Wang Shichong

Wang Shichong

Wang Shichong? He was born in the western regions (now Linxia County, Gansu Province) and of the di nationality. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, one of the heroes, was the son of Shi zhishou, governor of Bian.

He is interested in history and military science. During the reign of emperor kaihuang, he repeatedly made military contributions and paid homage to wailang and Yitong. During the Daye reign of emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, he was responsible for the construction of Jiangdu palace, participating in the pacification of Yang Xuangan rebellion and the civil commotion, and developing the power of Henan. The Wagang uprising led by Li mi was defeated and entered Luoyang. After learning that emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty was killed, Yang Dong, king of Yue, ascended the throne and was granted the title of Zheng Guogong. He led the army to break Li Mi and recruit the generals of Wagang. After that, the state of Zheng was established by abolishing the rule of self-reliance, and the title of the state was enlightened.

In 621, the fourth year of Wude, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, conquered Luoyang and led his troops to surrender. He was exiled to Shu without death. On the way, he was killed by his enemy Dugu Xiude.

Life of the characters

Early experience

Wang Shichong, a native of Hu in the western regions, was originally surnamed Zhi. Living in Xinfeng. His grandfather died early. His father, zhishou, remarried with him to the mother of the Wang family in Baicheng, so he changed his surname to Wang and became governor of Bianshi.

Wang Shichong extensively studied the classics and history, especially the art of war, divination and fortune telling, astronomy and calendar. During the reign of kaihuang, he was awarded the official position of Yitong third division according to his military achievements, and then he was promoted to the military officer wailang. He was good at giving advice to the imperial court and was familiar with all kinds of laws and regulations, but he often used the laws and regulations to cheat for personal gain. Sometimes when someone criticizes him, he will sophisticate and exaggerate, and his words are fierce. Although people know that he is not correct, no one can make him admit it.

During the Daye period of emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, he was promoted to Jiangdu Cheng and concurrently served as the palace supervisor of Jiangdu. At that time, Emperor Yang visited Jiangdu many times. Wang Shichong was good at observing emperor Yang's face, flattering and obeying his will. Every time he went to the court to talk about political affairs, Emperor Yang always said yes. So he made jade carvings and landscape paintings, pretending to be precious handicrafts in the distance, and presented them to Emperor yang to please him. Knowing that the political situation of the Sui Dynasty would be chaotic, Wang Shichong secretly made friends with heroes and widely bribed people. Those who committed crimes and were in prison were released by misinterpreting the law, thus showing their personal benefits.

Suppress the uprising

In June of 613 ad (the ninth year of Daye reign of Sui Dynasty), Yang Xuangan took advantage of the opportunity of emperor Yang's personal expedition to Koguryo and suddenly rebelled against Luoyang, the eastern capital of China. At that time, many people all over the country started to fight under the banner of responding to Yang Xuangan. Near Jiangdu, there were three uprisings: Liu Yuanjin of Yuhang, Zhu Xie of Kunshan and Guan Chong of Changshu. Later, the three teams united to promote Liu Yuanjin as the main force, occupying Wu County, calling it the emperor and establishing 100 officials.

Emperor Yang sent his generals Tu wanxu and Yu Guluo to suppress them. Both of them were experienced veterans. By the end of the year, the Sui soldiers basically won the suppression, killed Guan Chong, and besieged Liu Yuanjin and Zhu Xie in Jian'an. Because of the continuous fighting, the soldiers were tired. The two generals asked for a temporary truce for a period of time. I don't know who slandered the emperor of Sui Yang, saying that they deliberately didn't attack and were willing to surrender. Emperor Yang was so angry that he immediately dismissed Tu and Yu from their posts. Later, Emperor Yang appointed Wang Shichong to direct the attack on Liu Yuanjin, and recruited tens of thousands of new soldiers in Huainan to be under Wang Shichong's command. This group of Huainan soldiers later became Wang Shichong's children soldiers, which was his starting capital. Wang Shichong attacked Liu Yuanjin and Zhu Xie with a new force, and they were victorious in successive battles. Liu and Zhu died one after another, but there were still many other pirates scattered everywhere. Wang Shichong found an auspicious day and gathered relevant personnel to burn incense in front of the statue of Buddha in tongxuan temple, vowing not to kill the fallen. After hearing about it, Liu Yuanjin's remaining troops surrendered one after another. Within a month, Wang Shichong pacified Wujun. Unexpectedly, Wang Shichong was treacherous. After the overall situation had been decided, he killed all the more than 30000 people who surrendered.

In 614 ad (the 10th year of Daye), Meng rang, the commander of the Qi County, started from Changbai Mountain in Shandong Province to invade all prefectures and counties, and went to Xuyi, where there were more than 100000 people. Wang Shichong led the troops to resist. Taking Duliang mountain as a stronghold, he set up five barracks. The enemy and I were opposite but did not fight. He also threatened to retreat. The troops were exhausted and had no combat effectiveness. Meng Shibing said: "which law can only make Wang Shibing fight? I'm going to catch him alive, all the way to Jiangdu. " At this time, the local people were living in the army barracks, and there was nothing to grab everywhere. The rebels slowly had no food to eat, and they were worried about the barracks blocking the road. They could not march to the south, so they divided their forces to encircle Wang Shichong's five barracks. Wang Shichong sent troops to fight every day, pretending to be defeated, and ran back to the barracks. After several days of doing this, Meng rang looked down upon him even more, so he slowly dispatched his troops to the south to search for property, leaving only enough troops to encircle the barracks. Wang Shichong knew that the enemy had relaxed his vigilance, so he filled the kitchen pit in the barracks, removed the curtains, set up the square array, looked out on all sides, pulled out the fence to attack, fought hard and defeated the enemy. Meng rang and dozens of people fled quietly, killing more than 10000 people and capturing more than 100000 people. Emperor Yang believed that Wang Shichong had the ability and strategy of a general, and sent him to lead the troops to fight against various small groups of rebels, and all the places he went were wiped out.

