The mutinous soldiers robbed the palace. Why did the guards run away from Emperor Tang Dezong?

The Anshi Rebellion had such a negative impact on the Tang Dynasty that after the rebellion was put down, the Tang Dynasty no longer had its previous authority, and the central government of the Tang Dynasty was extremely tired because of the separatist regime of the buffer regions. The warlord in the buffer region has too much power, and the power can be hereditary, and the personnel can be appointed and removed by themselves. The Tang government is only a nominal leader and can't manage it at all. After Tang Dezong acceded to the throne, he was full of blood and determined to reverse this phenomenon and restore the power of the buffer region.

In this case, some buffers exit. Pinglu (Chaoyang County, Hebei Province), Tianxiong (Weizhou, daming county City, Hebei Province) and Chengde (Hengzhou and Zhengding County, Hebei Province), collectively known as the three towns in Hebei Province, began to rebel, and Tang Dezong mobilized troops to crusade. I thought that mobilizing enough troops could suppress three buffer zones. Unexpectedly, it is not such a simple thing. There are too many buffers. When other warlords saw that the imperial court wanted to take them, they rose up and rebelled.

Warlords, Tian Yue, Wang, Li Na and Li Xilie all claim to be kings. The most fierce is Li Xilie, sending troops to plunder everywhere, and the vanguard troops have arrived in Luoyang. Ge, a military general led by Tang Dezong, led ten thousand people to conquer and was besieged by Li Xilie in Xiangcheng, Henan. Dezong led five thousand soldiers from Xia Houdun to rescue Xiangcheng.

In October, 783, Yao Lingyan, our time envoy from Jingyuan, led 5,000 Jingyuan soldiers to Chang 'an. Most of these soldiers came with their families' children and marched through Chang 'an in the cold and rainy days. According to the usual practice, the emperor sent people back to offer condolences and rewards to show his concern for the soldiers. The emperor sent Wang Xiong to comfort the army. The soldiers in Jingyuan saw that they were poor and didn't get any reward, and their anger came up. Someone shouted loudly: we went to the battlefield with our belts tied, and we don't know when we died. We were not allowed to eat well, nor were we rewarded. I heard that there are a lot of gold and silver treasures in Qionglin and Daying warehouses. Why don't we go and get them together? So these soldiers were encouraged to put on their armor and return to Chang 'an.

Yao Lingyan, our envoy from Jingyuan, was still saying goodbye to the emperor in the palace. He was shocked when he got the news. He rushed into the camp and shouted: You're really confused. We have made great contributions to the rescue of Xiangcheng, but we don't have to worry about wealth. You can also commit genocide by doing so! ?

But these foot soldiers only want to seize gold, silver and jewels. Which one will listen to this and surround Yao Lingyan and rush to Chang 'an. Dezong in Chang 'an City also panicked, ordered the messenger to mutiny, and announced that each person could receive two silks. He was killed by an arrow before he finished speaking. German sectarian messengers came to comfort him. At this time, the mutinous soldiers had left Tonghua. They had just gone out to comfort him and were killed again. At first glance, Dezong can't do this unless he takes out real money. He gave 20 wagons of gold and silk to reward the rebellious soldiers. Unexpectedly, the mutinous soldiers confirmed their judgment. There are more gold and silver in Qionglin and Daying warehouses than this, and now they simply look down on this gold and silver thread. Dezong also asked Yi Li of Wang Pu and Jiang Gongfu, a bachelor of Hanlin, to comfort them, and the mutinous soldiers had rushed to the door of Feng Dan.

The mutinous soldiers rushed into the city and lined up to attack. At first, thousands of people just watched curiously. Later, when they saw that there was a real war, they cried out in fear. The mutinous soldiers also shouted: Don't be afraid, we won't rob your property?

In the end, Dezong could only call the guards to save the car, but no one came. This scene is embarrassing. The emperor of the Tang Dynasty was in danger and there were no guards to protect him. Who can blame this? This is all the negligence of Dezong. Earlier, Minister of Agriculture Duan told us that the imperial army was poor in quality and small in number, so we could not rely on it to deal with sudden dangers, but turned a deaf ear to this. What about the poor quality of the imperial army?

