It wasn't until Huang Qiong's tenth birthday when he received the "Ben Ji" that his mother threw from him, which recorded the deeds of the emperors of the dynasty, that he realized that he was not from the Tang Dynasty, nor the Five Dynasties and the later Northern Song Dynasty. It was a completely unfamiliar dynasty that did not exist in the history he knew and had never heard of.
During the Da Qi Dynasty, Huang Qiong had never known when in Chinese history, apart from the Xiao Qi and Gao Qi who divided the north and south of China during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there had been a Huang Qi. He is not an idiot. His surname is Huang and he is a prince. So what else can the royal family name be if it is not Huang?
Before reading this "The Chronicles of Taizu", he never knew when his ancestors were in such a glorious situation and established that dynasty in the previous life. It wasn't until he finished reading the Chronicles of Taizu and the Chronicles of the previous emperors of this dynasty that he realized that history had actually taken a 180-degree turn in his own era.
His great ancestor, Emperor Gao, was none other than the national civil servant who had repeatedly referred to him during the late Tang Dynasty, but had never been able to do so. Finally, out of anger, he changed his profession and became a smuggler, and switched to selling illegal salt. Finally, under the chaotic situation at the end of the Tang Dynasty, he used the large amount of wealth accumulated by his family to sell illegal salt for generations to follow the trend and rebel.
Huang Chao, a famous anti-expert in the late Tang Dynasty who called himself the Great General Soaring to Heaven, later occupied Chang'an and ascended the throne as emperor. According to the history he knew, the so-called Emperor Taizu, after occupying Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, not only did not have the courage to chase down the poor invaders. On the contrary, they turned a blind eye to the tens of thousands of elite soldiers stationed in Chang'an in the former Tang Dynasty and were close at hand. They paid attention to enjoyment and pomp.
You don’t need to learn the fun skills of the former Tang emperor to master them yourself. Not only did they fail to gain a foothold in Guanzhong, they were driven out of Chang'an City within two years. What followed was one defeat after another, hundreds of thousands of troops and horses quickly dispersed, and the generals died and surrendered. In the end, he died tragically in the Tiger and Wolf Valley of Mount Tai, and his head was sent all the way to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty in Sichuan to ask for credit.
But by the time he came, it had become a territory larger than the Northern Song Dynasty that should have been there now. The territory is basically the same as that of the late Tang Dynasty, and it should even be much larger. Not only did Yanyun firmly control the Sixteen Prefectures and the Outer Great Wall, but he even controlled almost all of Gansu, Ningxia, and most of Qinghai in later generations in the northwest territory.
The entire territory starts from Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures in the north, to the Red River line of Vietnam in the south, reaches Yumen Pass in the Hexi Corridor in the west, and reaches the sea in the east. It is bounded by Dali across the Jinsha River in the southwest, and faces Tubo across the Snowy Mountains. In the northwest, he dominates the Qinghai Plateau and is the founder of a unified dynasty facing the Tibetan tribes across Qinghai Lake.
Although in his previous life, Huang Qiong's father had always told him that their family was the descendant of Zhenger Bajing Huang Chao. The ancestor of their family was the son of a concubine that Huang Chao adopted after entering Chang'an City. Mothers value their children. When Huang Chao withdrew from Chang'an, his mother was able to evacuate with the army even though most of the other concubines were abandoned.
When the battle of Chenzhou was stalemate, he already knew that he was at the end of his rope. Once it completely failed, the Tang Dynasty would not let any of its descendants go, so as to completely eradicate the soaring general. He was afraid that what he did to the descendants of the Li family would happen again when he entered Chang'an.
Under the circumstance that the elder nephews and nephews have too big goals and are still uniting the army. Secretly dispatching his henchmen to bring a batch of treasures plundered from Chang'an. Taking the son and his mother, he secretly left the team and headed to Hebei. At that time, the vassal towns in Hebei were strong and sometimes surrendered and rebelled against the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty was beyond reach there, and it would be safe to escape there.
Later, their branch continued to thrive in Hebei. It was not until the early years of the Republic of China that my grandfather and his family traveled through Guandong to the Northeast in order to escape famine, and they became authentic Northeasterners. In her previous life, whenever her father mentioned that if Huang Chao's rebellion had succeeded, their family would be the descendants of the royal family, Huang Qiong would always just smile and think that his father was bragging.
