Tuoba Ying, also known as Yuan Ying, was born in the Northern Wei imperial family from an early age, but he did not live like other imperial children, pampered and habitual, but was intelligent and studious, and later became a famous warrior in the Northern Wei clan, he was the grandson of the Jingmu Emperor Tuoba Huang, and his father Tuoba Zhen, the King of Nan'an, was the younger brother of Tuoba Liang, the Emperor wencheng of Northern Wei.
Tuoba Ying spent his whole life fighting for his family's Northern Wei royal family in the south, until the year before his death, he was still fighting with the Southern Liang Dynasty, and the situation at that time was either a great chaos in the southern regime or a great chaos in the northern regime, and the rulers were not incompetent, and they all understood the principle of watching the fire from the other side and taking advantage of the fire, and the regimes on both sides wanted to be unified, so war was inevitable.
The description of Tuoba Ying in the history books is:
"Intelligent in nature, good at riding and shooting, understanding the rhythm of music (good at playing the flute), micro-knowledge of medical skills, and knowledgeable and strong memory", simply put, it is Nengwen Nengwu, that is, a doctor, but also a music lover. Wei Shuo's evaluation of Tuoba Ying, "The use of the Handsome Commander, the sound of the time", the meaning of the general and the shuai is not the same, the ancients said that a thousand armies are easy to obtain, one will be difficult to seek, but a marshal is more difficult to seek.
Around the legendary story of Tuoba Ying, it is inseparable from the famous battles, the Battle of Hanzhong, the recapture of Sanguan, the capture of Yiyang, the repulsion of Xiao Hong's Northern Expedition, and so on, he is the general who has the most contact with the Southern Dynasty, which is related to his identity as a Northern Wei imperial family, and the power to command the three armies cannot be arbitrarily handed over to foreign surnames.
After The Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Hong ascended the throne, he appointed Tuoba Ying as the general of Pingbei and the capital of Wuchuan Town, and Xiao Luan, the nephew of Xiao Daocheng of Southern Qi, killed Xiao Zhaowen, the king of Hailing, and usurped the throne to establish himself, that is, Emperor Qiming, Emperor Xiaowen was originally a Buddhist emperor, bent on becoming a monk, but did not want to be an emperor, after learning this news, Emperor Xiaowen Decided to go south.
Tuoba Ying was appointed as the general of Liang and Han Provinces, and ordered Tuoba Ying to lead an army to guard the border, Tuoba Ying analyzed the situation at that time, Tuoba Ying believed that Emperor Xiaowen was personally marching, and Southern Qi's guards in Hanzhong would be very weak, and there would be an opportunity to take advantage. Therefore, he requested to lead his troops to attack Hanzhong with the Pingnan general Liu Zao, and Emperor Xiaowen agreed to his request.
Tuoba Ying's army forced into Hanzhong, and after learning of the Northern Wei army's pressure on the Southern Qi Liang Prefecture, The Assassin Shi Xiaoyi sent his troops Yin Shaozu and Liang Jiqun to lead 20,000 troops to build a camp fence along the mountain, distributed in several places, condescending, and used as a battalion across the water to resist the Northern Wei army.
Tuoba Ying received the information brought back by Xiao Zuo, knowing that there was discord in the Southern Qi army and that the generals did not obey each other, according to this useful information, he immediately made combat arrangements, and he was ready to select elite troops to attack one of the battalions of the Southern Qi army, and the other camps would certainly not save each other, as long as the next battalion was attacked, the rest of the camp would collapse on their own.
So Tuoba Ying launched an attack, the Wei army went up three ways, attacked a camp fence of the Southern Qi army, the result was the same as he expected, the rest of the camp fence did not come to the rescue, and soon conquered the first battalion of the Qi army, the remaining four battalions were scattered, this battle The Northern Wei army captured Liang Jiqun and the following 700 people, and killed more than 3,000 people.
The Southern Qi army guarding the white horse heard the great victory of the Northern Wei army and fled overnight, Tuoba Ying took advantage of the victory to pursue, drove straight in, ready to attack southern Zhengcheng, the people of Hanchuan, seeing the sudden appearance of the Northern Wei army, thinking that it was a divine soldier descending from heaven, they all successively attached themselves to the Wei army, no matter how you fight, but the people are innocent, the people of Liangzhou asked Tuoba Ying to surrender, Tuoba Ying did not choose to slaughter the city, but to appease the people on this side.
