Gossip About the Unification of the World under the North and the South Dynasty - Taijian Northern Expedition (1)
I haven't said anything about Jiangdong for a long time; let's make up for it here——
The last time we talked about Jiangdong, it was after the Hou Jing Rebellion, Chen Baxian rose first; after 7788, this narcissistic grandfather used his surname as the name of the country and established the last regime of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Chen.
At the beginning of the Chen Dynasty, Chen Ba first took over the mess after Hou Jing's rebellion; moreover, the land area was unusually small, not as good as the Yangtze River in the north and Jiangling in the west; the country was full of devastation; in the words of the famous Northern Zhou general Wei Xiaokuan, the situation in Southern Chen was called "the embers of chengliang's destruction."
In such a big ass territory, Chen Baxian, the emperor, was also very uneasy——
Chen Baxian was born in 503 AD, and the founding of the Chen Dynasty was in 557 AD; Chen Baxian died in 559 AD, and in just these two years, Chen Baxian did one thing, put down the rebellion!
Under Chen Baxian's rule, there were successively Xiao Bo rebellions, Wang Lin rebellions, and Zhou Di rebellions; Chen Baxian took great pains to completely quell these rebellions in his lifetime.
After Chen Baxian's death, 3 of his 4 sons had died prematurely, and Chen Chang, who was still alive, was being held hostage in Western Wei; therefore, his nephew Chen Xuan succeeded to the throne; he was known as Emperor Wen of Chen.
Chen Xuan took the gun in his uncle's hand and took the stubble to quell the rebellion; this fight was fought until 566 AD, and the rebellion was completely quelled. In other words, in the first ten years of the Chen Dynasty, nothing else was done, and there was a net war.
When Chen Xuan finished the rebellion in The country; it was reasonable to say that he should be able to relax it; however, don't look at the Chen Dynasty as a small place, but although the sparrow is small, it is complete; there should be some palace fights.
Chen Xuan had a total of 15 sons; two died prematurely and survived 13; here, the crown prince was Chen Bozong, the eldest son of Chen Xuan's empress; by 566 AD, Chen Bozong was only 13 years old. At this time, in the Southern Chen court, Chen Xuan was the most reliant, and also in the power of the court was Chen Xuan's younger brother, Chen Huan.
This year, Chen Yan was 36 years old; don't look young, but this person's experience is quite legendary; the legend of this brother is that he has taken two hostages in succession, and he is safe; and he finally won the title of Dabao. I have to say that this buddy is an outlier.
At the end of Hou Jing's rebellion, Xiao Xuan declared himself emperor at Jiangling and sent troops to Jiankang; at that time, Chen Baxian had already sworn allegiance and led the army as a high-ranking general. At such a sensitive moment, Chen Baxian was very on the road, knowing that he had to hand over the hostages, so Xiao Xuan could rest assured, so Chen Baxian left his son Chen Chang and nephew Chen Yan in Jiangling as hostages.
Later, the Zhou army captured Jiangling, and Chen Chang and Chen Yan did not run out, so they were taken to Chang'an, where the brothers held hands and served as hostages together for eight years.
But fortunately, from Yuwen Tai to Yuwen Hu, they all knew the status of Chen Baxian, Chen Chang and Chen Hao were strange, so it was not difficult for them; the brothers' life in Chang'an was very leisurely.
Later, Yuwen Tai died, and Yuwen Hu took power; Chen Baxian missed his son and nephew and repeatedly asked Yuwen Hu to release him, but Yuwen Hu did not agree.
On June 12, 559, Chen Baxian suddenly fell ill; and the illness was fierce; only 9 days later, on June 21, he became seriously ill and died.
Chen Baxian died at this time, which was nothing less than a thunderbolt for the newly established Chen Dynasty, and if nothing else, there was no crown prince in the country, the generals were outside, and there were no heavy ministers in the imperial court who had the qualifications to suppress the scene; what was more fatal was that there were strong enemies all around; if it was not good, there was a possibility that chen Dynasty in its infancy would finish the calf.
In a state of utter danger, Chen Baxian's daughter-in-law, Empress Zhang Yao'er, immediately made a decision, decided not to mourn, and quickly recruited Chen Xuan, who was leading troops in other places, to return to the dynasty; at the same time, he secretly sent 100,000 people to Chang'an to pick up Chen Chang and return to Jiankang to succeed him.
