When it comes to several famous troubled eras in Chinese history, there are generally two criteria, one is the official period of great division and great turmoil, such as the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and the Jin and Southern Song Dynasty.

There is also the hidden turmoil, that is, the nominally unified regime, but in fact it has been divided internally, and foreign enemies are under the door, looking down on it. Such as the Sui and Tang dynasties, the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the end of the Ming Dynasty, the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the Republic of China.

The troubled times are usually referred to as the former. Speaking of heroes, Tao heroes, who are heroes? Every era has its own heroes, and everyone has their own heroes in their hearts. To become a hero, in addition to his actions conforming to the mainstream standards of historical development, the very important criteria are magnificent, bloody, and responsible.

Just as Cao Cao's understanding of heroes: "Those who are heroes have great ambitions, good plans, the opportunity to contain the universe, and the ambition to swallow heaven and earth." "Due to the emergence of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the history of the Three Kingdoms, which was not much different from other troubled times, has been rendered into the most familiar history of Chinese, and even the Han, Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties are not as well-known as the Three Kingdoms, let alone other troubled times with the same heroes.

In fact, in terms of the division of historical stages, there are only three time periods that really belong to the troubled times: the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Wei and Jin Dynasties (Wuhu) and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. From the first year of Zhongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (184 AD), since Zhang Jiao launched the Yellow Turban Uprising, as of the ninth year of Kaihuang of Sui (589 AD), the Sui army destroyed Chen on a large scale, and the historians generally call this 400-year-long turbulent era as the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties period, and the Three Kingdoms are only a stage of this great turbulent era.

There is no shortage of heroes in any era, and heroes often appear like a nest of peaks, which is dazzling.

But there is always a feeling that the chaotic battle situation of group fighting, far from two mortal enemies one-on-one, one must go to heaven, and one must go to hell, which can make people's blood boil, just like Pushkin and his rival George. Baron Dantes's duel is the same.

Why do you want to write about the history of the Northern and Southern Dynasties? Let me first tell you to understand, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the origin of the hero's family, Wei Chigong. Cheng Yanjin, Qin Qiong, Li Shimin, Dou Jiande, in the early period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It is not uncommon for two heroes to go heads-up, such as Tuoba Jue single-handedly head-to-head Liu Yilong, and Yuan Hong single-handedly single-handedly Xiao Daocheng, Xiao Zhen, and Xiao Luan. It's just that these two heroes go heads-up, and in terms of overall temperament, people always feel that they seem to be less exciting and exciting, and the process and result are relatively dull.

Even the famous offensive and defensive battle of the Wei and Song dynasties jointly staged by Tuoba Jue and Liu Yilong, after the chaotic battle, except for the chicken feathers flying in the sky, did not leave a deep impression on future generations. Fortunately, this boring situation of swallowing water was gradually broken in the middle and late stages of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan singled out Emperor Xuanwu of Wei Yuan Ke and Yuan Ke's amorous Empress Hu. The process is very beautiful. Followed by the heads-up of Chen Qingzhi, a legendary general of the Southern Dynasty, and Er Zhurong, a legendary minister of the Northern Dynasty, Chen Qingzhi's Northern Expedition added a few new handfuls of soil to the grave of the Northern Wei Dynasty that was about to die.

The once powerful Northern Wei Dynasty finally couldn't hold on in the midst of internal and external troubles and collapsed, leaving only a bunch of gorgeous historical fragments, which made future generations sigh. The Northern Wei Dynasty gradually split into two independent and mutually hateful regimes, the Eastern Wei and the Western Wei.

The Eastern Wei and Western Wei dynasties were still nominally regimes established by the Xianbei Tuoba Tribe. Because their emperors are all legitimate descendants of the emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty. But everyone knows that the real masters of the Eastern Wei and Western Wei are not them, but the two peerless heroes standing behind them.

This pair is a pair of heroes. It is Gao Huan, a Xianbei Han man, and his lifelong bosom friend and opponent - Yuwentai, a Xianbei Huns. In the confrontation between the two heroes in other stages of the North and South Koreas, neither side actually intended to eat each other, and the war between them was more like fighting for the top of the mountain.

