Cao Jingzong

Cao Jingzong

Cao Jingzong (457-508 September 12), Zi Zhen. Xinye (now in Henan) people. During the southern and Northern Dynasties, a famous general of the Liang Dynasty, Liu Song was the son of general Cao Xin.

Cao Jingzong was good at riding and shooting, and was good at hunting. During the reign of Emperor Ming of Qi Dynasty, Chen Xianda, the Taiwei, attacked the Northern Wei Dynasty and defeated the Wei army by 2000. Later, he attached himself to Yongzhou governor Xiao Yan (Liang Wudi) to help him win the throne. After Xiao Yan became emperor, he was named general Pingxi and was renamed Marquis of Jingling county. In 506, he and Wei Ruichi, the governor of Yuzhou, rescued Chang Yizhi, the governor of Xuzhou, and defeated the Northern Wei Dynasty in the battle of Zhong Li. After the war, he was promoted to serve the middle and leading generals and entered the imperial palace of jingling. Tianjian seven years (508 years), served as Shi Zhong, Zhongwei general, Jiangzhou governor, died on the way to office, 52 years old. His posthumous title is "Zhuang".

Cao Jingzong was born in a general family. He was famous for his bravery when he was young. Later, he followed Xiao Yan to fight in the north and south, and became the founder of the Liang Dynasty. Later, he was entrusted with the important task of fighting with the Northern Wei Dynasty for many times and made great achievements. He has a rough and unconstrained nature. He has been pursuing a golden and powerful life style all his life. His drinking, lustful, extravagant and flashy personality is also despised by the world.

Life of the characters

Brave youth

Cao Xinzhi, the father of Cao Jingzong, was a general of Zhenglu and a governor of Xuzhou in the Southern Dynasties. Cao Jingzong was good at riding and shooting since he was young, and he liked hunting. He often goes to the forest with dozens of teenagers to shoot deer. Whenever we chase deer together on horseback, deer and horses are mixed, and people are afraid of shooting other people's horses. Only Cao Jingzong had no scruples about it. He fired the arrow at it and the deer fell in response to it. When Cao Jingzong was less than 20 years old, Cao Xinzhi wanted to leave the state for official business. He only took Cao Jingzong and a few followers with him. Unexpectedly, he met hundreds of barbarians on the way and surrounded them. At that time, Cao Jingzong took more than one hundred arrows and shot at all directions, killing a barbarian with one arrow. The barbarian soldiers were shocked and fled. Since then, he has been known for his courage and courage. Cao Jingzong was not only brave but also fond of browsing history books. Whenever he read the biography of Sima zanju and the biography of Yue Yi, he always put down his book and sighed: "a man should be such a man!"

cut a striking figure

Later, Cao Jingzong was recruited as Xi Cao, but he did not go to take office. In 473-477, when the emperor Yuanhui was abolished after Song Dynasty, Cao Jingzong went out of the capital with Cao Xinzhi to serve as a minister and a member of the imperial court. Soon after, Cao Xinzhi died and Cao Jingzong returned to his hometown to mourn. At the end of his mourning period, he was granted the title of champion general by the assassin, Xiao Chifu (who was authorized by the kings and ministers to appoint their subordinates). He joined the army and led the Tianshui Prefecture. In the early years of Jianyuan (479-482) in the Southern Qi Dynasty, the barbarians were rioting in Tianshui county. Cao Jingzong led his troops to fight everywhere and made great achievements. At that time, Xiao Qiang, the king of Poyang, was appointed governor of Yongzhou. He appointed Cao Jingzong as the general of the army. He joined the army, and was also the commander of Fengyi and the commander of Xiannan. In the second year of Jianwu (495), tuobahong, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, led his army to attack the Southern Qi Dynasty. At that time, Cao Jingzong was a partisan general. He charged ahead in every battle and made many achievements. He was promoted to a guerrilla general for his meritorious service. In the fourth year of Jianwu (497), Cao Jingzong led two thousand people to set up an ambush with his Taiwei Chen Xianda and defeated the 40000 reinforcements led by Yuan Ying, the king of Zhongshan in the Northern Wei Dynasty. After Ma Quan was conquered, Chen Xianda ranked Cao Jingzong behind him on the merits, but Cao Jingzong didn't complain. Tuoba Hong leads the army to fight again, and Chen Xianda runs away in the dark night, desperate to find his way. Only with the guidance of Cao Jingzong could Chen Xianda and his son be saved.

