Chapter 185 [Form of Uprising]

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty took a countermeasure of 100,000 men to repair Daxing City (Xijing), and ordered all counties, counties and post stations across the country to repair or build cities. He also ordered the counties and counties to move to within five miles of the post road.

Even the county officials did not have the property and population of the rebels. In order to seize the wealth and population, the county officials became more specialized in prestige and plunder, killing and plundering at will, forcing the people who had not participated in the uprising to no longer be nostalgic for their homeland and no longer tolerate the tyranny of the Sui Dynasty.

At this time, although the Sui Dynasty's military strength was still strong enough to resist the popular uprising, and it still had a considerable advantage, the government had reached the point of being out of control, and the strength of the army was useless. In 614, Emperor Yang of Sui requisitioned soldiers and people from all over the country to launch the third war of aggression.

The populace also continued to revolt against brutal persecution. Tang Bi, a native of Fufeng County, raised an army, with 100,000 people, and established Li Hong as the Son of Heaven and proclaimed himself the King of Tang. Pengcheng Marshal Zhang Dabiao was based on Hanging Bo Mountain, with tens of thousands, and was broken by the Sui soldiers, and more than 10,000 people died. Liu Jia, the handsome man of Yan'an County, claimed to be the emperor and had 100,000 people.

The Sui general Qu Tutong killed Liu Jialun, killed more than 10,000 rebels, and captured tens of thousands of men and women. The handsome Zheng Wenya, Lin Baohu and others led 30,000 people to break through the county town of Jian'an. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty returned to Luoyang from Liaodong, and Yang Gongqing, the marshal of Handan County, led 8,000 men to attack the rear of the Sui army. The heroic commander Sima Chang'an broke through the county seat of Changping.

In 615, he broke through the county seat of Xihe. Liu Miao, a Xiongnu from Lishi County, claimed to be the Son of Heaven, with tens of thousands of people, and the Sui soldiers held each other, regardless of victory or defeat. Wang Deren, the marshal of Ji County, gathered tens of thousands, according to Lin Xishan.

When the people joined the rebel army, most of them accompanied their families, and not all of them were tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, but not all of them could go into battle.

For example, the Sui soldiers captured tens of thousands of men and women from Liu Jia's department. Apparently all of them are family members of the rebels. People support the old and the young, holding weapons in their hands. Fight the life of the whole family and the ruler to the death, in order to find a way to survive. Justice is entirely on the side of the people; The rulers, with all their advantages, slaughtered and plundered, and the violence was extreme, but they were not violent enough.

In this year, the Sui Dynasty's military strength was still very strong, and many rebel armies suffered setbacks, but as the history books say, "Although Dong Chun's war has been won repeatedly, the thieves (rebel army) are growing", indicating that the people will not stop resisting because of the defeat or the capture and killing of the leader. It also shows that the ruling class, even if it is headed by a promiscuous and comatose person like Emperor Yang of Sui, is still stubborn and unflinching in suppressing popular uprisings. The class struggle is such a brutal and sharp struggle.

In 615, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ordered the county, county, post pavilion, and village dock to build a city, and all the people moved into the city to live and cultivate the fields near the city. The limited number of fields in the vicinity of the city made it impossible for the lieutenants to make a living, which forced a number of people to join the rebels.

Qi County's handsome Yan Xuanzheng gathered the crowd. The Sui soldiers defeated Yan Xuanzheng's army. Thousands of men and women were taken captive. The heroic commander Yang Zhongxu led more than 10,000 people to attack the county town of Beiping, but was killed by the Sui soldiers. The handsome king of Shanggu County, Suba, proclaimed himself the king of the heavens.

After Wang Suba's death, Yashuai Wei Diao'er led the troops on behalf of the people, and called himself Lishan Fei. Gather a crowd of 100,000, collude with the Turks, and attack the Yan and Zhao areas. 618. Killed by Dou Jiande. Huainan native Zhang Qixu gathered 30,000 people.

Jiangjun Marshal Jing Pantuo, Chai Baochang and others gathered to fight with tens of thousands of Sui soldiers. Sui soldiers burned the village dock. The people were indignant. The more people gathered. Zhu Cang, the father of the city, gathered more than 100,000 people and was known as the "Dahan thief", Zhu Cang was originally a "county official" of Sui, and he once "joined the army".

