Chongqing Eurasia Hotel

Mongolian fighters swept across Europe and Asia. Why didn't they capture this small town?

After the Song Dynasty combined with Liao (later Mengyuan) to destroy gold, nomadic people exposed their greedy and ferocious nature and began to replace the original role of gold. Grassland people have always been accustomed to coveting the fertile soil and rich materials in the south. So the battle between Song and Meng began at 1235 and lasted for nearly half a century until 1279, when the Southern Song Dynasty perished. In the whole history of the Yuan Dynasty in Mongolia, the longest and most arduous war was to fight a seemingly weak Song Dynasty.

Mongolian fighters swept across Eurasia, conquered Russia, Germany, Iran, most of the Middle East and most of the northern bank of the Danube in Europe, and were regarded as a world power today. Wherever the Mongolian army went, there was almost no resistance, which frightened the European powers who were still arrogant.

But why was such a powerful Mongolian army dragged down for half a century by the Song Dynasty, which had always had poor military strength? This mainly depends on China's urban concept since ancient times. The earliest city was a military concept. The city at that time was not like the city now. The purpose of building a city is to prevent foreign enemies from invading, so there will be huge walls when building a city. Mongolians are used to living on aquatic plants, and the troops are mainly soldiers, which are suitable for fighting in open grasslands and desert plains. As long as it meets mountains and rivers, tall cities can't meet the needs of their fast-moving fighters. On the one hand, the trenches of fast fighting can't keep up, on the other hand, fighters can't play a role in urban street fighting!

There was an ideal city in history that resisted the Mongols until the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty. This city is the fishing city of Chongqing. After being besieged for only 20 years, it was eroded all over the territory of Song State. This fishing city still stands by the Jialing River, but the once mighty Mongolian fighters are helpless. Many people are curious, how did this fishing city create such a miracle? It also depends on the local terrain. The fortifications of Fishing City are all built on cliffs. In A.D. 1243, this ancient fishing town was more suitable for the war at that time after the re-layout and repair of the fishing street. The inner and outer walls of Fishing City are all made of stone strips, which are much stronger than ordinary walls. There is a large area of cultivated land and abundant water resources in the city, and there are also many land resources suitable for living and survival in the surrounding foothills. This makes this small town completely unaffected by external siege.

In A.D. 1254, the garrison commander Wang Jian further improved and strengthened the Fishing Town, which absorbed a large number of people fleeing from the surrounding areas and provided conditions for the supply of troops. In this way, soldiers and fishing towns with sufficient food were consumed by Mongols. In A.D. 1259, when Menggehan attacked the fishing town, he was hit by a flying stone on the wall and died. At this time, civil strife occurred within the Mongolian yuan. Kublai Khan and Ali Buge fought for power and profit, so the Mongolian Yuan had to stop attacking the Southern Song Dynasty and return to Li to quell the civil war. At this time, Xu Liewu, brother of Mongo in North Africa and Egypt, heard of his brother's death and hurried back to Li. Since then, Mongolia's large-scale external expansion has ended. Why do you say that a small fishing city has affected the whole world? The vast territory of the Mongolian empire is divided into many small khanates, and no empire in the world has such a vast land.

This is a legendary city. Its existence made the Southern Song Dynasty, a semi-dynasty with a partial corner, last for nearly half a century. It was not until one month before the Yashan Sea War that Fishing City was betrayed by spies and surrendered in Kaesong, which became a historical regret. On the day of the destruction of the city, the Mongolian and Yuan armies launched a mass slaughter, which initiated this barbaric nation to rule the Han nationality. The Battle of Yashan changed the history of China, and Fishing City did not save this corrupt and incompetent Zhao Dynasty.