Xie Xuan
Xie Xuan
Xie Xuan (343-388), whose name is Youdu, was born in Yangxia, Chenjun county (now Taikang County, Henan Province). He was a famous general and strategist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the son of Xie Yi, the governor of Yuzhou, and the nephew of Xie an, the Taifu.
Xie Xuan was born in the Xie family of Chen county. He was good at running the army and set up the Ministry of Ma Huanwen. In 377, in order to resist the attack of the former Qin Dynasty, he served as Jianwu general, Yanzhou governor, Guangling prime minister and Jiangbei military commander. Recruit brave people from the north to form "Beifu soldiers". In the fourth year of Taiyuan (379), he led his troops to defeat the attack of the former Qin Dynasty and became the champion general and the governor of Xuzhou. In the battle of Feishui, he served as the forward governor. Liu Jianzhi, the advance minister, led his troops to attack luojian at night and won the first battle. Seizing the opportunity, he lured the former Qin army to retreat and took advantage of the situation to attack fiercely, and achieved great results. In the ninth year of the Taiyuan Dynasty (384), he took advantage of the victory to open up the Central Plains, and recovered Henan, Shandong, southern Shaanxi and other regions. He was changed to Zuo general and Kuaiji NEISHI because of illness.
In 388, Xie Xuan died of illness at the age of 46. The imperial court granted him the title of "Xianwu" as a gift to general Che Qi and the third division of Kaifu Yitong.
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Life of the characters
A famous family
Xie Xuan was born in the Xie family of Chen county. His family has gradually become a high gate of Jiangzuo in the Xie Xuan era, known as "poetry and wine". Xie Xuan's father, Xie Yi, was a general of Anxi and a governor of Yuzhou. His mother, Ruan Rong, was a member of Ruan Ji and Ruan Xian, a famous scholar in the Western Jin Dynasty.
Early and intelligent
Xie Xuan has been intelligent and understanding since childhood. Together with his cousin Xie Lang, he is valued by his uncle Xie an. Xie an once told his nephews, "our nephews don't need to come out to participate in politics. Why should everyone have talent?" For a moment, no one answered. At this time, Xie Xuan replied, "it's like Chilan Yushu, and he should be born in the front courtyard." Xie an was very happy to hear that. Xie an once asked Xie Xuan which sentence he liked best in the book of songs, and he replied, "in the past, I went, and willows were in accordance with me; now I come to think, and it's raining and snowing." As a result, he was regarded by later generations as a lover
Stepping into official career
Xie Xuancheng years later, showed the ability to govern the country, the court several conscription, he refused to accept. Later, he and Wang Yu were separated into two families by Huan Wen, and both of them were treated and valued by Huan Wen. He was appointed Sima of Huan Huo, the general of the western expedition, the Prime Minister of the southern Prefecture, and the military officer of the northern expedition. At that time, Fujian, the former king of Qin Dynasty, invaded the border of Eastern Jin Dynasty many times. The imperial court then ordered the recruitment of good generals who could resist foreign aggression. Xie an recommended Xie Xuan as a relative.
Xi Chao, the Assistant Minister of Zhongshu, has always been at odds with Xie Xuan. However, when he heard this recommendation, he had to sigh: "Xie an is really wise to recommend his nephew at the risk of offending the public anger. Xie Xuan will live up to his uncle's recommendation, because he is really a rare talent." At that time, many people didn't agree with Xi Chao. Xi Chao said, "I used to work with Xie Xuan in general Huan's shogunate. I saw with my own eyes that he was able to do his best in employing people. Even for some minor matters, it was very appropriate to arrange people. That's why I know he will succeed. " So the court called Xie Xuan back to the court, and granted him Jianwu general and Yanzhou governor, leading Guangling prime minister and supervising Jiangbei military affairs.
