In the first year of Emperor Feng (272), Sun Hao recruited the governor of Xiling, Bu Xian raised troops to rebel and surrender to the Jin Dynasty.

【Step Explanation】

In the third year of Jianheng (271), the right big Sima Ding Feng, Sikong Mengren died, Sun Hao amnesty again, when the legend of Xiyuan was that there was a phoenix inhabiting, so the name of the next year was changed to the phoenix.

In August of the first year of the Phoenix (272), Sun Hao recruited Bu Xian as the governor of the tent and asked him to go to the capital to build a business. The Buyan family started from their father's Buqi, passed through their elder brother's Buqi, and the three of them have been in Xiling for more than 40 years. When Bu Yan received the order to leave Xiling, he felt very uneasy, afraid that he was at fault, and that someone would frame him in front of Sun Hao, which would be unfavorable to him. So in September of the same year, Bu Xianju surrendered to the Jin State in Xiling City, and sent the two sons of his brother Bu Xie, Bu Ji and Bu Xuan, to Luoyang, the capital of the Jin State, as hostages. The Jin State appointed Bu Xiandang as the governor of Xiling, the military general, the general Wei, the opening of the palace with the three divisions, the servant, and the remote leader of the state pastor, and the marquis of Yidu. Bu Ji and Bu Xuan also have their own rewards.

【Lu Resistance Quells the Rebellion】

After learning of the Xiling rebellion, Sun Hao sent Lu Kang, the governor of Lexiang, to besiege Bu Xian, and Lu Kang heard the news and urgently sent the generals Zuo Yi, Wu Yan, Cai Gong and other troops to besiege Xiling. At that time, Emperor Sima Yan of the Jin Dynasty sent Yang Zhao, the assassin of Jingzhou, to lead an army to Xiling to meet Buyan, the general of the chariot cavalry Yanghu led the infantry army to attack Jiangling, and Xu Yin, the supervisor of Badong, led the naval army to attack Jianping to rescue Buyan.

At that time, there were many Jin troops and few Wu troops, and after Lu Kang learned that the Jin army was coming, he not only did not give the order to attack Xiling as soon as possible, but instead ordered the Wu Xiling army to build a high wall from Chixi to the old city, which was used to besiege Bu Xian internally, and resisted the Jin reinforcements outside, but was not in a hurry to attack Xiling City. Lu resisted Japan and urged and supervised it night after night, as if the enemy army had arrived, and the Wu army built a siege day and night, which was extremely hard. So all the generals said: "Now with the elite of the three armies, we will attack Bu Xian rapidly, and when the Jin army comes to the rescue, Bu Xian must have been conquered." Why bother to build walls and make the soldiers and the people miserable? ”

Lu Kang replied: "The walls of this city are strong and the terrain is dangerous, the city has abundant grain and grass, and the fortifications repaired and the defensive equipment are all planned and arranged in detail by me before. Now we go on the other hand, and we cannot conquer it quickly, and the northern reinforcements must come, and when the enemy comes, we are unprepared, and we are attacked inside and out, so how can we resist them? "All the generals wanted to rush to attack Bu Yan, but Lu Kang always refused to agree. Yidu Taishou Lei Tan's request was extremely earnest, and in order to convince the generals, Lu Kang allowed them to attack once. The attack turned out to be unfavorable, and the defensive wall was completed.

At this time, Lu Kang sat in Lexiang (now northeast of Songzi, Hubei) and wanted to go to Xiling to supervise the war. Wu Zhu's general Wen Yanghu led a large number of Jin troops to Jiangling, and they all asked Lu Kang to Jiangling to supervise the battle. Lu Kang thought: "Jiangling City is strong and has enough troops, so there is nothing to worry about." If the enemy captures Gangneung, it will certainly not be able to defend it, and we will suffer very little losses. But if Xiling is allowed to connect with the enemy, then all the tribes and people of Nanshan will be disturbed, and the things I am worried about will not be made clear at once. I'd rather give up Gangneung and go to Xiling, not to mention that Gangneung is very strong! Then he went to Xiling.

