In 502 AD, Emperor Xiao Baorong of Southern Qi Abdicated, and Xiao Yan established a regime, and the country was called "Liang", which was known in history as "Nanliang", also known as "Xiaoliang". The Southern Liang Dynasty has a 55-year reign and has a total of five emperors, n

In 502 AD, Southern Qi and Emperor Xiao Baorong senate, Xiao Yan established a regime, the country was named "Liang", known in history as " Nanliang ", also known as "Xiao Liang".

Nanliang (502-557), the country has been in its 55 years, and it has lived in the five emperors, namely, Gaozu Emperor Wu , Xiao Yan, Gaozong Ming Emperor (later changed to Emperor Taizong Jianwen) Xiao Gang , King Huaiyin Xiao Dong, Shizu Yuan Emperor Xiao Yi, Jian'an King Xiao Yuanming , and Jingdi Xiao Fangzhi .

Xiao Yan conferred Xiao Baorong as King of Baling and built a royal palace for him in Gushu (Dangtu County, Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province). Later, he planned to use Nanhai County as the Baling Kingdom and moved Xiao Baorong to live, but Shen Yue said to Xiao Yan: Emperor Wu of Wei Cao Cao said that "You should not seek false reputation and suffer real disasters." So he sent his confidant Zheng Boqin to give Xiao Baorong gold and let him commit suicide. Xiao Baorong, who was fifteen years old at the time, said, "I don't need gold when I die, it's enough." So he gave him wine. After getting drunk, Zheng Boqin killed him. Xiao Baoyi, the eldest son of Emperor Ming of Qi, survived because he was a mute and was named King of Baling.

Xiao Yan and the former royal son of the Southern Qi family, Xiao Zike, brothers: Emperor Xiaowu of Song Liu Jun is suspicious, and those with a little good reputation among his brothers were poisoned to death by him, and his ministers were also unjustly killed. His brother Liu Yu was not suspicious because of his mediocrity and stupidity. Later, he became emperor, but he killed all the descendants of his brother Liu Jun. Therefore, it can be seen that people with destiny cannot be harmed by others. People advise me to get rid of you so that people can unify their hearts, but I did not do so. Whenever the dynasty changes, it is always necessary to kill the harmony, so the national fortune cannot last long. Although you brothers and I have been in the five sermons, we are still relatives. When we started our business, we also shared the same joys and sorrows and felt in love with the same family. If you are favored by destiny, you are not something I can kill; if you do not have destiny, why should I do this? During the Jianwu period, Xiao Luan killed your brothers and nephews. My uprising army not only avenged his family's shame, but also avenged you. Therefore, I hope you don’t have any implications anymore.

Xiao Zike's sixteen brothers, all of whom serve as officials in Nanliang. And they all got a good end. Among them is the author of " Nanqi Book ", Xiao Zixian .

Xiao Baojuan The former minister Sun Wenming and others were pardoned, but they were still uneasy. So they set fire to several hundred people at night, broke into the Weiwei Mansion, and killed Zhang Hongce. Xiao Yan came to the front hall in military uniform and said, "The thieves come at night, and the young men will leave at dawn." He ordered people to beat the five drums. After dawn, the thieves scattered all over and were all arrested and killed. When Xiao Baojuan, the Marquis of Donghun of Southern Qi, was reigned, Chen Huya and Wu Ziyang sent to rescue Yingzhou (Wuchang District, Wuhan City). He was defeated by Xiao Yan's general Cao Jingzong in Jiahu (Huangpi District, Wuhan City). Chen Huya fled to Xunyang (Jiujiang), guarded by his father Chen Bozhi . Xiao Yan said to the generals, "The strength is not required to use troops, and the power is heard. Now Chen Huya is back in a mess. Xunyang should be afraid of his feelings, and he can be issued an edict to make a decision." So, he found Chen Bozhi's master (the military officer who commanded the army) Su Longzhi from the captives, and rewarded him generously, and sent him to persuade Chen Bozhi to surrender. Chen Bozhi surrendered and was appointed as the governor of Jiangzhou by Xiao Yan.

Chen Bozhi's eyes are ignorant, and his power is in the hands of the dictionary. There was an official named Chu Zhi, who had misconduct and hated the court because he was unsuccessful. So he defected to Chen Bozhi and became his confidant. Chen Bozhi was incited by Chu Zhi to rebel, and after being defeated, he defected to the Northern Wei Dynasty.

