"There will be no China after Yashan" I believe many people are deeply impressed by this sentence. However, the sun, the moon, the mountains and the river are still there, and the Chinese civilization is still there. Although it declined for a while, it is still tenacious.
So, what happened to the Yashan naval battle? Why can't the 200,000 Southern Song Dynasty defeat the 30,000 yuan army? Let us understand the story of the time together.
Speaking of the Yashan naval battle, it is necessary for us to first understand the small court in exile in the Southern Song Dynasty. Emperor Song Gong surrendered in 1276, and the Southern Song Dynasty was nominally destroyed. However, many officials were very dissatisfied with the government's strategy of non-resistance, so they organized a lot of anti-yuan struggles.
Fortunately, the few remaining descendants of the Zhao family, Zhao Zhao, and Zhao Bing went south under special protection, so the courtiers had a nominal backbone. Soon after, Zhao was embraced by Chen Yizhong’s anti-yuan minister. Standing as emperor.
However, Chen Yizhong is not a staunch anti-elephant, and the major policies depend on Zhang Shijie. Zhang Shijie insisted on fleeing south, so under the pursuit of the Yuan army, Zhang Shijie protected the little emperor on the sea all the way. However, the weather on the sea was really bad. A hurricane struck during the flight and almost half of the soldiers drowned.
Song Duanzong Zhao Shi was also frightened, and soon died of illness. Seeing that the emperor was dead, the officials planned to break up directly. Fortunately, at this time, Lu Xiufu made a generous statement to everyone, and wrote a will on behalf of the emperor in advance, announcing that Zhao Bing would succeed to the throne, which stabilized the situation.
However, the Yuan army was chasing after the Southern Song Dynasty imperial court, and intended to eliminate it quickly. The exiled Southern Song Dynasty soldiers and civilians were forced to be trapped in the area of Yashan (Yamen).
Faced with the three-sided siege of the Yuan army, Zhang Shijie was desperate and decided to fight the Yuan army to the death! After all, he flees to the sea for years, and his heart is almost unsupported! Thus, a large-scale naval battle is in the making.
At this time, the Song Army is not at a disadvantage to the Yuan Army. Looking at the military strength alone, the Yuan army is only 30,000, and there are only more than 400 warships; the Song Dynasty has more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians, and more than 1,000 warships. However, in the face of the siege, Song Fang was extremely short of fresh water, and many sergeants vomited up and down after drinking the seawater, causing a great loss of combat power.
When it came to the decisive battle, Song Fang joined the ships together, just like Cao Cao fought the battle of Chibi. But facing the Yuan army's offensive, it was in a dilemma and very inconvenient. At this time, Zhang Shijie ordered the rope to be cut.
In the war, many Song soldiers may also be disgusted by years of wandering at sea. Zhang Bao, Zhai Guoxiu and other soldiers turned to the front, and the soldiers' fighting spirit was gradually withered, which dealt a great blow to Song Fang.
So when Zhang Shijie sent someone to accept Lu Xiufu and the little emperor Zhao Bing to break through, Lu Xiufu was still worried that these people would kidnap himself and the little emperor to surrender to the Yuan army. So Lu Xiufu drove his wife and children into the sea first, and then threw himself into the sea with the little emperor on his back! Seeing the emperor jump into the sea, many soldiers and civilians with him followed one after another. According to records, there were more than 100,000 floating corpses on the sea!
Zhang Shijie led the remnant army to successfully break through. He wanted to counterattack Yashan, but was defeated by the Yuan army, and dozens of his troops surrendered again! But none of this dampens Zhang Shijie's confidence. He is still thinking about searching for the descendants of the Zhao family and rebuilding Song Ting. It's a pity that God didn't seem to want to fulfill everyone's wishes. A hurricane hit Zhang Shijie and his remaining fleet all overturned.
So far, the anti-golden forces in exile in the Southern Song Dynasty have basically disappeared.
Although the Yashan naval battle ended with the fiasco of Song Fang, the battle of Yashan also left a glorious national spirit. The sacrifice of life for righteousness and heroic devotion have become the precious wealth of the Chinese national spirit.
Who said that there is no China in Yashan, and the great spirit will last forever!
