Its speed is like the wind, its slowness is like a forest, its invasion is like fire, and it is not moving like a mountain.
From "Sun Tzu's Art of War and Military Controversy".
The entire Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, almost fifty years, although the time is not long, but like the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, the impact on future generations is very far-reaching.
The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms began with the Anshi Rebellion, and it was this rebellion that swept through half the empire and the incomplete pacification that led to the division of the feudal towns in the middle and late Tang Dynasties, coupled with the uprisings and rebellions of the late Tang Dynasty, which eventually caused the great unified empire to collapse, and in its place was another chaotic and complicated world of endless conquest.
The Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou dynasties in the north constitute the inheritance of the five dynasties, and the Former Shu, Later Shu, Northern Han, Southern Han, Wuyue, Wu, Southern Tang, Min, Chu, and Jingnan in the south constitute the distribution of the ten kingdoms.
In this era of ups and downs, the most eye-catching thing is the conquest between Liang and Tang (who was formerly known as Li Ke, the king of Jin, using his father and son), and the elite who can be called "his disease is like the wind" must be said to be Li Ke's righteous army - the Thirteenth Taibao.
Shaw Zhang Chezhi's "Thirteen Taibao"
Li Keyong, originally surnamed Zhu Xie, was a Shatuo native. Shatuo belonged to the Western Turkic region and was nomadic in the area of the Zungar Basin in present-day Xinjiang, so named because of its large sand dunes. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the leader of the Zhu Evil Clan, Li Keyong's father Zhu Evil Was given the surname of Li for his meritorious efforts in suppressing rebellion. Hence the surname "Lee".
It is said that most of its races are deep-eyed and multi-bearded, and the surnames of the warriors of the Shatuo group, such as Kang, An, Cao, Shi, Mi, He, Shi, etc., are typical of the sogdian surnames of the nine surnames of Zhaowu in Central Asia (present-day five central Asian countries and Afghanistan).
The reason why Li Ke's army is called the wind is also quite related to his personality characteristics. Li Ke's sex is like a fiery fire, erratic.
In the early years, Li Ke killed his own commander, the defense envoy of the Datong Army, defected to northern Saibei, captured Dai Prefecture, and gradually became stronger in the hostility with Li Tang.
Later, with the Huangchao Uprising to capture Chang'an, the Tianzi of the Tang Dynasty had to recognize its separatist forces and recruit them, only to return to the embrace of the Tang and participate in the suppression of the Huangchao uprising, and was awarded the title of "King of Longxi County" for his merits.
At that time, people were popular to take in their sons, and even looked at them the same as their own children - it is no wonder that at that time, there were still frequent wars, not many children or a few sons, and they really did not know which one would come first after the break or tomorrow.
Li Keyong is the same, in addition to his own li Cunxun, there are twelve dry sons before and after, known as the thirteenth Taibao.
They are:
Grand Taibao Li Siyuan, a member of the Shatuo clan, was known for his bravery and good fighting, and belonged to the type of young talker and fierce hand, with a meticulous mind and a cautious approach. Li Cunxun, the son of Li Keyong, destroyed Hou Liang and established the Later Tang Dynasty, and was praised by Li Cunxun as "the first in merit". Later, Wei Boya's soldiers mutinied, he was originally sent to suppress the rebellion, but as a result, he was wrapped up in the rebel army, indirectly overthrowing Li Cunxun's rule, becoming the second emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, and successfully ascending the throne.
Li Sizhao, the second taibao, a native of Taigu, Shanxi, the adopted son of Li Keyong's younger brother Li Kerou, a famous general in the five dynasties period at the end of the Tang Dynasty, had courage, martial arts, courage in battle, and was steadfast and cautious, recapturing Luzhou, pacifying Li Yao, the Battle of Taiyuan, and the northern attack on the Khitan all involved Li Sizhao, who had made many achievements in battle, but unfortunately, died in the dark night before dawn, and died on the battlefield during the conquest of Zhang Wenli in Hebei.
Three Taibao Li Cunxun:
Li Keyong's own son, Li Keyun,li Cunxun established Later Tang after his death, for Later Tang Zhuangzong. This man was brave and good at war, strategic, and after the southern conquest of Liang, the northern attack on the Khitans, the east to take the Hetao, and the western Zhanhezhong, quite accomplished, "five generations of territory, there is no one who flourishes here", but unfortunately, Wu Yong has more than enough, political deficiencies, after the Tang Unified The North and Sichuan, drowned in sound, conquest and tyranny, reused eunuchs, ruled the country without a way, and died in an internal coup in 926.
Li Cunxin, the Fourth Taibao:
Li Cunxin was a man of both culture and martial arts, who could speak the languages of the four nationalities, was proficient in the book culture of the six races, fought bravely and schemingly, although he had many achievements in battle, but also had many defeats, and was later killed by Li Keyong because of the defeat of drunken soldiers, and finally he was exempted from crime.
