【Battle of Gangneung】
Wang Xianzhi was furious after losing his right-hand man. His anger is filled with infinite resentment and despair. Since there is no hope of recruiting him, he will continue to be a bandit.
Wang Xianzhi went south and attacked Jiangling Mansion. His opponent was Yang Zhiwen, the military governor of Jingnan.
Yang Zhiwen is Yang Zhizhi’s elder brother.
This official is proficient in pen and ink articles, poems and songs, and he is proficient in everything. He leads troops to fight, but he knows nothing about it.
When the intelligence personnel reported to him the urgent military information about the incursion of the Grass Army, he made an unfounded assumption that this was nonsense and did not take any precautions.
I don’t know who gave him the mysterious confidence.
At that time, the water level of the Han River was very shallow, the river was narrow and easy to cross, and there were no soldiers or horses to intercept it. Wang Xianzhi then led the crowd to cross the river calmly.
A few days later, it was the Spring Festival of the fifth year of Qianfu (878).
On New Year's Day, it snowed heavily.
"Ha, the auspicious snow heralds a good harvest!" Yang Zhiwen, the Jingnan Jiedushi envoy in Jiangling Prefecture, was accepting the New Year's greetings from the civil and military officials. He suddenly became very inspired and wanted to recite poems and compose a poem:
“The first day of the Lunar New Year is one day, and after the second day of the Lunar New Year, it’s the third day of the Lunar New Year.
The first day of the lunar month is fifteen and a half months, and the twelfth lunar month is thirty and one year. "
"Report——" The principal ran quickly, and a long shout disturbed Yang Zhiwen's poetic nature, "The thieves Wang Xianzhi has led a large group of troops and has already arrived at the city!"
Yang Zhiwen was shocked.
"Report——" Another junior high school student rushed over, "The outer city has been captured by thieves!"
"Door... close... close the door! Close it quickly!" Yang Zhiwen stamped his feet anxiously.
Jieduzhi was in name only and could not command operations at all. Well, inaction is better than indiscriminate action.
Without unified command, the Jingnan soldiers made eye contact and quickly closed the gate of Zhongcheng (the second line of defense). This prevented the Cao Army from directly inserting it into the heart. The defenders relied on their excellent military literacy to reluctantly Drag the battle into a stalemate.
The two sides continued to fight fiercely until dusk, when the Cao army's offensive gradually weakened and retreated slightly.
For a whole day, Yang Zhiwen did not appear on the front line, hiding in the inner city to pray to God and worship Buddha. The soldiers were very excited and asked him to send troops to show condolences. Even if it’s just a show, you should still show off, right?
After his subordinates persuaded him for a long time, Yang Zhiwen reluctantly agreed to go to the front line for an inspection. He slowly put on a black gauze hat and a black leather robe, walked squarely and put on an official air, "Hello, comrades, thank you for your hard work, comrades!"
The generals suggested that he wear armor instead to prevent the enemy from straying arrows.
Yang Zhiwen considered himself a noble man and did not want to join the ranks of the rough men. However, several arrows flew over his head and he finally sat on a bench with the crowd.
Yang Zhiwen arrived at the front line of the city defense and inspected the loyal and brave soldiers of the Tang Empire. He was suddenly moved by the bloody battles and sacrifices of the soldiers, and finally captured the fleeting inspiration, so with a stroke of his pen, he wrote a poem on the spot. A poem:
“That, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that.
Then what, what, what, what, what, what! "
"Come on, come on, let's pass it around and read it. By the way, forward it, like and comment, double-click 666." Yang Zhiwen asked his staff to circulate his poems. He wore a feather fan and a silk scarf aside, showing off his Confucian style.
The generals were anxious and angry. The knife is on your neck, the fire is imminent, the city is in danger, the lives of you and me are hanging by a thread, do you still have time to write poems and compose poems? No matter how neatly the poem is written, what’s the point?
Under the strong advice of the civil and military officials, Yang Zhiwen finally made the right decision: to seek help from Li Fu, the governor of Shannan East Road.
Li Fu was closer to them, and Li Fu's son had just died gloriously in a battle with the Cao Army, so it was definitely right to ask him to take action.
Sure enough, Li Fu gathered all his troops and dispatched 500 Shatuo cavalry to garrison Xiangyang. The country and the family hate each other, and today I will settle the accounts with you surnamed Wang!
The two sides met at Jingmen. Shatuo's cavalry acted decisively and launched a charge without saying a word. The Cao army was dispersed before it could complete its deployment, and then collapsed thousands of miles away.
The Shatuo cavalry outflanked and divided vertically and horizontally, and Li Fu led his troops to follow up and harvest the remaining blood.
The Grass Army suffered heavy casualties.
Wang Xianzhi, knowing that he was outmatched, immediately looted the previously occupied outer city of Jiangling, then set fire to the city and destroyed it, led his troops to escape, and was broken into pieces again.
This battle resulted in the death of 30% to 40% of the people in Jiangling Mansion (today's Jiangling County, Hubei Province). "Zizhi Tongjian" records that "there were 300,000 households under Jiangling City, and there were even three or four dead." In Jiangling alone, hundreds of thousands of people died at the hands of the Cao Army.
Wang Xianzhi fled to the east of Shenzhou (now Xinyang City, Henan Province), and was defeated by Zeng Yuanyu, deputy commander-in-chief of bandit suppression. More than 10,000 bandits were killed, and more than 10,000 surrendered.
