If you were to ask, "Who was the most tragic figure at the end of the Sui Dynasty?" ”
I will definitely say, "Liu Hei min." ”
In the sixth year of WuDe (623 AD), Liu Heimin was defeated and betrayed by his subordinate Zhuge Dewei, and was eventually beheaded by Li Jiancheng at Huanzhou. What followed was the last afterglow of the heroes of the Sui Dynasty.
Liu Heimin could not have died because he had gone into hiding. He wanted to live at home with peace of mind, but Li Tang's tightness forced him to "re-emerge from the jianghu". Avenge the Lord, but also fight for a way to live for yourself.
Out of the mountains again, Liu Heimin beat Li Tang's famous general almost all over again. The combined forces of Li Shentong and Luo Yi were beaten to the ground, Li Ji was beaten to flee in a hurry, xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche brothers were captured alive, and Li Daoxuan and Luo Shixin were beheaded.
With his own strength, he successively confronted the three brothers Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji, and Liu Heimin was finally defeated. The death was not spectacular, but it was never a nest, and Liu Heimin used his death to compose the final elegy of a reckless hero.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Zhangnan "ancient puzzle boy"</h1>
Liu Heimin ,born unknown, was a native of Zhangnan, Beizhou (present-day northeast of the ancient city of Hebei).
Rogue, alcoholic, happy game, unruly industry, father and brother afflicted - Old Book of Tang
In just fifteen words, the image of an "ancient puzzle boy" jumped on the paper. When he was young, Liu Heimin was an alcoholic scoundrel who liked to gamble, and he didn't do anything all day long, and he was a "nibbling old giant baby" who could not let the family worry about it.
Just in Zhangnan, he recognized a big brother, and this big brother was Dou Jiande, who was in his hometown.
Dou Jiande was famous for his faithfulness in the township, and he had served as the head of two hundred people in the county, and he was a small civil servant. Liu Heimin's family was poor, and Dou Jiande often funded him.
Dou Jiande is faithful and helpful, but he is not a fool. If Liu Heimin was really bad to the bone, how could Dou Jiande be with him?
Just as the so-called "things are grouped together by group", Liu Heimin is "Ancient Puzzle Boy" yes, but he is definitely a person who lectures on morality, otherwise he would not have gone out of the mountain again to avenge Dou Jiande.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the grass of xinyi</h1>
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was chaotic, and the powerful and powerful rose up everywhere. Liu Heimin's mind was hot, and he followed Hao Xiaode to gather in the mountains and forests.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, he was exiled from Hao Xiaode to a group of thieves, and later to Li Mi as a general - Old Book of Tang
Here's a question, why not Dou Jiande?
Since the time is not available, we can only make this guess: Liu Heimin came out relatively early, after all, staying at home has long been too poor to eat. Dou Jiande also asked his neighbors to follow Sun Anzu to Gaoji to drop grass, and he himself only started after being slaughtered at the gate.
In the thirteenth year of Daye (617 AD), Hao Xiaode defected to Li Mi in Wagang and was made the Duke of Pingyuan, and Liu Heimin, who went with him, was also promoted to the rank of general.
So, the question arises again, why don't you come out of Wagang with Dou Jiande?
In this year, Dou Jiande had already proclaimed himself the King of Changle in Hejian, and although his prestige was not as great as that of Wagang Village, he was also the overlord of one side.
Is Liu Hei min greedy for power? No way. The little one is powerless and powerless, and he still belongs to a foreign faction, and he has no chance to contact the core of the power of Wagangzhai at all.
Not throwing in Dou Jiande just shows that Liu Heimin has a beginning and an end in being a person. The ancients were faithful and righteous, and Liu Heimin followed Hao Xiaode all the way, how could he part ways halfway?
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the "divine general" of the Xia Kingdom</h1>
In the first year of Wu De (618 AD), at the foot of Mount Yao, Wang Shichong broke Li Mi. Pei Renji, Zu Junyan, Cheng Yaojin, and others were captured, Feng Yuanzhen, Shan Xiongxin, and others surrendered, and Wagang Village collapsed.
Along with these big men, wang Shichong was captured, and Liu Heimin, a small general.
Wang Shichong had long heard that Liu Heimin could fight a good battle, so he let Liu Heimin serve as a riding general and sit in Xinxiang. However, Liu Heimin looked down on Wang Shichong and soon ran to Hebei to meet his elder brother Dou Jiande.
