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Tan Daoji lost both his parents when he was young. During the mourning period, he was filial and respectful, serving his brothers and sisters. He was praised by his contemporaries for his kind and respectful character.

Later, with the introduction of his cousin Tan Pingzhi, he joined Liu Yu's military camp in Xie Xuan's Northern Army.

At that time, Huan Xuan, a powerful official in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, seized control of the government. He deposed Emperor An of Jin, proclaimed himself emperor, and named his country Chu.

In February of the third year of Yuanxing, Tan Daoji followed Liu Yu in launching an uprising in Jingkou.

Liu Yu secretly contacted and gathered the Northern Army under the pretext of hunting, and beheaded Huan Xiu, Huan Hong and other close associates of Huan Xuan.

Liu Yu was elected as the leader of the alliance and issued proclamations to all directions. Tan Daoji thus joined Liu Yu's army.

"After the Jingkou uprising, Tan Daoji and his brother followed Liu Yu to raise an army to pacify the capital and attack Huan Xuan."

"Tan Daoji was appointed General of the Western Expedition and served as a military advisor in the General Jianwu Mansion of Liu Yu, and participated in the campaign to pacify Lushan."

"Tan Daoji captured Huan Zhen and was promoted to General of the State and Governor of Nanyang. At the same time, because of his meritorious service in assisting the uprising, he was granted the title of Fifth Rank Marquis of Wuxing County."

"In the sixth year of Yixi, Liu Yu led his troops to the north to attack Southern Yan, and Lu Xun took the opportunity to rebel. All of a sudden, many bandits also responded."

"Guo Jisheng and others gathered in Zuotang County and started a rebellion. Tan Daoji was then appointed by Liu Yu as General Yangwu and Governor of Tianmen, and led his army to quell the rebellion."

"Afterwards, he followed Liu Daogui to attack Huan Qian, Gou Lin and others. In order to inspire the civil and military officials, Tan Daoji led the charge and was invincible."

"When Xu Daofu approached the capital, Liu Daogui personally led the troops to fight, and Tan Daoji made the most military achievements."

"Soon after, he was promoted to Anyuan Guardian and Wuling Internal History, and then served as a military officer of the Grand Commandant, and was appointed as the Secretary of the Central Secretariat."

"At the same time, due to his meritorious service, he was granted the title of Zuotang County Man, with a fief of 400 households, and was appointed as the Chief Clerk of the Grand Commandant and the Counselor of the Army."

"When Liu Yu's eldest son Liu Yifu was appointed General of Conquering the Enemy and guarding Jingkou, he also appointed Tan Daoji as Sima and Governor of Linhuai. Later, he was promoted to Sima of the Crown Prince General of Conquering the Enemy and given the title of General of Champion."

"In the eleventh year of Yixi, Tan Daoji also participated in the battle to attack Xiangyang and pacify Sima Xiuzhi, the governor of Jingzhou."

"In the 12th year of Yixi, Tan Daoji was appointed as the vanguard and followed Liu Yu to the north to attack the Later Qin Dynasty. He set out from the Huai River and Feishui, and wherever his army went, they won victories."

"Xuzhou Governor Yao Zhang surrendered Xiangcheng to Tan Daoji, and other cities also surrendered one after another, except Xincai Governor Dong Zun who refused to surrender."

"Tan Daoji captured the city he was defending, captured Dong Zun, and killed him."

"Afterwards, they advanced and captured Xuchang, and captured General Ningshuo of the Later Qin, the prefect of Yingzhou Yao Tan, and the great general Yang Ye."

"Soon, the Jin army led by Liu Yu captured Yangcheng and Xingyang of the Later Qin Dynasty, and advanced to Chenggao."

"Yao Guang, the Duke of Chenliu, the general of the Later Qin Dynasty who was stationed in Luoyang at the time, sent a messenger to Chang'an to ask for help."

"However, Sima Yao Yu of the Later Qin army secretly formed a alliance with Tan Daoji and helped Tan Daoji capture land and advance towards Luoyang."

"More than 4,000 Later Qin soldiers were captured. Someone suggested burying all the captives alive and piling them up into a hill."

"But Tan Daoji believes that punishing the criminals and pacifying the civilians is what we should do now."

"They released all the captured soldiers and sent them home, which made both the Yi and Han people very grateful and happy, and they all came to join them."

Su Shi: Tan Daoji and Shen Linzi led their troops across the Yellow River, captured Xiangyi Fort, and then went to Puban to attack Yin Zhao, the governor of Bingzhou.

