Battle of Xuyi: 3,000 to 500,000, Tuoba Tao had to reluctantly retreat, and Xuyi became famous in World War I! Author: Jiuyu Pavilion; Tuoba Tao, the author of the study team, is a rare battlefield emperor who led the tigers and wolves to unify the northern ministries. Generally speaking, Tuoba Tao was much stronger than the emperor in the south, so the north was always the overlord, while the dynasty in the south was getting worse and worse. Since Emperor Wu of Song proclaimed himself, the confrontation between the north and the south began, and the Northern Wei Dynasty was not cheap under Emperor Wu of Song. But after Emperor Wu of Song's children and grandchildren, the Southern Dynasties gradually declined. For Song Wendi and Liu Yilong, reunifying the north is his lifelong ideal, but the ideal is rich and the reality is very skinny. Several northern expeditions ended in failure. Of course, this is not absolute. After all, the national strength of the Liu and Song empires was still very strong during the Yuanjia period. In the First World War of Xuyi, Mao suffered a big loss, and the loss of troops would make people panic. Sometimes ants can beat elephants, depending on your courage. Yuanjia "Northern Expedition" Yuanjia Cao Cao, named the wolf a layman in Xu Xu, and won the North hastily. "It is a summary of Liu Yilong's Northern Expedition. The policy of the Northern Expedition was correct, but blindly waging war reduced the national strength and displaced the people. This responsibility must be borne by Liu Yilong. In the 27th year of Yuanjia (AD 450), Liu Yilong launched the second Northern Expedition. According to historical records, in July and autumn, General Ning was sent to the Northern Expedition. Qiu Jiangxia Wang Gongyi went out of Pengcheng, the president of the army. "The Northern Expedition was divided into four roads, with Wang in charge of the East Route Army and Jiangxia as the commander in chief. At this time, the weather was still hot, and Emperor Tuoba Tao once again played hard to get. At first, Song Jun's attack went smoothly, and the Eastern Route Army even recovered Tongguan and other places. With the decrease of temperature and the coming of winter, Song Jun came to the sliding platform and met the main enemy. Wang is a wimp. Meet Wei Jun, a touch namely collapse, route army rout completely. This time TaBaTao gloated, led hundreds of thousands of troops all the way after * * *. We know that the Northern Wei Dynasty was a Xianbei nationality. They went to the battlefield without food and grass, and they relied on grabbing supply and demand all the way. According to historical records, in the winter of the month, he attacked the sliding platform and was defeated by Lu and returned. "It's really bitter people in war-torn areas. Wei Jun killed and robbed all the way, even to the banks of the Yangtze River. Tuoba GUI led many troops, but it was not his best policy to attack long distances and go deep alone. According to the strength of the Northern Wei Dynasty at that time, it was impossible to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, so Tuoba Tao ordered the troops to retreat. On the way back, Wei Jun met a group of desperate defenders from Song, Jiangsu and Iraq. Xuyi Garrison Xuyi is located in the north of the Yangtze River. The city is high and steep, easy to defend but difficult to attack. The garrison commander of this city is called Shen Pu. At the beginning of the war, this place did not belong to the main war zone at all, and the safety factor was very high. Shen Pu doesn't think so. Just in case, Shen Pu built the city, dug many trenches outside the city, and actively prepared grain and grass weapons. It was Shen Pu's foresight that saved the soldiers and civilians in the city. There are about 2000 soldiers guarding the city. After that, more than 700 people went to war, that is, soldiers who were defeated by the army. Zang Zhi was also one of the commanders of the Northern Expedition, but he fled in a panic because of his total rout. When Zangzhi arrived in Xuyi, he saw that the city was high and dangerous, so he thought of going into the city to guard against danger. So the number of soldiers in Xuyi City increased to 3,000. Zangzhi was overjoyed when he arrived in the city and saw the warehouse full of food and weapons. Join hands with Shen Pu to guard Xuyi. Tuoba Tao doesn't care much about the small town of Xuyi. He wants to raze this place when the army passes by. It was only Shen Pu's thorough clearance that led to Wei Jun's food shortage crisis. Taking this opportunity, Tuoba Tao wrote a letter to the commander in the city: "I walked a long way, tired and thirsty. Can you send some pots of water and wine to quench your thirst? " "TaBaTao thirst is not necessarily true, surrender is its ultimate goal. I think the Northern Wei Emperor also saw the terrain of Xuyi. For him who is familiar with the art of war, he must be aware of the consequences of the storm. Let's take a look at Zangzhi's wonderful reply. Zangzhi knows TaBaTao's tricks. Zangzhi ordered the soldiers to pee a few pots of wine in the jar, sealed it and gave it to Tuoba Tao. Tuoba Tao was very happy to learn the news. Just after