During his term of office, Xie Xuan recruited a large number of tough and brave people. Liu Jianzhi, he Qian, Zhuge Kan, Gao Heng, Liu GUI, Tian Luo and sun Wuzhong were all elected because of their bravery. Xie Xuan appointed Liu Jianzhi to join the army, and ordered him to lead the elite as the vanguard and win every battle. He was known as the "Beifu soldier", and the former Qin Dynasty was quite afraid of him.
cut a striking figure
In 378, Fujian, the former Emperor of Qin Dynasty, sent troops to besiege Xiangyang, and Huan Chong, a general on horseback, led the troops to fight against it. The imperial court ordered Xie xuanzheng to send out soldiers from the three prefectures, and sent he Qian, the inner history of Pengcheng, to lead his troops around huaishui and Sishui, so that they could help Xiangyang. The next year, Xiangyang fell, and Fu Jian's Ministry Peng Chao launched an attack on Dai Fu, the general of Long Fu stationed in Pengcheng.
Xie Xuan led gaoheng, the Dongguan prefect, and he Qian, the general of the rear army, to stay in Sikou. He wanted to secretly send messengers to tell Dai Fu that the rescue had arrived, but he could not find a way to go. General Tian Hong asked for orders to go, so he secretly went in the water. When he was about to get to the bottom of the city, he was unfortunately captured by the enemy. The enemy bribed Tian Hong with a generous reward to tell Pengcheng garrison that "the reinforcements from the South have been defeated.". Tian Hong pretends to agree. But when I got to the bottom of the city, I told the city in a loud voice, "the reinforcements from the south are coming soon. I came to report by myself and was caught by the enemy. You must try to stick to it!" So he was killed.
At that time, Peng Chao placed his baggage in Liucheng, so Xie Xuan raised his voice to send he Qian and others to Liucheng. After hearing this, Peng Chao led his troops back to the city to protect the baggage. He Qian quickly led the army forward to solve the siege of Pengcheng. Peng Chao marched into the south again, and Fu Jian's generals Ju Nan and Mao Dang led their troops from Xiangyang to join them. Peng Chao surrounded Tianluo, the governor of Youzhou in SAN'A, with 60000 troops. The imperial court ordered Xie Xuan's uncle and general Xie Shi to lead the army to Tuzhong, and Mao Anzhi, the right guard general, Wang Tanzhi, the guerrilla general, Yang Guang, the Huainan prefect, and Shiqiu, the Xuancheng NEISHI, to go to Tangyi. Soon after, Xuyi city fell, and Mao Zao, the internal historian of Gaomi, died in battle. Mao Anzhi and others were terrified and retreated, which shocked the imperial court.
Xie Xuan's expedition from Guangling to the west is difficult. He Qian led his troops to defeat the enemy and help Tian Luo out. He then entered Baima, defeated the former Qin army and killed its general Duyan. He took advantage of the situation to attack again and cut Shao Bao. Peng Chao and Ju Nan led the army to retreat. Xie Xuan led he Qian, Dai Fu, and Tian Luo to pursue him. He fought with him in Junchuan and defeated his army again. Xie Xuan joined the army, Liu Jianzhi broke through the floating bridge and the white boat, and Zhu gekan, the governor and Li Du, the magistrate of Danfu County, broke through the transport boat. The sentence is difficult to wait for each to break up, only to escape. After hearing the news, the imperial court sent the general in the palace to comfort Xie Xuan, to serve as the champion general, to lead the governor of Xuzhou, to tun Guangling, and to confer the title of Marquis of Dongxing county.
The battle of Feishui
In the eighth year of the Taiyuan Dynasty (383), Fu Jian personally led his troops to Xiangcheng, which was known as a million strong troops. The former Qin Liangzhou army arrived in Xianyang and went south. The troops of Youbing and Erzhou also came one after another. Fu Jian sent Fu Rong, Murong Wei, Zhang Ho and Fu Fang to Yingkou, and Liang Cheng and Wang Xian settled in luojian.
