Rebellion of Lu Shuihu – 845

In September 445, Lu Shuihu (鲁水胡) guó (guó) Wu gathered a crowd at Xingcheng to rebel.

Here, Lu Shui Hu has a complex composition, all tribes have it, and it is barely a branch of the Xiongnu people, which belongs to the mixed composition of the Hu people of various tribes. After the establishment of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the control over the various tribes of Lu Shuihu was relatively strict, so when the national strength of the Northern Wei Dynasty was in full swing and developed rapidly, the life of the people at the bottom of the tribes of Lu Shuihu was not good. Therefore, the rebellion was together, and the Hu people of various tribes joined the rebel army one after another, and Gaiwu's strength quickly expanded, and soon gathered more than 100,000 people.

Gai Wu proclaimed himself the King of Tiantai and set up a hundred officials of civil and military affairs to establish his own power in a decent manner.

Gai Wu also had some political vision, knowing that it would be difficult to survive the conquest of the Northern Wei army by his own strength alone, so he sent emissaries to Jiangnan to give a table to the Liu Song court, requesting annexation, and hoping that Liu Song would send troops to attack Northern Wei.

After Emperor Wen of Song received Gai Wu's attachment and request for help, of course, he accepted it happily, and gave Gai Wu a bunch of titles, and then sent emissaries to give Gai Wu one hundred and twenty-one large seals, so that Gai Wu could be justified and bold, anytime and anywhere, in place of the Liu Song court to seal his own rebel generals as officials.

Anyway, these names are not valuable, and they are sealed casually. Moreover, after all, it was sealed in the name of Emperor Liu Song, which sounded much more formal than Gai Wu's own random sealing, and it was considered that the Liu Song imperial court raised the gas for Gai Wu.

Of course, Liu Song's support for Gai Wu is not at all practical. Emperor Wen of Song mobilized the armies of Yongzhou and Liangzhou, stationed themselves on the border, made a big noise, and made a gesture of being ready to attack at any time, attracting the attention of Northern Wei and giving Gaiwu solidarity and support.

Don't look at the number of troops, at least the intention is not.

Seeing a rebellion in his own area, Tuoba Qi, the deputy general of the Northern Wei army guarding Chang'an, led an army to suppress the Gaiwu rebels, but was defeated by the rebels, and Tuoba Qi was killed. The rebels are more powerful.

When the Northern Wei court heard the news of the rebellion, it hurriedly mobilized the Cavalry of the Shule clan around Gaoping to rush to Chang'an, and ordered the general Sun Ba to be the main general, commanding the armies of the three prefectures of Hezhou, Qinzhou, and Yongzhou, and tuning north of Weishui to resist the rebels.

As the rebels grew more powerful, GaiWu also began to divide his troops and send generals to attack everywhere.

Gai Wu sent another leader, Bai Guangping, to lead a force of men and horses to attack Xinping and Anding, while at the same time sending two men and horses to attack Linjin to the east and kill Ben Chang'an to the west.

At this time, Xue Yongzong gathered a crowd to respond to the Gaiwu rebellion, and also gathered a group of men and horses in the Fenqu area, attacked the city strategically, and sent people to contact Gaiwu, joined forces with Gaiwu, and accepted the official position of Gaiwu Jiafeng.

The two rebel armies echoed each other from afar, with greater momentum and greater influence.

However, although the rebels were numerous and the offensive was like a tide, in the face of the prepared Northern Wei army, they still lost more and won less.

Gai Wu sent the Eastern Route Army to attack Linjin, but was defeated by the Northern Wei general Zhang Zhi, drowning as many as 30,000 people in the water. On the north bank of Weishui, a bloody battle with the Northern Wei army was also defeated by the Northern Wei army commanded by Shusun Ba, with heavy casualties and more than 30,000 killed.

Of course, the Northern Wei army could not have been simply passive defensive. At this time, Tuoba Tao had already mobilized three large armies to attack the three rebels. He sent Shangshu Tuoba zhen to lead an army of 20,000 to attack Xue Yongzong's department, sent Shangshu Yiba in the temple to lead a 30,000-strong army to attack the Gaiwu department, and sent Xiping Gong Kouti to lead an army of 10,000 to attack Bai Guangping's department.

Subsequently, Tuoba Tao personally led the army to counter the rebellion.