Today you rob me of a piece of land, and tomorrow I will snatch it back. At most, they are throwing a few bricks at each other's yards. And Gao Huan and Yu Wentai's situation is different, in their iron-blooded careers, there is only one goal, which is to forcibly eat each other.

Therefore, the war between the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Western Wei Dynasty was extremely tragic, and the famous games continued, such as the Battle of Shayuan, the Battle of Bishan, and the extremely cruel, tragic, and wonderful Jade Battle. Let future generations see the blood of the blood, can not be themselves.

If you count from the year when the Northern Wei Dynasty was officially split (534 AD), Gao Huan and Yuwentai's battle for hegemony lasted for thirteen years, until 547 AD, after the defeat of Yubi, Gao Huan sang "Eilechuan" with tears in his eyes, and died with hatred.

Thousands of miles away, the sky is still very blue, and the happy singing of the herdsmen is still loud...... The reason why Gao Huan and Yuwentai's two-man competition for hegemony is so exciting and the ending is so tragic, in addition to the eloquence of the two, what is even more unforgettable is the group of iron-blooded generals standing behind them:

Jin Hu Luguang, Dou Taigao, Cao Yaoxiong, Peng Lexi, Di Gan, Duan Rong, Duan Shao, Murong Shaozong, Mo Duo, Lou Yuan, Wen Hou, Jing Gao, Huan Yu, Wen Tai, He Basheng, Li Bi, Yu Jin, Duguxin, Zhao Gui, Wang Zhen, Wang Sizheng, Hou Mo Chen, Cai Youyu, Wen Guida, Xi Wu, Yang Zhong, Wei Xiaokuan, and the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms are like clouds, which is an important reason for the enduring charm of the Three Kingdoms. And these famous generals in the era of the Eastern and Western Wei (Northern Qi and Northern Zhou) hegemony were outstanding in their overall appearance and brilliant starlight, which was not inferior to the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms.

Even if you measure it in the entire history of China, Gao Huan and Yuwentai are the top in their respective celebrity groups. Yun Conglong, Feng Conghu, Gao Huan and Yu Wentai each led their brothers to prove to the sky that they were hot-blooded men who stood up to the sky in the most iron-blooded and domineering way. The history of the middle of the sixth century AD, because of Gao Huan and Yuwentai, the rivers and lakes were full of people, and it was not complicated, which was the luck of history.

After Gao Huan's death, Yuwentai lived for another ten years, and it was not until 556 AD that Yuwentai calmly left this noisy vanity fair. But in the past ten years, Yuwentai has not been lonely, because Gao Huan's sons are very strong as a whole, and one is more ruthless than the other. They took over the iron-blooded battle flag left by their father, led their soldiers, and continued to fight a fateful decisive battle with Yuwentai.

Yuwentai was preparing to attack the Northern Qi Dynasty, and when he heard that Gao Huan's second son, Gao Yang, was in strict command of the army, he couldn't help but sigh: "Gao Huan has such a son, although he is still alive!" With a loneliness that is incomprehensible to ordinary people, I lamented the impermanence of fate and the chic withdrawal of troops.

Yuwentai's sigh is actually not a kind of sadness for his inability to conquer the world, but more like a nostalgia for his old friend Gao Huan. One man's world. It's lonely after all.

Yuwentai is a hero and cherishes heroes, just like Cao Cao's famous sentence praising Sun Quan: "Giving birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou, and Liu Jingsheng's son is like a dolphin with dog ears!" "The Eastern Wei and Western Wei dynasties, strictly speaking, do not exist zài. They were just the predecessors of the Northern Qi that later replaced the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty of the Western Wei Dynasty, and they were just a gorgeous political shell.

In 550 AD, Gao Yang abolished the Eastern Wei Dynasty and established the Northern Qi Dynasty; In 557 AD, Yuwentai's second son, Yuwenjue, was manipulated by the powerful minister Yuwengo. The Western Wei Dynasty was abolished and the Northern Zhou Dynasty was established.

The confrontation between the two heroes of Northern Qi and Northern Zhou was actually a continuation of the era of Gao Huan and Yuwentai, and the highest strategic goal of Northern Zhou and Northern Qi was still to eat each other.

