The hit drama "Langya List" I believe everyone has seen it, the protagonist of the play Mei Changsu is dressed as a weak scholar, but he is resourceful. He helped his childhood friend Xiao Jingyan the Prince of Jing defeat the crown prince and the Prince of Yu, and assisted him in ascending the throne as emperor.
At the end of the story, the enemy troops in the north attacked, and there was no one in the DPRK and China to deal with it, so he dragged his broken body to lead the expedition, and finally won successive battles and successfully resisted foreign enemies. However, he had already been poisoned by fire and cold, and later participated in the court struggle and spent a lot of effort, and now he was exhausted. When he fought against the enemy at the border, he tried his best to do his best, and although the country won the victory, he himself could not return to the old ways and the beautiful people again.
In the story, Jiang Zuo Meilang is handsome and elegant and resourceful, although he has no power to bind the chicken, he is still an invincible god of war in the eyes of the enemy. He is a genius of heaven, how can he be a traitor, the monarch is dim, and his lofty ambitions can only be reduced to an empty sigh. In the main history, there is also a character, whether it is the era in which he is in, or his physical characteristics are very similar to Mei Changsu, he is Chen Qingzhi, the god of war of Southern Liang.
"The famous master and general Mo Zi prison, thousands of troops and horses avoid white robes", this is a nursery rhyme circulating in the city when Chen Qingzhi led the army to attack Luoyang. The picture of the nursery rhyme is very strong: in this thousand-year-old capital full of smoke, a Confucian general dressed in white, holding a sword in his hand and wielding a sword, the enemy has thousands of troops and horses, but in his eyes it is just a swarm of ants, and he does not dare to pick up its edge. In this way, the image of a heroic and flowing middle-aged Confucian general naturally appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
Chen Qingzhi's health was not good since childhood, his shoulders could not resist, his hands could not be lifted, and ordinary bows could not be pulled apart, let alone charged into battle. Therefore, in his youth, no one would have thought that in the near future, Chen Qingzhi would become a famous general of the Northern Expedition. For a long time, he was a nightmare that lingered in the minds of the Hu people in the Northland.
Before introducing Chen Qing, it is necessary to explain the historical background at that time. He lived in a time when the Southern and Northern Dynasties were the most chaotic in Chinese history.
After the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the north was divided by many nomadic peoples in turn, known in history as the "Sixteen Kingdoms of the Northern Dynasty". The famous "Five Hu Chaos Huaxia" and "Ran Min Killing Hu Ling" both appeared in this period. Of course, there are more than sixteen countries here, and historians have only summarized the most representative ones, and the real situation is even more chaotic. Tuoba Jue, a Xianbei man, established himself as king at the time of the collapse of Former Qin and established the first dynasty in the north, the Northern Wei Dynasty. Subsequently, there were Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi and Northern Zhou, known in history as the "Five Dynasties of the North".
The south was ruled by this part of the Chinese people who fled from the Central Plains to Jiangnan after the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, and they established a government-in-exile for the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and called it "Yiguan Nandu". After the fall of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, these Han people successively established four small dynasties in the south, namely "Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen", known in history as the "Four Dynasties of the South", and were also enshrined as Huaxia Orthodox.
This chaotic situation of north-south opposition did not end completely until more than a hundred years later, when Yang Jian unified the north, then destroyed Southern Chen, and established the Great Sui Dynasty.
Chen Qingzhi was born relatively low, and was a child of ordinary people. In an era when the imperial examination was not yet widespread, it was very difficult for ordinary civilians to get ahead. The officials of the DPRK were all descendants of the family gate valves, or the confucians who were well-versed in the scriptures and were very famous in various states, counties, and counties, and they could only become officials in the DYNASTY by means of filial piety.
From this, it can be seen that if there is no accident, with Chen Qingzhi's origin, he will not get any chance. His whole life can only be spent in the ordinary, at most a teaching gentleman. But perhaps heaven could not bear to bury such a wizard, or his efforts touched the god of luck, and the beauty of the world finally took care of this hairy boy.
Chen Qingzhi has followed Xiao Yan since childhood, probably his book boy. And Xiao Yan is not simple, he is from an aristocratic background, he once led troops to have a fierce battle with the Northern Wei, and he is a quite talented hero. Later, he established Southern Liang and became the founding prince of a generation, with the title of Emperor Wu.
