War has always accompanied the history of mankind, and our country has been constantly engaged in wars since ancient times, and in the course of continuous wars, many famous generals have emerged. During the Warring States period, there were four famous generals, Bai Qi, Wang Qi, Li Mu and Lian Po. During the Three Kingdoms period, a series of fierce generals such as Guan Yu and Zhao Yun appeared. These fierce generals, without exception, are all skilled in martial arts and good at strategy. However, not all talented generals possess extremely high martial arts, and there is a kind of general called a Confucian general, although they cannot be as capable of raising the top with their bare hands like Xiang Yu, but their strategy often leaves them invincible.
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, there was a Confucian general known as the God of War, although he had no power to bind the chicken, and even an ordinary bow and arrow could not be pulled, but all the famous generals from ancient times to the present regarded him as an example, and he was Chen Qingzhi, a famous general in the Southern Dynasty period.
A scholar Chen Qingzhi
The history of the first half of Chen Qingzhi's life has basically been buried in the river of time, and there are few records in history, because Chen Qingzhi can be said to be nameless in the first half of his life. There is no record of Chen Qingzhi's birth in the history books, and historians speculate that he may have been born into an ordinary family of readers or a small official.
Although he may not have been born very brilliant, his ability is beyond doubt. In 502 AD, the Liang Dynasty had just been established, and Chen Qingzhi, who was only 18 years old at that time, was appointed as the chief bookkeeper, which shows that he was a pure reader. Subsequently, Chen Qingzhi always thought about how to repay the imperial court, and for this reason, he did not hesitate to scatter his family wealth to gather people
However, Chen Qingzhi, a scholar born in an ordinary family, is not so easy to get ahead, and until the age of 41, his life is not brilliant.
Battle for Fame
It was not until the age of 41 that Chen Qingyi really began to lead the army to fight. For us modern people, half of the life of the 41-year-old has passed, and for the ancients, 41 years old is already an "old man". And just in middle age, Chen Qingzhi was really well known. In 525, the 41-year-old Chen Qingzhi was appointed as a mighty general and led a large army to meet the rebels of Northern Wei.
On the way back, they encountered a 20,000-strong attack led by the Northern Wei generals Anfeng Wang Yuanyanming and Linhuai Wang Yuanyu, and at this time Chen Qingzhi only had an army of 2,000 men, but in the first wave of attacks, the Liang army defeated the Northern Wei army in one fell swoop. However, a month later, Xiao Zong, the king of Yuzhang of Liang, secretly left the camp and surrendered to Northern Wei. As soon as this news came out, the morale of the Liang army immediately plummeted, and the Northern Wei captured Pengcheng in one fell swoop, and the soldiers of the Liang army were basically completely destroyed, and only the army led by Chen Qingzhi survived.
Although the army was defeated due to the rebels, Chen Qingzhi's military talent was also discovered, and since then he has become famous in the first world war and begun to enter everyone's vision.
The Battle of the Northern Expedition
After being recognized for his ability to lead troops, he began to appear frequently on the battlefield. In 528, civil unrest broke out in Northern Wei, at which time, Yuan Hao, the king of Beihai of Northern Wei, surrendered to the Liang Dynasty, hoping to use the power of the Liang Dynasty to help him seize power in Northern Wei. King Liang saw the opportunity and appointed Yuan Hao as The King of Wei, and then sent Chen Qingzhi to escort Yuan Hao back to Liang. Yuan Hao took this opportunity to proclaim himself emperor at Zhuoshui and appointed Chen Qingzhi as the general of Zhenbei.
In 529 AD, Chen Qingzhi led a large army to start the Northern Expedition, the army was like a bamboo, the Wei army saw the Liang army and fled, until it reached Xingyang, Chen Qingzhi encountered the first obstacle. Since the last elite of the Wei army was concentrated in Xingyang, and the city walls were strong, the Liang army was eventually blocked under Xingyang.
Subsequently, the reinforcements of the Wei army rushed to the city of Xingyang, and eventually the 300,000 troops of the Wei army formed a siege of the Liang army, and at this time the Liang army only had 7,000 people left. Faced with such a huge gap, many Liang army generals were basically desperate. However, in this case, Chen Qingzhi did not retreat, he personally beat the drums of heroes, and said to the Liang army generals: "We have killed countless civilians, if defeated, we can only wait for death, and now the only chance is to break through their fortress." ”
In this case, a miracle happened, when the first war drum sounded, the Liang army had all climbed the city wall, and then 7,000 soldiers with the determination to die successfully captured Xingyang and captured the defenders. However, the enemy's 300,000 troops will certainly not sit still, but the role has changed, the Liang army has become a defender, and the Wei army has begun to attack.
In the face of the Wei army's attack, Chen Qingzhi did not choose to sit still, but led 3,000 cavalry to take the initiative to attack, and finally successfully conquered the siege of the Wei army, the Wei army general Lu An surrendered in front of the battle, and the main generals Yuan Tianmu and Erzhu Tu'er fled. The victory of this battle broke all the courage of the Wei army, and finally Chen Qingzhi spent 4 months to break through 32 cities of the Wei state, and his reputation has since become famous.
Although Chen Qingzhi is a reader without the strength of a chicken, his unparalleled strategy has made him invincible and has become a generation of gods of war.