On the one hand, Song Jun fought bravely in the naval battle of Yashan. Without reinforcements, Song Jun cut off his retreat and fought to the death with the Yuan Army in the last battle to defend the last emperor of the Song Dynasty. Although there was only one place left in the territory of the Song Dynasty, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty did not choose to surrender.
There is another aspect to the evaluation of the Yashan naval battle in history. After the Yuan Dynasty accumulated its strength, it began to attack the Southern Song Dynasty. On the southeast coast, the Yuan Army pushed the Southern Song Emperor to Guangdong. The Yuan Army won the Battle of Yashan, wiped out the Southern Song Dynasty and unified China. Although the unification of China in the Northern Song Dynasty was only a small pattern, it was a big pattern in the Yuan Dynasty.
Kublai Khan, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, did not belittle his enemies when evaluating the Yashan Sea War, but appreciated the fighting spirit of these soldiers and civilians in the Southern Song Dynasty. He called on Mongolians to learn this spirit. In evaluating the Yashan Sea War, Zhou Enlai said that the Yashan Sea War showed the indomitable spirit of the people of China, and the site of the Yashan Sea War should be well protected, so that future generations can remember the spirit of the Yashan Sea War and never give in under extreme circumstances.
Some comments on the Yashan naval battle on the Internet are very discordant. These comments point out that there will be no China after Yashan. They believe that the Song Dynasty of the Han people died after the cliff mountain, and the newly established Yuan Dynasty was the dynasty of the Hu people. This statement obviously undermines national unity. China is a multi-ethnic country, and the Song Dynasty of the Han nationality and the Yuan Dynasty of the Mongols were both dynasties of the Chinese nation.
As a famous large-scale naval battle in the history of China, the site of Yashan naval battle is also of commemorative significance.
Yashan Mountain is located in Yamen Town, Xinhui District, where Yinzhou Lake goes to sea and is also the entrance and exit of tidal fluctuation. There is a cliff mountain in the east and a soup bottle mountain in the west. The veins of the two mountains extend southward into the sea, such as the gate that binds the water mouth, so it is also called yamen. But only from the terrain, two mountains and one sea, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend but difficult to attack. Today's Yashan Port, after the vicissitudes of life, has become a piece of land because of sediment deposition.
It is impossible for people to see this port again. Moreover, under the technical conditions at that time, Song Jun's ships could only be stationed at the northwest port of Yashan, and the fleet could not be parked at the south bank of Yashan, facing the sea. Although there are two entrances and exits in the northwest port, there is only one entrance and exit at low tide, which actually affects the advance and retreat of the army, because "the water in the north is shallow and the ship is sticky, so we can't get in without high tide." Therefore, it is somewhat confusing to choose Yashan as a war stronghold and base.
If we trace back to the location of the Yashan naval battle, we will find another phenomenon. Song Ting, who was exiled, was stationed in Zhounan Island on the southern coast of Zhanjiang. Today, there are still palaces, academies and other sites built by Song Ting. Therefore, it can be speculated that Song Tinglan would never have built a large-scale project without adequate preparation if there was no plan to station for a long time.
However, because Song Jun was stationed here soon, he turned around and returned to Cliff Mountain. From the marching route, this is a "retrograde" move to meet the pursuers of the Yuan Army, and from the monsoon point of view, it is also a countercurrent and headwind.
At present, the location of the Yashan naval battle has not been verified. It is located about 5 kilometers south of Xinhui District, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, and is the intersection of the South China Sea and Yinzhou Lake. That is, it is centered on an unknown hill in Guanchong Village, Gu Jing Town, starting from Yinzhou Lake in the north and reaching Yamenkou in the south, which is within the land and water range of dozens of miles in Fiona Fang.
There were100000 people killed in the Yashan naval battle, that is to say, in the Song and Yuan Dynasties,100000 people committed suicide by throwing themselves into the sea and died for their country. During the Song Dynasty, there were 200,000 people gathered in the cliff mountain. In addition to soldiers, there are some people who are not capable of fighting, including civil servants, ordinary people, palace eunuchs and soldiers' families. After the defeat of the Yashan naval battle, these people chose to jump into the sea to commit suicide.
The incident of Yashan naval battle100000 deaths is actually very understandable. At that time, only Yashan was left in the Southern Song Dynasty. After the defeat of Yashanhai, these people who have no fighting capacity will only die if they choose to continue fighting. Besides, they haven't participated in the battle and don't know how to fight.
If the100000 people who died in the Yashan naval battle choose to surrender to the Mongols, their situation may not be good. According to the custom of the Mongols, they must surrender before the Mongols attack. If you surrender in the war, you will only be killed. This100000 people knew that surrender would not have a good result and had to jump into the sea to commit suicide.
The 100,000 people who died in the Yashan naval battle were not cowards and were not afraid to resist, but at that time, resistance was death. Without resistance, they could only be ghosts under the sword of the Yuan Dynasty, so they chose to commit suicide and ended their lives with suicide.
The Battle of Yashan is as fierce as that of song and yuan war. Before the start of the war, 100,000 people who died in the whole country were trapped in the cliff mountain, and it was very difficult to get food, clothing, housing and transportation. The long-term hard environment made them lose the courage to live, and the defeat of the Song Dynasty became a fixed trend, and they also lost the courage to live.