Xiao Yan likes to play chess very much, and his chess addiction is very large, once he starts, he will sleep and forget to eat, and stay up all night. Most of the people playing against him are his followers, everyone has limited chess skills, and they do not have such good physical strength, so when playing chess with Xiao Yan, often for a long time, they will quickly lose their physical strength, and they will not be able to make him happy at all. But there was only one person except, and he was Chen Qingzhi.
As Xiao Yan's bookboy, Chen Qingzhi has the obligation to make his master happy. Therefore, he usually pays great attention to the cultivation of chess skills, plus people are relatively young and energetic. Therefore, as long as Xiao Yan asked him to play chess, he was always on call and had no complaints. His efforts were finally appreciated by Xiao Yan, and he successfully became a red person around Xiao Yan.
Through the above description, it is estimated that many people have classified Chen Qingzhi into the ranks of traitors such as Liu Jin and Wang Zhen, if you really think so, it is too abrupt.
Although Chen Qingzhi was good at figuring out the holy will and often drilled into how to please the emperor, these were only means, not ends. In his heart, he had lofty ideals, he was not in order to get food or sound and color dogs and horses, and he was not willing to be a favorite or a second ancestor. It's just that he came from a humble background, and although he was a close confidant of Emperor Wu, he could only be regarded as a playmate. He needs to gain the emperor's appreciation through his own efforts and show his ambitions on a larger platform.
As the most important chess friend of Emperor Xiao Yan of Liangwu, Chen Qingzhi naturally benefited. At the beginning of the establishment of Southern Liang, Chen Qingzhi was appointed as the chief secretary, that is, equivalent to the emperor's secretary. For a teenager who was only eighteen years old and had no foundation and no connections, it was tantamount to ascending to the heavens.
After becoming the master of the book, Chen Qingzhi did not inflate his selfish desires, and he did not use the name of the emperor to go to the fox fake tiger wei and fish and flesh the people. On the contrary, he was very low-key, never provoking right and wrong, and gave his possessions to people he considered talented, hoping that these people would one day serve the country.
Although he was a close confidant of Xiao Yan, he was not reused, and in the ups and downs of the eunuch sea for more than twenty years, Xiao Yan never entrusted him with important tasks. However, Chen Qingzhi has never been depressed, he is always making friends with people with lofty ideals, humbly asking people about the current situation and political affairs, and trying to learn the art of war. He believed that one day, his golden seed would shine on the ancient and the modern, creating his own era.
In 525, when the Northern Wei Yuan monks were desperate, they chose to turn to Southern Liang and offered Xuzhou with both hands. Xiao Yan naturally did not refuse such a good thing that fell from the sky, and at the same time he also needed to choose a Korean official as his emissary to receive the Yuan Fa monk and his Xuzhou City. This kind of work is not dangerous, and it is still very revealing, so Xiao Yan thought of his chess friend and close confidant Chen Qingzhi. In this way, Chen Qingzhi was appointed as a mighty general and responsible for the reception of Xuzhou. Although this was Chen Qingzhi's first contact with military affairs, he never left the battlefield from then until his old age.
Over the next two years, Chen Qingzhi, as the emperor's representative, followed Yuan Shu and Cao Zhongzong to victories at the Battle of Shouchun and the Battle of Woyang, respectively, and captured many cities. Especially in the Battle of Woyang, Chen Qing's strength overcame the public opinion, vetoed the decision of the crowd to wait for work, and chose to take the initiative. He only led more than 200 cavalry under his command, and took advantage of the night to raid the Wei army camp, lianke the enemy's four fortresses, and the frightened city lord Wang Wei directly went out of the city to surrender.
Although Chen Qingzhi was a supporting role in these wars, in the Battle of Woyang, his courage and strategy were fully reflected, which not only made the soldiers convinced, but even the famous Southern Liang general Cao Zhongzong admired him.
In 528 AD, the Northern Wei court was in civil strife, and the same roommates were constantly engaged. The powerful minister Erzhu Rong took the opportunity to massacre more than 2,000 people of the imperial family and heavy subjects, which is known in history as the "change of Heyin". Yuanhao, the king of the Wei state of Beihai, was so frightened that he finally chose to defect to Southern Liang, hoping to use Xiao Yan's power to help him ascend the throne in the future.
