Why was the battle-hardened king finally killed by the unknown?

Wang was one of the heroes at the end of Sui Dynasty. He took part in pacifying the Yang Xuangan Rebellion and the Shandong Civil Rebellion in Henan Province, which laid the foundation for occupying Henan and calling himself emperor in the future. Since then, Wang has broken Shi Biao and surrendered to the Wagang people. 6 19 years, proclaimed himself emperor, with the title of Zheng. 62 1 (Wude four years) On July 9, he returned to Chang 'an triumphantly and dedicated Wang He and Dou Jiande. Later, Dugu Xiude killed the king and avenged his father.

First, early experience

Wang, whose real name is Zhi, is talkative. He will be the top scholar in the Western Region and live in Xinfeng. His father lived with his mother who remarried to the Wang family in Bacheng, so he changed his surname to Wang and his official position was promoted to frontier secretariat. Wang read widely, especially interested in the art of war, divination and astronomical calendar.

In the middle of Emperor Wen's reign, he was named the third division of Yitong according to his military exploits, and later he was promoted to the post of Minister of War. He is good at advising the court and is familiar with all kinds of laws and regulations, so he uses legal provisions to abuse power for personal gain and do whatever he wants. Sometimes people criticize him. He is full of sophistry, rhetoric and fierce words. Although people know that he is incorrect, no one can make him admit his mistake.

During the reign of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, Wang gradually rose to the rank of Minister of War with his military achievements. After Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he was promoted to Jiangdu (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu) Cheng and director of Jiangdu Palace. The emperor visited Jiangdu many times, and Wang was able to pay great attention to it.

However, although he looks like this, his heart is like a mirror. Seeing that the political situation in the Sui Dynasty was unstable, unrest was bound to occur. He secretly made friends with heroes, bought people's hearts with friends' loyalty, and even released prisoners to establish his prestige with his own demeanor.

Second, suppress the uprising.

In the ninth year of the Great Cause (6 13), Yang Xuangan rose up, and Wu Zhu Xie and Jinling Guan Chong gathered in Jiangnan to respond, calling themselves generals, with more than 100,000 foot soldiers.

Both of them are battle-hardened veterans. By the end of this year, Sui soldiers had basically won, killed Guan Chong and besieged Liu Yuanjin and Zhu Xie in Jian 'an. The soldiers were exhausted by continuous fighting, and the two generals asked for a temporary truce. I don't know who slandered Emperor Yang Di, saying that these two men deliberately did not attack and had the heart of disobedience.

Yang-ti was furious and immediately dismissed Tu and Yu. Subsequently, Yang Di appointed Wang to direct the attack on Liu Yuanjin, and recruited tens of thousands of new soldiers in Huainan and handed them over to Wang for command. These Huainan soldiers later became the source of Wang's soldiers and the capital of his entrepreneurship.

Wang attacked Liu Yuanjin and Zhu Xie with fresh troops, and Lien Chan won a great victory. Liu and Zhu died successively, but there are still many thieves scattered everywhere. Wang found an auspicious day, called the relevant personnel, burned incense in front of the Buddha statue in the temple, and vowed not to kill the fallen people. When Liu Yuanjin heard about it, the others surrendered. In less than a month, Wang Ping decided on Wu Jun. ..

Unexpectedly, the king was treacherous, and after the overall situation was decided, all the king surrendered and more than 30,000 people were trapped.

In the ten years of the great cause, Meng Rang, a native of Qixian County, gathered troops in Changbai Mountain (now Zouping South, Shandong Province) to resist Sui Dynasty, plundered surrounding counties and counties, and gradually gained momentum, reaching more than 100,000 people, and marched into Xuyi (now western Jiangsu Province).

Wang was ordered to lead the troops in resistance. He was stationed in Liangshan, the main road leading to Jiangdu, and built five big fences on the road to stop the enemy. However, he didn't take the initiative. On the contrary, he released a rumor that the loyalist serenade was weak and was ready to retreat. At the same time, he often sent some old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers out to patrol, and ran away when he accidentally met the enemy. Meng let to see this kind of situation, then relaxed vigilance.

At that time, the countryside was deserted, and Meng Rang's soldiers and horses had nowhere to plunder. Because of the obstruction of the gate, they couldn't go south, so they divided their troops and surrounded the five gates. Wang sent troops to attack every day, but every time he pretended to be vulnerable and quickly retreated to the fence. After a few days of stalemate, Meng Rang looked down on loyalists even more, so he sent some troops south to plunder food and grass, and the rest continued to surround the five fences.

Wang seized the fighter plane and decided to make a surprise attack. So he ordered the demolition of the cookstoves and tents in the barracks, set up a square position, and then pulled out the iron fence, struggling to attack together with lightning speed. Meng was caught off guard and rushed to battle. The soldiers were divided into two ways and the whole army was scattered. Meng only let dozens of cavalry escape with him. Wang Shi Chong won a great victory, beheaded more than 10,000 people and captured more than 100,000 people.

Third, rescue Yanmen and support the Imperial City.

