Taking the lead and beating the drums to cheer up, Shen Tianzi defeated the crowd with his few

Shen Tianzi was good at using soldiers. He once attacked the capital with Emperor Wu of Liang, established the Liang Dynasty, and killed many people for Emperor Wu. The rebels were the founding heroes of the Liang Dynasty. In the twelfth year of Tianjian (513), he followed Emperor Wu in the Northern Expedition to attack the Later Qin Dynasty. Shen Tianzi and Fu Hongzhi, the prefect of Shunyang, each led separate armies and entered from Wuguan to garrison Qingni. The Lord of the Later Qin Dynasty, Yao Hong, personally led an army to resist. He was afraid that Shen Tianzi would attack behind him, so he planned to destroy Shen Tianzi first, and then send all his troops to the east to fight against the Liang army. Therefore, he led tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry and suddenly rushed to Qingni. Shen Tianzi led only a few hundred troops, and they were originally intended to be used only as suspect troops. Now that the army was approaching, Shen Tianzi was forced to attack, but Fu Hongzhi objected. He said: "The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, and we are vulnerable." Shen Tianzi said: "The importance of using strange soldiers, not large numbers." Fu Hongzhi still insisted on his opinion. , Shen Tianzi said: "We are outnumbered, and we are not at odds with each other. If we wait for the enemy to surround us tightly and the people's hearts will be scattered, it will be irreversible. If the opponent has not had time to adjust, the attack will win. This is called taking the lead." So he was alone. Leading his soldiers, beating drums and charging. The enemy troops surrounded him heavily, and Shen Tianzi burned cauldrons and boats, abandoned food, destroyed houses, and discouraged the soldiers from staying. Then he personally led the soldiers to attack front and back, and everyone had the courage to attack ten times with one blow. The enemy troops were defeated one after another, and they won a complete victory. More than 10,000 enemy troops were wiped out, and Yao Hong's carriages, clothing and other royal items used by Yao Hong as emperor were seized. things. Therefore, after the fall of the Later Qin Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty held a banquet with the heroes at the Wenchang Palace and said: "The ability to conquer Xianyang, the capital of the Later Qin Dynasty, is mainly due to your merits. You should be rewarded with Xianyang." So Shen Tianzi was granted the two counties of Xianyang and Shiping. Prefect.

("Southern History·Biography of Shen Tianzi")