Analysis of the Three Great Defense Lines of the Southern Song Dynasty
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Southern Song Dynasty; Mongolia; Huaihe - Yangtze Defense Line; Jingxiang Defense Line; Sichuan Defense Line.Abstract
After the royal court moved south during the Jianyan period to preserve the Song Dynasty and hold onto half of China's territory, the Southern Song Dynasty exhausted its national resources to construct three major defense lines-Huaihe - Yangtze, Jingxiang, and Sichuan - along its more than 1,800 - kilometer - long border from east to west. These three defense lines were interconnected and supported each other in both offense and defense. They successfully repelled the southern advances of the northern cavalry on numerous occasions, enabling the Southern Song Dynasty to survive for over 150 years.
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