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He is regarded by many as the greatest general of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and is also considered a male god by some people in later generations.

He held out at Yubi for fifty days, causing Gao Huan, who had an overall advantage, to suffer an unprecedented defeat. Soon, he died in the northwest, and the Eastern Wei was usurped.
He led the troops in Xiangzhou and won a complete victory over the rebel leader Yuchi Jiong, thus providing a strong platform for Yang Jian to usurp the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

It is already amazing for a person to play an irreplaceable supporting role at the critical moment of the change of two dynasties.

To put it in a broader sense, he cleverly used a counter-espionage strategy to kill his old enemy Hulugu, leaving Northern Qi with no hope of defeating its opponent.

He was Wei Xiaokuan, the Right Prime Minister and Duke of Yun of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

"The Wei family of Weiqu, Jingzhao, has a long history."

"The Wei family was a prosperous clan with great prestige. They produced many generals and ministers, and even intermarried with the royal family and participated in the imperial court."

"Wei Xiaokuan's grandfather, Wei Zhishan, was the governor of Fengyi and Fufeng counties in the Northern Wei Dynasty."

"My father, Wei Xu, served successively as the governor of Wuwei County, the right chancellor of the Grand Secretariat, the general of the auxiliary state, the grand justice of Yongzhou, the right general, and the governor of Southern Binzhou."

"After his death, he was posthumously awarded the title of Sikong and Jizhou Governor by the imperial court, and was given the posthumous title of Wenhui. Wei Xiaokuan's ancestors were all high-ranking officials in the Northern Wei Dynasty."

"Wei Xiaokuan's real name was Wei Shuyu, with the courtesy name Xiaokuan. He had a calm personality, was smart and quick-witted, kind and upright, and had read a wide range of classics, history and literature since he was a child."

"In the third year of Xiaochang, Xiao Baoyin rebelled in Guanzhong."

"Twenty-year-old Wei Xiaokuan asked the court to be the vanguard in the fight against the rebels."

"The court immediately appointed him as the commander of the army and sent him to the west with the Duke of Fengyi, Grandson Chengye."

"Because of his merits, he was promoted to Doctor of the Imperial College and appointed as the acting governor of Huashan County."

"Afterwards, Yang Kan, the imperial attendant, was appointed as the Grand Commander and stationed at Tongguan. He recommended Wei Xiaokuan to the court as his military commander and married his daughter to him."

"During the Yong'an period, Wei Xiaokuan was appointed as General Xuanwei and Jieshizhong, and was later granted the title of Baron of Shanbei County."

"In the first year of Putai, Wei Xiaokuan was appointed as the governor of Xiyang County because of his meritorious service in guarding Rangcheng with Yuan Zigong, the governor of Jingzhou."

"At that time, Dugu Xin was the governor of Xinye County. Because of their good relationship and good governance, the two were called Lianbi by the people."

"In the third year of Datong of Emperor Wen of the Western Wei Dynasty, Wei Xiaokuan followed Yuwen Tai in his expedition to the east;"

"Because of his contribution in conquering Tongguan, he was appointed as the governor of Hongnong County."

"Later, he followed Yuwen Tai to capture the Eastern Wei general Dou Tai, and concurrently served as the left chancellor of the Xingtai, commanding the troops of Yiyang County;"

"He also went to Luoyang with Dugu Xin to defend it, and was appointed as the governor of Yangcheng County."

"He also joined Yuwen Gui and Yifeng to join forces with the rebels in Yingzhou and defeated the Eastern Wei generals Ren Xiang and Yao Xiong."

"Afterwards, Wei Xiaokuan successively captured Lekou and Yuzhou, and captured Feng Yong, the governor of Yuzhou of the Eastern Wei."

"In the fourth year of Datong, the armies of the Eastern and Western Wei fought at Heqiao. Because the Western Wei army was defeated and the border was in chaos, the court ordered Wei Xiaokuan to guard Yiyang County. He was soon promoted to the governor of Southern Yanzhou."

"In the same year, the Eastern Wei generals Duan Chen and Yao Jie recaptured Yiyang and sent the Yangzhou governor Niu Daoheng to lure the Western Wei people on the border."

"Wei Xiaokuan used a strategy of alienation, forging a letter from Niu Daoheng surrendering to the Western Wei Dynasty and deliberately letting Duan Chen get it, thus successfully alienating Duan Chen and Niu Daoheng."

"Wei Xiaokuan took advantage of the opportunity to launch a surprise attack and captured Duan Chen and Niu Daoheng."

"From then on, the area around Xiaoshan and Mianchi became stable, and Wei Xiaokuan was promoted to marquis in the fifth year of Datong;"

"In the eighth year of Datong, he was appointed as the governor of Jinzhou, guarding Yubi and concurrently managing the political affairs of Nanfenzhou."

