The story of Lu Xiufu. Be short and concise

The prime minister in the late Southern Song Dynasty, hugging the young emperor and throwing himself into the sea, showed his talent for the first time

Lu Xiufu was born in the third year of Duanping (1236) and died in the second year of Xiangxing (1279). Junshi, named Junshi, was born in Yancheng, Chuzhou (now Jianhu, Jiangsu). When he was three years old, he moved with his parents to Jingkou, Jiangnan (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu). He was very smart since he was a child. He studied in a village school and was often praised by his teacher: "This Lu Xiufu

Among more than a hundred Mongolian children, Xiufu is the only one who is extraordinary." When he was a little older, he liked to read books about patriotism and serving the people. , his talent became more and more agile, and he could write poems at the age of seven: he was admitted as a Jinshi at the age of nineteen, and he was on the same list as Wen Tianxiang, who left the aphorism handed down from ancient times: "No one has died since ancient times, and his loyalty will illuminate history." Li Tingzhi, the envoy who guarded Huainan at that time, was famous for recruiting talents. When he learned that Hideo was young and promising, he hired him to serve in his shogunate. Huainan was a place where talented people from all over the world gathered at that time, and was known as the "little court", so Lu Xiufu was at home here. Lu Xiufu had a clear mind and few people could match him, but he was not proud of it. He has a very quiet temperament and doesn't like to show off. Whenever the officials came to visit and the guests and hosts entertained each other, Lu Xiufu was the only one standing by, silent. Sometimes there was a banquet and wine served in the mansion, and Lu Xiufu would sit at the table, reserved and solemn, without saying a word. People thought he was very strange and difficult to approach, so few people got along with him. However, Lu Xiufu's ability to manage affairs efficiently, steadily and capable was deeply appreciated and valued by Li Tingzhi. Even if his official position was promoted, he was not allowed to leave. In this way, Hideo's status in the palace became higher and higher, until he was in charge of Jiyi writing. In the first year of Deyou (1275), the troops of the Yuan Dynasty launched a large-scale attack on the Southern Song Dynasty. The situation in the Huaihe River region became more urgent. The Li shogunate fell apart and his staff resigned one after another. Only Lu Xiufu was not afraid in the face of difficulties, and fought with Li Tingzhi to fight to the death. Fight the enemy. Li Tingzhi was deeply moved by his precious character like the wind and grass, and felt that he was a rare loyal person. He reluctantly gave up his love and recommended him to the imperial court as a mainstay, and he was promoted to Minister of Rites. At this time, the situation in the Southern Song Dynasty worsened even more. At that time, the Yuan army was guided down the river by Lu Wenhuan, the rebel general of the Song Dynasty. The generals along the river, many of whom were members of the Lu clan, watched the wind and surrendered. For example, Qian Zhensun, the prefect of Jiangzhou, and Fan Wenhu, the prefect of Anqing, surrendered to the city one after another. Jia Sidao, who had never dared to go on an expedition, was forced to lead his troops due to the situation. Although he came to Wuhu, he was unwilling to fight and instead fantasized about seeking peace. They failed to seek peace, so they had to fight by chance. Jia Sidao sent Sun Huchen to lead more than 70,000 infantrymen to create a full-length portrait of Lu Xiufu

