Liu Fang

Liu Fang

Liu Fang (?)? ~605), Lingzhou Pule (now Wuzhong City of Ningxia), Huns. He was the son of Liu Feng, the governor of Yinzhou in the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

He is strong in character, resolute and brave. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he set up a staff sergeant and made many contributions. He moved to the third division of Yitong and took part in pacifying the rebellion of Wei chijun, the Duke of Shu. He was granted the third division of Kaifu Yitong and the Duke of Heyin county. In the third year of kaihuang (583) of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Shuang, king of Wei, went out to fight against Turks. He broke the sand and became a Khan in Baidao (now Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia). He became a general and a governor of Gangua. In the second year of Renshou (602), he was granted the general manager of Jiaozhou Road to pacify the rebellion of Li Fozi in Jiaozhi. In the first year of Daye (605), he moved to Xiangzhou Road, where he was the general manager of the marching army. He attacked Linyi and won the victory.

In the first year of Daye (605), Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty died in the army and made a gift to the Duke of Shangzhu and Lu.

Life of the characters

In the Northern Zhou Dynasty

Liu Fang's character is determined and courageous. In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he set up a staff sergeant Chengyu, and soon he was worshipped by Yitong for his military achievements. Yuwenzan, Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, died on May 11, the second year of Xiangxiang (580). Yuwencheng, a young emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, was under the dictatorship of Yang Jian. Wei chijun (nephew of Yu Wentai, Emperor Wen of the Northern Zhou Dynasty), the governor of Taifu Xiangzhou, was dissatisfied with this, and openly fought against Yang Jian. Liu Fang, along with Wei Xiaokuan of Shangzhu state, calmed the rebellion of Wei chijun. Because of the merit, he was granted the title of Marquis of Heyin county and 800 families of the city.

In February of 581, the first year of Dading in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yang Jian, the prime minister, ascended the throne by Zen. He was Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty and became a duke.

In the third year of kaihuang (583), Yang Shuang, the king of Wei, went out to fight against Turks. He broke the sand in Baidao (now northwest of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia) and became a general. Since then, he has served as governor of Gansu and Guazhou, but has not been well-known.

Pacify Jiaozhi

In the second year of Renshou (602), Li Fozi, the leader of Li people (an ancient clan name, mainly distributed in the southwest coast of Guangdong and Southeast Guangxi) in Jiaozhi (Songping, now Hanoi, Vietnam), rebelled. He occupied the old city of the king of Yue, and sent his nephew to take charge of longbian city (today's tour of Ningxian in the north and south of Yue) and bieshuai Li Puding to take charge of Wuyan city. Zuo pushe knew that Liu Fang had the talent of a general. On the recommendation of situ Yangsu, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty ordered Liu Fang to be the commander in chief of Jiaozhou Road, leading 27 battalions of the Sui army to fight the rebellion. Liu Fang's military order was strict, clean and tidy, and those who violated the military order would be beheaded. At the same time, he took good care of the soldiers, and they were willing to serve them. Shi jingdeliang traveled with the army to Yinzhou. He was seriously ill and stayed in the State Museum. At the time of parting, Liu Fang saw that he was critically ill and difficult to recover. He burst into tears and was called a good general. When the Sui army arrived at dulongling, they met with 2000 Li people who resisted at risk. Liu Fang's camp leaders song Zuan, he Guang and Yan Yuan broke it. When the Sui army continued to advance and approached Li Fozi's camp, Liu Fangxian sent someone to state his interests to Li Fozi. Li Fozi was afraid and was forced to surrender and sent to Chang'an. Liu Fang was afraid that he would fight against the chaos in the future. In this battle, Liu Fangen and Wei combined to make the soldiers have strict discipline and unite to win in the harsh environment of strangers.

