Chapter 15 Chapter 15 If Tan Daoji is here, how can Huma come here

The unification of Chinese history in the era of division often followed a fixed script: the north unified the south.In the more than two thousand years since the Warring States period, there have been only two national reunifications in China. The north was unified through the south.But for the only two times, the latter achieved "peaceful reunification" by relying on political means. The southern regime swept the north purely by military means and unified China. . If we only look at the final outcome of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the "miracle" of unifying the country from the south to the north did not happen. In the eyes of the world, the military structure of the Northern and Southern Dynasties was dominated by the weak south and the strong north most of the time.Later, the Northern Dynasty fell into a split and was divided into two parts, the East and the West. In the era of constant internal friction, the southern regime has always been on the defensive, and the Northern Dynasty regime has been on the offensive. A fixed script for the military structure of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.Judging from the development of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the regime of the Southern Dynasties was faced with a great opportunity to unify the country more than once, and even many times it was only a little bit close to realizing this opportunity.In the Southern Dynasties "Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen" regimes, under the appearance of "partial security" and "weakness", famous generals who defeated the Northern Dynasties army emerged more than once. It is a pity that, without exception, they were all ruined by the Southern Dynasty regime itself.

The most outstanding star among them is Tan Daoji who left behind the phrase "self-destructing the Great Wall". Tan Daoji, whose birth date is unknown, was probably born in the late Eastern Jin Dynasty. His ancestral home was Gaoping, Shandong. He belonged to the refugees who fled to the south during the fall of the North. With his outstanding military exploits, he established the status of "the number one general in the Southern Dynasties".Throughout his life, he was the most difficult person in the eyes of the Xianbei cavalry in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Tan Daoji was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu. Like many famous generals, he was also a poor child. His parents died not long after he was born. He has two older brothers and one older sister.It stands to reason that he should belong to the object of "being cared for", but Tan Daoji was young and mature, and he provoked the burden of the family very early.He took care of the housework, presided over the housework, and served his brother and sister meticulously. This early experience shows that he was a person who dared to take responsibility since he was a child, just as he later dared to stand up on the battlefield and take responsibility again and again.

Born in Tan Daoji's family, in that era when status was determined by family status, it seemed extremely difficult to get ahead.In China at that time, the aristocrats inherited high positions. Although the old aristocracy had begun to disintegrate at this time, if you want to be promoted under normal circumstances, you must at least be a landlord of the common clan, such as Tan Daoji. I'm afraid I won't play in my life.However, the era Tan Daoji lived in was a particularly unpeaceful era. Needless to say, the northern regime often went south to invade. In the late Eastern Jin Dynasty, the "orthodox" Sima family had already been emptied. Stealing the power, fighting each other constantly, and having a crisis of governance for many years.Peasant riots occurred everywhere, and heroes emerged in troubled times. This year, Tan Daoji caught up.

Tan Daoji's military career began in 404 AD, and the starting point of his career can be said to be "coincidentally".First of all, he defected to Liu Yu, the hero of the Southern Dynasty who later created Liu Song, and he followed the right person. Secondly, the timing of his defection to Liu Yu was the most critical time in Liu Yu's life. The rebellion, with its strong military power, forced Emperor Andi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to "abide" and established the "Chu" regime in Jiankang.This move immediately triggered a "domino effect". At this time, Liu Yu, who was an internal historian of Pengcheng, raised troops from Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, to attack Huanxuan, and it was at this time that Tan Daoji defected to Liu Yu.Under the circumstances at that time, after Huan Xuan became a dignitary, he had a heavy army in his hand, and the change of dynasty was "a done deal". possible.So at that time, even some of Liu Yu's own generals chose to defect, and the arrival of the three Tan Daoji brothers happened to be timely help.At that time, Tan Daoji was not an ordinary person in Zhenjiang. He had been filial to his brother and sister-in-law for a long time, and he was well-known in the local area. He could be called a "moral model". For Liu Yu, his arrival could just help him win people's hearts and concentrate his strength.Thus, Liu Song's founding emperor and Liu Song's most outstanding general came together at the right time and at the right place.

