Li cunxiao

Li cunxiao

Li cunxiao (858-894), originally surnamed an and named Jingsi, was born in Feihu County of daizhou (today's Lingqiu County of Shanxi Province) and a Sogdian. A famous general in the late Tang Dynasty.

He was a valiant general and adopted son of Li Keyong, king of Jin Dynasty. He was known as "Thirteen Taibao". Along with Li Ke's war in the South and the north, he calmed down the Huangchao uprising, recovered Luzhou, attacked Youzhou, and was invincible. He served as the governor of the three prefectures of Fen and Xing. He led the army to attack Wang Rong, the king of Zhao, and was framed by Li Cunxin. He surrendered to Zhaozong of Tang Dynasty and took the post of cijie envoy of Xing Ming.

In the first year of qianning (894), under the siege of Li Keyong, he was defeated and put to death in Taiyuan.

Life of the characters

Early experience

An Jingsi was later given the surname of Li. When he was young, he was captured by Li Keyong, the governor of Hedong, during the war. He served Li Keyong in his tent. Later, he was adopted by him as his adopted son and was given the name of cunxiao. When he was an adult, he was good at riding and shooting. He was very brave. He often led cavalry to the vanguard. Later, he followed Li Keyong to rescue Chenzhou and Xuzhou and to fight against Huangchao. He won every battle and never defeated.

Turn to Zelu

In the first year of Wende (888), Henan Yin and Zhang Quanyi occupied Heyang (now Mengzhou, Henan). Li Hanzhi, the governor of Heyang, went to Hedong and was placed in Zezhou by Li Keyong. Li Keyong also ordered Li cunxiao to take charge of 7000 cavalry troops, together with Xue atan and an XiuXiu, to assist Li Hanzhi to attack Heyang again. Zhang Quanyi asked Xuanwu Jiedu envoy Zhu Wen for help. Zhu Wen then ordered Ding Hui and Niu cunjie to help Zhang Quanyi and fight against Hedong Army (Jin Army) in Wenxian. Xuanwu Army (Bian Army) took the lead in guarding Taihang and defeated Jin army. Li cunxiao suffered a disastrous defeat and had to withdraw.

In the first year of Longji (889), Li Ke used his army to attack Meng Fangli. At that time, the Jin army occupied Zezhou and Luzhou (now Changzhi of Shanxi Province), with Li Kexiu as the official envoy of Zhaoyi. Mengfang's regime includes Xingzhou (governing Xingtai, Hebei), Mingzhou (governing the southeast of Yongnian, Hebei) and Cizhou (governing Cixian, Hebei), also known as Zhaoyi Jiedushi. Zhaoyi town is divided into two. This time, the Jin army sent troops to capture the three prefectures of Xingming and Cizhou and annex the whole Zhaoyi town. Li cunxiao took Mingzhou and Cizhou, defeated Xingzhou army in liulipi, captured Maji and Yuan Fengtao, and attacked Xingzhou city. Meng Fangli committed suicide in distress. He moved from his younger brother Mengqian to stay in Jiedu, and asked Zhu Wen for help. When Zhu Wen was in the eastern expedition, Pu had no time to help Zhaoyi town. He only ordered Wang Qianyu to lead hundreds of elite soldiers to assist in guarding Xingzhou.

In 890, Li Keyong ordered Li cunxiao to attack Xingzhou. Meng Qian had to bind Wang Qianyu to surrender to the Jin army. The whole territory of Zhaoyi town was occupied by Jin army. Soon after, a mutiny took place in Luzhou, which was attached to the imperial court. The imperial court took sun Kui, jingzhaoyin, as the official envoy of Zhaoyi. Zhu Wen ordered Ge Congzhou and Zhu Chongjie to occupy Luzhou, and Li Dang to attack Zezhou. At the same time, he sent 3000 soldiers to escort sun Kui to his post. Li cunxiao led 300 cavalry to ambush sun Kui and his party on the mountain road around his eldest son, captured sun Kui alive, and then led 5000 cavalry to help Zezhou. Li Xiaoyun defeated Deng Zejun and went back to the prison. Ge Congzhou and Zhu Chongjie abandoned the city, and the Jin army was able to regain control of Luzhou.