To tell the truth, Heaven was really very kind to Xiao Yan, and one after another large cakes fell directly into his mouth. If he still had the grand ambitions at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, then the great cause of unifying the north and the south and supporting China would most likely be realized in his hands. But Xiao Yan's ending is inexhaustible, of course, this is the last word.
In the face of the big pie thrown by Yuan Hao, Xiao Yan naturally received it all according to the order. However, at this time, Xiao Yan's obsession with Buddhism had long since lost the ambition to unify the world, and he just held the mentality of "there are dates without dates, and three shots are played". Can you help Yuan Hao restore the country? It is estimated that Xiao Yan himself did not believe it.
Based on this negative attitude, Xiao Yan only regarded the Northern Expedition as a political show and did not take it seriously at all. He sent his chess friend and crony Chen Qingzhi again and gave him the position of commander, but the number of troops was really pitiful, only seven thousand. It should be known that although the Northern Wei Dynasty is in its last years, it is still the existence of a giant Mac. The strength of the whole country of Southern Liang may not be able to get a bargain, let alone use seven thousand people to help Yuan Hao ascend the throne as emperor, which is simply a fool's dream.
Seeing that Xiao Yan treated the Northern Expedition so dramatically, the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu was not optimistic about Chen Qingzhi's trip. Some people even speculated that it was chen Qingzhi who offended Emperor Wu and asked Emperor Wu to borrow the hand of Northern Wei to get rid of him? As for the seven thousand soldiers who were selected to participate in the Northern Expedition, they even thought that there must be no return on this trip, and they were all busy making final farewells with their families. It seems that the entire Southern Liang dynasty is looking down on the Northern Expedition, except for one person, who is the commander of this expedition - Chen Qingzhi!
Although Chen Qingzhi was not sure of the Northern Expedition, his heart was very calm, there was no fear or complaint, all he had to do was to complete the tasks assigned by Emperor Wu with all his might. Although Chen Qingzhi came from a humble background, he has always had the ambition to serve the country and stain the battlefield with blood. This time, Emperor Wu finally allowed him to be alone and seek enemies for thousands of miles, and Chen Qingzhi was kind enough to ask for benevolence.
"The eldest husband was born between heaven and earth, and he should do something for the country and the people, and the shroud of the corpse is also a happy thing in life!" Thinking of this, the last trace of gloom in Chen Qingnei's heart was gone. This blade, which has been sealed for more than twenty years, is finally about to be sheathed, and in the following years it will shake the ancient and the modern and create an undefeated legend.
Chen Qingzhi's troops set out from Anhui all the way north to attack the city and pull out the village, breaking through hundreds of thousands of Northern Wei troops until they conquered the city of Luoyang to help Yuan Hao ascend the throne as emperor.
In this short period of more than one hundred and forty days, Chen Qingzhi and his seven thousand subordinates cut through thorns and thorns, crushed the enemy's heavy encirclement and suppression many times, and even annihilated the elite cavalry that the Xianbei people were proud of. This white-robed Tanhua led his soldiers through 47 battles, large and small battles, and 32 cities and pools in Lianke, whether it was the Tiger Prison Pass or the thousand-year-old ancient capital luoyang, became their trophies.
Chen Qing's troops were less than 10,000 people, and every time he faced an enemy that was several times or even tens of times larger than his own side, he was able to win the battle and create one miracle after another. He made the Northern Wei monarchs feel frightened, and even more like the gods under the gods, they looked down on thousands of foreign armies and horses.
Yuan Hao, who claimed to be emperor in Luoyang, became addicted to wine and became increasingly jealous with Chen Qingzhi. Yuan Hao was jealous of his high achievements, so he did not accept his suggestions.
Chen Qingzhi did not receive support from Southern Liang for a long time, and his troops were always less than 10,000 people. At this time, the famous Northern Wei general Erzhu Rong had basically solved the rebellion in various parts of the country, and was threatening a great victory, with more than 300,000 troops, like Mount Tai pressing the top, straight to Luoyang. At this time, the situation facing Chen Qingzhi was very critical, and the fruits of the previous victory seemed to be difficult to preserve.
