In the history of China, why is the fishing city in Hechuan so difficult to conquer?

The battle of Fishing City can be regarded as a classic in the era of cold weapons. At that time, Mongolian fighters attacked Fishing City intermittently for more than 20 years, which not only failed, but also lost Mongolian coaches Wang Dechen and Han Mengge. It can be said that during the collapse of the Southern Song Dynasty, the soldiers and civilians of Fishing Town led by Wang Jian created a myth of guarding the city.

The fishing village was built on Yushan Mountain in Hechuan County, Sichuan Province. Fishing Mountain is originally a steep mountain with cliffs, which is a natural barrier that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. At 1243, in order to resist the attack of Mongolia, the Southern Song Dynasty chose several locations for fortification, and the fishing city was built at this time.

By 1253, the soldiers and civilians of Fishing City launched a great war with the Mongolian army. After desperate resistance, the Mongolian attack was finally repelled. After the retreat of the Mongolian army, commander Wang Jian decided to strengthen the fishing city in order to prepare for a protracted war.

In order to strengthen the fishing city, Wang Jian mobilized the local military and civilians in five counties, with 170 thousand people attending before and after. With the concerted efforts of hundreds of thousands of people in Qi Xin, the wall of Yuzhen has been further strengthened, and its thickness has increased from the original 1.5m to 5m. You know, under the circumstances at that time, it was difficult for Mongols to break through such a thick wall.

While strengthening the fishing city, the defenders are constantly collecting food and grass, and because there are open spaces and ponds in the city, they can also farm, fish and hunt at any time. To put it bluntly, even if the Mongolian army surrounded the whole fishing mountain, the soldiers and civilians in the city could still persist for a long time without contact with the outside world. It can be said that as long as the city walls are not breached, the city is a solid fortress.

Because the fishing city could not be attacked for a long time, Meng Han Ge decided to send heavy troops again. 1259, Wang Dechen, who was in charge of the front line command, was killed by a flying stone of the defenders. When asked about the loss of the coach, Meng personally went to the front line to command, but unexpectedly, even he was killed by a flying stone.

After the death of Mongolian Khan, the Mongolian army had to retreat. Since then, Mungo's brothers have been fighting for Khan's position, basically ignoring sending troops to besiege Fishing City. At this time, Wang Jian continued to lead the military and civilians to repair the city and actively prepare for the war. After years of construction and reinforcement, the fishing city has become more and more solid, which makes the Mongols always helpless to this city. In this way, the two sides persisted here for many years.

Fishing city can't be captured for a long time, there are two important reasons:

First of all, although the Mongolian army attacked the city many times, the siege time was not long. Whenever the war is unfavorable, the Mongolian army will retreat. After all, they can't spend a lot of troops on a besieged city for a city. After all, the Mongolian army is good at plain warfare and not very good at siege warfare;

Secondly, the local climate in Sichuan makes Mongolian cavalry very uncomfortable. As a long-term nomadic people on the grassland, the summer weather in Sichuan and mosquitoes in the mountains are like nightmares. It can be said that the Mongols besieged the fishing city, not only to overcome natural disasters, but also to fight against high temperature and heat.

Of course, in the end, I have to mention that the soldiers and civilians headed by Wang Jian are always on the same wavelength and have never bowed to the Mongolian fighters. This city of heroes will become an unbreakable myth because of the existence of heroes.