Strictly speaking, Southern Song has always had the fantasy of cooperating with the Jin soldiers to fight against Mongolia. It was under the pressure of Mongolians that they had to send troops to destroy Jin.
The formation of the Southern Song Union's resolution to destroy Jin:
Ogedei After leading the army northward, only a few Mongolian troops were left to continue attacking Jin. Su Bu Tai attacked Bianliang 6 days and nights, so he had to retreat temporarily. In August, the Mongolian army attacked the Jin Zhongjing Luoyang , and it was not captured until June of the sixth year of Shaoding (1233). In April of the fifth year of Shaoding (1232), after the Mongolian army withdrew its siege, the food in Bianliang was exhausted, and there was no response. Jin Aizong abandoned the capital and ran away. In the first month of the sixth year of Shaoding, he crossed the Yellow River to Heshuo, but was blocked by the Mongolian army, so he crossed Henan to Guide again. In that month, the west marshal of Jin Bianliang, Cui Li rebelled and surrendered to Mongolia with Bianliang. In June, Jin Aizong fled to Caizhou again. In September, Ogedei ordered the capital marshal Tachaer to lead the army to surround Bianliang.
Because during this period, Ogedei never sent more reinforcements. After a series of hard battles, the Mongolian army suffered a lot of losses and was already very tired. Tachar therefore planned to invite Song to attack Jin. When the Mongolian army had just captured Guide, Emperor Aizong of Jin was still fleeing in Henan. Before he had hidden in Caizhou City, Mongolia had sent envoys to Xiangyang , "Appointment to attack Cai together, and ask for troops and food, and ask for troops to go to the Southern Song Dynasty to send troops to help. At this time, the general of Jinghu, Shi Songzhi, reported the matter to the court, which caused a lot of controversy. Some people believe that helping Mongolia destroy Jin Zheng can revenge, while others believe that Mongolia is greedy and should be prevented from future troubles. Since the main force of the Jin army had been annihilated at this time, the defense line of Tongguan -Yellow River has been broken, and the Jinping Song no longer has any practical value, so the view of sending troops has always prevailed. Shi Songzhi was ordered by Song Lizong to send Zou Shenzhi, Li Fuli and six others to "make the Northern Dynasties examine the actual situation" in June, and then make a decision.
At this moment, the Jurchen nobles once again showed people their courage to be enemies of the world (of course, this is not the last time they showed this courage. The old lady more than a hundred years ago went further than her ancestors). After fleeing to Caizhou, Jin Aizong actually started to get compensation from the Song Dynasty again. In fact, as early as when he fled Bianliang, Wanyan Zhongde advised him to "encourage and promote the Yuan Dynasty and go directly to Bashu." However, after that, Aizong was chased by the Mongols all the way, so he had no time to take care of this matter. After Qicai, he began to implement this plan to avoid disasters in Sichuan, and ordered the marshal of Qinzhou, Nie Ge, to complete the Zhan Zhan, "in September of the second year of Tianxing (that is, the following year), to gather the army and the Shanghui and Raofeng Pass, and unexpectedly took Xingyuan." The Wuxian , who escaped from Sanfeng Mountain, also gathered troops in southwestern Henan, "to welcome Shouxu (the name of Aizong) into Shu", "invading Guanghua, the attack was very ruthless."
Golden man This time, another kick was hit on the iron plate. Due to the disastrous defeat of the Song army in the Xinmao Incident, the Mongolian rulers were given the impression that they could be bullied, which made the Southern Song Dynasty worried that Mongolia would "have the intention of being despised me." As mentioned earlier, this is exactly what the Southern Song Dynasty has tried hard to avoid since the rise of Mongolia. Therefore, the Southern Song Dynasty, which was eager to revitalize its military power at this time, would not give the Jin people an opportunity to take advantage of. After receiving the border reports in the Southern Song Dynasty, the troops in the west of Beijing, Ma Ling, Meng Gong, was ordered to take the initiative to attack and first forcing the surrender of Deng and Shenzhou. In July, Wu Xian defeated Wu Xian at Mading Mountain and "subdued 70,000 of them". On August 13, he conquered Tangzhou, completely cutting off the way for Jin Aizong to flee west.
After the defeat of the martial immortal, Jin Aizong realized his severe situation. On August 7, he adopted the suggestion of the inner tribe Ahubel and ordered the Secretariat to issue the Secretariat to borrow 1 million stones of grain to send Ahubel to the Song Dynasty to seek Song aid. Before leaving, Emperor Aizong of Jin told Ahu in front of him, hoping that he would use the principle of "death of lips and cold teeth" to persuade the Southern Song Dynasty to "harmony" with the Jin Dynasty. But things went against my wishes. Ahu led the envoy to Song and was rejected by the Southern Song Dynasty, because the Southern Song Dynasty had decided to help Meng destroy the Jin Dynasty at this time.
It was Meng Gong who led his troops to defeat Cai. As the court held a meeting on whether to send troops to help food, Shi Songzhi asked Meng Gong for his opinion. Meng Gong replied:
"If the state has enough strength, then the military food should not be given.Secondly, be in power to help. Otherwise, if the gold is destroyed, it will be insatiable and will reach me. "
Meng Gong's words moved Shi Songzhi, who, through his identity as his brother Shi Miyuan, moved the powerful prime minister in his late years, and the Southern Song Dynasty decided to go on a military journey. After the Jin Dynasty fled to Caizhou, it was difficult to escape the fate of destruction. If the Southern Song Dynasty "conciled" with it, there would be no profit, and it would cause the Mongolian to take the initiative in its relationship with Mongolia. Whether the Southern Song Dynasty sent troops or not, the destruction of Jin was inevitable. The Southern Song Dynasty followed the request of Mongolia and sent troops to help Mongolia attack Jin. This could not only wash away the hatred for many years, but also revitalized the spirit of the Southern Song Dynasty's dynasty and the opposition to over 100 years; it could also avoid Mongolia taking the opportunity to provoke and seek initiative in its relationship with Mongolia; not to mention that the Jin people The attempt to enter Shu to avoid disasters was actually confronted again, and the Southern Song Dynasty had no reason to be in rituals and law. "Observing success and failure" could only make the Southern Song Dynasty passive. As for the national strength of the Southern Song Dynasty at that time, avoiding or postponing the Song-Mongol War was beneficial to the Southern Song Dynasty. What Meng Gong said was that the Southern Song Dynasty did not have the national strength to "stand the border and observe success and failure" at that time, and fearlessly threatened Mongolia, and "sending troops to help food" to prevent Mongolia from provoking trouble, in order to avoid or postpone the full conflict between Mongolia and Song.
The Southern Song Dynasty sent troops to help food, of course, had the purpose of "taking hatred and shame", but the most fundamental purpose was to "harmony with Mongolia". "This is a correct move that is in line with the interests of the Southern Song Dynasty and the only correct choice of the Southern Song Dynasty. ”
In October of the sixth year of Shaoding (1233), Meng Gong and Jianghai led 20,000 troops and brought 300,000 shi of military rations, and officially embarked on the journey to attack Caizhou.
