For the re-explosion of Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Expedition of Rouran, the officials in the court were not very enthusiastic and disagreeable, which made Emperor Taiwu very troubled. After some ideological work, most court officials turned to support Emperor Taiwu's Northern Expedition. In this case, Emperor Taiwu ordered troops to attack Rouran:
Pingyang King Changsun Han out of the Black Desert;
Ruyin Gong Changsun Dao gave birth to the black and white Deserts;
Dongping Gong'e Qing came out of Liyuan;
Yicheng Wang Xijin and General Anyuan out of Erhan Mountain;
Taiwu Emperor went out of the middle way;
gangs arrived in the south of the desert to meet, leaving the baggage, and the cavalry attacked lightly. He only brought dry food for 15 days with him and was preparing to cross the desert to encircle Rouran Khan Dadan. Da Tan was shocked and fled to the depths of the desert overnight.
In the following years, Northern Wei and Rouran fought back and forth, fighting year by year, winning and losing each other.
The first year of Shenlu (428), Da Tan sent his son to lead his army to invade the frontier, burn, kill, loot, without any change. Emperor Taiwu was very angry when he heard the news and decided to send troops to attack Rouran again.
In the second year of Shenlu (429), Emperor Taiwu inspected the army in the southern suburbs of Pingcheng and prepared for the Northern Expedition.
The previous few attacks against Rouran were not ideal. Every time, Rouran's main force escaped. After several defeats, the Northern Wei people were trapped and horses were scared. Rouran was not hurt at all, which was embarrassing. The officials in the court didn't want to fight this time, and their attitude was very negative. Even Empress Dowager Dou also opposed sending troops, but Cui Hao firmly advocated sending troops to attack Rouran.
After a fierce debate, Cui Hao successfully convinced all the officials and strengthened Emperor Taiwu's will to send troops. But Empress Dowager Dou was still very worried. She was worried that when Emperor Taiwu attacked Rouran, the Liu Song army in the south would take the opportunity to launch an attack, and the Northern Wei would fall into the dilemma of being attacked from both sides.
Moreover, at this time, the envoys who were on the mission to Liu Song also sent back the information and reported that the new emperor of Liu Song Liu Yilong was preparing to invade the Central Plains region south of the Yellow River . Liu Yilong is the Emperor Wen of Song in the history of Liu Song. He first played an ultimatum and sent someone to the Northern Wei to ask for the Central Plains land, demanding that the Northern Wei return it immediately, otherwise a military operation would be launched.
Emperor Taiwu read Liu Song's letter of state, laughed and said to all officials: "Liu Yilong is so overestimated and arrogant, he can't even protect himself. He dares to ask for land in Henan, which is ridiculous."
This incident also prompted Emperor Taiwu to speed up the Northern Expedition of Rouran, because he knew that the Northern Wei and Liu Song would have a battle sooner or later. We must solve this annoying Rouran before the war begins, otherwise once the war begins in the north and south, Rouran will definitely stab in the back and make trouble.
Emperor Taiwu left Taiwei Changsun Song and Weiwei floor Fulian stayed in Pingcheng, Situ Changsun Han went straight to Da'e Mountain, and Emperor Taiwu himself rushed to Heishan (now Beihan Mountain, Balin Zuo Banner, Inner Mongolia) and attacked Rouran Wangting (now northwest of Harhelin, Mongolia).
This time, Emperor Taiwu used his old trick again, placed the baggage in the south of the desert again, and led the elite cavalry across the desert to attack the Rouran royal court. Facing the sudden appearance of the Northern Wei army, Da Tan was shocked and led some of his confidants to escape in a panic. During the pursuit, Emperor Taiwu passed by a camp left by Dou Xian in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He remembered Dou Xian's great achievements in shaking stones. His heart was surging and strengthened his determination to annihilate Rouran.
Then Taiwu Emperor divided the army into three groups and attacked in an all-round way, leaving Rouran unable to resist. During the attack, Emperor Taiwu surrendered Rouran's ally Gaoche . The Gaoche people were unwilling to be enemies with the Northern Wei, but now they saw that Rouran was defeated again and again, and immediately surrendered to the Northern Wei.
