In the history of China, there have been many chaotic times, and the change of dynasties must be from division to union, from combination to division. There is a sentence in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that summarizes the law of historical development, and the major events under the world will be united for a long time, and they will be divided for a long time.
The last year of the Sui Dynasty
Because Yang Guang was too eager to make quick gains, he eventually ruined the short-lived prosperous dynasty, and rebellions broke out across the country, and the chaotic world was of course accompanied by heroes. Since the ancient chaotic world produced heroes, many able people and heroes have used the stage of the chaotic world to show their ambitions, hoping to make achievements.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the rulers were excessively expropriated, without the slightest consideration for the feelings of the people of the world, which made the people complain. White bones were all over the wilderness and starvation in the famine years, and finally a peasant uprising broke out, and the peasants rose up, and this uprising storm quickly swept the whole country, mainly including the Wagang Army, dou Jiande Army, And Du Fuwei Army. At a time when the rule of the Sui Dynasty was crumbling, many local magnates also took advantage of the situation to rebel and divide the side, among which Li Yuan, who was dominating Taiyuan, was so powerful that he marched into Guanzhong to take Chang'an directly.
Yu Wenhua and launched a mutiny to kill the Sui Emperor
Since then, the Sui Dynasty has been declared dead. Then most of the rebel armies that divided the various places claimed to be emperors, and for a time the world was in chaos, the world was in chaos, and it was difficult to predict who would die in the end. In fact, li yuan was able to win the world in the end, in fact, it was not easy, there were many obstacles, the local separatist forces were very strong, and the road to reunification was very difficult.
In 617, Li Shimin persuaded his father Li Yuan to raise an army, and he was made the Duke of Dunhuang Commandery and the Governor of the Right Army, commanding the Right Third Army. In 618, Li Yuan deposed Emperor Gong of Sui, established himself as emperor, changed the name of the country to Tang, and Li Shimin was enfeoffed as the King of Qin. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the territory was actually very small, and Li Shimin fought with the four sides to gradually eliminate the separatist forces in various places. In the western part of the Tang Dynasty, there was a threat from the Xue family, and Li Shimin suffered a lot of losses in this battle, at the end of Qin there was Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, and at the end of Sui, there was Xue Ju, the king of Western Qin.
Xue Ju was one of the most powerful local divisions at the end of the Sui Dynasty
He is burly in appearance, brave and good at shooting, and has a wealthy family, and likes to make friends with heroes from all over the world. In the last year of the Sui Dynasty, there were 4 cases of thieves in the Longxi area, the people were displaced, and they could not eat their stomachs, so Xue Ju took the opportunity to rebel and open a warehouse to scatter grain and help the poor people in the local area. Soon after, Xue Ju proclaimed himself the Overlord of Western Qin, with the title of Qin Xing(秦興), and his eldest son Xue Rengao (薛仁杲) as the Duke of Qi and his second son Xue Renyue as the Duke of Jin. Xue Ju later took advantage of the situation to occupy the land of Longxi, with more than 130,000 troops and dominating the northern frontier.
In 617, Xue Ju thought he had great strength, so he declared himself emperor in the Lanzhou region. In December of the same year, Xue Ju led an army to capture Chang'an, when Li Yuan, the king of Tang, was still in favor of Emperor Gong of Sui, so he sent Li Shimin to lead an army against Xue Ju's father and son, but Xue Rengao was defeated by Li Shimin. Xue Ju was also helpless at this time, so he asked his subordinates, was there a son of heaven who surrendered in ancient times? Most of the subordinates believed that they could surrender to the Tang Dynasty, the Southern Yue Wu Emperor Zhao Tuo returned to Han, and the Shu state was the lord Liu Chan who came out of the Jin Dynasty, so many subordinates thought that they could surrender, but some people strongly opposed it, and could not discuss the plan of destroying the country based on temporary success or failure.
Xue Ju regained his strength and joined forces with the Turkic accomplice Chang'an
Unfortunately, it was not successful, xue ju repeatedly invaded Chang'an, bringing a lot of pressure to Li Shimin, but Li Shimin's use of troops was fast, and it also brought a lot of pressure to Xue Ju. In 618, Xue Ju led all his troops to attack Jinzhou, and the Tang Dynasty resisted with Li Shimin as a marshal, but the Tang army was defeated and captured the Tang generals Li Anyuan and Liu Hongji, and Li Shimin had no choice but to lead his army to flee back to Chang'an.
In August of the same year, Xue Ju's subordinates believed that the Tang army had just been frustrated and it would be difficult to resist the attack in a short period of time, so they proposed to take Chang'an City directly and make the world one. For Xue Ju, the situation was very good, so the whole army was ready to go, but before the expedition, Xue Ju suddenly fell ill and died, and the matter was shelved, and the plan to attack Chang'an was also frustrated, and the opportunity was not waiting for anyone. Later, Xue Ju's eldest son Xue Rengao took the throne, and the Tang army was also repaired, and eventually the Xue regime was quickly destroyed by Tang, perhaps god blessed the Tang.
If Xue Ju had not yet died of illness and led a large army to attack Chang'an, the Tang Dynasty was in danger, and had repeatedly fought with Xue Ju, Li Shimin knew his bravery and was the only person Li Shimin feared. If he did not die early, the Li Tang Dynasty or would cease to exist, the warplanes would be fleeting, and the Western Qin overlord Xue Ju would be murderous and able to be destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, which was also a blessing for the people.