The Tang Dynasty was an era of bright generals in our country, with all kinds of fierce and ruthless people emerging one after another. With the strong national support of the Tang Dynasty, these famous generals were invincible and invincible, and their military exploits were so

The Tang Dynasty was an era of bright generals in our country. All kinds of fierce and ruthless people emerged in endlessly. With the support of the strong national power of the Tang Dynasty, these famous generals were invincible and invincible. Moreover, their great military exploits were rarely seen in the past, especially In the early Tang Dynasty, during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, if you did not destroy several countries, you would be embarrassed to be called a famous general. Li Jing, Su Dingfang, Hou Junji, Li Ji, Ge Shuhan , An Lushan those rebel generals, Guo Ziyi , Li Guangbi , Pugu Huaien, Li Sheng , Li Su, Zhang Yichao, Zhang Huaishen, each of them can be written in a special book, Today we will talk about the famous generals in the middle Tang period who were less famous than the early Tang Dynasty and the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

1. Recreate Tang Dynasty , the pillar of Optimism - Guo Ziyi

Guo Ziyi

Tang Dynasty Fenyang King Guo Ziyi helped out the danger after the Anshi Rebellion, and saved the Li Tang royal family in danger several times. He is said to be At that time, it was not an exaggeration to say that the royal family of Li and Tang Dynasty had purple gold pillars that framed the sea. Why do you say that? Mainly in two aspects:

First, he has outstanding military exploits and is powerful in all directions;

Guo Ziyi was born in a family of officials. His father was Shouzhou governor Guo Jingzhi . Guo Ziyi was already a famous general before the Anshi Rebellion. In his early years Guo Ziyi passed the martial arts examination and got "different" excellent results. This shows that Guo Ziyi's personal martial arts quality is still very strong. After the martial arts examination, he was awarded the rank of Zuo Wei Changshang (a junior military attaché from the ninth rank). After that, he worked hard all the way, and by the eighth year of Tianbao, Guo Ziyi had become the general of Zuowu Wei. The year before the Anshi Rebellion broke out, which was the thirteenth year of Tianbao, he was promoted again. This time he was also in charge of real power, Shuofang Army Right Wing Soldier and Horse Envoy. Guo Ziyi's promotion path was still very smooth. Just when Guo Ziyi's career was going smoothly, his mother Xiang passed away. The Tang Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety. Guo Ziyi had to leave his job and go home to observe filial piety. The house leaked and it rained all night . At the sad moment when Guo Ziyi was worried about his mother at home, a great turmoil broke out in the country. An Lushan, who was extremely favored by Emperor Xuanzong of , finally failed to keep his peace. "Yuyang frown instigated "When the earth came, I was shocked to break the colorful clothes and feathers", and the Anshi Rebellion broke out.

Anshi Rebellion

The country has been at peace for a long time, and the people have not known the war for a long time. The rebels swept down like a strong wind sweeping down fallen leaves, and soon hit the gateway of Chang'an - Tongguan ! Even the famous generals at the time, Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, were severely defeated by the Anshi rebels. At the time of crisis, Guo Ziyi, as a brave general in the army, was seduced by the imperial court and appointed as the deputy envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, leading the Shuofang army to regain the lost territory. As soon as Guo Ziyi joined the army, his morale was greatly boosted. He successively defeated the rebels in Hedong and fought against other generals repeatedly. Despite repeated defeats, only he and Li Guangbi took the lead. Guo Ziyi won repeated battles in Shanxi. The rebels in Shanxi were basically wiped out. He led the army east out of Jingxing Pass and was preparing to attack the rebels' lair in one go. The land of Youyan. As a result, Tang Suzong succeeded to the throne in Lingwu at this time and summoned Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi back to the court. Therefore, he missed the opportunity to conquer Fan Yang, his hometown in Ping'an Lushan.

Li Guangbi

Later, Guo Ziyi united with Huihe, marched in large numbers, and recovered two capitals (Chang'an, Luoyang ) in one fell swoop. Having accomplished such an unparalleled feat, he was already considered a great success. Not to mention, Guo Ziyi later renewed his life for the Tang Dynasty. At the critical moment when Pugu Huai'en united with Uihe and Tubo to rebel, he rode back to He alone, repelled Tubo, regained Chang'an, and welcomed Dai Zong's return. Beijing.