After Rouran Khan Datan escaped, Rouran tribes also chose to surrender one after another. There were more than 300,000 Rouran tribes that surrendered to the Northern Wei Dynasty.
The good news came, Emperor Taiwu was ecstatic and ordered his all to pursue Da Tan and catch me. For the sake of escaping, Da Tan, the dog who was a broken family, burned his tent and took a car to lead hundreds of people along the path.
At this time, Da Tan was already seriously ill and died of illness shortly after escaping. The newly ascended Khan was unable to fight against the Northern Wei Dynasty and sent envoys to discuss peace with Emperor Taiwu.In order to concentrate on eliminating Beiyan and Beiliang , Emperor Taiwu agreed to Rouran's request for sum.
The border has been stable for the past ten years since then, which is conducive to the Northern Wei Dynasty's rest and recuperation and preparation for the Second World War against Liu Song.
When Emperor Taiwu ascended the throne, the situation was not optimistic. He was surrounded by strong enemies and was in the place of four battles. There are Rouran and Beiyan in the north, and Liu Song in the south; there are Hu Xia and in the west, and Northern Liang in the north, and there is a long way to go to unify the great cause.
Complete the great cause of unification is the dream of several generations of Tuoba . Emperor Taiwu was obsessed with it. Soon after, he began to advance the great cause of unification. Now he needs a fuse, otherwise how could this fire be burned?
2nd year of Shiguang (425), Emperor Hu Xia, Helian Bobo , died, his son Helianchang ascended the throne, the country was suspicious, the brothers were in conflict, and the country was in chaos.
Emperor Taiwu slapped his thigh when he heard the news: The fuse is here!
Hu Xia, also known as Xia Kingdom, Daxia, and Helianxia, was a regime established by Helian Bobo, the leader of the Tiefu tribe of the Xiongnu during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. Because Helian Bobo was born in the Xiongnu tribe, he was also known as "Hu Xia".
Helian Bobo was originally a descendant of the Shanyu of the Southern Xiongnu . After moving inward, he changed his surname to Liu. He was the third son of Liu Weichen, the Tiefu tribe of the Xiongnu. He first joined Liu Yuan , and then returned to Former Qin . After Tuoba Gui defeated Liu Weichen, Helian Bobo went into exile to Yao Xing in the Qin Dynasty. After he was full of wings, he announced his separation from Yao Xing and officially established the Xia Kingdom.
After Helian Bobo died of illness, the prince Helian Chang ascended the throne. The brothers were dissatisfied with internal strife, which gave the Northern Wei an opportunity to take advantage of.
Taiwu seized the opportunity. In September of the third year of Shiguang (426), he sent veteran Sikong Xijin to lead the general Fengli of Yi soldiers, and Yanpu, the governor of Yongzhou, to attack Puban (now Yongji City, Shanxi). At the same time, he sent the general of Song soldiers to Zhou Jue Luozhou , the governor of Luozhou, Yu Lizhi , from Luoyang westward to Shaanxi City (now Shanzhou District, Sanmenxia City, Henan Province) to support the main force and officially kicked off the battle against Xia.
Hu Xia's sphere of influence was in the northwest of Shaanxi and Gansu, and established the capital Wancheng (now northwest of Jingbian County, Shaanxi). In its peak, it expanded to Guanzhong , occupying Chang'an , posing a serious threat to the Northern Wei Dynasty in Guandong. In order to pull out this nail, Emperor Taiwu divided his troops to attack in two groups, and decided to set the world for one battle. Emperor Taiwu himself led the army to cross the Yellow River through the clouds.
It was already the middle of winter. Crossing the river was originally a problem that made Emperor Taiwu sting his hands. As a result, the weather suddenly changed and the strong winds cooled down. In just a few days, the surface of the Yellow River frozen.
"It will get colder and freezing for several days."
really helps me!
The overjoyed Emperor Taiwu immediately ordered the army to cross the river quickly. Twenty thousand Wei troops crossed the Yellow River on the ice. The soldiers were very fast and rushed straight to Tongwancheng. Before the Xia army could react, the Wei army was already at the city. The outer city was soon captured.
