The two Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, which is a very general concept, can be divided into three stages: the Western Jin Dynasty, the Eastern Jin Dynasty Sixteen Kingdoms (Five Hu Sixteen Kingdoms), and the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Among them, the Western Jin Dynasty had 52 years, the Eastern Jin Dynasty had 104 years, and the Southern and Northern Dynasties had 170 years. Together, it took 326 years. During the reign of Sima Yan, the Western Jin Dynasty only had 25 years of stability, so the two Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, for 301 years, were in the midst of war.
The war in 301 was enough to create a number of heroes. It is really difficult to select ten fierce generals from a number of heroes. It's like a big wave of sand, and no one wants to admit that he is the one who has been screened out.
It can be said that in everyone's mind, there are their own top ten famous players. Therefore, the 10 people listed here can only be said to be more representative of these several famous generals:
Murong Ke, Murong Chui, Chen Qingzhi, Wei Rui, Liu Yu, Tan Daoji, Yuwen Tai, Wei Xiaokuan, Chen Baxian, and Gao Changgong.
These 10 people are definitely the best of the best in these 301 years. Among them, there are many people who have laid the foundation of the dynasty, such as Yuwen Tai. There are also people who call the founding of the emperor, such as Murong Chui, Liu Yu, Chen Baxian, and so on.
First, there were 2 players in yanguo: Murong Ke and Murong Chui.
These were the brothers, both of whom were Murong Hao's sons. In fact, Murong Hao was very good at educating children, and among his sons, there were many celebrities. In addition to these two brothers, there was Murong Juan, who established the Former Yan Empire, and Murong De, who established the Southern Yan Empire.
Of course, the most exciting thing is Murong Ke and Murong Chui's brothers, after all, people have won a good reputation that has been passed down through the ages by relying on their solid battle achievements.
Murong Ke once led more than 2,000 cavalry to defeat Later Zhao's 100,000 troops, laying a solid foundation for Former Yan to enter the Central Plains. In addition, Murong Ke also defeated the regimes of Goguryeo, Buyeo, and Ran Wei, and was the most famous general at that time.
Murong Chui was also a fierce man, who went to the battlefield at the age of 13 and died of illness on the battlefield at the age of 70. In his 57-year war career, there is not a record of defeat. Good fellow, almost an undefeated god.
Murong Chui's life was more bumpy, because his talent was too good, so he was deeply loved by his father Murong Hao. This incident aroused the disgust of his brother Murong Juan, and from then on Murong Chui was not very good at mixing in Former Yan.
His sister-in-law, Kezu Hun , designed to kill Murong Chui 's original wife, Duan Shi. If Murong Chui had not defeated the famous Eastern Jin general Huan Wen at the Battle of Fangtou and preserved the territory of the Central Plains for Former Yan, Murong Chui would have been eliminated by his sister-in-law Kezuhun and his uncle Murong Jue.
After that, Murong Chui planned to return to Former Yan's former capital Longcheng for refuge, but was betrayed by his younger son Murong Lin, who had to change direction and defect to Former Qin. Former Yan, which had lost Murong Chui, collapsed in an instant, and Former Qin's chancellor Wang Meng, with his troops, attacked and flattened Former Yan in one fell swoop.
Murong Chui did not feel comfortable working for Former Qin, and he always thought of restoring the country. After the defeat of former Qin Tianwang Jian in the Battle of Shuishui, Murong Chui resolutely went north to start a business and cooperated with Ding Zhiren to establish the Later Yan Empire.
2. 2 players of Nanliang: Chen Qingzhi and Wei Rui.
Both of them were famous generals of the Southern Dynasty Liang State, and both worked for Emperor Wu of Liang. However, the treatment of these two people is obviously different.
Obviously, Emperor Wu of Liang was even more partial to Chen Qingzhi, whom he had pulled up. As for Wei Rui, even if the battle achievements are great, no one will help hype, it will be in vain.
Therefore, in history, many people know the white-robed general Chen Qingzhi, but few people have heard of the great name of Wei Ruiwei Tiger. In fact, the contribution of the two of them to Nanliang is exactly the opposite of fame.
First, Chen Qingzhi.
Chen Qingzhi was originally doing miscellaneous work for Emperor Wu of Liang, and his main job was to accompany Emperor Wu of Liang to play chess. After a long time, Emperor Wu of Liang developed feelings for Chen Qingzhi, so he planned to give him a chance to go through some training. As a result, Chen Qingzhi, who had never been on the battlefield, actually defeated the Northern Wei army in one fell swoop, which made Emperor Wu of Liang overjoyed!