But it failed, so Tan Daoji followed Shen Linzi's advice and joined forces with General Zhenwu Wang Zhen'e, concentrated their forces to capture Tongguan and defeat Yao Shao.

After Chang'an was pacified, Tan Daoji was appointed General of Conquering the Enemy and Internal Historian of Langya.

When Liu Yifeng was about to go to garrison Jiangling, he appointed Tan Daoji as his Western Zhonglang Sima, Zhijie, and Southern Barbarian Commandant.

He was also given the title of General Conquering the Enemy and promoted to the position of Palace Attendant of the State of Song, and concurrently served as the Crown Prince's Secretary and the Grand Chancellor of Yanzhou.

On the Dingmao day of June in the second year of Yuanxi, Liu Yu proclaimed himself emperor and changed the country's name to Song, becoming Emperor Wu of Song. He demoted Sima Dewen to the title of King of Lingling, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty was destroyed, with the reign title of Yongchu.

Tan Daoji was appointed General of the Guard, and was given the title of Palace Attendant, in charge of the defense of Shitou City. He was allowed to enter the palace without a summons.

Because of his contribution in assisting the founding of the country, he was granted the title of Duke of Yongxiu County, with a fief of 2,000 households and the rank of Yin of Danyang.

Later, Tan Daoji was appointed General Zhenbei and Governor of Southern Yanzhou, guarding Guangling and supervising the troops in Huainan.

In the third year of Yongchu, Emperor Wu of Song, Liu Yu, was unwell. General Guard Tan Daoji, together with King of Changsha Liu Daolian, Sikong Xu Xianzhi, Shangshu Pushe Fu Liang, and General Commander Xie Hui, went to the palace to serve Liu Yu and provide him with medical treatment and medicine.

Soon, Liu Yu became seriously ill, and gave Tan Daoji twenty guards who were equipped with swords and armor.

He also left a will that Sikong Xu Xianzhi, Shangshu Pushe Fu Liang, General Xie Hui and General Tan Daoji would be appointed as ministers of state to assist Crown Prince Liu Yifu.

In the first year of Jingping, Liu Yifeng ascended the throne and became Emperor Shao of Song. Taking advantage of the death of Emperor Wu of Song, the Northern Wei sent troops southward to attack Song territory.

They surrounded the Qingzhou governor Zhu Kui in Dongyang City. Liu Yifeng issued an imperial decree to appoint Tan Daoji as the envoy with special powers and in charge of all military operations, and ordered him to lead his troops to Dongyang to provide assistance.

But before Tan Daoji's army arrived, the Northern Wei army had burned down the barracks, destroyed the siege equipment, and fled.

Tan Daoji originally wanted to leave the city to pursue the enemy, but as there was no food in the city, he had to open the granary and take out old grain as military rations.

However, the granary was several feet deep, and by the time the rice was ground into rice, a whole night had passed. The Northern Wei soldiers had already fled far away and could no longer be pursued.

Tan Daoji had no choice but to give up. Afterwards, Tan Daoji returned to guard Guangling.

After Liu Yifeng ascended the throne, his behavior violated etiquette while he was mourning for his father. He liked to play and have fun with his attendants without restraint, which greatly disappointed the court officials.

"In the second year of Jingping, Sikong Xu Xianzhi and others conspired to depose Emperor Shao Liu Yifu, and the person who succeeded him was Liu Yu's second son, Prince of Luling Liu Yizhen."

"But Liu Yizhen's character was frivolous and unstable, and he didn't get along with Xu Xianzhi and others, so Xu Xianzhi and others decided to depose Liu Yizhen as a commoner first."

"He told Tan Daoji, who raised objections and tried to dissuade Xu Xianzhi many times, but his advice was rejected."

"Afterwards, Xu Xianzhi and others used the excuse of the emperor's death to get Tan Daoji into the palace to guard the court. After he arrived in Jiankang, Xu Xianzhi told him about the conspiracy to depose and enthrone the emperor."

"On the night before the emperor was about to be deposed, Tan Daoji went to the military mansion and slept with Xie Hui. Xie Hui was terrified and restless the whole night and could not fall asleep, but Tan Daoji fell asleep as soon as he lay down. Xie Hui admired him very much."

"At that time, Liu Yifu fell asleep while enjoying the dragon boat. After dawn, Tan Daoji and others led their troops to attack and killed two attendants around the young emperor."

"They brought the sleeping Liu Yifu to the shore, took his seal, and after the ministers bid farewell, they sent him to the East Palace, and later deposed him as the Prince of Yingyang in the name of Empress Dowager Zhang."