[1] Stationed in Dingjiazhou, Xia Gui led 2,500 warships across the river, while Jia Sidao personally led the rear army to set up camp. Lugang, southwest of Wuhu. As soon as the two sides fought, Sun Huchen, because of his junior qualifications and lack of prestige to convince the crowd, had no ability to fight back against the Yuan army's attack, and soon the situation was in chaos and the army was completely defeated. Jia Sidao was even more panic-stricken. The Song army was in trouble. The Yuan army took advantage of the victory and pursued it. The Song army was killed and drowned. The water was dyed red with blood. All the military supplies and equipment were obtained by the Yuan army. The disastrous defeats in the battles of Dingjiazhou and Lugang caused the Song army to lose all its main force. Just after Jia Sidao's departure, the court was controlled by his accomplices Wang Entropy and Chen Yizhong. Although Lu Xiufu wrote many times and made impassioned speeches, requesting to go to the front to organize the anti-Yuan movement, he was always rejected. It is a pity that Lu Xiufu had only one ambition to serve the country, but he was blocked by traitors and could not carry out his ambition. In March of this year, Boyan led the Yuan army directly into Jiankang and threatened Lin'an. When he heard about Lu Xiufu and other loyal ministers, he couldn't help but admire: "There were such loyal ministers in the Song Dynasty, but they didn't know how to reuse them. If they reused them, would I still be here?" After the failure of the Battle of Lugang , Jia Sidao was dismissed from his post and died in Mimian Temple in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province in September of that year. However, the fate of the Southern Song Dynasty was irreversible at this time. When the Yuan army approached Lin'an, the Southern Song court immediately fell into extreme chaos. The civil servants and generals, who were as timid as a mouse, were in panic all day long. Prime Minister Zuo Mengyan, who was greedy for life and fearful of death, took the lead in abandoning his official position and fleeing; officials from the six ministries (the general name of the official, household, ritual, military, criminal, and industrial ministries) followed suit and fled to other places one after another. Privy Council officials in charge of military aircraft and border defense affairs, such as Wen Jiweng and Ni Pu, were afraid of being accused of deserting before the battle, so they colluded with the supervisory authorities and begged the censor to excuse themselves from their posts and seek dismissal from office. But he was afraid that the imperial court would show mercy and persuade him to stay, so he often escaped from the capital before waiting for the memorial's approval. In just a few days, a ferocious wind of "hanging the crown" blew up, causing the Zhao Dynasty to suddenly become "deserted and sparse in front of the door." Even when the emperor summoned his ministers to order Wu Jian to take over as prime minister Zuo, only six civil servants were present.

Aspirations are hard to achieve

The regent, the 72-year-old Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing, was guarding the five-year-old Song Gongzong Zhao Xian. Faced with the precarious political situation, she was worried. The helpless widow and orphan finally came up with a countermeasure and posted an edict in the court hall in the name of Xie, half begging and half intimidating. The scholar-bureaucrats have always been courteous and kind. Now that the young emperor and I are in trouble, all the civil and military officials are turning a blind eye, and no one can come up with any wisdom or plan to save the country.

"The auxiliary ministers in the court neglected their duties, and the state and city guards abandoned the seal and threw the city censor to correct the inscription and postscript of Lu Xiufu

The investigation was not done well, and the prime minister was ineffective in governing, so he made the unruly people cooperate with each other inside and outside, and planned to escape at night. You claim to read the books of sages and understand things, but in this time of national crisis, you have committed such a despicable scandal. How can you have the dignity to live and see the late emperor after death? From now on, all civil and military officials who dedicate themselves to their duties will be promoted by two ranks. If anyone abandons his official position and flees in times of crisis, the imperial censor will severely investigate and punish the empress dowager who used to be arrogant and responded to everything. When there is no way to save the world, it is inevitable that the sky will not respond and the earth will not work. No matter she uses high-ranking officials and generous salaries to lure her or threatens her with severe punishments, it will be of no use to those unscrupulous ministers. The edict that the ministers feared has now become a pure piece of paper, attached to the wall of the court and allowed to be corroded by wind and rain. The Empress Dowager, who was beleaguered internally and externally, was frightened by the overwhelming threat of force from the Yuan army, and finally agreed with the Right Prime Minister Chen Yizhong: to leave. On the way to negotiate for peace, she first sent Liu Yue and three others to Boyan's camp, offering humiliating conditions of calling her nephew or grandnephew and paying money, and asked the Yuan Dynasty to stop the troops and negotiate for peace, but Boyan immediately refused. Liu Guanjie went to Boyan's camp again to "promise himself as a minister" and promised to pay tribute of 250,000 taels of silver and 250,000 pieces of silk every year. He imagined that he would use this heavy price to exchange for the remaining corner of the Southern Song Dynasty. Boyan not only refused to give in, but also refused. The Prime Minister of the Southern Song Dynasty was asked to come forward in person to request surrender. Chen Yizhong was afraid of being detained by the Yuan army and sent north to Dadu (Beijing), so he fled to Wenzhou overnight. Boyan was furious and ordered the Yuan army to garrison thirty miles outside Lin'an. He went to Gaoting Mountain as a warning. The Empress Dowager appointed Wen Tianxiang as the right prime minister and the privy envoy, and he was in charge of all the people to negotiate peace with Boyan. However, the Empress Dowager had no choice but to use the young emperor Zhao. In Xian's name, he paid "hundred obeisances" to the Yuan Dynasty, voluntarily cut off his imperial title and changed his title to "the Lord of the Country". He sent Yang Yingkui, the supervisory censor, to take the Song Dynasty's national jade seal to the Boyan camp, and handed over all the remaining rivers and mountains. . Announced the complete end of the Southern Song Dynasty's peaceful situation in the south of the Yangtze River. Before the Yuan army entered Lin'an, the turbulent Southern Song Dynasty court hurriedly appointed the seven-year-old Ji Wang Zhao as King Yi, and ordered him to be a high-ranking official and a low-ranking official. Position) Fuzhou; at the same time, the four-year-old King Xin Zhao Bing was granted the title of King of Guang and ordered to sentence Quanzhou. When Lin'an was about to fall, the two kings were escorted by the Prince Consort Yang Zhen and others, and left the capital via Wuzhou (today's Jinhua, Zhejiang). ), went to Wenzhou. Boyan, who wanted to eradicate the Song Dynasty, learned that he sent troops to pursue him, but failed.