"Because he dealt with the bandit problem in South Fenzhou, Wei Xiaokuan was promoted to Grand Commander."

"In the 12th year of Datong, Gao Huan mobilized the Eastern Wei army and aimed to capture the Western Wei."

"Because Yubi was the only way to advance, the Eastern Wei army attacked Yubi first."

"The Eastern Wei army tried every possible means to capture Yubi City, but failed."

"After that, Gao Huan tried to persuade people to surrender and offered a reward, but Wei Xiaokuan resolved all of them."

"In the end, Gao Huan threatened to kill Wei Xiaokuan's nephew, but failed."

"The Eastern Wei army besieged Yubi City for sixty days, and 45% of them were killed or wounded;"

"Gao Huan also fell ill, so the Eastern Wei withdrew its troops."

"Soon after, Gao Huan died of anger over this matter."

"Western Wei Emperor Yuan Baoju commended Wei Xiaokuan for his meritorious service in defending the city, and sent the Palace Secretary Changsun Shaoyuan and the Left Prime Minister Wang Yue to Yubi to comfort him, and granted him the title of General of the Cavalry, the title of Grand Master of the Imperial Court, and promoted him to the title of Duke of Jianzhong County."

Su Shi: Wei Xiaokuan, whose real name was Kuan, was also known as Shu Yu, and whose courtesy name was Xiaokuan. He was known by this courtesy name.

Another battlefield expert of the Jingzhao Wei family during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Wei Rui, a general of the Southern Liang Dynasty, took action and scared away Yuan Ying, the King of Zhongshan of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Wei Xiaokuan was the second son of Wei Xu, the prefect of Wuwei. Because his brother Wei Ying aspired to be a great hermit, the Wei family worked hard to cultivate Wei Xiaokuan.

Wei Xiaokuan is indeed an official of the second generation who is worth investing in. He has been fond of reading classics and history since he was a child. When he grew up, he was not only a handsome young man with a wealth of knowledge, but also gentle, upright, deep and smart. He looks convincing.

When Wei Xiaokuan was 20 years old, Xiao Baoyin was launching a rebellion in Guanzhong.

Xiao Baoyin was a member of the royal family of Southern Qi. After the fall of Qi, he fled to Northern Wei, married a princess, was named King of Qi, and was quite successful in Wei.

However, when he led his army into Guanzhong to suppress the rebellion, he won and lost alternately, causing court officials to criticize him.

Xiao Baoyin was extremely worried about this, and as the Northern Wei Dynasty was on the verge of collapse, Xiao Baoyin simply rebelled.

When the rebellion was at its peak, Xiao Baoyin had the despicable intention of sending someone to assassinate the famous scholar-official Li Daoyuan.

When Wei Xiaokuan heard that the court was arguing endlessly about how to put down the rebellion, he took the initiative to go to the capital Luoyang and requested to be allowed to serve as a vanguard to put down the rebellion.

Because of his prominent family background and his mature appearance beyond his years, the court officials actually admired his style of doing things and sent him to lead the army to accompany the Duke of Fengyi, Changsun Zhi, to suppress the rebellion.

The hot-blooded Wei Xiaokuan quickly found his life goal on the battlefield, fought bravely for it, and won military honors.

After returning from the expedition, Wei Xiaokuan was appointed Doctor of the Imperial College.

This reward is a bit nonsensical. He is clearly a young man with great military merit. Why is he given the treatment of a mere scholar?
Fortunately, the imperial court gave him the post of acting prefect of Huayin, thus preventing this rare military talent who was both civil and military from being buried.

Soon, Yang Kan, a minister from the Hongnong Yang family, took up the post of Grand Commander and was stationed in Tongguan. Due to the lack of capable warriors, he summoned Doctor Wei to serve under him as a Sima.

Yang Kan and Wei Xiaokuan had only spoken a few words when they met and were impressed by this handsome young man from the surrounding area.

So, without further ado, he started to arrange a matchmaking for her and called her to be his son-in-law.

Wei Xiaokuan subsequently received a lot of support from the Hongnong Yang family, which was also the reason why he later stood on Yang Jian's side.

Later, Wei Xiaokuan was promoted to General Xuanwei and Jieshizhong, and was also given the title of Shanbei County Baron, which was considered a step forward in the civil service and began to bring glory to the Jingzhao Wei family.

"In the first year of Emperor Gong of the Western Wei Dynasty, Wei Xiaokuan and Duke Yu Jin of Yan attacked Jiangling and won. Because of their merits, they were promoted to Duke of Rang County."

"After returning to the court, he was granted the title of Shangshu You Pushe and was given the surname Yuwen."

"In the third year of Emperor Gongdi's reign, Yuwen Tai ordered Wei Xiaokuan to guard Yubi."