In 504 AD, in the third year of days of supervision, the Northern Wei soldiers surrounded Yiyang (Xinyang, Henan), Sizhou (the seat is located Xinyang ), the governor Cai Daogong with less than 5,000 troops in the city for more than 100 days, beheading countless enemies, the Northern Wei was preparing to retreat, and Cai Daogong died of illness. The Northern Wei army once again sieges fiercely, and Xiao Yan sent General Ning Shuo to rescue Yiyang. The Northern Wei army commander Fu Yong single cavalry attacked the Liang army formation, and his left thigh was shot through by arrows. After being pushed out, he rushed into the position again. Ma Xianfeng was defeated and a son was killed. The commander of the Wei army asked Fu Yong to go back to the camp to recuperate.Fu Yongshi was seventy years old and had ambitions. He insisted on pursuing the Liang army with his troops. Everyone in the army praised him as a hero. The first battle between Liang and Wei ended in the failure of Nanliang.

In 506 AD, Chen Bozhi, who surrendered to the Northern Wei Dynasty, defeated Chang Yizhi, the governor of Xuzhou, Southern Liang. Yangzhou Governor Linchuan Xiao Hongrang Records Office (the official responsible for writing Zhang Biao and Verses) Qiu Chi wrote a letter to persuade Chen Bozhi to surrender (" and Chen Bozhi's Book "), informing him of the situation in his hometown in Jiangnan, "the pine and cypress are not cut, the relatives are living in peace, the platform is not falling, and the concubine is still there"; he described his surrender to Wei as "fish swimming in the boiling cauldron, and the swallows nest on the flying curtain"; when he wrote the letter, it was "in late spring, the grass in the south of the Yangtze River grows, peanut trees are flying, and the orioles fly around", Chen Bozhi rebelled back to Nanliang. His son Chen Huya was killed by the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Nanliang Yuzhou Governor Wei Rui Attack Xiaoxian, the Northern Wei sent hundreds of soldiers to line up outside the city. The generals of the Southern Liang Dynasty believed that they came lightly and should go back and give the soldiers armor first, and then fight. Wei Rui believed that "if you leave others for no reason, you must be brave. If you can defeat them, your city will be thrust." So he commanded the soldiers to fight to the death. In the middle of the night, he finally captured Xiaoxian and marched into Hefei by taking advantage of the victory.

Wei Rui inspected the mountains and rivers of Hefei, and led everyone to build a dike and intercept the fertilizer and water overnight. After the waterway was connected, boats arrived one after another. He also sent the army leader Wang Huaijing to build a castle on the shore to protect the dam. The Northern Wei captured the castle, and more than a thousand soldiers in the Southern Liang Dynasty were drowned. The Northern Wei army was approaching the dike and began to dig the dike. Everyone in Nanliang suggested returning to Chaohu , but Wei Rui decided to hold on and fight in person. After repelling the Northern Wei Dynasty, he built a city and built a warship. "Fighting ships, Gao and Hefei City , etc., faced them everywhere, and everyone in the city cried." The Northern Wei Dynasty guard Du Yuanlun went to the city to supervise the battle and was shot by a crossbow and died. The city of Hefei was destroyed, and more than 10,000 people were captured and killed, and tens of thousands of cattle and sheep were seized. He also moved the capital of Yuzhou to Hefei.

Wei Rui is not a military general, he has always been weak in body and has never ridden a horse. "Rui has won, never crossed a horse. Every time he fights, he often rides on a platoon to supervise the soldiers and has invincible courage." He works day and night, "receives guests and brigades in the morning, get up in the middle of the night, counts military letters, and lights to reach the dawn." He cares for his subordinates very much, "follows the crowd, often as if they were not enough, so the recruits fight to return."

100,000 soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty were heading south, and Nanliang was defeated one after another. Wang Yuanying of Zhongshan defeated Nanliang Xuzhou Governor Wang Boao, General of Northern Wei Xing Luan and General Pingnan Yang Dayan soldiers surrounded the prefecture (now Suqian, Anhui). He conquered the city, killed Lan Huaigong, a general of the Southern Liang Dynasty, and seized tens of thousands of military funds.

Xiao Hong led the army northward to "the equipment is innovative and the army is very prosperous, and the people in the north think it is unprecedented in decades." The front army of Nanliang conquered Liangcheng (Tianjia'an District, Huainan City, Anhui). The commander of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Yuan Ying, met with Xing Luan, and wanted to seize Liangcheng again. Xiao Hong was frightened and wanted to withdraw his troops. Lu Sengzhen also said, "Isn't it good to retreat when we see the difficulties?" Liu Fan refuted, "Who is not convinced by the public, what is the difficulty?" Pei Sui also said that we are here to fight the enemy, so what is the difficulty? "It is the difficulty to firmly seek the enemy, so why not avoid it?" Ma Xianfeng said to Xiao Hong: King, how can you say such a saying of the destruction of the country? The emperor pays the important task of eliminating the territory to the king. You should die one foot forward, but not retreat one inch behind. "How can the king say that the country is destroyed? The emperor swept the territory to belong to the king. If there is one foot before death, no one inch will be born." Chang Yizhi was so angry that his hair was standing upside down, saying, "Lu Sengzhen can be killed! How could a million troops retreat without encountering the enemy, and look back at the wind to retreat, how could they see the holy master?" Zhu Sengyong and Hu Xinsheng pulled up their swords and said, "If you want to retreat, you will retreat, and the lower officials will die." Xiao Hong did not dare to go against the will of the public, so he had to hold his troops still. The Northern Wei army knew that Xiao Hong was cowardly, so they brought him a headscarf and hair accessories for women, "The Wei people knew that they were not martial, so they left them with women" and compiled a song "I am not afraid of Xiao Niang and Lu Lao, but I am afraid of Hefei's Wei Hu ".Lu Sengzhen wanted to send Pei Sui to attack Shouyang (Shou County, Huainan City, Anhui Province), and let the large army stop in Luokou (Huaiyuan County, Bengbu City, Anhui Province). However, Xiao Hong stubbornly refused and ordered that "there are people who can move forward to kill them."

