Seeing that everyone's attention had been attracted, Chen Wen began to tell the story.

"The protagonist of the story is the same surname as the one below, and also the surname is Chen, with his name Qingzhi, and his courtesy name Ziyun. He is a native of Yixing County, Changzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili. He is a fellow villager with the Governor Lu Xiangsheng of this dynasty."

"When Chen Qingzhi was young, he was a follower of Emperor Wu of Liang of the Southern Dynasty. The concept of Liang of the Southern Dynasty may not be well known, but if we talk about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, we should be familiar with it, right? The Southern Dynasty Liang of the Southern Dynasty was between these two time periods."

At this time, a knowing laughter came from the audience.

Not to mention the people present, Chen Wen didn't know much about the Southern Dynasties and Liang dynasties when he was studying. He only knew that it was one of the four dynasties of Song, Qi, Liang and Chen in the Southern Dynasties. It was not far from the Sui Dynasty, and it was also because of Zhang Lihua and Chen Qingzhi, two people who were not incompatible with each other.

"Although Chen Qingzhi himself was unable to tie up a chicken, and could not even pull out ordinary crossbows, nor could he ride a horse and shoot arrows, he was a wise general who was good at leading troops and was resourceful. However, Chen Qingzhi's story started in the second year of Emperor Wu of Liang's Datong."

"In the second year of Datong, the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was united with the Southern Liang Dynasty, broke out in the Erzhu Rong Rebellion. The Northern Wei was not the Wei Kingdom of Cao Cao, but a dynasty established by a Hu people a few hundred years after the Three Kingdoms returned to the Jin Dynasty. After this dynasty unified the north, it immediately began to be sinicized. It was considered a dynasty that admired China. However, Erzhu Rong was a complete Hu person. The book said that he had made great contributions to Meng De and had more trouble than Dong Zhuo."

"Ah?" Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo's reputation was indeed more shocking than those of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Southern Dynasties and Liang Dynasty. As expected, it was better to put familiar things on the top.

"After Erzhu Rong's rebellion, Yuan Hao, the Northern Wei royal family, descended to Liang in the south and borrowed troops from Liang to restore the country. After much thought, Emperor Wu of Liang decided to send Chen Qingzhi to escort him to quell the rebellion and ascend the throne. How many people were there in this army to quell the rebellion? There were only 7,000 people. And these 7,000 people were all wearing white robes, known in history as the White robes Army."

The number of people who brought seven thousand people to restore the country and quell the rebellion was really incredible. In their eyes, the Northern Wei Dynasty mentioned by Chen Wen seemed to be a big country. What is these seven thousand people doing? Is it enough to die?

"In April of the first year of Zhongdatong, that is, the second year, Chen Qingzhi's army set out to capture Xingcheng. The Northern Wei general Qiu Daqian was ordered to command the army to guard nine cities of 70,000. As a result, within one day, Chen Qingzhi captured three cities and Qiu Daqian surrendered."

"Hiss." Seven thousand people went to three cities a day, and such a record made everyone on the field gasp.

In ancient wars, due to the existence of city walls, siege wars often last for a long time. Not to mention the ants siege, whether it is to build siege equipment or attack the cave, it takes time. Unless there is an internal force to open the city gate, the morale of the defenders is low or the troops are far inferior to the attack and defense, it is almost impossible to go down in one day.

In the battle mentioned just now, the 70,000 troops of the defensive side defended nine cities, which was more than the 7,000 people on the attacking side. However, Chen Qingzhi was able to defeat three cities in a row in a day, which made people feel incredible.

"In the same month, King Yuan Hao of Beihai was under the protection of Chen Qingzhi and proclaimed himself emperor in Suiyang. On April 20, Chen Qingzhi captured Kaocheng, annihilated the 20,000 Yulin Army led by King Yuan Huiye of Jiyin of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and captured his man."

"On the first day of the fifth month, Chen Qingzhi attacked Daliang, and the defenders of Daliang of the Northern Wei Dynasty surrendered to Baipao. Chen Qingzhi then led his troops westward and pointed at Luoyang, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The news of the fall of Daliang came, and Yuan Tianmu, the King of Shangdang of the Northern Wei Dynasty, who was suppressing the uprising in Xinggao in Qingzhou, led his army of 300,000 to return to the army to serve the king."

"Three hundred thousand?" This number is indeed amazing. After all, the Ming Taizu of the Northern Expedition of the Yuan Yuan was only sent 250,000 troops.

"No mistake, it's the 300,000 army." Chen Wen smiled. The next few battles were the battles that Chen Qingzhi, who was called the number one general of the Southern Dynasty, went to the altar on the Internet in later generations.

