Wei Gao
Wei Gao
Wei Gao (from 745 to September 13, 805) was named Chengwu. Jingzhaofu Wannian county (now Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province) people. He was a famous official and poet in the middle of Tang Dynasty.
Wei Gao was born in Weicheng public housing, ranking 23rd. During the reign of emperor Zong of the Tang Dynasty, he served as Jianling Bailang, transferred to Huazhou to join the army, assisted the local envoys and officials, served as the imperial censor in the palace, and went to Longzhou to camp and stay. During the mutiny in Jingyuan, Wei Gao fought against the rebels and was granted the title of Fengyi Jiedushi by Tang Dezong. In the first year of Xingyuan (784), he entered the court and became the general of Zuojin Wuwei. In the next year, he was appointed as the governor of Xichuan in Jiannan, and was the chief governor of Sichuan. He was granted the title of "Wei Nankang" by Zhang Shi, Zhongshu Ling and Jianxiao Taiwei. Wei Gao died in 805, the first year of emperor Xianzong's Yongzhen reign. He was given the title of "Zhongwu" to the grand master. His work "Kaifu Xinan Yi Shi Zhuan" has been lost. His poems and essays were collected from the complete poems of Tang Dynasty, the complete prose of Tang Dynasty and the collection of Tang prose.
In the 21 years since Wei Gao left the town of Shu, he carried out the strategy of uniting Nanzhao and Dongman to fight against Tubo, ensured the stability of the southwest border, and restarted the Southern Silk Road, which promoted the exchanges between Tang Dynasty and Nanzhao, South Asia and Southeast Asian countries. "The meritorious deeds are southwest dramas", and even called him Zhuge Liang's reincarnation.
Life of the characters
Early experience
Wei Gao was born in the fourth year of Tianbao (745) of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. He was born in Weicheng public house, the family member of Wei family, ranking 23rd. In the early years of zongdali (766-779) in the Tang Dynasty, he was promoted from Jianling to Huazhou to join the army. He was recruited by the commander-in-chief of each section and supervised by the official envoys. In the third year of Jianzhong (782), Zhang Yi, the prime minister, was appointed as the governor of Longyou, Fengxiang. He recommended Wei Gao as the judge of Yingtian, and was appointed as the Royal censor in the palace. He was temporarily in charge of the affairs after the camp in Longzhou.
Build loyalty alone
In the fourth year of Jianzhong (783), the Jingyuan army mutinied. Li Shi of Tang Dezong fled from Chang'an to Fengtian (< I > today's Qianxian County of Shaanxi Province). Li chulin, a soldier of Fengxiang army, took the opportunity to kill Zhang Yi and lead the Fengxiang army to mutiny. He was attached to Zhu Yi, the rebel leader and former Taiwei. Hao Tong, the governor of Longzhou, also defected to Li chulin. In the face of the crisis, Wei Gao encouraged the public to "encourage loyalty". Wang Wen, the rebel general, tries to lure Wei Gao to join in the rebellion. Wei Gao, as a tactic of delaying the war, treats Wang Wen politely and sends him back. He takes the opportunity to send Gao Guangyi to explore the enemy's situation. Soon after, Wang Zhenju, a general of Xinxing and Xinzhou, surrendered to Wei Gao and made his army more powerful. As early as the ninth year of Dali (774), when Zhu Wei entered the Dynasty from the Lu long army, he ordered Lu Long Jia Shi to accompany him to Beijing. After he resigned as Fengxiang's envoy, he left 500 people to guard Longzhou. When Zhu Wei besieged Fengtian, Niu Yunguang lied that he was ill. On the surface, he asked Wei Gao to unite the army, but on the back, he was planning a rebellion, trying to capture Wei Gao alive to take refuge with Zhu. When Zhai ye, Wei Gao's minister, learned of the incident, he asked him to make early preparations. Niu Yunguang knew the leak, so he led his department to Zhu. When you travel to Fuyang, you meet Su Yu, Zhu's slave, with the order that Wei Gao should be appointed Zhongcheng. Su Yu advises Niu Yunguang to return to Longzhou and observe Wei Gao's attitude before plotting. Niu Yunguang agreed to return to Longzhou and was treated by Wei Gao. Wei Gao first accepted Zhu's imperial