The Two Jin Dynasties and the Northern and Southern Dynasties were an era in which strange emperors "gathered together", and the "best of them" included Gao Wei, the lord of the Northern Qi Dynasty. This "carefree son of heaven" (Gao Wei's self-proclaimed self-proclaimed) did many absurd things during his 11-year reign, and gradually brought the country to a situation of peril, but just when the country collapsed, this strange emperor did not repent, and did an incomparably stupid thing when he took the oath, which made the army lose its heart and died in the country not long after. This matter should also start from Pingyang, a major military town of Northern Zhou attacking Northern Qi.
In October of the seventh year of Wuping (576), the Northern Zhou army attacked in a big way, and along the way, it was like a bamboo, and soon entered the military town of Pingyang (Jinzhou). While defending the infant city, the defending general Wei Xianggui sent people to the rear lord Gao Wei to ask the imperial court to quickly send troops to rescue him. Gao Wei was in Jinyang at the time, and if he sent troops to support in time, he could completely resist the attack of the Zhou army.
Gao Wei, the lord of the Northern Qi Dynasty, called himself "The Son of Carefree Heaven", and his behavior was absurd
But what people did not expect was that at this critical moment, the "Worry-free Heavenly Son" was hunting in Jinyang Tianchi and had a lot of fun. Jinyang told the emissaries to come three times, but each time they were blocked out by the traitor Gao Anaqiu, and it was not until the emissaries returned and informed them of the fall of the city that Gao Anahu reported to the emperor. However, just as Gao Wei was preparing to return to Jinyang and gather heavy troops to fight back, Aifei Feng Xiaopi instigated the emperor to hunt again because he was not happy hunting, and Gao Wei, who was extremely confused, actually agreed.
Subsequently, Gao Wei personally led a large army to besiege Pingyang, attacking the city day and night, and watching to regain the lost land. At this moment, Gao Wei suddenly stopped the siege, and then sent someone to summon Feng Xiaopi to watch the battle, hoping that she would witness the scene of the attack on the city. Feng Xiaopi heard that there were "good plays" to watch, so she immediately dressed up and prepared to "watch the drama" in the best appearance.
Gao Wei and Feng Xiaopi
Because Feng Xiaopi spent a long time grooming and dressing, he did not reach the front of the army for a long time, and as a result, he gave the Zhou army the opportunity to breathe and strengthen the city defenses. By the time Feng Xiaopi reached the front and back of the battle, Pingyang City could no longer be captured. Soon, the Zhou army came to the rescue, Gao Wei could not resist, so he led his army to flee to Jinyang, and soon felt that Jinyang was not safe, so he handed over the defense to Gao Yanzong, the king of Ande, and fled back to the capital Yecheng.
Qi Shi then besieged Pingyang and attacked it day and night. The city is in danger, the buildings are exhausted, and the city that exists is just a search. Or short soldiers, or horses in and out, foreign aid does not arrive, everyone is afraid... The Qi people attacked Pingyang in a tunnel, and the city fell for more than ten steps, and the generals took advantage of the situation. Lord Qi stopped and summoned Concubine Feng Shu to look at it. Lady Shufei's makeup, from time to time, the Zhou people refused to plug it with wood, and the city could not be stopped. Ibid.
Gao Wei asked Feng Xiaopi to watch the battle, and as a result, the fighter plane was missed
Soon, however, the news of the fall of Jinyang came, and Gao Wei was worried and panicked, not knowing what to do. At this time, Gao Xiaoheng, the king of Guangning, advised the emperor, requesting that the troops be divided into two ways to attack Andzhou and Chang'an to force the main force of the Zhou army to retreat, and also requested that the emperor could reward the soldiers with palace women and treasures, so that they could kill the enemy bravely. When Gao Wei heard that he wanted to "bleed" himself to reward the army, the boss in his heart was not happy, and He was unwilling to say a word.
Shang Shu ordered Huo Luxiaoqing to see the situation and hurriedly offered another plan to the emperor, asking him to make a passionate speech in front of the army to boost morale, and personally wrote a speech for him, as long as the emperor memorized and repeated it. Gao Wei heard that he did not need to "bleed", and the boss in his heart was happy, and he agreed to come down in one bite. Next, Gao Wei memorized the speech and practiced the generous and drooling expression that should be there, and waited for the show. As a result, when "actual combat", a big joke was made.
Schematic diagram of the Northern Zhou Campaign against Northern Qi
It turned out that after Gao Wei arrived in the army, perhaps out of nervousness, he actually forgot the contents of the speech cleanly. In this case, the most important thing for the emperor to do is to play on the spot, plus tears flowing, even if he does not say anything substantive, he should infect the soldiers with tears. But Gao Wei was not like this, since he could not remember the speech, he actually used laughter to cover up his embarrassment. The left and right attendants saw the emperor laughing, and they also followed the laughter, and the original serious and tragic "bitter love drama" immediately turned into an absurd "funny drama".
The soldiers had already complained about the emperor's miserliness of rewards, but now when they saw him treating the army as a child's play, the anger in their hearts could be imagined, and they couldn't help but say: "Since the emperor is not in a hurry about the situation, why should we worry about him?" We don't do the job of fighting a war. After this incident, the morale of the Qi army disintegrated and never cheered up again.
(Gao Xiaoheng) also asked the people out of the palace to treasure the soldiers. Lord Qi was displeased. Huo Luxiaoqing asked lord Qi to write a speech for it, saying: "It is advisable to be generous and drooling, in order to be grateful to the hearts of the people." "When the Lord of Qi came out, he came to the multitude, and ordered him not to remember what he had said, so he laughed, and laughed left and right. The general angrily said, "If you are still like this, my generation is in a hurry!" "There is no will to fight.
Soon after Emperor Wu of Zhou destroyed Northern Qi, he killed Gao Wei and others
Soon after this farce, the Zhou army captured The city of Yecheng, and then pursued Gao Wei and his party on the way, and Northern Qi was destroyed in 577 AD. The following year, emperor Yuwen Yong of Zhouwu used the excuse of Gao Wei to "plot rebellion" and beheaded all the members of the Qi imperial family. Gao Wei has brought calamity to the country and the people, and he regards the country's difficulties as a child's play, and he deserves this fate.