During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the once powerful Northern Wei gradually split after the change of Heyin, Erzhu Rong once controlled the government of Northern Wei, and he also single-handedly eliminated the Sinicized Xianbei nobles and the Han chinese who came out of the Northern Wei Dynasty, laying the foundation for the later division of Northern Wei into Eastern Wei and Western Wei, and the two later chaotic tyrants, Gao Huan, the founder of Eastern Wei, and Yuwen Tai, the founder of Western Wei, were all under Erzhu Rong, and it can be said that Erzhu Rong became a key figure in creating historical nodes, and at the same time as the civil unrest in Northern Wei, Southern Liang also had the opportunity to further weaken the Northern Wei and advance into the Central Plains, but when the situation was good, the situation that was obviously favorable to Southern Liang was instantly reversed, and Southern Liang also lost a great opportunity.
Speaking of the change of Heyin, we must mention the Rebellion of the Six Towns of northern Wei, the six towns were set up in the north to attack and defend Rouran, but with the decline of Rouran, the status of the six towns also dropped sharply, and the Northern Wei no longer poured resources into the six towns, and finally in 523, because of the plunder of Rouran and the contempt of the Northern Wei court, the people of the six towns suffered a large-scale famine, which triggered the six towns uprising, and Erzhu Rong rose in the process of pacifying the six towns uprising.
History of the North. In the true light of the biography of Erzhu Rong, the soldiers of the four sides rose up, scattered the animal husbandry, and recruited the righteous and courageous... Since the military power is growing, the imperial court cannot be blamed.
In the process of quelling the Six Towns Uprising, Erzhu Rong became a local prince who divided the side, the Northern Wei court had lost control of him, and its territory was mainly in the area of present-day Shanxi, and this careerist in the chaotic world naturally would not be willing to be the leader of a small local power group, Luoyang became a treasure he coveted, and he wanted the world of Northern Wei.
To say that the opportunity is for those who are prepared, although Erzhu Rongsheng is fierce, but God still gave him a perfect opportunity, that is, at that time, Empress Hu of Northern Wei was suspected of killing her own son Xiaoming Emperor Yuanxuan, and another 3-year-old Yuan Zhao was set up as emperor, for a time the government and the opposition were shaken, this Empress Hu could attack her own son, the reason is that Emperor Xiaoming wants to take power, and Empress Hu wants to control the government by herself, and sure enough, the imperial family has no family affection to speak of, and it is difficult to compare with the temptation of power in the intimate blood relationship. I don't know what kind of mood Emperor Xiaoming would have felt before he died.
Book of Wei. Between mother and son, there are many discontents. Zheng Yu was worried about the misfortune, but he planned with the empress dowager, because Pan Chonghua gave birth to a daughter, and the empress dowager deceived her as a man, so she pardoned and changed the year. The collapse of Emperor Suzong, the matter was out of the hurry, the empress dowager was sent into the road, and hundreds of officials inside and outside were driving to the river bridge... To the north and south of the long causeway, he was ordered to get off Ma Xidu, that is, to send Hu to ride around on all sides. Falsely claiming that the king of Gaoyang wanted to rebel, he killed more than 2,000 people of the hundred officials, princes, and secretaries, and all of them were killed with their hands... It was ordered that forty or fifty people move the emperor to the river bridge, and the empress dowager Shen Ling and the young lord to the river.
At that time, Erzhu Rong forced Empress Hu to take the young emperor and the hundred officials to greet him, and in Heyin, northeast of present-day Mengjin in Luoyang, Erzhu Rong came to a massacre, and he ordered the murder of more than 2,000 people of the Hundred Officials Imperial Family, and at the same time threw Empress Hu (Empress Ling was Empress Dowager Hu) and the young emperor into the Yellow River.
Obviously, Erzhu Rong's purpose in doing this was one, not simply murderous, he hoped to use this to eliminate the forces of the Northern Wei Dynasty, so that there was no force group in Luoyang that could be countered by himself, so that no matter who became the emperor, the world of Northern Wei was under his control.