The imperial court issued an edict: Song Wei was old and sick and was not qualified to be the commander-in-chief of the bandit suppression. He was relieved of his post as commander-in-chief of the bandit suppression and returned to Qingzhou to serve as his military governor of Pinglu Army. Zeng Yuanyu was promoted to take over as the commander-in-chief of the bandit suppression. Zhang Zimian Taking over as deputy commander-in-chief of bandit suppression;
In addition: Li Fu was awarded the title of prime minister (Tongping Zhangshi) for his meritorious service in rescuing Jingnan; he demoted Yang Zhiwen to be the Sima of Chenzhou (now Chenzhou City, Hunan Province). Li Fu is the one who convinced people with reason and educated the "Southern Independence" elements when he was in Xichuan.
Zeng Yuanyu lived up to expectations and continued to pursue Wang Xianzhi, and finally surrounded and annihilated Wang Xianzhi in Huangmei (now Huangmei County, Hubei Province), annihilating more than 50,000 enemies and killing the bandit leader Wang Xianzhi. Along with the victory memorial, Wang Xianzhi's head was sent. It was proven that Wang Xianzhi was really dead this time.
Wang Xianzhi is dead, but his spirit is still there. His spirit guided his successors to move forward bravely.
[Huang Chao’s family is the only one]
Wang Xianzhi is dead, but his spirit is still there. Among his remaining forces, some established their own factions, such as Wang Chongyin, who brought trouble to Jiangxi; Cao Shixiong, who plundered Anhui and Jiangsu areas; and another group, whose leader's name is unknown, traveled around Hunan and committed crimes.
The main force of Wang Xianzhi's direct lineage, such as Shang Junchang's younger brother Shang Rang, defected to another banner - Huang Chao.
At that time, Huang Chao was besieging Bozhou (now Bozhou City, Anhui Province), and Shang Rang brought him the revolutionary fire and the news that Wang Xianzhi was defeated and killed.
"The hearts of the people are scattered, and it is difficult to lead the troops." Shang Rang pointed to the remnants of the defeated soldiers behind him, "In the battle of Shenzhou, our troops died and fled. Alas--"
The number of soldiers is not large but fine.
Although the group of people brought by Shang Rang are not large in number, they are veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles. More importantly, they have a firm belief in struggle and are all tested and trustworthy comrades.
Huang Chao also realized that it was time to strengthen ideological work and unify thinking and leadership.
Therefore, Shang Rang and others elected Huang Chao as the supreme leader of the team, and gave Huang Chao the title of "The Soaring General", in line with the heroic words in Huang Chao's Luodi poem, "The incense formation reaching the sky penetrates Chang'an, and the city is covered with golden armor".
Later, Huang Chao did something very paradoxical: Jianyuan instead of Jianguo.
With the strong support of his subordinates, Huang Chaocaojun decided to abandon the Tang era name and use his own era name to show his break with the Tang Dynasty.
Choosing a year name is no child's play. It must not only be catchy, but also have a beautiful meaning.
For example, today's emperor Xizong's "Qian Fu": Yang Ji Qian Fu, obeying people's aspirations; the late emperor Yizong's "Xantong": Haiyue Yan Xiantong.
Not to mention Taizong's "Zhenguan": the way of heaven and earth, Zhenguan is also; Xuanzong's "Kaiyuan": in the Kaiyuan of the epochs, the emperor descended from the sky to the right of Feimai, and the Han Dynasty regained its destiny.
Among the grass army, the most knowledgeable person must be Huang Chao himself. Huang Chao belongs to a family of private salt dealers, both black and white, and has a wealthy family. He has also learned how to read and write, and he also has the ambition to clear his name in the imperial examinations, and he has the honorable label of failing to pass the test many times.
It is said that after a certain defeat, he was inspired and wrote the famous "Ode to Chrysanthemums after Not Distinguished" with a stroke of his pen, using chrysanthemums to express his feelings:
"When autumn comes on September 8th, I will kill all the flowers after they have bloomed.
The incense formation soaring to the sky penetrates Chang'an, and the whole city is covered with golden armor. "
Fortunately, the word count is aligned.
As for judging and appreciating it by the standard of "poetry", we can only haha. To this day, people can only praise it in terms of "aura".
Let’s take a look at other people’s failing poems:
"I have worked hard with you for several years, but all my sorrows and joys have been in vain.
I am still happy that my old friend won the title first, and I feel sorry for myself and my guests are still flying.
The moon shines on thousands of mountain roads in three springs, and the flowers bloom on ten days and the wind blows all night.
I know that there is an apricot orchard with no way to enter, and the melancholy in front of the horse is full of red branches. ”——Wen Tingyun of the Tang Dynasty
After ten years of hard work, I studied hard and was "like you", but unexpectedly I was "all in vain". But he still expressed congratulations to his friends who won the championship, "I am still happy that my old friend won the title first." Although he failed, he did not blame others, nor scolded the authorities for burying talents, nor lamented that his talents were not recognized. He just said very implicitly and euphemistically, "I know there is an apricot orchard with no way to enter, and the melancholy in front of the horse is full of red branches."
Another example:
"The moon is setting, crows are crying, the sky is full of frost, Jiang Feng is fishing and the fire is facing melancholy.
At Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, the bell rang for the passenger ship at midnight. ”——Tang Zhang Ji
