How did the battle of Fishing City break out? Influence on history

How did the battle of Fishing City break out? What impact does it have on history?

During the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a battle of fishing city between Song and Mongolia. The Battle of Fishing City, also known as the Battle of Hezhou, was besieged by Mongolian troops who went south to Shu. In order to protect the city, the soldiers and civilians of Fishing City rose up to resist and finally defeated the attack of Mongolian army.

1July 258, Mongolia led the Mongolian army to advance from Liupanshan (now Ningxia) to Sichuan in three ways. The army quickly captured most of western Sichuan and northern Sichuan, and reached Vu Thang Mountain (near the county seat of Vu Thang today), ready to capture Diaoyutai in Hezhou. Mongo sent people to surrender, but was severely rejected by Wang Jian, the general of the Southern Song Dynasty, and killed the emissary.

Mongo Khan is determined to crush the fishing city by force. Diaoyutai has a superior geographical position, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the city has sufficient materials. 1Feb. 259, with its strong strength, Mongo refused to adopt the suggestion of avoiding fortified cities quickly and was determined to capture the fishing city. Mongolian troops entered Lion Mountain, and Mongolia personally supervised the siege.

He sent the first king to attack Yili Mountain City (now northeast of Qujiang, commonly known as Sanjiaomiao Village), dragged Tu Luxiong to attack Pingliang Mountain City (now central and western Sichuan), and ordered Yang Dayuan, commander-in-chief of the Southern Song Dynasty, to lead an army to raid the old town of Hezhou and cut off the connection between fishing city and outer city.

At the same time, Niu Yu was ordered to rush from Chengdu to Shilin and Fuzhou (now Fuling West, Sichuan) to build a pontoon bridge and cut off the reinforcements of the Southern Song Dynasty. In order to prevent Chongqing Song Jun from going north to rescue, he sent people to the Tongluo Gorge. From February to May, the Mongolian army attacked the fishing city in succession, and the gates and outer cities of Zhenxi, Dongxin, Qisheng and Guobao were all repelled by Song Jun.

Fishing Town cannot be captured for a long time, and it has been suggested that it is not good for Meng Jun to build a strong city for a long time. It is better to leave only a small number of troops to besiege the fishing city, and the main force will go down the Yangtze River and go hand in hand with the army led by Kublai Khan to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty court. The idea of fighting quickly was opposed by arrogant Mongolian generals, who insisted on attacking fishing city. Mongo Khan did not take his advice and was determined to continue to attack the city.

Meng Jun entered Sichuan on a large scale. Although the Southern Song Dynasty took rescue action, Song Jun, which rescued the fishing city, was blocked by Meng Jun and never reached the fishing city. Despite this, the fishing city, which has been besieged for months, is still well supplied and the morale of soldiers is high. By contrast, the situation in Meng Jun is very bad.

8 jin j soldiers acclimatized, coupled with the unbearable hot weather, sick, low morale. At the beginning of June, Lv Wende, Sichuan's deputy envoy, led tens of thousands of warships, and after a fierce battle with the Mongolian army, they went up the river and entered Chongqing. Later, he led 1000 warships to support Hezhou along Jialing River, but was defeated by Mongolian general Shi and returned to Chongqing. The hot weather and the epidemic of plague greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian army. Wang Jian repeatedly took the opportunity to attack the Mongolian military camp at night and harass the Mongolian army.

The Mongols stepped up their siege, but they were still unable to break it. Wang Dechen, the vanguard of the Mongols, was injured and killed in the night attack. Mongo Khan was very angry and ordered the soldiers to build a tower outside Dongxin Gate to spy out the truth inside. On July 2 1 day, Meng Gehan personally commanded the siege, was injured by flying stones, and died in the army on July 27. After Meng Ge's death, Mongolian nobles fought for the position of Khan, and Kublai Khan, who was far away from the front line in Hubei, also hurried back to the north to compete for the position of Khan.

How did the Mongolian army besiege the fishing city? Mongo led a great army into Sichuan, and at the same time sent kings and generals to stop reinforcements. 1February 7, 259, Mongolian troops attacked the wall of Fishing City. On the 9th, Mongolian army stormed the west gate of fishing town, but failed to conquer it. On this day, the Mongolian general Shi also led his men to participate in the battle against the fishing city.

In March, the Mongols attacked Dongxinmen, Qishengmen, Zhenxiximen, Bao Xiao and other places east of Fishing City, but they all failed under the tenacious resistance of the soldiers and civilians of the Southern Song Dynasty who were guarding the city. It has been raining for 20 days since April 3rd. 22, Chu Qing, Meng Jun failed to attack the country. Late the next night, he finally broke through the Yimencheng in the north of the city to Jialing River, but was recaptured by Wang Jian, commander of Diaoyutai. Song Lizong learned that, under a letter to reward Hezhou soldiers and civilians.

What is the difference between the soldiers of the two sides in the battle of Fishing City? Song Jun, who is stationed in Fishing City, has high morale because of its abundant materials. One day, the defenders of Song Jun threw two fresh fish and hundreds of steamed bread at the Mongols outside the city, and sent a letter to the Mongols, claiming that even if the fishing city was besieged for 10 years, the Mongols could not capture the fishing city.

In contrast, the situation of Mongolians outside the city is much worse. The commander of the Mongolian army stationed troops at the gate, which was in the hot summer season. Mongolian soldiers are afraid of heat and humidity, and their acclimatization leads to diseases such as summer heat, malaria and cholera, which are very serious.

This war is a famous defensive war in the history of China War. Relying on the geographical advantages, the soldiers and civilians of Fishing City held fast to the city and fought tenaciously, successfully repelling the siege of Mongolian fighters. As a representative of mountain city defense, the defense system of Fishing City has a great influence on the defense war at that time and later generations.