Li cunxiao made the greatest contribution to the battle of recapturing Luzhou. However, after Li Keyong appointed Kang Junli as Zhaoyi Liu, he only took Li cunxiao as the governor of Fenzhou. Li cunxiao was angry and dissatisfied. He did not think about food and tea for several days. At that time, the imperial court took Zhang Jun as an envoy to fight against Hedong. Li Ke ordered Li Cunxin and Xue atan to lead the army against Zhang Jun, and Li cunxiao to garrison Zhao Cheng. Soon after, Zhang Jun was defeated by the Jin army in yindiguan and surrendered to Jinzhou. Li cunxiao led his troops to attack Jinzhou. Zhang Jun sent his troops to meet him, but he was defeated by Li cunxiao. From then on, he kept close to the city and did not dare to fight again. Considering that it was not suitable to capture the Prime Minister of the imperial court, Li cunxiao withdrew 50 Li and let Zhang Jun escape. Later, Li cunxiao was appointed governor of Jiazhou.

Betray the king of Jin

In March of the second year of Dashun (891), an Zhijian, the governor of Xingzhou, had a secret contact with Zhu Wen. Li keyongjin submitted his seal and asked Li cunxiao to replace it. After knowing this, an Zhijian was afraid and fled to Qingzhou. The imperial court appointed an Zhijian as the Shenwu unified army. He took up the post of stay in Xingzhou. Three thousand people under an Zhijian's command want to go to Chang'an and cross Yunzhou. Zhu Zhen and Li Keyong in Yunzhou are in peace. They set up an ambush on the Yellow River to kill an Zhijian and send his head to Li Keyong in Jinyang. At this time, the Jin army attacked Changshan under the control of Wang Rong, the "king of Zhao", and Li cunxiao, a permanent pioneer, captured Lincheng and Yuanshi. Wang Rong called for help from Li Kuangwei in Youzhou. Li Kuangwei's troops arrived and the Jin troops withdrew.

In the first month of the first year of Jingfu (892), Wang Rong and Li Kuangwei attacked Yaoshan with more than 100000 troops. Li Keyong appointed Li Cunxin as the commander of mabudu of the Han and fan dynasties, and cooperated with Li cunxiao to attack Wang. Li cunxiao and Li Cunxin were suspicious of each other and stayed on the sidelines. Li Keyong only sent Li sixun to defeat the troops of Youzhou and Zhenzhou, killed and captured 30000 people. When Li Cunxin returned to Li Keyong, he slandered, "I have two hearts in filial piety. I often avoid Zhao." Uneasy, Li cunxiao secretly linked Liang (Zhu Wen) and Zhao, presented a statement to the court that Xingzhou, Mingzhou and Cizhou were subordinated to the court, and asked for a reward for the banners and Yue of his Jiedushi, as well as for fighting against Li Keyong with other armies. Zhao Zong issued an imperial edict and appointed Li cunxiao as the governor of Xingzhou, Mingzhou and Cizhou. However, he did not agree to join the army and ordered Wang Rong to go to the rescue. In March, Li Keyong joined forces with Wang chucun, the governor of Ren Yiwu, to attack Wang Rong. On the ninth day of March, he conquered Tianchang town in the northeast of Hutuo River. On March 14, Wang Rongyong launched a fierce battle with Li Keyong and Wang chucun in Xinshi, Jiumen County, Zhenzhou. As a result, Li Keyong and Wang chucun were defeated, but more than 30000 people were killed and captured. On March 17, Li Keyong led the people to retreat to Luancheng to stay. Tang Zhaozong issued an imperial edict to persuade Hedong and Zhenzhou, Dingzhou and Youzhou to reconcile.

