Xie Xuan, a famous general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a Zhou Yu-like figure! He has both culture and martial arts, and is determined to save the peril and try to restore the Central Plains. The "Beifu Soldiers" he created were able to fight well, especially to bear hardships and stand hard work, and became the most elite armed force in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Xie Xuan's biggest mistake in life was bad luck, although this was not his fault, but the reward he received after the Battle of Shuishui was not as good as Liu Gaozhi. The Xie clan also had the opportunity to replace the Sima clan like Sima Daicao, but Xie An, Xie Shi, and Xie Xuan all died within a few years like a rice seed, and the Xie clan fell into decline from then on.
Formed the Beifu Army, repeatedly defeated strong enemies
Xie Xuan (陳玄), courtesy name Youdu, was a native of Yangxia, Chen County (present-day Taikang, Henan), and the nephew of Xie An. From an early age, he was brilliant and especially loved by Xie An, and he had to take him with him wherever he went. Xie Xuan liked to wear violet sachets when he was a child, and Xie An was very worried about this, so he managed to take the sachet and burn it in his hand during a game, and persuaded him not to bring such a thing in the future. Xie Xuan listened to Xie An's words very much, and never wore this kind of thing again.
When Xie Xuan grew up, he showed extraordinary ability to govern the country, and the imperial court summoned him several times, but he refused to resign. Later, he served under the general Huan Wen, and soon served as Sima of the Western General Huan Huo, the Consular Commander of The Southern Commandery, and the Military Commandery of the Northern Expedition.
At that time, the Former Qin Emperor Jian Jian was particularly powerful, dominating one side and invading the borders of Jin on more than one occasion. The Eastern Jin Dynasty court discussed the need to choose a good general who could defend the north, and after arguing for half a day, it could not find a competent person, at this time Xie An recommended Xie Xuan, and Zhongshu Lang Xi Chao also said that Xie Xuan did have the talent of a general. Therefore, the imperial court immediately recruited Xie Xuan to return and made him the general of Jianwu, Yanzhou Assassin, Lingguanglingxiang, and Jianjiangbei, and guarded Guangling (廣陵, in present-day Yangzhou, Jiangsu).
After Xie Xuan took office, he carefully analyzed the situation at that time, and then recruited warriors to form the "Beifu Soldiers". Most of the people he recruited were peasants who had fled from the north, who had left their homes and endured hardships, and had a strong desire to go north to resist the enemy and return to their hometowns. After a period of rigorous training, it has become a strong team that can recruit good warriors.
In February of the third year of Taiyuan (378), Jian Jian sent an army to attack Xiangyang (in present-day Hubei Province), and Xie Xuan sent troops to the rescue, but Xiangyang had already been breached by the time the soldiers arrived. Jian Jian also sent the general Peng Chao to besiege Pengcheng (彭城, in modern Xuzhou, Jiangsu) with 70,000 troops, and Xie Xuan led more than 10,000 troops to rush to the rescue and relieve the siege of Pengcheng.
The following year, the Qin generals Peng Chao and Gu Nan invaded the south with their troops, and successively attacked Xuyi and Huaiyin, which shocked the Eastern Jin court. The Qin army gathered 60,000 people to besiege San'a (present-day Baoying, Jiangsu), and Xie Xuan was ordered to set off from Guangling to the north to resist the enemy, and launched a fierce battle with the Qin army at Baimatang, breaking the enemy army, so as to break the siege of San'a. Xie Xuan took advantage of the victory and marched, defeating the Qin army twice.
After this battle, the imperial court made him a champion general, added xuzhou assassin history, and sealed the marquis of Dongxing County.
The Battle of Shuishui won with the weak
Although Jian Jian suffered setbacks, his ambition to destroy the Eastern Jin Dynasty and unify the world did not move at all.
In August of the eighth year of taiyuan (383), Jian Jian led 870,000 troops from Chang'an to begin the Southern Expedition war on an unprecedented scale in the history of Chinese warfare. The various armies and horses marched hand in hand, and the momentum was unprecedented.
When the Eastern Jin Dynasty court heard the news, it was terrified and helpless. In September, the Eastern Jin dynasty court agreed on a countermeasure, sending Xie Andu to supervise the military forces of Yang, Yu, Xu, Yan, and Qing, zhen shou Jiankang, with Xie Shi as the general of zhengyu, the governor of Dadu, and Xie Xuan as the forward governor, leading 80,000 troops to resist the coming army, and ordering Hu Bin to lead 5,000 water troops to rescue Shouyang (present-day Shou County, Anhui).
In October, Former Qin generals captured Yuncheng (郧城, in present-day Anlu, Hubei), captured Shouyang, and forced Jiaoshi (硖石, in present-day Fengtaifu, Anhui), with 50,000 people in Tunluojian (i.e., The Luo River), and set up a fence in the Huai River to cut off the way for the Jin army to come to the rescue of Jiaoshi. Xie Xuan and Xie Shi set up camp 25 miles away from Luojian and did not dare to advance.
In November, Xie Xuan sent Liu Gaozhi, the minister of Guangling, with 5,000 elite troops, to march into Luojian and break the Qin army. The Qin army collapsed, scrambled to flee, and fell into the water, killing more than 15,000 people. The Jin army marched on land and water, and the momentum was very fierce, and Jian Jian climbed to Shouyang City to look, saw that the Jin army was in a strict position, and then looked at the Bagong Mountain, and felt that the trees above it were all Jin soldiers (''Grass and Trees Are Soldiers'"), and he was shocked.
