Records of the War of the Two Song Dynasties

"The Warring States of the Two Song Dynasties" panoramically reproduces the peace and war games between the two Song Dynasties and the Liao, Xia, Jin, Mongolia and Yuan Dynasties for more than 300 years. In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Taizong suffered a disastrous defeat at Gaolianghe and Yongxi retreated from the Northern Expedition. He completely gave up on recapturing Yanyun and turned to strategic defense. The Song and Xia Dynasties saw a tug of war for hundreds of years. The Song army suffered disastrous defeats at Sanchuankou and Haoshuichuan, and then won a great victory in Pingxia City by encroaching on the fortress. Song and Liao finally exchanged a hundred years of peace for the Chanyuan Alliance. After the Jingkang Incident, the Southern Song Dynasty resisted the Jin Dynasty in a desperate situation. Han Shizhong and Huang Tiandang stopped the enemy, and Yue Fei won a great victory in Yancheng. However, the twelve gold medals and the peace treaty with Shaoxing left eternal regrets. The Song-Mongolian War was the most tragic. The Southern Song Dynasty relied on the mountain city and water network to defend the country for 45 years. Diaoyu City was broken and Xiangyang City was destroyed. It ended with 100,000 soldiers and civilians martyring themselves in Yashan. The war between the two Song Dynasties includes both the fighting of gold and iron horses, and the chorus of turning swords into plowshares. It reflects the tenacity and helplessness under the appearance of the "weak Song Dynasty", and also leaves behind profound lessons in strategic misjudgments such as uniting with Jin to destroy Liao and uniting with Mongolia to destroy Jin.