Du was a famous strategist in the Northern Dynasties, and he had a three-year relationship with the monarch and his subjects.

In 502, Liang Wudi Xiao Yan proclaimed himself emperor in Jiankang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu). This year, a baby named "Wish" was born in Yunzhong (now Datong, Shanxi) in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Who would have expected that after 32 years, they would have a three-year "monarch and minister" fate?

This lonely wish is the later "lonely letter".

Dugu was born into a noble family as he wished, and his Dugu family has been a noble family since the Southern and Northern Dynasties. At the end of the 4th century, the northern Xianbei Tuoba Department sprang up, united with other tribes to rebuild the country, and later renamed it Wei, which was called the Northern Wei in history. There are 46 tribes in Wei Chu, among which the Xianbei Xiongnu Dugu tribe has a prominent position and has been married into Tuoba royal family for generations. The two aunts of Tuoba, the founding emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, married the leader and prince of the Dugu Department respectively, and the biological mother of Tuoba, the second generation emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, was also Dugu. Dugu's wish is to be born in such a noble family.

Dugu, like other conference semifinals, was good at riding and shooting since childhood and followed his father in the battlefield. During the "Six Towns Rebellion" in the Northern Wei Dynasty, he was famous for slaying Wei Kegu with He. Later, he joined Erzhurong, and was promoted to General Annan for his work, and was named the Duke of Jude County. He can not only be good at fighting, but also "have ingenious ideas." Because of his outstanding record and remarkable achievements, Dugu entered the emperor's field of vision as he wished, and rose all the way from the commander of Xinye Town and Jingzhou Yugoslav Defense Commander to General Wuwei.

Note: Wei Kegu and Woye Town will be under the command of another general [Breaking Six Han Baling].

Note: Jung, the general of Huai Shuo Town, was defeated and died two years later.

In 534, Emperor Xiaowu Xiu Yuan failed in his crusade against Gao Huan, and only 5,000 soldiers and horses fled to the west in a mess. Despite his wife and children, Dugu rode alone in Gao Huan and caught up with him in Ji 'an. Xiu Yuan, who was alienated and frustrated at that time, was deeply moved. Immediately gave a royal horse, named Fuyang county, food city 1000 households.

Note: Jane, water and Jane water are also called. Because water goes directly to the ancient capital Luoyang (now the east of Luoyang City, Henan Province) and Jianshui goes around the west, it is often called Ershui Company.

Jingzhou, which is bordered by the Han Dynasty in the north, the South China Sea in the east, wuyue in the east and Bashu in the west, has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. At that time (534), although Jingzhou was under the control of Gao Huan of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the local officials and gentry were still very filial to Emperor Wu. After Emperor Xiaowu arrived in Chang 'an, he entrusted the task of recovering Jingzhou to Dugu Ruyuan, who was loyal to him, and appointed Dugu Ruyuan as General Wei to be in charge of Jingzhou military affairs. At the same time, he is also the secretariat of Jingzhou, responsible for winning over local people's hearts. Dugu went out of Jingzhou town as he wished, and confronted Jingzhou secretariat. Soon, Jingzhou was defeated by the defenders and captured the new frontier. Everything is clean and tidy! However, the good times did not last long. How could Gao Huan let go and give up Jingzhou? He sent his generals Gao Aocao and Hou Jing to kill Jingzhou. Dugu was outnumbered and led his troops to Nanliang, from which began his three-year relationship with Xiao Yan. This year, Xiao Yan was 7 1 year old and Dugu was 33 years old.

Liang Wudi Xiao Yan is a scholar in his bones. He believes and understands the way of "being a wise gentleman and a moral corporal". Perhaps he wanted to emulate Cao Cao and take this loyal general Guan Yu as his own. Maybe he is based on the idea that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" and just wants to add some chaos to Gao Huan. Xiao Yan not only accepted Dugu's wish, but also gave him a generous reward, which made Dugu grateful.

Unfortunately, as Dugu wished, his loyalty was not only like Guan Yu's, but also his behavior was similar. Although he didn't go through five hurdles and cut six generals, he never forgot to return to his hometown. This "leisurely" life lasted for three years. In 537, Dugu hoped to bid farewell to Liang Wudi Xiao Yan again. This time, Xiao Yan didn't seem to stop, just asked him where he wanted to go. Because dugu's family is still in Shandong at this time. Dugu answered "nothing" as he wished, suggesting that he still wanted to go to the Western Wei Dynasty. Liang Wudi felt the strength of his personality and sent him home with a generous gift.

Note: Shandong and Qin Dynasty refer to the east of Xiaoshan, and gradually refer to the east of Taihang Mountain after Sui and Tang Dynasties.

This matter has been recorded in detail in several official histories (Zhou Shu, History of the North, Learning from the Same Experience), and there are many praises. It seems that Du's "loyalty" this time is quite favored by historians.

However, Dugu's "loyalty" behavior seems to be less popular in the secular world, especially in the whirlpool of power politics. Although the intersection of his life with Liang Wudi and Xiao Yan is over, the fate of "monarch and minister" for three years has brought him endless suspicion, and he has never appeared on the battlefield against Nanliang again. I wonder if this is a good thing for Dugu's wish?