When Tan Daoji first voted for Liu Yu, although Liu Yu valued him very much, Liu Yu, who didn't know Tan Daoji's talent, just regarded him as an ordinary person.He began to attract Liu Yu's attention after Liu Yu's crusade against Huanxuan broke out.At that time, between Zhenjiang and Jiankang, Huan Xuan had already laid out defenses, and his military strength itself was more than that of Liu Yu, and he belonged to the "change of dynasty", the established fact has already been created.Therefore, most of Liu Yu's generals at that time persuaded Liu Yu to advance quickly, bypassing Huanxuan's defense, and reaching Jiankang City.At that time, Tan Daoji was just the "military staff officer" next to Liu Yu, that is, an ordinary staff officer. He proposed a completely opposite plan: Huan Xuan belonged to the usurper, his actions were unpopular, and he himself had a guilty conscience. The forces of various factions are waiting and watching. Once Huanxuan wins, they will immediately fall to Huanxuan. At that time, the situation will be difficult to deal with. Therefore, if they rush into Jiankang rashly, if they lose, all previous efforts will be wasted.After some analysis, Liu Yu was convinced, and then Liu Yu adopted Tan Daoji's suggestion: On the surface, he recruited troops and bought horses, and put on a posture of aggressively attacking Jiankang City, but in fact he advanced slowly, and sent people everywhere to declare Huanxuan's crimes, and to promote With its strong military strength, it launched a psychological warfare against Huan Xuan.As expected by Tan Daoji, Huan Xuan himself panicked after several small-scale confrontations and couldn't wait to withdraw from Jiankang, hijacking Emperor Andi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and fleeing to Jiangling. landed in Jiankang, the capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.After the victory, many of Liu Yu's generals were overheated and demanded to take advantage of the victory to pursue and occupy Jingzhou, Huanxuan's old nest, in one fell swoop.At this time, it was Tan Daoji again who made the opposite suggestion again. Tan Daoji believed that although Huan Xuan had fled at this time, his strength had not been damaged. Jingzhou was Huan Xuan's old den. Kang Xinde, people's hearts are still uncertain, what should be done now is to stabilize the position, and then plan an offensive.And he believes that Huan Xuan will never be willing to lose Jiankang, he will definitely attack after his strength has recovered.In fact, he was right about all these points.In May 404 AD, Huan Xuan concentrated his troops to attack Jiankang, but was defeated by Liu Yu, and Huan Xuan himself was killed on the way to escape.This "Huanchu Rebellion" finally ended with Liu Yu's victory.

After Huanxuan's defeat, Emperor Jin'an was restored, but the power of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was already in the hands of Liu Yu. This battle between Liu Yu and Huanxuan had far-reaching significance for Liu Yu himself and even the direction of the entire Chinese history.Liu Yu represents the newly-emerged poor class after the decline of the Wei and Jin clans, while Huan Xuan represents the old clan class, the collision of the old and the new classes, and finally ended with Huan Xuan's failure. The death knell of the decline of the elite.As far as Liu Yu himself is concerned, as an important general of the Beifu Army, he has reached a position that his predecessor Liu Laozhi and others have never reached. From a marginalized warlord in the past, he has now become a powerful minister who holds the power of the country . "One person achieves the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven." Tan Daoji is no exception. Because of his contributions throughout the process, he was named the Nanyang prefect by Liu Yu. This is also the first time he has obtained the power to lead the army.As a result, he made extraordinary moves, not only able to analyze but also to fight. He wiped out the local remnants of Huan Xuan in one fell swoop, captured Huan Xuan's son Huan Zhen, wiped out Huan Xuan's faction, and completely broke Liu Yu's heart disease. He was named a fifth-class marquis.

