Sheng History

In order to be able to annihilate the guarding forces of the imperial capital in one fell swoop, the priest united with other generals, and promised that after he became emperor, each general would be glorious and wealthy.

In the 29th year of Sheng, Saili united Chujiang, Weihu, Zuonan, Sike, and Wilsin to launch a rebellion. Tuoba was then promoted to generalissimo and led the troops to quell the rebellion. At this time, the rebel army was storming Xiliang City, but Tuoba Ran did not want to rescue directly, he proposed his strategic plan to Tuoba Yue: "The Chujiang army has always been fierce and has strong combat effectiveness, and if it is a head-on decisive battle, it will be difficult to win. I plan to abandon Xiliang for the time being, cut off its grain route from behind, and then wait for an opportunity to defeat the rebels again. Takutsuki agreed to Tuobara's plan.

So Tuoba ran made a detour to march. When he arrived at the river, he met a scholar named Jiang Jie, who suggested that Tuoba Ran make a detour to the right to avoid being attacked by the rebels halfway. Tuoba Ran followed Zhao She's advice, went to Lantian and Wuguan, quickly arrived at Ge Yang, and captured the ambush after searching.

At this time, Xiliang was attacked by the rebels in turn, and the defenders of Xiliang asked Tuoba Ran for help. Tuoba Ran sent a secret letter to tell Jiang Liang how to defend it, but he couldn't hold on. In the end, Xiliang was indeed captured by the rebels. In Xiliang City, it has already been empty. The grain and grass have all been burned, the rebel army of 150,000 horses and horses in a month of battle has already been sleepy and tired, after eating 150,000 troops all rested in the city, that night the city suddenly burned a fire, the fire was fierce, countless fire arrows outside burned the Chu Jiang army eight or nine ten, so far the Chu Jiang army was no longer able to march, had to fight with other armies.

At this time, the Weihu army faced Tuobara, Weihu built a building, piled up soil like a mountain, and shot Tuoba Ran's military camp with arrows. Tuoba Ran made a thunderbolt with a stone-throwing device, and the stone was sent to destroy the building built by the Weihu army. The Weihu Army dug tunnels to attack again, and Tuoba Ran also dug a long trench in the camp to resist, crushing the strategy of the Weihu Army. The two sides held each other for three months, and at this time, the other armies sent by Tuoba Ran were also in a difficult situation, with few soldiers and food in front, and the soldiers were tired, and the armies in other areas were also repeatedly defeated.

The emperor wrote to Tuoba Ran, discussing the retreat to the imperial city, and Tuoba ran replied: "The enemy army has gathered the main force at Hengfei Waterfall, and wants to fight with us. If we retreat this time, the other armies will collapse, and this battle is the key to determining the general trend of the world. Now our army is one as ten, holding the key and making Weihu unable to advance, and it has been more than half a year. If the troops withdraw this time, it will deal a major blow to the morale of the other armies, and I am afraid that the situation will be dangerous at that time, just like the long river that bursts the embankment, and it will collapse for thousands of miles. ”

The other rebels were also in a stalemate with the emperor's army outside, and the priest had already understood that if he wanted to gain the world, he must first destroy Tuobara's army, so he transferred various armies to advance towards Tuobara.

In October, Weihu sent a car to transport grain, and ordered his generals to lead 10,000 troops to escort it to their hometown about 20 kilometers north of Weihu's camp. At this time, Xu Gui, a general under Weihu, defected to Tuoba Ran and suggested that Tuoba Ran make a surprise attack on his hometown and burn his grain and grass. Tuoba Ran immediately put it into practice, personally led the cavalry of 5,000, pretended to use the banner of the Weihu Army, tied the mouth of the horse, brought a bundle of firewood and grass, and took advantage of the darkness of the night to take the path to sneak attack the old nest. Immediately upon arrival, the siege was set on fire. After Weihu learned of the attack on the old nest, on the one hand, he sent light cavalry to rescue, and on the other hand, he ordered Gao He to lead heavy troops to storm the Tuobaran army camp. But Tuobara's battalion was strong and could not be attacked. When the Tuoba Ran army rushed to attack the camp of the old nest, the reinforcements of Weihu were already approaching. Tuoba Ran fought to the death, broke the Weihu army, and burned all its grain and grass. When Gao He heard that his nest was broken, he surrendered to Tuobara, which led to the shaking of the army's morale, internal division, and the collapse of the army. Weihu retreated to Hebei with 800 cavalry in a panic, and the Tuoba Ran army successively annihilated and killed more than 70,000 Weihu troops, some say 80,000.

The battle of Hengfeipu greatly inspired the other armies, and the sacrifice was seriously ill at this time, and could no longer command the army to fight.

Tuoba Ran knew that Xuanyuan had concentrated an army of 480,000 troops, and he also gathered other armies and prepared to fight the rebels to the death

Ordered the Qin army to feign defeat and retreat, and ordered the rebel army to chase after the victory

attacked, all the way to Tuobara's stronghold, but the rebel army could not break through the fortified fortification of Tuobara's army with skilled craftsmen.

Tuoba ordered a force of 25,000 men to raid the rear of the rebel attack force to cut off the rebels' rear route, and ordered a cavalry force of 5,000 men to penetrate between the rebels and the barracks, dividing the main force of the rebels into two isolated forces and cutting off the rebels' food routes.

Tuoba Ran also sent lightly armed elite troops to launch several attacks on the rebels, and the rebels were forced to build a barrier on the spot and turn to defense to wait for rescue.

King Tuoyue learned that the grain route of the main force of the rebels had been cut off, and the local people were given the first rank, and the young men over the age of fifteen of the other defenders were recruited to gather on the blue battlefield to intercept the rebels' reinforcements and grain transportation.

In September, the main rebel army had been without food for forty-six days, and the soldiers were killing each other for food. Xuan Kite organized the remaining rebels into four breakout forces, and after four or five attacks in turn, they still could not break through.

As a result, the elite troops of Xuanyuan personally commanded a forced breakthrough, but were killed by the random arrows of the Tuoba Ran army. In order to end the war as soon as possible, Tuoba Ran shouted to the rebels that if the heads of your rebel generals could be thrown out, the sins you committed would be written off, and soon after, the heads of all the rebel generals were beheaded in front of the two armies. At this point, the rebellion that lasted for three years finally ended, and under the leadership of Emperor Tuoyue, Shengguo became more and more prosperous and powerful.