Brief introduction to the cause of the battle of Xuyi

Brief introduction to the cause of the battle of Xuyi

In 450 (the 27th year of Song Yuanjia and the 11th year of Taiping Zhenjun in the Northern Wei Dynasty), Emperor Tuoba of Wei crossed the Yellow River and Huaihe River to push southward to Guabu Mountain (now southeast of Liuhe, Jiangsu) to drink horses on the Yangtze River. Later, due to Song Jun's careful preparation along the Yangtze River, Wei Jun lacked ships, and because northerners did not adapt to the southern climate, the army was plagued by plague, so they had to retreat from the north in the first month of the following year.

After Xuyi, Tuoba Tao led Ding Ling, Xiongnu, Bianqiang and other soldiers to build Xuyi Changwei, transported Dongshan earth and stone to fill the cut, built a pontoon bridge in Junshan River (6 miles north of Xuyi), and cut off the land and water passage of Xuyi. Before entering Xuyi, Zang Zhi was defeated in the Battle of Yingchuan, and later Zang Zhi led more than 10,000 people to the north for rescue.

By the time we reached Xuyi (now the northeast of Xuyi, Jiangsu Province), Emperor Wei had crossed the Huaihe River, and Zangzhi ordered Hu Chongzhi and Zangcheng to camp in Dongshan. Jianwei general Mao Xizuo was stationed in Qianpu, and Zangzhi was stationed in the south of the city. Wei Jun attacked Hu Chongzhi and Zangcheng Second Battalion, while Hu Chongzhi and others were defeated by happeneth and scattered, all of them were killed by Wei Jun, and Wei Jun attacked Mao Xizuo again. Mao Xizuo died of serious injuries, and Song Jun was in chaos. Seeing Wei Jun's strength, Zangzhi dared not save him. That night, Zang Zhijun was also defeated and abandoned the trench equipment, leaving only 700 people to retreat into Xuyi City.

Shen Pu, the magistrate of Xuyi, is a talented person. As early as when the king attacked the sliding platform, he built city walls, dug trenches, saved money and bought equipment, and raised 2,000 elite soldiers to prepare for the enemy. Wei Jun went south, and most of the surrounding counties retreated to the south of the Yangtze River, but he insisted on guarding the city. Afterwards, all the credit was given to Zangzhi.

The Wei Emperor issued a letter to Zangzhi, the governor of Xuyi City, saying that during the war, Ding Ling, Di, Qiang and other ethnic groups who were not Tuoba ethnic groups all rushed to fight in front. If they are killed, it will be bad for Wei. He also said that the death of his soldiers could reduce thieves in this country. Zangzhi sent Wei's letters to the foot soldiers in Wei Jun, telling them not to work hard for it, and offered a reward to buy Wei's head, so as to disintegrate Wei Jun. Wei Jun hooked the tower with couplers, and tied the city with big ropes. Hundreds of people shouted together, and the car couldn't come back.

Walking out of the city with a bucket at night, cutting off its hook and getting a hook car. Wei Jun attacked the city by rushing cars, because the city was strong and rushing cars was difficult to work. Wei Jun then went to the city in hand-to-hand combat, killing tens of thousands of people. After 30 days of continuous attacks, I failed to overcome it.

At that time, there were many diseases and epidemics in Wei Jun, and more than half of the 500,000 troops were killed or injured. I also heard that Song transferred water from the East China Sea to Huai River, and the Shoujiang cut off Wei Jun's return. Wei led his troops to attack in February. Song Jun didn't dare to pursue because of his small number of troops, so he only dispatched several warships and pretended to cross the Huaihe River to intercept it, in order to urge Wei Jun to retreat quickly.