On the other hand, the Song Dynasty always gave people the feeling that it was very rich, but not strong. In the Song Dynasty, it was not only unable to take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, but also suffered the shame of Jingkang.

Introduction: The prosperity of in the Tang Dynasty is recognized by the world, especially the military of the Tang Dynasty. You can tell by looking at the vast territory just by looking at the vast territory. On the other hand, Song Dynasty has always given people the feeling that it is very rich, but not strong. In the Song Dynasty, it has never been able to recover Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures , not only did it also suffer from Jingkang's shame. If we were asked to score the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty's army respectively, I'm afraid that most people would score higher for the Tang Dynasty.

Surprisingly, from the perspective of the results of foreign wars, the Tang army suffered more frequent defeats than the Song army. Since this is the case, why do later generations still think that Tang Jun is better than Song Jun?

Tang Dynasty meteorology

1. The victory of the Tang army vs. the victory of the Song army

1. The victory of the Tang army was brilliant

Putting aside the advanced weapons and equipment such as the Tang sword equipped by the Tang army, the Tang army was able to achieve excellent results in foreign wars is inseparable from the outstanding performance of the Tang army in military strategy and tactics. When we look at the history of the Tang army, we will find that the more difficult the battle is, the more beautiful the Tang army can fight. Moreover, the Tang army is also very good at grasping the fighter opportunity. They often take action when it is time to take action without any drag, such as the battle between the Tang army and the Turkic .

At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Turkic forces were strong and often invaded the border counties of the Tang Dynasty. As soon as Emperor Taizong of Tang succeeded to the throne, the Turkic Jie Li Khan personally led a 200,000 army into the Guanzhong , and the troops were approaching Chang'an . At that time, there were only tens of thousands of Tang troops stationed in Chang'an. If they really fought, it would definitely be the ending of more defeats and less victory. Emperor Taizong of Tang personally led a few ministers with amazing wisdom and outstanding strategic vision to confront the Turks and successfully forced them to retreat. Only three years later, when chaos arose within the Turks, the Tang army seized the opportunity and attacked decisively, destroying the Turks in one fell swoop.

Don't teach Hu horses to cross Yinshan

Tang army has maintained a positive offensive attitude in foreign warfare for a long time, paying attention to taking the initiative and then taking the initiative. Once the surrounding forces show bad signs, the top leaders of the Tang army can detect and respond effectively in time. Sometimes, even if the measures taken make many people feel that they are making a big deal, they will still resolutely launch a war as quickly as possible, and eliminate the signs in time in the cradle, saving time and effort in the future.

For example, when the Tang Dynasty destroyed Baekje, the Baekje station located on the Korean Peninsula at that time, suppressed the Silla , which was friendly to the Tang Dynasty. Baekje believed that the Tang Dynasty would not work hard to go on an expedition, so he ignored the Tang Dynasty's deterrence and repeatedly asked for trouble. The senior decision-makers of the Tang army did not indulge in Baekje. They sent 100,000 troops to cross the Yellow Sea from Jiaodong Peninsula , caught Baekje off guard. In less than half a year, they destroyed Baekje, which had more than 200 cities.

Decide the world in one battle, destroy the two countries in one battle

2, the Song army was embarrassed to win

At the beginning of the establishment of the Song Dynasty, a major change was carried out on the military system, forming a situation of using culture to build military forces in the general direction, and avoiding military generals from disrupting the country. The purpose is good and the effect is also good, but I forgot that professional things need to be handed over to professionals. Not to mention whether civil officials understand military affairs for the time being, civil officials received Confucian education. In terms of external aspects, how can military generals be enterprising? Without enterprising spirit, where can there be flexibility in the military? Where is there still purpose? For example, in the battle between Northern Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasty , the primary goal of the Northern Song Dynasty was to take back Yan Yun, but what did it do for this goal?

In 1004 AD, the Liao Kingdom Empress Dowager Xiao personally led a large army to attack Song. Along the way, he was unstoppable and fought to Tanzhou south of the Yellow River . Unexpectedly, the Song army, whose troops were mobilized, regained morale under the personal encouragement of Song Zhenzong , and the Liao army was defeated by the Song army. But after winning, Song Jun chose to sign "公司月天票有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有有� You should know that the Liao army was alone and deep, and the Song army had a great opportunity to expand the results of the war and lay the foundation for the recovery of Yanyun. This is not counting. With the alliance, the Song army accused the fact that the Liao Kingdom occupied Yan Yun from top to bottom and forgot the original goal. In the end of the Song Dynasty, Yan Yun was a dream.

Song army's "peace is the most important"

The war is very risky and costly. Once you decide to use war to solve the problem, you must have a clear strategic plan, otherwise it will be like a headless fly, wandering around, and winning a battle is like losing a battle, and nothing will fall! For example, the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty were always in conflict, and there was no name for peace, and there was no name for peace, and there was no name for war. I don’t know what I was doing!

After the Jingkang Rebellion , Song Gaozong , with the help of a large group of civil and military ministers of Zhongxing, timely stabilized his position in Jiangnan, while the Jin Kingdom fell into in the Central Plains. "The flowers are gradually fascinating" , and the strength of both sides began to balance. After the adjustment period, the Song army began an offensive trend. Han Shizhong defeated the 100,000 Jin army with 8,000, and fought a wonderful Huang Tiandang battle , Liu Qi won a 20,000 Jin army with 20,000, and won a Shunchang victory , and Yue Fei even fought a terrifying Yancheng victory . But the senior leaders of the Song army destroyed Great Wall and created Shaoxing peace talks , and also came "Fengbo Pavilion Unjust Case" .