In early 446, Tuoba Tao led a large army to the Yongzhou area, quickly approached Xue Yongzong's rebels, and launched a fierce attack.

Xue Yongzong did not expect Tuoba Tao to personally lead the Northern Wei army to arrive, and he was a little flustered, leading the crowd to meet the battle, but he was defeated. The Northern Wei army took advantage of the victory to pursue, and Xue Yongzong was cornered, and together with his family, threw himself into Fenshui to commit suicide. The remnants defected to Liu Song.

After destroying Xue Yongzong, Tuoba Tao did not delay and led his army across the Yellow River to kill the main force of the Gaiwu rebels in the Chang'an area.

Gai Wu saw that the Northern Wei army was strong and did not dare to face the enemy head-on, so he led his people to retreat north, but was defeated by the Northern Wei army led by Yi Ba in the area of Xingcheng, and suffered heavy losses.

However, the rebellion was not so easy to put down. Gai Wu gathered the remnants of the defeated army and defended Xingcheng, proclaiming himself the King of Qin, and after two or three months, the momentum rose again.

Tuoba Tao also sent Tuoba Ren, the king of Yongchang, and Tuoba Nadu, the king of Gaoliang, to oversee the various armies of northern Provinces and jointly fight. At the same time, in order to prevent Gai wu from escaping to other places after his defeat, Tuoba Tao mobilized another 20,000 troops to defend all roads and valleys south of Chang'an, and mobilized more than 100,000 people to build fortifications.

In August 446, Tuoba Na, the king of Gaoliang, led the Northern Wei army to defeat the main force of the rebel army, the rebel army was almost completely destroyed, Gai Wu only led a small number of remnants to escape, and the Northern Wei army captured Gai Wu's two uncles.

At this time, the Northern Wei general Lu Qian offered a plan, and Gai Wu was the leader of the rebel army, as long as Gai Wu did not die, he would make a comeback at any time. And although we have tens of thousands of troops, it is difficult to find and capture Gai Wu. Therefore, the two uncles of Gai Wu can be released on the condition that they pardon their wives, children, and other family members, so that they can try to kill Gai Wu.

Tuoba Na agreed.

Sure enough, not long after, Gai Wu's uncle returned to Chang'an with Gai Wu's head.

At this time, Tuoba Ren, the king of Yongchang, also led an army to eliminate Bai Guangping's rebel army.

At this point, the Gaiwu rebellion was completely suppressed.

However, not long after, Liu Chao, a Lushuihu man living in Anding, gathered more than 10,000 people, launched a rebellion, and attacked the Chang'an area.

Tuoba Tao, because of Lu Qian's wisdom and courage, appointed Lu Qiandu to oversee the military forces of Qin Prefecture and Yongzhou, and to guard Chang'an.

In order to paralyze Liu Chao's rebels, Lu Qian rode alone, took up his post, and arrived in Chang'an.

When Liu Chao and the others heard the news, they were overjoyed, believing that Lu Qian only had the few men and horses who had originally guarded Chang'an in the town, and they could not set off any storms, and did not dare to do anything with their own army.

However, what Liu Chao did not know was that Lu Qian did not intend to solve them through large-scale conquest at all, but wanted to surrender in a gentle way, or to break them with clever tricks.

After Lu Qian arrived at the post, he first planned to recruit Liu Chao through marriage. However, Liu Chao was proud of his many people and was unwilling to surrender.

So Lu Qian prepared to personally go to the rebel camp to see Liu Chao. Liu Chao was worried about Lu Qian's deception, and only allowed Lu Qian to take less than three hundred attendants. Lu Qian simply led two hundred attendants into Liu Chao's camp. Liu Chao was nervous and defensive, but Lu Qian ate and drank while talking and laughing until he returned drunk.

Soon, Lu Qian selected five hundred elites, went out in the name of hunting, and when he walked to the vicinity of Liu Chao's rebel camp, he entered Liu Chao's camp again. This time, Liu Chao relaxed a lot and once again put wine to entertain Lu Qian. Lu Qian pretended to be drunk, and taking advantage of Liu Chao's lack of preparation, he simply and neatly pulled out his sword and killed Liu Chao with one sword.

The soldiers led by Lu Qian also took advantage of the situation and shouted to kill the heavens, killing more than a thousand rebels. The remaining rebels were completely disorganized and surrendered or fled.

Lu Qian easily quelled the rebellion.