During the Southern and Northern Dynasties period of Chinese history, it is a period of history with brilliant stars, there are too many heroes, some people are popular because of their meritorious achievements, but there is such a person, it can be said that his life is associated with failure, this is the Southern Qi prince Xiao Baoyu who is going to talk about in this article.
Xiao Baobao was the sixth son of The Qi Ming Emperor Xiao Luan, when he was only seven years old, his father Xiao Luan usurped the throne as emperor and crowned Xiao Baoluan as the King of Jian'an, so it is not the same to say that there is a powerful father, people are crowned kings at the age of seven, this can not see where his fate is, so he grew up under the wings of his powerful father for four years, when he was eleven years old, his father Xiao Luan fell ill and died, at this time his brother Xiao Baojuan took the throne, he and Xiao Baojuan were the same mother.
However, this new emperor, absurd and unscrupulous, as soon as he came to power, he wanted to weaken the power of the various warrior families, and his life was extremely extravagant, and he was soon dissatisfied with most of the officials in Southern Qi, so what to do, he killed him if he did not obey, so he also killed many officials, and I don't know how he thought of letting his brother Xiao Baoyu go to the town to guard the stone city and command the stone city military, you must know that at this time, Xiao Baoyu was only fourteen years old, and he was not yet an adult.
And what is the stone city, at the confluence of the Qinhuai River and the Yangtze River, with the mountain as the city, the river as the pool, the terrain is dangerous, is to ensure the safety of the western part of the capital Jiankang City, is also a place where soldiers must fight, when Sun Quan moved to Moling, see here is particularly strange, so on the stone mountain JinlingYi on the original site of the city, immediately named Stone City, known as the first military fortress of Eastern Wu.
Under Xiao Baojuan's absurd tyranny, there was a coup d'état in Southern Qi, and not long after Xiao Baohuan went to the town to defend Shicheng, Xiao Yan raised an army to attack Xiao Baojuan and established Xiao Baorong, the king of Nankang, as emperor, for The Emperor of Qi and Emperor, and also sent emissaries to give him an official. Qi and Emperor Xiao Baorong were still his younger brothers, this look showed that it was a puppet emperor in Xiao Yan's hands, his brother and brother were vying for the throne, he was also uncomfortable in the middle, and both sides were giving him officials, at this time, the assassins within his jurisdiction, Zhang Xintai, and Taishou Wang Lingxiu found a group of people, and they were also ready to rebel and plan to support Xiao Baoyu.
Just like this confused followed this gang to rebel, but never expected, these gangs are all pig teammates, when the rebels arrived in Taicheng, the guards did not open the city gate, and shot arrows at them, the gang that supported him was afraid, all fled, left him there, Xiao Baoyu thought about it, after all, it was his own brother, looking for him to confess a mistake, so he went to turn himself in, Xiao Baojuan, although absurd, still did not blame this brother and spared him his sins.
He met a pig teammate, but his brother met that is the god teammate, Xiao Yan led the army to successfully drive his brother Xiao Baojuan out of power, set up his brother as emperor, crowned him as the king of Poyang, and before long Xiao Yan wanted to be emperor himself, he began to slaughter the people in the imperial family, and prepared to harm Xiao Baojie, thanks to the help of the eunuch Yan Wenzhi and his entourage, Xiao Baoyu escaped, and this run ran to the territory of Northern Wei, encountered The Northern Wei Rencheng Wang Yuancheng, knowing that the prince fled, he also paid special attention to him.
At this time, Xiao Baoyu was only sixteen years old, and it was only a few short years, this Southern Qi crown prince, was exiled, Yuan Cheng was a famous politician in Northern Wei, and since both the north and the south had always had the idea of destroying each other and unifying the country, he suggested that he go to the Northern Wei Emperor to send troops to help him restore the throne (at this time Xiao Yan had already replaced Qi and established Liang).
Historical records say that Xiao Baoyu came to Luoyang, asked Northern Wei for help to send troops, knelt outside the palace gate and cried for a day and a night, that night there was a heavy rainstorm, just when Liang Chao Jiangzhou stabbed Shi Chen Bozhi to surrender to Northern Wei, at this time Northern Wei Xuanwu held an emergency meeting with his ministers and decided to send troops, so he appointed Xiao Baoyu as the governor, stationed at Yangshi, and prepared to start attacking Southern Liang, which also began his conquest career.