After gathering the crowd, he proclaimed himself the king of Jialuo, and also called himself the emperor of Chu, and attacked the areas of Jing and Xiang, which was extremely brutal. After Yang Xuan raised his army, Emperor Yang of Sui panicked even more in his heart, feeling that Luoyang was not a safe place to live.

In 616, he left Luoyang and fled to Jiangdu, but he was dissuaded by people along the way, and he killed the admonitor, saying that he could no longer ask for the world, and also that the Sui rule had actually dissolved. During the year, the rebel army made progress again.

Poyang County Caoshi Qi and Lin Shihong gathered people to attack Yuzhang County. The Sui soldiers killed the drill master and beggar. Lin Shihong defeated the Sui soldiers, numbered more than 100,000 people, proclaimed himself the Emperor of Chu, and occupied an area from Jiujiang in the north to Panyu in the south, forming a large force in the south. Zhai Rang, a native of Dongjun, gathered a crowd in Wagang (in Huaxian County), and Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiyun and others gathered to join him.

Zhai Rang led his troops into Xingyang and Liang two counties, seized the goods of public and private ships on Bianshui, and gathered more than 10,000 people. There are also handsome Wang Bodang and others, each gathering in his hometown. After Li Migan's defeat in Yang Xuangan, he traveled all over the country and contacted Zhu Haoshuai.

Zhai Rang was the strongest, and Li Mi persuaded Zhai to destroy Sui and take the world. Zhai Rang has no ambitions, and he doesn't dare to say thank you. Li Mi also advised Zhai Rang to capture Luokoucang, rest his soldiers and horses, and wait for a big move.

Zhai Rang listened to Li Mi's advice and led his troops to break through Jindi Pass (northeast of Xingyang, Henan) and several county seats. Li Mi designed to break the Sui army and kill the Sui general Zhang Xutuo, and the army was greatly boosted. Zhai Rang made Li Mi set up his own department, called Pushan Public Camp.

Li Mi shared the joys and hardships with his soldiers, gave strict orders, and became the leader of the rebel army with political ambitions among the heroes. The heroes who attacked the counties of Hebei included Zhang Jincheng, Hao Xiaode, Sun Xuanya, Gao Shida, Yang Gongqing and others.

Sui general Yang Shanhui and others fought against Zhu Haoshuai, and their forces were about equal. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty sent Yang Yichen to attack Zhang Jin, who fled in defeat and was hunted and killed by Yang Shanhui.

General Sui led more than 10,000 troops to attack Gaoshida. Gao Shida asked Dou Jiande to command the whole army and kill the Sui generals. Gao Shida was victorious, despised the enemy army, was killed by Yang Yichen, and the whole army was scattered. Dou Jiande fled to the plains, collected the remnants of Zhang Jincheng and Gao Shida, and proclaimed himself a general.

Zhu Haoshuai has always captured Sui officials and the children of the scholar clan and killed them all, Dou Jiande is not so narrow-minded, therefore, some Sui officials dare to raise the city to surrender. Dou Jiande's popularity grew, and there were more than 100,000 soldiers.

According to the beans, there are more than 100,000 people, and they call themselves the king of Yan. The Sui general Wang Shichong killed Ge Qian. Geqian's general Gao Kaidao collected the remnants and plundered Yandi counties, and the army was strong again.

In 616, Lin Shihong in the south, Li Mi in Henan, and Dou Jiande in Hebei all showed strength higher than other leaders in their own regions, and the peasant rebel army tended to gradually form several large forces.

In this year, Sui officials began to cut off their dominance and became another force that overthrew the Sui Dynasty. By 617, a peasant uprising and the secession of Sui officials destroyed Sui rule, and Emperor Yang of Sui had to wait for death in Jiangdu.

Du Fuwei and Fu Gongqi broke the Sui general Chen Lingjun and attacked Liyang County (Anhui Hexian), becoming a big force between Jiang and Huai. Dou Jiande founded the country in Leshou. Claiming to be the king of Changle, he became a big force in the Hebei region.

Xu Yuanlang, the commander of Lu County, broke through Dongping County. According to the three counties of Lu, Langya and Dongping, it has become a big force in Shandong. Lu Mingyue proclaimed himself the supreme king. The crowd is known as 400,000, and it flows from Henan to Huaibei. Lu Mingyue was killed by the Sui general Wang Shichong, and the troops were scattered. Wang Shichong was repeatedly victorious and had a good reputation among the Sui generals, which prepared the conditions for the later cultivation of separatist forces.