Emperor Xiaowu of the Jin Dynasty ordered Xie Xuan to be the vanguard, commanding the armies of Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Jinling of Yangzhou, and Yan of Youzhou, and fighting against Xie Shi, his subordinate general Xie Yan, xizhonglang general Huan Yi, general Tan Xuan of longyi, general Dai Xi of Jianwei, and general Tao Yin of Yangwu, with a total of 80000 people. Xie Xuanxian sent Guangling Prime Minister Liu Jianzhi and 5000 people to attack luojian. He won the first battle and soon killed Liang Cheng and his brother Liang Yun. At the same time, the enemy's infantry collapsed and scrambled to cross the huaishui River to escape. Liu Jianzhi sent troops to pursue and captured the enemy generals Liang TA, Wang Xian, Liang Ti, Murong and Qu Shi to obtain their military materials.
Fu Jian marched and stationed in Shouyang, and arranged his troops along the Feishui river. Xie Xuan's troops could not cross the river. Xie Xuan sent people to Qin general Fu Rong and said, "you are so far away from our territory, but you are arrayed on the edge of Feishui. You don't want to fight and make a quick decision. Please step back a little so that our troops can cross the river to fight with you. Isn't it a happy thing for me and you to watch calmly? " Fu Jian's subordinates all said: "we should rely on Feishui to block them on the other side of the river. We have more people and fewer Jin soldiers. The situation will certainly be favorable to us." But Fu Jian said, "just let the army back down and let them cross the river. When they come, we will drive them all into the river with hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry and destroy them completely." Fu Rong also thought that this should be the case, so he ordered the Qin army to retreat. Unexpectedly, as soon as the order to retreat was issued, so many people were out of control.
In this case, Xie Xuan, Xie Yan, Huan Yi and others led 8000 elite troops across Feishui. Fu Jian was shot and Fu Rong was killed. Fu Jian's army fled in a rout, trampled on each other, and drowned countless people. As a result, Feishui was blocked. The rest of the men and horses abandoned their armor and fled all night. When they heard the wind and the crane crowing, they thought that the army of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had arrived, and that seven or eight out of ten of them had died because they were living in the grass and sleeping in the open. With Fu Jian's yunmu chariot, plus his clothes, equipment, military assets, treasures piled up like a mountain, cattle, horses, mules, camels and other more than 100000. Emperor Xiaowu issued an imperial edict to send the general in the palace to comfort Xie Xuan's army, and to grant Xie xuanqian general and holiday, but Xie Xuan refused to accept it. The imperial court gave him millions of money and thousands of colored silk.
have one's wish
Soon after, Xie an played a role in the imperial court, believing that Fu Jian's recent defeat should take advantage of the favorable opportunity, with Xie Xuan as the forward governor and Huan Shiqian, the champion general, pointing to Wo and Ying and managing the old capital. Liu Xuanzhou sent his troops to attack Zhang Chongjian.
After Yanzhou was pacified, Xie Xuan was worried that the waterway was blocked and the transportation of grain was difficult, so he adopted the advice of the governor. He built an earth dam to intercept the water of Luliang, set up a fence, and combined qidai as a tributary to undertake the water on both sides of the Strait, so as to facilitate the water transportation. They also attacked Qingzhou, so they called this water conservancy project Qingzhou school.
Then Gao Su, the governor of huailing, led 3000 troops to attack Guanggu, forcing Fu Jian's Qingzhou governor Fu Lang to surrender. Then he marched into Jizhou and sent General Liu Guzhi of Longhe and Ding Kuang of Jibei to defend Houhe, and Guo man of Jiyang to defend the sliding platform, and general Yan Xiong of Fenwu to cross the Yellow River to build barracks. Fu PI, the son of Fu Jian, sent Sangju to Liyang. Xie Xuan ordered Liu to attack Sang Ju at night, and Sang Ju fled. Fu PI was in a panic and planned to surrender to Jin. Xie Xuan agreed to the request. When Fu PI was hungry, Xie Xuan gave him two thousand grains. And sent the Jin mausoleum too
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