Di Qing

Di Qing

Diqing (1008-1057), the word Hanchen, Fenzhou Xihe county (now Wenshui County, Luliang City, Shanxi Province) people. He was a famous general in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Di Qing was born in a poor family and joined the army when he was young. He was good at riding and shooting and was known as "general miannie". During the reign of emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, relying on his military achievements, he moved to the Prefecture as commander. In the fifth year of emperor you's reign (1053), he led the army to attack Kunlun Pass at night and pacify Nong Zhigao's rebellion. Since then, he has successively served as Deputy Secretary of the Privy Council, Jiedu envoy of the national defense army, and Hezhong Yin. Later, he was excluded by the civil service group. In the first year of Jiayou's reign (1056), he was removed from the post of privy envoy, and was given the title of "pingzhangshi" in the middle school.

In March of the second year of Jiayou (1057), di Qing died of depression at the age of 49. He was given the order of Zhongshu, and his posthumous title was Wu Xiang.

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Life of the characters

fledgling

When he was in his teens, Diqing was caught in a jail by a government official and was stabbed in his face, and he cancelled his registered residence and sent the capital to the army. Diqing was proficient in horse riding and shooting. In his early days, he was a cavalry subordinate to yumazhi. Later, he was selected as Sanzhi. In the early years of the Baoyuan Dynasty (1038), Li Yuanhao launched a rebellion. The imperial court issued an imperial edict to appoint Di Qing as the third class envoy, palace attendant and commander of Yanzhou to fight in the frontier. At that time, the front-line generals were defeated by Xixia many times, and most of the soldiers were afraid and timid. When Di Qing was marching, he often took the lead himself. During the four years of operation, we fought 25 battles, big and small, and eight times with random arrows. They captured Jintang City, captured Yuzhou, slaughtered naobao, suixiang, maonu, Shangluo, Qingqi, Jiakou and other tribes, burned tens of thousands of grains stored in Xixia, collected 2300 tents and captured 5700 people. They also built Qiaozi Valley City, Zhaoan, Fenglin, Xinzhai, Dalang and other castles, all of which were built in the enemy's vital positions. Anyuan World War I, he was seriously injured, but heard that the Xixia army arrived, and quickly rushed to, so the soldiers also scrambled to fight. When he was fighting against the enemy, he wore a copper mask, and went in and out of the enemy.

It's very popular

In the first year of Kangding (1040), Yin Zhu served as the judge of Jingyuan and Qinfeng. Di Qing asked to see him as an emissary. Yin Zhu talked about military affairs with him and appreciated him very much. He recommended him to Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan, the economic and strategic emissaries, and said, "this is a good general." So when they saw Di Qing, they thought that they were a genius and treated him kindly. Fan Zhongyan taught him to read Zuo's spring and Autumn Annals and said to him, "generals don't know the history of ancient and modern times, so there is only a man's courage." From then on, di Qing changed her mind and interest, began to read books, and finally became proficient in the art of war of generals since Qin and Han Dynasties, so she was more good at fighting. In November, he was recommended by Yin Zhu as governor of Jingzhou. Jigong was promoted to Vice Minister of xishangge.

In October of the second year of Qingli (1042), di Qing was promoted to the rank of governor of Qinzhou, vice governor of Jingyuan Road, and vice minister of JINGLUE. Song Renzong wanted to summon Di Qing and ask him about the military plan because he had made many contributions to the war. When he happened to encounter the invasion of Weizhou by Xixia, he ordered him to draw a military map and send it to him.

In the fourth year of Qingli (1044), di Qing was promoted to the commander of the Japanese army, tianwu army and Huizhou regiment. After Li Yuanhao's surrender, di Qing was transferred to the post of deputy commander of Zhending road. He successively served as the bodyguard, the commander of the front capital of Bu army, and the defense envoy of Meizhou. He was also promoted to the post of deputy commander of Bu army, the post of governor of Baoda and Anyuan, and then to the post of deputy commander of Ma Bu army.

Diqing struggled in the army, and it was more than ten years later that he became a dignitary. At that time, he still had tattoos on his face. Song Renzong once advised Diqing to apply medicine to get rid of the thorn words. Diqing pointed to her face and said, "Your Majesty promoted him according to his merits, but did not care about his family background. The reason why he is today is because of these scars. I hope to keep it so as to encourage the army and dare not follow your orders." Later, di Qing served as governor of Yanzhou in the capacity of governor of Changhua army.

In June of the fourth year of emperor you's reign (1052), di Qing was promoted to the post of deputy secretary.

Pacify Yongzhou

In the fourth year of emperor you's reign (1052), mannong Zhigao of Guangyuan rebelled and captured Yongzhou. He also conquered nine states along the river and surrounded Guangzhou city. The area outside the mountains was in turmoil. Yang Wan and other pacifiers were responsible for calming down the barbarian rebellion, but the song army failed for a long time. He also ordered sun Mian and Yu Jing as pacifiers and led the army to fight against the rebels, but song Renzong was still worried. At this time, di Qing went up to ask for war. The next day, when he came to see song Renzong, he said, "I was born as a soldier. Except killing the enemy in the battlefield, I have nothing to serve my country. I hope to lead hundreds of Foreign Tribes' cavalry, plus some forbidden forces, to chop off the head of the traitor and send it back to the capital. " Admiring his heroic words, song Renzong appointed him as xuanhui South court envoy and Xuanfu jinghunan North Road, responsible for handling Guangnan rebellion, and set up wine in chuigong hall to see him off. At that time, Nong Zhigao returned to occupy Yongzhou, and di Qing joined forces of sun Mian and Yu Jing to settle in Pennsylvania.