Li Mi broke through Xingluocang, and then broke the Sui army that attacked from Luoyang, and his prestige was greatly enhanced. Zhai Rang and others pushed Li Mi as the main one, with the title of Duke of Wei, and militarily commanded the armies in the name of the marching marshal. Heroes from near and far such as Meng Rang, Hao Xiaode, Wang Deren and Jiyin Fang Xianbo, Shanggu Wang Junkuo, Changping Li Shicai, Huaiyang Wei Liuer, Li Deqian, Zhang Qian, Wei County Li Wenxiang, Qiaojun Heishe, Baishe, Jibei Zhang Qingte, Shangluo Zhou Bitao, Hu Donkey Thief and so on all came to attach. Hundreds of thousands. Li Mi gave each official title and made him under the command of the Marshal's Mansion.

It turned out that the peasant rebel army scattered in various places, with Li Mi as the great leader, more or less expressed a tendency towards unification, which seemed to be a progress, but this tendency did not actually play a progressive role. Li Mi built Luokou City, surrounded by forty li, as the capital of the Wei State.

Wei general Meng Rang attacked Luoyang Waiguo at night. Burning and plundering Fengdu, the residents of Luoyang moved into the palace to resist the Wei army. Li Mi recruited a large number of heroes and commanders, and the discipline of the Pushan public camp. There is no binding force on these heroes.

Li Mi lacks the ability to control the group of marshals, that is, the ability to guide the group marshals to abide by discipline, therefore. The more heroes were attached, the more Li Mi's anti-Sui actions were contained. In the end, it had to be defeated. Sui general Pei Renji led his troops to surrender to Li Mi, and Li Mi made Pei Renji and Meng Rang lead 20,000 troops to attack and return to Luocang. Burn the Tianjin Bridge and plunder.

At that time, Yang Tong, the king of Yue, stayed in Luoyang, with more than 200,000 soldiers, enough to guard the city, Li Mi's army burned and plundered, and the Sui army defended the city more and more strongly, Li Mi retreated to Luokou, Yang Tong carried back Luocang rice into the city, and Li Mi took back Luoyang, formally approaching Luoyang, but in fact, it was under the city of Dun soldiers, and fell into a passive shape.

Emperor Yang of Sui ordered Guanzhong to send troops to rescue Luoyang, and some people persuaded Li Mi to make Zhai Rang guard Luokou, Pei Renji to guard Luokou, and led his elite troops into the pass and attacked Chang'an. Having the Western Capital, commanding the world, can achieve great things.

Li Mi said that this is indeed the best policy. However, the generals and commanders of my subordinates are all from reckless backgrounds, and as soon as I leave, they will swallow each other, and the great cause will be even more hopeless. Yang Tong got reinforcements from Guanzhong and broke Li Mi's army.

Li Mi fled back to Luokou, forming a situation of holding off Luoyang. Li Mi led the crowd to Luoyang, broke the Sui soldiers, and took back Luocang. Emperor Yang of Sui ordered Wang Shichong to lead Jianghuai elite soldiers to save Luoyang.

Li Mi sent Xu Shiyun to lead his troops to attack Liyang Cang, open a warehouse to help the hungry, and obtained more than 200,000 soldiers in ten days.

Wang Shichong commanded all the rescue troops, together with the Luoyang soldiers, a total of more than 100,000 people, attacked Luokou, and Li Mi's army fought each other in Luoshui, each with victory or defeat.

Zhai Rang was cruel and greedy for money, and his subordinates were centrifuged, but he had no intention of killing Li Mi. Li Mi was afraid that Zhai Rang would make the first move, listen to the slander, and kill Zhai Rang during the banquet. Zhai Rang's greed, even if it is worse than the average handsome, but after all, he is the leader of the Wagang Uprising, and pushing Li Mi also shows that he has no ambition to seize the throne in a short period of time.

After Zhai Rang's death, Li Mi's subordinates began to be suspicious and afraid, and Li Mi also began to be arrogant, alienated from the old generals, and did not cherish the soldiers.

In 18 years, Li Mi led 300,000 people, according to Beibi Mountain, approaching the gate of Luoyang, Wang Shichong did not dare to fight. Dou Jiande, Zhu Cang, Meng Haigong, Xu Yuanlang and others all persuaded people to persuade Li Mi to be the emperor. Li Mi said that the eastern capital has not yet been captured, so this matter cannot be discussed.

