Li Siyuan

Li Siyuan

Li Siyuan (October 10, 867 to December 15, 933), the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the later Tang Dynasty, was a member of the Shatuo nationality in Jincheng County, Yingzhou (now Yingxian County, Shanxi Province). In the Five Dynasties period, Li Keyong, the second emperor of the later Tang Dynasty, was the adopted son of Li Keyong. After he became emperor, he changed his name to Li Yu.

Good at riding and shooting, brave and good at fighting. He attacked Houliang, fought in Hebei, and assisted Li Cunxu, king of Jin, to establish the later Tang Dynasty. After repeated military exploits, he was moved to become a Jiedu envoy, a general manager of the Mabu army inside and outside the Tibetan and Han Dynasties, and a commander of Zhongshu. In the fourth year of Tongguang (926), he was ordered to suppress the mutiny of yedU and led his troops back to Luoyang. After Zhuang Zong was killed in the late Tang Dynasty, he claimed to be the governor of the state and ascended to the throne as emperor. During his reign, he killed corrupt officials, praised incorruptible officials, dismissed Palace officials, removed the officials, abolished the internal Treasury, and paid attention to the suffering of the people. In the later period, Meng Zhixiang appeased the vassal towns and separated the two rivers; he was not skillful in the imperial court, and an chongjiao, a powerful minister, was domineering and disorderly in the government; his second son Li Congrong was arrogant and illegal, which led to many disturbances and chaos in the government.

In the fourth year of Changxing (933), he died of illness in the palace at the age of 67. His posthumous title was Emperor Shengde and Emperor wuqinxiao, and his temple name was Emperor mingzong. He was buried in Huiling.

Life of the characters

Early experience

Li Siyuan is a member of the Shatuo people who has no surname. His name is Miao Jilie. He is good at riding and shooting. He is reserved and respectful. At the age of 13, he served in the army of Li Guochang, leader of the Shatuo nationality. Later, he was adopted by his son Li Keyong and given his name. the fourth year of Zhonghe (884). Li Keyong was besieged by Xuanwu Jiedu envoy Zhu Wen at Shangyuan post in bianzhou (now Kaifeng, Henan Province). He died with his generals, which is known as Shangyuan post event in history. Li Siyuan was seventeen years old. He spared no effort to defend Li Keyong and rescued him from the chaos. Therefore, he was highly valued and was able to command his own soldiers. Later, Li Siyuan was appointed as Li Cunxin's deputy general. He cooperated with him and won many victories.

