Shi Siming

Shi Siming

Shi Siming (from January 21, 703 to April 22, 761) was born in Ningyi prefecture (now Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province) and of Turkic nationality. Treason in Tang Dynasty was one of the main culprits of an Shi rebellion.

Born in the history of the western regions, he has a poor appearance and knows the six Tibetan Languages. In the early years of Tianbao, he was brave and good at fighting. He was awarded the magistrate of Pinglu army. He assisted Anlushan to attack Xi and Qidan, and moved to level the army of Lu.

After the rebellion of Anlushan in 755, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty led the army to pacify Hebei Province and set up the Fanyang Jiedushi. He was defeated by the Tang army many times and returned to Boling. In the first year of Qianyuan (758), he was granted the title of Jiedu envoy and Guiyi Prince of Hebei Province. Under the suspicion of emperor suzong of Tang Dynasty, the army rebelled again and conquered Weizhou. He called himself the great sage king of Zhou and was named Yingtian.

In the second year of Qianyuan Dynasty (759), troops were sent to lift the siege of Yecheng and killed anqingxu, the emperor of Dayan, whose capital was Fanyang (Beijing), and whose year name was Shuntian.

Tang suzong Shangyuan two years (761), killed by his son Shi Chaoyi, posthumous title Zhaowu emperor.

Life of the characters

Qingqi Yalang

Shi Siming, formerly known as Gugan, was born in the Tujue tribe of Ningyi Prefecture, Jimi Prefecture, the governor of Yingzhou Prefecture. He was thin, with a hunchback on his shoulders, protruding eyes and side nose. He had little hair and was impatient and cunning. Empress Wu was born in Liucheng, Yingzhou (now Chaoyang, Liaoning Province) on December 30, the second year of Chang'an (702). They were born one day earlier than Anlu mountain. They were in the same hometown and became partners since they were young.

As an adult, Shi Siming became a Qingqi under Wu Zhiyi, the governor of Yingzhou. Every time he was sent to inquire about the enemy, he got something. He was also familiar with the Liufan language. Therefore, he was promoted to be an intermediary in border trade.

Trick Xi Wang

In the 24th year of Kaiyuan (736) of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Shi Siming was unable to pay off the government debt and planned to flee to the Xi tribe. On the way, he was found by the Xi people's LUOQI. LUOQI wanted to kill him, but Shi Siming pretended to be serious and said, "I'm a messenger sent by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Killing me will harm your tribe. Why don't you take me to see King Xi? If he gives me a way to live, you'll also get credit for it. " Luo Qi thought it was reasonable, so he sent Shi Siming to Xi Wang's tent. When Shi Siming saw King Xi, he did not bow down and said, "according to the etiquette, the messenger of the son of heaven does not have to bow down to the king of a small country." King Xi was very angry, but he looked at Shi Siming's extraordinary demeanor, and he really regarded him as an envoy sent by the Tang Dynasty, so he received him as a VIP.

Fearing the influence of the Tang Dynasty, King Xi decided to send 100 people to follow Shi Siming. King Xi's general Suo Gao is very famous in the tribe. Shi Siming wanted to capture him to atone for his exploits, so he tricked King Xi into saying, "although the king sent many people, I think they are mostly shallow people. How can such people go to see the emperor? I've heard that the Suo Gao under the king's account is very talented. But why don't you send him here? " King Xi did not dare to disobey, so he asked Suo Gao and his 300 men to follow Shi Siming to "worship the emperor.".

When they came to Pinglu (now Chaoyang, Liaoning Province), Shi Siming sent someone to contact Pei Xiuzi, the military envoy of Pinglu, and said: "the Xi people sent suogo and elite soldiers to come together. On the surface, they said they were going to worship the emperor, but actually they came to attack Pinglu secretly. Please be prepared and start first." Pei Xiuzi then makes a plan, pretends to line up to meet, Xi people are unprepared, all are captured in the post, Suo Gao is sent to Youzhou, all of his three hundred elite are killed.

