lone army goes deep, and you are trapped here, and there is really no way out.As long as you are willing to let me live, all the gold, silver and jewels I got along the way will belong to the general.Wanyan Zongbi knew that the Song army was also short of military pay at this time, and their military salary also depended on robbing, so he hoped to use treasures to impress Han Shizhong.Unexpectedly, Han Shizhong flatly refused, saying that today there is you without me, and there is me without you, and I must capture and kill you.Wanyan Zongbi thought, does Han Shizhong dislike politeness?So I said, then you put forward conditions, how can I let me survive?At this time, Han Shizhong said something, which was really impressive.He said: "Recover my territory, return my two palaces, and we will be able to reconcile." This sentence means that if you return the land that was invaded by us in the Song Dynasty, and put back the two emperors of Huiqin, I will let it go. you.This kind of thing is impossible, and Wanyan Zongbi is not the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, so he can't be the master.Wanyan Zongbi was very angry. After all, he is a Jurchen bloody man. At this moment, a surge of anger rushed into his head, saying that your emperors in the Song Dynasty have given us a letter of surrender to Dajin, and they are all begging for mercy. You, Han Shizhong! Wufu, why are you arguing with me?As soon as Han Shizhong heard this, he drew the string and put on the bow, and shot at Yan Zongbi with one arrow, and Yan Zongbi hurriedly pulled his horse and ran away.Wanyan Zongbi's begging for mercy did not work this time, and he was very depressed when he returned to the camp, thinking hard about how to get out. Later, Wanyan Zongbi's troops were forced into Huang Tiandang's dead end by Han Shizhong, and they were even more unable to escape.At this time, his counselor gave him an idea, saying that the reason why we were forced into Huang Tiandang by Han Shizhong was mainly because we were not familiar with the terrain, so why not post a list and offer a reward for getting out of trouble, there must be a brave man under the reward, maybe The locals can find a way to help us out.Wanyan Zongbi thought about it, this plan is very good, so he ordered someone to post a notice, saying that whoever can help the army of the Jin Kingdom out of trouble will be rewarded heavily.As soon as the list was posted, a Fujianese surnamed Wang really revealed the list. He said to Jin Bing, take me to see the Lord, I have a plan to get out of trouble.This person met Wanyan Zongbi and said that there is an old road in the place where you are trapped, which is the former dead river, and this old road can lead to the Yangtze River.As long as you dig out this old road, you can avoid Han Shizhong's interception, you can either sail to the north by boat, or enter Huaibei from the river. Wanyan Zongbi was very happy after hearing this man's strategy, and after rewarding him heavily, he ordered a hundred thousand troops to start digging this old road immediately.Wanyan Zongbi also recruited people from both sides of the strait to work day and night, in order to dig through it as soon as possible.Although this old road has not been used for many years and is somewhat blocked, it can be passed as long as it is dredged.Therefore, Wanyan Zongbi did not move, only digging the river channel.After all, Han Shizhong only has 8,000 troops, while Wanyan Zongbi has 100,000 troops, so he has more than enough to defend but not enough to attack. If he takes the initiative to attack, he is not sure.Han Shizhong saw that there was no movement from the Jin army, so he decided not to besiege him. He wanted to trap Wanyan Zongbi to death, and wait until the Jin army had finished eating their food and war horses, and then he would wait until the Jin army had finished eating their war horses.In this way, Wanyan Zongbi had time to speed up the excavation of the river. However, there is still another problem before Wanyan Zongbi, that is, even if the Jin army escapes and enters the Yangtze River, Han Shizhong will definitely chase after him, and the warships of the Song army are fast and can catch up soon, so they can still intercept the Jin army. .Therefore, even if the Jin army breaks out of the encirclement, there will be a battle sooner or later.Wanyan Zongbi thought, this is not good, Han Shizhong's warship is too powerful, if there is another fight, I