"After Emperor Xiaomin of Northern Zhou ascended the throne, he appointed Wei Xiaokuan as Junior Minister of Education." "In the early years of Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou, he was appointed as a scholar of the Linzhi Palace, responsible for proofreading books and classics."

"In the early years of Baoding in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the court established Xunzhou because of Wei Xiaokuan's special contribution to Yubi and appointed him as the governor of Xunzhou."

"Northern Qi sent envoys to Yubi to request mutual trade."

"Wei Xiaokuan took advantage of this opportunity to welcome back the emperor's aunt and uncle who had been exiled to Northern Qi in his early years."

"In the fourth year of Baoding, Wei Xiaokuan was promoted to the rank of Zhuguo."

"At this time, Yuwen Hu wanted to march east to attack Qi, and Wei Xiaokuan sent people to dissuade him."

"Yuwen Hu didn't listen, and ended up in a disastrous defeat."

"Afterwards, Wei Xiaokuan requested to abandon Yiyang and build a city on the Fen River to resist Northern Qi, but Yuwen Hu refused to listen, so the matter was dropped."

"In the fifth year of Tianhe, Wei Xiaokuan was promoted to Duke of Yun, with a fief of 10,000 households."

"In the same year, the Northern Qi army indeed gave up the siege of Yiyang and marched north of the Fen River."

"Wei Xiaokuan built the city and held on. Northern Qi Prime Minister Hulugu Guang persuaded Wei Xiaokuan to give up resistance."

"Wei Xiaokuan took advantage of the massacre within Northern Qi to fabricate rumors that Hulugu was planning a rebellion, and used this as an excuse to kill him."

"In the first year of Jiande, Emperor Wu of Zhou was determined to conquer Northern Qi, and Wei Xiaokuan wrote "Three Strategies for Conquering Qi."

"In the fifth year of Jiande, Emperor Wu of Zhou adopted the Three Strategies to Conquer Qi and personally led a large army to attack Northern Qi."

"In the second year, Emperor Wu returned victoriously and Northern Qi was destroyed;"

"On the way back to the army, they passed by Yubi. Because Wei Xiaokuan said that he was old, he was taken back to the capital, appointed as the Grand Marshal, appointed as the Governor of Yanzhou, and promoted to the title of Shangzhuguo."

"In the first year of Daxiang, Wei Xiaokuan was appointed as the military commander of 15 towns in 11 states including Xu and Yan, and the governor of Xuzhou, and led his army to attack Huainan of Chen State."

"He sent Duke Yuwen Liang of Qi to attack Huangcheng, Duke Liang Shiyan of Ying to attack Guangling, and Xiao Kuan led the troops to attack, and they all won."

"Afterwards, Wei Xiaokuan sent people to guard the five main gates in time, so the Chen army retreated and the Northern Zhou Dynasty seized all of Chen's land north of the Yangtze River."

"When returning to Yuzhou, Wei Xiaokuan suppressed Yuwen Liang's rebellion and captured him."

"For his contribution in pacifying Huainan, the emperor conferred the title of Duke of Hua on one of Wei Xiaokuan's sons."

"In the second year of Daxiang, the court ordered Wei Xiaokuan to replace Yuchi Jiong as the governor of Xiangzhou, and ordered the junior minister of civil affairs, Chi Lie Changyi, to serve as the governor of Xiangzhou, and ordered him to go to Yecheng first."

"When Wei Xiaokuan arrived in Chaoge, Yuchi Jiong sent the Grand Commander Helan Gui to receive him."

"He talked with Helan Gui and suspected that something had changed, so he pretended to be sick and moved slowly. He also sent people to Xiangzhou to seek medical advice in the name of probing Yuchi Jiong's true intentions."

"When he reached Tangyin, he rebuked Lie Changyi for fleeing and said that Yuchi Jiong was plotting a rebellion, so he hurried back."

"They destroyed bridges along the way and ordered every post station to prepare plenty of wine and food to entertain the pursuers. Finally, Wei Xiaokuan was able to escape."

"In June of the same year, the court appointed Wei Xiaokuan as the marshal and ordered him to march east to attack Yuchi Jiong."

"Yuchi Jiong sent his son Yuchi Dun to fight, but Wei Xiaokuan defeated him and took advantage of the victory to advance towards Yecheng."

"Yuchi Jiong personally went into battle, but was defeated and committed suicide."

"Whether there were still places that had surrendered or not, Wei Xiaokuan conquered them according to their specific circumstances, and Guandong was completely pacified."

"In October, Xiao Kuan returned to the capital in triumph."

"He died in November at the age of 72. The court posthumously awarded him the titles of Grand Tutor, Military Officer of the Twelve Provinces, and Governor of Yong Province, and his posthumous title of Xiang."