For almost ten years since then, Tan Daoji's main job was to help Liu Yu fight the civil war, and his status has also risen steadily. First, in 410 AD, Tan Daoji was promoted to General Yangwu, and was ordered to suppress Lu Yu, who had lasted for many years in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Following the peasant uprising.This peasant uprising was also a big trouble for the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The rebels were mainly "refugees" who had migrated from the south.After Tan Daoji arrived, the battle situation changed immediately.The situation at that time was particularly unfavorable to the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In August of this year, Lu Xun concentrated 100,000 troops to attack Jiankang, especially his giant warships, which were far superior to the Eastern Jin Dynasty.At this time, Liu Yu was leading the army to fight against the Nanyan regime in the north. After hearing the news, he hurried back, while Tan Daoji, who stayed in the south, his task was to withstand Lu Xun's attack before Liu Yu came back. Hold Jiangling.As a result, Tan Daoji withstood Lu Xun's attack with his troops of less than 10,000 people to guard against death. Of course, he did not fight recklessly, but deliberately bluffed, gathered all the flags he could find, and set up Jiangling's defense The illusion of stability and sufficient troops.As a result, after the attack was frustrated, Lu Xun was really fooled and suspended the attack on Jiangling. This small hesitation paved the way for his final downfall.After a month of stalemate, at the end of September of that year, Liu Yu finally came back.Afterwards, the Eastern Jin army with high morale launched a counterattack, defeated Lu Xun in one fell swoop, and then pressed on step by step, and finally completely defeated Lu Xun in Panyu, forcing him to commit suicide. This uprising, which lasted for several years and almost overthrew the Eastern Jin regime, ended like this .

If the previous war between Liu Yu and Huan Xuan was the key to Liu Yu's control of power, then the subsequent battle to suppress Lu Xun was even more dangerous.In this battle, Lu Xun seized the opportunity of Liu Yu's Northern Expedition to raise troops, intending to seize Jiankang when Liu Yu had no time to look back, but unexpectedly ran into the resourceful Tan Daoji.Lu Xun's defeat also made Liu Yu invincible in the Southern Dynasties from then on, and he was in power as a certainty. Liu Yu also attached great importance to Tan Daoji, who had made great contributions. An important minister with a high status.In 415 AD, Tan Daoji participated in the battle to pacify Sima Xiuzhi and defeated him.Sima Xiuzhi was the last powerful faction in the Eastern Jin royal family. Once this person was defeated, the entire Eastern Jin regime would be at the mercy of Liu Yu from now on.

Regarding Tan Daoji's military thinking, later generations praised him a lot. Zhu Wen, the hero of the Tang Dynasty, once gave him a "cunning special soldier" evaluation. The biggest characteristic of Tan Daoji's military use is his "cunning".In every battle, he can prevent the enemy from knowing his true strength and intentions, and can make decisions that make the enemy dumbfounded at any time. Most of his victories are also surprises.On the one hand, this comes from his own personality, and on the other hand, it comes from his study of the art of war. Since ancient times, many people have been familiar with military books, but not many people understand them, and even fewer can invent and create after they understand them.Tan Daoji's reading method is very strange-he not only reads military books, but also is good at summarizing, for example, he reads "Sun Tzu's Art of War" the most, and the famous "Thirty-Six Strategies" is what he summed up after reading "Sun Tzu's Art of War" His experience has been widely circulated to this day.A person who summed up the "Thirty-Six Strategies" is of course better at using the "Thirty-Six Strategies". Before 415 AD, those who experienced his "Thirty-Six Strategies" were basically heroes in the civil war in the Southern Dynasties. However, after 415 AD, the enemies of the Northern Dynasty also began to learn lessons one by one.

The first to suffer was the Hou Qin established by Yao Chang, a member of the northern Qiang nationality. In the late Eastern Jin Dynasty, this was once the most powerful regime in the north.In the first month of 416 A.D., Emperor Yao Xing of the Later Qin invaded the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which just gave Liu Yu an excuse to go to war. Then Liu Yu launched an attack on the Later Qin with great fanfare.The momentum of this attack was very large, and it was divided into five routes, which seemed to wipe out the entire north. The most difficult route was the one that Tan Daoji attacked.Other people's troops can respond to each other from afar and advance together. Even if they can't win, they can easily retreat completely. Only Tan Daoji can't. His troops were appointed as the vanguard of Liu Yu's Fifth Route Northern Expedition Army. He needs to send troops from Hefei to attack directly. The Xuchang area in Henan Province, which was the most heavily defended in the later Qin Dynasty, opened the way for the entire Northern Expedition army to advance.What he faces along the way will be the most elite army in the later Qin Dynasty.For Tan Daoji, this seemed like an impossible task.