When Dugu returned to Chang 'an from Nanliang as he wished (537), Xiu Yuan, the filial piety emperor who abandoned his wife and children, had been dead for three years. I don't know how Yu Wentai's puppet emperor Yuanbaoju felt. Although Yu Wentai didn't expect the childhood friend who was loyal to the Northern Wei royal family to come back, Yu Wentai was really thin at this time. In order to appease Dugu's wish, or more to stabilize the situation and unite people's hearts, at his behest, Dugu's wish to "surrender" Nanliang was not only not reduced, but also forgiven by the emperor, and even rose to the fourth level, from the original "General Wei" to "Sui"

Dugu hopes to be a chivalrous and loyal person. Although he has a rough idea, it seems that his rough idea can only be found on the battlefield. When it comes to political strategies and skills, he is obviously inferior to Yu Wentai. What's more, if you say that "Xiu Yuan's death and the imperial status of Yuanbao Bureau occurred when he was in Nanliang, he was beyond his reach, so there is no need to blame himself", "Yuanbao Bureau is also an out-and-out royal family in Yuanshi County, and he is also loyal to the Northern Wei Dynasty, so what does it matter who the emperor is" ... and so on, with Yu Wentai's "long sleeves and good dancing", I believe that Dugu's desire has no defense at all. That's true. Dugu accepted all the imperial edicts, raised them at will, and continued to work with Yu Wentai for the Western Wei Dynasty.

In fact, this kind of "defect" in Dugu's wishful thinking character was reflected long before this.

In February of the 3rd year of Yongxi (534), Gao Huan, the powerful minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty, listened to Zhai's deviant words and instigated Hou Yue to frame and kill the general He Bayue. After He Bayue's death, the three armies had no owners. Not only was He Bayue's army in chaos, but several external forces also acted frequently. The army left by He Bayue is the "fat meat" that everyone covets!

First of all, of course, it is the Wuchuan faction within He Bayue's army. They want to choose "one of their own" as the coach. Second, Xiu Yuan, Emperor Xiaowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty. When he was planning a crusade against Gao Huan, he was worried that he was short of troops. As soon as he heard that He Bayue was killed, he immediately sent Yuan Pi as a special envoy and told fortune tellers that He Bayue had returned to Luoyang. There is also He Basheng (He Bayue's brother). When he heard that his younger brother was killed, he sent his general Du to Tongguan to prepare to appease He Bayue. Even Gao Huan, after alienating and killing people, planned to "forcibly" incorporate this army, and sent Hou Jing to lead the troops to attack Pingliang at night.

The final result of wrestling is who is faster than Yu Wentai. After Yuan Pi and Du arrived in Pingliang, He Bayue took over. Among them, Zhao Gui, also a general in Wuchuan Town, played a key role. According to historical records, after He Bayue's death, under his command, he once elected Commander Kouluo to lead the army. After being rejected by Kou Luowan, it was Zhao Gui and others who ordered Hao to go overnight, urging the secretariat at that time to return to Pingliang to command the army.

Yu Wentai's subjugation of He Bayue's army is a fait accompli, but facing the angel of the emperor, Yu Wentai still has to give an explanation. Yu Wentai told Yuan Pi that he didn't want to be commander in chief because he was elected by his subordinates. In order to crusade against Hou Yue, to avenge the general He Bayue, and to guard against Gao Huan's attack at any time, he had to temporarily lead the crowd, hoping that Yuan Pi could make his own representations to the emperor and ask for instructions. What else can Yuanpi do? I have to go to Luoyang. There is also Du Guxin. He and Yu Wentai were childhood friends, met Yu Wentai and got together first. Of course, they believed Yu Wentai's remarks.

As we all know, Yu Wentai later became the powerful minister of the Western Wei Dynasty and the actual founder of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Maybe he didn't have the ambition of "holding the emperor to make the princes" at this time, but after he successfully took over the army of Hobayue, he had his own military strength and capital against Gao Huan. Du's credulity not only fueled his ambition, but also planted the seeds of crisis for his loyal monarch.

But in any case, Yu Wentai poisoned Xiu Yuan and set up a new emperor, which will always make Dugu get what he wants. Although he accepted all the awards as Yu Wentai wished, he didn't make any trouble, but he devoted himself to safeguarding the interests of the royal family in the subsequent political struggle, which made Yu Wentai feel constrained all the time and gradually became "alien" to him.

The desire to fight alone is really extraordinary. In the Battle of Shayuan (537), Dugu got the news of his father's death from the prisoners in East Wei Jun, and made mourning clothes for his father according to the etiquette. But at that time, the Western Wei and the Eastern Wei Dynasties were in full swing. How can Yu Wentai not have a good soldier and let him be so "carefree" at home? Soon, as he wished, Dugu was arrested and re-entered the battlefield of war. In the Battle of He Qiao (538), facing hundreds of thousands of troops in Hou Jing, Dugu stayed in Jin Yong for more than ten days, so that Hou Jing's army could not enter before the arrival of Yu Wentai's army. Although the Western Wei Dynasty was defeated by East Wei Jun in He Qiao, Dugu's performance in this battle was remarkable.