Luokou was in a storm and storm. The Nanliang army was panicked. Xiao Hong fled with several entourages. The soldiers could not find the commander, and they also abandoned their armor and fled in all directions. The sick and the elderly and weak were abandoned and nearly 50,000 people died. Xiao Hong crossed the river in a small boat, arrived at Baishilei, and requested to enter the city. Linru Hou Xiao Yuanyou climbed the city tower and said to Xiao Hong, "A million troops, birds scattered once, and the survival of the country is unknown. I am afraid that the traitors will change in the air, and the city cannot open at night." At that time, Changyi was stationed in Liangcheng and learned that the Luokou army was defeated, so he led his troops to retreat.

The Northern Wei army took advantage of the victory and went south until they captured Matou City, an important town in Huainan, and transported all the grain reserves in the city to the north. People all talked about "Wei Yunji returned to the north and should not go south again." However, Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan said, "Otherwise, this would be necessary to advance troops, which is a deception." Therefore, he ordered the construction of Zhongli City (in Fengyang County, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province) and sent Changyi to defend the city.

In October of winter, Yuanying indeed entered Zhongli. Emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty ordered Xing Luan to meet with Yuanying. Xing Luan believed that although the Nanliang Army was not capable of field battles, it was good at defending the city. The Zhongli moat was deep and if it could not be captured for a long time, the military rations would be difficult to sustain. Moreover, our army set out in summer and did not prepare winter clothes. What if it encounters ice and snow? Therefore, the imperial edict ordered Xing Luan to return and sent the Zhendong General Xiao Baoyin and Yuanying to besiege Zhongli.

In 507 AD, in the sixth year of Liang Tianjian, the battle between Liang and Wei Zhongli broke out.

Yuan Ying and Pingdong General Yang Dayan are divided into two sides of the Taiwan Straits, and bridges are built to connect the north and south. There were only 3,000 soldiers in Zhongli City, and Changyi's governor led his soldiers to defend themselves in accordable manner. The Northern Wei army carried soil with vehicles and people with soil, and landed the moats, and followed by cavalry. Many soldiers who had no time to get up were buried in the soil, and the moats were filled. The Northern Wei army used a rushing car to hit the city wall, attacking hard day and night, and replaced each other in shifts. "Fighting dozens of rounds a day, killing and injuring tens of thousands of people in front and after, and the dead of Wei were in harmony with the city."

to February, the rain continued, and Yuan Ke ordered Yuan Ying to withdraw his troops. Yuan Ying stated that Zhongli City must be defeated and requested a decisive battle to the end. Xiao Yan sent Yuzhou Governor Wei Rui to lead troops to rescue Zhongli, and was commanded by Cao Jingzong. Wei Rui set out from Hefei and drove straight and rushed. His subordinates persuaded Wei Rui to walk slowly, but Wei Rui said, "Zhongli is now digging a hole, carrying the household and catching it, and the chariot and the soldiers are running, and he is still afraid that he will be slow." Ten days later, he arrived in Zhongli, dug long ditch overnight, erected deer antlers, and built a city in Shaoyangzhou, which was only more than a hundred steps away from the Northern Wei army camp. After dawn, the city was built. Yuanying was shocked when he saw it and said, "What kind of god is it?" Cao Jingzong's troops were well-equipped and had strong military appearance. Seeing this, the Northern Wei army was discouraged and "the Wei people were robbed." Among the champions of the Northern Wei general Yang Dayanyong, he led more than 10,000 cavalry to attack the Liang army. Wei Rui joined the chariots as a formation to resist the siege of the Northern Wei cavalry, and fired with two thousand powerful crossbows to kill and injure a large number of Northern Wei soldiers.