Things are wrong, but the battle for supremacy between the two sides is still wonderful. In the era of Gao Huan and Yuwentai, the war between the two sides was generally offensive in the east and defensive in the west. Because the territory occupied by Gao Huan was a golden area in the Northern Wei Dynasty, with a developed economy and a large population, his ability to wage war was stronger than that of Yuwentai.

Several big battles between the two sides were basically provoked by Gao Huan. After entering the second-generation contest between the two sides, the Northern Zhou took advantage of the disaster of the Hou Jing Rebellion in the Southern Liang and could not extricate themselves. ate the Xichuan and Jinghu regions of the Xiaoliang Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty in time, and its strength skyrocketed.

Although the Northern Qi also took advantage of the Hou Jing Rebellion to eat into the Huainan region of the Southern Dynasties, in terms of overall strength, Zhou and Qi were already comparable, and even in terms of the ability to launch wars, the Northern Zhou surpassed the Northern Qi. Therefore, Mr. Cai Dongfan's positioning of the strength of the latter three kingdoms is: Zhou is the strongest, Qi is second, and Chen is the weakest, which is in line with historical facts.

Gao Huan and Yu Wentai are dead, but their children and grandchildren are still there! In particular, the second-generation successors of the two hostile regimes. The overall suzhì is outstanding, and it is rare in history. On the Northern Qi side, there are Gao Cheng, Gao Yang, Gao Yan, Gao Zhan, Gao Jun, Gao Yan, Gao Xun, Gao Lian, and Gao Xiaojun (that is, the famous Lanling King Gao Changgong).

On the Northern Zhou side, there are Yuwen Hu, Yuwen Yu, Yuwen Yong, Yu Wen Xian, Yu Wen Sheng, Yu Wen Da, and Yu Wen Kui.

The two sides are almost the same from talent to comprehensive strength, but in the end, it was the Yuwen family who had the last laugh, and one of the most fundamental reasons was. The high-quality second-generation rulers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty defeated the inferior third-generation rulers of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Among the third-generation descendants of the Northern Qi Dynasty, there are also many top elites, such as Gao Cheng's outstanding sons Gao Xiaoyu, Gao Xiaoheng, Gao Changgong, and Gao Yanzong. But the problem is that sitting at the top of the pyramid is Gao Wei, the most unsuccessful of Gao Huan's grandchildren.

And Cushman & Wakefield's opponent is Yuwen Yong, the most capable of the second-generation elite of the Yuwen family. The results can be imagined. In 577 AD, Yuwen Yong led his soldiers to conquer Yecheng, the capital of the Northern Qi Kingdom, and captured Gao Wei alive.

Gao Huan accumulated twenty years of work, and the Great Qi Empire that he had worked hard to build disappeared in an instant. Gao Huan knows underground, how will he feel? Li Shangyin, a Tang dynasty man, lamented the demise of the Northern Qi Dynasty: "If you fall in love with each other, you will die, and you will be hurt by the thorns." The little pity jade body is lying in the night, and it has been reported to Zhou Shi to enter Jinyang. ”

In a person's life, the most memorable thing is that in addition to family and friendship, there are enemies that can make you unforgettable. Life is not perfect without enemies.

The existence of the Northern Zhou Dynasty is actually more meaningful because of the great opponent of the Northern Qi. The demise of the Northern Qi Dynasty announced the end of this period of passionate and passionate years. History is gradually flattening. Yuwen Yong realized his father's dream of eating the Northern Qi, and he was the victor, but the victory of the Northern Zhou Yuwen clan only lasted four years.

In 581 AD, the world of the Northern Zhou Dynasty fell into the hands of a Han man named Puliuru Naroyan, whose Han name was Yang Jian, Emperor Gaozuwen of Sui.

One qiē is over, and one qiē is all started again. Why write the history of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the ups and downs of the history of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the origin of the heroes of the Tang Dynasty, the founder of the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Wei Chigong, Luo Cheng, Cheng Yanjin, Qin Shubao, Su Dingfang, and other heroes of all walks of life The ancestral deeds are all told for you in this book. (To be continued.) )