Du Xun is the grandson of Du You, a veteran of the Six Dynasties, the younger brother of Du Xun, who served in nine dynasties, and the cousin of Du Mu. He inherited the legacy of his great-grandfather and was very good at fighting and very brave. When he was young, his deeds were

Du Xun is the grandson of Du You, a veteran of the Six Dynasties, the younger brother of Du Xie who served as an official in the Nine Dynasties, and the cousin of Du Mu.

He inherited the legacy of his great-grandfather and was very good at fighting and very brave. When

was young, his deeds were unknown.

Pang Xun's rebellion occurred during the Tang Yizong period. At that time, Du Xun served as the governor of Sizhou. To guard Jiaozhi, eight hundred of them were transferred to Guilin to guard Xu. Such a transfer was originally okay, but it should be rotated every three years. However, by 868, five years had passed, and the court had no intention of rotating it. The soldiers could not return home for a long time. At that time, there was a guard named Xu Xin. He took the lead in launching a mutiny, killed the general Wang Zhongfu, elected Pang Xun as the leader, passed through Hunan, xi Zhejiang, and entered Huainan. , captured Suzhou and Xuzhou, killed Cui Yanzeng, the governor of Xu Si, Pang Xun claimed to be the military governor of Wuning, opened the treasury to recruit troops, reaching a scale of ten thousand people, and later attacked Si, Hao and other states, cutting off the Jianghuai grain road.

When Du Xun was besieging Sizhou City by Pang Xun, a scholar Xin Chan came to Sizhou from Guangling to meet him and persuaded him to send his family members out of the city and only stay to defend the city.

Du Xun did not listen to his advice. If he listened to his words and the general found a way out, what would the soldiers think and how would they lead the team?

So he said to him: "If I send a hundred people from my family out of the city to survive, the morale of the army will be shaken. It is not as good as the soldiers living and dying together."

The soldiers were very moved after hearing Du Xun's words, and the morale of the army was suddenly stabilized. , Du Xun began to heighten and strengthen the city wall, dig a deep moat, inspect combat equipment, and wait for the arrival of the rebels.

At that time, the rebel general Li Yuan looked down upon Du Xin very much. He only sent a hundred cavalry and rushed into the city. He also wanted to seal up the treasury. Unexpectedly, Du Xin was just pretending to fool him. Du Xin While flattering and giving gifts, while entertaining them with good wine and meat, the rebels never thought that Du Xun would plot against them.

The next day, Du Min ambushed 300 armored soldiers. During the banquet, these 300 ambush soldiers took the opportunity to eliminate them all.

The rebel general Li Yuan outside the city was furious when he found out and led his army to approach the city wall, while Du Xin led his soldiers and killed hundreds of rebels. Seeing that Li Yuan could not capture the city, he retreated to the camp west of the city.

Pang Xun received news of the war situation, increased his troops, and shot the surrender letter into the city, forcing Du Xun to surrender. Coincidentally, it was getting dark at this time. Du Xin took the opportunity to beat the drum and climb to the city to shout loudly. Li Yuan lost his energy and ran back to Xuzhou.

The rebels continued to attack day and night. Xin Tan suggested asking Guo Houben, the garrison in this area, for rescue. Du Shenquan, the military governor of western Zhejiang, sent his general Tie and a thousand soldiers to support him. Instead, he was surrounded by Li Yuan, and the entire army destruction.

Du Xun found a way to send people secretly to the capital to ask for help. The emperor got the news and sent Dai Keshi to lead Shatuo and Tuyuhun 20,000 troops to conquer Pang Xun. At the same time, the Huainan Jiedu envoy sent Li Xiang to station in Huaikou to join Guo Houben. The two groups of troops were also defeated by Li Yuan. Li Xiang and others died in the battle. At this time, Du Xin also had no reinforcements.

The morale of the rebels was so high that they blocked the Huaihe River with iron chains, built siege ladders without fear of death, and charged towards the city without fear of death. There was also no food in Sizhou City, so Du Xin and the others could only cook gruel to satisfy their hunger.

Tang Yizong was also afraid that Du Xin would surrender or be unable to withstand the pressure, so he sent an envoy to bring rewards, named Du Xin a regular attendant of the inspection school, and encouraged him to continue to hold on to the city.

Under such a situation, Pang Xun did not forget to recruit Du Xin to surrender, and sent Li Yuan to the city to meet Du Xin and persuade him to surrender. Du Xun was angry and killed Li Yuan.

But Pang Xun still didn't give up and sent a letter to surrender. This was not going to work. Du Xun thought of a trick and even deceived Pang Xun. He wrote in reply that An Lushan and others had been wiped out. You guys Soon too.

Du Xun wanted to use a strategy to frighten them and withdraw their troops. Pang Xun was not frightened, and he repeatedly attacked the city but could not succeed. Just when the court was recruiting envoys, Ma Ju led reinforcements and arrived. Pang Xun then withdrew his troops. .

This uprising lasted for more than a year. Sizhou City Du Xin held off the rebels for ten months. Not only did he save Sizhou City, he also delayed the rebels for ten months. This uprising is also known as "The Tang Dynasty fell in Huangchao, and the disaster was based in Guilin." The number of rebels reached 200,000. This vigorous peasant uprising led to the decline of the Tang Dynasty. It was the uprising of Guizhou garrison soldiers that kicked off the cause of the disaster. for this uprising.

After the rebels were put down, the imperial court rewarded him for his merits, and Du Xin was promoted to the military governor of Yicheng Army. In 873, he was appointed as the Minister of Military Affairs.

His inheritance lineage is Du Xingmin, Du Chongqi, Du Hope, Du You, Du Shifang, Du Xun, he is the descendant of Du Xingmin.

No relevant records have been found about Du Xun’s children. The exact time of their death is unknown. They only know that they died of illness!

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