Attack Linyi

In the late years of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, the officials said that the state of Linyi (that is, Zhancheng, now the south south of Vietnam) had many treasures. In the first year of Daye (605), Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty appointed Liu Fang to be the general manager of the march of Zhuozhou Road, and Li Gang, the Minister of history, to be the commander of the March and manage the Linyi. In the first month of this year, Liu Fang sent Qinzhou governor Shi Ning Chang Zhen to lead more than ten thousand infantry and cavalry out of Yuetang (from Yichun to Haiwan in Vietnam today), and then led his main force out of Yuetang by boat. That month, the army arrived at Haikou (where Linyi entered the sea). Fanzhi, the king of Linyi, sent troops to resist, and was defeated by Liu Fangjun. In March, Liu Fangjun arrived at Jiali river. Lin Yijun set up a fence on the south bank. Liu Fangsheng and Chen Qiqi beat drums and marched forward. Lin Yijun fled in fear. Liu Fang then commanded his troops to cross the Yali River to the south for 30 Li, and Lin Yi's army was surrounded by a giant elephant. Liu Fang was not good at fighting, so he dug many small pits, covered them with turf, and then sent troops to challenge them. Lin Yi's army didn't know what the plan was. Seeing that Liu Fang's army was defeated, he pursued Liu Fang's army. Most of them fell into a pit and the troops were in chaos. Liu Fang sent troops to shoot the elephant with a crossbow, and the elephant fled. Lin Yi's army was in disorder, and ten thousand people were captured. So Liu Fang led his troops to fight back, and they fought many times without losing. When the Sui army arrived at dayuanjiang, Lin Yi's army was attacked by Liu Fang. In April, Fanzhi, king of Linyi, gave up his capital and fled to the island. Liu Fang entered the capital and captured 18 Temple owners. All of them repaired statues for the temple, carved stones to record their merits, and then returned to the court.

Death and glory

As a result of the long journey, March for days, soldiers swollen feet, died of 45 out of 10, Liu Fang also contracted disease, died on the way. After the withdrawal of the Sui army, the king of Linyi occupied the territory again. After hearing the news, Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty was very sad and issued an imperial edict, saying: "Fang Sucheng's temple strategy, respectfully praying for heaven, drinking ice and walking fast, and seeing danger as if it were easy. To his surprise, the whale and the salamander were exhausted, their nests were salty, and their service was no longer laborious. As a gift to the king of the state of Shangzhu and the Duke of the state of Lu (Biography of Liu Fang in the book of Sui Dynasty).

Main achievements

South expedition to Linyi

The deployment is as follows: the governor of Qinzhou, the governor of Changzhen Town, the governor of Qinzhou, the governor of Liyun, the governor of shangkaifu, the governor of qinxiong. In the Zhou Dynasty, Yueshang was called the state of Yueshang, which was reinterpreted into the Central Plains and offered the local specialty white pheasant. In the Three Kingdoms period, Wu went to Yueshang County, which was not connected with the Central Plains for a long time. Liu Fang first conquered Yue Chang with Lu Shi. He personally led the boat division to compete with the generals Zhang and Sima Li Gang. During his March, Emperor Wen died and Emperor Yang succeeded him. Therefore, it was the first year of Daye (AD 605) when he marched to dabijing. Liu Fangjun's thinning of Linyi Haikou was an unexpected surprise. Wang Fanzhi of Linyi had to send troops temporarily to guard against the danger, but how could he defeat the Sui division? The enemy retreated, took the Jiali River as a natural danger, and set up a fence on the south bank, still fighting against the Sui army. Liu Fangjun was on the north bank, carrying Chen banners and pounding the golden drum. Lin Yi's army had never met such a powerful and powerful army, so he was afraid that he would collapse without fighting. Liu conveniently broke his natural danger without bothering a single soldier. Up the river, about 30 Li, the enemy surrounded the Sui army with giant elephants. The image array was never encountered by the Sui army. Liu Fang's first step was to shoot with an arrow. As a result of pain and stepped on its own formation, Sui army followed by war, the enemy did not support, back to its fence, still trying to defend. The Sui army broke through the barriers and captured tens of thousands of enemies. The enemy retreated all the way, and the Sui army pursued them all the way. After several battles in Su and Liu Li, they were sure to win every battle, so they went to dayuanjiang. The enemy still used the old method, and set up a fence to fight against the Sui army. The Sui army had rich experience in breaking the fence, and it was not difficult to defeat it. When the enemy retreated, the Sui army pursued him. Later, the bronze pillar erected by Ma Yuan of the Han Dynasty went south for eight days to the capital. The king of Linyi knew that he was not lucky enough to win, so he abandoned the city and fled, floating on the sea. When the Sui army entered the city, it won the title of Jinren, the leader of the temple, and polluted the palace. Lin yinaiping returned his master to the north.