Iron Bone Zhengzheng

After the fall of Lin'an, some people in the Southern Song Dynasty were unwilling to submit. When the civil servants and generals learned that King Yi and King Guang had arrived in Wenzhou, they all went to join him in the hope of making a comeback. It was at this time that Lu Xiufu came to Wenzhou. Later, a naval force led by Zhang Shijie also arrived. The fleet brought by the escape happened to be anchored in Qing'ao near Wenzhou. Therefore, these former important officials of the Song Dynasty gathered under the command of the two kings. After consultation, Lu Xiufu, Chen, Zhang and others unanimously advocated reconstruction. The imperial court will rebuild the world. Then they erected a bust of Yilu Hideo at Jiangxin Temple in Wenzhou

[2] The king was the marshal of the world's military and horse forces, and King Guang was the deputy marshal. At the same time, he issued a proclamation, telling the loyal ministers and righteous men everywhere to serve the king urgently and recover. Old things. At this time, the Empress Dowager, who had become a prisoner of the Boyan class, appointed two eunuchs to lead more than a hundred soldiers to Wenzhou to prepare for the return of the two kings to Lin'an. Lu Xiufu and others were unwilling to return it, so they supported the two kings to go to Fuzhou. On the first day of May in the second year of Deyou (1276), Zhao officially ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Fuzhou, changing his name to Jingyan. At the same time, the Jin Dynasty named his younger brother Zhao Bing the King of Wei, and his mother Yang Shufei was the Queen Mother, overseeing politics behind the curtain. A cabinet headed by Chen Yizhong, Zhang Shijie, and Lu Xiufu was formed to regroup and revive the government. The establishment of the Fuzhou regime was a hope for the revival of the Southern Song Dynasty, but the hope was very slim. In the imperial court, although there were loyal ministers like Lu Xiufu who tried their best to turn the tide of collapse, there were more unscrupulous and incompetent people like Chen Yizhong. At that time, the Fuzhou regime was called the "Sea Dynasty" and was nothing more than a government in exile. At the beginning of the establishment of this regime, officials could still work together as one, but conflicts soon arose. Yang Liangjie, a foreign relative, prides himself on being the uncle of the country and "holds power in the middle." Zhang Shijie and Chen Yizhong have disagreements; Wen Tianxiang is also excluded from the court because of disagreements with Chen Yizhong; Su Lieyi is suppressed and depressed; and Lu Xiufu is even more difficult to achieve his ambitions. Excluded by Chen Yizhong. At first, Chen Yizhong thought that Lu Xiufu "had been in the army for a long time and knew military affairs," and he valued him very much. And Lu Xiufu "also praised it wholeheartedly, and committed suicide in every case." But soon, Lu Xiufu and Chen Yizhong had differences of opinion. Chen Yizhong instigated Taiwan's admonishers to impeach Lu Xiufu and remove him from office. Zhang Shijie found out and was very dissatisfied, so he said to Chen Yizhong: "When is it now that you can dismiss people at every turn?" As a last resort, Chen Yizhong recalled Lu Xiufu. However, it can be seen that Zhao is in exile and can no longer achieve anything big. In November, the Yuan army attacked Fuzhou. Zhang Shijie and others led 170,000 official troops and 300,000 militiamen to escort the young emperor Zhao Shi and Zhao Bing into the sea and sail to Quanzhou. At that time, the most powerful person in Quanzhou was Pu Shougeng, a wealthy Arab businessman.