Reunited again, Dou Jiande was already the King of Xia. For this old little brother, Dou Jiande did not hesitate to be rewarded, and immediately promoted to general, and made the Duke of Handong County, so that Liu Heimin commanded the elite troops to attack from east to west, and was fully responsible for military reconnaissance, surprise raids and other combat tasks.
"Soldiers die for confidants", Liu Heimin's military talents were fully displayed in Dou Jiande, and he quickly grew into a member of the Xia Kingdom, and was known as "Shen Yong General" among the Xia army.
In the fourth year of Wu De (621 AD), Dou Jiande led the elite of the Xia kingdom out of the nest and went west to hu prison pass to relieve wang Shichong's siege of Luoyang. Unexpectedly, dou jiande was captured alive and captured alive. Dou Jiande's death: the elite of Hebei and the hearts of the people, after all, they still lost the world
Whether Liu Heimin participated in this battle or not is not recorded in the history books. We can analyze and guess that Liu Heimin should not have accompanied him. First, with his military vision, if he accompanied him, he would inevitably give advice to Dou Jiande; second, when the two armies were opposed, his name was not in the entire offensive and defensive system; third, there was no Liu Heimin in the list of captured xia troops.
If the summer kingdom in the middle of the day collapses overnight, where will Liu Heimin go?
The life and death of the master who was captured is unknown, and the crowd will throw rats and rats, who dares to act rashly? Neither could he blindly send troops, nor could he sit back and wait to be liquidated by Li Tang's forces or his own people, so Liu Heimin returned to his hometown in Zhangnan, closed the door to thank guests for planting vegetables to live, and always paid attention to Dou Jiande's news.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > invincible "avenger"</h1>
In July of the fourth year of Wu De (621 CE), Dou Jiande was beheaded by Li Yuan at Chang'an.
Dou Jiande's subordinates wanted to make Dou Jiande's adopted son the King of Xia, but The Left Servant of the State of Xia, Qi Shanxing, did not do anything. It was not easy to escape from the Tiger Prison with bailai people, and Qi Shanxing was really frightened, so he took the hundred officials and the eight seals of the Xia kingdom and surrendered Li Tang.
At this time, Li Tang adopted an extremely tough and high-pressure policy toward Hebei. After beheading Dou Jiande, Li Yuan again forcibly recruited Dou Jiande's old generals to Chang'an. Doesn't this show that it is not necessary to settle accounts after the autumn? Who TM was stupid to go.
Liu Hei, the Duke of Handong, dared to be more curious, tolerant of the people, and endowed with the soldiers. I have often heard that the Liu clan should have a king, and now he wants to take over the people of the King of Xia, but he is not his man Moke- "Old Book of Tang"
Gao Gaoxian and other generals immediately approached Liu Heimin and wanted to elect him to avenge the leader's army, and everyone immediately agreed.
Without saying a word, Liu Heimin pulled out the family's cultivating cattle and slaughtered them (and pit his father and brother again), and after a big meal, he attacked zhangnan county with hundreds of people, captured more than 2,000 people on the other side, and confiscated all his weapons.
On July 19, Liu Heimin set up an altar in his hometown to pay tribute to the elder brother Dou Jiande, claiming to be a great general and officially starting the road of revenge.
The Li Tang Dynasty attached particular importance to this, and quickly set up Shandong Daoxingtai in Puzhou and the governorates in Dingzhou, Cangzhou, Weizhou, jizhou and other places. Only 3 days after Liu Hei raised his army, Li Yuan appointed Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, as the right servant of the Shandong Dao Xingtai Xingtai and was fully responsible for the conquest.
Zhaofa Guanzhong rode three thousand, so that the general Qin Wutong and The Dingzhou governor Lantian Li Xuantong attacked him, and Li Yi, the governor of Youzhou, led the troops to attack the black min - "Zizhi Tongjian"
The Right Wu Wei general Qin Wutong, the Dingzhou governor Li Xuantong, and the Youzhou governor Li Yi (Luo Yi), which one is not Li Tang's big name? However, Liu Heimin quickly captured Zhangnan, JuanXian and Liting, killing Dai Yuanxiang of Bei Prefecture, The Authority of Wei Prefecture, and wang Xingmin, the general of Tunwei.
In September, Li Shentong and Luo Yi rendezvoused and recruited troops from Xingzhou, Huanzhou, Weizhou and other places, and joined forces to attack Liu Heimin with nearly 60,000 troops. And how many people are Liu Heimin at this time? Just a few thousand. Tens of thousands of people against thousands of people, the two sides fought at Raoyang.