History of the North. The people who came from the north of the Erzhu Rong Biography entered the temple by horse. The nobles died and scattered, and there was no order. Around Emperor Zhuang, there were only a few people in the past.
In the end, Erzhu Rong's purpose was also realized, there was no one in Luoyang City who could compete with it, and there were not too many people available around Yuan Xue, so Erzhu Rong also further asked to move the capital, but Yuan Xue understood that how Luoyang was broken was also the basis of his own life, if he followed Erzhu Rong away, it would really become the relationship between Dong Zhuo and Emperor Han Xian, and Erzhu Rong knew that he did not control Yuan Xu by his side, and his heart was not steady, and the two were very unhappy because of the matter of moving the capital.
The two can only promise each other, without his heart, willing to continue to maintain the alliance relationship, Erzhu Rong returned to Jinyang to remotely control the Luoyang Court, and Yuan Xue waited for the opportunity to kill Erzhu Rong.
The situation in Northern Wei was temporarily stable, and the Southern Liang on the side was happy to blossom, because the turmoil in Northern Wei gave Southern Liang a big pie, first, Northern Wei experienced this great chaos, greatly damaged national strength, and the threat to Southern Liang was greatly reduced, and at the same time, because Erzhu Rong killed too much, so many Northern Wei princes and nobles chose to flee south, which invisibly helped Southern Liang, expanding the territory without spending a single soldier, and it is estimated that Emperor Wu of Liang will wake up laughing in his dreams.
Book of Wei. Emperor Xiaozhuang of the Gwangju Liu Ju gathered thousands of people to rebel against Puyang and proclaimed himself the Great General of Emperor Wu. It was the month, and the people of Gaoping Town, Wan Qian ugly slaves, arrogantly claimed the throne and placed hundreds of officials... In August, Taishan Taishou Yang kanjun led Xiao Yan's general Wang Yan to attack Yan Prefecture.
Book of Liang. Emperor Wu of benji (王本紀) in the Summer Of April Xin ugly, Wei Ying prefecture thorn Shi Yuan wished to reach Yiyang inner annex, placed in the Northern Si Prefecture. When Wei was in chaos, his Beihai King Yuanhao, Linhuai Wang Yuanyu, and Runan's King Yuanyue came and went; his Northern Qingzhou Thorn Shi Yuanshijun and Southern Jingzhou Thorn Shi Li Zhi also descended to the ground... Wei Yu Prefecture assassin Shi Deng xian to the land of the genus.
It can be seen that at the beginning of Emperor Xiaozhuang's succession, northern Wei was in turmoil and turmoil, and there were rebellions from time to time, the most important of which was the history of northern Wei that surrendered to the land, which helped Southern Liang expand its territory, and Northern Wei temporarily had no time to take care of it, Yingzhou, the seat of government was in present-day Zhongxiang, Hubei, Southern Jingzhou was in Zaoyang, Hubei, and Yuzhou was in Runan, Henan, so southern Liang expanded its territory without war.
At the same time, this also laid the foundation for Southern Liang to intervene in the Northern Wei Dynasty, a country's civil strife will inevitably lead to the action of hostile forces, Emperor Wu of Liang will not let go of such a good opportunity, so it can not be pulled down in vain, taking advantage of your illness, want your life, Emperor Wu of Liang has a plan to cause chaos to Northern Wei, that is, to be sent back to an emperor by Northern Wei.
Liang Wu thought that he was the lord of Wei, a false soldier, and ordered him to enter the north. In April of the second year of Yong'an, he burned the altar in the south of Liang Guocheng, and was named xiaoji in the first year.
Book of Liang. The Biography of Chen Qing", Gao Zunazhi, took Qingzhi as a false festival, and sent Yuan Hao back to the north.