In the 11th year of Great Cause (6 15), Yang Di made another tour to the north. At this time, the East Turkic originally belonging to the Sui Dynasty began to finish Khan. When Yang Di went to the frontier, he led hundreds of thousands of cavalry and besieged Yang Di in Yanmen City (now Daixian County, Shanxi Province). Yang-ti, while keeping the praetorian guard firm, urgently recruited reinforcements from all over the country.

This urgent call, which Wang Zaijiang heard, immediately ignited all the military forces and rushed to the north without stopping. On the March, he urged the army to travel day and night, neglecting to wash their faces and comb their hair. He never took off his clothes. He just lay on the haystack when he slept. After the clearance, Yang Di listened to his performance and thought that he was honest and trusted him more. In the second year, he was appointed Jiangdu Tongshou.

Since then, many troops have been sent to wipe out the king's rebellion.

General wagang

In July of 6 17 (the 13th year of Great Cause), Shimei and Zhai Rang of Wagang Army captured Luoyang, the eastern capital, and defeated the defenders many times. Luoyang's distress documents flew to Jiangdu like snowflakes. As a last resort, Yang-ti sent soldiers from all over the country to save Luoyang. Among the reinforcements were 20,000 Jianghuai troops led by Wang.

Because Xue Shixiong, the commander-in-chief of this military operation, was accidentally annihilated by Dou Jiande, a Hebei rebel army, on his way into the Qili well in Hejian, Emperor Yangdi appointed Wang as the commander-in-chief of the army to help Luo.

In September, Wang and other reinforcements assembled in Luoyang, making the Sui troops in Luoyang reach100000. Wang Fabing challenged Shi Biao, and the two armies confronted each other in Luokou. The two armies fought back and forth for more than a hundred times, but they were still tied. Yang-ti sent men to the army, appointed Wang as a general, and urged to defeat Shi Biao.

Wang Lingbing crossed the Luoshui River to fight Shi Biao, defeated and drowned more than 10,000 people, and then led the rest to Heyang. Thousands of people froze to death along the way when it was cold and snowy. In Heyang, there are only 1000 people left. Wang shut himself up and confessed. Yang Dong, the king of Yue, sent messengers to release him and recall him to Luoyang.

Fourth, control state affairs.

In May (6 18), Yu Wenhuaji and Sima Dekan staged a mutiny in Jiangdu and killed the emperor Yang Di. News spread to Du Dong, a teacher Qingyuan Wendu, Wuwei General Huangfusong, and Right Division Langzhong Lu Chu * * * all made Yang Dong the King of Yue, and the emperor took the title of the emperor's father, worshipped the king as the official department minister, and made him Zheng Guogong. The other six people supported Fuzheng, which was called "seven nobles" at that time.

By the time Emperor Tai ascended the throne, Luoyang was surrounded by Shi Biao, and only one city was effectively ruled. In June, rebels from Yu Wenhuaji arrived in the suburbs of Luoyang, intending to conquer Luoyang as a base.

Yuan lured Shi Mi and gave him benefits, and named him Qiu and Shangshuling. Shi Biao then surrendered to the imperial court, accepted its orders, and led troops to Liyang to resist Yu Wenhuaji.

Later, Yuan Hewen plotted to kill Wang, and this plot was exposed by Duan Da. Wang immediately led the troops to surround Miyagi in the middle of the night and occupied Miyagi. Huangfusong, the general of Wuwei, rode away alone. After Wang captured Lu Chu and Yuan alive, he immediately killed them. Yang Dong worshipped Wang as a servant of Shangshu, in charge of internal and external military affairs.

After Shi Biao defeated Yu Wenhuaji, all the soldiers were injured. Wang wanted to take the opportunity to attack Shi Biao, but he was an unknown teacher and was afraid of panic. I thought hard and came up with a plan, that is, using the superstitious psychology of soldiers to pretend to be ghosts and gods, saying that I dreamed that Duke Zhou was coming. Then a temple was built near Luoshui, and Wu Xian was sent to announce the order of the Duke of Zhou, that is, to make the servant shoot (the king) to get Shi Biao as soon as possible, and there will be great achievements, otherwise all the soldiers of the whole army will die of illness. Most of the foot soldiers are Chu people and have always been superstitious about ghosts and gods. Hearing this, they responded with one voice. The king chose twenty thousand strong men and two thousand horses to station troops on the south bank of Luoshui. Shi Biao was stationed in the north of Yanshi Mountain.

Li Mi

The king sent more than 300 cavalry to sneak into Beishan at night and ambush in the valley. At dawn, Wang led troops to attack Shi Biao. Shi Biao sent troops to fight, but before the battle was arranged, the two armies had already met. In the end, Wang defeated Shi Mi's army. Finally, Shi Biao fled to Heyang with dozens of cavalry.

After Shi Biao escaped, his commanders and soldiers in various places surrendered to the king and occupied Shi Biao's original territory, and his sphere of influence suddenly expanded from Luoyang to the whole of Henan. At the same time, Wang also got Qin, (that is, Cheng), Luo Shixin, Pei, Dan and other famous ministers and generals under Shi Biao, and his talents were abundant.

