Since the Anshi Rebellion, Datang has begun to decline. Although during this period, Tang Xuanzong, known as Emperor Taizong of Xiao, came to a short period of ZTE, but it could only delay the demise of the Tang Dynasty.
Finally, in 878 AD, the Huangchao Rebellion broke out.
The blow to Datang in this uprising was all-round. For example, to the common people, according to the Old Book of Tang, thieves besieged Chen County for three days, and the Kanto was still old and had no crops, people were hungry and leaning on the walls, thieves captured people and ate, killing thousands a day. And Tang Jun? It is also very tragic, the New Book of Tang says: In the Battle of Tanzhou (today's Changsha), the Tang army "50,000 soldiers, all killed by thieves, thrown corpses in the river."
As for the emperor Tang Xuanzong, it is not necessary to elaborate, fully carrying forward the characteristics of the old ancestor Tang Xuanzong's "legs are long and legs are fast", and the servants fled to Sichuan. Therefore, in response to the Huangchao Uprising, whether it is the main history or the wild history, the court or the people, those who hold negative opinions account for the majority.
However, it should be noted that Huang Chao was not the only one who did bad things to the common people, but also the officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. For example, Wang Duo, the Tang Dynasty prime minister to be highlighted today, when he refused to defend Jiangling, after hearing about the defeat of the Changsha army, he was so frightened that he threw everything to his subordinate Liu Hanhong, and then fled to Xiangyang to hide.
What is the unexpected, Liu Hanhong did even more desperately, Wang Duo's front foot just left, he came on the back foot to loot Jiangling, mutilate the people, and then roll up the looted property, no matter what yellow nest you are or the emperor, he also ran away! Naturally, this matter needed someone to bear the responsibility, so the prime minister Wang Duo was dismissed.
However, in this matter, Wang Duolaiyan was blessed by misfortune - if he resigned, he could no longer resist Huang Chao, so he was able to follow Tang Shuzong and also fled to Sichuan to hide.
With the development of the situation, 2 years later, the Huangchao Uprising turned from prosperity to decline. Wang Duo was activated again and ordered to conquer Huang Chao. This time it was very different from the last time. Last time the Tang Dynasty was passive defensive, but this time it was an active attack. Therefore, Wang Duo was very well prepared, and all kinds of grain, grass, and ordnance were readily available. But who knows, at this time, he suddenly made another mistake.
It turned out that Wang Duo was a talented man when he was young, and the so-called talented people loved beautiful people. Therefore, when he became famous, he married another concubine. However, his original wife, who was a well-known "humble woman", packed him up so obediently that when he mentioned his wife's name, the tang tang tang chancellor was stunned.
Now that he is about to go on the expedition, what will happen to that little concubine? She must not be thrown to Madame. Thinking of this, Wang Duo made up his mind that even if he recruited Huang Chao, he would take the concubine with him. This can be said to be that in ancient times, there was a bully king Bei Yu Ji, which became a good story for thousands of years, and now there is Wang Duo who goes out on a campaign to bring concubines, which can be described as "a good story has its own descendants".
And so the army set out. In the middle of the line, suddenly someone reported: The prime minister is not good, your wife, trailing after you! This sentence frightened Wang Duo's eyes at that time, if I was caught up by the lady, I would definitely not have good fruit to eat, what could I do?
Wang Duo scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks and couldn't think of a way, so he had to ask his subordinates: "There was a yellow nest in the front, and then there was a lady chasing after him." You hurry up and think of a way to come out, what should I do? ”
His men all knew that this prime minister was extremely afraid of the inside, so they groaned for a moment and said, "Now, I think it is better to surrender the Yellow Nest!" ”
In a word, Wang Duo, who was still very nervous, suddenly laughed loudly, he understood that his subordinates were joking with him. So what happened to that? Sorry, it's not written in the history books. So I can't talk nonsense either.
But from the analysis of this so-called "good story", at this moment, Datang VS Huangchao should have gained an advantage. Because at the beginning of the Huangchao Uprising, the reason why it was invincible was that The Tang Dynasty was not prepared and was caught off guard, and the other was that it had a great relationship with those thrifty envoys who supported the army and respected themselves, and they all held the elite troops and did not contribute, waiting for the emperor to give benefits.
However, with the growth of the Yellow Nest, these festival envoys found that if they did not destroy the Yellow Nest, they would become the ghosts under the yellow nest's sword, so after the prime minister Wang Duo "took the concubines" on the expedition, these festival envoys began to really exert their strength.
However, the last thing to say is that in this expedition, in addition to making this so-called good story, Wang Duo also did a major thing that affected future generations, he recruited Zhu Wen, and it was this Zhu Wen who finally took away the fruits of the Huangchao Uprising and ended the Tang Dynasty.