Therefore, Chen Qingzhi's Northern Expedition appeared like this, and Emperor Wu of Liang only gave him 7,000 people, so it can be seen that it is only for him to try, even if it fails, it does not matter.
But Chen Qingzhi gave strength, he led 7,000 people, laid down 32 cities in Northern Wei, 47 consecutive battles, and none of them were defeated. He even sent Yuan Hao to Luoyang in a dignified manner and became the Northern Wei emperor supported by Southern Liang. This record is really worth Chen Qingzhi's blowing for several lifetimes.
Second, Wei Rui.
Although Wei Rui's reputation was not as great as Chen Qing's, the Northern Wei he faced was a period of greater strength after Emperor Xiaowen's reforms. At that time, the strength of Northern Wei was far superior to that of Chen Qingzhi during the Northern Expedition.
At that time, Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei, Yuan Ke, planned to challenge Emperor Wu of Southern Liang, so the Battle of Zhong Li broke out. Originally a small-scale friction, the result was that more and more troops were invested by both sides, and finally this battle was turned into one of the largest battles in the Southern and Northern Dynasties period.
In the Battle of Zhongli, the Soldiers and Horses invested by the Northern Wei Dynasty were said to be millions, but in fact there were about 400,000. Southern Liang invested 200,000 troops, and Wei Rui mainly had several major achievements in this battle:
- First, rush to the rescue. After Cao Jingzong's forces on the front line were defeated by the Northern Wei army, Wei Rui only took 10 days to rush from Hefei to Zhong Licheng to support. This marching speed not only shocked the enemy army, but also greatly boosted the morale of the Southern Liang army.
- Second, shoot Yang big in the eye. In the course of the battle, Wei Rui built a castle to block the enemy overnight, and the Northern Wei army was greatly surprised by this. The famous Northern Wei general Yang Dayan personally attacked with his troops, only to be beaten by Wei Rui on the ground and flee in a hurry, and the morale of Northern Wei was greatly reduced.
- Third, supervise the construction of large ships. The Northern Wei built two bridges on both sides of ShaoyangZhou to facilitate support and retreat. Wei Rui saw the opportunity, supervised the construction of large ships, and waited until the water level rose, and then decisively attacked to annihilate the Wei army on ShaoyangZhou. Subsequently, the pontoon bridge was destroyed and hundreds of thousands of troops were killed.
After this battle, the Northern Wei could no longer organize a decent southern expedition. When the Northern Wei emperor heard the name of Wei Ruiwei Tiger, he would tremble.
3. 2 players of the Southern Dynasty Song Dynasty: Liu Yu and Tan Daoji.
Liu Yu is all too familiar to everyone, the founder of the Southern Dynasty Song Dynasty. In the past, he was a street wanderer, and after joining the Beifu Soldiers, he discovered his military expertise, so he became out of control and became a warlord who dominated the side.
After huanxuan's rebellion, Liu Yu raised troops to quell the rebellion and became the actual helmsman of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. After that, Liu Yu successively pacified the separatist regimes of Shu, Southern Yan, and Later Qin, destroyed 6 monarchs, and almost completed the great cause of unifying the world.
Tan Daoji, he is the younger brother who follows Liu Yuchao. But this little brother is not simple, it can be said that he is the main force under Liu Yu. In most of Liu Yu's military feats, there is a figure of Tan Daoji.
During the reign of Emperor Wen of Song, after the failure of the Northern Expedition, it was Tan Daoji who led his troops north to preserve the military strength of the Southern Song Dynasty. It can be said that it is one of the few living Great Walls in the Southern Song Dynasty.
4. 2 Players of Western Wei: Yuwen Tai and Wei Xiaokuan.
Yuwen Tai was the founder of the Western Wei Dynasty and the founder of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. After his old superior, He Bayue, was killed by Gao Huan with a counter-plot, he became the leader of the Guan Long clique when he was only 28 years old.
Compared with Gao Huan, who has a big family, Yuwen Tai's strength is really too weak. However, in famous battles such as the Battle of Xiaoguan and the Battle of Shayuan, the people won a great victory over Gao Huan and stabilized the situation in Western Wei.