In the second year of Jingfu (893), Li Ke led his troops out of Jingxing and forced Zhending. At this time, Li cunxiao went to see Wang Rong to discuss military aircraft. Li Keyong was furious when he found out. In July, he sent troops to fight against Li cunxiao. Wang Rongxian first sent troops to rescue Xingzhou, and was defeated by Li Keyong in Pingshan. On the sixth day of July, Li Keyong attacked Zhenzhou. Wang Rong was very afraid and changed his banner before the battle. He said, "beg for alliance, pay 500000 yuan and return 200000 yuan of grain. Please send troops to help beg for filial piety.". Li Ke used Wang Rong's request for permission. Li Keyong trained the army in Luancheng and joined Wang Rong's army. A total of 30000 people were stationed in Ren county, Southeast of Xingzhou, while Li Cunxin was stationed in liulipi, Longgang County, Xingzhou.

In September, Li cunxiao committed an attack on Li Cunxin's camp in the night, and captured Feng Chengjun's Envoy Sun Kaolao. Li Ke led his troops to dig ditches to encircle the city. Li cunxiao sent troops to attack, and the Jin army could not build a trench. He Dongya general yuan Fengtao sent people to show filial piety to Li Cun: "what you fear is the king of Jin. When the moat is built, the king of Jin will leave his troops to encircle the city and retreat. None of his generals are your opponents. What's the use of building a good moat? " Li cunxiao agreed, so he let the Jin army build the ditch. Li cunxiao was very passive because he could not get close to the deep ravine and high base after the ravine was built. There is no food left in the city.

The car cracked and died

In March of the first year of qianning (894), Li cunxiao went up to the city building and cried to Li Ke, who was under the city, and said, "my son has been greatly favored by the king. Is he willing to abandon the relationship between father and son and throw himself at the enemy? This is due to the false accusation of Cunxin. Hope to live to see Wang, say a word to die Li Keyong was very sentimental and sent Liu into the city to comfort him. When Liu brought Li cunxiao back, he kowtowed and pleaded guilty, saying, "my son has made great contributions to the state of Jin, but has no faults. The reason why he has come here is because of Cunxin." Li Keyong said, "the letter you wrote to Zhu Quanzhong and Wang Rong blasphemed me wantonly. Is that what Li Cunxin forced you to do?" So he was taken back to Taiyuan, where he was executed with a split car. In fact, Li Keyong didn't want to kill him. He hoped that the generals would intercede for him, so he avoided his crime. Unexpectedly, all the generals were jealous of him, and none of them interceded for him. Li Keyong hated the generals for this, but he never condemned Li Cunxin. Li Keyong regretted his filial piety and ignored political affairs for more than ten days. The military situation gradually weakened, while Zhu Wen's power began to become more and more powerful.

Burial place

According to the records of Taiyuan County, Li cunxiao's tomb is at fengyukou, Qili county Taishan, which is now located in fengyugou, Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, gets its name because it looks like the Chinese character "Tai". It is said that Li cunxiao was buried here, and the tomb robbers did not dare to move his grave, because he was a "traitor", so there would not be much valuable treasure in the coffin. Soon after that, the people around Taishan complained about Li cunxiao's death. At the same time, they also hoped to get the protection of Li cunxiao. After a lot of pushing, they became the mountain god of Taishan.

Anecdotes and allusions

Brave to capture the enemy general

Under Zezhou City, Liang Jun yelled to Li Hanzhi: "you often rely on the power of Taiyuan (that is, Li Keyong's Army). Now Luzhou has returned to the Tang Dynasty (at this time, the Tang Dynasty is actually under the control of Zhu Wen), and the Tang army has surrounded Taiyuan. The Shatuo people (Li Keyong) will not find a nest to hide. Who else can you rely on but not surrender?" After hearing this, Li cunxiao didn't agree. He led five hundred elite riders around the Liangjun camp and cried out, "the reason why we Shatuo people are looking for a nest is to eat your meat for the soldiers. Find a fat one to fight with me!" Deng Jiyun, Liang Xiao's general, led the army to fight, and Li cunxiao fought and captured him alive.

Kill the tiger

According to the folktale spread at the foot of Qinling Mountain in Baoji area of Shaanxi Province, Li cunxiao, a young warrior in the Five Dynasties, killed an evil tiger to save his father when he was a teenager. His heroic behavior has been praised to this day. People cut it into window pattern and paste it on the window to advocate bravery, defeat evil, keep the house and dispel evil, and encourage young people to be brave, courageous and resourceful.

Thirteen Taibao

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