At that time, it was the third year of Yonghui. There was no rain in Qingxi in Muzhou for three months. The fields were cracked, locusts blocked the sun, people died of hunger everywhere, there were many new graves, and the people were in dire straits and complained.
In the face of serious disasters and people being displaced, the court not only refused to open warehouses to release grain, but also levied various taxes, making the people miserable.
Chen Shuozhen decided to use this opportunity to stir up dissatisfaction among the villagers and raise a flag to rebel.
So, Chen Shuozhen, who returned to Zhejiang, published news everywhere that she met Taishang Laojun in the mountains, and Taishang Laojun accepted her as a disciple and gave her immeasurable Taoism. Chen Shuozhen also spread the news that she was a fairy from the Nine Heavens who descended to earth and was the Holy Mother of the Red Sky. She had mastered the emperor's art in the Liujia area - Qimen Dunjia, and demonstrated the various spells she had learned to the villagers on the spot. In fact, it was nothing more than Just a crooked plan.
However, in desperation, the villagers also hoped for a man with great supernatural powers who could become an immortal and use the power of heaven to benefit the people. Therefore, the villagers believed Chen Shuozhen's words and practices.
Zhang Shuyin also secretly created public opinion, saying that Chen Shuozhen was an immortal who returned to Qingxi from the sky. He had boundless magical power and was unpredictable. He could recruit divine generals and serve ghost officials.
Zhang Shuyin's statement was spread to ten, ten to hundreds, and hundreds to thousands. The more it spread, the more it spread, and the more it spread, the more mysterious it became. Villagers from hundreds of miles away all worshiped Chen Shuo very much. Every word of Chen Shuo's true words, They are all divine words and fairy sounds, which are enough to make believers go through fire and water without hesitation.
Seeing that the time was ripe, in early October of the fourth year of Yonghui, Chen Shuo officially announced the uprising.
On the day of the uprising, Chen Shuozhen climbed on the high platform and said to all the believers: The government is unjust and God is angry to bring this disaster. You should follow my way and rise up to attack the unjust.
At one time, there were more than a thousand followers, all of whom followed Chen Shuozhen in revolt and fought against the government.
In order to be justified, Chen Shuozhen established a political power based on the official system of the Tang Dynasty, appointing Zhang Shuyin as Pu She, in charge of various matters; Tong Wenbao as general, commanding the army; and she herself was called "Emperor Wenjia".
This should be the first female emperor in Chinese history, a full thirty-seven years earlier than her sworn sister Wu Zhao, who changed Tang Dynasty to Zhou Dynasty and was known as the "Holy Emperor".
After Chen Shuozhen launched the uprising, he received an enthusiastic response from the villagers of Muzhou.
The uprising troops soon grew to nearly 10,000 people and became very powerful.
Immediately, the rebel army, led by Chen Shuozhen, Zhang Shuyin and Tong Wenbao, divided into three groups and was invincible, occupying Muzhou, Tonglu and Qingxi respectively.
Local villagers responded positively to Chen Shuozhen's invasion of Muzhou, and Chen Shuozhen's troops quickly grew to tens of thousands.
In order to open up the situation, expand influence, and develop strength, Chen Shuozhen joined forces with Zhang Shuyin and Tong Wenbao, who later entered Muzhou, to attack Anhui and Shezhou.
Chen Shuozhen, Zhang Shuyin, and Tong Wenbao led tens of thousands of troops to Shezhou City, surrounded it, and attacked it all night.
Shezhou City has tall walls, a moat around it, and tight defense by officers and soldiers.
Chen Shuo's real horses are all villagers who have not received formal military training. These villagers believed Chen Shuozhen's lies and were deceived. They did not know how to attack the city. In addition, Chen Shuozhen's rebel army did not have the equipment to attack the city. Therefore, during the attack on the city, they were defeated by the defenders on the city. Rolling logs, stones and arrows killed many of them. For more than ten consecutive days, Shezhou City failed to be captured.
Shezhou City could not be captured for a long time, and Chen Shuozhen had no choice but to withdraw from Shezhou and change his offensive strategy of concentrating his forces to fight a war of annihilation. Instead, he divided his troops to attack, harassed along the way, and used mobile warfare and assault warfare strategies to attack officers and soldiers and expand his sphere of influence.
Some places in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Anhui fell one after another.
Seeing that Chen Shuozhen was getting more and more troubled, the imperial court sent Yangzhou Governor Shi Fang Renyu to send troops to conquer.