Fan Yang Jiedu envoy Zhang Shouli was very happy to see that the leader of Xi people, Suo Gao, was captured alive. He brought Shi Siming to his account and named him as the captain of Guoyi. He and an Lushan were both living generals. They were talented, brave and good at fighting.

rapidly go up in the world

In the first year of Tianbao (742), an Lushan was appointed as the governor of Pinglu, and gradually won the favor of Xuanzong. Shi Siming also served as a general and a military officer. At the time of his pilgrimage, Tang Xuanzong greatly appreciated his military ability and gave him a seat to talk with him. When Xuanzong asked him how old he was, Shi Siming replied, "he is forty years old." Xuanzong patted him on the back and said, "work hard! You will be very important in the future. " So he was promoted to be a general and a military envoy of Pinglu, and was given the name "Siming".

In August of the tenth year of Tianbao (751), Shi Siming went with Anlu mountain to fight against Qidan, and was defeated by tuhuzhenshui. An Lushan fled to Shizhou (Chaoyang West, Liaoning Province) and blamed his subordinates Zuo Xian, Wang Gejie, and Yu Chengxian, a military envoy of Hedong, for killing them. Shi Siming fled into the valley for nearly 20 days and gathered up 700 scattered soldiers. When Anlu mountain returned to Pinglu City, he found that most of the soldiers were scattered. He didn't know what to do. At this time, Shi Siming led his team out of the valley to ask for a meeting. Anlu mountain was very happy. He took Shi Siming's hand and said, "I thought you were dead. With you here, what else can I worry about?" Afterwards, Shi Siming sighed in private: "I heard that people should advance and retreat properly. If I went out of the valley earlier, I'm afraid I would have been beheaded together with Ge Jie."

Qidan then came to attack Shizhou. Liu Zhengchen, the garrison envoy, abandoned the city and fled. In December of the next year, Shi Siming, an Lushan school, defeated the enemy. In December of the next year, he also served as the prefect of Beiping (now Lulong in Hebei Province) and served as the military envoy of Lulong.

Shi Siming came from a humble family and was despised by the villagers. There is a daughter of Xin family in Youzhou who is going to get married. After seeing him, she said to her parents, "you must marry me to Shi Siming." The relatives didn't agree, but Xin insisted on getting married, and finally they got married. Shi Siming was quite conceited about it, and said: "since I married her, I've been promoted to many sons. This is my life of wealth."

Rebel Qu Kui

In the later period of Tang Xuanzong's rule, he appointed Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong and other favorite officials, who were arrogant, extravagant and corrupt. Relying on their own strength, he was determined to develop the border areas. The number of border town governors increased to ten, supporting nearly 500000 troops, which made the outside heavy and the inside light, creating conditions for the separation of border generals.

On November 9 of the 14th year of Tianbao (755), in the name of a secret order against Yang Guozhong, an Lushan sent 150000 troops to Fan Yang to fight against the Tang Dynasty, and an Shi rebellion broke out. In December, Yan Gaoqing held Changshan (now Zhengding, Hebei Province), issued a proclamation to all counties in Hebei Province to resist the rebels, and induced fan yang to stay at Jia Xun. Unexpectedly, an Lushan took Shi Siming as Fan Yang's guard and led 3000 cavalry to attack Changshan together with CAI Xide. Eight days later, the city broke down and Yan Gaoqing was captured. Shi Siming took advantage of the situation to attack Raoyang (now Shenzhou, Hebei). Nearly a month after the siege, Hejian and Jingcheng (now Cangxian, Hebei) sent 15000 people to rescue Raoyang, which was defeated by Shi Siming.

In the first month of the 15th year of Tianbao (756), an Lushan called himself "emperor Dayan" and ordered Shi Siming to manage Hebei. When Shi Siming marched one place, he let his subordinates plagiarize, rob and kill for fun, so his morale was high and he fought bravely.