will still lose.Therefore, Wanyan Zongbi repeated his old tricks and posted another poster, saying that whoever can teach me how to defeat the Han army will be rewarded heavily.As soon as the list was posted, another Han came to unveil the list.The person who unveiled the list told Wanyan Zongbi that it was easy to deal with Han Shizhong, because the Song army's ships were too big to paddle, and they had to rely on sails to blow the wind, so they could send troops on days when there was no wind.The man also said that if you fight Han Shizhong when there is wind, you can let the soldiers shoot rockets and burn the sails of the Song army. Once the sails are ignited, the big ship will not be able to move.In addition, your boat is small, and the soldiers are not familiar with water warfare, so they vomit when they get on the boat?Several small boats can be connected together, and then wooden boards are laid on them, and the small boats become big boats, so that they will not be dizzy and unable to fight. Wanyan Zongbi followed his plan and immediately ordered people to connect the boats together.Those Han soldiers in the Jin army didn't want to resist when they were at a disadvantage. Now that they have a chance to escape, can they not do it with their lives?As a result, all the preparatory work on Wanyan Zongbi's side was quickly completed.The Jin army entered the Yangtze River along the dug channel.At this time, Han Shizhong also underestimated the enemy a little bit.His wife, Mrs. Liang, once advised him that the enemy had been hiding in the port for so many days, so he had to beware of changes.Han Shizhong laughed loudly, saying that the cooked duck is afraid that it will fly?Wanyan Zongbi is nothing more than that, what can happen to him?He must be waiting to die there because he didn’t make a move. We can rest assured that Wanyan Zongbi will be captured soon.As a result, Wanyan Zongbi's troops entered the Yangtze River, and as soon as they fought with Han Shizhong's troops, the Jin army fired rockets at Han Shizhong's warships with strong bows and crossbows.Suddenly, Han Shizhong's warships were all on fire, and the flames on the water covered the sky, so Song Jun had to jump out of the boat to escape.Han Shizhong was stunned by this scene, he didn't expect Jin Jun to have such a skill.In this way, Han Shizhong's troops did not block the Jin army, and Wanyan Zongbi was able to retreat completely. In Huang Tiandang's battle, although Han Shizhong did not wipe out the Jin army, he scared Wanyan Zongbi enough.Wanyan Zongbi has never experienced such a disastrous defeat. Think about it, Han Shizhong, with more than 8,000 people, actually blocked his 100,000 army in Huangtiandang for more than 40 days, forcing the Jin army to kill horses to satisfy their hunger, and finally managed to escape by tricks. After a narrow escape, he returned to the Kingdom of Jin.When Wanyan Zongbi mentioned this incident later, he was so frightened that he wept bitterly.The people of the Kingdom of Jin saw that even a great general like King Liang, who had great martial arts skills and courage, had been beaten like this, so they must be cautious about using troops against Song Dynasty in the future.Therefore, from then on, the Jin army never dared to easily cross the Yangtze River south.Later, Song and Jin confronted each other for nearly a hundred years. Although there were constant wars during this period, no one could eliminate the other.It can be said that it was Han Shizhong's battle of Huang Tiandang that established the peaceful residence of the Southern Song Dynasty for more than 100 years. Han Shizhong defeated the Jin army in Huang Tiandang, Song Gaozong was overjoyed, he thought, who said that there is no one in my court, you see how powerful my Song army is, and beat the Jin soldiers to pieces.Complacent, Song Gaozong led all the civil and military officials back to Hangzhou, and changed the name of Hangzhou to Lin'an Mansion, meaning that I was temporarily settling here and would go back to Tokyo in the future.Moreover, Song Gaozong also pretended not to forget the homeland of the Central Plains, and did not build a large-scale palace in Hangzhou.But in fact, the Song Dynasty has settled down in Hangzhou since then.At this point, the history of the Southern Song Dynasty officially began.Later, the Southern Song Dynasty gained a firm foothold in the south of the Yangtze River, and many stories happened with the Kingdom of Jin.