edict, and then asked Niu Yunguang why he had gone back. Niu Yunguang replied, "I didn't know what you were thinking, so I left secretly. I know you have a new appointment, and now I come back. I hope to work with you to make contributions and live and die together. " Pretending to be overjoyed, Wei Gao said to Niu Yunguang, "if those who shoulder the great responsibility do not cheat, please hand over the battle of armour, so that the people in the city will be free from suspicion and fear before they can enter the city." Niu Yunguang despised Wei Gao as a scholar, so he handed over all the first battles and entered the city. The next day, Wei Gao concealed the soldiers in the prefecture and invited the rebel generals to the banquet. After a tour of wine, the ambush troops rose to kill all the rebels, and Niu Yunguang and Su Yu were beheaded. Zhu also sent Liu haiguang, a slave, to appoint Wei Gao as the governor of Fengxiang. Wei Gao killed Liu Haiguang and others, leaving only one of his entourage to report back. In November of the fourth year of Jianzhong (783), Emperor Dezong appointed Wei Gao as the censor and governor of Longzhou, and appointed Wei Gao as the governor of Fengyi army. Wei Gao sent his cousins Wei Ping and Wei Yan into Fengtian city one after another. When people in the city heard that Wei Gao was ready, their morale doubled, "there is no more worry about the West.". Wei Gao built a high platform in the court, smeared the blood, and swore with the soldiers: "heaven does not have compassion on the people, the country is difficult, treacherous ministers wait for the opportunity to steal the palace, and Li chulin also incites the murderers to capture the city, the cruelty and cruelty extended to the envoy, since he can not serve the emperor, how can he show compassion for the people. Therefore, I am indignant and have no peaceful leisure. I pledge to support the royal family wholeheartedly with you. Anyone who makes an oath with me will make concerted efforts to act in accordance with the heaven and wipe out the evil. The spirit of our ancestors in heaven will surely be appreciated in the nether world. Words of integrity are like-minded, sense of justice is the heart of concerted efforts, broken to pieces, never look back. If there is one who changes his mind, the gods will kill him and bring disaster to his descendants. There will be no clan remains. The emperor and the earth should verify this statement. " Then he sent envoys to Tubo for help. In November, dezongjia conferred Wei Gao as the Secretary of the school etiquette department. In July of the first year of Xingyuan (784), Dezong returned to the capital and recruited Wei Gao as general of Zuojin Wuwei. In August, he was promoted to Zuojin Wuwei general.
Head town Xichuan
In June of the first year of Zhenyuan (785), Wei Gao paid homage to the Secretary of the household Department of Jianyuan school, and took over the post of Chengdu Yin, the imperial historian, and the governor of Xichuan in Jiannan (< I > governor of Xichuan in Jiannan < / I >). In October of the fourth year of Zhenyuan (788), Tubo sent 100000 troops to invade Xichuan, and mobilized tens of thousands of troops from Nanzhao, who was reconciled with himself, to settle in the north of Lushui. Wei Gao understood that Nanzhao was hesitating, so he sent judge Cui Zuoshi to the capital of Nanzhao, Yangju baa City, to carry out Anti Japanese tactics, and persuade them to submit to the king, so as to get rid of the control of Tubo. Yimou Xun, the king of Nanzhao, was pleased to receive them. On behalf of the court, Cui Zuoshi asked them to break off their friendship with Tubo and send envoys to pay tribute to the court. At that time, Wei Gao let the leaders of Dongman, such as PYU Pang, Ju Meng Chong and Ju Wu, enter the court one after another. After the fall of Chou, Nanman became an official of Tubo. After 20 years of tributary, Nanman became well-off again. The Tubo began to doubt Nanzhao because the eastern barbarians paid tribute to Tang Dynasty one after another, and sent 20000 troops to Huichuan (< I > Huili of Sichuan today) to cut off the road from Nanzhao to Xichuan. The Nanzhao side was very angry, so they withdrew their troops and returned to China, firmly