Unfortunately, it backfired, and after Chen Xuan returned to Jiankang, he became emperor with the support of the generals in the army.
At this time, the news of Chen Baxian's death also reached Chang'an, and Yuwen Hu, out of the consideration of stabilizing Southern Chen, released Chen Chang back to Jiangnan; but did not release Chen Hao.
Chen Chang's arrival was definitely not a good thing for Chen Xuan, after all, Chen Chang was Chen Baxian's own son, and Chen Xuan was only Chen Baxian's nephew; Chen Chang was not there, Chen Xuan said that the emperor was still reluctant to say in the past, Chen Chang came, and Chen Xuan was on the throne again, and it seemed unjust and unsatisfactory.
Chen Xuan's little thoughts were seen by the general Hou An, who had originally supported his ascension to the throne; the latter volunteered to go to meet Chen Chang; as a result, when Chen Chang crossed the Yangtze River, he "lost his foot" and fell into the water and died.
After Chen Chang's death, Hou Andu took this little credit and became increasingly unyielding in front of Chen Xuan; in order to balance this goods, under Chen Xuan's mediation, Chen Huan was also released from Chang'an and became the second male number in the Southern Chen Officialdom; later, the two brothers joined forces to put Hou An to death.
However, without Hou Andu, Chen Yan's forces began to grow like the fertilizer crops.
By 566 AD, Chen Huan's power was already spread throughout the government and the opposition, and Yin Yin was able to compete with Chen Xuan; and on May 31 of that year, Chen Xuan died of a sudden illness without warning on the same day; the will was inherited by the crown prince Chen Bozong.
However, the new emperor Chen Bozong was later deposed, and history called him the King of Linhai.
After Chen Bozong ascended the throne, Chen Hao became the first powerful minister of the empire; the lord was suspicious of the country, which naturally aroused the suspicion of Chen Xuan, who was a former confidant of the old people.
In 567, after more than half a year of undercurrents, the contradiction between Chen Huan's remaining auxiliary ministers and Chen Huan intensified; the auxiliary ministers plotted to drive Chen Bozong out of the imperial court through the mouth of Chen Bozong, and the result was that they were completely overthrown by Chen Yanri; some were imprisoned, and some were given death. After this incident, all of Nan Chen's power fell into the hands of Chen Yan.
It was easy to deal with these old men in the DPRK who had no power to bind chickens, and dozens of lux soldiers could handle this errand; however, Chen Yan was not so easy to deal with the feudal officials who were serving outside.
At that time, Shi Huajiao of Southern Chen Xiangzhou was also Chen Huan's confidant, and seeing that Chen Huan was engaged in a great purge in the dprk, he was very worried that he would be killed one day; therefore, in May 567, Hua Jiao provoked an anti-flag and went to war with Chen Huan; this incident was called Hua Jiao's change.
However, Chen Huan still had two brushes and relied on a small number of troops, not only withstood the attack of the combined forces of Northern Zhou, Houliang, and Huajiao, but also won the victory of Zhuankou; killed Huajiao, recaptured Xiangzhou and Bazhou, and stabilized Yingzhou and Guangzhou; and even a counterattack almost knocked down The capital of Houliang, Jiangling.
With this bowl of wine at the bottom, Chen Yan's position in the dprk was more stable, and Shi said: "It is the hope of the four seas, and the salt returns to Emperor Gaozong." In other words, Chen Yan was not far from that last step.
In November 568, Chen Yu decided not to wait any longer, and in the name of Empress Dowager Zhang Yao'er, he issued an edict deposing Chen Bozong as the King of Linhai and proclaiming himself emperor; this was the fourth emperor of Southern Chen, known as Emperor Xuan of Chen.
Chen Hao was born in 530 AD, that is, less than 40 when the emperor ascended the throne; this was the maturity period of a man's physiology, psychology, and career; coupled with the fact that the command calmed down Hua Jiao's changes, Chen Hao's confidence was greatly increased.
Chen Was not content to hold on to the narrow Jiangdong dynasty; he set his sights on the Huainan region, which had been occupied by Northern Qi for more than 20 years. This place was in the hands of Northern Qi, and Chen Yan was like a fish in his throat, and he couldn't sleep soundly.
