Yashan Naval Battle , The Song Dynasty hundred thousand army was destroyed, the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties unified China and occupied the Central Plains land. This was the first time in history that non-Han people completely unified China. After this war, there was a saying that "there will be no China after Yashan , and there will be no China after the fall of Ming Dynasty." As soon as this sentence came out, modern Chinese people fell into an emotional circle. If this sentence If it is true, then are you a descendant of China? Could it be that the self-esteem and self-confidence of your nation are a scam from the source? Who exactly are you?
What kind of war was the Battle of Yashan that could have such a huge impact? In 1273, the Xiangyang City of that the Song Army had defended for six years finally fell, and the resistance consciousness of the Southern Song officers and soldiers who were already tired of the war completely collapsed. In 1274, Kublai Khan proclaimed himself emperor in Beijing and began a nationwide attack on the Song Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty traveled across the Central Plains with iron hoofs. In 1276, the Southern Song Dynasty submitted a letter to Kublai Khan expressing his willingness to address him as uncle and nephew. After being rejected, he wrote to Kublai Khan as "grandnephew", but Kublai Khan refused again. Unable to withstand the persecution of Kublai Khan's army, Song Gongzong, who was only 5 years old, announced his abdication and surrender. The Southern Song Dynasty was actually destroyed in this year. But Song Gongzong's brothers Zhao Gang and Zhao Bing escaped before Lin'an City was broken, leaving the Zhao bloodline for the Song Dynasty.
1276 to 1279, although Wen Tianxiang, Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie, the three heroes of the late Song Dynasty, fought desperately for the country, the Southern Song Dynasty was at the end of its power struggle, and its power in Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian gradually weakened. In 1278, Wen Tianxiang was captured and Zhang Shijie's Leizhou was lost. The Southern Song Dynasty court had no choice but to retreat to the sea and began to "come to court at sea." In April 279, the Yuan army came to the city, and the decisive battle at Yashan was about to begin.
History is cruel. When the Southern Song Dynasty had just celebrated its last New Year, the Yuan army's navy tightly surrounded the Song Dynasty fleet and gradually seized the land around Yashan. The Song army had given up on escaping and wanted to stay in its homeland even if it was buried. , dropped the anchor at the estuary, and protected the flagship carrying the emperor in the center, forming the last maritime fortress to protect the Southern Song Empire. The two sides fought fiercely for more than several months. The Yuan army took advantage of their numerical advantage and used wheel battles to harass the Song army. They ran out of ammunition and food and were in a desperate situation. However, the Song army would rather fight to the death than surrender to Hai Hai.
At this time, the Song Army no longer had any hope of survival. The long-term war and wandering had made them suffer. The only thing that supported them was their faith and the glory of the Song Dynasty . Arrows rained from the sky, fireworks filled the sea, and Song ships sank one after another. The soldiers used their last strength to fight to defend the dignity of China. As the Yuan army approached, Lu Xiufu threw himself into the sea with the young monarch of the Southern Song Dynasty in his arms. The remaining soldiers also jumped into the sea and died for their country as their faith was shattered. After hearing this, Wen Tianxiang, who was captured in Beijing, was so sad that he died happily. All the soldiers of the Song Dynasty did not throw themselves into the sea out of fear and despair, but they did not want to flee anymore and did not want to live under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. They faced reality and died for the soul of the Song Dynasty.
Why is the Battle of Yashan so important? The reason is that before the Song Dynasty, there had never been a precedent for ethnic minorities to rule China. The demise of the rule of the Song Dynasty in the Battle of Yashan and Hai means that the Han nationality, the main body of the Chinese nation, became the conquered. Since then, no Han government has emerged, so some people believe that there was a break in Chinese civilization after this battle.
But this is not the case. There is no particularly clear origin for the statement "There will be no China after Yashan". The earliest record of comes from "The Thirteenth Day of the Later Qiuxing" by Qian Qianyi, the leader of the literary world in the late Ming Dynasty Qian Qianyi : Haijiao The slope of the cliff mountain is no longer part of China. However, the language of is just for fun and has no substantive meaning. After Yashan, although the Mongols ruled China, and although the Chinese Han people suffered from the crisis of genocide, the Chinese nation still existed, and Han culture was still the mainstream thought in the entire China, but the political power was different.
And hundreds of years later, the Han people once again took over the territory of China, and the cultural inheritance has never been interrupted. How can we say "no more China"? After the so-called Battle of Yashan, the Han elite no longer exists, the Chinese nation’s loyalty, integrity, and bloody backbone have all been wiped out, and the Chinese spirit can never be revived. These remarks are so pale and biased.
The Chinese nation has never lacked national heroes. The integrity of the Chinese people is still proud. When Japan invaded with all its strength, there were more than tens of millions of national pillars who died generously for the country and the nation. It is difficult to cool the blood by drinking ice for ten years, no matter in Under such difficult circumstances, the Chinese nation has shown its indomitable and tenacious spirit. says that there are no more Chinese people, but where does it place the heroic souls of the nation who are not afraid of powerful enemies and fight to the end? The deeds of the steadfast and unyielding people in various dynasties undoubtedly reveal their patriotic feelings that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. The firmness of their beliefs perfectly interprets the central idea of the Chinese spirit.
The Battle of Yashan does not mean the demise of the nation, but allows more people to understand the true national spirit. Even Kublai Khan regarded himself as the successor of Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors . Even Confucius , the representative of Confucian culture , was named "King Xuan of Dacheng" in the Yuan Dynasty. This shows that the Mongolians have become Chinese in culture and system. . Over thousands of years, the Chinese characters we learn have not changed, the culture we have learned has not changed, and the cultural inheritance we have accepted has not changed. How can we falsely say that there will no longer be China?