"On May 23, Chen Qingzhi captured Xingyang and defeated 70,000 people under Yang Yu, the commander of the Southern General of the Northern Wei Dynasty, captured him alive and the commander Yuan Gong, and the prefect of Xingyang, the King of Xihe, Yuan Qi. Xingyang had just changed hands, and the reinforcements of the Northern Wei Dynasty arrived, so Chen Qingzhi led the Baibou Army to fight for three thousand back cities, defeating more than 10,000 cavalry of Erzhu Zhao, the pioneer of Yuan Tianmu."

"Hearing the news, Erzhu Shilong, the guard general of the Northern Wei Dynasty, abandoned the city and left. This Hulao is the Hulao Pass where Liu, Guan and Zhang, three Yingshe fought against Lu Bu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

"oh."

Seeing that saying this was indeed more understandable to the audience, Chen Wen continued: "After Hulao Pass falls, where will the next target of attack be? Does anyone know?"

Hearing this question, everyone started to think about it. The man who was called Yin Ergou by Wu Dengke responded quickly. "Mr. Chen, it's Luoyang."

"That's right, it's Luoyang. Two days later, Yuan Hao entered Luoyang City under the escort of Chen Qingzhi and changed the era to Jianwu."

"After Chen Qingzhi captured Luoyang, Yuan Tianmu attacked again, conquered Daliang and Suiyang one after another, cut off Chen Qingzhi's retreat, and at the same time sent Zhaoping County public fund Mu to lead 20,000 troops to capture Hulao Pass."

"Faced with such a dilemma, Chen Qingzhi immediately returned to the army to face Yuan Tianmu. When Yuan Tianmu saw Chen Qingzhi arrive, he hurriedly brought 40,000 people across the river and left. Then, Chen Qingzhi recovered Daliang and Suiyang, while Fei Mu, who had just conquered Hulao Pass, led his army to surrender."

"Later, Sima Guang's "Zizhi Tongjian" said that Chen Qingyi's journey came and took thirty-two cities; and forty-seven battles, he would defeat all his goals."

"This is not the end. What is even more incredible is that Chen Qingzhi's white-robed army had almost no casualties after these forty-seven battles, but he only lost 500 soldiers when attacking Xingyang. As a result, Chen Qingzhi's general Xingyang garrison Yang Yu's army was executed, and he ordered the Shu soldiers to dig their stomachs and eat them to avenge this revenge."

Everyone in the field was stunned to listen to this series of sensational results. The exaggerated performance of this person was even more scarier than Wang Xuance who had heard of it before. If Chen Wen had not insisted on what was written in the history books, no one would have believed it.

Chen Wen knew very well that if this story was left unsuccessful, it would definitely cause doubt, and doubt would have bad consequences for what he was about to do. Therefore, the best way is to kill it in the cradle before it appears.

"I studied carefully when I was studying and finally came to three conclusions. First, although Chen Qingzhi's White Rou Army has not been supplemented, it is undoubtedly 7,000 combat soldiers. The Northern Wei Dynasty often has tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of troops. In fact, only the Battle of Kaocheng faces 20,000 combat soldiers. Although the war soldiers in other battles should be far more than the White Rou Army, it is hard to say more or less."

"Secondly, because the generals and soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty rebelled by Erzhu Rong's rebellion were disloyal to the Northern Wei court, and the purpose of Chen Qing's northern expedition was to escort the Northern Wei royal family ascended the throne, so once the situation was unfavorable, the Northern Wei army would surrender Yuan Hao, a member of the Northern Wei royal family escorted by Chen Qingzhi. Therefore, although the white-robed army was not supplemented, it did not need to divide troops to guard the city and strategic areas. It could concentrate all its strength in every battle. Although his opponent had superior military strength, people were unstable. In this way, with a tiger and wolf army fighting against the mob, how could it be invincible."

"Third, when Chen Qingzhi was in the Northern Expedition, Erzhu Rong, the powerful minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty, was quelling the rebellion of the six towns. When Chen Qingzhi set out, the Xing Gao Rebellion broke out in Shandong, which gathered more than 100,000 households. The Northern Wei court had two choices at that time, one was to attack Chen Qingzhi first, and the other was to pacify Xing Gao first. As a result, they chose the latter because they felt that Xing Gao had a large number of people, and Chen Qingzhi could not make much trouble."

"It's the end..." Chen Wen shook his head with a smile.

Seeing that everyone showed sudden enlightenment, Chen Wen continued to talk.

