Just as Liu Yu was northernly attacking Southern Yan, Lu Xun and others, who were nominally subordinate to the Eastern Jin court, started their own small calculations. Lu Xun's brother-in-law Xu Daofu thought this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and advised Lu Xun to take advantage of the void to attack Jiankang, but Lu Xun refused. Xu Daofu did not give up, personally went to Panyu to lobby Lu Xun, after Xu Daofu analyzed and stated the pros and cons, Although Lu Xun was still unwilling in his heart, he could not refute Xu Daofu, so he had to choose to obey.
Xu Daofu was also premeditated for a long time, before persuading Lu Xun, he had already ordered people to cut down timber in Nankang Mountain to make ships, in order to hide his eyes, he sold some of it cheaply in Sixing to attract nearby people to trade, so he hoarded a lot of wood and no one doubted it. When Lu Xun decided to raise an army, Xu Daofu immediately arranged to use these wood to build ships, and it did not take long to build many ships. After the ordnance was prepared, Lu Xun led an army to attack Changsha County, Xu Daofu attacked the three counties of Nankang, Luling and Yuzhang, and the counties and counties abandoned the county and fled.
Xu Daofu led his army north to prepare to capture the important town of Xunyang, and if Xunyang lost Xu Daofu's army, he could go down the river and threaten Jiankang. Jiangzhou Assassin Shi Wuji naturally would not allow this to happen, and prepared to lead an army from Xunyang to resist Xu Daofu. He Wuji led his army to attack was strongly opposed by Chang Shi Deng Qian and Yin Yan, who both believed that they should defend the city and accumulate elites to confront Xu Daofu, but the proposal of the two was rejected by He Wuji. In the sixth year of Yixi (410 AD), on the day of The Sixth Year of Yixi (410 CE), He Wuji fought Xu Daofu at Yuzhang, and Xu Daofu ordered hundreds of soldiers to climb the hill on the west bank with strong crossbows to shoot He Wuji's army. Just at this time, the west wind suddenly rose, blowing He Wuji's small ship to float to the east bank, Xu Daofu ordered his big ship to enter He Wuji's ship, and He Wuji's army quickly collapsed. At this point, He Wuji did not choose to flee, but continued to supervise the battle. However, in the face of a large number of rebels, He Wujie was eventually killed in battle.
He Wuji's death in battle shook the Eastern Jin court, and Liu Yu at this time was also on his way back to the south. Jiankang's defenses were weak, so it was suggested that Emperor An of Jin flee Jiankang and join Liu Yu in Jiangbei. Fortunately, at this time, Xu Daofu did not immediately attack Jiankang, and the crowd abandoned this plan. After Liu Yu learned the news of He Wuji's death in battle, he accelerated the speed of his march, and he took dozens of cronies with him to go first, and when Liu Yu arrived at Jingkou, the ministers of the DPRK and The Central Korean Ministers let go of their hanging hearts. On April, Liu Yu successfully entered Jiankang, and at the same time, Zhuge Changmin of Qingzhou, Liu Lu of Yanzhou, and Liu Daopi of Hezhou also led an army to defend Jiankang.
At this time, Liu Yi could not sit still, and Liu Yi was seriously ill when Lu Xun raised the army earlier, and he had already recovered by this time. Liu Yi prepared to lead an army to attack Xu Daofu, but when Liu Yu learned of this, he wrote a letter to dissuade him, and sent Liu Yi's cousin Liu Fan to dissuade Liu Yi. Who expected that Liu Yi not only did not listen to the advice, but also angrily said to Liu Fan: "Pushing my ears with a momentary effort, Ru said that I was really inferior to Liu Yuxian!" After saying that, he threw Liu Yu's letter to the ground. Then he set out from Guyu with 20,000 sailors to prepare for a crusade against Xu Daofu. Xu Daofu knew that Liu Yi was coming menacingly, so he sent someone to send a message to Lu Xun, who was attacking Jiangling, "The Yi soldiers are very popular, and the success or failure of the matter is related to this, and it is advisable to destroy them together." If this is the case, there will be no more in the world. Fundamentally established, not worried about the above uneven also. Lu Xun then led his army to rendezvous with Xu Daofu and prepared to attack Liu Yi together. In May, the two sides fought at Luo Sang Chau, and as a result, Liu Yi suffered a crushing defeat, Liu Yi abandoned his ship and led hundreds of people to flee on foot, and the rest of the troops were all captured by Lu Xunjun, piled up on the ground, and all discarded.