"Soon after, Xu Xianzhi, Tan Daoji and others supported Liu Yu's third son Liu Yilong as emperor, who was Emperor Wen of Song." "After Emperor Wen ascended the throne, he conferred Tan Daoji the title of General Zhengbei, Palace Attendant, and further conferred him the title of Duke of Wuling County, with a fief of 4,000 households."

"But Tan Daoji declined the promotion, and Emperor Wen appointed him to take charge of the military affairs of the five counties of Qingzhou, Huaiyang, Xiapi, Langya, and Dongguan in Xuzhou."

"Later, Emperor Wen executed Xu Xianzhi and others for the crime of killing Liu Yifu, Prince of Yiyang, and Liu Yizhen, Prince of Luling, and sent Tan Daoji to quell Xie Hui's rebellion."

"Tan Daoji defeated Xie Hui at Yinji, and Yu Yantou arrested him and sent him back to the capital. Tan Daoji was promoted to General of the Southern Expedition, Chief of the Imperial Court, and Governor of Jiangzhou."

"Supervise the military affairs of Jiangzhou, Jiangxia of Jingzhou, Xiyang of Yuzhou, Xincai, and Jinxi counties, and increase their titles to 1,000 households."

"In the eighth year of Yuanjia, Emperor Wen of Song appointed Dao Yanzhi as the chief general to lead the army to the north to attack the Northern Wei, and recovered many lost territories south of the Yellow River in one fell swoop."

"But soon the Northern Wei launched a massive counterattack, and the recovered territory was lost again. Luoyang Jinyong and Hulao were also occupied by the Northern Wei army, and they were approaching Huatai. The situation was critical."

"Emperor Wen of Song issued an edict appointing Tan Daoji as the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary army, and led the army from Qingshui to the north. When the army arrived at Shouzhang County in Dongping, they met the general of the Wei army, Anping Gong Yizhanjuan."

"Tan Daoji led his army to attack and defeated the Wei army. He then moved to Gaoliangting and killed the governor of Jeju, Xijia Kujie."

"Afterwards, Tan Daoji marched to the bank of the Ji River and fought with the Wei army for more than 20 days, winning a great victory."

"But when Tan Daoji's army arrived at Licheng, they were attacked from both sides by the Wei army, which burned the Song army's food and grass, making it impossible for the army to move forward. Eventually, Huatai was occupied by the Wei army."

"Tan Daoji covered the grain with sand to show that there was a lot of grain, thus confusing the Wei army and thus escaping the enemy's encirclement and returning safely."

"Afterwards, Tan Daoji was not dismissed from his post, but was promoted to Sikong and returned to Xunyang to guard it."

"Tan Daoji had made great military achievements during the reigns of Emperor Wu and Emperor Shao, so he enjoyed a high reputation. All of his trusted generals were veterans of hundreds of battles."

"At the same time, his sons were also very talented, which aroused suspicion and fear in the court, who believed that Tan Daoji might become the next Sima Yi."

"Emperor Wen of Song was ill for many years and was critically ill several times. Liu Zhan, who coveted control of the government, and Liu Yikang, the Prince of Pengcheng, were both very afraid of Tan Daoji."

"I am worried that once Emperor Wen dies, the court will no longer be able to control Tan Daoji."

"In the 12th year of Yuanjia, Emperor Wen of Song was seriously ill. It happened that the Northern Wei invaded the border from the south. The court summoned Tan Daoji to the court. Tan Daoji's wife felt that he was summoned for no reason and was afraid that disaster was about to happen."

"But Tan Daoji disagreed. After Tan Daoji arrived in the capital and stayed there for a while, Emperor Wen's condition improved."

"In the spring of the 13th year of Yuanjia, when Tan Daoji was about to be sent back to Xunyang, Tan Daoji had already boarded the ship, but Emperor Wen became seriously ill again."

"So they called him back and held a farewell party for him. After he returned to the capital, Tan Daoji was arrested and handed over to the court for trial and execution. Tan Daoji's son, 11 close associates and others were also killed."

Xin Qiji: Liu Yu vowed to lead his troops to the north, and Tan Daoji served as the vanguard, setting out from the Huai River and Feishui, and had a smooth journey.

He encountered almost no resistance until he met Yao Shao who was defending Tongguan to the death, but Yao Shao refused to come out.

Tan Daoji had no way out, and as Yao Shao launched a surprise attack on the Jin army's food supply route, Tan Daoji was almost out of food.

As a last resort, Tan Daoji and Wang Zhen'e discussed waiting for Liu Yu's army to join them, or to withdraw.