After that, Yuwen Tai actively carried out the reform of the prefectural military system, established the system of twenty-four kaifu of the twelve generals of the Eight Pillar State, and formed a large-scale Guanlong clique. The Northern Zhou and Sui and Tang dynasties all originated from this group.
Wei Xiaokuan was a famous general who had become a late bloomer, and after the western Wei general Wang Sizheng built The Jade Bi City in the early years, he decided that it would be a heavy place to block Gao Huan. Unfortunately, Wang Sizheng was not blessed, and the task of guarding Yubi fell into the hands of Wei Xiaokuan.
Wei Xiaokuan was called a fierce, and when he was guarding Yubi in the town, he only had a few thousand people and horses in his hands. Gao Huan came with 100,000 troops, besieged the city for more than 50 days, and finally returned with a disastrous defeat at the cost of more than 70,000 casualties. Not long after he returned, Gao Huan was angry to death. Wei Xiaokuan can be described as a god of the First World War.
5. Southern Dynasty Chen Guo 1 player: Chen Baxian.
The Southern Dynasty Chen Guo was the last dynasty of the Southern Dynasty, and in the early years Chen Ba first worked for Southern Liang. Emperor Xiao Yan of Liangwu, known as Xiao Bodhisattva, was trapped in Taicheng and starved to death during Hou Jing's rebellion, and the Southern Liang rebellion gave Chen Baxian the opportunity to rise.
At the same time, there was also a famous general named Wang Shengjie. When quelling the rebellion of Hou Jing, in fact, Wang Sheng's debate was the main force, but because Wang Sheng's position was not firm in the later period, supporting the puppet emperor Xiao Yuanming supported by Northern Qi, the two were completely split. In the end, Wang Shengfeng lost to Chen Baxian.
Chen Baxian not only quelled various rebellions in the south, but also defeated northern Qi's southern conquest army twice, creating excellent military conditions for the establishment of southern Chen. It can be said that Chen Baxian saved the last face of the Southern Dynasty.
6. 1 Player of Northern Qi: Gao Changgong.
The great name of Lanling King Gao Changgong was really too loud. It's not that this brother has a lot of military achievements, mainly because people are handsome! Will fight, handsome, once these two things are combined, that is, the existence of insoluble existence?
Gao Changgong was Gao Huan's grandson and Gao Cheng's son. On the eve of the usurpation, Gao Cheng was slaughtered by his own cook, so he cheapened his brother Gao Yang. After Gao Yang established Northern Qi, Gao Changgong served Northern Qi as a migrant worker.
After the late Emperor Gao Wei of Northern Qi ascended the throne, Gao Changgong's combat effectiveness gradually became prominent, and he repeatedly defeated the attacks of the Turks and Northern Zhou, which can be called the last Great Wall of Northern Qi.
Because he was too handsome and worried that his opponents would look down on him, gao Changgong always liked to wear a fierce and evil mask when fighting, and the famous "Lanling King Entry Song" also found inspiration.
Summary: There are too many famous players, and they are not necessarily the best.
These 10 are not necessarily the best famous generals of the two Jin Dynasties, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, but they are definitely the most representative.
Murong Ke defeated Ran Wei, creating conditions for Former Yan to enter the Central Plains. Murong Chui supported Tuoba Jue, laying the foundation for the development of Northern Wei. Chen Qingzhi's Northern Expedition created the slogan of thousands of troops and horses avoiding white robes. Wei Rui's thousands of miles supported Zhong Li, making it impossible for Northern Wei to organize a decent southern expedition.
Liu Yu almost ruled the world, and Tan Daoji was the last living Great Wall of the Southern Dynasty Song Dynasty. The Guanlong Group, led by Yuwen Tai, became the foundation for the founding of the Sui and Tang dynasties. Wei Xiaokuan was canonized in the first battle, reversing the pattern of strength and weakness of Eastern Wei and Western Wei. Chen Baxian saved the last face of the Southern Dynasty, and was so tall and handsome that it made people nosebleed.
Of course, in addition to them, there were Wang Mao who destroyed Eastern Wu, Shi Le who established Later Zhao, Xie Xuan who defeated Former Qin in the Battle of Shuishui, Huo Luguang who defeated Wei Xiaokuan, Liu Gaozhi, a famous soldier in Northern Province, and so on. In your mind, who can still be selected as one of the top ten famous generals of the two Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties? Nominations are welcome.
References: Book of Jin, Book of Wei, Book of Liang, etc.
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