Who is Fang Renyu? Fang Renyu was a native of Linzi, Qizhou, and a distant brother of Fang Xuanling, the prime minister in the early Tang Dynasty. After his distant brother Fang Xuanling took refuge with Li Shimin, he actively made suggestions and was highly appreciated by Li Shimin. Later, because he took the lead in planning the "Xuanwu Gate Change", he was listed among the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion.
During the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Fang Renyu was eighteen years old and attached to Wang Shichong and became General Long Xiang. At the beginning of the Wude period of the Tang Dynasty, he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and followed the Tang king Li Shimin to conquer Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong. He repeatedly performed extraordinary feats and served successively as the governor of Linzhou, the governor of Shaanxi, and the governor of Yangzhou. He was highly valued by the imperial court. After annihilating Chen Shuozhen, he was promoted to General Zuo Xiaowei and Minister of War.
At that time, Fang Renyu served as the governor of Yangzhou. Fang Renyu was ordered by the court to bring 10,000 Yangzhou troops and horses to conquer Chen Shuozhen.
Fang Renyu's Yangzhou army and horses are accustomed to fighting, and they are menacing and unstoppable.
Under this situation, Chen Shuozhen, Zhang Shuyin and Tong Wenbao discussed urgently and decided to divide their troops. Tong Wenbao led 10,000 troops, under the name of Chen Shuozhen, to attack Wuzhou, contain Fang Renyu's Yangzhou troops, and cooperate with Chen Shuozhen and Zhang Shuyin's actions. Lead the main force into action.
Tong Wenbao was ordered to lead his troops into Wuzhou and arrived outside Wuzhou City, preparing to attack Wuzhou City.
At this time, Cui Yixuan, the governor of Wuzhou, was guarding Wuzhou City.
Cui Yixuan was a native of Wucheng, Beizhou, and was a former general of Wagangzhai. Because he was not reused by Li Mi, he transferred to the emperor Li Yuanmi of the Tang Dynasty. In the early years of Zhenguan, he served as doctor Zuo Si and the chief historian of the Han Palace. During the Yonghui period, he moved to be the governor of Wuzhou.
Cui Yixuan joined the army from Wagangzhai. He had experienced hundreds of battles and was unstoppable and wise.
At that time, Cui Yixuan heard the alarm in the city and immediately summoned civilian and military generals to discuss countermeasures and prepare to send troops to resist the rebel army led by Tong Wenbao.
The officials did not know that the 10,000 troops led by Tong Wenbao came to attack the city, and thought they were a large group of troops led by Chen Shuozhen. Those officials had long heard about Chen Shuozhen's divine name. Seeing Cui Yixuan's intention to send troops to resist, they were frightened and said one after another: "Chen Shuozhen is blessed by gods. Anyone who dares to fight against him will kill himself and destroy his family. It is better for the governor to avoid it."
When Cui Yixuan saw this, he was furious and stared at the crowd with his two big eyes open.
Cui Yixuan looked at others, but they all looked elsewhere and did not look at Cui Yixuan. Their original intention was not to go out to fight.
At that time, Sikong joined the army Cui Xuanji. He stood up in the train, bowed to Cui Yixuan, and said: "The general thought that raising an army in accordance with the will of heaven and the will of the people would be fashionable but not successful. Chen Shuozhen is just a magician." She is just a woman. She is rebelling. How long can she hold out? How can the officers and soldiers be afraid of her? Just beat her! Sir, the general is willing to lead his troops out of the city to conquer Chen Shuozhen's rebel army. "
Cui Yixuan saw Cui Xuanji emerge from among the generals, his momentum was high and upright, and his mood was excited. He also heard Cui Xuanji's words, which were strong, powerful, and righteous. He couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately appointed Cui Xuanji as the pioneer officer. , went out of the city first to conquer Chen Shuozhen's bandit army, and he himself led the troops. Then he followed up and rushed to the aid of Cui Xuanji.
After Cui Xuanji received the order, he immediately led the Tang army and galloped out of the city. He happened to meet Tong Wenbao's rebel army and hurriedly lined up his troops to fight against Tong Wenbao.
Tong Wenbao doesn't know how to organize his troops, he can just go on a rampage. At that time, Tong Wenbao personally led the rebel army and expected Cui Xuanji to charge and kill him. Cui Xuanji ordered the soldiers to shoot arrows, and many of Tong Wenbao's rebels were killed.
Tong Wenbao rushed into the formation several times, but was blocked by Cui Xuanji.
After Chen Shuozhen and Zhang Shuyin heard the news, they led tens of thousands of people to rush to help Tong Wenbao.
Cui Yixuan, who was following Cui Xuanji, also rushed in to confront Chen Shuozhen's rebel army.
