War background

Beiqi was greatly weakened by civil strife. The Northern Zhou Dynasty occupied parts of Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Sichuan, Henan and Hubei. And formed an advantage over Beiqi in strength. At the same time, the Northern Qi once went south to seize Huaibei land in the Southern Dynasties, and the last dynasty of the Southern Dynasties, the Chen Dynasty, invaded the Northern Qi. Soon, Chen defeated Beiqi in Huainan and seized the land of Huainan.

After the Northern Qi lost the land of Huainan, the Northern Zhou Dynasty intended to make use of the weakness of the Northern Qi to conclude a peace treaty with the Chen Dynasty, so as to destroy the Northern Qi safely.

Battle of Yin He

In the fourth year of Jiande in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (575, Wuping in the Northern Qi Dynasty for six years), in July, Emperor Yu Wenyong of the Northern Zhou Dynasty sent troops from Chang 'an to attack the Northern Qi Dynasty. Before the war, ministers advocated dividing water to attack Jinyang (now southwest of Taiyuan), but Emperor Wu of Zhou refused to accept it and led his troops to Yin He County (now northeast of Luoyang, Henan). In August, Zhou Jun conquered Yin He City and Wuji and entered Luokou (now northeast of Gongyi). The army of Beiqi held fast to Tanghe Zhongtan City. In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the army attacked the south river and laid siege to Zhongtan City, and it was not allowed for 20 days. Anabrachial, the right prime minister of the Northern Qi Dynasty, led the troops from Jinyang to save Heyang, which coincided with the serious illness of Emperor Wu of Zhou, and Zhou Jun retreated to the west.

Battle of Pingyang

In September of the fifth year of Jiande, Emperor Wu of Zhou marched straight into Jinzhou, stationed in Fenqu, south of Pingyang (now Linfen, Shanxi), and sent Wang Yi, a literary and historical supervisor, to attack Pingyang. The defenders of the Northern Qi Dynasty sealed the city and adhered to it, and Emperor Wu of Zhou personally boarded the city to supervise the war. Zhou Jiang Duan Wenzhen led dozens of people to attack the city at night, and the Qi army was defeated and Pingyang was defeated. In November, after the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gao Wei led reinforcements to Pingyang. Emperor Wu of Zhou took Liang Shiyan as the commander of Pingyang, so he led the army west of Chang 'an to avoid its front. Qi army surrounded Pingyang, attacked day and night, and Zhou army held on.

Emperor Wu of Zhou ordered the army to reinforce Pingyang. On the fourth day of December, Emperor Wu of Zhou went to Pingyang again. At that time, the army gathered up to 80,000 people, so he deployed in more than 20 miles outside the city. Zhou Jun made a general attack and defeated the Qi Army. After the Qi Dynasty, the emperor retreated to Jinyang, and the Emperor Wudi of Zhou pursued the victory. After the Qi Dynasty, the emperor wanted to run to Turkey, and the army was in a mess. After that, dozens of people fled south to Yecheng (now between Anyang, Henan and Handan, Hebei). After Chen retired to Yecheng, he was placed in the eight-year-old Crown Prince, the master of Qi.

Battle of yecheng

In the first month of the sixth year of Jiande, Emperor Wu of Zhou led the army to chase to Yecheng, and Qi Emperor led a hundred riders to flee to the east. The young master gave his great-uncle Rencheng the command to abdicate, but the imperial edict of the Zen position was not sent to Gaocheng. After Emperor Wu of Zhou entered Yecheng, he sent a general to Deng Nan Village in Qingzhou (now southwest of Linqu, Shandong Province) and captured his father and son (Queen Qi and Master Qi) alive.

Beiqi perished.

In February, Zhou Jun captured Xindu (now Jixian County, Hebei Province) and captured Quang Ning Wang and Gao alive. Beiqi perished. Gao, the son of the Northern Qi Dynasty, fled to Turkey and was taken in and raised by Turkey.

The influence of war

Through this war, the Northern Zhou Dynasty unified the North and formed an absolute advantage over the Chen Dynasty in the south. The reunification of the Central Plains is just around the corner. Soon, the Northern Zhou Dynasty seized the areas north of the Yangtze River and south of the Huaihe River from the Chen Dynasty.

Related figures

Emperor Wendi, who later established the Sui Dynasty, took part in this war, but he was not the main general.