Song Jingang

Song Jingang

Song Jingang? He was born in Shanggu county (now Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province), and was the leader of the peasant uprising army at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang gathered in Shanggu area to rebel. Following Liu Wuzhou, he led the army south and defeated the Tang army many times.

In the first month of the third year of Wude (620), he led his troops to fight against Li Shimin, the king of Qin. He was defeated and fled to Turk, and was killed later.

Life of the characters

Fighting Tang Army

In the first year of Yining (617), Liu Wuzhou, the commander of Mayi school, killed Wang rengong, the prefect of Mayi school, and fought against Sui Dynasty. Relying on the aid of Turks, he conquered Yanmen, Loufan, Dingxiang and other counties. He was established as dingyang Khan by Turks and became the largest separatist force in the north.

In the second year of Wude (619), song Jingang, the leader of the peasant uprising army, who was active in Yizhou (now Yixian County, Hebei Province), had more than 10000 people, and was connected with Wei Daoer. Wei dao'er was destroyed by Dou Jiande. Song Jingang led his army to rescue Wei dao'er, who was defeated by Dou Jiande, so he led 4000 troops to the west to Liu Wuzhou.

Liu Wuzhou heard that song Jingang was very good at using soldiers. After he got him, he was very happy and called him the king of song. He handed over the military power to song Jingang and gave half of his property to song Jingang. Song Jingang also made a deep connection, gave up his original wife and married Liu Wuzhou's younger sister. He also took the opportunity to persuade Liu Wuzhou to plot Jinyang (today's Taiyuan City in Shanxi Province) and fight south for the world. Liu Wuzhou appointed song Jingang as the grand Xingtai of Southwest Road, and asked him to lead 30000 troops to invade Bingzhou.

On July 25, song Jingang invaded Haozhou and withdrew ten days later.

In September, the right servant of the Tang Dynasty shot Pei Ji to Jiexiu, and song Jingang resisted by relying on the city. Pei Ji camped in dusuoyuan (now at the foot of Jieshan mountain in the southeast of Jiexiu City, Shanxi Province). He drank mountain stream water in the camp. Song Jingang cut off the water source, and the soldiers of Tang army were thirsty and short. Pei Ji wants to move the camp close to the water source. Song Jingang takes the opportunity to attack, so Pei Ji's army is defeated and almost completely destroyed. All the towns to the north of Jinzhou were occupied, except Xihe River. Jiang Baoyi was captured in the Tang Dynasty and killed by song Baoyi.

Liu Wuzhou occupied Taiyuan and sent song Jingang to attack and conquer Jinzhou (now Linfen City, Shanxi Province). Liu Hongji, the right Xiaowei General of the Tang Dynasty, was captured and Liu Hongji fled back to the Tang Dynasty. Song Jingang invaded Jiangzhou and captured Longmen (now Hejin City, Shanxi Province).

In October, song Jingang attacked and conquered Huizhou (zhiyicheng, now Shanxi Province), and the army was very strong. Pei Ji was timid and had no ability as a general. He just kept sending envoys to urge the residents of Yu and Thailand to enter the castle and burn their savings. Lu chongmao, a resident of Xiaxian county (now Xiaxian County in Shanxi Province), called himself the king of Wei and responded to Liu Wuzhou. Peiji went to fight against him and was defeated by LV chongmao.

In November, Li Yuan, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, sent Li Shimin, king of the Qin Dynasty, to cross the Yellow River from Longmen on the ice. He stationed in Baibi to confront song Jingang. At that time, there was no granary in the counties to the east of the Yellow River. People were afraid of invasion and lived in castles. They could not collect anything and the army was short of food. Li Shimin issued Wang Jiaoxiao to the common people. The common people heard that Li Shimin led the army to come, and they all came to surrender. From near to far, the number of people who came was increasing. Then the Tang army gradually collected food, so the food was sufficient. As a result, song Jingang's power declined day by day.

In December, Li Xiaoji, king of Yong'an in the Tang Dynasty, adopted Yu Yun's suggestion and attacked Lu chongmao. LV chongmao asks song Jingang for help. Song Jingang sends his generals Yuchi Gong and xunziang to Xia County. Li Xiaoji, Dugu Huaien, Yu Yun, Tang Jian and Liu Shirang were all captured by song Jingang.

The defeat was cut to the waist

In the first month of the third year of Wude (620), song Jingang besieged Jiangzhou. In April, Liu Wuzhou attacked Haozhou several times and was defeated by Li Zhongwen. Song Jingang's army ran out of food. On April 14, song Jingang fled northward and the Tang army pursued him. The Tang army caught up with song Jingang in the bird and mouse Valley, and fought eight times a day. They all won, killing tens of thousands of song Jingang soldiers. On April 23, Yu Yun, the general manager of Shanzhou in the Tang Dynasty, escaped from Song Jingang and fled back to the Tang camp. Li Shimin led his troops to Jiexiu, and song Jingang had another 20000 people. They went out of the west gate and lined up a battle line with their back to the city wall, seven Li long from north to south. Li Shiji, the general manager of Li Shimin's faction, went out to fight against the enemy. He retreated a little. Song Jingang took the opportunity to fight back. Li Shimin led Jingqi to attack song Jingang from behind. Song Jingang was defeated, and the Tang army killed 3000 people. Song Jingang ran away on horseback, and Li Shimin chased him for dozens of miles.

Liu Wuzhou was terrified to learn that song Jingang was defeated, so he gave up Bingzhou and fled to Turk. Song Jingang picked up the remains and prepared to fight again, but they refused to follow him to fight against the Tang army. So song Jingang and more than 100 cavalry fled to Turk. Soon, song Jingang planned to run back to Shanggu, which was occupied at the beginning of the war. He was caught by the Turks and cut off by the waist.

Historical records

Zi Zhi Tong Jian (volume 187)

Zi Zhi Tong Jian (volume 188)

member of family

Wife: Liu, Liu Wuzhou's sister

Film and television image

In 2013, Shi Junsheng plays song Jingang in the TV series heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chinese PinYin : Song Jin Gang