following the heart of the Tang Dynasty. Tubo divided 40000 troops to attack lianglin and Pumian, 30000 troops to attack Dongman, 7000 troops to invade qingxiguan (< I > southeast Shimian, Sichuan today) and 5000 troops to invade Tongshan (< I > Southwest Luding, Sichuan today). Wei Gao sent Li Zhou (< I > today's north of Hanyuan in Sichuan) assassin Wei Jin and others to join forces with Dongman to resist and defeat Tubo outside Qingxi pass. In November, Tubo attacked qingxiguan with another 20000 troops and Dongman with 10000 troops. Wei Gao ordered Weijin town to be the main city (< I > southeast of Hanyuan in Sichuan today) and supervised the defense of all the troops. Liu chaocai, the economic and strategic envoy of Yizhou, went out of qingxiguan and defeated his army in the battle of Tubo. In the fifth year of Zhen Yuan (789), the two cuanmen (< I > dongcuan < / I > < I > wuman, xicuan Baiman < / I >) big ghost Lord Ju broke the Lushui bridge, attacked Tubo, and asked for reinforcements from Xichuan. Wei Gao sent General Wang Youdao to select 2000 elite soldiers to enter the territory of Tubo. In September, Wang Youdao and cuanman fought together in the North Valley of taideng (< I > today's west side of Sichuan Province) in former cuanzhou. They defeated the two sections of Qinghai and Lacheng in Tubo, killed 2000 people, captured 45 cage officers alive, captured many oxen, horses and armor, and counted the number of Tubo soldiers who fell to the cliff and died. Tibetan generals qizang Zhezhe, siduo Yangzhu and Lun dongchai were captured alive by Jiannan army. Qizang Zhezhi was very brave and became a border trouble for a long time. Since he was captured, the Tibetan city zhazhai did not surrender. A few years later, Jiannan army finally recovered the state. After the battle, Wei Gao was awarded the title of minister of the Department of procuratorial officials. In the East, there were two thousand miles of land, tens of thousands of elite soldiers, Nanzhao in the South and Tubo in the west, which became a major disaster in the southwest of the Tang Dynasty. After Wei Gao left the town of Xichuan, he was able to appease all the tribes of the eastern barbarians, so he made it used by the Jiannan army and made great contributions to many battles. Later, Wang Mengchong, the leader of Dongman and Huaihua appointed by Dezong, formed an alliance with Tubo. Wei Gao sent Su Yi, the general manager of zazhou, to summon Mengchong to blame him for his rebellion, and then beheaded pipachuan (< I > located in the southwest of zazhou) and established others as the leader to make "manbu shock". After that, Wei Gao built Anyi army in Zizhou to restrain and balance the barbarians, and built Longxi city in Xishan to accept and protect the surrendered Qiang barbarians. In 793, in order to strengthen the northwest frontier defense, the imperial court ordered the towns to build Yanzhou City. For fear of being attacked by Tubo in the process of construction, Dezong ordered Jingyuan, Shannan and Jiannan towns to send troops to contain Tubo. Wei Gao ordered his generals Dong Zhe and Zhang Fen to send troops from Xishan and Lingguan to Nandao, to conquer ehe City, Tonghe army and Dinglian City, to cross Boling, to encircle Weizhou, to attack Qiji, to sink Yangxi and other three cities, and to capture and burn jianshantun. The commander of Tubo South Road, on mangre's no cage, begged Shibi and led his troops to rescue him. He was defeated again, killing and injuring thousands of people. Dong Zhe and others took advantage of the situation to occupy Bai'an again. At the same time, Nanzhao also broke down Tubo in Shenchuan and Tieqiao, "captured thirty thousand yuan, and sent the (Tubo) leader down to discuss that there was no hidden xinnuotang in the Qi ran Tang.". In the ninth year of Zhenyuan (794), Yanzhou City was built and Dezong ordered Wei Gao to withdraw his troops. In the course of this dispatch, the Jiannan army made the most contributions, eradicating more than 50 Tubo fortresses. Wei Gao was granted the title of right servant of the school inspector and Bo of Fufeng County. He appeased the female, Heling, nanshai and Baigou of the Qiang people in Xishan
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Wei Gao