I just didn't expect that when I came, history would take a 180-degree turn. My ancestor really succeeded in the rebellion and became the founding emperor of a unified dynasty. But when it comes to my own place, eight generations of emperors have been passed down, which can be said to have enjoyed the country for a long time.
However, although in Chinese history books, it has always been taboo for those in power, there are some details in this chronicle that are not clear. However, this chronicle briefly describes what the Emperor Taizu did after entering Chang'an. However, Huang Qiong never noticed that his ancestor looked like the founder of the country?
Although the speed of its corruption and degeneration did not catch up with that of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom a thousand years later, it was not far behind. After entering Chang'an, he not only attracted beautiful women and indulged in sexual activities, but he never left Chang'an city for many years. Even when he occasionally left the palace, he only took an imperial chariot. In a few years, you may not even be able to ride a horse anymore.
Not only was his ancestor corrupting at an alarming rate, but even his subordinates who had fought with him for thousands of miles and had spent the rest of their lives in a hundred battles had lost their eyes in the intoxication and wealth in Chang'an City. Not only is the general trend plundering people's wealth, but the speed of decline in combat effectiveness is also astonishing.
Within two years, many generals were so learned that they could not even ride a horse and had to ride on a chariot when marching and fighting. No one cares about the enemy troops who are still close at hand, and each of his mansions is extremely luxurious. Although they only controlled most of Gyeonggi Province in the former Tang Dynasty, the western part of Dugi Province, and a corner of Hadong Province, they were quite keen on fighting for power and profit.
There are hundreds of thousands of troops in the air inside and outside, but they can't even defeat the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the former Tang Dynasty around Chang'an. The most fatal thing is that not only are the generals at all levels intoxicated with wine and sex, they have lost the will to continue fighting. There are even some teams that are vaguely separatist.
In Huang Qiong's opinion, such a team is not what a new dynasty should have had when the country was founded. You know, when Emperor Taizu entered Chang'an City, the main force of the army did not suffer a devastating blow. The Tang Dynasty had not completely collapsed, and at least a considerable number of vassal towns in various places still obeyed the imperial court.
After occupying Chang'an, Emperor Taizu only cared about enjoying himself and no longer had the confidence to pursue the enemy bravely. By the time he regained his composure, there was no chance of success at all according to his ancestor's style. And according to the history that I was familiar with at the time, it was exactly this direction.
He, the Taizu Emperor, had only occupied Chang'an for two or three years before he was driven out of Guanzhong by the joint efforts of various vassal towns and the cooperation of Shatuo soldiers and Dangxiang cavalry. Moreover, after losing battles all the way, the morale of the army was completely shattered, and the generals around him died and surrendered.
When the Tiger Wolf Valley was completely defeated, even his nephew betrayed him. He took his head and went to the Tang Dynasty to ask for credit and reward. How could it be that when he got here, he made a complete 180-degree turn? For Huang Qiong, this turn was a bit too sharp, and he couldn't figure out where the change was.
It wasn't until Huang Qiong saw a name that he had never heard of in his previous life that Huang Qiong discovered where the turning point in this history was. Liu Zhirong, one of the emperor Taizu, surrendered when he moved to Guangzhou. He first served as a secretary beside Taizu. After Taizu came to the throne, he was awarded the title of Hanlin bachelor, and then he was transferred to the doctor of the Ministry of War.
In the third year of Jintong, that is, the second year of Zhonghe in the former Tang Dynasty, he led 500 cavalry into Tongzhou as a labor envoy. At the banquet, he killed Zhu Wen, the rebellious defense envoy of Tongzhou, and his counselor Xie Tong and general Hu Zhen joined his army. Immediately, they fought several battles with Wang Chongrong, the military governor of Hezhong in Tang Dynasty before the siege of Tongzhou, and more than ten vassal towns from various places who came to the aid of the former Tang Dynasty.
