In the second year of Taiyuan (377), the Eastern Jin Dynasty court paid homage to the general Xuan Jianwu and the Yanzhou Assassin Shi, leading the Guangling Xiang and supervising the northern military of Jiangsu, zhen Guangling, and recruiting Jin Yong. He took advantage of this opportunity, at the behest of his uncle Xie An, to begin to recruit a large number of northern displaced people and form the world-famous Beifu soldiers. Later, Chen Jun's Xie clan also used this army to strengthen the enemy externally and suppress other door valves internally, becoming the actual ruler of the Eastern Jin Dynasty during this period.
Six years later, in the eighth year of Taiyuan (383), Xie Xuan defeated the Former Qin army of 800,000 with 80,000 Northern Fu soldiers, and won the victory at the Battle of Shuishui, which established the status of a first-class high gate on the left side of the Xie River in Chen County.
Among them, the one who contributed the most was the famous general Liu Gaozhi of Beifu, who also won the trust of the Xie family at that time, and became Xie Xuan's right and left hand and a senior general of the Beifu army.
The good times did not last long, the Xie clan was soon defeated in the battle with the imperial family, Xie An retired, Xie Xuan was idle, and finally both died, and Sima Yao, the Emperor of Xiaowu of Jin, became the third emperor with real power since the founding of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
As Xie Xuan's old subordinate, Liu Gaozhi did not explicitly express his support for the imperial court, and he was temporarily at peace. It was not until the death of Emperor Xiaowu of Jin, and his brother Sima Daozi the Prince of Huijian had monopoly power, which caused many disobedience in local border towns, that he gradually showed his prominence. In particular, when Emperor Xiaowu's brother-in-law Wang Gong (王恭) attacked the central imperial court for the second time, Liu Gaozhi defected to Sima Daozi's son, Sima Yuanxian, causing Wang Gong to be defeated and killed, and he replaced Wang Gong and became the actual leader of the Beifu army.
The ensuing Sun En Rebellion made him a hot figure at the time, because Sima Daozi could not pacify the rebel army with heavy troops at that time, and he only used the Beifu Army, relying on his son Liu Jingxuan and his confidant Liu Yu, which lasted two years to pacify long'an in the fourth year (400).
At this point, a generation of famous generals Liu Gaozhi has become a person who has the opportunity to compete in the world, and all forces are also competing to win over.
But if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight, and the more you are at the core of interests, the more dangerous it is. Subsequently, some choices affected his personal honor and disgrace and the prosperity and decline of his family.
First of all, he betrayed Sima Yuanxian again and defected to Huan Xuan.
Betraying Sima Yuanxian and defecting to Huan Xuan, he became a so-called domestic slave, causing suspicion among those in power
For the entire chaotic situation at the end of the Jin Dynasty, any measure was taken by all forces in order to increase their chips, and Huan Xuan and Sima Yuanxian were no exception. Sun En's rebellion is only temporary, and the forces on all sides are grabbing territory, and winning the support of real power figures is the theme.
Huan Wen's son Huan Xuan used his family prestige to quickly integrate the forces of Jingzhou in the upper reaches of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. If you have an understanding of this period of history, you know that Jingzhou is in the upper reaches of jiankang, the capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and once there is any internal change, it can go down the river at any time, and Wang Dun and his father Huan Wen in the early Eastern Jin Dynasty once focused on this area.
At this point, the civil war between Sima Daozi's father and son and Huan Xuan was inevitable, and at this time, Liu Gaozhi's choice was self-evident in the importance of the success or failure of the two. After much deliberation, Liu Gaozhi believed that if he opposed Huan Xuan, he might be defeated by Sima Yuanxian, and victory would make his own merit high, so he secretly sent his son Liu Jingxuan to surrender to Huan Xuan. Sima Daozi himself had no great talent, and he lost the support of Liu Gaozhi, and was soon defeated and killed, huan Xuanquan fell to the opposition, and prepared to change the dynasty.
After this war, Liu Gaozhi waited not for Huan Xuan's reward, but for jealousy.
Ostensibly given a false post of general who would be a taishou and a general of The Eastern Expedition, he was transferred away from Jingkou (the place of origin of the Beifu Bing), and from then on, just like a tiger had been plucked out of its teeth, Liu Jiaozhi's tiger fell to Pingyang and gradually moved away from the center of power.
The second wrong decision is to misjudge the situation and lead to suicide.
Misjudgment of the situation leads to suicide
Just like his previous abacus in rebelling against Sima Yuanxian: if huan Xuansheng is conquered, the victory of Huan Xuan will be high, and if he loses, he will be destroyed by death, and on the surface, the rebellion against Sima Yuanxian is not wrong, but he has regarded Huan Xuan as wrong. In fact, Huan Xuan is also a figure like Sima Yuanxian, not a human master, not worthy of assistance, after sweeping away Sima Father and Son, he should unite the soldiers of the Northern Province while it is hot and strengthen his own chips.
Moreover, his son Liu Jingxuan also advised Liu Jiaozhi to attack Huan Xuan, who was unstable, surrender to the north, stabilize the imperial family, become a great hero in rebuilding mountains and rivers, and embark on the same path as Before Liu Yu opened the country.
It was just that he misjudged the situation, felt that many rebellions, damage to the festival, and never moved, so that he committed suicide later, and his son Liu Jingxuan only had to run Nanyan.
Unfortunately, if Liu Yu, one of the famous generals of Liu Gao, adopted this suggestion, even If Liu Yu, who swallowed the mountains and rivers in jin ge, could only assist him in becoming a king.
In the chaos at the end of the Jin Dynasty, many popular figures appeared in the history books and became the protagonists of the times. Before there was Wang Dao Xie An, then huan wen huan xuan, and then Liu Yu changed mountains and rivers and founded the Liu Song dynasty. However, compared with them, Liu Gaozhi's position in the history books was much more embarrassing, and liu Yu was not as good as Liu Yu in terms of battle achievements, and his power was not as good as Huan Xuan. In fact, from the perspective of our future generations, we have the absolute opportunity to change mountains and rivers and create a political power, but because of various internal and external factors, as well as our own indecisiveness, like Han Xin at the turn of Chu and Han, we hesitated when making decisions, resulting in a failure, which is regrettable.
After his death, the old department Liu Yu quickly pacified Huan Xuan, purged the Qing Dynasty, and made many northern expeditions, and finally founded the Liu Song Dynasty, one of Liu Prison's choices, and the great deeds that should have belonged to him, were lost.