The Liang surname has a long history, the Liang family has a wealth of talents, and for thousands of years, like other surnames, many outstanding figures have emerged in order to reproduce and create civilization. Their great deeds and personalities, as well as their cultural heritage, deserve to be passed on from generation to generation. In order to let more people understand the cultural history of the Liang family, xiaobian has compiled some more characteristic Liang celebrity stories to relay out for the readers. The Liang celebrity mentioned below, he is on a par with Ban Chao, but has been forgotten for more than two thousand years.
Liang Yu was a native of Yiju in the Northern Regions (present-day Ning County, Gansu). His father was Sima Liangyi, who followed the famous general Dou Xian on the Xiongnu "Le Shi Yanran". From an early age, Liang Yu had great ambitions and aspired to make meritorious achievements. After years of hard work, in the first year of Yanping (106), four years after the death of Ban Chao of the Western Regions, Liang Yu was finally worshipped as the deputy lieutenant of the Western Regions.
As we all know, the Western Regions that Ban Chao has worked hard to operate for thirty-five years have always been very stable. However, after Ban Chao's death, his successor Ren Shang went against Ban Chao's way and made himself clever to develop another set of plans to govern the Western Regions (is this set of roads also familiar now?). ）。 It was a pity that Ren Shang did not have ban chao's courage and strategy, which in turn made a mess of the western region. As soon as Liang Yu rushed to the Hexi Corridor, the Western Regions were in chaos, and the western regions rebelled en masse, attacking the western regions stationed in Shule to protect Ren Shang. Therefore, in accordance with the instructions of the imperial court, Liang Yu recruited 5,000 Qianghu cavalry and rushed to the western region. Who knows, he has not yet arrived, and the siege of Ren Shang has been solved. In the end, Liang Yu still had a thrilling and smooth appointment.
When Ban Chao was serving as the Protector of the Western Regions, the Western Regions Capital Protectorate was stationed at the Ancient City of Yuqicat in present-day Xinhe County, Xinjiang. After Liang Yu took office, the situation in the Western Regions became more and more chaotic. Liang Yu felt that it was a small city, the city was not strong, and it would be difficult to hold it if there was a war. So he fooled the king of Guizi and said that the Western Protectorate was willing to move to Guizi City and guard the Guizi Kingdom with the king. King Guizi was supported by Ban Chao that year, and after Ban Chao's death, his throne was unstable, and his opponents were plotting to oust him from power. When king Guizi felt isolated and helpless, Liang Yu extended this olive branch, and if he received the most precious treasure, he immediately asked Liang Yu to move the Western Regions Capital Protectorate to Guizi City. When king Guizi's competitors saw it, they were anxious and instigated a part of the Guizi people to unite tens of thousands of soldiers from Wensu, Gumo and other countries to launch a rebellion. Liang Yu did not look away, the city of Guizi was very strong, and the rebels could not break through the city for several months. Later, when Liang Yu took advantage of the rebels' lack of food to prepare for retreat, he personally led his army to battle, destroyed the rebels, and killed more than 10,000 people, and the situation in guizi finally stabilized. After this battle, Liang Yu's fame soared, and the countries of the Western Regions did not dare to invade Guizi City again.
Although Liang Yu won the city of Guizi, he still could not control the rebellion that swept through the western region. The Han army could do nothing but defend Guizi City. The road from the Western Regions to the Central Plains had been blocked, and orders and documents could not be delivered, and the imperial court was worried about this. Liang Yu and other Han troops had no foreign aid and had to hold on to Guizi City. In the first year of the YongChu Dynasty (107 AD), due to its overwhelm, the Eastern Han court had to decide to withdraw the Western Regions Capital, and sent another cavalry out to meet Liang Yu and others, asking them to all retreat back to China. The vast western region has since become the eternal legend of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
In the spring of the second year of Yongchu (108 AD), Liang Yu led his troops back to Dunhuang from the Western Regions. Just in time for the Qiang rebellion, the imperial court ordered Liang Yu to stay as a reinforcement for all the soldiers and horses. When Liang Yu arrived at Zhangye Zhile, more than 10,000 Qiang people attacked Tinghou and killed people and set fires everywhere. Liang Yu, who had retired from the Western Regions and returned to China because the Western Regions Capital Protectors had been withdrawn, were in the midst of a nest of fire, and these rebellious Qiang people became the targets of their anger. Liang Yu divided his troops and attacked several ways at the same time. The sudden appearance of the Western Regions Defenders defeated the Qiang people and chased them to Zhaowu. The Qiang people scattered and fled, and only two-thirds of them were able to escape. At Guzang (present-day Wuwei, Gansu), more than 300 Qiang nobles surrendered to Liang Yu, who sent them back to their homeland after some condolences, and the four counties of Hexi were settled again. Liang Yu pacified the Hexi Corridor, stopped the chaotic situation in the western region from spreading towards the inland, ensured the stability of Guanzhong, and objectively ensured the stability of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
In the winter of the third year of the Yongchu Dynasty (109 AD), the Southern Xiongnu rebelled against Wuhuan. In the first month of the fourth year of the Yongchu Dynasty (110 AD), Liang Yu led an army of more than 8,000 people to engage the Southern Xiongnu in the ancient city of the vassal state, defeating and killing their commanders, killing more than 3,000 people. The Southern Xiongnu were so angry that they personally led seven or eight thousand cavalry to surround Liang Yu. Liang Yuyi was bold and bold, and he also personally put on armor and galloped out. Under his leadership, the Han army was victorious and invincible, and the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu had to lead his troops back to Huze (southeast of present-day Dalat Banner, Inner Mongolia). Liang Yu attacked in a way that the company gradually advanced forward. After several fruitless breakthroughs, the Southern Xiongnu requested surrender, and Liang Yu then swung his troops to accept their surrender. After the Southern Xiongnu were pacified, the imperial court promoted Liang Yu to the rank of General of Duliao.
In the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Ban Chao Liang was passed on, and later generations were called Ban Liang Lie. Both of them were those who had made great contributions to the Western Regions. Ban Chao and Liang Yu struggled in the Western Regions, could successfully establish a name, enjoyed the title, recommended the Ancestral Temple, and Le Xun later, they were all the zhitu of an era. Also those who have made great contributions to the Western Regions, Ban Chao has long been known to people, and Liang Yu is deeply hidden in the history books.