Chapter Eighty-Four

In June 422 AD, Liu Yu, the emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty who had just passed the year of the sixtieth year, died, and the crown prince Liu Yifu succeeded to the throne.

At the beginning of 423 AD, the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba took advantage of the instability of the Liu Song Dynasty to personally lead the army south, conquered the city, and captured Luoyang, Tiger Prison, Huatai and other places in one fell swoop.

The country of Liu Song has just turned the corner.

The Northern Wei army retreated to Pingcheng, and all the ministers in the Liu Song Dynasty breathed a long sigh, and the ministers saw that Liu Yifu was not the king of success, so they persuaded Liu Yu to depose Liu Yifu as emperor in the name of the queen mother, and Liu Song and the ministers jointly promoted Liu Yu's third son, Liu Yilong, who was known as a virtuous person, to inherit the throne.

In August of the same year, Liu Yilong ascended the throne and became the emperor under the support of the ministers, his virtuous name is not false, after succeeding to the throne, he has the talent of the Ming monarch, and soon took back the military and political power from the hands of the ministers who have the merit of supporting, and Liu Yilong saw that the northern countries were strong, and all parts of the south of the Yangtze River were devastated after war, so he followed his father Liu Yu's policy of governing the country, stopped the war, rested with the people, and devoted himself to the management of Jiangnan, so that the people of the Southern Dynasty lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the territory of Liu and Song Dynasty was gradually stabilized, and later historians called it the rule of Yuanjia.

At the end of 423 AD, the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Hei, who had just returned to the capital Pingcheng (now Datong, Shanxi) with a large army, was ill and ordered his son Tuoba Tao to take charge of the government.

Tuoba Tao was loved by his grandfather Tuoba since he was a child, and said that he could magnify the ancestral industry, after Tuoba succeeded to the throne, it was more focused on training, Tuoba Tao was intelligent and generous, on behalf of his father, he reused the ministers used by Tuoba heirs, followed the method of governing the country with Tuoba heirs, and managed the government in an orderly manner, and even won the approval of Tuoba heirs in serious illness, and soon, the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba heirs died, and Tuoba Tao inherited the throne under the support of hundreds of officials.

At the beginning of 424 A.D., Rouran Khan Datan heard that the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Hei died of illness, his son Tuoba Tao Xinli, personally led 60,000 cavalry, attacked the Northern Wei Dynasty, and successively conquered the Northern Wei Dynasty Longxing land Yunzhong (now Inner Mongolia Tuoketo), Shengle (now Inner Mongolia and Lingel), Rouran cavalry burned and looted all evil, Tuoba Tao heard the news, personally led the cavalry to resist the enemy, but soon fell into the Rouran cavalry encirclement, but Tuoba Tao was not afraid of danger, the first soldier, the face was not afraid, led the soldiers to the left and right, and the Rouran cavalry fought to the death, When the Northern Wei soldiers saw the emperor like this, everyone fought bravely to kill the enemy, and finally made the Rouran cavalry retreat.

After this battle, Tuoba Tao knew that if he did not conquer Rouran, he would not be able to crusade against the northern countries at all, and the glory of his ancestral industry could only be empty talk.

In September of the same year, the Emperor Tuoba Tao of the Northern Wei Dynasty overrode the public opinion, personally led the army to conquer Rouran, and at the end of the year, he broke the cadres of Rouran Afu in Tunqi Mountain near Shengle, beheaded thousands, and captured more than 10,000 cattle and horses. Tuoba Tao knew that Rouran would not easily admit defeat, so he took advantage of the truce time to observe the sufferings of the people in the country, lightly punish the meager endowment, persuade the farmers to develop the national strength, and at the same time organize the army and prepare for war at all times.

Just when Tuoba Tao attacked Rouran externally and governed the country and the people internally, Hu Xia, who shared the Central Plains with it equally, and occupied Guanzhong, had one after another changes.

In 424 A.D., the Huxia Emperor Helian Bobo because of the favor of the young son Helian Lun, he had the idea of abolishing the prince Helian Lun, and often discussed this matter with the left and right ministers, the prince Helian Bi was guarding Chang'an at this time, heard that his father wanted to abolish the long and young, he personally led the troops of more than 70,000 people to conquer the town of Gaoping Helian Lun, Helian Lun was favored by his father, not to be outdone, 30,000 horses and horses of the consulate department to meet the battle, the result was outnumbered, was killed by Helian Bi, Helian Bi simply did not do two endlessly, led the troops to the Huxia capital with the power of victory to unify the ten thousand cities, Ready to coerce his father Helian Bo Zen throne, Helian Bo thought that he had many generals and a wide range of generals, and he was sure to win, showing off his might along the way, defenseless, his brother Helian Chang took the opportunity to lead 10,000 light horses, raided Helian Bo's camp, and killed him, Helian Chang led his troops to see that he had been killed, so they all obeyed Helian Chang's orders, Helian Chang led more than 85,000 people back to Tongwan City, Helian Bobo knew that the prince's rebellion had been calmed, and he was very happy, and then set Helian Chang as the prince.

In August 425 AD, Helian Bobo died of illness, and the crown prince Helian Chang succeeded to the throne, but Helian Bobo was tyrannical by nature, and he was murderous, and in his later years, the prince rebelled, and he was even more moody, and often killed the ministers because of trivial matters, so that the ministers of the court and the central government were restless, and after Helian Chang succeeded to the throne, he did not have time to calm the people's hearts, and faced the crusade of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

In October of the same year, the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Tao learned that the Huxia Emperor Helian Bobo died of illness, his sons competed for the throne seriously, the monarchs and ministers looked like gods, and the Huxia Dynasty was in chaos, so he intended to pacify Guanzhong, but he was afraid that Rouran would take the opportunity to raise troops to attack, so he once again commanded the army to recruit Rouran, and divided the troops into five roads, marching into the northern grassland, on the way to the march, Tuoba Tao explored the location of the Rouran Khan's station, so he personally led the fine horse, abandoned the baggage, only carried more than ten days of dry food, crossed the desert, launched a surprise attack on the camp of the Rouran Khan, and the Rouran Khan Datan was defenseless, panicked, so he had to lead the crowd to flee to Mobei. After two northern expeditions to Rouran, Rouran finally did not dare to easily invade the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Tao led the army to return to the dynasty in triumph, and then began to actively plan to crusade against Hu Xia and capture Guanzhong.

If you know whether Tuoba Tao can pacify Guanzhong and how Helian Chang should deal with it, please see the next chapter.