Kailiang Yuanxun

In 498, Xiao Yan (later emperor Liang Wu) was appointed governor of Yongzhou. Cao Jingzong became close friends with him and often invited him to his home to drink and talk. At that time, the world was in turmoil, and Xiao Yan attached great importance to him. In the following year, Xiao Yan recommended Cao Jingzong as the commander-in-chief and champion General of jingling. In the second year of Yongyuan (500 years), Xiao Yan set up an army to attack Xiao Baojuan, the Duke of donghun. After hearing the news, Cao Jingzong gathered people to follow Xiao Yan, and sent his confidant Du sichong to persuade him to welcome Xiao Baorong, the king of Southern Kang, to Xiangyang, that is, the throne, and then to send troops as a panacea. But Xiao Yan didn't follow his advice. After Xiao Yan arrived at jingling, he asked Cao Jingzong and champion General Wang Mao to cross the river and besiege Ying City. In February of the first year of Zhongxing (501), Cao Jingzong was appointed governor of Yingzhou. In July, Cao Jingzong conquered Ying City and led the pioneers to Nanzhou to lead the army to capture Jiankang. In September, Xiao Yan sent Cao Jingzong and others to Jiangning. Li Jushi, a subordinate of Xiao Baojuan, led his troops to the new pavilion, and led him to ride 1000 to the new pavilion to resist Cao Jingzong. At that time, Cao Jingzong had just arrived, but he had not yet camped. Moreover, the army arrived long distance, and the armor was worn. Seeing this situation, Li Ju Shi began to belittle the enemy and beat the drum to challenge Cao Jingzong. Cao Jingzong led the army and defeated Li Jushi. The Qi army abandoned its armour and fled, leaving all the equipment collected by Cao Jingzong. Taking advantage of the situation, he beat the drum and pursued the Qi army to ZAOJIA bridge, then he camped. After that, Cao Jingzong, together with Wang Mao and Lu sengzhen, defeated Wang Zhenguo, the general of the Southern Qi Dynasty, in Dahang. After the city of Jiankang was broken, Cao Jingzong was worshipped as an official and a right guard general. He was the Marquis of Xiangxi county and had 1600 households in the city. He was still moved to Chijie, the governor of Yingzhou, the general of Zuo and the governor of Yingzhou. In the first year of Tianjian (502), Xiao Yan became emperor and established the Liang Dynasty. Cao Jingzong became the general of Pingxi because of his merit and was renamed the Marquis of Jingling county.

Rescue reactive power

In the second year of Tianjian (503), the Wei army launched a large-scale southward attack on Liang. Most of the Liang army's operations were disadvantageous and the situation was critical. In 504, the Wei army continued to attack the Liang Dynasty. In February, Xiao Yan sent Cao Jingzong and Wang sengbing, the general of the later army, to rescue Yiyang by riding 30000 horses. Among them, Wang sengbing led 20000 troops to Caixian (now Xinyang south, Henan Province), and Cao Jingzong led 10000 troops to follow. Yuanying sent Yuancheng (now Xiangfan, Hubei Province) to fight against Liangyuan. In March, the Yuan Dynasty defeated the Liang army and captured more than 4000 people. But Cao Jingzong stayed in Caoxian, just for the Yao army to hunt. In August, Cai Lingsi, the general of Liang Jun's Yiyang garrison, opened the city to surrender Wei when the reinforcements failed and the garrison was exhausted. The Wei army occupied Yiyang and set it as Yingzhou. Ren Fang, the censor Zhongcheng, told Xiao Yan about the incident. Because Cao Jingzong was a meritorious official, Xiao Yan suppressed the incident and refused to punish him. Instead, he called Cao Jingzong back to the court to serve as a guard. After returning to Beijing, Cao Jingzong paid homage to his official position and became a right guard general.