Although Chen Shuozhen's rebels had an advantage in numbers, they had no choice but to revolt only for more than a month. The soldiers were untrained and had limited combat effectiveness.
In the past, the reason why they were able to capture Muzhou, Tonglu, Qingxi and other places was based on their prestige and hard work, which worked for a while but could not last long. Now they face well-trained and well-commanded troops. The regular army seems to be unable to do what it wants.
For a time, neither of the two armies could defeat the other, so they were in a stalemate in Wuzhou City.
Before I knew it, a few days passed.
One day, a meteor suddenly fell in Chen Shuozhen's camp. Upon seeing this, Cui Yixuan took the opportunity to create public opinion, saying that this was Chen Shuozhen's star falling, and Chen Shuozhen would definitely die.
Chen Shuozhen's men were all religious believers and very superstitious. They were all frightened and uneasy when they heard about it, and their morale was low.
On Cui Yixuan's side, the morale of the army was greatly boosted, and they started to make noise and took advantage of the situation to attack the rebel army led by Chen Shuozhen, Zhang Shuyin and Tong Wenbao.
Cui Yixuan personally led the soldiers and charged forward. The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were afraid that something might happen to the governor, so they crowded in front and behind, and used big shields to protect Cui Yixuan. Upon seeing this, Cui Yixuan said solemnly: "The governor avoided the arrow, who else is willing to fight to the death?! Get out of the way! Watch me kill the thief!" Then he ordered the soldiers to remove their shields.
The commander was brave and the soldiers were in high spirits. They brandished their swords and guns and charged forward bravely. They went straight into Chen Shuozhen's formation, slashing, poking and picking. Chen Shuozhen was severely defeated. More than a thousand of his men were beheaded, and more than 10,000 surrendered before the battle.
Chen Shuozhen had no choice but to retreat with Zhang Shuyin and Tong Wenbao to Muzhou City.
At this time, the Yangzhou army and horses of Yangzhou Governor Shi Fang Renyu also arrived in Wuzhou, which facilitated Cui Yixuan's attack from both front and rear to pursue and annihilate Chen Shuozhen's rebel army.
As the saying goes, "Don't chase the enemy when you are poor." If you are afraid that the pursuit will be urgent, he will risk his life to fight.
The governor of Yangzhou, Shi Fangrenyu, saw that Chen Shuozhen was in a desperate situation and recalled the ancient adage "Don't chase poor enemies", so he stopped his troops and set up camp on the spot. Then he sent a messenger to Chen Shuozhen's camp to recruit Chen Shuozhen to surrender.
The messenger sent by Fang Renyu handed the surrender letter to Chen Shuozhen, and then conveyed Fang Renyu's intention to surrender Chen Shuozhen. As soon as the messenger sent by Fang Renyu finished expressing his intention to surrender, Chen Shuozhen became furious and said loudly, "I am a fairy from the Nine Heavens who has come down to earth. How can I be a person who bends my knees to serve others?" After saying that, he tore up the surrender letter and ordered his men. Said: "Bring this thief out quickly and behead him in public!"
Several soldiers got the order and pulled the envoy to take the general out and behead him.
Seeing this, Tong Wenbao on the side dissuaded Chen Shuozhen and said: "Your Majesty, the two armies are fighting. If you don't kill the envoy, you might as well spare this man's life and order him to go back. Tell Fang Renyu not to attack each other too much. I can't wait to attack." This is his Yangzhou."
At this time, Tong Wenbao saw that the situation was not good and secretly planned to surrender to the army.
When Chen Shuozhen heard this, he was furious. He turned around and scolded Tong Wenbao: "That's nonsense! How come you, a man, have no backbone?! If you want to fight, fight. What are you afraid of him doing?!"
Tong Wenbao was very angry when he was scolded in public.
Chen Shuozhen ordered his men: "Pull the general out! Behead him in public!"
Several soldiers then grabbed the messenger sent by Fang Renyu, pushed him out of the tent, beheaded him with a click of a knife, and hung his head on the gate of Muzhou City.
When Fang Renyu heard the news, he was furious and drove all the soldiers and horses from Yangzhou and Wuzhou to attack Muzhou City.
Fang Renyu mobilized all his elite troops and attacked urgently.
Chen Shuozhen said to the crowd: "Don't be afraid, the disciples of She and Wu will arrive in the future."
When the believers heard this, they were greatly encouraged and defended desperately to prevent Muzhou from being breached.
However, two or three days later, no reinforcements came, and I was very confused.
Chen Shuozhen then said to everyone: "The disciples of She and Wu will definitely arrive the day after tomorrow."
Then the day did not come, and Chen Shuozhen repeated his words about the day after tomorrow. This happened again and again, and everyone began to doubt it.