But Wang Zhen'e rejected the opinions of many people and boosted morale. He felt that it was impossible for the army to stay in such a strong city for long as it was so isolated and deep in the enemy's territory and had no food.

At the same time, in order to solve the problem of food and fodder, Wang Zhen'e personally called on the people of the Central Plains to donate food enthusiastically.

He sailed upstream in a small boat and headed straight for Chang'an along the Wei River. Later Qin was destroyed, and Wang Zhen'e made the greatest contribution.

As Wang Meng's grandson, even though Wang Meng passed away decades ago, his long-accumulated prestige still looms large.

It still allowed the common people to have enough food and drink, but of course it also caused Liu Yu to be suspicious of Wang Zhen'e in the future.

As soon as Liu Yu passed away, Tuoba Si immediately led an army of 200,000 to invade Henan. Mao Dezuo led 3,000 people to defend Hulao Pass, and Tan Daoji was ordered to rescue.

But advancing slowly was tantamount to not helping others. After holding out for eight months, Hulao Pass was breached by the Northern Wei army, and Mao Dezuo was captured.

Of course, this was also intentional by Tan Daoji. When the Later Qin Dynasty was destroyed, it was Wang Zhen'e who disobeyed orders and captured Chang'an first, thus grabbing the credit for the Jingkou faction.

Mao Dezuo was Wang Zhen'e's subordinate, and when Mao Dezuo was defending Hulao Pass.

Not only did they not receive any assistance from Jiankang, but Tan Daoji did not send troops to rescue until five months after the crisis at Hulao Pass.

But the rescue was sent to Shandong instead of Hulao Pass, because only Shandong's emergency could create the situation where Tan Daoji sent troops to rescue five months after the emergency at Hulao Pass.

As expected, Mao Dezu was dragged to death. After Hulao Pass was breached, the entire Henan Province fell into the hands of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and all the achievements of Liu Yu's Northern Expedition were lost within a year.

Of course, this is not to belittle Tan Daoji's ability, but Tan Daoji was definitely not a first-class general during Liu Yu's period.

But he was very lucky, because a group of famous generals who followed Liu Yu in the Northern Expedition died during the Yixi period.

Liu Daogui, Wang Zhen'e, Zhu Lingshi, Fu Hongzhi, Kuai En, Meng Huaiyu, Liu Huaisu, and Sun Chu all died before Liu Yu became emperor.

When the stars of the generals died out, Tan Daoji became the one to take the lead, but he never got the chance to do so.

However, Liu Yu still valued Tan Daoji very much. On the one hand, he had made great contributions in the Northern Expedition, and on the other hand, he was a veteran general of the Northern Army Group following him and was worthy of trust.

Therefore, he was arranged to serve as the assistant of his own son Liu Yifeng very early on, making him a strong supporter of Liu Yifeng.

Liu Yifu established the General's Office, and Tan Daoji served as Sima and the governor of Linhuai.
Liu Yifu was appointed as the governor of Yuzhou, and later transferred to the position of General of the Western Palace Army. Tan Daoji was appointed as the Sima of the Western Palace Army and the internal historian of Liang.
In March of the same year, Liu Yifu was appointed governor of Xuzhou and Yanzhou, and Tan Daoji was appointed Sima of the General of Conquering the Enemy Army and given the title of General of Champion.

In August of the same year, Liu Yu launched a northern expedition. Liu Yifu was made General of the Central Army, and was in charge of the affairs of the Taiwei. Tan Daoji was made Sima of the Western Zhonglang Army, and was also the Commander of the Southern Barbarians. Later, he was promoted to General of the Conquering Enemy Army.

Liu Yifeng was the crown prince of Song State, and Tan Daoji served as the minister of the Song State, and was the chief secretary of the crown prince and the chief justice of Yanzhou.

Before Liu Yu died, he divided the Northern Army Group into two, with King Pengcheng Liu Yikang as the governor of Southern Xuzhou, stationed in Jingkou.

Tan Daoji was ordered to supervise the military affairs of southern Xu and Yan, north of the Yangtze River and in the south of the Huai River, and was appointed General Zhenbei and Governor of Southern Yanzhou.

After this adjustment, Tan Daoji actually became the leader of the Northern Army Group.

It can be said that Tan Daoji was a trusted and important minister arranged by Liu Yu for Liu Yifeng, so that he was deeply bound to the prince and became the next generation military chief of the Jingkou faction.

Before Liu Yu died, he also appointed Tan Daoji as one of the four ministers of state and stationed him in Jingkou, in case something happened to Liu Yifeng, so he could quickly come to the king's defense. (End of this chapter)