Five, arrogate to oneself the emperor

After Yang Di was killed, Yang Dong, the king of Yue, who stayed in Dongdu, was appointed as the temporary emperor. In fact, he is just a puppet. In fact, Wang became the master of Dongdu, and Yang Dong worshipped him as Qiu, taking Shangshu Province as the government, and Wang could set up his own officials. Later, he was made Prime Minister, and with the gift of Nine Tin, he was made King Zheng, who was in charge of state affairs.

The ambitious king doesn't mean He Jiuxi, but tries his best to usurp the throne and claim the throne. In order to speed up the pace of enthronement, Wang captured a large number of various birds, and put a symbol around each bird's neck, which stated that this symbol was "King as Emperor", so as to expand the influence among the people and put on the coat of destiny and divine power for his claim to be emperor.

When Wang felt that the public opinion inside and outside the imperial court was ready, he ordered Duan Da and Yun Dingxing to convey the meaning of abdication to Yang Dong. But Duan Heyun ran into a nail, and Dong Yang took a firm attitude, reprimanded two former ministers, and still kept the throne in name. The king sent someone to negotiate again.

A month later, Yang Dong still didn't give up. Wang couldn't wait, so he lied about Yang Dong's Zen position and asked his younger brother Wang Shizhen to inform Yang Dong that he had been deposed and moved him to the temple. Wang acceded to the throne immediately, announcing the title Zheng and the title Jianyuan as enlightenment.

In May of the same year, Pei, Wang Zhichen and his sons, General Pei Hangyan, Shang Cheng, Yu Wenru and other dozens of people negotiated, killed the king and made Yang Dong emperor again. When it came out, they were all killed, destroying their three families. In June, Wang Shizhen took the opportunity to urge the king to kill Mao, so as to cut off the people's thoughts of restoration. The king sent his nephew Wang Hangben to kill Taizu and made him Emperor Gong.

At this time, after careful planning and preparation, Luo Shixin led 1000 people to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

The king hated it, and his throne was crumbling, so he adopted a strict policy to prevent further escape and kill anyone who escaped. As a result, people kill people every day, and the phenomenon of fleeing is more serious. If you show any resentment or suspicion of deviance, you will be arrested and imprisoned. When the cell was overcrowded, Miyagi was used as a prison. At that time, another problem was a serious food shortage. The king gathered all his soldiers and ate up all his stores. The residents in the city have been short of food for a long time, and cannibalism has appeared.

Sixth, lost to Datang.

In July of the third year of Wude (620), Li Shimin, king of Qin, led his troops eastward and went out to attack the king. When Liu Wuzhou and the whole army were wiped out, Wang had expected that Tang would take Zheng as his next target, so he had already made preparations for mobilization. According to the military contrast between Tang and Zheng at that time, although Zheng was a little weak, he won the home game and was on the defensive. It should have been a bitter tug-of-war. Unexpectedly, as soon as the war broke out, the situation in Wang deteriorated rapidly, and the commanders and fighters from all over Zheng surrendered without fighting.

Dou Jiande, the leader of Hebei Rebel Army, was forced to form an alliance with Wang.

In February 62 1 year, Wang led an attack. Some soldiers rushed to strike, and soon Wang's soldiers will return to the city, push them forward and occupy the gate. When the king's infantry retreated, they couldn't get into the gate and fled south in panic. Li Shimin's soldiers pursued them again, beheading thousands of people and taking more than 5,000 prisoners.

After that, the king was outnumbered, so he stopped sending troops and stayed in the city to wait for Dou Jiande's reinforcements.

In March of that year, Dou Jiande, Wang Wan and his eldest grandson Anshi were captured alive in Niukouyu (now northwest of Surabaya, Henan Province), and then returned to Beijing to show the king these prisoners, and sent his eldest grandson Anshi to the city to surrender. Wang really felt the taste of no water, so he had to lead his soldiers to the designated place to surrender.

Seven, killed by hatred

62 1 (Wude four years) On July 9, he returned to Chang 'an triumphantly and dedicated Wang He and Dou Jiande to Tang gaozu. Li Yuan narrated his crime. The king replied, "According to my sin, I deserve to die, but your beloved son promised not to kill me." Tang Gaozu then released him.

He was exiled to Shu with his brother Wang Ying, his wife and children. As the escort was not ready, Wang's family was temporarily detained in Yongzhou near Chang 'an.

One day, several Tang officials suddenly said that Tang Yuan had an order and asked Wang to take it, but Wang hurried out. Unexpectedly, those people immediately fell into chaos, and Wang's life was over. Later, it was found out that Dugu Xiude, the secretariat of Tangdingzhou, was the leader of those people. His father, Duguji, is a subordinate of Wang. In the first month of the second year of Wude, he tried to surrender to the Tang Dynasty and was killed by the king. Dugu Xiude killed Wang to avenge his father.