In this battle, Liu Heimin divided his troops into two roads, commanding a hard resistance to Li Shentong, and Gao Gaoxian commanding luo Yi all the way.
With extremely inferior troops, Liu Heimin stubbornly resisted Li Shentong's attack and then gave a Jedi counterattack, and even defeated Li Shentong's troops. Gao Xian's troops fought and retreated, deliberately luring Luo Yi into pursuit.
Two-thirds of the loss of Shima's military assets - "Zizhi Tongjian"
As many as two-thirds of the casualties, Li Shentong was completely defeated. Luo Yi heard that Li Shentong was defeated, and although he was alert in time to retreat, it was too late and he was defeated by Liu Heimin, who came to take advantage of the situation. Luo Yi saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly withdrew to Youzhou, and Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche were both captured.
Raoyang was defeated, and Li Tang's forces in Hebei were forced to attack and defend, watching Liu Heimin sweep through Hebei. Yingzhou, Guanzhou, and Maozhou have all been taken between October and October.
In November, Liu Heimin attacked Dingzhou and captured Li Xuantong. Liu Heimin originally wanted to win over Li Xuantong, but Li Xuantong did not surrender and committed suicide with a sword.
The capture of Dingzhou was a big deal for Liu Heimin, because he had gained a foothold in political diplomacy. In Dingzhou, Liu Heimin made contact with the Turks and Gao Kaidao, and could borrow troops from the Turks, and could also let Gao Kaidao contain Luo Yi.
By this time, Li Tang's rule in Hebei had collapsed.
In December, Liu Heimin attacked Jizhou and killed Jizhou. At this time, Li Tang's second wave of Hebei reinforcements arrived.
Li Ji was the grand general manager, Zhang Shigui was the deputy, and 20,000 soldiers were led into Zongzhou- "Zizhi Tong Jian Kao Yi"
Not only did Li Ji come, but Li Yuan also urgently ordered Li Xiaochang, the king of Yi'an, to set out from Guanzhong to reinforce Li Ji.
However, before Li Xiaochang arrived in Hebei, Li Ji was defeated.
Li Shixun, the governor of Lizhou, could not refuse, and abandoned the city and went to Baohuan Prefecture. Hei Min chased after him, and 5,000 infantrymen were killed in battle, and Shi Ji and Wu Tong were only spared. - Old Book of Tang
Fiasco, absolute fiasco! Compared with Li Shentong's "two-thirds", Li Ji's "only to avoid life" is even more tragic.
Bringing 20,000 people, 5,000 killed just because of the pursuit, plus those captured, scattered, and wounded, this phrase "only to be spared" is not an exaggeration.
Hei Min built an altar in the southeast of the city, bid farewell to the heavens and sacrifice Dou Jiande and then entered- "Zizhi Tongjian"
"Big Brother! I'm back in Puzhou! This is your capital! Liu Heimin sacrificed Dou Jiande outside the city of Huanzhou and entered Huanzhou on December 14.
In the following days, Liu Heimin was like a bamboo, and successively attacked Xingzhou, Zhaozhou, Weizhou, Xiangzhou and other places around Huanzhou, and the entire territory of Hebei was in his hands. In less than half a year, Liu Heimin took back all the territory that Dou Jiande once controlled from Li Tang.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > ace-to-ace</h1>
In the first month of the fifth year of WuDe (622 AD), Liu Heimin entered the throne of Handong, with the name of "Tianzuo" (天造), and the capital was Set to Puzhou.
The "King of Handong" is derived from the "Duke of Handong County" given to him by Dou Jiande. The appointment of officials and the system of decrees are also no different from those of Dou Jiande. For Liu Heimin, this means a kind of inheritance. Of course, this is also a kind of political maneuver, which is convenient for dou Jiande's former old ministry.
Li Yuan, who deliberately hid him in order to suppress Li Shimin, could not sit still, and this TM burned his eyebrows, and at most when the time came, he would be named a "Heavenly Strategy Admiral", and he would have to sacrifice this Li Tang Ace first.
Half a month before Liu Heimin ascended the throne of Handong, Li Shimin and his "Wang Bomb" dragged Li Yuanji, the "Shunzi", and were already on the way to Hebei to fight a decisive battle of "4 Articles 2".
Let's take a look at who else Li Shimin dragged?
Wei Chigong and Qin Shubao's double-door gods came, and they wanted to see which way the fierce god was evil on the other side.
Li Shentong, Luo Yi, Li Ji, Zhang Shigui, and Cheng Mingzhen came again, they had been beaten before, and this time they had to follow the big brother to get their face back.