In February, Li Guangbi led more than 13000 Tibetan and Han Buqi and Taiyuan crossbowmen out of Jingxing pass to recover Changshan. After hearing the news, Shi Siming lifted Raoyang's siege and led 25000 Buqi to March 200 Li day and night to Changshan. Li Guangbi led his crossbowmen to attack Shi Siming's vanguard cavalry and ambush his subsequent infantry, forcing Shi Siming to retreat into Jiumen (now Gaocheng, Hebei Province). The two armies fell into a confrontation. In April, Guo Ziyi led 20000 troops to join forces with Li Guangbi and defeated Shi Siming in the south of Jiumen city. Shi Siming retired to Boling (now Dingzhou, Hebei Province). In May, an Lushan sent Cai Xide and other chariots to help. Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi broke through Shi Siming at Jiashan in Hengyang (today's Quyang, Hebei Province), beheaded him 40000 times, and captured more than 1000 people. Shi Siming fled to Boling again in bare feet. Li Guangbi entered the surrounding Boling and almost fell into the city.

In June, Ge Shuhan was defeated by Tongguan and Chang'an was lost. In July, Emperor suzong of Tang Dynasty sent Shuofang and Hedong soldiers to help him. Li Guangbi had to withdraw from the encirclement and return to the army. Shi Siming took the opportunity to send troops to defeat Liu Zhengchen, the governor of Pinglu, killed more than 7000 people, captured 2000 soldiers and equipment, and recruited Pinglu Rui soldiers. The garrison pretended to surrender and ambushed in the city. Shi Siming's Halberd fell into the city and his antler hurt his left flank, but he survived. Soon after Jiumen city fell, Shi Siming ordered to burn the houses in the city and kill the whole garrison. Then they captured Changshan and Zhaojun (now Zhaoxian County, Hebei Province), joined with yinziqi, defeated 12000 people of yanzhenqing's Department of Pingyuan (today's shandongling city), forced them to give up the Pingyuan, and even xiahejian, Jingcheng, Qinghe, Le'an (today's shandonghuimin), Boping (today's Liaocheng, Shandong Province) and other counties.

Wu Chengen, the governor of Xindu (now Jizhou, Hebei Province), is the son of Wu Zhiyi, the old boss of Shi Siming. His mother and wife have been captured by the rebels, and Shi Siming captured his son Wu congze, so he surrendered to the county. Shi Siming drank with him, got 3000 horses and 50000 soldiers, so he besieged Raoyang. From suzong to deyuanzai (756) in October, Raoyang fell. Li Xi, the prefect of the Tang Dynasty, set himself on fire and died for his country, and Zhang Xing, the general of the Tang Dynasty, was captured. Shi Siming thinks that Zhang Xing is a strong man and wants to accept him. Unexpectedly, Zhang Xing is generous and persuades him to surrender to the imperial court as soon as possible. Shi Siming is very angry and kills him with a saw. Zhang Xing never stops swearing until he dies. So far, all the counties in Hebei fell into the hands of the rebels.

In the first month of the second year of Zhide (757), Shi Siming, Cai Xide, Gao Xiuyan and other soldiers attacked Taiyuan, attempting to invade Lingwu from Beidao. Li Guangbi set up stone throwing tools in the city, dug tunnels and set traps. His faction would harass and destroy the supply routes. The rebels were captured and killed more than 10000 people before and after. At this time, the rebels fought against each other. Anqingxu killed Anlushan and became emperor. Shi Siming's army returned to Boling. Anqingxu granted him the title of Guichuan county king and Fanyang Festival envoy, and led the Hengyang military. He was named an Rongguo.

Fan Yang was originally an's old home. Most of the treasures that Anlu mountain plundered from Chang'an and Luoyang were transported here for storage. Shi Siming gradually became proud of his wealth and wanted to make fan yangzhan his own. He did not want to be controlled by anqingxu any more.

Surrender to Tang Dynasty

In October of the second year of Zhide (757), the rebels were defeated in Shanjun (now Sanmen, Henan Province)

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