At the beginning, Gangneung was flat and wide, and the roads were smooth. Lu Kang appointed Zhang Xian, the governor of Jiangling, to build a large weir to block the water and flood the enemy army. However, Yanghu took the opportunity to use a ship to transport grain and grass to Jiangling, and threatened to destroy the weir to save Bu Xian. Lu disobeyed Jiangling Governor Zhang Xian to destroy the weir dam and block the Jin army's water grain route, but the generals were puzzled and refused to listen to repeated advice. When Yanghu heard that the weir had been destroyed, he had to switch to transporting grain by car, which delayed and laborious, and caused the main force to not be able to advance quickly.

Later, Yang Zhao led reinforcements to Xiling, and Xu Yin, the supervisor of Badong, led the naval army to Jianping. Lu Kang ordered Zhang Xian to stick to Jiangling, public security governor Sun Zun inspected the south bank of the Yangtze River to resist Yanghu, naval governor Liuxi, Zhenxi general Zhu Wan to resist Xu Yin, and Lu Kang personally commanded the three armies and relied on the barracks wall to fight against Yang Zhao.

Zhu Qi, the general of Wu, and Yu Zan, the governor of the battalion, fled and surrendered to Yang Zhao. Lu Kang said: "Yu Zan is an old clerk in our army, and I am often worried that the Yi soldiers are not well trained, and if the enemy attacks the siege, he must start from the defense of the Yi soldiers. "The Yi soldiers were replaced that night, and all the veterans of the Wu army were used to replace the fortifications. The next day, Yang Zhao really attacked the defense of the original Yi soldiers, and Lu Kang ordered the defenders to counterattack, arrows and stones rained down, and Yang Zhao's soldiers were killed and wounded. More than a month after Yang Zhao arrived in Xiling, he had nothing to do and fled overnight. Lu Kang planned to pursue him, but he was worried that Bu Xian had accumulated all his strength and waited for the opportunity to send troops to attack the key points of the Wu army, and the troops were not enough to be distributed, so he warned the soldiers to only beat the drum to make it look like they were going to pursue. Yang Zhao's army was quite frightened, all of them abandoned their armor and rushed to flee for their lives, and the lightly armed troops of the Lu Resistance faction then pursued, Yang Zhao was defeated, and Yanghu and others led their troops to withdraw. Lu Kang then captured Xiling City, and killed the chief generals of Bu Xian's family and his subordinates, from the general down, there were tens of thousands of people who asked for pardon.

Lu Kang repaired the Xiling city wall and fortifications, and returned the army to the east to return to Lexiang, with no arrogance on his face, and humility as usual, so he won the heartfelt support of the soldiers. After the war, Lu Kang was awarded the capital protection.

On the Jin side, there was a boss at that time who said: "Yanghu led an army of more than 80,000, and the Wu army was only 30,000. And only sent Yang Zhao's partial division deep into the dangerous area, with few soldiers and no food and grass, resulting in the defeat of our army. Yang Hu violated the edict and did not have the discipline of the general, so he should be removed from his official position and the marquis should be kept to return to the mansion to live idlely. As a result, Yang Hu was demoted to the rank of general of Pingnan, and Yang Zhao was demoted to the rank of civilian.

【Classic First Fight】

The Battle of Xiling was a fairly classic battle in the late Three Kingdoms period, and its significance and influence were quite huge. After Sun Hao came to power, he implemented tyranny, wantonly tortured and killed ministers, and waged wars many times, which caused the national strength of Wu to consume hugely, and the country's strength deteriorated day by day. Buyan's rebellion was an opportunity for the Jin Dynasty to take advantage of, if Yanghu and others were successfully rescued, and even Xiling was guarded, then Jingzhou would be wide open, which was unacceptable to Sun Wu.

At that time, the two sides were also in the situation of the Jin Dynasty with more troops and stronger strength, and the Lu Kang Army only occupied some geographical advantages, but it could not stand up to the fact that Lu Kang was a generation of famous marshals, and the military sense of smell was too sensitive, and the Jin Army was not given a chance from beginning to end, even in the case of the rebellion of the two generals Zhu Qi and Yu Zan, he was still able to calmly analyze the situation, not only did not suffer because of the leakage of information, but took advantage of this ambush to defeat the Jin army, turning the disadvantage into an advantage.

After the end of the battle of Xiling, the Jin side can be said to be a big blow, they suffered heavy losses in the case of dominance, and returned in vain, which also made the Sima family lose the confidence to eliminate Sun Wu in one fell swoop, this battle can also be said to be the battle of Wu State's life, judging from the situation of Wu at that time, if Lu Kang lost, Sima Yan was likely to take the opportunity to destroy Wu.