In 619, the power of the late Sui Dynasty ruler, Wang Shichong of Luoyang, reached its peak. In 618 AD, at the Battle of Yaoshan, Wang Shichong defeated the invincible Li Mi with a strategy, and the once invincible Wagang army collapsed in the first battle, and the Wagang generals Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Niu Jinda, Li Junxian, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyu, Li Mengchang, Shan Xiongxin, Zhang Liang, and others were forced to surrender to Wang Shichong.
Just as the so-called Wagang people won the world, the Wagang army gathered too many fierce generals, they sat on the grain of Xingluocang and Liyangcang, occupied the world, and resisted 80% of the Sui Dynasty's troops. Without the restraint of the Wagang Army, the Tang Dynasty would not have been able to enter Guanzhong at all. At the same time, if Li Tang did not have the good generals of the Wagang Army, it would be impossible to get the world. After all, among the twenty-four heroes of Ling Yan Pavilion, the generals of the Wagang Department accounted for one-third. Among the princes of the early Tang Dynasty, the generals of the Wagang clan may even account for half of them.
It is said that with the fierce general Wagang and the inexhaustible grain in Xingluocang, Wang Shichong should be invincible in the world, and conquering the world should be simpler than eating. However, in the end, a generation of adulterous male Kings Shichong not only did not get the world, but instead got a title and a sheep, and died and the country was destroyed. So where did Wang Shichong lose? And this starts with the Battle of the Nine Curves in 619 AD.
At that time, Wang Shichong was fighting with The Tang Army at Jiuqu. However, before the battle, a jaw-dropping thing happened. Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Niu Jinda, Li Junxian, Luo Shixin, and others led dozens of cavalry to suddenly rush out of their positions, and at a distance of dozens of steps from Zheng Jun, they dismounted and bowed to Wang Shichong:
"Although you have received special gifts, you cannot look up to things, so please resign from now on."
Subsequently, everyone got up on their horses and galloped towards the Tang Army camp. And this sudden situation made Wang Shichong so shocked that he could not speak, and he did not even dare to pursue. Even if Wang Shichong wanted to break his head, he didn't understand that he valued Qin Qiong and others so much, and there were many rewards and official titles. Why qin qiong and others still prefer to abandon their families and defect to the Tang Dynasty. Wang Shichong! What the hell have you done? Why did even Zhongyi, like Qin Qiong, embark on the road of betrayal? And this has to start from a peculiar hobby of Wang Shichong. And this hobby, many leaders are familiar with, that is, meetings.
Wang Shichong was not surnamed Wang, or even a Han Chinese. His original surname was Zhi, and he was a descendant of Hu Shang of the Western Regions. He dabbled in the history of scriptures from an early age, and was particularly fond of the art of war, as well as the study of fortune telling and astronomical calendar calculation. Because Wang Shichong was brilliant in learning and proficient in Tao Strategy, he was reused by the Sui Emperor.
After the chaos in the Central Plains, the Sui Emperor ordered Wang Shichong to send troops to quell the rebellion. In Huainan, Wang Shichong recruited tens of thousands of Jianghuai soldiers, and this is becoming the capital he was able to start. Compared with frontal combat, Wang Shichong prefers to play shady tricks and pretend to be grandchildren. Through these tricks and tricks, Wang Shichong was able to make many meritorious achievements, and was finally ordered by the Sui Emperor who was in Jiangdu to garrison Luoyang.
At that time, Luoyang was under attack from the Wagang Army. Whether it is grain reserves or talent reserves, Wang Shichong is far inferior to Li Mi. Therefore, in the battle, Wang Shichong was repeatedly defeated. Due to the lack of food, a large number of Wang Shichong's subordinates surrendered to Li Mi every day. In this case, Wang Shichong immediately played a conspiracy. He said to Li Mi, "Duke Wei, you lack clothes, we lack grain, we can exchange clothes for food." ”
At that time, the mid-winter was approaching, and the Wagang army lacked clothing, and Li Mi felt that the deal was worthwhile. Moreover, at that time, Luoyang City was already in turmoil, and it could fall on the verge of falling. When Luoyang is breached, these grains are not their own? Who knew that after Wang Shichong got the grain, the military's heart was immediately consolidated, and no one left the city to surrender to Li Mi. The garrison of Luoyang also became unprecedentedly consolidated.
In this way, Li Mi was caught in the middle of Yu Wenhua and Wang Shichong.com. In the battle against Yu Wenhuahe, although the Wagang army won, it was seriously injured, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others were wounded, and the main veterans also suffered heavy losses.