However, Tan Daoji did it. His army set out in September, and the whole journey was like a broken bamboo. In October, he joined forces with Cheng Gao, another army from Wang Zhen's evil department, and had already occupied most of Henan Province. , can be described as "overfulfilling the task".Hearing that Luoyang was in an emergency, Hou Qin quickly dispatched tens of thousands of elite soldiers to help. Under such a situation, his partner Wang Zhen'e advocated attacking Hulao Pass quickly and occupying this Luoyang gate before the arrival of Hou Qin's reinforcements. Tan Daoji once again put forward the opposite opinion. Now the whole of Henan is in chaos. If the attack is stepped up, it will arouse Hou Qin's desire to fight to the death.As a result, according to Tan Daoji's deployment, the Jin army launched a psychological warfare against Hou Qin's Hulao defenders, forcing them to surrender after reinforcements arrived, and the later Qin army that arrived immediately fell into Tan Daoji's siege, but Tan Daoji "only encircled but could not "Beat" and forced him to surrender again, so the whole of Henan fell into the hands of Tan Daoji, and Tongguan, the gateway to Chang'an, the capital of the later Qin Dynasty, was exposed under Tan Daoji's eyes.It is worth mentioning that after the success, Tan Daoji's partner Wang Zhen'e was "evil" enough, and he advocated learning from Xiang Yu back then and killing all the captured soldiers of the Later Qin Dynasty.At the critical moment, Tan Daoji stopped him. He not only opposed the killing of prisoners, but also gave them preferential treatment. As a result, the hearts of the Central Plains were determined. Not only did the Han people surrender one after another, but even the armies of various ethnic minorities in the north surrendered one after another. Purpose. In 417 AD, Liu Yu, who had stabilized his rule in the Central Plains, decided to completely destroy the Later Qin Dynasty and occupy the affluent Guanzhong Plain.In March of that year, Tan Daoji and Shen Linzi joined forces and took Tongguan, the gate of Guanzhong in the later Qin Dynasty, in one fell swoop. Conquered Chang'an, the capital of the later Qin Dynasty.In this way, the Guanzhong Plain, which had been occupied by the Southern Dynasties for hundreds of years, was recovered.Among the previous Northern Expeditions after the Eastern Jin Dynasty moved south, this one was the most successful.On August 23, Yao Hong, the last emperor of the late Qin Dynasty, surrendered in Chang'an, and the once powerful post-Qin regime fell like this.In this stage of the battle, although Tan Daoji took the lead, Wang Zhen'e and Shen Linzi had the greatest military exploits. These two men's status in the army and their combat exploits were far higher than Tan Daoji's.In the battle on the Guanzhong Plain, Wang Zhen'e was ordered to wipe out the reinforcements stationed in the northern Wuyuan area of ​​​​the Later Qin Dynasty, and Shen Linzi defeated the attacks of other northern countries such as the Northern Wei Dynasty several times.So after Liu Yu pacified Guanzhong, although Tan Daoji was awarded the title of General Conqueror for his military exploits, Liu Yu handed over the task of staying in Guanzhong to Wang Zhen'e and Shen Linzi, and returned to the south in a hurry after finishing the work.It's not that he is not greedy for the land in the north, but this is also a critical moment for him to seize power. Liu Yu urgently needs the exploits of the Northern Expedition to seize the power of the Southern Dynasties.That is, after this Northern Expedition, Liu Yu forced Emperor And of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to make him the "King of Song" and change the dynasty, and there was only the last step left. Liu Yu's seizure of power went smoothly, but the newly recovered northern territory suffered setbacks. Wang Zhen'e and Shen Linzi, two commanders who had made great achievements in battle, couldn't live in peace together.Before Liu Yu left, he ordered his son Liu Yizhen to stay in the north, and he also ordered Wang Zhen'e and Shen Linzi to stay behind. As a result, as soon as he left, the Xia Guo regime and the Northern Wei regime in the north called one after another. Wang Zhen'e and Shen Linzi were at a critical moment Internal friction, Wang Zhen'e died at the hands of Shen Linzi, and Liu Yizhen was even more incompetent, and was wiped out by the Xia Emperor Helian Bobo.The hard-earned Guanzhong Plain in the north was lost like this.In fact, at that time, with Liu Yu's strength, if he didn't withdraw his troops, it would not be a big problem to win the entire north in one go. Unfortunately, Liu Yu chose the former when it came to proclaiming himself emperor or unifying China. It was ruthlessly missed. When the accident happened in the north, Tan Daoji's position was the Dazhongzheng of Yanzhou.The status is lower than that of Shen and Wang. The defeat