During the reign of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei, the powerful ministers Yuan Cha and Empress Hu successively monopolized power, the contradictions between the court and the hall intensified, and the six towns of Bianguan were invaded by Rouran, and in the case of a shortage of food for the soldiers and people, the townspeople of Woye Town broke the Six Han Tombs and led the soldiers and people to kill the town generals.
The northern six towns only broke out an uprising, and then the relevant Long, Hebei nationalities also responded, the Northern Wei was powerless to suppress the rebel army, helplessly only to go to Rouran, Rouran Khan led a hundred thousand troops to assist the Northern Wei to suppress the rebellion of the six towns, since ancient times there have been officials to force the people to rebel, in fact, the uprising is nothing more than to have a mouthful of food, can survive, although the six Han Baling at this time claimed to have 100,000 troops, but still a ragtag crowd, breaking the Six Han Baling led the army to besiege Yuanyuan, by the Wei army commander He Basheng recruited by the two hundred elites to be repelled, From this, it can be seen that most of the rebel army is a bastard, and if you want to sell your life, you will definitely not do it.
Soon the rebel army of the six towns was jointly suppressed by Northern Wei and Rouran, and Northern Wei escorted the captured more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians from Bianzhen to the prefectures and counties of Hebei, these soldiers and civilians who had left their hometowns were hungry and cold along the way, and after arriving in Hebei, they lacked food and clothing, and could not integrate with the Han people, at this time, Xianyu Xiuli stood up again, and found a way for everyone to live, just when Du Luozhou led Gao Huan and others to launch an uprising in Shanggu, Xianyu Xiuli responded, and a bigger uprising broke out.
Ge Rong was originally a native of Woye Town, the six northern towns, joined the army in his early years, and became a general in Huaishuo Town in the six towns, Xian Yu Xiuli led the displaced people of Beizhen to revolt in Zuorencheng in Dingzhou, and Ge Rong also actively responded to Xian Yu Xiuli's uprising.
The rebel army led by Xian Yu Xiuli and Ge Rong defeated the Northern Wei governor Sun Zhi and Wang Yuanchen of Hejian in Wulu, and directly approached the city of Dingzhou, so the Northern Wei Dynasty came to a conspiracy move, sending the emperor's relative Yuan Hongye to go undercover in the rebel army, taking the opportunity to kill Xian Yu Xiuli, the army can not be left alone for a day, at this time it was Ge Rong's turn to appear, Ge Rong killed Yuan Hongye, and commanded Xian Yu Xiuli's troops.
The current rebel army leaders Ge Rong and Du Luozhou two rebel armies in Hebei solidarity with each other, the Northern Wei Dynasty has no way to suppress the rebellion, coupled with internal struggle, Ge Rong led the army to quickly occupy most of the prefectures and counties in Hebei, the spearhead pointed directly at the Northern Wei capital Luoyang, the situation of mutual balance, do not know ge Rong's tendons are not right, actually attacked and killed DuLuo Zhou, on the surface he annexed Du Luo Zhou's army, strengthened his own strength, in fact seriously weakened the strength of the rebel army.
In just three years, Ge Rong's rebellion team grew to hundreds of thousands of people, after merging DuLuozhou's troops, going north to Yingzhou, Ge Rong arrived at Bainiuluo, led a light horse to raid Zhangwuzhuang Wuwang Yuanrong, killed him, Ge Rong claimed to be the son of heaven, the country name was Qi, Ge Rong then besieged Xindu, after capturing Xindu, drove the residents out of the city, these residents were frozen to death 70% or 80%, and Ge Rong slaughtered the people every time he broke through a city, which also laid a hidden danger for his later demise.
Ge Rong's rebel army was mainly composed of soldiers and civilians in the six towns, who rose up in order to survive, burned and plundered, did everything, the army had no discipline, after the soldiers and civilians of the six towns entered Hebei, they looted grain, and where the rebel soldiers and horses passed, the village docks were broken and the people were displaced.
Erzhu Rong and Ge Rong both started from the Rebellion of the Six Towns, the difference is that Erzhu Rong was the party of the Northern Wei rebellion, and Ge Rong was the party that participated in the uprising, when Ge Rong was burning and plundering everywhere, the Interior of the Northern Wei Dynasty hall was basically controlled by Erzhu Rong, and the internal problems were solved, and this time the imperial court had the energy to suppress the rebel army.
Erzhu Rong launched the famous Heyin Rebellion, took control of the Northern Wei court, slaughtered most of the Northern Wei emperors, and Emperor Xiaozhuang, who was supported by Erzhu Rong, although he had the intention to kill Erzhu Rong, but now the entire court was controlled by Erzhu Rong, and Emperor Xiaozhuang was also powerless.
After Erzhu Rong took control of the Northern Wei dynasty, his greatest opponent was Ge Rong, who claimed to have a million troops and was ready to invade Luoyang, there must be a war between the two, and soon the two sides broke out the Battle of Yicheng, which was also a historical classic battle, Erzhu Rong defeated Ge Rong's million army with seven thousand fine horses, in fact, four hundred thousand troops, Ge Rong committed a taboo of soldiers, too light enemy, and Was seized by Erzhu Rong.
Ge Rong wanted to use the momentum of hundreds of thousands of people to scare off Erzhu Rong, but hundreds of thousands of people spread out in a large area, and there were bound to be weaknesses in the process of marching, and the ties between the parties were not close, and Erzhu Rong seized this weakness and led the three thousand elites to ride straight to Ge Rong's camp.
After Gao Huan surrendered to Zhu Rong, most of the rebel army had friendship with Gao Huan, and Gao Huan also smoothly plotted against some of Ge Rong's generals, and under the back and forth attacks, Ge Rong's army was defeated like a mountain, and Ge Rong was also captured in this battle, and the two had different development routes, different patterns, and also led to different endings.
Some people say that Ge Rong is a tyrant, in fact, not necessarily, at best, a bandit, in conquering so many cities, he did not choose to appease the people's hearts, but wantonly slaughtered, the people resented him very deeply, and those who won the hearts and minds of the people won the world, so Ge Rong could not afford to fail, as long as he was defeated, then the regime he established would collapse, and the real motivation for the rebel army he led to fight everywhere was not to overthrow the Northern Wei and lay a foundation for himself, but to burn and plunder everywhere, which also determined that the regime established by Ge Rong had no foundation.
Erzhu Rong wantonly killed the Northern Wei imperial family, the original intention was to control the Northern Wei dynasty, he considered that he was only a warlord, first of all, he wanted to get the support of the family clan in Luoyang City, he killed so many people of the Northern Wei royal family, and he was also worried about retaliation, so he hid in Jinyang, a solid base, remotely controlled the Northern Wei regime, Erzhu Rong was well-founded in the situation, Ge Rong did not have this advantage, And Erzhu Rong was called a tyrant.
After the Rebellion of the Six Towns was put down, there were a large number of warlords of all sizes, and this uprising can also be regarded as the straw that overwhelmed the Northern Wei regime, and Ge Rong's uprising was short-lived in three years, like a flash in the pan, but it became a gravedigger of the Northern Wei.