Xiao Yi learned that the Wei army was going to besiege Southern Zheng, sent his general Jiang Ying to lead the army to fight the Wei army, the two armies fought overnight, both sides had casualties, to see when Southern Qi was about to lose, Xiao Yi immediately sent reinforcements to support Jiang Yi, the Wei army learned that the other side had reinforcements coming, and also asked Tuoba Ying for help, Tuoba Ying immediately led two thousand cavalry to rescue, Tuoba Ying was worried that the rescued Southern Qi army would not be easily annihilated after entering the city, so he ordered the unified army To pull up and follow the Qi army, and he led his army around to the front of the Qi army to intercept, back and forth, and all captured the enemy troops who came to the rescue.
Xiao Yi received the reinforcements sent out and were captured by Tuoba Ying, and then sent 20,000 troops to meet the Wei army, Tuoba Ying did not expect that the Qi army would still attack, and after just a battle, the Wei generals were also tired, plus the enemy was outnumbered, the Northern Wei army was frightened after hearing this, ready to flee, Tuoba Ying gathered troops, taking advantage of the fact that the enemy army did not know how many troops they had now, deliberately relaxed the reins, drove the horse slowly, looked at ease, pointed and pointed, as if laying out the position of ambush, and ordered the Wei army to march in an orderly manner.
The Southern Qi army looked at him like this, worried that the Wei army had ambush troops, so it retreated, Tuoba Ying learned that the Southern Qi army had retreated, came a surprise attack, led the Wei army to start a counterattack, the Wei army suddenly came to attack, the Qi army was in chaos, and then broke the Qi army, Tuoba Ying strictly ordered military discipline, did not commit any crimes, so that the people near and far were happy, all for rent and transportation to the Wei army.
The Wei army besieged Southern Zheng, fought for more than ninety days without attacking, at this time the defenders of the city had no will to fight, if the soldiers had no morale, then the next step was not far from breaking the city, so the Southern Qi general Yu Yuyu in order to boost morale, sealed dozens of empty warehouses and pointed to the generals, saying that this is all corn, enough to support two years, you just have to rest assured to defend the city, the defenders in the city will settle down.
Just when the attack could not be attacked for a long time, Emperor Xiaowen ordered the banshi, Tuoba Ying ordered the old and weak soldiers to retreat first, and after he led the elite troops to the palace, he was worried that Xiao Yi would send troops to pursue, and specially sent people to bid farewell to Xiao Yi, saying that we wanted the banshi to return to Xiao Yi, who was also scared by him, thinking that this was Tuoba Ying's trick, and did not dare to pursue, until a day after Tuoba Ying left, Xiao Yi still closed the door.
It was not until the next day that Xiao Yi knew that the Wei army was really going to withdraw, so he sent troops to pursue, as the commander tuoba ying personally behind the palace, saw the pursuing Qi army, Tuoba Ying and the soldiers dismounted and engaged, the Qi army did not dare to approach, so while chasing and fighting for a few days and nights, the Qi army did not get a bargain, the Qi army returned, Tuoba Ying saw that the Qi army was not in pursuit, and also led the army behind the palace to quickly pursue and retreat.
At this time, Xiao Yi sent someone to tell the Qi people of Qiuchi to stop Tuoba Ying, and when Tuoba Ying withdrew, the combined army of several tribes of the Qi tribe cut off Tuoba Ying's grain route and return road.
Tuoba Ying led the army to attack bravely, and the battle and retreat, when Tuoba Ying was hit by an arrow in the cheek, no one in the army knew, at this time he did not dare to let the army know that the commander was injured, now this situation everyone's nerves are very tight, a little problem can affect the hearts of the army, and finally Tuoba Ying returned, after returning to the division, Tuoba Ying immediately sent troops to appease Zhu Yi, after this battle, Tuoba Ying was promoted to general of Annam because of his merits, and gave the title of Guangwu Bo.