in the north, especially the death of Wang Zhen'e, caused Liu Yu to lose a powerful army and a famous general who was good at fighting, but for Tan Daoji , and because of this, he was further promoted within the Liu Yu Group.After Liu Yunan returned, he first poisoned the puppet emperor Emperor Andi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and established Sima Dewen as Emperor Gong of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. At the end of 420 AD, Liu Yu sent someone to strangle Sima Dewen to death, thus completing the last step of the dynasty change - the establishment of Liu Song.In this year, Liu Yu officially proclaimed himself emperor, and the Southern and Northern Dynasties began.Tan Daoji, who was the hero of the founding of the country, was also able to continue to be promoted.He was stationed in the capital as a general protecting the army, and at the critical moment when Liu Yu proclaimed himself emperor, he helped Liu Yu stabilize the situation in Jiankang.Later, he was granted the title of Duke Yongxiu by Liu Yu and granted two thousand households food. Liu Yu's proclaiming emperor marked the beginning of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.However, in the eyes of many historians in later generations, especially Confucian intellectuals with "angry youth" plots, Liu Yu's proclaiming the emperor meant that the hope of the Southern Dynasty to unify the North was shattered, because Liu Yu gave up the unification of the North in order to seize the throne at the most critical moment. This great cause led to the loss of the northern land. The great Confucian king Fuzhi in the late Ming Dynasty once criticized Liu Yu's move as "using the country for personal gain".But in fact, the hope of unifying the country in the Southern Dynasties was not shattered at this time. Although Liu Yu was born in a poor family, he was used to using his wrists, and his methods against the Sima royal family and the northern gentry were too cruel. Indirect responsibility, but for the common people, Liu Yu is an out-and-out good emperor.Although he was in power for only two years, he recuperated, developed his military power, and continued to recruit Han people from the north to return to the south. Liu Song under his rule had clear politics, economic development, and further military strength.Judging from the strength comparison between the North and the South at that time, whether it is economic strength, military strength, or even political appeal, the various regimes established by the northern minorities are unable to compete with Liu Yu. More importantly, Liu Song at this time, Owned a famous general who was not born in the world at that time-Tan Daoji. After Liu Yu became emperor, Tan Daoji was very trusted as an old team member of the Northern Expedition.When Liu Yu was alive, he served as General Zhenbei and was ordered to guard against the Northern Wei Dynasty going south in Shandong. The next two years were the two years when the Liu Song regime was recuperating, and large-scale wars were temporarily suspended.When Liu Yu died of illness in May 422, Tan Daoji, Xu Xianzhi, Fu Liang, and Xie Hui became Minister Gu Ming together. He was the only general among the four ministers, and he was the number one military officer in the Liu Song Dynasty at this time. What happened afterwards proved that Liu Yu was right to entrust Tan Daoji with his funeral.Less than a month after Liu Yu's death, the northern Xianbei and Northern Wei regimes, which had always been ambitious and dreamed of unifying the north and the south, came.At this time in the north, the strongest power was the Northern Wei regime established by the Tuoba family of Xianbei. The emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty at this time was the Tuoba heir of Emperor Mingyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty.Taking advantage of the death of Emperor Liu Song, hundreds of thousands of Xianbei cavalry launched a fierce attack on the Central Plains. Liu Song's large territories in Shandong and Henan fell one after another. A military collision. The reason why the Southern Dynasty was so embarrassing at the beginning was because Liu Yuxin was mourned at that time and the country was in turmoil, and secondly, after Liu Yunan returned, there were always very few troops stationed for the defense of the north.Moreover, the Liu Song regime has been facing internal contradictions since the very beginning. The reigning emperor at this time is Liu Yu's son Liu Yifu, who is known as Song Shaodi in history. Compared with Liu Yu, it can be said that "a tiger father gave birth to a dog".In a critical moment, Tan Daoji stepped forward.When Tan Daoji sent troops in March 423 AD, the situation couldn't have been worse, and most of Henan's territory fell.Almost the entire territory of Shandong fell. Under the unfavorable situation, Tan Daoji first attacked Pengcheng