The tragic Anshi Rebellion

Guo Ziyi saved the Tang Dynasty in times of crisis many times. He can be called the white jade pillar of the Li and Tang Dynasty, bridging the sea and the purple golden beam. He deserves the credit for his reconstruction.

2. Modesty, prudence, and extraordinary wisdom

Guo Ziyi is a ruthless soldier, rebuilds the royal family, serves a generation, and "has been a person in danger for the world for twenty years." However, such a great hero always walks on thin ice, cautious, for the sake of To eliminate the suspicion of the people in power, the door of his house is always open, like a vegetable market, and anyone can go in and take a walk, because Guo Ziyi has such great prestige and great achievements that he can be called the perfect man of the times. Self-defiled, he took in concubines in his seventies, kept singers and dancers, and created an image of a good-for-nothing old man who was greedy for pleasure and did not want to make progress.

Hu Wu in Anlu Mountain

Guo Ziyi repeatedly made great achievements, but every time he made great achievements, he would be stripped of his military power and only given to high officials without real power. Later, when the court encountered crises, he was used again. This was repeated many times, leaving ordinary people alone. He had given up his job a long time ago, but Guo Ziyi came when called upon and never shied away. The great eunuch Yu Chaoen was jealous of Guo Ziyi's outstanding achievements, so he sent people to dig up Guo Ziyi's ancestral grave. What a blessing! ! Chinese people attach great importance to their ancestors. Yu Chaoen is going to death to offend Guo Ziyi. He is determined to touch Guo Ziyi's bottom line. He just wants to make Guo Ziyi angry and go down the same path as Pugu Huaien. As a result, Guo Ziyi is like this. He could bear it, and when he came back, he told Daizong that he had been leading troops in wars all year round and could not restrain his soldiers from digging up other people's ancestral graves. Now that his own ancestral graves were dug up, it was considered karmic retribution. Guo Ziyi has really reached the point where she can stand up to herself and even resist having her ancestral graves dug up!

Xuanzong returned to Beijing

Guo Ziyi's wisdom and foresight is also reflected in his grasp of human nature. At that time, Tang Dezong's favorite Lu Qi wanted to visit him. In fact, Tang Dezong asked Lu Qi to test Guo Ziyi to see if he was domineering and rebellious. heart of. Guo Ziyi knew full well that the danger of this visit was lurking, and if he was not careful, he might die. Lu Qi was born in the Lu family of Fanyang and belonged to a famous family. However, Lu Qi was born with an ugly appearance, so he felt inferior in his heart. He was especially determined to retaliate. If anyone laughed at him, he would definitely find every way to get revenge! On the day Lu Qi came to visit Guo Ziyi, Guo Ziyi was drinking and having fun with a group of his concubines. When he heard that Lu Qi was visiting, he rushed all his concubines to the backyard to receive Lu Qi alone. Facing Lu Qi and Guo Ziyi, he was very humble and his tone was very gentle. Lu Qi couldn't believe that this was a general who spanned the battlefield and looked at all directions. The guests and hosts had a great conversation. After Lu Qi left, his concubines asked Guo Ziyi why he turned them away when meeting Lu Qi. Guo Ziyi then explained that Lu Qi was ugly, and his concubines were usually treated by him. Being used to being arrogant, Lu Qi would definitely make fun of him when he saw the ugly one. Lu Qi would definitely retaliate. After being insulted, he would definitely retaliate against the Guo family in the future, so he asked his concubines to retreat.

Anlushan

Not long after, Lu Qi came to power and ostracized the important ministers of the court. Anyone who did not deal with him was retaliated by him, but he did not touch the Guo family even a cent. This shows that Guo Ziyi Wisdom and foresight!

Riding alone to return to He

In the turbulent and crisis-ridden situation of the Mid-Tang Dynasty, Guo Ziyi's ability to lift his weight and remain invincible not only depended on his outstanding military exploits, but also reflected in his way of dealing with the world, simple To put it simply, be low-key, humble, tolerant, and generous. He, Li Guangbi and Pugu Huaien jointly put down the Anshi Rebellion, but Li Guangbi died in depression due to suspicion. Pugu Huaien Dozens of people in his family died for the Tang royal family, and were eventually forced to rebel. Only Guo Ziyi escaped death. Gouban's ending and a distinguished life are not unrelated to Guo Ziyi's way of life!