That night, Jian Jian summoned the generals to discuss countermeasures, and finally agreed to defeat the Jin army with a strategy, so he ordered the young general to be placed north of tun shui to show that there were no major generals stationed here, in order to tempt the Jin army. When Xie Xuan saw this, he sent emissaries to meet Jian Jian's younger brother Zhi Rong (who was then the Duke of Pinggong of Qinyang, who had a literary and martial strategy) and said to him: ''The Junhang army is deep, and the position is linshui, which is obviously to hold each other for a long time, rather than to fight a quick battle. How nice it would be if your army could retreat a little bit so that our army could cross the river and then have a showdown! ''
The Qin generals all objected to this proposal, but Jian Jian disagreed, saying: "Grant his request, we just need to order the army to retreat a little, let the Jin army cross the river, and halfway through them, we will launch a cavalry to suddenly charge their army." In this way, there is no reason to be invincible! He also agreed with this proposition and ordered the army to retreat.
The soldiers in the army were ordered to retreat, and gradually the position was confused, and the soldiers in the rear could not figure out why the front soldiers were retreating, at this time, the former Eastern Jin Dynasty Liang Prefecture Assassin Shi Zhuxu, who was captured by Former Qin and Ren Shangshu, took the opportunity to shout in the back: "No, our army has failed!" When Qin Bing heard this, he was suddenly in chaos, scrambling to flee for his life, but Jian Jian and Gong Rong tried their best to stop it but to no avail.
Xie Xuan was overjoyed and took the opportunity to lead his troops across the river to quickly attack the Qin soldiers. Xiang Rong was extremely anxious, riding back and forth in the formation, trying to stop the retreating soldiers, where could he stop it? The retreating Qin army and the Jin army that rushed over were mixed together, it was difficult to distinguish, And Gong Rong ran for a while and was rushed down by the chaotic horse, and the Jin army rushed up and killed him immediately; at this time, Jian Jian was also hit by a stray arrow. The Qin army collapsed, and Xie Xuan took advantage of the victory to pursue it until Qinggang (青冈, northwest of present-day Shou County).
The Soldiers who escaped from the battlefield, hearing the sound of the wind and cranes, all thought that the Jin soldiers had arrived, frightened and discouraged, and did not dare to rest day and night, coupled with hunger and cold, and died seven out of ten. Seeing that the general trend had gone, Jian Jian had no choice but to ride out of the siege alone and flee to Huaibei. Xie Xuan attacked Shouchun, and the ceremonial clothes, equipment, military assets, and treasures he received were piled up, and more than 100,000 cattle, horses, donkeys, mules, camels, and camels were piled up.
This is the famous "Battle of Shuishui" in history in which less wins more and the weak win the strong.
Ostracized by Sima Shi, his ambitions were not rewarded
In August of the ninth year of taiyuan (384), Xie An believed that Jian Jian had just been defeated and should take the opportunity to explore the Central Plains, so he made Xie Xuan the forward governor and led the champion general Huan Shiqian to attack Former Qin.
Xie Xuanbing went to Xia Pi, and Qin Xuzhou assassinated Shi Zhao Qian, who was discouraged and abandoned Pengcheng to escape. After Xie Xuan led his army into Pengcheng, he sent the army of Liu Gaozhi of Pengcheng to attack The Qin Yan Prefecture stationed at Juancheng to assassinate Shi ZhangChong, and Zhang Chong was defeated and left. The Jin army occupied Juancheng, henan castles came to annex, and Yanzhou was soon all pacified. Xie Xuan also adopted the suggestion of the overseers to divide the water and repair the embankment, dredge the river channel, and solve the problem of transporting the grain of the Northern Expedition.
In October, Xie Xuan ordered Yin ling taishou Gaosu to lead an army to attack Qin Qingzhou (Shandong Yishao), the Jin army advanced to Lang, and Qin Qingzhou assassinated Shi Lang and surrendered. Xie Xuan took advantage of the situation and marched into Ji Prefecture (冀州, Hebei) and dispatched his generals to capture the key territories. Capture of Liu Gaozhi (southwest of Chiping, Shandong)
At this time, Pi Pi was in Yecheng, besieged by Murong Chui, who opposed Qin Fuyan, and was unable to resist the Jin, so he sent envoys to surrender. Xie Xuan promised to surrender, and at this time the Jin army was greatly shaken, and the three Wei all fell. The Northern Expedition Jin army had already pacified the four prefectures of Yanqing, Si, and Yu, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty had sealed the military forces of Xu, Yan, Qing, Si, Ji, You, and Seven Prefectures of Xie Xuandu, and was given the title of Kangle County Commandery.
At the same time that Xie Xuan commanded the Northern Expedition to win successive victories, the internal struggle within the Eastern Jin court became fierce, and Xie An was ostracized by Sima Daozi, the king of Huiji, and asked for a northern expedition to leave the town of Guangling, and died of illness soon after. Sima Daozi also negated Xie Xuan's plan to consolidate the achievements of the Northern Expedition on the grounds that "the conscription has been long, and it is advisable to return to the city of Huaiyin", stripped Xie Xuan of his military power, and ordered him to return to the town of Huaiyin.
Xie Xuan's work was unsuccessful, and he was rejected, discouraged, and wrote: "Pursuing the past can be chilling." The small body of the subject, the restoration of what is enough to regret, the blood sincerity, the worry of the country is deep. ''
Soon after, Xie Xuan fell seriously ill on his way back, and later died of illness in the first month of the thirteenth year of Taiyuan (387 AD), at the age of 46, and was posthumously awarded the title of Cheqi General.