"Many of Wei Xiaokuan's descendants made great achievements. His eldest son Wei Zong followed Emperor Wu of Zhou and died in battle. Wei Zong's eldest son Wei Yuancheng inherited the title of Duke of Yun. During the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui, he was granted a fief of 3,000 households."

"In the third year of Jianzhong, Emperor Dezong of Tang posthumously conferred titles on 64 ancient famous generals and established temples to honor them, including Wei Xiaokuan."

"Wei Xiaokuan is also listed in the 'Biographies of 100 Generals in Seventeen Histories' compiled during the Northern Song Dynasty."

"In the fifth year of Xuanhe in the Northern Song Dynasty, a temple was built for famous ancient generals, and Wei Xiaokuan was one of the 72 famous generals."

Wen Tianxiang: Wei Xiaokuan, as a commander-in-chief, followed the Jingzhou governor Yuan Zigong to garrison Xiangcheng and concurrently served as the prefect of Xiyang County.

The Xianbei Tuoba tribe, where Yuan Zigong came from, was actually another alias of the Tuoba tribe.

When the Tuoba Xianbei was still called the Suotou Xianbei, Tuoba Jiefen's eldest son Tuoba Pigu and legitimate son Tuoba Liwei parted ways, which led to the Tuoba Xianbei who occupied the northwest.

The rebel leader Tufa Shuji, who once killed three governors of Liangzhou in the Western Jin Dynasty, was the leader of this branch of Xianbei.

Yuan Zigong's grandfather Yuan He returned to the Northern Wei Dynasty just in time for the Northern Wei Emperor Taiwu Tuoba Tao, who was managing the northwest. Seeing someone tracing his ancestry, he was very happy and gave him the surname Yuan.

Yuan He thrived in the Northern Wei Dynasty and became an important official in the court. He was able to express decisive opinions on major issues such as the dethronement and enthronement of emperors.

Yuan Zigong came from a prominent family. He had a promising future as he had fought rebellions and risen through the ranks. Wei Xiaokuan was very happy to be under his command.

What made Wei Xiaokuan most happy was his friendship with Dugu Xin, the governor of Xinye County next door.

The fact that Dugu Xin could become the number one father-in-law in history was definitely not just because of his good looks. He was one of the famous Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty in later generations, and he earned his wealth through real fighting.

Wei Xiaokuan and Dugu Xin had a very good relationship, and both of them had outstanding political achievements. In addition, they were both good-looking, so they were called the "Lianbi" by the gossipers in Jingzhou.

Later, Yuan Zigong was transferred away from Xiangcheng, and he and Wei Xiaokuan parted ways and joined different camps.

Wei Xiaokuan got the opportunity to rule Xiangcheng alone, and when Yuwen Tai marched into Yongzhou, he jumped to the Western Wei.

Wei Xiaokuan was originally from Guanzhong, so he had no objection to returning to his hometown, so he gladly joined the expedition.

After Yuwen Tai captured Tongguan, Wei Xiaokuan was appointed as the prefect of Hongnong.

Wei Xiaokuan was also very satisfied with this. After all, he was the son-in-law of the Yang family, a prominent family in Hongnong, and it was easy for him to get the support of the local gentry.

Yuwen Tai led his army out of Tongguan to resist the enemy. At that time, Guanzhong was suffering from a severe famine. The Western Wei Dynasty only recruited 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers, which was pitifully small compared to the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

Under this circumstance, Yuwen Tai decided to take advantage of the situation.

In order to deceive the enemy, he claimed that he was going to support the Longyou battlefield, and returned to Chang'an with the elderly and the weak in a bluffing manner.

However, he secretly gave the elite troops to the command of Wei Xiaokuan, who was only 28 years old, and asked him to concentrate the troops no matter what and kill Dou Tai, the vanguard general of the Eastern Wei first.

He calculated that Dou Tai would definitely pass by Xiaoguan near Tongguan, and the area around Xiaoguan was deep in the valleys and dense in the forests, making it suitable for an ambush.

So, after hearing that Dou Tai had crossed the Yellow River, he sent a small number of soldiers to lure the enemy and lead the arrogant Dou Tai into an ambush.

Then, he ordered his men to block Dou Tai's retreat, while the other Western Wei troops occupied advantageous terrain to attack and kill the enemy.

In the end, Dou Tai died in the chaos, and the Eastern Wei's vanguard was completely wiped out.

Wei Xiaokuan was able to destroy the enemy so cleanly and efficiently when he first took charge of the army, which was truly impressive.

Dou Tai's murder completely angered Gao Huan, who mobilized 200,000 troops to come and seek revenge, which led to the Battle of Shayuan, where the Western Wei defeated the larger force with a smaller one. (End of this chapter)