and defeated Pengcheng Shusun Jian's department in one fell swoop. After the war, Shusun Jian retreated without support, and Tan Daoji chased him all the way to the Licheng area in Shandong. Later, because of the exhaustion of food and grass, he led his troops to retreat. Although Tan Daoji's northward advance this time did not regain the northern land, it was of great significance to the stability of the Liu Song regime.At this time, Liu Song had just experienced the death of Liu Yu, and the regime was the most unstable. If Tan Daoji was lost, not to mention stabilizing the north, even the entire Liu Song regime was likely to be destroyed by the arrogance of the Northern Wei Dynasty at this time. Take it down.After this battle, the Northern Wei Dynasty, who realized Liu Song's strength, did not dare to act rashly for many years, and Liu Song escaped.But at this time Liu Song's internal contradictions came.At this time, Song Shaodi Liu Yifu, who was in power at this time, was a well-known faint emperor who ignored the government all day long. Xu Xianzhi, one of the four ministers who were responsible for orders, was moved to dethrone the emperor. Such an important matter must be supported by the military.Xu Xianzhi approached Tan Daoji to discuss, but was opposed by Tan Daoji, but Tan Daoji, who was also dissatisfied with Liu Yifu, finally adopted a "neutral" attitude towards the matter, and did not stop Xu Xianzhi's subsequent actions. As a result, Xu Xianzhi poisoned Song Shaodi to death. Liu Yilong, the third son of Liu Yu, was established as the emperor. This is Emperor Wen of Song Dynasty who created the prosperity of Yuanjia. After Liu Yilong ascended the throne, he had a lot of trust in Tan Daoji at first, but it was impossible not to trust him, because the Northern Wei Dynasty was becoming stronger day by day at this time, and it had become Liu Song's biggest threat.Liu Yilong is a person with a strong desire for power, and he is absolutely unwilling to be a puppet.Not long after he ascended the throne in 424 AD, he killed Xie Hui, Xu Xianzhi and other ministers who participated in the murder of Song Shaodi on the charge of "regicide". Only Tan Daoji was left behind by Liu Yu.Although Tan Daoji's "neutrality" at the beginning allowed him to escape a catastrophe, under such circumstances, it has become a fact that he has made great achievements, and it will be a matter of time before he is tolerated by the Liu Song Dynasty. Tan Daoji, who was devoted to the battlefield, didn't notice any of this.In 424 A.D., he was first sent by Emperor Wen of Song Dynasty to defeat Xie Hui, one of the "Minister Gu Ming", and let Emperor Wen of Song Dynasty monopolize the power from now on. He made great contributions, and was later named General Zhengnan, and was promoted by Liu Song "Ming Sheng". "Ambush" took away the military power.In November 430 A.D., Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty attempted to avenge the Southern Expedition of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and then launched the Northern Expedition with Dao Yanzhi as the commander. However, this Northern Expedition did not go well.In desperation, Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty activated Tan Daoji again. After Tan Daoji came out, he really "one beats two". He went all the way north, chased him to Shandong, and won more than 30 battles in a row.He planned it very well. As long as the whole army counterattacks, not only can he wipe out the invading enemy in one fell swoop, but he can also take the opportunity to attack the territory of the Northern Wei Dynasty. However, when he chased to Licheng, he found that he was the only army left in the north. Several of the troops have already retreated without authorization.At this time, Tan Daoji went deep into the enemy's territory again. Not only was there no one to cooperate in the battle, but also the food and grass were gone. The Northern Wei army, who discovered the change in the battle situation, seized the opportunity and pressed heavily on Tan Daoji.This situation is extremely dangerous for Tan Daoji. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, cavalry was the main force, and Tan Daoji was mainly infantry. Under the situation of running out of ammunition and food, he could not fight and retreat. The urgent matter told the Northern Wei Dynasty that once the Northern Wei Dynasty took this opportunity to launch an attack, the consequences would be disastrous. Even so, the Northern Wei Dynasty did not dare to be careless. Over the years, Tan Daoji's reputation has spread throughout the north, and he is recognized as a scheming figure in the north. If he takes the opportunity to set a trap, the consequences will not be a joke, so Shu Sunjian chose to be cautious.He sent many groups of spies to spy on the information, but Tan Daoji was not afraid. He deliberately took out the little food in the