Repeatedly breaking the Liang Army

In the third year of qianning (896), Zhu Wen and his brothers Zhu Xiang and Zhu Jin vied for the Shandong area and sent troops to attack Yanzhou and Yunzhou (governing Dongping). Zhu brothers ask Li Keyong for help. Li Keyong orders Li Cunxin to lead 30000 troops to the rescue. Li Cunxin stationed troops in Shen county and ordered Li Siyuan to lead 300 cavalry to Yanzhou. Li Siyuan defeated Liang army in Rencheng (governing Jining, Shandong Province) and lifted the siege of Yanzhou. Soon after, Luo Hongxin, Wei Bo's envoy, attacked Shen county and defeated Li Cunxin. Li Siyuan personally went to the rear to cover Li Cunxin's retreat. In recognition of Li Siyuan, Li Keyong named his 500 cavalry hengchong capital. From then on, Li Siyuan was called Li hengchong in the two rivers. In the first year of Guanghua (898), Li sizhao sent troops to Qingshankou to attack Xingzhou (now Xingtai in Hebei Province) and Mingzhou (now Yongnian in Hebei Province). As a result, he was defeated by Liang general Ge Congzhou. Li Siyuan led the troops to rush there, set up a position at a high place, and yelled: "I only kill Ge Congzhou, and the rest of the soldiers should not act rashly." He galloped into the Liang army and fought hard. Li sizhao then attacked and finally turned defeat into victory and repulsed the Liang army. In this battle, Li Siyuan was famous for his four arrows. In the first year of Tianfu (901), Liang general's uncle Cong led 50000 troops to besiege Taiyuan and occupy many counties in Hedong. Li Keyong is trapped in Taiyuan city. At that time, the heavy rain continued, the city walls were mostly decadent, and Taiyuan was in danger. Li Siyuan and Li sizhao divided their forces and attacked the barracks of Liang army from time to time. Liang's army failed to break through Taiyuan, and because of the shortage of food and grass, they had to retreat. Li Siyuan led the army to pursue and recover the lost counties. In the second year of Tianfu (902), his uncle Cong defeated Li sizhao and Zhou Dewei in Puxian County, led his army to Jinci and besieged Taiyuan again. Li Keyong personally went to the city to command the defense. Later, seeing that the situation was critical, he planned to abandon the city and flee to Yunzhou (now Datong, Shanxi). He summoned the generals to consult, but Li Siyuan and others resolutely opposed him, so he had to give up. Soon, the army of Jin returned to Taiyuan. Li Siyuan led the people who dared to die. He went out of the city day and night to attack the Liang army and captured the Liang army general you Kunlun. Liang had to retreat from the camp. In the fifth year of Tianyou (908), Li Keyong died of illness, and his son Li Cunxu was appointed as the governor of Hedong and king of Jin. In May of the same year, Li Cunxu personally rescued Luzhou (now Changzhi, Shanxi Province), and ordered Li Siyuan and Zhou Dewei to divide their forces to attack the Jiacheng built by the Liang army. Li Siyuan commanded the soldiers to cut down the antler array arranged by the Liang army, fill the trench with firewood, and attack Jiacheng from the northeast corner. Zhou Dewei also attacked the northwest corner of Jiacheng. Li Cunxu took the opportunity to launch a general attack, and finally defeated the Liang army. He won a great victory in Jiacheng and completely lifted the siege of Luzhou. In this war, Li Siyuan took the lead in attacking Jiacheng, ranking the first.

War in Hebei

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In the eighth year of Tianyou (911), Li Siyuan joined Li Cunxu in the battle of Baixiang. Li Cunxu saw that Liang's army was powerful and worried that Jin's army was afraid of fighting, so he intended to motivate Li Siyuan to fight to boost his morale. He gave Li Siyuan wine and said, "do you see Liang's white horse capital and red horse capital? It's frightening. " Li Siyuan laughed and thought that Liang Jun had a false appearance. He drank the wine from his cup, then mounted his horse, led his troops to Baimadu of Liang army, and captured two of them alive. The morale of the Jin army was greatly boosted, and they all fought bravely. From Chenshi to Weishi, they finally defeated the Liang army and won the great victory in Baixiang. In this war, Li Siyuan fought back and forth in the Liang army and gained a lot. He was promoted to the governor of daizhou for his meritorious service. In 913, Zhou Dewei conquered Liu Shouguang, the king of Yan, and ordered Li Siyuan to divide his troops to capture the eight armies of Shanhou (now in the northern part of Taihang Mountain in Hebei Province). Li Siyuan fought with Yan general yuan xingqin in the Guangbian Army (now in the south of Chicheng, Hebei). Although he shot yuan xingqin seven times, he was also shot in the thigh by yuan xingqin. In the end, yuan xingqin refused to surrender and was adopted by Li Siyuan as his adopted son. Later, he was asked by Li Cunxu to come under his command. In 916, Li Cunxu and Liang General Liu Yi fought in guyuancheng (in the east of Weixian County, Hebei Province). Li Siyuan led 3000 cavalry to fight hard, attacked Li Cunxu both inside and outside, and defeated Liang army. Later, he conquered Cizhou, Mingzhou and Xiangzhou, where Houliang belonged, and was renamed as the governor of Xiangzhou. In September, Cangzhou garrison general Mao Zhang surrendered to the Jin army. Li Siyuan was ordered to go to Cangzhou to appease Mao Zhang, and soon he was appointed as the governor of the national army of an, leaving the town of Xingzhou. In the 14th year of Tianyou (917), Qidan besieged Youzhou (governing today's Beijing), and general Zhou Dewei sent an emissary to report an emergency. Li Siyuan urged the rescue and asked 5000 Tuqi to be the forward. Li Cunxu asked him to join Fu CunShen and Yan Bao in Yizhou (now Yixian County in Hebei Province) to rescue Youzhou. Li Siyuan analyzed the situation of the enemy and ourselves and adopted the tactic of "sneaking into the stream and attacking it unprepared". He led his troops to cross dafangling (in the west of Zhoukoudian in today's Beijing) and March eastward along the stream. He fought with his adopted son, Li Congke, to fight back the Khitan army's many interceptions, and arrived 60 miles outside Youzhou city. At that time, Khitan cavalry suddenly killed. Li Siyuan ran into the enemy line with his horse. He beat the enemy with his mallet and captured the commander of Khitan team alive. The Jin army then attacked, and finally defeated Qidan, lifting the siege of Youzhou. In September, Li Siyuan's head teacher paid homage to the Taibao. In 921, Li Siyuan joined forces with Zhu Youqian, Li sizhao, Fu CunShen, Wang Chuzhi, Yan Bao, Li cunzhang, Wang Yu, Li Cunjin and Zhu Lingde, three times to urge Li Cunxu to be emperor, and each offered several hundred thousand yuan As the cost of his accession to the throne, Li Cunxu refused. In October of the same year, Li Siyuan, in Qicheng (now Puyang, Henan Province), beheaded Dai Siyuan, a general of Liang Dynasty, and was promoted to the post of deputy general manager of internal and external Mabu of fan and Han Dynasties.