It should be mentioned here that Jiangnan at this time had already recovered from the chaos of the war; this was mainly due to Chen Xuan; during the seven years of the reign of Emperor Chen Wen of Chen, he made great efforts to govern and restore production; so that Southern Chen's national power reached a state of extreme prosperity; which also laid a solid material foundation for Chen Huan's large-scale use of troops.
In March 573, after preparations, Chen Yan appointed the general Wu Mingche as the commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the capital official Shangshu Pei Ji as his deputy, leading a 100,000-strong army in Jiangdong to begin the Northern Expedition and recover the lost land of Huainan. History said that the Northern Expedition was built too much.
The big chest brother who has read the previous text is estimated to have the impression that at this time, there are only more than 3 years left before the fall of Northern Qi; it is also the time when Gao Wei is very unspeakable.
Historical records record that after the Chen army sent troops, the momentum was like a bamboo; it was almost advancing north at the speed of one city a day.
The news of Southern Chen's sudden launch of a large-scale Northern Expedition reached Yecheng, shocking the Northern Qi government and the opposition, and also shocking Gao Wei.
For many years, the small country in Jiangdong, under the strong military pressure of Northern Qi, has always taken a defensive position and has never dared to act rashly; I did not expect that today Chen Yan actually had the courage to go north, it seems that I do not understand, the world is changing rapidly.
At that time, Gao Wei, who was still the emperor, held a pre-imperial meeting to discuss countermeasures; finally, he concluded that he sent troops to give Chen Yan, who did not know good and evil, a little color to see.
On gao wei's behalf, it was Ren Kaifu Yi and the third division's lieutenant who broke the hu; after receiving the order, this guy went south with an army of 100,000 people with great vigor and vigor; as a result, this cargo was beaten by The Chen army commanded by Wu Mingche was made the commander of the light pole in a battle.
After this great victory, the Chen army was full of momentum; under the leadership of Wu Mingche, the 100,000 Chen army directly attacked the important town of Shouchun in northern Qihuai and southern Qi.
At this time, the Northern Qi general who was sitting in Shouchun was called Wang Lin; that is, the one mentioned above who had fought with Chen Baxian for half a day; this person was later defeated and defected to Northern Qi.
This time, Gao Yang sent Lieutenant Hu to the south, and Wang Lin was also in the army; Wei Brokehu was defeated, and Wang Lin luckily escaped from the battlefield and hid in Shouchun. Without thinking, before the breath could be evenly absorbed, Wu Mingche's army arrived.
At this time, although Chen Jun was full of momentum, after all, it was after the great war; Wu Mingche did not immediately attack Shouchun, but sent people to block the Huai River and hold it for a few days, Wu Mingche sent troops to dig the levee; the rushing Huai River directly flooded Shouchun. On October 13, 573, Wu Mingche ordered a general attack on Shouchun City; Shi ZaiChen's army "attacked on all sides and pulled it out." The defender Wang Lin was cornered and captured.
In the face of Chen Jun's strong attack, Gao Wei could not sit still; he sent reinforcements for the second time.
Shang Shu xingtai left servant Pi Jinghe was ordered to lead hundreds of thousands of troops south to meet the Chen army.
However, at this time, Northern Qi had no good generals; the Pi Lord who was sent by Gao Wei was simply a bitch; this man reached the front line and set up a large camp 30 miles away from Shouchun; and then he sat back and watched as Shouchun City was turned into a pond for raising fish by Wu Mingche.
When Shouchun fell, Pi Jinghe ordered that the inconvenient weight be burned and the whole army retreated; then, in the rapid pursuit of the Chen army, the disembarking soldiers fled back to Yecheng.
Gao Wei did not mention how to deal with Pi Jinghe; after this battle, Chen Huan had earned it anyway, and the defensive line on the northern side of Southern Chen was greatly extended forward; he no longer had to sleep with one eye open, always worried that the Northern Qi army was approaching the Yangtze River.
Since the hand is so hot, of course, there is no reason to stop it.
Chen Yan issued an edict, and after Wu Mingche rested for a while, the army continued the Northern Expedition.