This is not caused by Bai Zhizhen's pig teammate Shence Army. Bai Zhi is really a confidant of Dezong, but he is extremely treacherous. The emperor put him in charge of recruiting the imperial army. Bai Zhizhen concealed the list of soldiers killed in the imperial crusade and did not report it, but let the rich children in Chang 'an pretend to eat the food of the imperial army. Bai Zhizhen got a lot of benefits. These people have a place in the army, but others are no longer in the army, either hanging out or doing business in the market. Can you expect these people to be responsible for this sudden mutiny?

Thirty-six plans, escape! So he fled to Fengtian from the north gate of the palace with the prince, concubines and princesses in the harem, but many kings and princesses in the harem still had no time to escape. A * * * nearly 100 eunuchs fled. On the way, they met Ling, the special envoy of 400 soldiers brought by You Long, to escort them.

Jingyuan's mutinous soldiers rushed into the palace, shouting that it was time to get rich, and rushed into the warehouse to carry gold and silk until they could no longer move. Seeing the mutinous soldiers robbing the treasury of gold and silk, some daring citizens also went into the palace to steal treasures and tossed and turned all night. Someone was waiting for them on the road, waiting for the people inside to come out and rob, which made people panic, and many residents were forced to organize themselves to defend themselves and protect their property.

On the way to Dezong's escape, Jiang Gongfu drew his horse and said, "Juba is the younger brother of the rebels. Now it is better to kill him and stay in the city, or if the rebels push him out to be the leader, it will be a disaster in the Tang Dynasty. Dezong hurried on, but it didn't matter. He just said it was too late. Keep running.

Unfortunately, Jiang Gongfu hit the nail on the head and Juba really rebelled. Besides, Yao Lingyan, when we were in Jingyuan, he tried to stop the mutiny, but now he is doomed to life and death. He just turned his face. He and the mutinous soldiers found Zhu Qiu in Chang 'an and greeted him as emperor in the palace.

At first, Zhu did not dare to proclaim himself emperor, claiming that Qiu was temporarily in charge of the imperial army. When Jing Zhao Shao Yin Yuan came back from a mission to Uighur, he came to visit Zhu and advised him to be emperor. He also persuaded other civil and military officials to join Zhu. At that time, people praised,,, and also surrendered to Zhu, so Zhu had the confidence. In order to show his determination, he also killed more than 70 princes and grandchildren of Li who stayed in Chang 'an, calling himself the Emperor of Daqin, and led the rebels to capture it.

On the first day of the first month in 784 AD, Tang Dezong granted amnesty to the world, changed his country name to Xingyuan, condemned himself, and stated his improper command and governance, which made Li Xilie, Tian Yue, Wang, Li Na and other meritorious generals rebel for fear and treat them and their soldiers well.

Only Zhu Ba can't tolerate killing the grandson of Prince Li, usurping the throne and destroying the tomb of the first emperor. If Juba can change his mind, his loyalty to the court can also exonerate him from his crimes. For the soldiers who came to Fengtian to escort Dezong, they were given the title of heroes who helped Fengtian solve the problem and were exempted from various taxes. Dezong's forgiveness was supported by the people and generals. After seeing the pardon, rebel generals Wang, Tian Yue and Li Na admitted that they had confessed. Defeated by Wang, he also went to North Korea to plead guilty and died in 785.

Only Li Xilie, who regarded himself as a strong army, disagreed. He insisted on claiming the title of emperor, and changed his title to Wu Cheng. Li Xilie is ruthless. In 786, the subordinate general Chen ordered the doctor Chen to poison and led the army to surrender.

Juba, which occupied Chang 'an, really led the rebels to attack Fengtian (now Ganxian County, Shaanxi Province). Fortunately, a guard general led the army to defeat the rebels. He is a general under Guo Ziyi and is famous for his outstanding military achievements. At this time, Li Sheng, the general of Shence Army, and Li Huaiguang, our envoy from the north, also appeared on the periphery of Mukden with a great army. Zhu was afraid to cooperate from the inside, and led the troops to evacuate Chang 'an from Fengtian.