Erzhu Rong had suffered a great loss at the hands of Chen Qingzhi, so he did not dare to fight him head-on, and turned his attack to Yuan Hao, who had more than 100,000 troops. Although Yuan Hao had sufficient troops, most of them were wall-riding factions that had surrendered, and seeing that Erzhu Rong was coming menacingly, they turned against each other, and the Yuan Hao clique also collapsed, and even he himself was taken prisoner.
Chen Qingzhi saw that Luoyang had fallen, and he had no foundation to continue to hold. In desperation, he had to lead his troops to retreat in the direction of Southern Liang.
In the process of retreating, Chen Qingzhi's troops suffered another flash flood. The army that was crossing the river was flooded with countless casualties, but Chen Qingzhi was still relatively lucky, actually survived, and finally returned to Southern Liang after all kinds of hardships.
Chen Qingzhi, who returned to Nanliang, got the courtesy he deserved. Emperor Xiao Yan of Liangwu finally realized that this little chess friend was not just his playmate, but a trusted guozhu qiu. Therefore, Chen Qingzhi was finally entrusted with a heavy responsibility and began to take full responsibility for the northern defense of Southern Liang.
During the years when he was in charge of the Jianghuai region in the north, Chen Qingzhi was always facing strong pressure from the State of Wei. Whether it was quelling the rebellion led by the demon monks and local powerful people, or leading troops to take the initiative to attack the Northern Wei territory, the defeat of Northern Wei Yingzhou's thorn Shi Louqi and Yangzhou's thorn Shi Yunbao in the Qinshui area, and the defeat of Xingtai Sun Teng, the governor Hou Jin, the Yuzhou assassin Shi Yaoxiong, and the Liangzhou assassin Sima Gong in Chucheng, Chen Qingzhi's outstanding military talent was displayed.
However, Chen Qingzhi was a man and not a god after all, and he could not always maintain victory after years of conquest. For example, when attacking Yuzhou and Jingzhou, they did not get a bargain, not only Li Hongzhi, Wang Dangbo and others were captured by mistake, but they were forced to give up a large amount of weight, and even lost the military town of Bai Goudui and thousands of soldiers and horses.
In October 536, the Famous Eastern Wei general Hou Jing led an army of 70,000 to attack Chu Prefecture and captured Shi Huanhe of Chu Prefecture. Hou Jing then took advantage of the victory to march into Huaishang and wrote a letter to persuade Chen Qingzhi to surrender. Chen Qingzhi naturally scorned Hou Jing's behavior, and the two then launched a decisive battle at Huaishang.
The history books do not describe this great war much, and we only know that Hou Jing was soon defeated, and even the weight was abandoned, and it should be that he fled in a hurry and was very embarrassed. It should not be an exaggeration to say that Hou Jinghuai returned home after a great defeat in the Battle of Shang.
The historical Hou Jing is by no means a generalist, he has fought no less than hundreds of battles in his lifetime, and has rarely lost. And this kind of embarrassing scene after the confrontation with Chen Qingzhi was only once, and even Yuwen Tai and Lonely Xin, who were the tyrants of the world, could not help him. From here, it can be seen that Chen Qingzhi's combat ability is strong, and it should be far superior to all the famous generals of the same era.
The Battle of Huaishang brought Chen Qingzhi's life to a successful end, and three years later, in the late autumn, The Southern Liang Giant Qingqing, a generation of famous generals Chen Qingzhi, passed away and left his beloved homeland. The northern expedition is not finished, which may be his lifelong persistence and regret.
In 548, the ninth year after Chen Qingzhi's death, the Hou Jing Rebellion broke out. Hou Jing, a slave of the three surnames, rebelled against Liang, and he soon captured the Southern Liang capital Jiankang and captured Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang.
The founding emperor of the late years was eventually starved to death by Hou Jinghuo, and the story of the farmer and the snake was actually staged in reality, which was really a bit of black humor.
I don't know if Xiao Yan had any remorse before he died? If he could have reused Chen Qingzhi earlier, where would he have today's shame? I'm afraid that it is possible to unify the whole world. However, everything has become irretrievable, and the gentle and elegant Confucian who is dressed in white has long disappeared into the dust of history. There are only a legend left about him in the world: white clothes shengxue, seven thousand disciples and soldiers, they swept through the northern country with their swords, foreign races smelled discolored, and fled in the wind...