In the history of
, there are mainly two people known as "White-robed generals". One is the famous Xingtang general Xue Rengui. He has many legends and novels, and his popularity is also very high.
Another one is the Southern Dynasties Liang general Chen Qingzhi, a lesser-known War-God general.
Chen Qingzhi, 484-539, with the word Ziyun, a native of Yixing Guoshan (now a native of Yixing City, Jiangsu Province), a general of Liang during the Southern and Northern Dynasties of China.
Chen Qingzhi was born in poverty. When he was young, as a follower of Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yan, he accompanied Xiao Yan to reciting poems, reading and playing chess. Emperor Xiao likes to play chess. All night, no one can hold it, only Chen Qingzhi can accompany him. All night long, he was greatly appreciated and trusted by Emperor Wu of Liang. This was the first half of his life, as an emperor scholar, a scholar who had never been on the battlefield until he was forty-one.
In the sixth year of Emperor Liang Wu's ordinary six years (AD 525), the Xuzhou governor in the Northern Wei Dynasty failed in the rebellion and surrendered to the Liang Dynasty in Pengcheng, and asked Emperor Wu to send troops to meet him. Emperor Wu of Liang then named Chen Qingzhi General Wuwei and asked him to lead his army to respond. This was the 41-year-old Chen Qingzhi’s first lead. He killed 20,000 horses in the Northern Wei Dynasty with 2,000 horses and helped Xiao Zong take over Xuzhou.
In 526, he led troops to attack Yuzhou in the Northern Wei Dynasty and occupied Shouchun City.
In 529, Chen Qingzhi followed Cao Zhongzong to attack Guoyang and defeated 100,000 enemy forwards with 500 horses.
Qingzhi said: "Wei people come from afar, they are all tired, they must be frustrated, there must be no reason to be invincible." So he rushed with 500 horses under his command and broke through his front army, and Wei people were terrified. ——"Southern History"
In 530, he served as the governor of the two states of the North and South Divisions, and the governor of Canada. He successively defeated the provincial governors of Yingzhou, Yangzhou, Yuzhou, and Liangzhou of the Northern Wei Dynasty. This enabled the Jiangxiang provinces to recuperate and open up 6,000 hectares of fertile fields. Fu treasury.
has another story that is very exciting to read.
At that time, Er Zhurong, the power of the Northern Wei Dynasty, rebelled and killed more than 1,000 high-ranking government officials. This paralyzed the Northern Wei government and caused great chaos in the country. Wang Yuanhao of the Northern Wei Dynasty and Beihai turned to Emperor Wu of Liang, hoping that Emperor Wu of Liang would send troops to help him quell the rebellion, but Emperor Wu didn’t know whether he was too kind or too ambitious. He didn’t want to take advantage of this opportunity to make a big profit in the north. He only sent Chen Qingzhi’s leader 7,000 to give away. Yuan Hao returns to the north. It is this mere seven thousand soldiers that will allow Chen Qingzhi to create war myths. Within 4 months, he swept through the Central Plains, without fail in 47 battles, conquered 32 cities, surpassed the 500,000 troops of the Northern Wei with 7,000 troops, and finally captured Luoyang to help Yuan Hao recover the country and claim the emperor.
historical records:
"Sixteen years to level thirty-two cities, forty-seven battles, unparalleled direction."
Qingzhi subordinates learned of white robe, invincible. First, the Luoyang nursery rhyme said, "The famous general is Mo Zilao, thousands of troops avoid white robe"-"The Biography of Chen Qing in Liang Shu"
In 536, Hou Jing led an army of 70,000 in the Northern Wei Dynasty to capture Chuzhou, marched on Huai, and was defeated by Chen Qingzhi, Hou Jing abandoned a large number of military supplies and fled.
539 Chen Qingzhi died of illness at the age of 56. Posthumous name Wuhou. Before the leader of
Chen Qingzhi was just an entourage of the emperor, similar to a document. In the future, life seems to be open, invincible, invincible, and basically it is to win more with less. Such a brilliant record, but the reputation in history is not as big as imagined.
speculates that the reason may be that although the content comes from official history, the description is too exaggerated and unconvincing.
In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, China was rioted during the Five Husbands. The homeland of the Han people in the north was occupied by foreigners. The occupied areas were like purgatory, and a large number of Han people "crossed south in clothes". The southern regime has been in a weak position for a long time, unable to regain lost land during the northern expedition. Occasionally one or two characters, Zuti Constant Temperature and Liu Yu's Northern Expedition failed.
Southern Han people are declining, and they are suppressed by northern Husbands, and a "Hou Jing Rebellion" almost wiped out Liang Chao's troubles. Culturally, it is talked about metaphysics again. The style of writing is prevalent, and they are all flashy things, their own culture is declining, and foreign Buddhist studies are prevalent. The entire Han nation has fallen into the darkest period in thousands of years, and these historical books are written by Han people. It is inevitable that this period will be beautified and their achievements will be exaggerated, leading to false records in history books during this period and low credibility.
Another point is that the reputation of historical figures often requires the rendering of literary works. During this period, the situation was chaotic, the relationship between the characters was intricate, and there were no Han people who unified the world.For mainstream literati, creativity is not strong. There are very few works of this period in later storytelling novels.
Chen Qingzhi must be a famous general, and most of the deeds of attacking the city are true, but whether the process is so magical is a question mark.