This person wins more with less, but he is just a weak scholar? Not even good at bows and arrows?
This man hanged 7000 enemy troops with 300,000 men, but he was only literate and could not even draw a bow and shoot arrows.
There are many battles in Chinese history that are regarded as legends and myths by later generations, but they are real in the real world.
Among them, Chen Qingzhi's Northern Expedition of 7,000 men defeated the 300,000 troops of the Northern Wei Dynasty and almost directly unified China, which impressed the great men of later generations.
So, how did Chen Qingzhi fight 300,000 with 7,000 people?
Chen Qingzhi was born in 484. People born in this period are actually very unlucky, especially Chen Qingzhi was not born in a big family, but was born in an ordinary family, it can be said that he was almost ill-fated from birth.
It was also from that time that Sima Yi in the Three Kingdoms period moved closer to the center of power, compromised with the wealthy families in the world, and launched the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, which is actually the hereditary gate valve system.
All candidates applying for the position of clerk are asked about their family background before being appointed; Those with a good family background will be assigned to the position of a big clerk, while those with a poor family background will be assigned to the position of a minor clerk.
A person like Chen Qingzhi, who came from a humble background, could not theoretically become a civil servant, so he could only choose to live in obscurity as a civilian person.
To make matters worse, Chen Qingzhi's only path to promotion was also blocked shortly after he was born.
At that time, the only way for the children of the poor to get ahead was to join the army and fight. Although 90 percent of the children of the poor are cannon fodder, if they can survive the cannon fodder era peacefully and be promoted from ordinary soldiers to low-level generals, they may change their fate.
But Chen Qingzhi has been in poor health since he was a child, and he can't even pull a big bow, such physical conditions determine that he can't make military achievements to change his fate, so Chen Qingzhi can only be a literati.
Perhaps because of this, Chen Qingzhi wanted to be more rebellious after becoming a scholar.
Because the period of the Southern Dynasty in which he lived was very humiliating, the northern alien race repeatedly invaded the Central Plains, and these big families fled when they saw the alien race, but never thought about how to resist and defeat the invading alien race, and this background led to the entire Southern Dynasty becoming a narrow small dynasty.
This history continued not only to the Southern Dynasties, but also to the 100 years after the Eastern Jin Dynasty. At that time, Chen Qingzhi's mind was no less than that of the scholars and doctors in the late Qing Dynasty, and they were even more horrified when they saw the situation in which the Qing Dynasty continued to seize land and beg for peace.
Chen Qingzhi had a strong desire to get ahead and strive to defeat the foreigners, but as a scholar, he did not have many opportunities, and this situation lasted until he was in his 40s, and Chen Qingzhi opened a turning point in his fate.
To say that fate gave him a lot of unfortunate personalities, but he also has a little lucky nature, that is, he cast Xiaoyanzi early, Xiaoyanzi is also a reader, but he is also the only one in history who really took advantage of the emperor's world.
Xiao Yan liked to make friends with all kinds of readers when he was young, and although Chen Qingzhi was born poor, he wrote well, and Xiao Yan admired him very much.
What makes Xiaoyan like it more is Chen Qingzhi, this is Chen Qingzhi, and Xiaoyan is one"Chess fans", Xiao Yan also liked to play chess very much when he was the emperor, and often stayed up all night, so that no one else could stand it, only Chen Qingzhi was also a night owl, and he didn't sleep at night to play chess with Xiao Yan.
Although Chen Qingzhi did not become a big official, Emperor Wu of Liang won Xiao Yan's favor and laid the foundation for him to change his fate later.
At that time, all major families were competing for official positions, but the main competition was for some powerful official positions, fighting for eating, drinking and having fun, and not much for some hard jobs, which gave Chen Qingzhi an opportunity to display his talents.
In 525, the Northern Wei Dynasty assassinated Shi Yuanfa Sheng and rebelled. Due to disagreement with the Northern Wei side, he asked Emperor Wu of Liang to take him in, and Emperor Wu of Liang accepted his request.
As a result, Liang had to send people to protect the rebels of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was of course an official task that required a lot of hard work, so the other big families did not accept it.
Emperor Wu of Liang felt that Chen Qingzhi was good, so he gave him a chance to be a general of Wuwei, and Hu Longya took Cheng Jingjun to join him.
Later, he took more than 2,000 people to meet the Northern Wei army, when several armies of the Liang State were dispatched together, but the other armies were defeated, only Chen Qingzhi was not defeated, but he beat the Northern Wei Dynasty to the ground, and then returned safely with thousands of people.
During this battle, Emperor Wu of Liang realized that this weak secretary could become an excellent military talent around him, and as long as he was given the opportunity to play, he could achieve greater achievements.
Although the Southern Dynasty was also corrupt at that time, the Northern Dynasty in the North was actually just as humble. Due to civil strife, the royal family of the Northern Dynasty went south to Emperor Wu of Liang, asking Emperor Wu of Liang to support them in returning to China to compete for the throne.
But this possibility is very small, because the hostile Liang state is trying to help the kingdom ascend to the throne, it can be said that the probability of success is very small, but if the Southern Dynasty does not win in a low-key manner this time, this small possibility still exists.