Break away from the encirclement

In September 506, Emperor Yuanke of Xuanwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty attempted to destroy Liang at one stroke and ordered Yuanying to lead his army to conquer Matou (located in the west of Zhongli, now Huaiyuan south of Anhui Province) and transport all the grain stored in the city to the north. In order to resist the Wei army, Xiao Yan sent the troops led by Xuzhou governor Chang Yi into Tun Zhongli (now the northeast of Fengyang, Anhui). In October, Yuanying and Zhendong General Xiao Baoyin led a siege against Zhongli. In November of the same year, Xiao Yan ordered Cao Jingzong to rescue Zhong Li with 200000 troops, and Wei Rui, the governor of Yuzhou, was also saved by Cao Jingzong. Xiao Yan asked Cao Jingzong to settle down in daorenzhou (now in the Huaihe River in the northeast of Fengyang, Anhui Province) and wait for the troops of Liang army to gather together before marching forward. Cao Jingzong didn't stop when he wanted to make a special contribution. Instead, he went straight ahead. Unexpectedly, there was a strong wind and many soldiers drowned, so he had to return to daorenzhou. In the first month of the sixth year of Tianjian (507), Yuanying and Pingdong General Yang Dayan led hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Zhongli, and built bridges and tree fences on both sides of shaoyangzhou (located in the west of daorenzhou) as a passage across Huaihe River. In February, Wei Rui, the governor of Yuzhou, led troops from Hefei (now Anhui) to reinforce Zhong Li. After arriving, Wei Rui and Cao Jingzong entered shaoyangzhou together. At night, Wei Rui led the crowd to dig a long trench 20 miles in front of Cao Jingzong's camp, tree antlers, cut off the island for the city, just a hundred steps away from Wei's castle. At dawn, Yuan Ying was shocked and said, "how can you be so fast?" The Wei army could not beat back the Liang army several times in a row, and the number of casualties reached three tenths, so the Wei army did not dare to take the initiative to fight again. Cao Jingzong and other departments have excellent equipment and strong military capacity, "Wei people hope to seize Qi.". In order to reassure the officers and men in the city, Cao Jingzong sent people to dive into the city to send a message. Only Changyi knew that the reinforcements had arrived. After hearing the news, Liang's courage doubled. Yang Dayan, the champion, built a city on the North Bank of the bridge to transport grain. As soon as the herdsmen went to mow in Huaibei, they were all caught by Yang Dayan. Cao Jingzong recruited more than a thousand warriors to build a fortress several miles south of Yang Dayan camp, and he personally commanded nearby. When Yang Dayan heard the news, Cao Jingzong led the people to break it, and the barracks was soon built. Cao Jingzong will garrison Zhao Cao, so it is called "Zhao Cao city". Since then, Liang Jun cut grass and set horses free here. Every time Yang Dayan came to rob him, he was repulsed by Zhao Cao. Xiao Yan ordered Cao Jingzong to install a high warship to make it as high as the floating bridge of Wei army in case of fire attack, and ordered Cao Jingzong and Wei Rui to attack the north and South bridges of shaoyangzhou respectively. In March, the Huai River surged by 67 feet, and Wei Rui sent his Navy to attack the Wei army on the continent by fighting ships. On the other hand, water boats were used to carry grass, pour ointment oil, and set fire to the pontoon while the wind was blowing. At the same time, those who dare to die are sent to cut down the bridge. In an instant, bridges and fences were destroyed. Liang's army fought bravely, all of which took one as a hundred. When the Wei army collapsed, Yang Dayan burned his camp on the West Bank and Yuan Ying got away on the east bank. The city fortress collapsed several times. Soldiers threw away their armour and dived first. More than 100000 of them were drowned and killed. Huaishui did not flow. Cao Jingzong ordered Ma Guang, the leader of the army, to pursue Yang Dayan for more than 40 miles above the water. Yang Dayan's army suffered numerous deaths and injuries, "lying on the corpses.". Changyizhi also went out of the city to pursue Yuanying to Luokou. Yuan Ying fled to Liang City by riding alone, and all his soldiers were destroyed. The Liang army also captured 50000 people of the Wei army, collected their military supplies and equipment, piled up like a mountain, and the cattle, horses, donkeys, mules and so on were invincible. Cao Jingzong sent people to take more than 10000 prisoners and thousands of horses back to the court

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