Huazhou in troubled times (ten) at the end of the Sui Dynasty (2)
In 581, Yang Jian proclaimed the emperor and established the Sui Dynasty in Chang'an as Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. The nearly 300-year split since the last years of Western Jin Dynasty finally ended after Yang Jian established the Sui Dynasty. Due to the great turmoil during the Southern and Northern Dynasties , the administrative divisions were also quite chaotic. In 583 (the third year of Kaihuang), the Sui Dynasty changed the original three-level local management of state, county, and county to two levels of state and county. In the ninth year of the Emperor Kaihuang, Qizhou was established in Huatai City. Seven years later, in 596 (the sixteenth year of the Emperor Kaihuang), Qizhou was changed to Huazhou, under the jurisdiction of Baima, Lingchang, Weinan, Puyang, and Fengqiu , 匡城, 胙城, Weicheng, Lihu nine counties. In 606 (the second year of Daye), Huazhou was renamed Yanzhou. In the second year, Yanzhou was renamed as east county .
Huazhou was changed by Sui Yang Emperor to Dongjun in the fourth year 611, and began a nationwide expedition Goguryeo . Prior to this, he personally mobilized the whole country to make preparatory work before the conquest. A lot of food and weapons were collected from 190 counties across the country, and 50,000 vehicles carrying supplies filled the road. The Grand Canal was packed with tens of thousands of boats, and Jane reached the point where the bow and the stern of the boat could not even be seen.
It is a pity that such a magnificent scene is based on the blood and tears of the people. In order to requisition enough military rations and forcibly scrapping the peasants' rations, natural disasters have repeatedly occurred along the Yellow River and in southern China, and officials have been corrupted and corrupted, causing the lives and deaths of the people to be ignored. In this way, a large-scale peasant uprising is inevitable!
people from Weicheng in East County (now south of Huaxian County, Henan) led by Zhai Rang Wagang Army is one of the more developed ones.
Zhai Rang (6th century-617) Martial arts high and courageous, first served as the East County Law Cao, and was later executed for crimes. Prisoner Huang Junhan thought that Zhai Rang Xiaoyong was unusual, so he quietly said to Zhai Rang at night: "Zhai Fasi, Tianshi personnel may be predictable. How can you wait to die in prison?" Zhai Rang was surprised and delighted, and said: "I am like an animal locked in a pen. Life and death can only be obeyed by Huang Cao's instructions." Huang Junhan read his loyalty and immediately opened the shackles to Zhai Rang and released Zhai Rang. Zhai Rang thanked him again and again, saying, "I have been spared by your rebirth, but what do you do, Lord Cao?" She shed tears. Huang Junhan said angrily: "I thought you were a man who could save the people of Li people, so I risked my death to rescue you. Why do you express gratitude with tears and tears like a younger brother? Just try to escape and leave me alone. !" So Zhai Rang fled to Wagang (now southeast of Huaxian County, Henan) and set up Wagangzhai.
and Shan Xiongxin from the same county as Zhai Rang, brave and vigorous, good at riding spears, he recruited young people to go to Zhai Rang. Xu Shiji, a man from the fox, lived in Weinan. He was 17 years old and courageous. He also came to seek refuge in Zhai Rang. They used Wagang as their base, so they were called Wagang Army.
Xu Shiji persuaded Zhai Rang: "East County is both a township for you and me. Most of the people there know it and it is not appropriate to invade them; Xingyang, and Liang County are the places where the Bian River flows through, and we can hijack the boat. Merchants and tourists are enough to support themselves." Zhai Rang agreed with his suggestion, so he led the crowd into the realm of Xingyang and Liangjun, robbing public and private ships, so the supply was abundant, and more and more people came and returned, with more than 10,000 people. . ,After participating in Yang Xuangan's failure to raise troops, he defected to the Wagang Army. Li Mi had a political vision in the early stage, and he suggested that Zhai Rang actively develop his influence and expand his influence. Zhai Rang paid attention to Li Mi's suggestion and attacked Xingyang first.
Xingyang is a strategic location in the Central Plains, with a plain to the east and Hulaoguan to the west. In Gong County, west of Hulao Pass, there was the Luokou Cang, a large granary of the Sui Dynasty. Obtaining Luokou warehouse not only can get a lot of food, but also has approached the eastern capital of Luoyang. It can be seen that the capture of Xingyang is an important step in the development of the Wagang Army.
In the face of the powerful Wagang Army, Xingyang Prefect Yang Qing was helpless, and Sui Yang Emperor specially sent Zhang Xutuo, the "Top General" and "Weizhen Dongxia", to defend Xingyang and suppress the Wagang Army. Li Mi believed that Zhang Xutuo was brave and innocent, so he suggested that Zhai Rang confront Zhang Xutuo head-on, pretending to be defeated and go north. Li Mi led his elite soldiers to ambush near the Dahai Temple north of Xingyang. Zhang Xutuo followed Zhai Rang for more than ten miles. When he arrived in the woods north of Dahai Temple, Li Mi ambushed and the Sui army was heavily encircled. Zhang Xutuo was taken lightly, but the unexpectedly strong soldiers caught him off guard and was defeated and killed. In this failure, the Sui Jun "cries day and night for more than a few days." It can be seen that the victory of the Wagang Army was a heavy blow to the regime of Emperor Sui Yang.
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