It's a pity Yue Fei

2. The defeat of the Tang army vs. The defeat of the Song army

1. The defeat of the Tang army was glorious

Since the late period of Emperor Gaozong, the frequency and scale of foreign wars have become larger and larger, and they feel a little tired of coping, which has led to frequent defeats, including After the Anshi Rebellion , the Tang Dynasty has also fought many defeats due to the decline in national strength. However, many of the defeats fought by the Tang army did not give people a feeling of being depressed. Sometimes, even though they knew that they had more defeats, they still dared to draw their swords with the enemy, but in the end they were defeated. For example, the Battle of Henglus between the Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire.

In 751 AD, after learning that the Arab Empire had the intention to advance east, Gao Xianzhi decided to use attack as the defense and personally led 30,000 troops (of which 20,000 were minions) to attack the Arab Empire in depth. Unexpectedly, under the city of Henglus, the Tang army encountered 200,000 troops of the Arab Empire. The Tang army did not fear the battle, and used the few to the many. Because the Arab Empire bribed the Geluo Servant Army, the Tang army was defeated, and Gao Xianzhi fled back to Anxi. Although Arabs won, they lost 70,000 troops. After the war, they quickly sought peace from the Tang Dynasty and often sent envoys to Chang'an to pay tribute.

Hengross Battle

It is not scary to lose the battle, but what is scary is that he will never recover after losing the battle. Judging from the performance of the Tang army, he was good at learning lessons from defeats in foreign wars, summarizing experience, making timely adjustments to strategies and tactics, reorganizing the team, and distinguishing the enemy from the enemy! For example, the Tang Dynasty fought against Tubo on Hexi Corridor. Because the Tubo army had a advantage in geographical advantages, the Tang army was in a passive state and suffered many defeats. Later, the Tang army built many fortresses in in Hexi area, and used fortress wars to consume the Tubo army, and soon changed from disadvantage to advantage.

After the Anshi Rebellion, Tubo took advantage of the opportunity to enter and occupied the Hexi Corridor. The national strength entered its peak period, and once again formed a strategic advantage over the Tang army, and even once captured Chang'an. But at this time, the Tang Dynasty suffered another serious disaster in the feudal state. Even so, the Tang army continued to adjust its strategy and seek peace when it was time to seek peace. At the same time, using Guanzhong and Bashu as bases, it launched a defensive counterattack against Tubo from two directions, forming a trend that echoed each other. Once there was a chance, it would wait for an opportunity to move, and successfully pulled Tubo from the highlight state that could challenge the two major empires of the Tang Dynasty and Arabia to the bottom of the rift.

Tubo

2, the Song army was defeated in embarrassingly

Losing is nothing. No dynasty, or military generals, can have absolute confidence and say that they can win every battle.In Tang Jun, failure is the mother of success, and in Song Jun, failure is "needed" to copy. For example, during the Southern Song Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of Song, the Southern Song Dynasty carried out a massive Longxing Northern Expedition . This Northern Expedition was an order issued by Emperor Xiaozong of Song Dynasty bypassing the court and directly to generals from all over the country.

The result was that due to insufficient preparation and inappropriate decision-making, the Song army won first and then lost. It was obvious that our side had the advantage, but before they could fight much, they voluntarily gave up Shaanxi. As a result, they not only lost the advantages of the local battlefield, but also made the Central Route Army, which was fighting hard in the Huai River, become an isolated army, defeated by the Jin army, and declared a failure of the Longxing Northern Expedition. After only thirty years, the Song army, who had no memory, suddenly ordered the frontline generals to open Kaixi Northern Expedition without being prepared, and the result was inevitably failure again.

is like this, and I am still messing with

that can be won, but I defeated it. It is understandable once or twice. It is always speechless. For example, the contest between the Song Dynasty and Xixia , from Song Taizu , Song Taizong to Song Zhenzong, three generations did not pay attention to the northwest, resulting in the establishment of the Western Xia Dynasty independent country during the Song Renzong . Xixia originally took the initiative to seek recognition from the Song Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty ignored it and was not prepared. She directly had a feud with Xixia. She was not prepared for the feud, but was caught off guard by Xixia.

Battle of Sanchuankou: If the Song army can prepare in advance and not respond in a hurry, it will make people frivolous and ambushed by various Western Xia, the Song army will not be defeated. Chuangjiang Dingchuan Fort Battle: Xixia sent 100,000 troops to launch a war against the Song army. There were more than 200,000 Song troops stationed at the Xixia defense line, and they defended the city, with 200,000 to 100,000. The opponents were still like Xixia, and they would not be defeated no matter how they looked at it. As a result, the defenders gave up the advantage of a strong city and took the initiative to attack Xixia. After being lured into the enemy, they gathered and annihilated them.

Li Yuanhao, who established the Western Xia,

Conclusion

The Song army won more battles than the Tang army, but the Song army did not show the momentum of the Tang army. The Song army suffered fewer defeats than the Tang army, but the Tang army often lost with less than the many, while the Song army lost with more than the few, and was defeated without defeat. Comparing the Tang army and the Song army, who is stronger, who is weaker?

The Song army is far inferior to the Tang army in strategic decision-making. Although the weapons and equipment are also very good and there are many famous generals, they just cannot replicate the performance of the Tang army. "The former army fought at night in the Tao River north, and has reportedly captured Tuyuhun alive". "The yellow sand has worn golden armor for hundreds of battles, and will never return until Loulan is destroyed."

This is Tang Jun!

"The shame of Jingkang has not yet been eliminated, and the hatred of the ministers will be destroyed." "Looking north at Chang'an, you should not see it, throw away half of Guanxi."

This is Song Jun!

References:

"History of the Song Dynasty"

"New Book of Tang"

"Zizhi Tongjian"