Therefore, Emperor Wu of Liang decided to send someone to protect Yuan Hao, and then escort him to the Northern Wei Dynasty to claim the emperor; It didn't really matter if the escort was successful or not, but in any case, this matter was extremely offensive to the Northern Wei Dynasty, although it would not cause much harm.
Therefore, Emperor Wu of Liang gave the task to Chen Qingzhi and gave him only 7000 men.
You must know that the Northern Wei Dynasty owned most of China, and Emperor Wu of Liang only gave Chen Qingzhi 7,000 men, so Emperor Wu of Liang actually had little hope for this operation.
However, Emperor Wu of Liang did not expect that Chen Qingzhi would accept such an impossible task and turn it into the most important and urgent task in his life.
So, when he heard that the Northern Wei wanted to interfere with the Southern Dynasty"Interior affairs"and when he wanted to send someone to be his emperor, he set out with 7000 people.
The Northern Wei side was naturally furious, and quickly organized a large army to jointly kill Yuan Hao and Chen Qingzhi.
But they didn't expect that their encounter with Chen Qingzhi would become the biggest accident in their lives. In 529 AD, Wei Jiangqiu led an army of 70,000 to build nine cities, hoping to use them to block Chen Qingzhi's advance.
From here, we can also see that in fact, the Northern Wei Dynasty was also more panicked, it is estimated that there were constant internal contradictions, but at the same time they were more worried that the south would take the opportunity to cause chaos, but Qiu Jun's city and the 70,000 army in front of Chen Qingzhi were not enemies for a day and a night.
Chen Qingzhi's 7,000 men captured three of them in one day, scaring Qiu Daqian into surrendering to Chen Qingzhi.
Soon, Emperor Ziyou of Wei Yuan sent people to guard the Xingyang Tiger Prison, hoping to use the power of the Tiger Prison to deter Chen Qingzhi's army and protect Luoyang, the political and cultural center of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Immediately after that, the Northern Wei Dynasty sent 70,000 people stationed in Xingyang City to resist Chen Qingzhi, Xingyang City was not big, Chen Qingzhi could not be attacked at one time, and the Northern Wei Dynasty saw that Chen Qingzhi only had a few thousand people, and now Xingyang City was congested with traffic.
So, they decided"One blow of strength, then decline, three and exhaustion", urgently mobilized 300,000 troops, and surrounded Chen Qingzhi from the periphery. The Northern Wei Dynasty believed in its heart that 300,000 people would be advantageous against 7,000 people. Chen Qingzhi's subordinates watched the battle from the sidelines, and they were also afraid of the formation of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and they all wanted to escape, but Chen Qingzhi rose to the challenge.
He said:"We fought from the south to the north, I don't know how many Northern Wei officials and generals we killed, the Northern Wei Dynasty has long regarded us as an enemy, and now they have 300,000 people and surrounded us, if we all flee now, none of these 7,000 people will survive, if you can manage to rush to the town near Xingyang, maybe there is a chance to turn the tables.
The soldiers knew in their hearts that in this war, they could fight to the death and fight for a glimmer of life, or they could run away and be killed by the enemy, since this general who couldn't even shoot an arrow was so desperate, what reason did we have to be afraid?
So they desperately attacked the city, actually captured Xingyang City, and then fought all the way to the south and the north, and defeated the 300,000 army of the Northern Wei Dynasty like chopping melons and vegetables, and the front of the army was directed at Luoyang.
At that time, it was rumored in Luoyang City that the famous general Mo Zijian did not let the thousands of troops under his command get close to the White Guards, because Chen Qingzhi liked to wear white clothes, so everyone wanted to see the White Guards escape, otherwise they would be beaten badly.
So, how did Chen Qingzhi defeat an army of 300,000 with 7,000 men? In fact, this is the result of a combination of factors.
The first is to replenish the dead, in fact, Chen Qingzhi is only a few thousand, if he doesn't fight but chooses to retreat, these people are basically dead, so they have to follow Chen Qingzhi with all their hearts, which is also an important reason why Chen Qingzhi can win the battle.
The ensuing chaos in the Northern Wei Dynasty was the key to Chen Qingzhi's success.
In fact, the Northern Dynasties were not powerful dynasties, and the pinnacle of these nomads was mostly short-lived.
Except for the founding generation of emperors, the other emperors were basically incompetent, not only poor in governing the country, but also gradually declining in combat effectiveness.
In addition, at that time, the Northern Wei Dynasty was still carrying out military coups and civil strife to seize power, which made the war even more tragic.
Therefore, the weakness of the Northern Wei Dynasty itself was an important reason for Chen Qingzhi's victory; Secondly, the desire of the Southern Dynasty to rebuild the country was also one of the important reasons why Chen Qingzhi was able to win the war.
The reason why the Southern Dynasties did not dare to go on a northern expedition was mainly because the major families did not want to disturb the peaceful life of the Southern Dynasties.
But most of the ordinary people and most of the refugee soldiers in the north always want to return to their hometowns in the north, because Chen Qingzhi can lead them at any time, and they can throw their heads and spill their blood at any time.
Chen's long-term personal preparation also played a key role in his victory.
Although he only began to lead troops in the war at the age of 40, he was always concerned about the future of his country and how to save his country, so he easily seized the opportunity to achieve a goal that would be difficult for future generations to achieve when they were driven out of their homeland.