Meet Li mi

In 615 ad (the 11th year of Daye), the Turks besieged Yangdi in Yanmen. Wang Shichong led all Jiangdu's troops to Yanmen to save the country. They were unkempt in the team. They cried so much that they lost their normal state. They did not take off their armor day and night and lay on the grass to sleep. When Yang Di heard this, he thought he was loyal and trusted him more.

In 616 ad (the 12th year of Daye), he was promoted to tongshou, the capital of the Yangtze River. At that time, Yan CI had been a bandit for many years. He took more than 100000 people to work in the area of Douzi and liukang, and was killed by Yang Yichen, the imperial servant. Wang Shichong led the army to attack the remaining troops of Ge Qian and defeated them. He sent troops to Nanyang to attack Lu Mingyue and captured tens of thousands of people. When the class teacher returned to Jiangdu, Emperor Yang was very happy and raised his glass to him personally.

In July of 617 A.D. (the 13th year of Daye), Li Mi and Zhai rang of Wagang army stormed Luoyang, the eastern capital, and defeated the garrison many times. Luoyang's rescue documents flew to Jiangdu. As a last resort, Emperor Yang dispatched elite troops from all over the country to rescue Luoyang. Among all the reinforcements, there were 20000 Jianghuai soldiers led by Wang Shichong, the capital of the Yangtze River. Because Xue Shixiong, the commander-in-chief of this military operation, was accidentally annihilated by Dou Jiande, the Hebei uprising army, on his way to the qilijing in Hejian, Emperor Yang appointed Wang Shichong as the commander-in-chief of the aid Luo army.

In September, Wang Shichong and other reinforcements gathered in Luoyang, making the Sui Dynasty's troops in Luoyang reach more than 100000. Wang Shichong sent troops to challenge Li mi. The two sides met each other in Luokou. The two armies fought more than 100 times before and after, and they were still tied. Emperor Yang sent people to the army to appoint Wang Shichong as a general and urged him to defeat Li mi. Wang Shichong led his troops through Luoshui to fight with Li mi. After losing the battle, he was drowned and more than 10000 people were killed. Then he led the rest of his troops back to Heyang. When it was cold and snowy, tens of thousands of people died along the way. When we arrived in Heyang, there were only about 1000 people left. Wang Shichong was imprisoned and pleaded guilty. Yang Dong, the king of Yue, sent envoys to release him, recalled him to Luoyang, stationed in hanjiacang City, and collected more than 10000 escaped taxi soldiers.

Be expert in Court Affairs

In March 618 (the 14th year of Daye), yuwenhuaji rebelled in Jiangdu, and Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty was killed. In May, the news of emperor Yang's death spread to Luoyang, and Dong, the king of Yue, as the heir to the throne, was established as the emperor. His age was Huangtai, and he was later known as the Lord of Huangtai in history. Wang Shichong was granted the title of Duke of Zheng by Emperor Tai. He assisted the government together with Duan Da, Wendu of Yuan Dynasty and other six people. At that time, he was called "Qigui". When the emperor ascended the throne, Luoyang had been heavily surrounded by Li Mi, and the only effective ruling area was Luoyang. In June, yuwenhuaji's rebels arrived at the outskirts of Luoyang, intending to capture Luoyang as a base.

Yuan Wendu said to Lu Chu and others: "now Yuwen Huaji is killing the king and rebelling. I have no revenge and no shame. Although I am eager for revenge, I can't do it. Considering the overall situation of the country, it's better to use senior officials to win over Li Mi, take the Treasury's money to lure him temporarily, and let Li mi attack Yu wenhuaji, which makes the two groups of rebels fight each other. After Yu wenhuaji is defeated, Li Mi's troops will be exhausted. Besides, Li Mi's soldiers were rewarded by the imperial court and held official posts in the imperial court. The imperial court often built up feelings with them, and it was easy to use the strategy of estrangement. Our army was able to cultivate its energy to exploit their fatigue and fatigue, so Li mi could deal with it. " Lu Chu and others think it should be so. On the same day, he sent envoys to confer the official posts of Li mi Taiwei and Shangshu Ling, ordering him to attack Yu wenhuaji.

Li mi then surrendered to the imperial court, accepted the imperial court's orders, led his troops to liyang to resist Yuwen Huaji, and sent envoys to report victory to the imperial court after winning the battle. People were very happy. Wang Shichong only said to his generals: "the people in Wendu of the Yuan Dynasty are just civil servants. I think the trend of the situation is that they will be arrested by Li mi. Besides, my troops have fought with Li mi many times and killed his father, brother and children. Once they become his subordinates, we will have no way to live! " He said this to infuriate his soldiers. Yuan Wendu was very scared after he knew it. He discussed with Lu Chu and others. When Wang Shichong went to court, he laid an ambush to kill him. He had already agreed on a time. Nayan Duanda is mediocre and cowardly. Fearing that it will not succeed, he sends his son-in-law Zhang Zhi to tell Wang Shichong about Lu Chu and others' plot.

That night, Wang Shichong led his troops to surround the palace city. General Fei Yao, Tian Kai and others met outside the East Sun Gate. Fei Yao was defeated. Wang Shichong seized the gate and rushed in. General Huangfu escaped alone, caught Lu Chu and killed him. At this time, the gate of the Imperial Palace was closed. Wang Shichong sent someone to knock on the gate of the palace and said to the Emperor: "they want to take your majesty to surrender to Li Mi, Duan Dade

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