In order to protect the city, Zhang Shuyin climbed to the city to defend it day and night. He was shot in the head by a sharp arrow flying from outside the city and died.
Chen Shuozhen was not only bereft of a close relative, but also grieved as if a rabbit had died and a fox had died, and he was in constant mourning.
However, the more difficult the situation becomes, the more violent the people will become. If anyone is not careful, Chen Shuozhen will kill them with a sudden move, and the public will become more and more resentful.
At first, General Tong Wenbao was blamed for minor reasons. Now, seeing that Chen Shuozhen was gradually arousing public anger and losing public hope, he made excuses to relieve his worries and drank wine in Chen Shuozhen's tent, hoping to wait for an opportunity to poison him.
The war was not going well, and Chen Shuo was really worried and troubled, so he dismissed Tong Wenbao. He took himself wine and drank heavily all night. Unconsciously, he was very drunk and stayed on the couch with others.
When Tong Wenbao spied it, he entered the room and killed all his followers. He captured Shuozhen on the couch, opened the door and presented it to Fang Renyu. The rest of the people surrendered, and the chaos was settled.
Fang Renyu brought Chen Shuozhen back to Yangzhou, put him in prison, and wrote a letter of victory to the court.
Chen Shuozhen was in prison and secretly told the cell leader, "Today's queen and I are sworn sisters. You should quickly send someone to the capital to contact my hidden line and send a letter to the Queen of Heaven in the palace. The Queen of Heaven will definitely rescue me, and I will repay you heavily in the future." , and it won’t deprive you of your future.
The prison boss agreed.
Chen Shuozhen then wrote a letter and gave it to the prison boss, instructing him to send people to the capital to find Nun Huiwu at Ganye Temple. She then handed the letter to the Queen of Heaven.
The jailer took the letter and sent someone to Beijing to deliver it to Nun Huiwu.
Nun Huiwu was the insider who arranged Chen Shuozhen's departure from Chang'an. After Nun Huiwu received Chen Shuozhen's secret letter, she went to the palace to ask for an audience with Wu Zetian, and handed Chen Shuozhen's letter to Queen Wu Zetian, who was known as one of the two saints at the time.
A few days later, the good news from Yangzhou also arrived, asking how to deal with the rebellious Chen Shuozhen.
At that time, Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi and Queen Wu Zhao, both known as the Two Saints, were sitting side by side on the dragon couch.
Emperor Gaozong was overjoyed after reading the good news of Fang Renyu. He also thought that Shuozhen and Wu Zhao were sworn sisters and had a close relationship with each other. So he asked Wu Zhao: "Shuozhen has been captured, what should I do? What about Chen Shuozhen and you?" With the sworn knot of Jinlan, can we now open up one side of the net so that he can still enter Buddhism, cultivate his nature and cultivate himself, and live forever?"
Wu Zhao heard this and ignored it.
Emperor Gaozong knew what he meant and issued an edict: "Xin'an County was renamed to return to Chun, and Shuozhen was executed on the spot to eliminate the trouble."
Fang Renyu then killed Chen Shuozhen in the busy city.
There is another story.
Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, received a report that Chen Shuozhen, the demon girl of Qingxi, had rebelled and claimed to be "Emperor Wenjia". He imitated the imperial control and formed his own country. Angry, he ordered Fang Renyu, the governor of Yangzhou, and Cui Yixuan, the governor of Wuzhou, to organize a large army and quickly conquer.
Cui Yixuan, the governor of Wuzhou, took the lead. With the cooperation of Fang Renyu, the governor of Yangzhou, he led troops and horses from all sides to rush for reinforcements and besieged Chen Shuozhen on a hilltop.
Chen Shuozhen's generals resisted desperately, but they were outnumbered and gradually lost and suffered heavy losses.
At the end of the battle, only a few people were left around Emperor Wenjia Chen Shuozhen.
Looking at Chen Shuozhen who was fighting desperately on the top of the mountain, Cui Yixuan ordered his soldiers to fire thousands of arrows to shoot Chen Shuozhen to death.
Chen Shuozhen waved her swords and pulled out the sharp arrows flying like locusts.
Just when Chen Shuozhen was exhausted and in great danger, the sky shone brightly, and a huge phoenix flew up and landed next to Chen Shuozhen. Chen Shuozhen immediately mounted the phoenix and flew away in the sky.
Because of this past event, there are ruins such as Tianziji, Wannian Tower, and Luofeng Mountain in Qingxi, Muzhou. It is said that it has the atmosphere of the emperor.
This is where Fang La's heart ailment lies.