Subsequently, Li Mi led his troops to fight a decisive battle with Wang Shichong in Luoyang, and in terms of strength, the Wagang army was twice as large as Wang Shichong's army, and the victory or defeat was originally no suspense. However, before the war, Li Mi killed Zhai Rang, causing a split within the Wagang army. Wang Shichong took advantage of the situation to bribe Feng Yuanzhen and Shan Xiongxin, causing them to see Li Mi die and not save him.
On the battlefield, Wang Shichong found a soldier who resembled Li Mi, tied him up, and pushed him to the front of the army, shouting: "Duke Wei has been captured!" Seeing this situation, the Generals of Wagang believed it to be true, and then the whole line collapsed, and Qin Qiong and others were forced to surrender to Wang Shichong. To put it here, the reason why Qin Qiong and others did not fight for Li Mi's death was because Li Mi killed Zhai Rang and hurt his brother's heart too much.
At Wang Shichong's place, all the generals of Wagang were treated favorably, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin were respectively made great generals, Shan Xiongxin married Wang Shichong's daughter, Pei Xing married Wang Shichong's daughter, and Luo Shixin and Wang Shichong became model monarchs who slept together. It is said that having received such favors, the generals of Wagang should be dead set on serving Wang Shichong. But just a year later, things changed.
In March 619, Wang Shichong deposed Yang Tong, the King of Yue, and ascended to the throne. Although Wang Shichong was honored to the Ninth Five-Year Plan, Qin Qiong and others found that Wang Shichong was not at all the hero who could conquer the world.
First of all, Wang Shichong was particularly fond of meetings, and he was particularly wordy, for which the Zizhi Tongjian recorded:
"Every time the world listens to the dynasty, it will be diligent in its teachings, repetitive in its words, in a thousand ways, in a hundred ways, and tired of listening."
Others say important things only once. But Wang Shichong held frequent meetings and kept repeating his previous words. All the officials of the imperial court who served him were exhausted by his Wenshanhuihai. In this regard, the imperial master Su Liang advised Wang Shichong:
"Your Majesty has too many words, and he doesn't have a point, so you only need to say a rough idea in everything, so why do you have to meet repeatedly?"
Judging from Su Liang's words, he could not bear Wang Shichong's "meeting habits" anymore, and his words were already very rude. In this regard, Wang Shichong was silent for a long time, although he did not blame Su Liang, he still reasoned with me.
Wang Shichong's "meeting habit" eventually drove Qin Qiong and others crazy. One day, Cheng Yaojin said to Qin Qiong:
"The prince is shallow and narrow and has many vain words, so as to swear an oath, this is the ear of the old witch, the lord of chaos!"
That is to say, Wang Shichong is not only narrow in his instrument, but also has a lot of nonsense, good nonsense, and likes to swear poisonously,
It's really wordy
Like an old witch, that's a mess of Allah? Qin Qiong also deeply believed in this. Therefore, they even ignored their parents and wives, resolutely turned against the tang dynasty before the battle, and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, fundamentally changing the balance of power between Tang and Zheng. It can be said that Wang Shichong's "meeting addiction" forced Qin Qiong to turn back.
In the author's opinion, Wang Shichong's "meeting" habit is only the appearance of his narrow temperament. Wang Shichong was just a Hu merchant, but he accidentally became emperor. Since he became the emperor, he must live a good life of the world's supreme addiction. And to have fun, the opening of the DPRK is a good choice. The civilian and military generals gathered together, and at the meeting, they pointed fingers and shouted at them, not to mention how powerful they were. Therefore, Wang Shichong is like a child who has never seen the world, without any royal temperament, but just "mu monkey and crown".
Not only that, Wang Shichong also paid lip service but did not really come. At the meeting, Wang Shichong, like many leaders, likes to draw cakes for his subordinates and vows to share wealth with his subordinates. But what about reality? However, Wang Shichong made all his relatives the prince. However, his subordinates made meritorious contributions, but Wang Shichong closed the treasury of the palace and did not agree with anything. This kind of "mouth hi" type of meeting will only make people more annoyed with Wang Shichong's personality.
In this way, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others left Wang Shichong and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Liu Heimin and others turned to Dou Jiande, and the people's hearts were completely scattered. In 620, Li Shimin, the King of Qin, launched a major campaign against Wang Shichong, and it was Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Luo Shixin and others who were on the front. In the Battle of Tiger Prison Pass, the generals of Wagang exerted great power and defeated Dou Jiande, who came to the rescue of Wang Shichong. Wang Shichong, seeing the defeat of the Dou clan, had no choice but to surrender the city and barely saved his life.
However, on the way to exile Shudi, Wang Shichong was killed by the enemy family's lonely Xiude, and ended up in a different place.