In fact, Li Mi did not have the strength to capture Luoyang, although the momentum was grand, his position was passive. But Li Mi was still waiting for Luoyang to surrender, and even did not hesitate to surrender to Yang Tong, the king of Yue (Emperor Tai of Sui), in order to enter Luoyang City.

Yang Xuangan couldn't enter the city and wanted to be the emperor outside the city; Li Mi also couldn't enter the city, and wanted to be the emperor after entering the city, and the two of them also lacked understanding of the inevitable form, so they could only get the same consequences.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was unable to clean up the situation, and after fleeing to Jiangdu, he became more and more debaucherous. There are more than 100 rooms in the palace, many beauties in each room, one room takes turns to be the master every day, Emperor Yang of Sui and Empress Xiao and other more than 1,000 maids drink in the room, the cup does not leave the mouth, and they are drunk day and night. He panicked in his heart, and often said to Empress Xiao, "There are a lot of people outside Tunon (me), don't care about him, drink happily!" "Once, he took a mirror and said to Empress Xiao." Good head and neck, I don't know who should cut it! Empress Xiao asked the reason. He forced a smile and said, "Noble and lowly are bitter." No necessarily, decapitation is nothing! Of course, he refused to wait for death, and in 618, he wanted to move the capital to Danyang (Nanjing, Jiangsu) and ask the people to build a palace for him.

At that time, Jiangdu was running out of food, and many of the guards were in Guanzhong, and they tried to flee and return to their hometowns. The right Tun guard general Yu Wenhua and other Sui officials instigated the guards, and tens of thousands of people. Storming the palace.

Emperor Yang of Sui changed his clothes and fled to the West Pavilion and was captured by Sui rebels. The rebel officials drew their swords to watch, and Emperor Yang of Sui asked, what am I guilty of?

What is the sin? The rebels said, "You are frivolous, you are constantly playing, you are poor and extravagant, you are extravagant, you are full of debauchery, and you are dedicated to treachery." refused to listen to advice, so that Ding Zhuang died on the battlefield, the weak women filled the ravine, and the people lost their jobs. There is chaos, what are you saying that you are not guilty! Emperor Yang of Sui said, I am really sorry for the people. As for you, follow me to enjoy all the riches and glory. I'm not sorry for you.

Who is the leader of today's events? The rebels said. The whole country has the same grievances, not to mention one person. Emperor Yang of Sui admitted that he was sorry for the people, and he confessed his guilt when he was dying. He asked to commit suicide by drinking poisoned wine, but the rebels did not allow it.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was afraid of killing with a knife, so he untied his scarf and brought it to the rebel officials. Breaking the waves of the East China Sea, the evil is inexhaustible" (Li Mi announced the ten crimes of Emperor Yang of Sui), the thief Emperor Yang of Sui, was hanged and killed. Yang Tong, the king of Yue, was left behind in the eastern capital to call the emperor in Luoyang and changed to Yuan Huangtai. Yu culture and occupy the six palaces, and the lascivious life is the same as that of Emperor Yang of Sui. He led more than 100,000 troops and said that he wanted to return to Chang'an. Along the road, they seized civilian boats, carts and cattle, carried the treasures of the palace maids, and made the soldiers carry weapons and heavy objects on foot. Yu Wenhua and his army marched to Gongxian, but were blocked by Li Mi and diverted to Huatai (Huaxian County, Henan), claiming to capture the eastern capital.

Yu Wenhua and the north attacked Liyang, wanting to capture Liyang Cang. After Li Mi killed Zhai Rang, he alienated the old generals, and did not want Xu Shichang to be around, so he went out to defend Liyang. Xu Shiyun had few soldiers, gave up Liyang, and defended Cangcheng. Yu Wenhua and to enter the customs, he had to fight with the Tang Dynasty, to take the eastern capital, and also to fight with the Sui Emperor Tai.

Li Mi didn't know how to take advantage of this advantageous shape, but he blocked Yu Wenhua for Dongdu and Guanzhong. Liyang was attacked and had to be saved, and the enemy's forces were pressed on him. Li Mi led 20,000 elite soldiers to Liyang to rescue Xu Shiyun, afraid that the Eastern Capital would attack the back road.