"When Chen Qingyi went north, the Erzhu Rong, who had mentioned before, was suppressing the rebellion outside. As a result, when he heard that Luoyang was captured by Chen Qingzhi, he immediately led his army to join the remnants of Yuan Tianmu, with hundreds of thousands of troops back to try to recapture Luoyang."

"After Erzhu Rong returned to the army, Chen Qingzhi saw that the opponent's army had hundreds of thousands of troops, and it would be impossible to defend Luoyang to the death. So he brought the white-robed army to cross the river to defend Beizhonglang City, and Yuan Hao led the surrendered army to stay in Luoyang. Erzhu Rong surrounded Beizhonglang City for three days. After 11 battles, he was killed and injured and almost wanted to retreat. As a result, someone offered advice. Erzhu Rong sent a few troops to cross the river to attack Luoyang while leading the army to continue besieging Chen Qingzhi."

"The result is that people are shocked. Luoyang, which is heavily guarded, is about to be defeated in a battle. Yuan Hao, who was promoted to emperor, fled and was later captured and killed. After Chen Qingzhi received the news, he immediately broke through the encirclement and prepared to retreat to Liang State."

"After Chen Qingzhi broke through, Erzhu Rong chased him all the way, but he had no way to do anything. In this way, Chen Qingzhi commanded the Bailang Army and headed south, while Erzhu Rong followed him all the way, as if he was sending out a guest."

Hearing the word "sending off guests", some people in the audience showed a knowing smile.

"Who are there in the army that participated in the siege and pursuit of Chen Qingzhi? Let me list it. First of all, there are the Northern Wei Dynasty, Erzhu Rong's family, and Hebasheng and Hebayue's brothers."

"The Northern Wei was later divided into Northern Zhou and Northern Qi. In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Tai family, Zhao Gui, Dugu Xin, Hou Mo Chen Chong, Li Bi's younger brother, Hou Mo Chenshun and Yuwen Gui among the twelve generals; in the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gao Huan, Hou Jing, Pan Le, Cai Jun, Chi Lie-kow Gui, Zhang Yanzhi and others."

"What do these names mean? It means that almost all the famous generals of the Northern Wei Dynasty and later Northern Zhou and Northern Qi participated in the battle against Chen Qingzhi's lonely army, but the result was that these famous generals had no way to deal with Chen Qing."

Perhaps the sensational jokes today are too dense, and these strange generals obviously did not arouse too much reaction from everyone. But for Chen Wen, since he has spoken it, the listener needs to understand.

"Not to mention the Northern Qi Dynasty, Yuwen Tai, the founder of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, created a new military system called the Mansion Army System. The Mansion Army System started from Yuwen Tai until it was abolished during the Tianbao period of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. It lasted for four dynasties, and even the military household system of this dynasty was actually transformed from the Mansion Army System."

"Ah?" Seeing that everyone's interest had been mobilized, Chen Wen then said.

"Why can the system of military troops last for four dynasties? It is actually very simple. In addition to the accident that greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the army, a new power group, Guanlong nobles, also appeared. From the Western Wei, the Yuwen family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, to the Yang family of the Great Sui Dynasty and the Li family of the Great Tang Dynasty, were actually members of Guanlong nobles."

"Not to mention Yuwen Tai as the founder, Emperor Gao of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan, was the grandson of Li Hu, one of the eight pillar states in which the Western Wei held military power, while Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, was the son of Yang Zhong, among the twelve generals of the Western Wei Dynasty. Of course, in addition to this, Yang Zhong has another identity. He was a member of Chen Qingzhi's white-robed army before entering the Northern Wei army."

Taking advantage of Yang Zhong's origin, Chen Wen successfully brought the story back. Seeing that everyone was shocked, he calmed down and continued to tell the story.

"But, just as the border of Liang State was approaching, a mountain torrent broke out, and the entire Bailang Army was swallowed up by the mountain torrent. Chen Qingzhi was saved only. Later, he put on a makeup and returned to Liang State after he returned to Liang State."

"After Chen Qingzhi returned to Liang State, the commander army participated in several offensive and defensive operations against the Northern Dynasties, and almost no defeat."

"A few years after Chen Qingzhi's death, his defeated general Hou Jing killed the Yangtze River. Hou Jing killed the corpse in the south of the Yangtze River and was only pacified several years later. Since then, the Liang Dynasty has never recovered. Five years after Hou Jing's rebellion, Chen Ba, the Liang general who quelled the rebellion, took Liang first and replaced it, and established the Chen Dynasty, which was also the last dynasty of the Southern Dynasty."

The story has been told, and Chen Wen is very clear that there are actually some deep-rooted reasons for Chen Qing's failure in the Northern Expedition, but he no longer intends to continue talking about it.
Chapter completed!