In the Battle of Hanzhong, Tuoba Ying's wisdom was outstanding, and he outwitted the Qi army many times, although he did not achieve the purpose of the battle, xiao Yi, the main general of the Qi army, was able to effectively mobilize resources and thwarted Tuoba Ying's attempt to capture Hanzhong, both sides had losses, and Tuoba Ying was slightly superior.
After Emperor Xiaowen moved the capital to Luoyang, he implemented Sinicization and changed his surname to Yuan, and after Emperor Xuanwu ascended the throne, he ordered Yuan Ying to be the general of the false town of Nan and the governor of Yiyang, and led an army to attack Yiyang, and when The Southern Liang Sizhou Assassin Cai Daogong learned that the Wei army was coming, he sent the general Yang You to lead more than 3,000 residents outside the city to make three camps in the xianshou mountain in the southwest of the city to block the Northern Wei army.
Yuan Ying led the troops to besiege Xianshou Mountain and attacked his gate with fire, Yang Youxian drove out a large number of buffalo from the camp, and then sent soldiers to fight behind the buffalo, and the Wei army had no choice but to retreat in order to avoid the buffalo army.
Yuan Ying divided his troops to besiege Xianshou Mountain, and that night, the villager Ren Maju beheaded Yang You and surrendered to Northern Wei, Yuan Ying won a great victory, Yuan Ying defeated the Liang general Wu Ziyang at Baisha and besieged Yiyang, and Yiyang was in a hurry.
Emperor XiaoYan of Liangwu sent the Pingxi general Cao Jingzong and the later general Wang Shengbing to lead 30,000 reinforcements to Yiyang, of which Wang Shengbing led an army of 20,000 men to Chi Dan (岘岘, in modern Xinyang, Henan), and Cao Jingzong led an army of 10,000 as his successors. Yuan Ying led his army to attack the Liang army in two ways, breaking the Wang Monk Bing's army and capturing more than 4,000 people.
The Wei army besieged the city of Yiyang, and because Cai Daogong was under good command, the two sides held a stalemate for more than 100 days, Cai Daogong asked for help, and Emperor Wu of Liang sent the general Ma Xianxuan of Ningshuo to lead troops to rescue Yiyang. Ma Xianyan led a large army to come, the soldiers were sharp, and Ma Xianxuan led a 10,000-strong army to attack the Yuanying camp, and Yuanying ordered the armies to be defeated.
Ma Xianjue saw the wei army's great defeat, took advantage of the victory to pursue, hit Yuan Ying's plan, Ma Xianxuan was ambushed by the Wei army, the Wei army commanded Fu Yong's armor, single-horse first, brave and invincible, Liang Jun's arrows shot Fu Yong, the thigh was shot through by the arrow, Fu Yong pulled out the arrow to continue the battle, the Wei army saw the situation, morale soared, Ma Xianxuan's army routed and fled, the Wei army took advantage of the victory to pursue, and killed The Liang army Yulin supervisor Deng Zhongnian and 2,300 people.
Cao Jingzong and Ma Xianzong knew that Yiyang was in danger, and led their elite soldiers and horses to fight a decisive battle with the Wei army, both sides fought three battles in one day, the Liang army was defeated, Yuan Ying led the generals, defeated Ma Xianxuan, and beheaded the Liang general Chen Xiuzhi, Cai Daogong was depressed and died, his brother Xiao Riding general Cai Ling'en managed the state affairs on his behalf, the Wei army saw Cai Daogong die, and stepped up the offensive, and the short army took over.
When Cai Lingsi's reinforcements did not work and the defenders of the city were exhausted, he had no choice but to open the city and surrender to Wei, and the Liang army guards who were guarding the three passes heard of the fall of Sizhou and abandoned the city to flee, and the Wei army successfully occupied Yiyang and placed it as Yingzhou, with Sima Yue as the assassin. The Wei army besieged Yiyang, Yuan Ying was tactically flexible, repeatedly breaking the Liang army, while the Liang army was passive in battle, and Cai Daogong's defense was weak after his death, resulting in defeat.