At this time Liang invaded Northern Wei, Xiao Baocheng put on his armor and led his subordinates to attack, this is his first war, because there was no reinforcement, he was quickly defeated by Jiang Qingzhen, he had to retreat, in fact, he was still talented, it did not take long for the Northern Wei imperial family to let him attack the Liang army, this battle he won, after the Return of the Class Division, Northern Wei Xuanwu Emperor named him the Duke of Liang County, and also married his sister Princess Nanyang to him, and then named him the King of Qi, feeling that he was about to embark on the peak of his life, he soon encountered the biggest defeat in northern Wei's life. Battle of Bell Departure.
Yuan Ying was the commander-in-chief and the royal family, who made such a big mistake and was cut into a commoner, he always had to find a cushion, so he said that it was because Xiao Baoyu was not able to defend the East Bridge, which led to the defeat of the army, and asked the imperial court to sentence Xiao Baoyu to capital punishment. Although he was a foreigner, he was also a donkey, who was saved by the emperor and, like Yuan Ying, was demoted to a commoner.
Within two years, Emperor Xiao Yan of Liangwu sent an army to attack Northern Wei, and Emperor Xuanwu Yuan Ke used Xiao Baoyu, appointed him as the general of Annan, and returned to the dispatch of the Northern Wei general Lu Chang to lead troops to support Lu Chang, as a result, Lu Chang was defeated by Southern Liang, so he led the whole army back, and the next year, Emperor Xuanwu Yuan Ke restored his title of King of Qi, but soon encountered a political dark moment in Northern Wei, Empress Hu was in power, and riots began to occur everywhere.
The chaos of Northern Wei was known to Southern Liang, so Xiao Yan sent the general Kang Xuan to build a at Fushan Mountain, accumulate the water of the Huai River, and prepare to flood Yangzhou and Xuzhou, and the Northern Wei court appointed him as the general of Zhendong to block the Liang army, when Xiao Yan learned that the Northern Wei commander who came to meet the battle was Xiao Baoyu, he sent people to persuade him to surrender, at this time he was no longer the child, so he did not fall for Emperor Wu of Liang.
So he ordered the light car general Liu Zhiwen and the Huwei general Liu Yanzong to cross the Huai River at night, burn down the Liang army camp, break through three fortresses, and behead the Liang Dynasty general Wang Shengming. After the victory, Xiao Baoyu was appointed as the governor of the capital, commanding the military of Xu and Yan'erzhou, and during his time in Xuzhou, he founded the academy, worked diligently in government affairs, improved the local people's livelihood, and was loved by the local people.
At that time, northern Wei experienced the change of Heyin, Erzhu Rong controlled the Northern Wei court, uprisings broke out in various places, Xiao Baoyu was sent to suppress the uprising of Mo Zhi tiansheng and Wan Qian ugly slaves in the Guanlong area, and after several battles, both sides had their own victories and losses, because the scale of the uprising was too large, it was difficult to contain, plus the army was too long, the rear support could not be received, the morale of the soldiers was low, and finally they returned with great defeat.
After returning to Chang'an, he was cut down to civilians, due to continuous rebellion, the official army was repeatedly defeated, the imperial court reactivated Xiao Baobao, the Northern Wei court at that time, the situation was quite unclear, Xiao Baoyuan was worried that if he lost the battle, he would be demoted, so he killed the envoy Li Daoyuan, who was a famous geographer in ancient times, the one who wrote the "Notes on the Water Classics", after killing people, Xiao Baoyuan had six gods and no masters, at this time his subordinate Liu Kai said to him, You are the son of Xiao Luan, the Emperor of Qiming, and there was a song singing before, "Luan sheng ten sons and nine sons are dead, A son does not lose the chaos in the middle of the pass".
So heeded Liu Kai's advice, rebelled in Guanzhong, and called himself Emperor of Daqi, Xiao Baoyu was worshipping the heavens in the southern suburbs, when he heard that his general Lu Zuqian had been killed, and when he heard the news, the heavens were no longer sacrificed, so he went directly back to the city and prepared to resist the large army sent by Northern Wei. Due to his defeat, Hou Zhongde,under his command, prepared to sneak up on Xiao Baojie, but he detected it, and Xiao Baoyu fought for a while and escaped from the back door with his wife, Princess Nanyang.
After escaping, he went to the rebel leader Wan Qian Ugly Nu, and not long after the Northern Wei general Erzhu Tianguang sent He Bayue to defeat Wan Qian Ugly Nu, captured Wan Qian Ugly Nu and Xiao Baoyuan, and escorted him back to Beijing, where the Northern Wei Emperor executed him. When he was dying, his friends in Northern Wei came to see him off, and his wife, Princess Nanyang, also came with her family to say goodbye to Xiao Baojie, and he told everyone that I just obeyed the arrangement of Providence and calmly faced death.
Fate was really unfair to him, and whenever he encountered something big, he ended in failure.