This person has lived in China for many years and also obtained the official position of the Song Dynasty's Shipping Envoy (in charge of inspecting foreign merchant ships entering and leaving the port, collecting tariffs, purchasing imperial monopoly products, and managing foreign merchants, etc.). He controlled a large number of seagoing ships, dominated local maritime trade, and bullied the market. , illegal character windfall. After Duanzong and his entourage anchored in Quanzhou, Zhang Shijie was eager to expand the strength of the royal family and ordered the seizure of Pu Shougeng's ships and assets. This angered Pu Shougeng, who was planning to lower the Yuan Dynasty, and accelerated his anti-Song Dynasty pace. Because Xingchao was unable to entangle him, he had to leave Quanzhou and go to Jiazimen in Huizhou via Chaozhou (today's Donghaikou, Haifeng, Guangdong). In September of the second year of Jingyan (1277), he moved to Qianwan (now an island in the South China Sea in Raoping, Guangdong). Lu Xiufu resumed his post as a Privy Council member, and Empress Dowager Yang listened behind the curtain, "talking to the ministers, but still calling herself a slave." Every time Lu Xiufu participated in the court meeting, he would "just stand up and govern the court." Sometimes during the court meeting, Xiufu would burst into tears and wipe his tears with his court clothes. His clothes were stained with tears. All the ministers on the left and right looked at them without feeling sad. . However, the Song Dynasty was still heading for destruction step by step. Although Wen Tianxiang, Li Fu and others carried out extremely arduous struggles against the Yuan Dynasty in the local area, they mostly did nothing due to their weak power.

Turn the Tide

Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, learned that the "Sea Court" of the Southern Song Dynasty had not been wiped out and was still haunting the coasts of Fujian and Guangdong, so he urgently ordered Ta Chu, Li Heng, and Lu Shi Geng and others led the infantry to cross the Yuling Mountains. Manwutai, Zhudu, Pu Shougeng, Liu Shen and others led the boat divisions into the sea and launched a two-pronged attack to the south to suppress the imperial attack. In November, Liu Shen attacked Qianwan, and Zhang Shijie faced Lu Xiufu's disadvantage, so he and Lu Xiufu escorted Duan Zong to Jing'ao (now an island in the South China Sea of ​​Zhongshan, Guangdong). Seeing that the situation was tense, Chen Yizhong escaped and fled to Champa (the name of an ancient country in today's Vietnam). In December, a hurricane hit Jing'ao, causing heavy rain and violent waves. The mast was broken and the ship capsized, and more than half of the soldiers drowned. Although Zhao Shi's dragon boat and the boats of his ministers were spared, they were also riddled with dangers, causing the young Zhao Shi to become frightened and become ill. After the hurricane, Zhang Shijie, Lu Xiufu and others were busy leading their troops to clean up the mess. Liu Shen took the opportunity to command the navy to follow and pursue, and the march was forced to move hastily to Xienu Gorge outside the Pearl River Estuary. In March of the third year of Jingyan's reign (1278), after more than a hundred days of bumpy sea travel, he finally found a resting place, Gangzhou (now an island in the southeastern sea outside Leizhou Bay, Guangdong). However, there was another disturbance in the plains. Zhao Shi, who was only ten years old, suddenly died of illness in April. His temple name was Duan Zong. In the eyes of some officers and soldiers, this is an ominous sign that the life of the "Sea Court" has come to an end. In order to avoid perishing together with Xingchao, they decided to find their own way to survive. At this critical moment when the tree fell and the hozens dispersed, Lu Xiufu stepped forward with awe-inspiring righteousness and encouraged everyone: "Duanzong died, but King Wei was still there. Back then, Shaokang was able to revive the Xia Dynasty with five hundred men and ten miles around. Is it possible?" Can't our civil and military officials rely on hundreds of thousands of soldiers and people and vast tracts of blue sea to revive the three-hundred-year-old foundation of the Song Dynasty?" Inspired by the rejuvenation spirit advocated by Lu Xiufu, the ministers were all excited and expressed their determination to revive the Song Dynasty. . Then, Lu Xiufu discussed with the officials to establish Wei Wang Zhao Bing as the emperor, and Empress Dowager Yang would listen to the government behind the curtain. In May, it was changed to Yuan Xiangxing. At this critical moment, Lu Xiufu was appointed to take over as Prime Minister Zuo, and worked with Zhang Shijie to turn the tide and support the crisis. In June, the army and horses moved to Yashan.

