On this day, 746 years ago, on March 19, 1279 (February 6, the 1279 lunar calendar), Lu Xiufu carried his young emperor and threw himself into the sea to die in the country and died in the Southern Song Dynasty. After Lu Xiufu and the young emperor Bing Xiangyuan's army broke through Lin 'an, they divided their troops to pursue the Song army. Southern Song Dynasty ministers Lu Xiufu, Zhang Shijie, Wen Tianxiang and others supported the 8-year-old King of Wei Zhao as emperor, changed the year name Xiangxing, and moved to Yashan, a small island in the Caspian Sea 80 south of Xinhui County, Guangdong. The terrain here is dangerous and can be defended. At that time, there were still more than 200,000 officials, civilians and soldiers, most of whom lived on ships. The people of Shanan and Guangdong also responded one after another. The Yuan government sent the Mongolian army and the Han army to advance in separate ways. Zhang Hongfan attacked Zhang, Chao and Hui with his boat division, Li Heng attacked Guangzhou with infantry and cavalry, and Ali Hague led the Mongolian army to attack Qiongzhou. In the spring of 1279, Zhang Hongfan led his navy to attack Renshan. Zhang Shijie formed a boat to defend himself. The Yuan Dynasty used fire to burn the Song boat, and the boat was coated with wet sand, so the fire could not burn for a while. Zhang Hongfan also sent people to his family boat to ask for elimination, but Zhang Shijie, the military and civilians did not respond. The Yuan army held Haikou and cut off the water source from the south. The soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty ate the main stream and drank seawater, causing vomiting and diarrhea. Zhang Hongfan divided the army into four groups. Take advantage of the lake to attack when it rises. The Southern Song army was attacked north and south. On March 19, 1279 (the sixth day of February, the second year of Xiangxing, the Southern Song Dynasty), Lu Xiufu carried Zhao Bing and threw himself into the sea to die, and the Southern Song Dynasty died. Lu Xiufu (1236-1279), also known as Junshi, was born in Changjianli, Yancheng, Chuzhou (now Jianyang Town, Jianhu County, Jiangsu Province). Politicians of the late Song Dynasty, Wen Tianxiang and Zhang Shijie were called the "Three Heroes of the Late Song Dynasty". Zhang Shijie (? -- 1279) A famous general in the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhang Rou's nephew, was born in Fanyang County, Zhuozhou, Zhongdu Road, Jin Dynasty (now Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province). After Mongolia destroyed the Jin Dynasty, Zhang Shijie defected to the Southern Song Dynasty and became the most important commander in chief in the late Southern Song Dynasty. "History of Song" said: "Zhang Shijie was from Fanyang. When he was young, he followed Zhang Rou to guard Qi. He was guilty and fled to Song. There is no known person among the Lihuai soldiers." Zhao Wei issued an edict to make Zhang Shijie the tutor (the emperor's teacher). Zhang Shijie was ordered to defend Yashan, the imperial capital. In addition, he ordered the people to carry out large-scale construction to build a palace for the Empress Dowager and the Emperor. He also used the spare opportunity of the war to teach Zhao Wei to read. Zhao Wei was also very obedient and would do whatever Zhang Shijie said.