Yuan Hao was originally because he was afraid of being killed by Erzhu Rong, he defected to Southern Liang, after the situation in Northern Wei was relatively stable, he asked Emperor Wu of Liang to go back, Emperor Wu of Liang naturally gladly agreed, let Yuan Hao go back, at least it can cause another internal sine turmoil in Northern Wei, the best result is that Yuan Hao and Emperor Xiaozhuang Yuanxu are fighting each other, in this way, Emperor Liangwu sending Yuan Hao back is equivalent to playing a role in dividing and disintegrating Northern Wei, which can be said to be a business that can be said to be stable and profitable.
At the same time, Chen Qingzhi, a famous general of Southern Liang, also showed great might in the process of escorting Yuan Haohui to Northern Wei, leaving behind the name of thousands of troops and horses to avoid white robes.
Chen Qingzhi led his troops to escort Yuan Hao, and successively defeated Qiu Daqian, who had 70,000 troops, and Yuan Huiye, who had 20,000 troops, and the soldiers were only Xingyang, not far from Luoyang, and under Xingyang City, it also became the most exciting battle of Chen Qingzhi's northward action.
Book of Liang. The Biography of Chen Qing (陳庆之傳) of Wei Zuo(魏左仆) Yang Yu (杨昱), The Prince of Xi'a (西阿王元庆), and the Fujun general Yuan Xianggong (元明恭) led the imperial warrior Yulin Zongzi (羽林宗子庶子) to 70,000 people, according to Xingyang (荥阳). The soldiers are both strong and strong, the city is dangerous, and the qingzhi attack has not been pulled out... Tianmu and Tumu'er followed each other and looked at each other. When Xingyang was not pulled out, everyone was afraid, and Qingzhi was the horse... A drum was sent to the city, and the strong warriors Dongyang Song Jingxiu and Yixing Yu Tianyu entered the city and conquered it. Russia and Wei united externally, Qingzhi led the ride of three thousand backs to the city to fight against the battle, the great destruction, Lu An yu begged to surrender, Yuan Tianmu and Erzhu Tu'er were exempted from riding alone. Harvest the Sun yang and store the truth, the cow and horse valley are invincible... His Linhuai King Yuanyu and Anfeng Wang Yuanyanming led hundreds of officials, sealed the treasury, prepared the law, and were welcomed into luoyang palace, the imperial front hall, and changed the yuan amnesty.
Northern Wei had 70,000 troops in Xingyang, and at the same time heavily defended in Hu prison, Chen Qingzhi led the Liang army on a long journey, which was already the end of the strong crossbow, and those former Northern Wei generals who were attached to Yuan Hao were also worried about their combat strength, so they could only rely on the Liang army led by Chen Qingzhi.
But the problem is that the reinforcements of the Northern Wei parties have moved closer to Xingyang, if they cannot take Xingyang, then the Northern Wei army can realize the siege of the Liang army, then the situation is dangerous, and finally Chen Qingzhi told the matter and the generals, if you do not take Xingyang City, in the plain area and fight against the Northern Wei cavalry, it is a dead end, instead of going to that passive situation, it is better to make a final fight, take Xingyang City is the only chance to survive, Liang Army generals were inspired by Chen Qingzhi, desperately attacked the city, and finally took Xingyang, and took the tiger prison with the trend. Emperor Xiaozhuang fled directly from Luoyang, and Yuan Hao entered Luoyang, which formally became the orthodox emperor of Northern Wei.
By this time, in fact, the situation had been developing in favor of Southern Liang, after all, Yuan Xue was supported by Erzhu Rong, and Yuan Xue did not die, but fled north, and Yuan Hao was supported by Emperor Wu of Liang, and There were already two forces in Northern Wei, and it was still the kind of situation that could only survive one force, as long as this situation was maintained, Northern Wei would basically die out in infighting, and Southern Liang could take the opportunity to advance into the Central Plains, but it was embarrassing that Emperor Wu of Liang did not choose a good person, and Yuan Hao was difficult to become a great instrument, and it was not worth being supported.
