In 589 AD, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the monarchs and ministers of the Chen Dynasty were immersed in the joy of the New Year, but they did not know that a catastrophe of destruction had quietly come. At this time, the waves on the Yangtze River not far north of Jiankang City were turbulent, and the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty on the opposite bank were waiting for a fatal blow to the Chen Dynasty. The most terrifying thing is that the Chen Dynasty's combat readiness was lax and he did not think so.
The Sui army on the other side of the Yangtze River was fully prepared to destroy Chen, and as early as a few months ago, it gathered more than 500,000 soldiers and horses. The commanders led their own troops, and they were all nominally under the unified command of Yang Guang, the king of Jin. Although there were many commanders on the front line of the Sui army, in fact, there were only two commanders who established Chen Qigong, one was He Ruobi, the governor of Wuzhou, and the other was Han Baohu, the governor of Luzhou.
He Ruobi, the governor of Wuzhou, is in charge of Guangling City, and Han Baohu, the governor of Luzhou, is in Lujiang City. Guangling is now Yangzhou, in the northeast of Jiankang City, the capital of the Chen Dynasty, and Jiankang City is only separated by a river. Lujiang is now Lujiang County, Hefei City, in the southwest direction of Jiankang City, almost across the river from Jiankang City. The place where these two chiefs sit is each other's horns, and at the same time, they also form a flanking attack on Jiankang City. As long as one of the governors broke through the defense line of the Yangtze River, and the other governor actively cooperated, it was easy for the troops to come to Jiankang City, so that the Chen State could be easily destroyed.
However, how can the Yangtze River natural danger be so easy to break through! Throughout the ages, this great river has caused many heroes and heroes to return and flee in the wilderness. Now that the two managers want to subvert the capital of the Chen Dynasty, how easy is it?
In fact, He Ruobi, the governor of Wuzhou, who was at the forefront, started his plan a few months ago. At the beginning, He Ruobi knew that if he crossed the river rashly, not only would he not succeed, but he would also startle the snake if he didn't do it well, so he did not move and implemented a series of tricks to confuse **.
First of all, He Ruobi sold the old horses in the army, bought a large number of Chen ships, and hid them. At the same time, Chen Guo was purchased.
Fifty or sixty dilapidated boats were deliberately placed in conspicuous creeks. In this way, ** thought that the Sui Dynasty had no ships available, so he was not so afraid of the Sui army.
Immediately, He Ruobi ordered the defenders along the river to go to Guangling to assemble with great fanfare every time they changed their defenses. ** I was frightened, thinking that the Sui Dynasty army was coming, so I urgently sent troops to prepare for battle. When ** learned that it was just the normal handover and change of guard of the Sui army, they were greatly relieved. Soon, ** became accustomed to it, and he was not so nervous, and his defense against the Sui army became more and more relaxed.
He Ruobi also let the defenders often hunt along the river, so the noise of the soldiers and the neighing of the horses were intertwined, and even the ** on the other side of the Yangtze River could be heard. As if to tell ** that we only like to hunt and are not interested in fighting.
It was precisely because of He Ruobi's series of mysterious operations that he deeply confused the other party and made the other party relax their vigilance. In 589 AD, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the monarchs and ministers of the Chen Dynasty and the guards were all spending the New Year with peace of mind, and they did not know every move of the Sui army. So, He Ruobi seized this fleeting opportunity, led his army across the Yangtze River, and quickly captured Jingkou.
At the same time, Han Baohu, who was sitting in Lujiang City, found out that the quarrying defenders of the Chen Dynasty were all thinking about celebrating the New Year, and they didn't care about precautions at all, so Han Baohu led 500 forwards and conquered the quarrying in one fell swoop.
Yang Guang, the king of the Jin Dynasty, learned that the two forwards had crossed the Yangtze River at the same time, so he led the army to move south quickly, and stationed troops in Taoye Mountain, Liuhe Town, on the north side of the river, in order to send troops to respond to the two forwards at any time.
Because Yang Guangjun was sitting in Jiangbei, He Ruobi and Han Baohu were full of confidence, one of them went south and the other went north, attacking in the direction of Jiankang City.
Han Baohu's march on the south road was very smooth, and he took Gushu in less than half a day, and then captured the outer Xinlin of Jiankang City, and then captured the Vermilion Bird Gate of Jiankang City, and then marched towards the palace of the Chen Dynasty.
He Ruobi on the North Road marched from Jingkou to Zhongshan Baitugang and launched a decisive battle with the main force of **. As a result, Xiao Maha, a famous general of the Chen Dynasty, was unwilling to fight, and was defeated and captured; Kong Fan's army was defeated and fled. Immediately afterwards, He Ruobi entered Jiankang City and defeated Lu Guangda, the governor of the Chen Dynasty, in Leyouyuan. Then, He Ruobi burned the Beiye Gate and thus entered the palace of the Chen Dynasty.
Because He Ruobi was dragged by the main force of the Chen Dynasty, Han Baohu entered the palace of the Chen Dynasty one step earlier than He Ruobi, and captured Emperor Chen Shubao at the first time. At this point, Nanchen perished, and the land of China was reunified.
The Sui Dynasty destroyed Nan Chen, and the two governors, He Ruobi and Han Baohu, made their first contributions. One defeated the main forces of the Chen Dynasty, and the other captured Chen Shubao. Although this war was a big country that destroyed a small country in a corner of peace, it was of great significance, ending the great turmoil of nearly 300 years since the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, thus opening the foundation of the Sui and Tang dynasties for 300 years.
This history, like the rolling Yangtze River flowing into the sea, has been forgotten by people, but we will not forget the story of He Ruobi and Han Baohu.