In the first year of Taiyu (472 AD), the Song Ming Emperor Liu Yu died, and the deposed emperor Liu Yugang succeeded to the throne, still young, and the power of the imperial court was basically in the hands of Yuan Cang, Chu Yuan, Liu Bing, Xiao Daocheng and other ministers. Xiao Daocheng was the least powerful and the lowest of the four, but during a rebellion by the king of the clan, Xiao Daocheng found an opportunity.
During the reign of The Song Ming Emperor Liu Yu, in order to prevent the throne from being taken away, a vigorous purge was carried out, and almost all the sons of the imperial family were slaughtered. Of course, there are also fish that have slipped through the net, this is Liu Xiufan, the king of Guiyang, because Liu Xiufan has no ability and his brain is relatively dull, Liu Yu thinks that Liu Xiufan cannot threaten him.
The fact is just the opposite, the brain is stupid does not necessarily fail to do great things, after Liu Yu's death, Yuan Yue, Chu Yuan, Liu Bing, and others became ministers of life, but there was nothing to do with Liu Xiufan. Embarrassed and enraged, Liu Xiufan decided to rebel and wanted to kill Liu Yu and replace him, which was common during the chaotic Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Especially in the Southern Dynasty Liu Song Dynasty, the royal family seemed to be a common thing, and the emperors were mostly unreliable, and wars occurred from time to time. Soon Liu Xiufan responded by recruiting more than 20,000 soldiers and more than 500 horses. It seems that there are not many soldiers, but at that time it was not the heyday of the Liu Song Dynasty, and the internal and external defenses of Jiankang (present-day Nanjing) were empty, and for the country that had been engaged in infighting for many years, it might no longer be able to withstand the toss.
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In May of the second year of the Yuan Hui, he raised an army in Xunyang, collected the officials and civilians, and in a few days, he received 20,000 soldiers and rode 500 horses.
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When Emperor Liu Yu learned of this, he immediately held a pre-war meeting, and when the emperor asked his ministers how to deal with it, there was silence below. Some people lost confidence in the imperial court, and some just ate and waited for death, facing such a situation, the country and mountains changed masters at any time, and no one wanted to be the head bird.
Xiao Daocheng saw that no one answered, as the main leader of the military, he had to speak, Xiao Daocheng said:
In the past, the rebellion of the upper echelons was slowed down, and as for the defeat. Hugh Fan will punish the previous mistakes from afar, and the light troops will rush down, and I will not be prepared. The art of strain today should not be far away, and if the teacher is out of order, it will be discouraged. Yiton New Pavilion, Baixia, insist on the palace, the East Mansion, and the stone to wait. Thieves are lonely for thousands of miles, and after there is no commission, they cannot seek war, and they naturally disintegrate. I invited Dun Xinting to be its front; the conquest of the north can be seen under the armor and the white; the middle hall used to be a place for troops, and the leader Yitun Xuanyang Gate was the festival of the various armies; the nobles sat in the hall, and the right army did not have to compete. I drive myself, and the thief will be destroyed.
This means that we must learn the lessons of the past, and we should not seek far in defense, but should defend in Xinting, Baixia, Gongye, Dongfu, Shishi and other places. The rebels came from afar, and they were alone, the supply and demand of supplies were certainly insufficient, they could not withstand a long war, and they would naturally fall apart, so I volunteered to go to the front line to ask for war, and I would definitely break the enemy.
Xiao Daocheng seems to have been wronged, but it was this battle that enabled him to gain enough political capital, which is the so-called wealth and wealth in danger. Xiao Daocheng was stationed at Xinting (south of Jiankang), the fortifications had not yet been completed, the rebels arrived, in order to appease the military, Xiao Daocheng knew that the military situation was urgent, and still slept in the tent.
The war broke out, the two armies fought in one place, the battlefield shouted to kill the heavens, the rebels had a strong momentum, the Song army could not stop it, and the situation was in crisis. However, Xiao Daocheng was still calm and self-assured, calmly commanding the troops to meet the enemy, and seeing that he could not resist it, Xiao Daocheng was worried about it.
Liu Xiufan had a fatal flaw, that is, his mind was stupid, and Xiao Daocheng seized on this point and sent two generals, Huang Hui and Zhang Jing'er, to surrender in the rebel camp. This kind of trick is generally easy to see, but Liu Xiufan believes it, not only that, Liu Xiufan also sent his son as a hostage.
Perhaps Huang Hui and Zhang Jing'er were too brilliant in their acting skills and became Liu Xiufan's cronies, so at a banquet, Zhang Jing'er took advantage of the void to cut off Liu Xiufan's head. Although Liu Xiufan was dead, the rebels were still unaware, and the offensive was still fierce, so Xiao Daocheng had no choice but to personally charge at the front line to stabilize the army's morale.
At that time, the situation was urgent, the imperial city and the outside were all rebels, although Liu Xiufan was dead, and many high-level generals in the rebel army sealed the news tightly, so the utility was limited. Only Xiao Daocheng stepped forward and led the army to stubbornly resist, and the soldiers saw that the commanders were fighting with the enemy on the front line, and then bravely killed the enemy, saving the defeat on the edge of the crisis.
According to historical records, ''Xiu Fan is dead, the canonical sign Xu Gong and the false name Xiu Fan in the new pavilion, the soldiers are confused, the number of people who have cast their names is thousands, Taizu is burned with him, and the soldiers ascend to the north of the city, saying: "
Liu Xiufan's father and son were killed yesterday, and their bodies were under Nangang. Being Xiao Pingnan, the kings are good at seeing and seeing. The names of kings and others have been burned, so beware of them.
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Another problem is that many people thought that the imperial court would fall and Liu Xiufan would take its place, so many people asked Liu Xiufan to surrender, and then these letters were intercepted by Xiao Daocheng. At that critical juncture, Xiao Daocheng did not hold these people accountable, but burned the letters with a fire. It was Xiao Daocheng's calm thinking and accurate judgment that allowed Jiankang City to escape the disaster.
Reference: Book of Southern Qi, Volume 1 of the First Book
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