Wutaibao Li Cunjin:
Li Cunjin was famous for his bravery, and followed Li Ke to quell the Huangchao Rebellion and resist Zhu Wen, with a lot of merit, Li Ke used his death to assist the Third Taibao Li Cunxun to establish a country, and later died heroically, and was posthumously awarded the title of Taiwei after his death.
Liu Taibao Li Siben:
Li Si was originally a second-generation general, who fought for Li Ke for many years, had many military achievements, and his human nature was fierce, he was disciplined, and he was good at fighting and resourceful.
Seven Taibao Li Si'en:
Riding and shooting kung fu, following Li Keyong to defeat Wang Xingyu, suppressing Kang Huaiying and capturing Hexi, he spent his life on horseback, repeatedly made meritorious achievements, and could add officials to the knighthood after each battle.
Eight Taibao Li Cunzhang:
He has been following Li Ke in his crusades to the west, and has made many achievements in battle, is good at conquest, is good at assisting the government, and is a loyal supporter of the Li family.
Nine Tai Bao Fu Trial:
He successively assisted Li Keyong and Li Cunxun in two generations of monarchs, resisted Later Liang and northern Khitans, and fought for many years without defeat.
Ten Taibao Li Cunxian:
The West Block Tuguhun and the Khitan have fought many battles and repeatedly built a miracle, and he is also a rare general who can fight good battles.
Eleven Taibao Shi Jingsi:
The Shatuo people, whose people are brave and good at war, nicknamed The White Robe Shi Jingsi, followed Li Keyong to quell the Yellow Nest Uprising, and Zhu Wen secretly attacked Li Keyi when Li Cunxian retreated in order to protect Li Keyong, and fought to the death.
Twelve Taibao Kang Junli:
Coming from a powerful family, he followed Li Keyong to quell the Huangchao Rebellion, and the town was guarded in the Taiyuan area, where he was later poisoned by Li Keyong.
Thirteen Taibao Li Cunxiao:
"The king is not hegemonic, the general is not Li", "the attack is invincible, the battle is invincible" is Li Cunxiao, this manpower is infinite, the mighty is incomparable, the force is invincible in the world, the history of Li Cunxiao "Xiao Yong is the best, often riding as the vanguard, not defeated." Later, Li Ke used the enemy's divisive tactic to split Li Cunxiao's five horses into corpses.
According to legend, the old thirteenth Li Cunxiao was a character similar to Li Yuanba in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, ranking first at that time. No one in the Sui and Tang Dynasties provoked Li Yuanba, so in the end Li Yuanba had to fight with the sky, throwing a sledgehammer into the sky to hit Lei Gong, the result was that he had not studied physics, did not know that the earth has gravity, and the sledgehammer drew a wonderful parabola in the sky, smashed heavily on his head, and hung up.
Li Cunxiao is the same, in Zhang Che's old Shaw movie "Thirteen Taibao", Li Cunxiao was jealous of other Taibao and used rumors to Li Ke, and was eventually tragically dismembered by five horses. The filming of the film is very well rendered, and the final presentation is not bloody, but it is very tragic.
The same is true of Li Cunxiao in history, because of his high merits and rumors, he was eventually forced to rebel against Li Keyong, although he finally surrendered, but according to the law, Li Ke used what he wanted to do as a model, and then several other dry sons pleaded, and he also pushed the boat down the steps to spare his life and let him wear the sin and make meritorious deeds. However, several of the little Taibao under the account were jealous of Li Cunxiao's favor, and none of them came forward to intercede, and as a result, when the hour came, the five horses were divided. The poor generation was a popular little student, dead and soulless.
The reason for this is actually in the temperament and character of Li Ke, Li Ke uses irritability, rashness, and credulity, and once he is deceived, he will become suspicious and anxious, so when he is dying, he will take three arrows and give them to his son Li Cunxun, asking him to avenge the three arrows: Liu Rengong in Youzhou, Hebei, the Yelü family in the Khitan of Northern Saibei, and the Zhuliang regime in Henan.
These three people had actually been happy with him before, about brothers, when he credulously believed the rhetoric of others, and finally found out that he was deceived, so he must find the field again, but his own bad luck and failed to do so. So let the son avenge himself.
Fortunately, there were more sons, folded a few, and a few, and finally succeeded in revenge. After Li Cunxun repaid a piece of revenge, he returned an arrow to the Taimiao Temple, and finally the three arrows combined, and Li Keyong closed his only eye (legend has it that Li Keyong was one-eyed) and rested in peace.
Li Ke's Yi'er army galloped through the Central Plains, like the wind, one would attack here, one would flee there, one would attack Youzhou, one would cross the Yellow River, erratic, although there were thirteen Taibao left and right branches, always lacking grand strategy, the opponent encountered was a generation of traitors - Cao Cao-like figures such as Zhu Wen, so in the end it dissipated like the wind.
Text | Apaoga History
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