A generation of famous generals is often forged by hundreds of battles, but what makes them famous generals and establishes their historical status may actually be just a battle.
Wei Xiaokuan (509 - 580 AD), known as Shuyu (叔裕), was known as Xiao Kuan (孝宽), and was known as a character in the world. A native of Jingzhao Duling (Southwest Xi'an, Shaanxi), he was an outstanding military and strategist of the Western Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. During his lifetime, he fought in the southern and northern wars, and made outstanding achievements, and his officials worshiped the Great Sikong and the Shangzhu State, and sealed the Duke of Yun. He is deep and alert, gentle and upright, and good at reading the history of the Bible. Wei Xiaokuan was deep and astute, gentle and upright, and good at reading the history of the Bible.
When he was twenty years old, he encountered Xiao Baoyu who launched a rebellion in Guanzhong, so he went to the capital Luoyang and asked the imperial court to let him go to quell the rebellion as the vanguard of the army. The imperial court admired his behavior and appointed him as the commander of the army. With Feng Yi's duke Sun Zhihua marching westward, he was meritorious in every battle, because he was moved to Dr. Guozi and appointed as the Taishou of Huayin County. It just so happened that Yang Kan served as the governor of the capital, and went out of the capital town to guard Tongguan, and let Wei Xiaokuan be the sima of the governor's palace. Yang Kan was amazed by Wei Xiaokuan's talent and married his daughter to him.
From 531 to 532, Wei Xiaokuan was made the governor of Jingzhou, and he accompanied Shi Yuanzigong of Jingzhou to guard Xiangcheng, and was appointed as the sheriff of Yanyang County. Shi Duguxin was the sheriff of Xinye County, and the two had a very good relationship and outstanding political achievements, and were called Lianbi by the Officials of Jingzhou, and were rumored to be beautiful talks. Later Yuwen Tai took charge of the Western Wei government, with Wei Xiaokuan as the Taishou of Hongnong Commandery, accompanied Yuwen Tai to capture the Eastern Wei general Dou Tai, and yu Yingchuan to break the Eastern Wei generals Ren Xiang and Yao Xiong, conquered the eastern Wei city of Yuzhou, and captured Shi Yuzhou Feng Yong. Forged the handwriting of the enemy general Niu Daoheng, alienated and captured the Eastern Wei Generals Duan Chen and Niu Daoheng.
Wei Xiaokuan is a man of many wisdom and strategy, and is good at using spies. In the first month of 571, the famous Northern Qi general Huo Luguang built 13 cities in Fenbei and expanded the land for more than 500 miles. Wei Xiaokuan attacked from Yubi, but was defeated by Huo Luguang. Because Huo Luguang was good at using soldiers, Wei Xiaokuan was quite jealous of him, so he ordered his subordinate Qu Yan to make up a song and ballad, saying: "Hundred liters fly to the sky, and the bright moon shines on Chang'an", and "hundred liters" is a hu. It is also said that "the mountain does not push itself to collapse, and the quercus tree does not support itself" (quoted from the "Zhou Shu Wei Xiao Kuan Lie Biography").
At that time, the Northern Qi chancellor Zu Ju and Huo Luguang were at odds, and took the opportunity to add oil and vinegar: "The blind husband has a big axe on his back, and the rap old mother can't speak." "And call the children's song to the road." Then he framed Huo Luguang in front of Emperor Qi: "Huo Lu has been a great general, the sound of the bright moon has shook Kansai, Fengle Weixing Turks, the woman is an empress, the male princess is still a princess, and the rumors are even fearsome" (quoted from the Northern Qi Shu Huo Luguang Biography). He also used the fact that Huo Luguang had led his army into Beijing in violation of the order as an excuse, saying that Huo Luguang had deliberately plotted rebellion. In July of the seventh year of Tianhe (572), Huo Luguang was cursed.
Wei Xiaokuan was famous in the Battle of Yubi. At that time, Gao Huan led the Eastern Wei army to camp for tens of miles, attacking Yubi City, day and night. Wei Xiaokuan reacted spontaneously and tried his best to resist. The Eastern Wei army built a tushan mountain in the south of the city, hoping to attack the city from a commanding height. Xiao Kuan tied wood above the castle tower to raise it, so that it was always higher than tushan, and more war equipment was prepared to protect it. The Eastern Wei army dug ten tunnels in the south of the city, and then used the "lonely and virtual method" to concentrate its forces to attack the northern city, day and night. The northern city has always been a natural danger, and Wei Xiaokuan dug a long ditch, cut off the tunnels of the Eastern Wei army, and sent troops to garrison it, and when the Eastern Wei army dug a deep ditch, it was about to be captured. Wei Xiaokuan also piled firewood outside the ditch to prepare the fire, and found that the Eastern Wei army was lurking in the tunnel, so he stuffed the firewood into the tunnel, threw it into the fire, and also used the cowhide sac to blow the wind, the fire smoke, into the tunnel, the Eastern Wei soldiers in the tunnel were burned to the ground. The Eastern Wei army also built "attack vehicles" to hit the city wall, and everywhere it went, it was destroyed. Although there is a row, it cannot be resisted. Wei Xiaokuan then made a curtain out of cloth and opened it in its direction, attacking the car and crashing into it, and the cloth was buffered by the impact, and the city wall was not damaged. The Eastern Wei army dug twenty tunnels around the city, supported them with wooden pillars, and then irrigated the pillars with oil and set fire to the broken wooden pillars, causing the city wall to collapse.
Wei Xiaokuan blocked the collapse of the city wall with a fence, preventing the Eastern Wei army from entering the city. The Eastern Wei army used all siege techniques, but they were all broken by Wei Xiaokuan. Gao Huan besieged the city for fifty days, 70,000 soldiers died, exhausted, exhausted, still not conquered, Gao Huan was anxious to relapse of old diseases. At that time, a meteorite fell into the Eastern Wei army camp, and the Eastern Wei army was terrified, so Gao Huan lifted the siege of Yubi in early November and withdrew. After Gao Huan returned to Jinyang, he fell ill and died in the first month of the following year.
The Battle of Yubi is a famous example of the defense of ancient Chinese cities in which less wins more and the weak defeat the strong. During the battle, Wei Xiaokuan was resourceful, and because the enemy fortified and commanded decisively, even though Gao Huan was exhausted, he failed to conquer Yubi. Emperor Wen of Western Wei sent Emperor Yuanbaoju of the Imperial Household to offer condolences to The Chancellor Sun Shaoyuan and Zuo Cheng Wang Yue, and promoted Wei Xiaokuan to the rank of Grand General of the Horse Riders, Kaifu Yi Tongsan Division, and the Duke of Feudal Zhongjun to reward him for his merits in guarding the Jade Wall.
Reading the history of Wei Xiaokuan, I am amazed by the impromptu response of his use of troops, the endless changes, and also marvel at the substitution of his three dynasties, through the emperor of the dim light, and his ability to end well with his unworldly merits, which is rare among the ancient generals. And if you read the history of Wei Xiaokuan carefully, you know that he is a general, Junming is a martial artist, Jundian is retreating, he can be with the people, he can win the hearts of the people, he is straight and gentle, three generations are replaced, he always gets the key to the situation, he chooses the help of the world and serves the merits, and this is sincere in his "strategic" judgment. It can be seen from this that the real name of the general, not only anticipating the enemy in the Ming, is good at fighting, but also needs to choose the king in the Ming, and the merits are made to the king of the Qin Dynasty and the genus of Han Mayuan.
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