Emperor Wu of Liang defeated an army of hundreds of thousands with 10,000 people. Why was the country wiped out by 10,000 people, laughing for the world?

Emperor Wu of Liang is a very interesting emperor in history. People who believe in Buddhism may know him. Because there is such a story, Emperor Wu of Liang did his best to the Buddha, but he has not been able to cultivate Zhengguo, so he asked the Buddha: Why do I believe in Buddhism so deeply and still can't cultivate Zhengguo? The Buddha told him: You are still a long way from this! Through this story, we can probably also see the interesting character of Emperor Wu of Liang.

Emperor Wu of Liang was a very contradictory man. He prospered in martial arts, and with tens of thousands of troops, he defeated hundreds of thousands of troops in the Qi Dynasty and established the Liang Dynasty. He was able to conquer good battles; however, he was the founding emperor. But he was defeated by others in his own generation: he was also defeated by others' 10,000 rebels with an army of hundreds of thousands. Then, why is there such a strange phenomenon in history: Emperor Wu of Liang defeated an army of hundreds of thousands with 10,000 people, and why was he destroyed the country by 10,000 people and laughed for the world?

Emperor Wu of Liang, born in 464, was in one of the most chaotic eras in China: the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Although the southern dynasty is relatively peaceful, it has changed dynasties in just over a hundred years, and the rate of regime change is second only to that of the Five Dynasties. And Emperor Wu of Liang was born in such an era, and the young Emperor Wu of Liang was very talented—the kind who wrote very fanciful articles, and was a proper literary youth. Literary and artistic youths are emperors, and it is estimated that there is only Emperor Wu of Liang in history.

During the Qi and Liang dynasties, the emperors were both surnamed Xiao. Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan's father was the younger brother of the founding emperor of the Qi Dynasty, so Xiao Yan could not change the name of the country when he claimed that he was the emperor. Of course, this is something later. Today we will specifically talk about why Xiao Yan was able to defeat the hundreds of thousands of the Qi Dynasty with 10,000 people, but was later defeated by 10,000 Hou Jingdi people, and finally led to the subjugation of the Liang Dynasty?

How could Emperor Wu of Liang defeat the tens of thousands of Qi Dynasty with 10,000? The first reason for this is his blood relationship with Qi Chao. As mentioned above, in fact, Emperor Wu of Liang himself was even the royal family of the Qi Dynasty, so his relationship with the royal family of the Qi Dynasty is also very good. In 498, Xiao Baojuan ascended to the throne of Qi Emperor and imposed a cruel suppression of ministers, including the Xiao Yan brothers, whose elder brother was killed as a result. So Xiao Yan decided to rise up and resist.

But he was not a rebellion, but a united Qi imperial clan Xiao Yingxuan who supported Emperor Qi Ming’s son Xiao Baorong as the emperor, so in the eyes of most Qi dynasty soldiers at that time, Xiao Yan was not a rebellion at all, he was the "king of Qin". Therefore, although Xiao Yan's family background in the beginning of the army was only "collected more than 10,000 soldiers, more than 1,000 horses, and 3,000 ships." By the time he hit Jiankang, his army had reached more than 100,000. ——Many of them are the regular troops of the Qi Dynasty.

Don't talk about the people at the time, even from the perspective of modern people, isn't it possible that Xiao Yan was a "white glove" arranged by the Qi dynasty to achieve the Xiao family's continued power in power through the "change of dynasties"? This is entirely possible, because Xiao Yan himself is considered to be a member of the Qi dynasty. At that time, the world was exhausted and the people’s anger had nowhere to vent. "Change of dynasties" was a very suitable way to vent, wouldn’t Qi Chao think ? Otherwise, why did Xiao Yan change "Qi Dynasty" to "Liang Dynasty" after calling the emperor?

I am afraid that people will see that he is actually the emperor of the Qi Dynasty and that he is still a member of the Xiao family. Since they are both of the Xiao family's imperial family, why don't those Xiao family soldiers welcome a "Mingjun" from the Xiao family? So his identity determines his invincibility in the battle. Of course, this reason is not the main reason. The main reason is the second point. Later Liang Wu Emperor Xiao Yan was defeated by 10,000 people because of the second point.

The second reason: The Southern Dynasty is not the Southern Dynasty of the emperor, but the Southern Dynasty of the powerful and powerful. Therefore, it is not the emperor's joy, anger, sorrow, and joy that determines the world's major events, but the interests of the powerful and powerful. Who can bring greater benefits to the celebrities and powers (at least it seems that the benefits are greater at the time). Whoever can sit on the throne of the emperor. But the benefit given by the emperor of the Qi Dynasty was obviously not as great as Xiao Yan's. Not only did he not give benefits to these celebrities and nobles, but he also desperately suppressed them. Xiao Yan was just one of these nobles.

So everyone will definitely not support the Qi Dynasty emperor.The benefits that Xiao Yan gave to these people were much greater. According to historical records, Xiao Yan later became an emperor and was very tolerant to ministers, allowing them to search for money and fish. Which celebrity and powerful do not like such an emperor? So when Xiao Yan fought, Qi Chao had a bunch of "voirers" over there, so Xiao Yan's team grew bigger and bigger.

Furthermore, war is originally an opportunity for these military aristocrats to make a lot of war fortune. They hope that the chaos will be thorough, so that they can get more money. Because of this, Emperor Wu of Liang achieved the goal of capturing the world with 10,000 people, and was eventually defeated by Hou Jing's 10,000 rebels, and finally gave Chen Baxian a chance to destroy the Liang Dynasty. Why did Hou Jing, a team of only a few hundred horses and less than 10,000, defeat Liang Chao?

Because the officials of the Liang Dynasty made a fortune after Hou Jing came, their shamelessness reached the point of heinous: the King Qin troops of the Liang Dynasty actually traded food with Hou Jing under the capital. (Of course it was buying and selling Liang Dynasty army rations), selling them to Hou Jing at sky-high prices, earning a lot of money. How can the generals and ministers who are busy making money have the intention to protect their Emperor Wu, who has no way to send them any more money?

So Emperor Wu of Liang was quickly defeated by Hou Jing's 10,000 rebels, and he died in depression. Soon after Xiao Yan's death, Chen Baxian led his troops to defeat Hou Jing, and abolished the emperor of the Liang Dynasty and established the Chen Dynasty.

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