Qi Shanxing came, he was embarrassed not to come, he helped Hebei to offer the lowering table for less than half a year, and Hebei all spit it out.
Luo Shixin came, and he came for another purpose, that is, to blacken Su Dingfang. A generation of famous generals Su Dingfang, with great military achievements, with a martial temple, but was blackened to the skin
Li Daozong came, and his purpose was exactly the opposite of Luo Shixin's, and he was going to hack himself.
All in all, the upcoming showdown must be an ace-to-ace highlight battle.
In order to avoid the front, Liu Heimin took the initiative to withdraw from Xiangzhou and went all out to defend Huanzhou. After Li Shimin took over Xiangzhou, he immediately camped on the south bank of the Huanshui River and threatened to force Xiangzhou. Luo Yi's army came from the north, intending to form a north-south attack with Li Shimin.
Liu Hei left Fan willing to defend Huan Prefecture and personally led a large army north to break Luo Yi. Unexpectedly, Li Shimin called some younger brothers, brought dozens of war drums to touch the water, and came to the edge of Huanzhou City to beat them fiercely. Fan Yan could not withstand this psychological pressure, thinking that Li Shimin's main force was about to attack the city, and hurriedly told Liu Heimin that he was anxious.
Liu Heimin, who was already on the road, was in a dilemma, and was pit by his pig teammate Fan Yuan, and could only return to Shihuan Prefecture and let his younger brother Liu Shishan and the general Zhang Junli lead more than 10,000 people to continue north. Liu Shishan and Zhang Junli were not opponents of Luo Yi, and the Eastern Han army was defeated, and more than 10,000 people were lost.
At this time, the water also produced moths. The people launched a riot to occupy the county seat and surrendered to Li Shimin. Li Shimin was overjoyed, and ordered Wang Junkuo to lead an army into Pushui.
Liu Heimin quickly returned to the army, but was intercepted by Qin Shubao halfway, and his dream of recapturing Huanshui was shattered. Li Shimin, on the other hand, took advantage of this time gap to divide his forces around Huanzhou and capture Xingzhou and Taihang Mountain's important pass Jingzhou in the north. Luo Yi, on the other hand, went all the way south, breaking Dingzhou, Zhaozhou and so on.
At this point, the north-south encirclement of Liu Heimin had been formed, and Liu Heimin was suppressed in Puzhou, and he had lost the ability to maneuver and the space to turn around.
What to do? He could only take the water again, because Liu Heimin's only current grain supply line had to pass through the water, and the water was the throat of his lifeline. If he can't get back the water, he will be strangled alive by Li Shimin in his hands.
Beginning in February, Liu Heimin continued to attack The River, and Li Shimin crossed the river three times to reinforce, but was beaten back. Seeing that Wang Junkuo, who was guarding the water, was about to destroy the city and martyr the country, the young Luo Shixin volunteered and led his troops to fight to the death to meet him.
Unexpectedly, Wang Junkuo was rescued by the breakthrough, but he himself fell into it. Luo Shixin held out for several days, and finally the city was destroyed and captured. Liu Hei saw Qi's courage and persuaded him to surrender, but Luo Shi did not obey and was beheaded.
However, within a few days of the arrival of the water, the people were sleepy and tired and were taken away by Li Ji. At this time, Luo Yi's army had also arrived at the south bank of the Huanshui River and met with Li Shimin's main force. Liu Heimin, who was short of grain, constantly sought opportunities for decisive battles, and Li Shimin played the old trick of not being able to stand firm, and by the way, he robbed all the grain and grass supplies brought to Puzhou from all over the country on the outskirts.
Liu Heimin gradually fell into a desperate situation, and in order to fight to the death, Liu Heimin's elite came out and attacked Li Ji fiercely. Li Shimin had no choice but to lead the crowd across the river to attack Liu Heimin's back. Unexpectedly, Liu Heimin returned to the horse gun and trapped Li Shimin under siege.
In this battle, Li Shimin almost received a box lunch, if it were not for Wei Chigong's desperate efforts to save the car, I am afraid that there would be no Tang Taizong in the future.
On March 26, the decisive battle of Shuishui began.
Liu Heimin led more than 20,000 horsemen to cross the waters south and press Li Shimin's camp, and Li Shimin personally led elite cavalry to attack the han eastern army battle front. For the HanDong Army, this is a real "backwater war", and everyone has the heart of death.
From morning to dusk, the two sides were still four or six open. Although Li Shimin had a slight upper hand, he did not have a chance to win.