Xiao Yan ordered Cao Jingzong and others to build tall ships in advance, as high as the bridge of the Northern Wei Dynasty. In March, the Huai River surged, Wei Rui and Cao Jingzong attacked the two northern and southern bridges of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty on Shaoyangzhou were wiped out. Liang Jun also carried grass with a small boat, poured oil on the grass, set fire to the bridge, the wind was strong, and the fire was strong, and smoke and dust covered the sun. The Liang army shouted loudly, and it was unstoppable. The Northern Wei army was defeated and rushed to flee, killing and injured more than 100,000 people. "The second battle between Liang and Wei broke out in Yiyang. They captured 50,000 people alive. The food and equipment were accumulated in the mountains. The cattle, horse, donkey and mule were invincible."

In 508 AD, the second battle between Liang and Wei broke out.

In August, Sima (the general's aide) Peng Zhen and others defected to Nanliang and led the Liang army to attack Yiyang. The governor of Yingzhou Lou Yue defended the city. Yuan Ying led 30,000 infantry and cavalry to rescue.

October, Bai Zaosheng, the military leader of the Northern Wei Dynasty (Runan County, Zhumadian City, Henan Province), killed the governor of Yuzhou, Sima Yue, and asked to surrender to Nanliang. Xiao Yan ordered Ma Xiansheng to rescue Bai Zaosheng. Ma Xianguan sent deputy general Qi Gouer to lead two thousand troops to help guard Xuanhu.

The Northern Wei Shangshu Xing Luan believed that Bai Zaosheng had no profound plans and great wisdom, because he rebelled because he could not bear Sima Yue's cruelty. After receiving the assistance of Nanliang, he would definitely defend himself and not run away. So he led 800 cavalry and went on both sides of the road. Bai Zaosheng's general Hu Xiaozhi led 7,000 soldiers to fight 200 miles away from the city. Xing Luan defeated Hu Xiaozhi and took advantage of the victory to drive straight into the city. The troops surrounded Xuanhu City. Yuan Ying led a large army to meet Xing Luan.

In December, Qi Gouer surrendered and killed dozens of Bai Zaosheng and his gangsters. Yuanying heads to Yiyang. Zhang Daoning, who was stationed in Chuwangcheng (Pingqiao District, Xinyang City), abandoned the city and fled. Yuan Ying chased and killed Zhang Daoning.

In 509 AD, Yuan Ying planned to capture the three passes of Yiyang, believing that the three passes are interdependent. If one pass is conquered, the other two passes will be defeated without attacking. It is better to attack easily, so he sent troops to restrain the troops of Xiguan, and the main force attacked Dongguan (now Jiuliguan, Luoshan County, Xinyang City). The city was broken, and the general Ma Guang, the Nanliang general, fled into Wuyang Pass (now Wusheng Pass in Suizhou City, Hubei Province). Six days later, Yuan Ying broke through Wuyang Pass again. Xiguan ( Pingjing Pass , in Xihe District, Xinyang City)) The guard general Ma Xianqu abandoned the city and fled.

Xiao Yan sent Nanjun prefect Wei Rui to lead his troops to rescue Ma Xianyan. Wei Rui arrived at Anlu , raised the city wall and dug deep into the trenches. Everyone laughed at Wei Rui for showing cowardice. Wei Rui said, "Otherwise, when you are timid, you should not be brave." Yuan Ying rushed to chase the horse Xianfeng and wanted to get rid of the shame of Shaoyangzhou. He heard that Wei Rui had only withdrawn his troops when he came. The second battle between Liang and Wei and Yiyang ended again with the failure of Nanliang.

In 511 AD, the battle between Liang and Wei Qushan broke out in ten years.

In March, Wang Wanshou, a commoner in Langya, killed Liu Xi, the prefect of Dongguan and Langya counties, occupied Qushan (Haizhou District, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province), and summoned the Northern Wei army to come. The Northern Wei sent Xiao Baoyin to assist the governor of Xuzhou, Lu Chang, to guard Qushan, and Xiao Yan ordered General Zhenyuan, Ma Xianfeng to go to attack.

In May, Ma Xianfeng's soldiers surrounded Qushan. Lu Chang was a Confucian scholar who was not a military player and was trapped in the city for several months.

In November, all the food and woodcutters in Qushan City were exhausted, and Fu Wenji, the garrison leader, surrendered to Nanliang.

In December, Lu Chang led his troops to escape, and other troops and horses collapsed one after another. It was mid-winter and heavy snow fell. Two-thirds of the Northern Wei soldiers were frozen to death or their hands and feet. Within 200 miles, zombies were everywhere. Ma Xianguan pursued all the way, and only one-tenth of the Northern Wei soldiers survived, and only the army led by Xiao Baoyin returned intact. The Nanliang Army seized countless food, livestock and various equipment.

Ma Xianfeng, as a general, "can work and rest with his soldiers, wear clothes but no curtains, quilts and screens, and eat the same as those who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are single in the enemy's territory, and they are aware of the dangerous places in the barriers and villages. They will win many battles, and the soldiers will also enjoy it."