vrcanaries Chapter 435 Hu Shijiang
Chapter 435 Hu Shijiang
"However, no one is without a temper, just like Hu Shijiang, who was almost angered to death by Zhao Gou."
"As long as Zhao Gou sent him the wooden plaque with gold lettering, he was willing to suppress the imperial decree and continue the attack. Naturally, he was particularly furious about the matter of returning to the capital in triumph."
Wanyan Gou: ?? ? ??? Is it my fault...?
"If these two didn't have a relationship of ruler and subject, and if Zhao Gou wasn't an emperor, I believe Hu Shijiang would have given him a good beating. Even if it wasn't Hu Shijiang, anyone else would have done the same!"
"But obviously, this was not realistic, so Hu Shijiang decided to direct the artillery fire at the captured Jurchens."
An angry Hu Shi: ?? ? If I can't beat the Emperor, can't I at least deal with you Jurchens?!
"Therefore, Hu Shi ordered his men to select three thousand Jurchen prisoners and send them to Lin'an, the temporary capital of the Southern Song Dynasty."
"Then another 450 prisoners were selected and beheaded on the banks of the Jialing River; their bodies were made into a mound of corpses."
"What is a Jingguan (a mound of corpses)? I've mentioned it before. The fact that they could go to this extent shows that Hu Shijiang truly harbors deep resentment towards the Jurchens."
"As for the remaining prisoners, Lao Hu did not let them go either. He tattooed words on their faces and then sent them to the border. This is the real way to show off military might."
"You must understand, Hu Shijiang wasn't a military general; he was a civil official. For such a scholar to be so ruthless shows just how inhuman Zhao Gou was in all these actions!"
"Moreover, let's put it this way: the Song Dynasty was only a thousand or eight hundred years away from later generations, but when it comes to admitting defeat, almost everyone agrees that the emperors of the later Song Dynasty were cowards!"
"How should I put it? The culture, economy, and even science of the Song Dynasty developed very rapidly at that time, but the Zhao family's courage was a bit disappointing!"
"However, we must also mention Hu Shijiang. Although he was a scholar, the victories on the Sichuan-Shaanxi battlefield were inseparable from his contributions, especially during the Jin invasion of the south."
"He chose to stay on the front line, appoint Wu Lin and others, and delegate power to military generals. It is a pity that such a civil official eventually died of a carbuncle on his head at Xianren Pass."
"It just so happens that the year Hu Shijiang died was also the last year of Yue Fei's life."
Zhu Baba of the Ming Dynasty: Although scholars may ramble on and on, we cannot deny that many of them possess the integrity of scholars and are worthy of our respect!
Cheng Yaojin of the Tang Dynasty: After listening to this, I suddenly realized that our old Cheng has never seen much of the world. I never expected that the emperors of later dynasties, who were practically excreting on top of people's heads, could still be laughing and acting as his underlings!
A bystander in the Ming Dynasty commented: If this counts as being unsophisticated, then a whole host of people have never seen an emperor like this before!
Big Han Liu Zhuzhu: So he's going to attack Yue Fei? ? He's really confused!
Emperor Zhezong of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Xu: ......
A minor official of the Qin Dynasty: It seems that Zhao Gou missed many opportunities to recover lost territory and reverse the situation between the Song and Jin dynasties!
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Southern Song Dynasty
At this moment, Hu Shijiang, the newly appointed Deputy Pacification Commissioner of Sichuan and Shaanxi: ? ? ?
He was greatly shocked. He never expected that the future victory in the Sichuan-Shaanxi region would be interrupted because of the government!
Even now, it's not even the eleventh year of the Shaoxing era, but the things the emperor has done infuriate him!
At the same time, someone reported that the Jurchens had launched a large-scale invasion. Hu Shijiang was even more furious. He was determined to teach them a lesson this time!
He had to make sure the government was satisfied before they sued for peace!
Hu Shijiang fell into deep thought, while Wu Lin, who was present, was equally dumbfounded. He never expected that he would receive an order to withdraw his troops just before the city was about to be breached!
Wu Lin had been fighting hard for a long time, and he was finally close to dealing with them, except for one official!
No!? Must we just let this golden man go??
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Lin Ke continued, "The Song-Jin war in the eleventh year of Shaoxing saw both victories and defeats, with moments when Lin Ke held the upper hand."
"However, with Wu Lin's victory in the Sichuan-Shaanxi region, or rather, with the Song army gaining the upper hand in its fight against the Jin, the Song court's desire for peace grew stronger."
"Although the negotiations between the two countries are conducted at the table, neither side can afford to lose any of the bargaining chips it holds, especially the military strength of each party."
"Admittedly, during the initial period of the Song-Jin meeting, the Song court's military was deteriorating day by day due to corruption and the policy of emphasizing civil affairs over military affairs!"
"But time has passed quietly, and the Song army has grown stronger through repeated battles. They are no longer the same as before, who would flee at the sight of the Jin people!"
"Wanyan Zongbi and others were also aware of this. They also knew that the Song Dynasty could not be destroyed by force. So, if they could not take the path of force, they could only take the path of peace talks."