The Biography of Beishi Yuanhao claims to be taught by heaven and is quite arrogant. Former guests are close to the habit of the disciples, salty and spoiled, interfering with political affairs. And he drank day and night, and did not sympathize with the military. The southern soldiers under their command, the tombs stole the city, and the government and the opposition were disappointed. Sometimes it is cool and frugal, and the public and private are uneasy.
Book of Liang. The Biography of Chen Qing (颢之傳) takes Qingzhi as the history of Xuzhou's thorns, because of the town of Guqiu. Fearful, he did not send it.
After Yuan Hao entered Luoyang, what he did was not to consolidate his own power and win over other interest groups in Northern Wei, but to only care about pleasure, Luoyang, which had experienced turmoil, needed time to recuperate, but Yuan Hao did not have that mood, but indulged in pleasure, and the generals who defected to Yuan Hao were also chaotic in military discipline, which directly led to Yuan Hao's loss of people's hearts in Luoyang, which laid a hidden danger for his subsequent defeat.
At the same time, Yuan Hao has achieved his goal, and he is very disgusted with Liang Jun led by Chen Qingzhi, so for Chen Qingzhi's request, Yuan Hao expressed his disapproval, and the subtext is that he wants to expel the guests, but only temporarily because of the existence of Erzhu Rong, he did not completely break up with Chen Qingzhi, and with the deepening of the rift between Yuan Hao and Chen Qingzhi, it was difficult for the two sides to cooperate together.
Book of Liang. The Biography of Chen Qing", Qing Zhi crossed the river to defend the north of Zhonglang City, and there was a battle in ten of the three days, and many people were wounded and killed... Qingzhi's horse walked thousands of steps, formed an eastern rebellion, and Rong personally came to chase after it, and the high mountains and rivers overflowed, and the soldiers died and scattered.
History of the North. Erzhu Rong's biography was honored, and it was rumored that the chao gong was the eldest son of the Shangdang, and the public opinion was so southern. Glory as a precursor, between the ten days, the terracotta army set... Rong and Hao hold on to each other on the river, and no boat can not be immediately measured... There are several small boats in Mazhu Zhuyangyun, and they are asked to be the village guides. Rong Nai ling Du Du Er Zhao and other leaders to ride the night. Rush.
As Erzhu Rong led his troops south, Chen Qingzhi led his troops to cross the river to block, although it delayed Erzhu Rong's offensive, but failed to save the defeat, Erzhu Rong sent troops around Chen Qingzhi to cross the river to attack Luoyang, Yuan Hao's temporarily established troops were naturally not opponents of Erzhu Rong's army, and quickly collapsed, Yuan Hao could only escape from Luoyang, and was finally killed.
And the rapid decline of Yuan Hao, so that Chen Qingzhi fell into a desperate situation, far away from the border of Southern Liang, and it was the Liang army that had experienced many days of bitter fighting, and it was difficult to escape the doom in the hinterland of Northern Wei, coupled with unexpected circumstances, the Liang army that accompanied Chen Qingzhi was almost completely destroyed, and Chen Qingzhi fled back to Southern Liang alone, so that the favorable situation that Southern Liang had achieved before was gone.
In general, the change in Heyin created by Erzhu Rong opened the curtain of chaos, laid the foundation for the division of Northern Wei, and at the same time created a favorable situation for Southern Liang, and the situation was once found in the direction that Emperor Liangwu hoped, seeing that Southern Liang had the opportunity to advance into the Central Plains, but the Yuan Hao supported by Emperor Liangwu was too useless, and it quickly declined, triggering the collapse of the overall situation, and Southern Liang also lost an excellent opportunity.
References to Wei Shu. Emperor Xiaozhuang", Book of Wei. Biography of the Empress", Book of Liang. Emperor Wu Benji", Book of Liang. The Biography of Chen Qing", "History of the North. Biography of Erzhu Rong", "Biography of Beishi Yuanhao"