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In the ten years of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty, the long-lost Song-Jin border was once again turbulent. Wu Gulun, the envoy of Jin State in Tang Dynasty, celebrated his birthday, and Gao Qi, the prime minister, led troops to invade the south. Since Shaoxing made peace, the court of the Southern Song Dynasty, which had not fought for many years, suddenly fell into a panic. Officials and people are afraid of the enemy like tigers, and many people even recall the sad scene of "the shame of Jingkang" in those days. First, the national crisis will be considered, and Confucian scholars can lead troops. Just when Zhao Kuo was at a loss, a civil servant in the DPRK stood up at a critical moment-Jinghu Zao! Zhao Xiang made a strong statement urging him to resist gold, but he was not a central official, so he was unable to control the situation. But even in this case, he volunteered and was willing to bid in Xiangyang and Jingzhou to resist the nomads from the south. The land of Jingxiang has always been the forefront of the confrontation between Song and Jin, and it is also the barrier of the whole Jiangnan area. It can be said that if Jingxiang holds on, then the whole Jiangnan will be as stable as Mount Tai. Song Ningzong heart although not sure Xu Jinguo is war and, but now someone is willing to stand up and bid JingXiang line, of course, is welcome, so immediately approved the application of Zhao Fang. In fact, Zhao Fang has his own confidence in doing so: First, Zhao Fang has worked in Jingxiang area for many years. Zhao Fang had long recognized that Jingxiang area would be the main battlefield of confrontation between Song and Jin Dynasties in the future, so he began to prepare for future wars during his tenure as the magistrate of Jiangling and later as the appeasement officer of Hubei. For example, in the east and west mountains of Jingmen, Hubei Province, relying on the dangerous mountain situation, a number of forts were built, thus guarding the gateway of Jingxiang. In addition, in Suizhou, militia and township brave have been trained many times, enriching the local military equipment. Second, Zhao Fang has accumulated a lot of contacts in Jingxiang. When Zhao Fang worked in Jingxiang area, he paid attention to promoting grass-roots officers who were good at fighting. Among them, Meng and Hu Zaixing, two famous generals in the mid-Southern Song Dynasty, were promoted during this period. These unruly generals are really loyal to Zhao Fang. After receiving the imperial edict, Zhao went to Xiangyang to bid. He never thought that his visit would create a legend! 2. After Zhao Fang arrived in Xiangyang, he had a plan in mind: Only when he first defeated Xu Jin's army once or twice on the frontal battlefield, and let the central government see that Xu Jinyuan was invincible, the court could make up its mind to go to war with Xu Jin. In the face of the aggressive Jin people, it was judged that the enemy's main attack direction should be Zaoyang, so they increased their troops in Xinyang, Guanghua, Zhou Jun and other places around Zaoyang in advance, forming an overall defense system that helped each other. When Xu Jin's army attacked Zaoyang, Zhao Guan, the commander of the garrison, resisted the nomads from the city and pinned down the enemy's main force at the gates of Zaoyang. Meng and Hu Zaixing, two valiant generals, led reinforcements from Guanghua, Xinyang and other places to help quickly, and defeated 8 Jin Army under attack from front to back. After the victory of this war, Zhao Fang immediately ordered Jingxiang soldiers and civilians to harvest wheat in the field together, and adopted the tactics of clearing the field, so that Xu Jinguo's army could not get food on the spot. In Lin 'an, when Song Ningzong learned of the victory of the Battle of Zaoyang, he finally gave up his plan to make peace and made up his mind to fight against gold! Third, another battle in Zaoyang, 110 years after defeating the enemy, that is, the eleventh year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty, Hong Yan, a general of the State of Jin, invaded Jingxiang again with 65,438+10,000 troops and was defeated. Facing the menacing enemy, Zhao Fang adopted a three-step strategy: First, to contain the main force of 8 Jin Army by consolidating the city. This time, the enemy's main attack direction is still Zaoyang. This time, Zhao Fang still relied on the old methods, relied