In Tongzhou, he collected copper coins of the former Tang Dynasty, melted and melted more than ten cannons made of fine copper, and made more than 10,000 kilograms of gold into sharp weapons. After failing to obtain reinforcements, they fought several battles with the Japanese and the Shatuo Army who came for reinforcements with inferior forces. Finally, with the support of artillery, they defeated the vassal towns deployed by the former Tang Dynasty in the middle of the river, and defeated more than 100,000 soldiers who came to aid Shatuo.
They successively captured and killed more than a dozen Jiedushi envoys and supervisors including Wang Chongrong, the Jiedushi envoy in Hezhong. The leader of the Shatuo Army, Li Keyong, only led more than a thousand remnants to escape back to Hedong, clearing out the last elite of the rebels around Chang'an in one fell swoop. Immediately, he and his generals successively captured the prefectures of Gyeonggi Road, Guannai Road, and Longyou Road of the former Tang Dynasty, and completely lifted the siege of Chang'an City by the former Tang Dynasty. After the Battle of Tongzhou, he was promoted to Fenning Jiedushi for his military merits.
After the Battle of Hezhong, he submitted a letter to Emperor Taizu, proposing a plan to destroy the Tang Dynasty by first pruning the branches and leaves, and then removing the main stem. It was proposed that in addition to part of the troops staying in Guanzhong, the rest of the hedgehogs would gather in Guanzhong and use all their best. Send a force out of Henan to contain the main force of the Japanese army in Guandong, which was concentrated in Henan at that time.
Use an elite force to manage Hedong and seize Taiyuan, eliminating the Shatuo Army that poses the greatest threat to Guanzhong and its march to Guandong. If the goals can be achieved in both battles, elite troops will be dispatched to manage Shandong and Hebei, and then to determine the Huaihe and Jiangnan areas. Finally, he sent troops to seize the two rivers and completely solved the policy of the former Tang Dynasty.
In the memorial, this person asked himself to lead the army into Henan to contain more than ten vassal towns in Guandong mobilized by the former Tang Dynasty outside Tongguan, which was almost equivalent to 70% of the troops of the former Tang Dynasty in the Guandong area. He also proposed to use the prince as the supervisor of the army to calm the emperor Taizu's heart. Regarding this suggestion, after the Battle of Guanzhong, the main force of the Guanzhong Army was originally wiped out, but Emperor Taizu, who was sitting back and thinking, did not adopt it at first.
But after the Battle of Guanzhong, the Shatuo army that retreated to the east of the river was dead. He repeatedly cooperated with the party's cavalry in the northwest and sent troops to sneak attacks in Guanzhong. The largest one even hit Baqiao on the edge of Chang'an. Chang'an City was shocked three times a day, and Emperor Taizu almost abandoned the city and left. Under the prince's persuasion, Emperor Taizu finally accepted this person's suggestion after hesitating for several times.
In the fifth year of the Jin Dynasty, Liu Zhirong gathered 50,000 newly defeated troops in Henan and returned to Guanzhong in the name of deputy capital deployment of the Jingdong camp and Henan Yin, and marched into Henan with the prince as the supervisor. The command post was located in Tongguan and fought several battles with more than 100,000 elite troops from Tang Guandong. Although they failed to reproduce the success of defeating the army in Guanzhong after several hard battles, they firmly restrained the main force of the Guandong vassal towns in the former Tang Dynasty in front of Tongguan.
He led Shangrang's 100,000-strong army out of Hedong in the east, taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the army had no time to take care of Hedong and the empty troops in Hedong, and successfully captured Taiyuan, and annihilated the last 30,000 elite Shatuo army in Hedong to the north of Taiyuan. However, although the Qi army won this battle, in the face of the stubborn resistance of the Shatuo army, the armies conquering Hedong also suffered heavy losses and were unable to march eastward from Taihang as originally planned.
In order to ensure the safety of the flanks of the main force of the Qi army that was resting after the Battle of Hedong. The former Tang vassal towns that were preparing to withdraw their troops after hearing about the fall of Hedong were contained in Henan. In the winter of the fifth year of the Jin Dynasty, he personally led more than 10,000 cavalrymen to cross Hedong, crossed the Yellow River three times and went straight to Luoyang and Bianzhou. They captured the states east of Luoyang in one fell swoop and cut off the retreat route of more than 100,000 troops from more than ten vassal towns in the former Tang Dynasty in Henan.