Defeat Yashan

Yashan is located in the sea eighty miles south of Xinhui, Guangdong today. It is opposite to Qishishan and is like two wings. The surrounding tides are rapid and the boat travel is difficult. It is a natural fortress that can be defended in a dangerous place, so it was chosen for the pilgrimage. After the fleet docked, Zhang Shijie and Lu Xiufu immediately sent people into the mountains to cut trees and built thirty palaces and three military houses on the island for the emperor, ministers and generals to live. The remaining 200,000 soldiers continued to live on the ship. In order to prepare for the expected life-and-death struggle, the craftsmen accompanying the army were ordered to build ships and catch weapons. Lu Xiufu's head

[3] At this time, Yuan general Zhang Hongfan returned to Dadu to report his duties to Kublai Khan. He said in his memorial: "Zhang Shijie restored Zhao Bing as emperor, and the people of Fujian and Guangzhou rose up to respond. If If they are not eliminated in time, it will inevitably lead to serious troubles." Kublai Khan was convinced of this, and immediately appointed Zhang Hongfan as marshal, and gave him a sword to attack with all his strength. Zhang Hongfan recommended Li Heng as deputy commander-in-chief, and personally went to Yangzhou to command generals. He sent 20,000 elite soldiers on land and water to march southward. In October, Zhang Hongfan led his fleet to attack Zhangzhou, Chaozhou, and Huizhou by sea. Li Heng led his troops out of Meiling to attack Guangzhou, deliberately reducing and cutting off the connection between the coastal land and the Southern Song Dynasty's "maritime court." In the first month of the second year of Xiangxing (1279), Zhang Hongfan led his navy to attack Yashan. At this time, someone approached Zhang Shijie and said, "The Yuan army has blocked the seaport with warships, putting me in a dilemma. It is better to break out of the encirclement as soon as possible and choose another way to land, even if If we are not victorious, we still have room for maneuver, and we can still lead our troops westward." Zhang Shijie knew that the soldiers had been at sea for a long time, the fighting was difficult, and the morale of the army was unstable. Once they landed, they would inevitably collapse, so he replied: "Our army has been tired of running on the sea for many years. When will we be able to do so? Hugh? Why not take this opportunity to show off with the Yuan army?" Then he resolutely ordered the burning of the military palace on the island, and all the troops boarded the boats again, and then connected the warships with thick ropes to form a long snake. The formation was surrounded by high towers, like battlements, and Zhao Bing's ship was placed in the middle, giving orders to the soldiers and ships to ensure their survival. The water in the northern part of Yashan was shallow, and it was easy for a large ship to run aground on the rocks. Zhang Hongfan transferred his boat division to the deep water in the southern part of the sea to engage Zhang Shijie's navy and cut off the channel for transporting fresh water to the north.

Zhang Hongfan discovered that the Song army's warships were gathering and cruising was inconvenient, so he used several light boats loaded with anointing oil and firewood to set fire to the camp in an attempt to burn down the company and win in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, Zhang Shijie had been prepared in advance. He had thickly smeared mud on the ship in advance and tied the well with long logs extending forward, making it impossible for the Yuan army's fire ships to approach and the fire attack failed. Zhang Hongfan had no choice but to send more navy troops to besiege Haikou. As a result, the Song army ate dry food and quenched their thirst with seawater for more than ten consecutive days. They were exhausted and fell ill one after another. At this time, Li Heng led his troops from Guangzhou to Yashan to join forces with Zhang Hongfan. Zhang Hongfan ordered him to control the sea north of Yashan and prepare for a north-south attack.

Powerless

At dawn on the sixth day of February, the sky was full of red clouds, and the wind was roaring and the tsunami was roaring. The Yuan army chose such bad weather to launch a general offensive, aiming to crush the exhausted Song army mentally. Before the battle, Zhang Hongfan divided the elite Yuan army into four groups and led one group himself. When deploying the attack route to the general, he said: "The Song Army ships are anchored to the west of Yashan. After the tide rises, they will inevitably drift eastward. Our army will take advantage of this favorable weather to launch a fierce attack. Each navy division will use the commander's ship drum music as a signal, Move according to the wind and make no mistakes. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!" Li Heng then led a group of boatmen to take advantage of the receding tide and the current flow from north to south to conduct a tentative attack on the Song army in order to expose the Song army. Weak and weak, Zhang Shijie led his troops to fight bravely. The two sides fought fiercely. After several battles, there was no winner. By noon, the tide rose sharply, and the Song warships really moved eastward. Seeing that the time had come, Zhang Hongfan ordered the commander's ship to play drums. Zhang Shijie did not know that this was a signal for the Yuan army to launch another offensive. He mistakenly thought that the enemy ship's officers and soldiers were drinking and having fun between battles, so he did not take precautions. Unexpectedly, the Yuan army rushed over from the north and south at the same time amid the sound of drum music, forcing the Song army to be attacked from both sides and hastily fight. Due to years of fatigue at sea, the Song army was unable to rest and recuperate, and most of its soldiers were physically exhausted. They were suddenly attacked by a fierce attack, and it was difficult to boost their morale. If one link breaks down at this time, the entire defense line will collapse. In this decisive battle related to the fate of the Southern Song Dynasty, something unfortunate finally happened. Under the strong attack of various naval divisions of the Yuan army, the mast rope of a warship in the Song army's fleet suddenly broke and the flag fell. In an instant, the masts and flags of many ships also fell one after another. Zhang Shijie saw that the flag was down and his troops were scattered, and the situation was over. He quickly mobilized his own soldiers to cut off the ship's cables, preparing to break out of the siege with light equipment.