High achievements should be avoided

In the first year of Tongguang (923) of the later Tang Dynasty, Li Siyuan was transferred to be the governor of the Henghai Navy. In April, Li Cunxu proclaimed himself Emperor in yedU (now the northeast of Daming in Hebei Province), and established the post Tang Dynasty as Zhuangzong. Li Siyuan paid homage to the imperial master and served as a servant. At that time, the main forces of the Liang and Tang armies were facing each other along the Yellow River. All the way, the Liang troops were attacking Zezhou (now Jincheng, Shanxi Province), but Li Jitao, the general of Luzhou in the Tang Dynasty, betrayed Liang. In order to cut off the right wing of Liang army, Zhuang Zong of Tang Dynasty discussed with Li Siyuan about sending troops to attack Yunzhou. Li Siyuan rode 5000 steps across Jishui, and was worshipped as the governor of Tianping army when Liang army attacked Yunzhou unprepared. In September of the same year, Liang General Wang Yanzhang led his army to Yunzhou. Li Siyuan ordered Li Congke to lead his cavalry to fight against the front of Liang army in Difang Town, captured general Ren Zhao of Liang and other 300 people, and forced Wang Yanzhang to retreat from tunzhong capital (now Wenshang of Shandong Province). In October, Zhuang Zong of Tang Dynasty crossed the river from Yang Liu (in the East and north of today's mountain) to Yunzhou, and took Li Siyuan as the vanguard to attack Zhongdu and capture Wang Yanzhang. At that time, all the generals of the Tang army believed that they should first capture Qingzhou, Qizhou (now Jinan, Shandong), Xuzhou, Yanzhou and other places, and then take advantage of the opportunity. Li Siyuan, on the other hand, proposed to attack bianzhou and capture the capital of Later Liang. He led the former army to visit bianzhou on the ninth day of the lunar new year, and then attacked the city. Liang Emperor Zhu Youzhen committed suicide, Liang General Wang Zan opened the qiumen to welcome him down, and Hou Liang officially perished. Soon after, Emperor Zhuang Zong of Tang Dynasty moved his capital to Luoyang and promoted Li Siyuan to Zhongshu Ling. In the second year of Tongguang (924), Emperor Zhuang Zong of Tang Dynasty offered sacrifices to heaven in the southern suburbs and gave Li Siyuan an iron certificate. Soon after, Li Siyuan calmed down the rebellion in Luzhou, captured Yang Li, the rebel leader, and was transferred to the Xuanwu army as Jiedushi, and concurrently served as the general manager of the Mabu army inside and outside the Han Dynasty. In December of the same year, Khitan

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