Wang Huilong, a famous general of the Northern Wei Dynasty, was an outstanding military figure. His life is also legendary, as early as a teenager, he encountered misfortune, was killed by Liu Yu, who was still a lieutenant at the time, he escaped death by throwing himself into the river, and later defected to Later Qin. In 417, he returned to northern Wei and has served the northern Wei court ever since. He was one of the famous generals under Tuoba Tao of Northern Wei, and had followed Tuoba Tao on his southern expeditions to the north many times. He is also known for his courage on the battlefield and his bravery and good fighting, and both the ministers of the DPRK and the ordinary soldiers admire him very much.
He once supported the Jingzhou Assassins to counterattack Liu Yilong, and led his troops to the rescue, and finally single-handedly confronted the famous generals of the Liu Song Dynasty, established immortal battle feats, and was attacked by the emperor's official Bai Longjun. But he was not only a warrior, he was also an excellent politician, no matter where he was, he could always put himself in the right position, vigorously develop agriculture, implement benevolent government, and was recognized by the people. Wei Hui once commented on him: Wang Huilong came to his aid and returned to his own home, quite dangerous, and he followed the overseers and saw the enemy.
Wang Huilong was very intelligent from an early age, born in a family of officials and eunuchs, and his family was also a prominent family at that time, but he was helplessly destroyed by Liu Yu, who was only fourteen years old at that time. Fortunately, with the help of his family, he finally crossed the river and escaped death, so he decided to go to his father's former old department and go to Jingzhou to learn the art of avoiding the frontier. It coincided with the death of Jingzhou Thorn Shi. After that, the local powerful forces in the Jingzhou area led the army to rebel, but due to their insufficient strength, they could not break the relative balance of forces, so they decided to elect Wang Huilong as the ally and gather people and horses to prepare to attack Jingzhou City.
However, because Liu Yu had already learned the news that Jingzhou's assassin history had died, he was afraid of a change, so he hurriedly sent his brother to sit in town, so the plan of Wang Huilong and others could only fail. In order to win a glimmer of life, Wang Huilong fled again and defected to Later Qin. However, the hero is useless, he has not been reused, but more idle, fortunately, he has not given up on himself, still hard to practice his skills, and wants to one day be able to achieve great things.
In the thirteenth year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Liu Yu led an army to destroy Later Qin, and Wang Huilong had to flee again, this time he came to Northern Wei and established a great cause here. However, at first, he was not valued in Northern Wei, so he volunteered to the emperor to go to the south to conquer Liu Yu. Although Tuoba Si sympathized with his plight, he still did not believe in his strength and did not appoint him. In 423, Tuoba Si personally led his army to the south to attack Liu Song, and finally captured Sizhou and other places. Many towns were also captured south of the Yellow River, basically establishing the form of opposition between the northern and southern dynasties.
At that time, Tuoba Si also took Wang Huilong with him, appointed him as the general of Luocheng Town, and asked him to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to guard Jinyong City. Seeing that he was about to survive, Tuoba Si died suddenly, Tuoba Tao inherited the throne, and because he was a southerner, he withdrew his previous orders, and Wang Huilong had to continue to idle at home. As the days passed, Tuoba Tao also thought that he should have an arrangement for Wang Huilong, so he made him the Grand Zhongzheng of the Three States of Jingyang, mainly responsible for the examination and selection of officials of the Three States. But unexpectedly, Wang Huilong refused to accept it and expressed his willingness to go to the south to guard the territory. In this way, Tuoba Tao changed him to the rank of Lieutenant of the Southern Man, and he finally had a place to use.
In the third year of Shiguang, Liu Song's Jingzhou assassin Shi Xie led an army to rebel against Liu Song, and Liu Yilong ordered a large army to go on a crusade. In desperation, Xie Han had to call for help from Northern Wei. After the emperor agreed, Wang Huilong immediately led an army to reinforcements. Unexpectedly, Xie Hao was still defeated, and Wang Huilong could only return to the dynasty. Although it ended in defeat, Wang Huilong showed excellent military talent in this war, which made the emperor look up to him and value him from then on. Later, Liu Song sent his generals and troops to attack Northern Wei. Tuoba Tao asked Wang Huilong to lead his troops into battle. The strength of the two sides was not equal, and they stalemated in the Central Plains for about fifty days, and finally Wang Huilong used a ruse to break through the enemy camp in one fell swoop and won the final victory.
After that, he also led the army to conquer the north and south, defeated foreign invaders many times, and made great contributions to the maintenance of the territory of Northern Wei. Although his merits are outstanding, he always demands himself strictly, and lives with ordinary soldiers in peacetime, afraid that he will lose his ambition by coveting pleasure.
To Yan Zhi praise: Among the dead, only Wang Huilong and Han Yanzhi can be deeply afraid, and they do not intend to be cowardly, but they surprise Lao Tzu. This Wang Huilong was also a poor person, born in a family of officials and eunuchs, but unfortunately he was wiped out and reduced to an ordinary person.
Resources
Book of Wei, Vol. 38, Liechuan 26
"Northern History, Volume 35, Liechuan 23"