The March lasted several years from Renshou to Daye. It was hot and rainy in the south. The soldiers in the north, including Liu Fang himself, could not adapt to this special climate. Most of the soldiers suffered from swelling feet. Four out of ten of the dead, Liu Fang himself was also ill and died on his way home. It can be said that he sacrificed his life for the country to achieve the task. When Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty heard about Liu Fang's funeral, he was very sorry and especially issued an imperial edict to praise it. The imperial edict says: Fang Sucheng Temple strategy, gongxingtianqiu, drink ice Trent step, see danger as if it were easy, destroy the front point, surprise, whale and salamander to do, nest salty, service no longer work. We have made great achievements in cleaning up overseas businesses. They can be presented to the state of Shangzhu, Duke of Lu, and son Tongren. (SUI Shu Volume 53 biography of Liu Fang) Liu Fang's original task was to pacify Li Fozi. Since Li Fozi was flat, his task was over. He could have been a head teacher or a governor of Chou. However, he saw that the problem of the king of Linyi, who resisted tenaciously, was based on the principle of "going out and not accepting the king's orders". He led his division to the South and marched far to the bronze pillar boundary established by Ma Yuan, which solved the problem of Linyi and helped the country get rid of the possible second border crisis in the south. His loyal attitude of being responsible and dutiful to the country is admirable. Although he died on his way to the head teacher's office, he was just in line with the heroic saying of "why should we bury our bones, and there are green mountains everywhere in the world" put forward by nishiko Takamori of Japan. Let's study the history of Sui Dynasty. At that time, Yang Suquan was all over the party. His southern expedition was originally recommended by Yang su. If he survived the imperial court, Yang Su would surely regard him as his own cadre and lead him into the personnel vortex of the central government, which was not Liu Fang's blessing. So it's a blessing that he died on the way of his teacher in charge and kept his integrity.

The change of official rank

Sergeant Chengyu → shangyitong third division → Kaifu Yitong third division, fengheyin County Duke → general army and governor of Gangua Prefecture → General of Jiaozhou Road → General of Xiangzhou road → General of Shangzhu state and Duke of Lu state (posthumous gift)

Relative members

Father: Liu Feng, the governor of Yinzhou in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, was a posthumous gift to Da Sima and Shang Shu Ling.

Son: Liu Tongren, Duke Lu.

Historical records

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Book of the Sui Dynasty · biography of Liu Fang

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Liu Fang is from Chang'an, Beijing. He is determined and courageous. He became a senior officer of the Zhou Dynasty and worshipped Yitong for his military achievements. Gaozu was the prime minister, and Fang Cong Wei Xiaokuan broke the Wei in Xiangzhou. He established his mansion with great achievements and granted it to the Marquis of Heyin county and 800 families in the city. Gaozu received Zen and became a duke. Kaihuang three years, from the king of Wei Shuang break Turk in Baidao, into the general. Later, the governor of the two prefectures of Gansu and melon was not well-known. In Renshou, Li Fozi, a native of huijiaozhou, made trouble. He occupied the old city of the king of Yue, sent his elder brother and son to take charge of longbian City, and Li Puding, the other commander, occupied Wuyan city. Zuopu shot Yang Suyan, who had the strategy of being a general. So he ordered him to be the general manager of Jiaozhou Road. He took jingdeliang, the Minister of Duzhi as his long history, and unified 27 battalions. Methods make people serious

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