he tore off the wine seal, the stench came on my face, which made TaBaTao feel sick. According to historical records, at the beginning of the first month of the twenty-eighth year, Tao returned from Guangling to the north and attacked Xuyi with all his strength. He found the wine and sealed it with him. "Open the northern wei emperor, how dare others so humiliated? As a result, it is conceivable that the northern Wei army began to launch a crazy charge against Xuyi City. In the battle of death, there were only 3,000 defenders in the city and 500,000 Wei troops outside the city. This gap is also outrageous, and it is obviously impossible to fight. Soldiers guard the gates in three directions, southeast and northwest. Facing Wei Jun, Song Jun chose to fight with bows and stones. Wei Jun fell in batches at the gate, and the next batch came like a wave. It happened that Song Jun was not afraid, because there was enough food and grass and weapons accumulated on it. Although there were a lot of people around the city, the soldiers in the city were United and defended in an orderly manner, and then more and more bodies were found at the gates, and TaBaTao became more and more anxious. Soon, Tuoba Tao ordered the soldiers to cut off the water source of Xuyi City, which was nothing for the people in the city. This is a coastal area, and it often rains, so the water source in the city is not a problem. In desperation, Bartotao tried to use his not-so-clever tricks again. He wrote a letter to Zangzhi: "The soldier I sent today is not from China. Dingling and Hu are in the northeast of the city, while Sanqin and Qiang are in the south. Setting Ding Ling as the deceased can reduce the thieves in Changshan and Zhaojun. Hu Die is a thief who reduces the state; The death of Di and Qiang is reducing the number of thieves in Guanzhong. If you kill Ding Ling and Hu, there is no harm. "It means that the troops I am sending now are not our Xianbei people, but all other races, such as Qiang, Bian, Dingling and Xiongnu. I don't care if you kill them all, but it will also save us trouble. Tuoba Tao tried to break the resistance, but he ignored Zang. Zangzhi ordered many letters from Tuoba Tao, and then wrote a book review: "Look at how your leaders treat you foreigners. You are all cannon fodder. Tuoba Tao doesn't care if you die. Are you stupid to attack the city so hard? " "Soon, the leaflets spread to Wei Jun, and the alien army became angry from embarrassment and never listened to TaBaTao again. As a result, Wei Jun's morale fluctuated, and TaBaTao was so angry that he made an iron bed full of nails and ordered him to lie on it. Zang Zhi is good at fighting, and he is better at playing deviant. After several rounds, Tuoba Tao was cheated into limping. Wei Jun withdrawal angry TaBaTao launched an attack again, all kinds of siege equipment from soup to nuts, blunt car, trebuchet, siege together. In the face of such a situation, Xuyi City is still untouched, and the defenders in the city are orderly. At this point, TaBaTao hesitated. On the one hand, it is a matter of food and grass. The siege war has been going on for a month, and thousands of people depend on horses for food. Food and grass are not enough. On the other hand, due to the rising temperature, infectious diseases began to spread in military camps, and a large number of soldiers died of illness. This was a big trouble in the Northern and Southern Dynasties before the vaccine was invented. In addition, the striker's foreign troops have great opinions on Tuoba Tao and don't work hard. It can be said that they are muddling along. For such a long time, you can't take out all your military strength. Counting the number of casualties, including more than 200,000 people who died in battle and illness, faced with Xuyi Town, Tuoba Tao chose to retreat, totally embarassed and at a loss. According to historical records, in such a period of thirty years, more than half of people died. Tao heard that Peng Cheng's way home was cut off, and Jingyi sent water troops from the sea to the Huaihe River. Many people died of diseases and epidemics. February 2 nd is clearance. "In the face of such a fierce enemy as Tuoba Tao, Zangzhi and Shen Pu did not choose to retreat, but faced it with indomitable courage and wisdom and finally won. Xuyi Guard War was nothing in the Northern and Southern Dynasties War, but it consumed a lot of Wei Jun's effective strength and made the opposition between the North and the South regain balance. It can be said that Tuoba Tao shot himself in the foot, which laid the groundwork for the later civil strife in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The battle of Xuyi was the first time that Xuyi became an online celebrity in a small town. This battle, let it be solid in the history of China war, and let history bend. It can even be said that it saved the mantle of Dunan Han family, allowed Liu Song to survive, and also accelerated the pace of localization in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The germination of the unification of Han civilization broke through the ground and shined in the morning sun. References:

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