Emperor Wu of Liang decided to go north, appointed his brother Xiao Hong the Prince of Linchuan as commander of the Northern Expedition, and led his army into Luokou, where Yuanying defeated Liangnan Xuzhou at Yinling and beheaded 25 Liang generals and more than 5,000 men. Yuanying and Xing Luan successfully met the division, as a member of the royal family, Xiao Hong, did not have the charm of Yuanying, not to mention that Xiao Hong was a cowardly and stupid person, after learning the news that the Wei army would jointly attack him after meeting the division, he decided to withdraw his army.
At this time, the weather in Luokou suddenly changed, and after a night of fierce storms, Xiao Hong ignored the opposition of Chang Yizhi and other generals, abandoned the army, and led several of his cronies to flee into the wilderness. The Liang generals stationed in Luokou learned that the commanders had fled, and then there was chaos, yuanying knew, and immediately led the Wei army to attack the Liang army, in this battle the Wei army killed forty-two Liang generals, the Liang army lost nearly 50,000 people, the Wei army captured 300,000 stones of Liang army grain and rice, and the Southern Liang general Chang Yizhi was unable to return to heaven at this time, and also abandoned the city.
Sima Rongzu of Yingzhou rebelled against Wei and secretly guided the Liang army to attack Yiyang, at the same time, Northern Wei Sanguan, Wuyang Pass, Pingjing Pass, Huang Dan Pass, and the shu lord Hou Deng raised the city to surrender Liang, and Bai, a citizen of the hanging city, killed Sima Yue of Yuzhou and surrendered to Southern Liang. Emperor Wu of Liang sent Qi Gou Renzhen to guard the hanging urn, and Emperor Xuanwu, enraged, ordered Yuanying to lead 30,000 infantry and cavalry from Runan to the rescue, and ordered the general Xing Luan to fight against Bai Zaosheng.
Emperor Xuanwu ordered Yuanying to rush to support Yiyang, Yuanying constantly requested reinforcements due to insufficient troops, Emperor Xuanwu refused to send more troops, and in desperation, Yuanying had to turn to Hangluan, meet with Xing Luan, and join forces to attack Hangyang. Under the strong attack of the Wei army, the deputy general of Southern Liang, Qi Gou'er, opened the city gate and surrendered, and the Wei army beheaded Bai Zaosheng and dozens of his henchmen, and after the combined army, Yuan Ying led the army straight to Yiyang.
The Southern Liang general Zhang Daoning heard that Yuanying's army was approaching, so he abandoned the Chu King's City and fled, yuanying chased after him, beheaded Zhang Daoning and Hu Benzhong Lang Cao Kusheng, captured Liang soldiers, suppressed the rebels in Yingzhou, and the whole territory returned to peace.
After Yuanying led a large army to Yiyang, he was ready to capture Sanguan, Yuanying, after observing it, thought that as long as he conquered one pass, the other two passes would not be attacked by themselves, and the easiest to conquer was Dongguan Huangdan Pass, but Yuanying was worried that the enemy army would concentrate its forces on Dongguan, so he sent The Commander Shi Lihua to lead the army to attack Xiguan to disperse the enemy's forces, and then personally supervise the army to attack Dongguan.
Ma Xianyi sent the Yun riding general Ma Guang to lead the people to defend against the Wei army in Changbo very early, Yuan Ying led a large army to Changbo, Ma Guang was afraid to flee into Wuyang by night, Yuan Ying led his army to attack Wuyang, it took only six days, Ma Guang saw that he could not defend and went out of the city to surrender, after capturing Wuyang, Yuan Ying began to attack Huang Da Guan, Prince Liang abandoned the city and fled, Yuan Ying successfully recovered Sanguan, this battle, Yuan Ying captured six Liang generals, twenty generals, seven thousand soldiers, and obtained 400,000 stones, after the banshi returned to the dynasty, Yuan Ying served as a servant of Shangshu, and the next year Yuan Ying fell ill and died.
It can really be said that between the jokes, the opponent was wiped out, Yuan Ying had great victories and big defeats in the war against the Southern Dynasty in his lifetime, but there were more victories and fewer defeats, and for the Northern Wei court at that time, there were brave and strategic, and Yuan Ying could be regarded as the first person.
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