The soldiers rushed forward, pulling and pulling Gao Pian down, and in the process, some people beat Gao Pian.
"You owe the emperor's holy grace and plunge the people of Huainan into misery. It is simply a heinous crime! You still have the nerve to rebuke us?" A group of young and strong boys surrounded and abused a 70-year-old man.
Gao Pian did not defend or beg for mercy.
At the last moment of his life, he vividly demonstrated his noble spirit and gentlemanly temperament. He understood that Qin Yan was a stinky hooligan and he had nothing to say to him, and the bunch of bastards in front of him were not worth mentioning. Talking to someone like this is the greatest insult to oneself.
Without saying a word, Gao Pian straightened his clothes tremblingly, then raised his noble head and stretched his neck, as if to say, "Let's do it."
As expected, the thieves cut off his head.
Gao Pian is dead.
If you come out to fool around, you will have to pay it back sooner or later. Twelve years ago, Gao Pian was massacred by the "Death Squad" in Chengdu. When she was dying, a woman cursed Gao Pian, saying that he would not die well in the future, and that he would be ruined and humiliated.
Six months ago, Zhou Bao suffered a mutiny. Gao Pian sent him a bag of glutinous rice flour and ridiculed him. Zhou Bao cursed in the air, saying that there is a living treasure beside you, Lu Yongzhi, cherish it, your end will definitely be worse than mine.
Both curses were fulfilled today.
Gao Pian's life is two completely opposite scripts. The front is bright and bright, fighting against Dangxiang Qiang, regaining Annan, defeating Nanzhao twice, guarding Chengdu, severely damaging Huangchao... and becoming the king of Bohai County.
The people of Annan respected him as "King Gao" and built a shrine for him. This was an honor unprecedented and unprecedented.
There is poetry to prove it:
"It has always been difficult to transform into barbarians.
Who should think about Jiaozhi?
Throughout the history of holy dynasties,
It is said that a shrine was built in Xidong alone. "
Gao Pian is also an excellent poet. Most of his poems are frontier poems, which are magnificent and sonorous. They are worthy of being written by a famous general. However, there are also graceful works of romance and romance. His styles are changeable and can be perfectly controlled. Gao Pian Therefore, it was compiled into "The Biography of Talented Scholars of the Tang Dynasty".
"Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty" contains a volume of Gao Pian's poems, including an excerpt:
"I hate the lack of peace and military strategy, and I am ashamed to worship at the altar of generals.
It's cold to hold a golden ax in hand, and it's cold to wear iron clothes.
It is easy for the Lord and the Holy One to support, but it is difficult to repay the kindness deeply.
There is still no peace on the three sides, so why dare you retire from office? "
——"Yanhuai·Hate the lack of Pingrong policy"
Now, looking back at this poem, what a bitter irony.
It was this Gao Pian who was born into a well-known family, had both civil and military skills, and great achievements. He was not able to protect himself in his later years, and he plotted to separate himself and rule the roost. Later historians believed that Gao Pian was mainly responsible for Huang Chao's invasion of Chang'an and Xizong's victory in Shu.
"Old Book of Tang" points out:
"Gao Pian plays with bandits, and Lu takes care of traitors.
The holy judgment makes a mistake, and the sword mountain is rugged. "
At the same time, he also used eight words to highly summarize Gao Pian's later life and tragic end, "Playing with bandits and worshiping monsters will lead to disgrace."
The "New Book of Tang" directly listed Gao Pian in the "Biography of Rebellious Ministers" and nailed him to the pillar of shame in history forever.
【New pattern】
Almost all of Gao Pian's family was wiped out. His sons, nephews, nephews and other family members were all slaughtered. The bodies of Gao Pian and seven of his disciples were thrown into the same pit and buried hastily. It was extremely miserable.
A domestic slave fled to Yang Xing's secret army outside the city and reported the changes in the city.
Yang Xingmi ordered the entire army to mourn and mourn Gao Pian.
This is of course a political show. Wearing mourning for Gao Pian, crying and offering sacrifices, is tantamount to declaring the legal inheritance of Huainan and emphasizing one's legal legitimacy. It's like Liu Bei crying for Han Xiandi.
Yang Xingmi cried for Gao Pian and inherited Huainan; Qian Liu cried for Zhou Bao and inherited Zhenhai; Zhu Wen cried for Wang Chongrong and inherited Hezhong... There are countless such political shows in the ruins of the Tang and Five Dynasties.
Interestingly, according to the "New Book of Tang", Yang Xingmi just ordered the entire army to stay silent while he was busy attacking the city and conquering the territory. He did not shed many tears. On the contrary, Comrade Lu Yongzhi was so sad that he was so sad that he cried "Wow wow wow" for three days ( Use it alone and cry in silence for three days).
Is Lu Yongzhi a person who values affection and righteousness? not necessarily. Lu Yongzhi's cry of Gao Pian should be similar to Wei Baoheng's cry of Tang Yizong.
Qin Yan and Bi Shiduo killed Gao Pian, confirming their reputation as "rebels". They destroyed Gao Pian's body, but inherited Gao Pian's soul. They relied on King Xie Ni Fengxian for everything, and all rewards and punishments were calculated by this master. Of course, there is no need to think too much about the consequences.
Lu Yongzhi's old troops secretly opened the city gate and welcomed Yang Xingmi into the city. The defenders collapsed without a fight. The city is about to fall.
At this critical moment, Qin Yan and Bi Shiduo were not directing the response, but seeking instructions from experts and Wang Fengxian's opinions.
Wang Fengxian was indeed an expert. He counted with his fingers and said, "Run!"
Qin Yan and Bi Shiduo followed the guidance of the gods, left Kaihua Gate, and fled.
As a result, Yang Xingmi successfully took over Yangzhou.
Yang Xingmi entered Yangzhou City and did three things:
First, Liang Zuan was beheaded.
The reason is that he cannot be completely loyal to Gao Pian. To be fair, Liang Zuan died a bit unfairly. First of all, he had been deprived of real power by Lu Yongzhi a long time ago and was excluded; secondly, after Bi Shiduo and Qin Yan entered the city, Gao Pian was cowardly and timid, had no intention of fighting, and compromised with the class enemy. This blame cannot be shouldered by Liang Zan .
After Liang Zuan's death, another senior senator, Han Wen, a direct descendant of the old tribe, committed suicide by throwing himself into a well out of fear of sin.
Yang Xingmi stood on the commanding heights of morality, and in the name of liquidating traitors and avenging his master, he cleaned up the old members of Gao Pian's direct line. From then on, no one in Huainan's political arena could compete with him.
Yang Xingmi became Gao Pian's only "old subordinate" and the only legal successor in Huainan.
I give full marks to this wave of political purges.
The second thing was to promote Gao Pian's grandson Gao Yu as deputy envoy and put him in charge of Gao Pian's reburial.
Bizarrely, Gao Yu died suddenly and inexplicably, so someone else took charge of the funeral arrangements.
The last thing was to distribute military rations to the people in the city. After this war, only a few hundred families were left in Yangzhou City, all of them withered and inhuman shape.
Once these three things are done, "claiming to stay as a queen" will be a matter of course.
In October of the third year of Guangqi (887), Yang Xingmi settled in Yangzhou. After claiming to be in Huainan, he went to the court to report the situation in Huainan and requested formal approval.
Before the reply from the court was issued, an urgent battle report was sent to Yang Xingmi's account: Qin Zongheng, the younger brother of Qin Zongquan, the Cai thief, led an army of 10,000 and crossed the Huaihe River, aiming directly at Yangzhou!