After defeating Liu Yi, Lu Xun and Xu Daofu disagreed on their next move. Lu Xun learned from Liu Yi's soldiers that Liu Yu had returned to Jiankang, and his heart was very frightened, so he wanted to retreat to Xunyang and take Jiangling, in an attempt to occupy Jingzhou and Jiangzhou to fight against the imperial court. However, Xu Daofu wanted to take advantage of the victory to attack Jiankang, and the two sides argued for several days before ending the dispute with Lu Xun following Xu Daofu's advice. At this time, the Eastern Jin Dynasty was shaken again by Liu Yi's defeat, and Lu Xun's army was preparing to continue the attack, which made people panic. Due to Liu Yu's rapid return to the south, his army was exhausted and many soldiers were wounded, and the Jiankang defenders were only a few thousand, facing Lu Xun's army of more than 100,000 people and twelve high-rise ships, it seemed that there was no chance of victory. Zhuge Changmin and Meng Chang and others advocated taking Emperor An of Jin to Jiangbei to take refuge, but were resolutely opposed by Liu Yu. Meng Chang insisted that it was impossible to win, and kept persuading Liu Yu, but liu Yu refused, and Meng Chang was discouraged and thought that the imperial court would be defeated, so he swallowed medicine and committed suicide. However, Liu Yu was not affected by these events, and actively prepared for battle, preparing to duel with Lu Xun's army.
On may 1, Lu Xun's army reached the mouth of the Qinhuai River, while Liu Yu was stationed at TunshiCheng. After the deployment of military forces was completed, Liu Yu looked at Lu Xunjun and said to his generals: "If the thief advances directly in Xinting, his front cannot be taken seriously, and it is advisable to avoid it, and the matter of victory or defeat is not measurable; if he returns to the west bank, this will become a grappling ear." On Lu Xun's side, Xu Daofu did indeed suggest to Lu Xun that he request to march from Xinting to Baishi, then burn the warships to land and attack Liu Yu in several ways. However, Lu Xun was reluctant to take the risk and intended to be as safe as possible, and rejected Xu Daofu's plan, trying to wait for the Jin army to fail because of fear. Xu Daofu could only sigh at this: "I will eventually be mistaken by Lu Gong, and nothing will happen; so that I have to drive for the hero, and the world is not enough to be determined." ”
Liu Yu was very happy to learn that Lu Xun had stopped at Cai Zhou and began to make the next deployment. Because he was afraid that Lu Xun would launch a surprise attack, he adopted Yu Qiujin's suggestion to cut down trees and build a wooden fence to block the stone city and the mouth of the Qinhuai River for defense, and at the same time built YueCheng, and built three fortresses of Chapu, Yaoyuan, and Tingwei, and divided the troops to defend against the enemy. Lu Xun saw the wooden fence built by Liu Yu and sent a warship to attack, but was repelled by the archers arranged by Liu Yu. Lu Xun then changed his strategy, ambushed the south bank of the Qinhuai River, ordered the old and weak soldiers to pretend to attack Baishi, and threatened to lead the whole army to attack Baishi, but the actual target was still Stone City. Liu Yu personally led Liu Yi and Zhuge Changmin to resist the army attacking Baishi, leaving Shen Linzi and Xu Chite to guard the southern bank, cutting off communications to Chapu, and asking them to hold their positions and not act rashly. Soon Lu Xun burned the Fortress and marched to Zhanghou Bridge, Xu Chite wanted to lead the army to attack, but Shen Linzi resolutely opposed, but Xu Chite did not listen to persuasion to disobey the order to fight, and as a result, he was defeated by Lu Xun's arrangement for ambush troops, and Xu Chite fled by boat. Shen Linzi and Liu Zhong fought hard to resist Lu Xun's army according to shoumu, and Lu Xun's army could not attack for a while, at this time Zhu Lingshi's reinforcements also arrived, and Lu Xun had to lead the army to retreat.
The unfavorable attack caused Lu Xun to change his goal and lead his elite troops to attack Danyang County. After Liu Yu returned to Shicheng, he beheaded Xu Chite, who had disobeyed his orders earlier, and after a short rest, he went out to fight on the south bank of the Qinhuai River. Because of Liu Yu's deployment, Lu Xun could not plunder the materials in the counties, and felt that he was unable to fight again, so after consulting with Xu Daofu, he decided to withdraw his troops to seek Yang and prepare to capture Jingzhou and then slowly confront Liu Yu. On The day of Gengshen in July, Lu Xun returned to Xunyang from Caizhou, leaving Fan Chongmin and 5,000 troops to defend Nanling. On Jia Zi Day, Liu Yu sent the auxiliary generals Wang Zhongde, Guangchuan Taishou Liu Zhong, Hejian Nei Shi Kuen, and the Chinese army to consult with Meng Huaiyu to lead an army to pursue Lu Xun. In August, Liu Yu returned to Dongfu, began to train the water army, and sent the Jianwei generals Sun Chu and Shen Tianzi to lead 3,000 men to detour from the sea to attack Panyu. Many people expressed their confusion and dissuaded from this move, and Liu Yu ignored it but only told Sun Fu: "At the turn of December, the army will break the demon captivity, and when the Qing arrives, first pour out his nest, so that he will have nowhere to go." ”
Life became more difficult after Lu Xun led his army to retreat. In August, Jiangzhou Assassin Shi Yuyue, with Poyang Taishou Yu Qiujin as the forward, defeated Lu Xun several times, and then cut off Lu Xun's grain route according to Yu Zhang. In October, Liu Yu personally led Yanzhou to assassinate Liu Fan, the Ning Shuo general Tan Shao, and the champion general Liu Jingxuan to attack Lu Xun. In the face of the crisis, Lu Xun still sent Xu Daofu to lead 30,000 troops to attack Jiangling. Liu Daogui of Jiangling had just defeated Shu and Later Qin, who had taken advantage of the fire, and Lu Zongzhi, who had assisted him, had also led his army back to Xiangyang. At that time, the situation in Jiangling was critical, but Liu Daogui was not in danger, personally led an army to meet Xu Daofu at Yuzhangkou, and ordered Liu Zun to be a ranger. Many people are puzzled that Liu Daogui still divides his troops in the face of a strong enemy. Sure enough, in the face of Xu Daofu's army, Liu Daofu was quickly defeated, Xu Daofu's self-confidence exploded, and he was ready to completely eliminate Liu Daogui with a single blow, at this time, the guerrilla army led by Liu Zun attacked from the side, and Xu Daofu, who was unprepared, suffered a crushing defeat, was killed more than 10,000 people, and suffered heavy casualties, and Xu Daofu could only flee to Xiangkou.
