Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

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 took a step 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 necessarily lack a strong historian, 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:

This is 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, and he immediately 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 shifted 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 becomes 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 the 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 imperial concubine.

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

In this case, the picture of the governor of Xiongzhou in the Northern Song Dynasty showed that the Khitans were now in charge of the country. The mother of the country even had an improper relationship with Han Derang. The Khitans were scolded and were waiting for the king!

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 must be in charge of the government 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, the entire Liao Kingdom could be said to be united by its rulers and ministers.

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.

To put it simply, the troops were divided into three routes, with the north-south Taihang Mountains as the boundary. The east route army attracted the main force of the Liao army in the Hebei Plain. The middle route army captured the Taihang Pass, and then joined forces with the west route army to first level the west of the Taihang Mountains, and then support the east. Road army.

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

Regardless of whether they win or lose in the Taihang Mountains, it will not affect the Liao army's pursuit of the Song army on the Hebei Plain with their cavalry superiority.

The result is that the armies on the west and middle routes win and win all the way, and the armies on the east route lose and lose all the way. The Liao army has completely wiped out the Song army in the Hebei Plain. The west and middle routes lack strategic support points and cannot be held, and they can only be defeated in the end. .

The defeat of the east-route army was not only a matter of cavalry disparity, but also Zhao Guangyi's arrogant tactics.

Cao Bin, who led the army on the east route, was Zhao Da's old general and was highly suspected during the Zhao Er period.

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

A month later, the governor of Zhenzhou was convicted, and Cao Bin's grievance was resolved, but Zhao Er still did not reinstate Cao Bin as privy envoy.

As a result, the Eastern Route Army saw frequent successes in the Central and Western Routes. Cao Bin, who did not have the position of Privy Councilor, was unable to suppress his subordinates and was forced to send troops. As a result, he was completely defeated by the Liao Army.

In fact, according to the previous and later records in Taizong's Records, both the dispatch and retreat of the East Route Army were ordered by Zhao Guangyi, and Cao Bin had actually been sidelined by Zhao Er himself.

As a result, after the defeat, Zhao Er placed the responsibility directly on Cao Bin, saying that the reason for the defeat was the general's disrespect for the general.

This hand operation has to be said to remind the UP owner of a transport captain who once commanded the battlefield with aerial delivery orders.

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

In the absence of external support, the theory of annihilation of troops was gradually adopted, and military commanders completely lost their right to speak. This completely formed a pattern of emphasizing civility over military affairs, which was also the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty's weakness.

During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, the civil servant Yin Zhu summarized the situation of using literature over military affairs in a paragraph:

When the number one scholar ascends to the throne, even if he has tens of millions of soldiers, restores You and Ji, chases strong captives into the desert, returns with triumphant songs, and offers sacrifices to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, his glory will be unmatched.

Even if the generals led the troops to restore the Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty to the ancient Taimiao, their glory was still not as good as that of the number one scholar outside the Donghua Gate. This was the weak Song Dynasty. 】

Weak Song Dynasty!

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

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

Only by opening up new territories can a country be established. If the territory is not opened, the country will not survive. What is the use of becoming the number one scholar?

But it is a pity that this can only be a fantasy. The fact is that from his perspective, he also understands that if the generals are so weak, it will be even more difficult for those who want to open up land for the country.

Either make changes to save yourself, or wait for the golden soldiers to arrive and watch Tianjie trample all the champion's bones.

You are a shrimp and eel, and you have no courage in your heart. You have lost my soldiers, generals, food and wealth for nothing.

Listening to his brother's lament, Zhao Guangyi opened his mouth and wanted to explain but felt unable to explain.

He didn't want to admit that Song Taizong, who was so courageous in one battle and so irresponsible in the second, was him.

But a voice in his heart told him that it was absolutely 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 Bianliang City.

Going to the battlefield is a matter of necessity.

But even so, he still refused to admit defeat:

In this case, I should be happy that my brother can make my brother's wishes come true.

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

If I punch you to death here, do you think the descendants in the light curtain will know about it? Have the history books on the other side changed?

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

Brother, I see that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty also visited the scene, and there was no change in the troubled times of the late Tang Dynasty.

Brother even told me that Liu Bei had gained the advantage of the light barrier and had already conquered Guanzhong. But how could the records in the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms be changed?

Learning from this, killing your younger brother will not help anything.

These words were reasonable and well-founded, and Zhao Kuangyin was convinced, so he finally put down his fists and said with a smile:

I'm just joking, why should my good brother take it seriously?

Since the official said this, Zhao Guangyi could only walk back cautiously.

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

I never thought that this Khitan Queen could be so extraordinary.

If we use our Chinese customs to judge the barbarian customs, we won't hesitate in the end.

Zhao Kuangyin shook his head and said calmly:

I have heard from later generations that the history of Liao and Jin is also one of the twenty-four histories of later generations, and they are all regarded as Zhengshuo of China.

Zhao Guangyi could only smile awkwardly, but he felt a little regretful:

Since the Liao Dynasty is also regarded as Zhengshuo, why doesn't this light curtain look for the Khitan people? As a result, he ended up in this situation.

Obviously, it only takes two more years to board the King of Jin...

This thought jumped in his heart for a moment, and then Zhao Guangyi firmly suppressed it to death.

If you want to live a good life in the future, you can no longer be suspicious of your brother, unless your brother is really unable to prevent his death in two years.

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

…

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 success. Even the Marquis of Huaiyin dare not say that there will be a success 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 borders and expanding 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 no one of the number one scholars in the Song Dynasty is here 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.

You should learn from this 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 this kind of martial arts 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.