At this time, the army of Xijin had not yet arrived in Puban. Hu Xia's guard general Helian Yisheng heard that Emperor Taiwu had sneaked into Tongwan City, so he had no intention of defending the city and fled back to Chang'an overnight.
The guardian of Chang'an was Helian Chang's younger brother Helian to cheer him up. When he saw Helian Yisheng escaped like a broken dog, he knew that the front line was not good. This guy has no intention of defending the city for the emperor's brother. Didn't he say that Helianchang ascended the throne, and his brothers were dissatisfied with him, and there were constant internal strife. Why do you become the emperor? Why do we brothers work hard to defend the city for you!
So, Helian helped Xingxing and Helian Yisheng, who had escaped, decided to give up Chang'an and flee to Anding. Before the battle was fought, the Xia army was defeated thousands of miles away. Xi Jin was so happy that he could not stop. He rushed his troops westward to occupy Puban, crossed the river and rushed straight to Chang'an, and occupied this unguarded city without a single shot.
Helianchang heard that Chang'an had fallen, so he urgently sent his younger brother Pingyuan Gong Helian Ding to lead 20,000 troops to counterattack Chang'an. Emperor Taiwu was not willing to be outdone and quickly increased his troops to Chang'an and sent Gaoliang King Tuoba Li to command the city.At the same time, in order to relieve the pressure from Chang'an, Emperor Taiwu learned and used it, and also played the role of "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao", personally led a large army to cross the river, with the goal of unifying the ten thousand cities!
Wei army besieged Tongwan cities for several days. Helianchang was ill and rushed to seek medical treatment. He sent someone to summon his fifth brother Helianding to come back to rescue him quickly! Helian Ding comforted him that Tongwancheng City was high and deep, it was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the Xianbei people were not so easy to break. When I took Chang'an, I captured Xi Jin and then returned to rescue Tongwancheng. If I cooperated inside and outside, I would definitely defeat the Wei army!
Helianchang heard it and it made sense.
When Emperor Taiwu saw that Helian was determined to take the bait, he was very annoyed. It turned out that in order to fight quickly, Emperor Taiwu only brought more than 30,000 light cavalry to cross the river first, and there were 60,000 infantry and a large number of supplies and food on the way. If he could not take down Tongwancheng as soon as possible, once Helian decided to regain Chang'an and then return to rescue Tongwancheng, the Wei army would inevitably be in a dilemma of being attacked from both sides.
Since Helian cannot take the bait, he can only open a breakthrough from Helianchang. In order to lead the snake out of the cave, Emperor Taiwu deliberately ordered the withdrawal of the siege. The garrison in the north of the city showed weakness to Helianchang, and sent 5,000 people to collect food nearby, giving people the feeling that the Wei army was about to run out of food.
Just at this time, someone in the Wei army violated the military rules and fled into the city to surrender to Helianchang, and told him a piece of information that the Wei army had eaten up the food, and the soldiers dug wild vegetables to fill their hunger every day, while the supplies and food were far behind, and the main infantry force did not arrive, so they attacked without any accidents at this time.
Politics Xiaobai Helianchang was overjoyed when he heard this. Without even thinking about it, he sent 30,000 troops out of the city to find Emperor Taiwu to fight for his life. At this time, the Wei army was indeed out of control. No wonder Situ Changsun Han would be worried about his advice and avoid his stance, and wait until the main force of the infantry arrived.
The clear-headed Emperor Taiwu rejected Changsun Han’s suggestion and pointed out that our raids are to annihilate the enemy’s main force as soon as possible and take down Tongwancheng. I am afraid that they will not be able to stick to it, and it will be detrimental to me if it is delayed for a long time. Now the Huns take the initiative to go out of the city to challenge. If we avoid fighting and the enemy is weak, how can we win?
Helianchang came to the door to call, this was exactly what Emperor Taiwu thought, I was worried that you would not come out. He seized the opportunity and ordered the entire army to pretend to retreat north. Helianchang didn't know that it was a plan and chased after it, chasing for five or six miles. Suddenly, strong winds flattened the ground, sand and stones flew, and the sky was dark.
Emperor Taiwu took the opportunity to stabilize the team and encircle the left and right, and the decisive battle began!
