In the history textbooks, Huang Chao, the leader of the peasant army in the late Tang Dynasty, was portrayed as a righteous man who resisted tyranny and saved drowning. His failure stemmed from the fact that the feudal reactionary forces were too powerful, so Huang Chao's sacrifice should be regrettable. However, setting aside the qualitative thinking that textbooks have instilled in us, when we look for clues in the vast historical materials and shake off the fog that shrouds the truth, we can’t help but create a deep confusion: this liberating people hangs upside down, the unpaid leader of the rebel army , How come you look more like a murderer?
Actually, the phenomenon of indiscriminate killings by the Yellow Chao army has appeared as early as when fighting in the south. In 879 AD, Huang Chao captured Guangzhou and ordered the massacre of the city in retaliation for the stubborn resistance of the army and civilians. In this catastrophe, the number of people killed is incalculable. According to the travel notes of "China and India" written by Arab merchants in the Middle Ages, as many as Muslims, Christians, and Jews died under the butcher knife. 120,000 people! In the 10th century Arab scholar Ma Sudi’s "Golden Prairie", the number of foreigners killed was 200,000! Regardless of whether these two sets of data are exaggerated, it is indeed an indisputable fact that the number of civilians who died under the Yellow Nest Slaughter Knife was huge.
Huang Chao captured Chang'an in 880 AD, and then he was named emperor and the country was named Daqi. On the day that Chang'an City was broken, Huang Chao's army began a large-scale burning, killing and looting, turning the prosperous Imperial Capital into a hell on earth. Not only the princes, princesses, and nobles who stayed in Chang'an were spared, but even ordinary wealthy houses also suffered. The historical record "only a few days ago, because of large-scale plunder, the occupants were bound to seek money, and they were called'buying things'. The thieves and chieftains read the first place to fight for the chaos of the wives and daughters. The officials are arrested and killed. The Huo Lu is not to be built. The clan’s princes and kings have no class.” (See "New Tang Book? ") It can be said that "the first half of Zhumenjia is not half, and the bones of the public are trampled on the street"!
After Huang Chao ascended to the throne, he plunged into the harem, indulging in mellow wine and beautiful women every day, surrounded by a gang of ministers all day, and the deteriorating situation is naturally known. The Qi army's burning, killing and looting caused complaints from the Chang'an people, so when the small Tang army sneaked into the city, the surviving people were full of joy. After Huang Chao returned to Chang'an after killing him, he hated the people in the city for welcoming the Tang army, and launched a frantic revenge, ordering the massacre of the remaining people, calling it "washing the city" Her husband, Ding Zhuang, was killed and bloodshed.” (See "Old Tang Book? Huang Chao Biography"). After this catastrophe, more than 80,000 people were massacred in Chang'an!
In 883, Tang General Li Ke used a big blow to the Qi army. Huang Chao led an army of 150,000 and was forced to withdraw from Chang'an and ran eastward. Before leaving, he burned the city of Chang'an, which was built with the hard work of dynasties! On the way, One is to vent their anger, and the other is to solve the problem of the shortage of military supplies. Huang Chao actually massacred civilians in Henan and Shandong on a large scale, and built huge turrets, using mechanized methods to crush the living people into military food ("Kandong is still old and has no crops," People and Russia lean against the walls, and thieves capture and eat, killing thousands a day. Thieves have pounded and mozed villages, which are hundreds of huge burrows. They feed on broken people, combine bones and eat, and if they are poisonous." See "Old Tang Dynasty" "Book? Huang Chao Biography"). According to the most conservative statistics, in the nearly one year siege of Chenzhou, the number of people who were eaten by Huang Chao's army far exceeded 300,000!
People waiting outside Chenzhou City After being almost eaten up, Huang Chao’s army extended the demon to the surrounding states and counties. It is said in history that “from dozens of prefectures such as Henan, Xu, Ru, Tang, Deng, Meng, Zheng, Bian, Cao, Xu, Yan, etc. Poisoned by it.” ("Old Tang Book? Huang Chao Biography") Henan and Shandong were originally densely populated areas. However, after experiencing the Huangchao Rebellion, there were already thousands of miles of thorns and a piece of scorched earth. The cock crowed.” In June 884, Huang Chao defeated Taishan Tiger Wolf Valley and was killed by his nephew Lin Yan, ending his sinful life!
However, although Huang Chao died, but His remaining part is still quite large, mainly led by the bandit leader Qin Zongquan, and still because of the cannibalism invented by Huang Chao. According to historical records, Qin Zongquan "all became venomous during the secession of Huaixi Caizhou and other places. Shaojun Town. West to Guannei, East is very green and Qi, south to Jianghuai, north to Weihua, fish rotten and birds scattered, people are cut off, Jingzhen hides the wild. The thieves have no food, eat others as storage, Sergeant FourthOut, the salt corpse will follow. "("Old Tang Book? The Biography of Qin Zongquan") Qin Zongquan was defeated and captured in 888. He was beheaded in Chang'an the following year, ending his sinful life!
From historical records, Huang Chao is not only a rescuer. The leader of the rebel army who drowned and liberated the people was instead a murderous butcher and a super pervert who loves to eat human flesh! Huang Chao and the rest of the party not only murdered in large quantities, but also established a large and specialized cannibal factory. It is huge and the technology is very professional. There is no exact record in the history of how many people Huang Chao and the other cannibal factories of the party ate. We only know that he opened up a crazy era of cannibalism and poisoned later generations.