The negative emperor threw himself into the sea

It was almost dusk, the wind and rain were heavy, and the scenery was difficult to distinguish within a short distance. Zhang Shijie took advantage of the chaos on the sea and asked people to take a light boat to the young emperor Zhao Bing's ship to pick him up out of danger so that he could find an opportunity to transfer safely. Lu Xiufu, who had been observing the battle in the boat, faced this scene and knew that nothing could be done. He was worried that spies would take the opportunity to claim credit for the Yuan army's sellers. He was also worried that the boat would be unable to avoid the Yuan army's dotted ships, which would lead to the capture or death of the last emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty. He was in distress, so he flatly refused the visitor's request. But he also knew that Zhao Bing's ship was heavy and intertwined with other ships, making it difficult to move. Lu Xiufu estimated that he could no longer protect Zhao Bing from escaping, so he made a decisive decision and decided to die for his country. Dressed in court attire, he first urged his married wife to throw herself into the sea with a sharp sword in hand. Then he persuaded Zhao Bing, "The state affairs have been a complete failure so far. Your Majesty should die for the country. Don't make the same mistake as Emperor Deyou. Emperor Deyou is far away." He is so humiliated in Dadu. Your Majesty must not be humiliated by others anymore." After that, he carried eight-year-old Zhao Bing on his back, tied it tightly with his body with a plain white ribbon, and then walked to the boat's string step by step. He and his little lord embarked on the last mile from Lin'an to Yashan, the vast sea with the same color as water and sky... Empress Dowager Yang was heartbroken when she heard that her son Zhao Bing had died, and then she jumped into the sea and died. Later, there were probably more than 100,000 court officials and harem female relatives who jumped into the sea and died for the country.

Heroic Martyrdom

Zhang Shijie waited for a long time and did not see the boat that welcomed Zhao Bing back. He knew that the danger was more serious, so he decisively broke through the encirclement and fled under the cover of night. A few days later, many soldiers who had narrowly escaped death gathered around Zhang Shijie's ship in ships and anchored it at the foot of Hailing Mountain in Nan'en (now Yangjiang, Guangdong). Among them, someone brought Zhang Shijie the sad news that Lu Xiufu had been martyred on the back of Zhao Bing and his companions. Zhang Shijie was in grief. At this moment, another misfortune occurred, and the hurricane struck again. The ship's officers advised him to go ashore for shelter, and Zhang Shijie replied desperately: "It's of no use. Let's share the joys and sorrows with you!" Then, with heavy steps, he climbed onto the ship's helm with difficulty, and painfully Looking down at the remnants of the Song army swaying in the wind and waves, he burned incense and prayed to heaven, saying: "I have dedicated my whole life for the survival of the Zhao family. One king died, another king was re-established, and now he has died again. From now on, the Song Dynasty will have no king to establish." . I didn't die in Yashan because I hoped that the Yuan army would retreat and establish a new king to restore the Song Dynasty. However, the development of the country is so disappointing. Is this God's will?" At this point, Zhang Shijie suddenly fell into the sea. The waves accepted another generation of heroes... The Battle of Yashan finally ended with the complete defeat of the Song army. It marked the final collapse of the government-in-exile and announced the final demise of the Song Dynasty, which lasted for 320 years. After the battle at Yashan, Zhang Hongfan was so complacent that he sent someone to carve the twelve words "General Zhang Hongfan of Zhenguo destroyed the Song Dynasty here" on the stone wall on the north side of Yashan, hoping that his achievements would last forever.