army, held a banquet in the barracks, pretended that the food was still very abundant, and then counted it with great fanfare. For grain, he asked the soldiers to pack hundreds of sacks of sand, but spread a layer of grain on the outside to give the illusion that there was plenty of grain. This illusion finally deceived the Northern Wei Dynasty. The Northern Wei Dynasty mistakenly thought that Tan Daoji was cheating again. Dare to attack.Taking advantage of this precious opportunity, Tan Daoji seized the time to retreat. He also retreated very methodically. He did not escape in a hurry, but walked and stopped all the way, slowly. It gave the impression that he was trying to lure the Northern Wei army to pursue him. The Northern Wei was fooled again. No matter how Tan Daoji performed, the Northern Wei Dynasty remained silent.As a result, tens of thousands of Liu Song troops slipped away from the mouth of the Northern Wei Dynasty.The Northern Wei Dynasty, who learned the truth afterwards, regretted it a lot, especially the general Shu Sunjian, who was so angry that he almost drew his sword and committed suicide.As a result of this battle, the Northern Wei Dynasty was hit with "Tantophobia". The generals in the Northern Wei Dynasty used the portrait of Tan Daoji to drive away ghosts at home.The prestige of the number one general in the Southern Dynasties reached its peak here. But the ending of the master of high meritorious deeds appeared soon.After this battle, Tan Daoji was granted the title of Sikong, and there were rumors that he was the next Sima Yi, which meant that he had the intention of usurping power.Moreover, the royal family of the Liu Song Dynasty—Pengcheng King Liu Yikang had been at odds with Tan Daoji all year round, and Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty Liu Yilong had always been weak. He was worried that if he failed, no one would be able to restrain Tan Daoji, so the liquidation of Tan Daoji was logical.Such a situation, even Tan Daoji's wife, Xiang Shi, can understand it.In 436 A.D., Emperor Wen of Song Dynasty Liu Yilong fell ill and called Tan Daoji, who was stationed in the north, into the court. Tan Daoji's wife, Xiang Shi, advised him not to go, believing that this time "disaster is about to come".Tan Daoji didn't listen. After Tan Daoji arrived in Jiankang, Emperor Wen of Song's condition improved, and he spoke kindly to Tan Daoji, expressing the court's trust in him. He recruited traitors and killed Tan Daoji on the pretext of conspiracy. Tan Daoji's 11 sons were killed at the same time. The only one who survived was his youngest son Tan Hu.Before his execution, Tan Daoji was very sad and indignant. He threw his turban on the ground angrily, and shouted hoarsely: "You are destroying your own Great Wall." Prophecy.When the news of his death spread to the north, the royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty in Datong, Shanxi celebrated with each other, saying: "Once Tan Daoji dies, there will be no more terrible people in the south." 14 years later, Liu Yilong, who killed Tan Daoji, launched a northern expedition. Shockingly, he said that this time he was going to "seal the wolf and live in Xu", but he was beaten badly by the Northern Wei Dynasty, and was even beaten to the foot of Jiankang City.Right on the top of Jiankang City, Liu Yilong was extremely regretful, and sighed: If Tan Daoji was here, how could such a thing happen.But the question is, with him around, can Tan Daoji survive? The death of Tan Daoji was a heavy blow to the entire Southern Dynasty regime. Not only did he lose a general who was capable of fighting, but he was also "unjustly punished by the world".What is even more regrettable is that the first 20 years after Liu Song established the country was the famous prosperous "Yuanjia rule". At this time, the north was in war for a long time, and the economy was greatly regressed. The incident, and the later "Yuanjia Northern Expedition" also illustrated this point, but it is a pity that the first general was incompetent and exhausted the three armies.Without a famous general like Tan Daoji, the unification of the north is just a dream. The north is strong and the south is weak, and the situation of passive defense in the Southern Dynasty has continued to the entire Southern and Northern Dynasties.As for the Liu Song Dynasty, which was worried about Tan Daoji's usurpation of power and self-reliance, he did not escape the fate of the general usurping power in the end.Song Wendi Liu Yilong did not die in the hands of powerful officials, but died in the hands of his own son Liu Jun. Liu Jun, including the generations of Liu Song emperors after him, each lived shorter than the other, and each was crueler and easier to kill. Following the fierce resistance, in 479 AD, General Xiao Daocheng successfully rebelled and changed the dynasty again. This was the second dynasty of the Southern Dynasty: Nanqi.