Liu Guangshi, one of the seven kings who opposed gold, was one of them. In the war against Huang Jin, he lost many battles. When you meet the nomads from the Southern Song Dynasty, you can say that you have lost the face of the soldiers from the Southern Song Dynasty.
However, he left a heavy mark on the history of the Southern Song Dynasty. He was not only crowned king by the imperial court, but also listed as the four generals of the Southern Song Dynasty in the history books, along with Yue Fei and Han Shizhong. Judging from Liu Guangshi's life, he didn't deserve these honors at all, but why did the Southern Song Dynasty court give him these?
Speaking of Liu Guangshi's "brilliant achievements" in resisting gold, it can be said that there are countless.
He was defeated in many battles on the battlefield, and when he met the nomads from the Song Dynasty, he collapsed at the touch of a button, leaving a large territory of the Song Dynasty to the nomads from the Song Dynasty.
It can be said that in the rout of Song Jun after the Jingkang Revolution, Liu Guangshi had to bear the main responsibility. As Liu Guangshi led the army to retreat, a large number of Song Jun followed suit, which made the Song Dynasty lose a large territory north of the Yangtze River.
If the anti-Jin star headed by Han Shizhong hadn't stopped the nomads from going south, defended and established the Southern Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty would probably have perished. Therefore, judging by military law, Liu Guangshi is unforgivable, and beheading before fighting is a great sin. However, the Southern Song Dynasty imperial court did not pursue this great crime, but still attached great importance to Liu Guangshi and gave him great military power.
The treatment of Liu Guangshi by the Southern Song Dynasty court is incredible, and it is also difficult for many fans who read the history of the Song Dynasty to understand.
This almost conniving and shielding behavior has also angered many people, which is completely inconsistent with the just cause of resisting rejuvenating the country in the Song Dynasty.
In fact, to explain this problem, we should consider it from the historical environment of the late Northern Song Dynasty and the early Southern Song Dynasty, and the Liu Guangshi issue is a typical phenomenon in this environment.
The last year of the Northern Song Dynasty was a famous troubled time in ancient China, and the whole country was caught in a melee.
It is in this context that the rise of Liu Guangshi is the continuation of the revival of the aristocratic families in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Liu Guangshi is a noble family, and his father is Liu Yanqing, a famous Northern Song Dynasty. Liu Yanqing rose in the war between Song Dynasty and Xixia, became a famous soldier under Tong Guan, and participated in the wars against Xixia and Liao.
Liu Yanqing, a confidant general of Tong Guan, made great contributions to Tong Guan's war against Xixia and Liao. In the war against Liao, Liu Yanqing served as the commander-in-chief of the First Route Army, and was able to lead 100,000 troops to attack Nanjing Yancheng in Liao.
Although the war ended in failure, Liu Yanqing was not taken seriously by the imperial court and soon became the special envoy of the town navy. Liu Guangshi grew up in Liu Yanqing's army and took the traditional way of joining the army by aristocratic men. Because of his father's kindness, his road to joining the army was smooth, and he soon entered the ranks of senior military attache under his father's protection. Shortly after the outbreak of the Song-Jin War, the nomads from the army went south and surrounded the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. Liu Guangshi was ordered to lead troops south and defected to Qin Wang.