The battle was extremely fierce, and the mount mounted by Li Shimin was the "Fist Mao" in the famous "Zhaoling Liujun", and the fist Mao Mu was hit by 9 arrows (the first 6 arrows, 3 arrows on the back), and died in the battle.
When night fell, the Han Eastern Army gradually showed its decline and had to retreat to the north bank of the Huanshui River. When they stepped into the water, the Tang army, which had already moved its hands and feet upstream, immediately broke the embankment to discharge the flood.
The black people were not allowed to cross, beheaded more than 10,000 people, and drowned thousands of people - "Old Book of Tang"
In this battle, Liu Heimin's army was almost completely destroyed, and he could only lead the remnants to run to the Eastern Turks.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > defeated by the people's minds</h1>
In the end, "Wang Bombing" was greater than "4 Articles 2", and after the Battle of Shuishui, Li Shimin successively conquered Xu Yuanlang in Liyang. In order to eliminate Li Yuan's suspicions, Li Shimin took the initiative to return to the dynasty after pacifying some of Xu Yuanlang's forces.
At this moment, Liu Heimin borrowed Turkic troops, and the avengers made a comeback. The Li Tang army stationed in Hebei felt a chill in his back, and there was no end to this TM?
Liu Heimin once again conquered Yingzhou, Juanxian and Guanzhou, and all parts of Hebei once again responded in groups. Li Daoxuan, the king of Huaiyang, who had just been appointed by Li Yuan as the commander-in-chief of the Hebei Province, led his army to meet Liu Heimin in Xiabo, and was defeated and beheaded. Li Yan, the king of Lujiang, the governor of Puzhou, panicked and abandoned the city and fled.
In the tenth month, Liu Hei's forces were once again swept out of Hebei with great bare sticks. Liu Heimin once again entered the state of Puzhou, and the battle of Pushui that Li Shimin had won with difficulty was almost equal to a white fight.
At this time, Li Yuanji, the King of Qi, who was stationed in Henan, although he had received an edict from Li Yuan to march into Hebei, he did not even dare to take a step over the Yellow River. Li Yuan could only change the commander on the spot, replacing Li Yuanji with the crown prince Li Jiancheng.
Li Jiancheng also brought a first-hand killer skill, which is another political attitude of Li Tang to Hebei.
Prior to this, Dou Jiande paid attention to "serving people with virtue" in Hebei, and the local people loved him. Especially after Dou Jiande was executed by Li Yuan, the people of Hebei all wanted to hate Dou Jiande. And Li Tang's attitude towards Hebei has always been two words: high pressure!
Therefore, as long as the word "anti-Tang" is said, the old woman in the field must pick up the hoe and follow it.
This time, Li Jiancheng adopted the "Huairou policy" and followed Wei Zheng's advice: "Only the evil ones are cursed, and the Yu Dang does not ask." ”
Since the end of the Sui Dynasty, Hebei has been in turmoil for many years. For ordinary people, Dou Jiande and Liu Heimin can be a kind of faith, but it is definitely not the whole of life.
I used to support you because you were good to me. Of course, now you are also good to me, but Li Tang also said that he would be good to me, so I am very entangled. I am a small commoner, I just want to live a peaceful and stable life, you love it.
His own team has fought almost the same as Li Shimin, and now he is still borrowing Turkic soldiers, if the people have such an attitude change again, the rest need not be said.
Liu Heimin was defeated, and on the way to escape, his subordinate Raozhou assassin Zhuge Dewei performed a good play, and then tied him up and sent him to Li Jiancheng.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the final elegy</h1>
Liu Heimin died and was beheaded in Huanzhou.
This place belongs to the eldest brother Dou Jiande, and it also belongs to liu Heimin.
Say that Liu Hei min stood on top of the sky, then it was blown. But it is not an exaggeration to say that Liu Heimin is a bloody and faithful person. In the highlight of more than a year, he composed a final elegy for the world of a reckless hero.
Since ancient times, there have been many people who have avenged their parents and few who have avenged the old Lord. If Dou Jiande is a round of sunshine on the land of Hebei at the end of the Sui Dynasty, then Liu Heimin is the brightest sunset afterglow.
"I was fortunate to hoe vegetables at home, and I was mistaken by the noble sages!" —— "Zizhi Tongjian"
Such a sentence is more of a self-deprecation.
It is also because of such a sentence that Liu Heimin appears to have flesh and blood even more.
After all, Liu Heimin is not a family, he is just a reckless hero who is too poor to eat before he comes out to break in.