Li Huaiguang, who was successful in the rescue, wanted to go to town to see the emperor, but Dezong asked him to be stationed outside the city and not to meet him. This is because Li Huaiguang wrote in Xianyang to expose the crimes of Qilu and others. Qilu retaliated against Li Huaiguang and incited Tang Dezong to doubt Li Huaiguang. Li Huaiguang was afraid that a dead dog will eventually cook, so he raised his self-esteem and secretly colluded with Zhu Chu.

Tang Dezong ordered him and Li Sheng to capture Chang 'an, but he always made excuses. He also indulged soldiers in wanton looting outside Chang 'an, endangering the people. When Tang Dezong got the news that Tubo might send troops to help Zhi Zhu, seize the Datang Jiangshan, and go to Xianyang for bid, Li Huaiguang thought that Dezong would come to deal with him, seize his relieving, and decided to rebel first.

Li Huaiguang rebelled against the Korean army in Fengtian. Han surrendered himself to the court and denounced Li Huaiguang's plot. Tang Dezong saw that he couldn't stay in Fengtian any longer and hurried to Liangzhou (now Hanzhong, Shaanxi). From then on, Li Huaiguang and Zhu Qiu joined forces to fight against the imperial court, which was fierce and shocked the world.

But Juba is also afraid of Li Huaiguang and wants him to be a vassal. Li Huaiguang and Zhu Ba turned against each other and led the army to the river. Juba and Li Huaiguang parted ways, giving Tang Jun a chance to divide and rule.

In 784, Li Sheng, Xun and Ma Sui jointly sent troops to recover Chang 'an, and the tyrants fled to Jingzhou in the west, leaving only 100 people, thinking that Tian Xijian, our time in Jingyuan, would accept him. After all, Tian Xijian closed this time. When the Jingyuan mutiny happened, Tian Xijian was a member of Feng Heqing, the envoy of our Jingyuan era. He colluded with Zhu Ba to assassinate Feng Heqing.

At this time, Tian Xijian saw Zhu, a dog who had lost his family, and wouldn't let him go to town. Zhu cursed Tian Xijian for ingratitude and continued to flee to the west. Yao Lingyan wanted to take refuge in Tian Xijian, but he killed him. Zhu Ba, the rest of the soldiers and clan guests, went to Pengyuan from Jingzhou. When he was stationed in Pengyuan Xicheng, he was killed by Liang Tingfen and Han Min and claimed credit from the court.

Dezong also ordered Ma Sui, Hunjun and other troops to crusade against Li Huaiguang. Niu Mingjun, a general of the Northern Army, killed Huai Guang and surrendered to the imperial court. At this point, a series of rebellions caused by Jingyuan mutiny were wiped out by Tang Jun.

In July 784, Tang Dezong returned to Chang 'an. Li Sheng, the secretariat, thinks that the hidden danger of Jingyuan mutiny should be eliminated. Jingzhou is close to Tubo, and soldiers kill military commanders, which has become a curse. This evil fire should be completely extinguished to protect the border from Tubo. Asking to go to Jingzhou to rectify the military style. Dezong adopted his suggestion and appointed Li Sheng as the deputy governor of Fengxiang and Longyou, and the deputy governor of Beiting and Jingyuan and the king of Xiping. At the same time, Tian Xijian was promoted to Wei to dispel his doubts.

When Li Sheng arrived in Fengxiang, more than 65,438+00 people, including uprising general Wang Bin, were beheaded and bullied. He said to the people who came to see Jingzhou, serenade, Jingzhou can't be a strong enemy, and transfer Peng to Jingzhou. Tian Xijian did not object. Li Sheng took the opportunity to give a banquet to reward Jingzhou soldiers, killed Tian Xijian, and killed many people who had repeatedly made an insurrection. From then on, the soldiers in Jingzhou were obedient to Li Sheng and never dared to complain about the court again.

Li Sheng was the most outstanding military general in Tang Dezong period, and made great contributions to pacify the tyrants' rebellion, resist the Tubo invasion and defend the northwest frontier.

In August 793, Li Sheng died at the age of 67. Crying bitterly, he announced a five-day strike and went to the Li family to mourn. Posthumous title and Li Sheng are a great teacher, and posthumous title is loyal to the martial arts. He also painted a portrait of Li Sheng and hung it in Lingyange for people to admire.