Emperor Tai of the Sui Dynasty was afraid of Yu Culture and defeated Li Mi, so he attacked the eastern capital again, made people surrender Li Mi, and allowed Li Mi to take charge of civil and military power after entering the court. Li Mi was embarrassed in the face of a strong enemy, so he abandoned the banner of the rebel army and surrendered to Emperor Tai of Sui. He took this most effective strategy because he wanted to enter Luoyang City in the name of the dynasty and implement the strategy of becoming emperor after entering the city.

Li Mi descended to Sui, thinking that he had no worries, and led all the elite soldiers to fight with Yu Culture and Great War. Yu Wenhua was defeated, and led the remnants of 20,000 people to flee to Wei County (southwest of Daming County, Hebei), proclaimed himself emperor, and the country name was Xu.

In 619, he was killed by Dou Jiande. Li Mi defeated Yu Wenhua and returned to Luokou City to prepare to enter the court. Wang Shichong first staged a coup d'état in Luoyang City and seized all the power of Emperor Tai, Li Mi did not dare to enter the court, and the last strategy failed. Li Mi and the old generals are suspicious of each other, which is the biggest weakness. After the Battle of Liyang, the elite soldiers suffered heavy losses; Misesting the miscalculation that the king was in turmoil and internal division, the eastern capital could be obtained sooner or later, and he became more and more proud and complacent; The time was ripe for Li Mi's failure. Wang Shichong held the determination to survive in death, led more than 20,000 elite soldiers, attacked Li Mi's army, Li Mi's army was defeated, and the old general Shuai Shan Xiongxin and others rebelled and surrendered to Wang Shichong.

Li Mi had no way out, so he had to lead the remnants of 20,000 people to defect to the Tang Dynasty, and the rest of the generals and state and county officials mostly attached themselves to Wang Shichong. Li Mi came to the Tang Dynasty, but the treatment was not good enough, so he and Wang Bodang went out of the customs to plot a rebellion and was killed by the Tang Dynasty.

Li Mi relied on Luokou Cangmi to gather nearly a million people, thinking that a large number of people was enough to achieve great things. He didn't know how to use the crowd, he didn't know how to use the soldiers, and he didn't know how to use the generals, especially how to behave.

He went from being a peasant leader to a vassal of the Sui and then a traitor to the Tang, and his military defeats combined with political defeats made Li Mi a loser who did not deserve sympathy. His defeat increased the advantage for the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time, it also created a strong separatist force for Wang Shichong. Wang Shichong defeated Li Mi, the army increased greatly, in 619, abolished the Sui Emperor Tai Emperor, proclaimed himself emperor, and the country name Zheng.

During the great cause of the Sui Dynasty, China had just experienced the rule of the Kaihuang that the descendants missed very much, the country had a vast territory, and the Hu people came to the dynasty one after another. Li Mi is unemployed.

On this day, Li Mi's immediate boss, Yu Wenshu, the general of Zuo Qinwei, called Li Mi over, and after chatting for a while, Yu Wenshu looked at him very regretfully, this kind of look seemed to see a pearl mixed in a glass ball, or saw Fan Jinlian marry into a bun shop.

Yu Wenshu sighed, and the voice tactfully went up, and only after tying a Chinese knot on the beam did it fall to the ground. "The brother is very intelligent, and the family background is so noble, he should take the road of learning to become a scholar, why bother to mix in the guard!" According to the historical records, Yuwen Shu, male, date of birth unknown, about 60 at this time, the official residence of the general of the left guard, the title of Xu Guogong, the general of the military. History books evaluate this person as being good at observing words and colors, and speculating on the holy will.

This dialogue came from Shi Wenshu's speculation. Not long ago, Yang Guang, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, suddenly asked Yuwen Shu: "Who is that black-faced kid in Zuo Yi's army?" After being stunned for a moment, Yuwenshu found that the emperor's face was wrong, so he immediately searched the memory bank, but fortunately, the characteristics of the subject were obvious, black face, young age, and small.

& The man was the son of Li Kuan, the Duke of Pushan, and his name was Li Mi. "Li Mi? Yang Guang silently read this name, and a strange feeling of discomfort welled up in his heart, at this time, he would not have thought that one day, when he heard Li Mi's name, he would be like a monkey hearing the mantra of tightening, and he had a splitting headache. "This person is looking around, don't let him enter the palace in the future." (To be continued......)