On October 10, Liu Yu sent an army from Jiankang to attack Lu Xun. Earlier, Liu Yu sent Wang Zhongde and others to pursue Lu Xun to defeat Fan Chongmin, and in November, Fan Chongmin's militia fled in defeat. At this time, Liu Yu also marched into Leichi, and Lu Xun threatened not to attack Leichi, but to go down the river to the east, and Liu Yu had already seen through Lu Xun's plan. On December, Liu Yu led an army to Dalei to force Lu Xun. The next day, Lu Xun and Xu Dao covered tens of thousands of people and went down the river, and the head and tail of the fleet could not be seen before and after the formation. Liu Yu did his best to make light ships, led the various armies to attack together, and used crossbows to suppress Lu Xunjun, Lu Xun's ships were forced to moor at the west bank of the Yangtze River, and Liu Yu had already set up an ambush on the shore and prepared the tools for fire attack, as soon as Lu Xun's fleet docked, the ambushed Jin army attacked the ships, so it defeated Lu Xun and forced him to return to Xunyang. Lu then marched to Yuzhang, attempting to block Zuoli with a wooden fence. On December, Liu Yu led his army to Zuoli, but was stopped by the Muzha defenders, so Liu Yu ordered an attack. In the process of Liu Yu waving the flag and commanding, the flagpole was broken, and many people felt that this was an unlucky sign, but Liu Yu said with a smile: "In the battle of overturning the boat in previous years, the flag pole was also broken, and now that it is restored, the thief will be broken." When Liu Yu said this, the soldiers at the bottom were more confident and defeated Lu Xun's soldiers with a single blow. After Lu Xun lost his army, he had to prepare to flee back to Guangzhou, while Xu Daofu was defeated and returned to Sixing County.
Lu Xunbing fled south to Guangzhou, and Liu Yu sent Liu Fan and Meng Huaiyu to pursue. On the afternoon of February in the seventh year of Yixi (411 AD), Meng Huaiyu conquered Sixing County and killed Xu Daofu. In March, Lu Xun was dumbfounded after fleeing to Panyu, which had already been captured by Sun Chu and Shen Tianzi, and not only that, Shen Tianzi also led his army north to capture the remaining counties. Naturally, Lu Xun was not willing to fail, and besieged the city to try to retake Panyu, but was resisted by Sun Fu and besieged for more than twenty days without taking it. In April, Shen Tianzi's reinforcements arrived, and Lu Xun was once again defeated and fled. Shen Tianzi and Sun Fu took advantage of the victory to pursue, and defeated Lu Xun in the three counties of Cangwu, Yulin, and Ningpu, and just when victory was in sight, Sun Chu fell ill and could not continue the march. Lu Xun then hurriedly fled to Jiaozhou and captured Hepu Commandery (合浦郡), which then attacked Zhishou Longfu, but was defeated by the army led by Shi Duhuidu, the assassin of Jiaozhou. Although Lu Xun was defeated, there were still more than 3,000 people, and Li Tao and others who had previously rebelled against li xun also led 5,000 people to join Lu Xun at this time, and Lu Xun was full of confidence and prepared to attack the Dragon Formation again. This time, Du Huidu gave the soldiers as much as his family wealth, encouraging them to fight against Lu Xun, and at the same time throwing firearms at Lu Xun's ships and attacking them with fire. Lu Xunjun eventually collapsed, and the desperate Lu Xun committed suicide by throwing himself into the sea. Du Huidu scooped up Lu Xun's body and cut off his head and sent it to Jiankang.
Lu Xun's defeat and suicide marked the complete end of the more than ten years of Sun Enlu Xun's rebellion, which completely weakened the rule of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and allowed Liu Yu to rise and firmly control the government. After Sun En, Huan Xuan, Murong Chao, and Lu Xun, who would be the next to become Liu Yu's defeated generals? #Wei Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties ##历史 #