Before that, both Jiang Kai and Zhang Zhong were defeated and killed in battle because they belittled the enemy, and their prestige declined greatly. Diqing ordered the generals not to fight with the rebels, but to obey his unified command. Before Diqing arrived, Chen Shu, the ruler of Guangxi, led 8000 infantry to attack the rebels. He was defeated in Kunlun Pass. Dianzhi, Yuanyong and others fled. "Different orders are the cause of the army's failure," said Di Qing So in the morning, they gathered all the generals to the hall, arrested Chen Shu, who was under the jurisdiction of the seal, and summoned dianzhiyuan Yong and other 30 people to decapitate them according to the crime of escaping from the war. Sun Mian and Yu Jing looked at each other in astonishment, while the generals were frightened and trembled.

Then the army stopped and rested for ten days. The enemy's scout returned Nong Zhigao, thinking that the song army would not attack soon. But the next day, Diqing gathered his troops, passed Kunlun Pass day and night, and spread out from Guiren. When the rebels lost their crucial positions, they all came out to fight. Sun Jie, the forward of the song army, died fighting with the traitors at the foot of the mountain. The morale of the traitors was very high. Sun Mian and others were so scared that their faces changed. Holding a white flag, di Qing commanded the cavalry and rushed out from the left and right wings, out of the rebel's surprise. He defeated the rebels, pursued 50 Li and killed thousands of heads. Among them, Nong Zhigao's followers Huang Shimi, Nong Jianzhong, Nong Zhizhong and the puppet bureaucrats were killed, and more than 500 rebels were captured alive. Nong Zhigao set fire to the city at night and fled. At dawn, di Qing led his troops into Yongzhou City, seized tens of thousands of gold, silver, jade and silk, and thousands of miscellaneous animals, and recruited 7200 old men who had been captured and coerced by the rebels. After comforting them, they were released and demobilized. He hung the heads of Huang Shimi and others under the Yongzhou City and showed them to the public. He gathered the bodies of the rebels and built a Beijing Temple in the north corner of the city. At that time, one of the rebel corpses was wearing a Golden Dragon Robe. The subordinates said that Nong Zhigao was dead and wanted to report to the imperial court. "How do you know it's not a hoax?" said Di Qing? I'd rather say that Nong Zhigao is missing than cheat the imperial court to seek war merit. "

As a result, di Qing was reappointed as Deputy Secretary of the Privy Council, and was promoted to the rank of Jiedu envoy of the national defense army and Hezhong Yin. After returning to the capital, song Renzong praised him for his achievements, appointed him as privy envoy, gave him a house in Dun Jiaofang, and gave priority to his sons' promotion.

When nongzhigao's rebellion began, Jiaozhi (Li Chao) asked the imperial court to send troops to help him fight against him. Yu Jing said that they were trustworthy, so he prepared ten thousand people's food and grass in Yongzhou and Qinzhou to wait for them. Song Renzong also issued an imperial edict to use 30000 yuan to reward Jiaozhi for military expenditure, and promised to have a generous reward after the rebellion was put down. When Di Qing arrived at the front line, he ordered Yu Jing not to send messengers to Jiaozhi to borrow troops, and immediately said, "it's not true that Li Dezheng (Li Foma) claimed that he would bring 50000 infantry and 1000 cavalry to support. And it's not good for me to use barbarians to wipe out the enemy. One Nong Zhigao can run rampant and ravage Guangdong and Guangxi, making the imperial court powerless to attack. If they borrow troops from barbarians again, how can barbarians resist them if they are insatiable and merciless, and then start wars? Please cancel sending troops for assistance. " The opinion was accepted. After the rebellion was pacified, people admired him for his far sightedness.

Demoted for some reason

When he appeared, the soldiers would point at him and praise each other. Because Di Qing's dog had horns and was shining many times, the admonishment officer asked to transfer him out of the capital to protect his reputation, but song Renzong did not reply.

In the first year of Jiayou (1056), there was a flood disaster in the capital. Di Qing took refuge from the water and moved his family to daxiangguo temple, where he lived in the Buddha Hall. The people were quite puzzled about this. The imperial court removed Di Qingshu from his post as a secret envoy, and added the title of Xiaping Zhangshi to Zhongshu. He left Beijing to know Chenzhou.

He died of illness

In February of the second year of Jiayou (1057), di qingzui had a poisonous sore. He died in March. Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty mourned for him in the forbidden court and gave him the order of Zhongshu and the posthumous title of "Wuxiang".

In the first year of Xining reign (1068), Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty ranked second among the generals of modern times. He thought that Diqing was famous both at home and abroad because of his military background. He was deep and resourceful, cautious and able to preserve his reputation. He was full of emotion and yearning for Diqing from the beginning to the end. He ordered to take a picture of Diqing and put it into the palace. He personally made sacrificial rites for him, and sent envoys to his home to sacrifice with the rites of zhonglao.

Main impact

military concept

Plan things carefully, use troops to decide the future

It is one of the symbols of Diqing as a mature general. After Nong Zhigao rebelled, he first took Yu Jing as a pacifier. He is willing to fight against Zhinong. Yu Jing believed that it was credible to prepare food for ten thousand people in Rongzhou and other places. Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty issued an imperial edict to give Jiaozhi 30000 yuan as military expenses, and promised to ask Nong Zhigao to reward Jiaozhi soldiers. When Di Qing went to the south, he decisively summoned Yu Jing and ordered him not to send envoys to Jiaozhi to borrow troops. At the same time, he played song Renzong to state his own opinions. He thought: Jiaozhi will send infantry to help, it is not necessary

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