Historians believe that the most important point in the background of the Xi-Ning War in Song Yue was that the national strength of the Song Dynasty was empty at that time, and the social ills of the Song Dynasty existed from the beginning, especially during the Sino-Japanese War. It was precisely because the ruler Li Chao saw the historical situation of the Song Dynasty that he dared to act rashly and invade the Song Dynasty on a large scale.
In fact, the background of the Song Yuening War should also include the relationship between the two countries. Before the Sino-Japanese War broke out, the relationship between the two countries was very delicate. The rulers of the Li Dynasty paid tribute to the Song Dynasty every year and sent protons to pay taxes. At that time, the money given by the Li Dynasty to the Song Dynasty accounted for a large part of its national treasury expenditure. In order not to continue to pay tribute to the Song Dynasty, they decided to take extreme measures and began to fight to the death with the Song Dynasty, hoping to take this opportunity to put themselves in an equal and independent position.
In addition, the background of the Song Yuening War also contains many factors. For example, the Song Dynasty just experienced Wang Anshi's political reform, which destroyed some old domestic systems, made the domestic people dissatisfied, and gave the rulers of the Li Dynasty an opportunity. They came under the banner of killing Wang Anshi and saving the Song people.
Before the Xi-Ning War broke out in Song Yue, there was a conflict between the two countries. At that time, the Northern Song Dynasty wanted to send troops to help a small country in the south, which was undergoing political changes. However, the Vietnamese have always supported another faction in this country, so there are differences between the two countries on this issue. The Song Dynasty sent messengers to tell the rulers of the Li Dynasty. Unfortunately, the rulers of the Li Dynasty did not listen to the arrangement of the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty finally did not send troops.
The cause of the Song Yuening War: Later historians have two different views on the cause of the Ning War. Some people think that the cause of the Nanjing War was Wang Anshi. If Wang Anshi's political reform had not destroyed some systems inherent in the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Jun would not have seen the emptiness of the national strength of the Song Dynasty, nor would he have attacked the territory of the Song Dynasty under the banner of killing Wang Anshi and saving the Song people.
Others believe that the reason for launching the war in Nanjing is fundamentally because of strong ambition. He saw the economic crisis in the Northern Song Dynasty during Wang Anshi's political reform, and thought that if he sent troops at this time, he would be able to break through the Song Dynasty in one fell swoop, make the Emperor of the Song Dynasty bow to his knees, and gain half of the Great Song Dynasty. It was only for such interests that he sent troops to attack the Song Dynasty.
In any case, the cause of the Song Yuening War was mainly due to Li Jun's ambition and greed. They want to use the financial crisis of the Song Dynasty to attack the territory of the Song Dynasty, and they can also divert domestic attention to a certain extent and focus on this war, thus alleviating the internal contradictions of the country and solving the crisis.
In fact, the main cause of the Song-Yue Xining War can be seen from the Tanzhou tragedy. At that time, after the city was destroyed, some Li Jun soldiers slaughtered people regardless of rest. The main purpose of their slaughter was to rob women and property. It can be seen that the main purpose of Li Jun's invasion of this city is to grab a place to recuperate and then rob gold, silver and jewels here.
Therefore, the cause of the Song-Yue-Ning War is probably that Li Jun wanted to get money from Da Song and used the emptiness of Da Song's troops to invade on a large scale, thus solving the domestic food crisis.
Historians of later generations believe that the battle of Xi 'ning mainly includes three parts: the outbreak of war, the destruction of the massacre in Tanzhou City and the final counterattack in Song Dynasty. Th??ng Ki?t and Zongtan, two famous traitors of the State of Yue, provoked the Xi-Ning War in Song Yue. They attacked the southern territory of the Song Dynasty in two ways, and their slogan was to send troops to save the Song Dynasty and kill Wang Anshi.
The climax of the Song Yuening War was the battle of Yongzhou. At that time, Su Zhi, the magistrate of Yongzhou, led only 2,800 people to guard the city wall. Later, he managed to recruit soldiers, gathered all the young and middle-aged laborers together to resist the enemy, and barely recruited more than 4,000 people. However, even in this case, more than 4,000 people killed15,000 people in the Song Dynasty, including 3,000 prisoners.
After a long attack, Li Jun began to divide his troops. At that time, there was a surrendered general named Zhang Shoujie in the Song Dynasty. Li Jun used this surrendered Zhang Shoujie to lead his troops and broke through the gate of Yongzhou. He built an escalator under the city wall and piled a mound to let the soldiers board the city. Later, the city of Yongzhou was successfully broken, and it took 42 days from being trapped to breaking the city, while the Yongzhou magistrate was silent.
People in the Li Dynasty couldn't find Su Shi's family, so they took it out on the common people and killed more than 58,000 people.
The War in the Song Dynasty also included a counterattack, which began at 1075. Li Jun's wanton slaughter of soldiers and civilians in Yongzhou shocked the emperor of Song Dynasty, but the emperor at that time attributed the real reason to Wang Anshi's political reform. After that, he stopped paying attention to Wang Anshi and sent several conservative generals to the south to support him. Later, both sides suffered a lot in this war, and even later historians did not give a specific statement about who won and who lost.