In his twenties, Wei Xiaokuan began to lead troops to fight. Because he won the title and got a promotion. In addition to marching, Wei Xiaokuan also served as the police chief and secretariat in many places. During this period, the western Wei frontier fortress was often harassed and invaded by the eastern Wei, and once attacked Wei Xiaokuan's place. He deceived himself into alienating the enemy generals, and through repeated raids, he finally won, captured the enemy generals and made peace.
In 546 AD, Wei Xiaokuan was ordered to guard the imperial pen, and soon the Eastern Wei sent troops to attack it. Wei Jun surrounded YuBi, besieged the city day and night, and Wei Xiaokuan went out to stick to it. Gao Huan, the general of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, constantly changed tactics in order to capture the city, while Wei Xiaokuan improvised and cracked them one by one. Finally, after more than 50 days of siege in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the authorities tried their best. Not only did they fail to capture Yu Bi, but more than 70,000 soldiers died. They were exhausted and had to withdraw their troops, but it didn't work. This guarding city became the highlight of Wei Xiaokuan's life, and it was also his most famous battle in later generations.
After that, whether in the Western Wei Dynasty or the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Wei Xiaokuan still led troops to fight, and he was constantly promoted by virtue of his brilliant exploits, and the official worshipped Zhu. In 1980, Wei Xiaokuan died at the age of 72.
As for what kind of person Wei Xiaokuan is, from the evaluation of his descendants, we can see "Wu Weijing", "strange and secret strategy", "knowing the soldiers but being unjust" and "serving the country as an instrument" and so on.
Wei Xiaokuan's handwriting pen
As a famous soldier in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Wei Xiaokuan had a brilliant military career. He once counterattacked the enemy, attacked Huainan of Chen Dynasty, led troops to crusade against Kanto, and so on. But these are nothing compared with his guarding city in Yubi. The battle of jade and jade can be said to be the most classic battle in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and Wei Xiaokuan became famous in the First World War.
Imperial pen is a military fortress in the Western Wei Dynasty to resist the invasion of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. The Eastern Wei Dynasty attacked here twice in history, both led by Prime Minister Gao Huan himself. The first time happened in 542 AD, and the imperial pen was besieged in East Wei Jun for 9 days. Because of the heavy snow, most of the soldiers froze to death. In the end, they had no choice but to retreat. After returning home, Gao Huan was naturally unwilling, so he fought the second jade war in 546, this time against Wei Xiaokuan.
At that time, Wei Xiaokuan, 37, was appointed as the secretariat of Bingzhou, responsible for guarding the imperial pen. Soon, Gao Huan went out to attack the city. It is said that there are dozens of battalions, which shows that the strength is far better than Wei Xiaokuan's guarding city troops. After that, East Wei Jun constantly changed tactics to attack Gao Huan, while Wei Xiaokuan, who was guarding the city, acted according to circumstances, one after another. You build mounds to give orders, and I build towers higher than you; If you dig a tunnel, I will break it and set you on fire; You build a siege vehicle, and I will trap it with cloth; You tie firewood to a pole to burn the city wall, and I will tie a knife to a pole to cut off your firewood; If you dig a tunnel and destroy the wall, I'll block it with a fence and won't let you come.
East Wei Jun besieged YuBi for 50 days, but failed to do so. On the contrary, more than 70,000 soldiers died. Exhausted, Gao Huan had a relapse and had to withdraw. Gao Huan died the next year.
Wei Xiaokuan defeated many with less, defended the imperial pen, repelled the invasion of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and was named a title of generals in ancient times.
Wei Xiaokuan's Counterintelligence
Wei Xiaokuan is famous for his military strategic ability in history, so he is a resourceful and wise general, not a brave general, which can be seen from the following facts.
Wei Xiaokuan used the countermeasures twice. The first time was in 538 AD, Chen Duan of the Eastern Wei Dynasty attacked Yiyang and sent Niu Daoheng to seduce the local people. In this regard, Wei Xiaokuan sent spies to obtain Niu Daoheng's notes, and found someone to imitate and forge a letter he wrote to himself, which expressed Niu Daoheng's feelings of begging for surrender. In his letter, he forged traces burnt by lamp ashes to make them real, and then sent a spy to Chen Duan. Wei Xiaokuan successfully reversed the relationship between Chen Duan and Niu Daoheng. Finally, he captured them by surprise and won.
The second time was in 569, Wei Xiaokuan fought against Hu, a famous soldier in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and failed to gain an advantage. Therefore, Wei Xiaokuan made use of the corruption of the fatuous emperors and courtiers in the Northern Qi Dynasty to fabricate a ballad, suggesting that the Northern Qi Dynasty would perish, and welcome the light to take its place. Wei Xiaokuan made ballads widely circulated in the capital of Northern Qi Dynasty. At that time, the prime minister of Beiqi had a personal vendetta against Hu Luguang, which was even more difficult. The rumor spread like wildfire and reached the ears of the Northern Qi Emperor. When the emperor knew it, he believed it and ordered Hu to be killed. Therefore, Wei Xiaokuan won the war outside the battlefield.
Wei Xiaokuan's two counter-attacks were very successful, which was not only difficult to distinguish between true and false, but also hit the enemy's key point, successfully provoked each other's relationship and achieved the opposite effect. The reason for his success in counterpoint is also closely related to his reuse of spies.