on Zaoyang to defend the city to contain the enemy's main force, and then sought to break the enemy. This time, with the advantage of quantity, 8 Jin Army launched a fierce attack on Zaoyang. In the history of Song Dynasty, there were more than 70 wars outside Zaoyang. In the face of such a fierce attack, the soldiers and civilians in the Southern Song Dynasty showed great courage. They stood together and resisted the repeated attacks of 100 thousand troops. The second is to accumulate strength externally. Zhao Fang sat on the periphery and assembled several military forces to save Zaoyang. After Song Jun approached Zaoyang, Zhao Fang ordered people to sneak into the city to deliver letters, and agreed with the Shoujiang to attack 8 Jin J from the inside. At the same time, Zhao Fang ordered the troops to ambush in the periphery, quietly waiting for the best time to surprise the enemy. The third is to cooperate with foreign countries and defeat the 8 Jin Army. 8 Jin Jun's attack on Zaoyang guarding city for several days did not advance at all, and most of the foot soldiers were tired and tired of fighting. Zhao Fang saw the opportunity, and immediately attacked the 8 jin j camp at night, causing enemy confusion. At this time, the defenders in Zaoyang city also fought their way out of the city as agreed, and 8 Jin J was defeated by both sides. Song Jun tried to cover and annihilate the defeated army, killing more than 20,000 Jin J, so that Hong Yan Sai did not retreat and returned to the north. Zaoyang defeated the enemy by 200,000 in the fourth and third battles, and defeated Zaoyang twice in a row, which made the Jin court extremely angry. In the twelfth year of Jiading, Jin Xuanzong ordered Marshal Jin Guo to lead 200,000 troops south to attack the Song Dynasty again. This time, the main direction is Zaoyang. But unlike the previous two times, this time Xu Jinguo paid a huge sum of money. While attacking Zaoyang, 200,000 troops attacked Dengzhou and Tang and Zhou headquarters at the same time, with the intention of letting Song Jun attend to neither end. This time, Zhao Fang still adopts a "three-step" strategy: First, it continues to rely on fortified cities for defense. Xu Jinguo army arrived at Zaoyang gate again, but this time they learned their lesson and didn't attack the city rashly! Instead, we dug trenches and built castles outside the city and surrounded the whole Zaoyang city. Its purpose is to force the soldiers and civilians in the city to surrender. Then 8 jin j began to storm, meng was ordered to station in Zaoyang. Facing the attack of 8 Jin Army, he led the soldiers and civilians in the city to fight bloody battles, causing numerous casualties. The second is to sneak attack on 8 jin j grain. Zhao Fang saw that the Jin army had plans to stay in Zaoyang for a long time, and suddenly he had a brainwave and thought that the grain depot of the Jin army was nearby. After he sent someone to find out the equipment of the Jin people's grain collection, he ordered Hu Zaixing to lead the troops to attack the Jin army's grain and grass and burn its logistics trench. The third is to break Zaoyang's strong enemy at the gates. Jin Jun has been attacking Zaoyang for a long time, and the grain and grass have been robbed, and the morale has suddenly floated. Zhao Fang ordered people to return to Zaoyang and fight with 8 Jin J at the city gate. Meng sent troops to attack the Jin army and beheaded more than 30 thousand people. Zhao Fang Lien Chan's winning streak, and Jing Xiang's golden man has been basically eliminated. However, he is a general with great vision. After the war, Meng immediately sent reinforcements, and he wanted to go to reinforce again. The two teams were Lien Chan and Lien Chan, which completely changed the war situation in the Song-Jin border. After successive setbacks, 8 jin j finally had to withdraw and return to the north. V. Ending After that, the Southern Song Dynasty court ordered Zhao Fang to stay in Jingxiang to prevent the Jin people from moving south until they finally died in Xiangyang. Zhao Fang was stationed in Jingxiang for ten years before and after, but Jin people dared not invade the Song Dynasty and called him "Grandpa Zhao". Throughout his life, he has been guarding the southeast for ten years alone, which can be described as a pillar minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, and his achievements are not inferior to those of famous ministers who were defeated by Historical Records.