The last years of the Sui Dynasty were an era of heroes and heroes, but also an era of competition among the masses. At that time, there were many peasant rebel armies, and the Wagang Army was the most powerful one, and there were many brave and warlike soldiers in the Wagang Army, as well as resourceful strategists, as well as the largest granary in the world at that time, and the support of many people in Henan, but why did such a very powerful army suddenly fall apart?
The leader of the Wagang Army, Zhai Rang, was originally the Eastern Commandery of the Sui Dynasty, and Zhai Rang was thin and cloudy, and his evil was like a vendetta. At that time, the Sui Dynasty Emperor fought wars year after year, built the Grand Canal, built a large number of civil engineering, and indiscriminately killed innocents despite the displacement of the people. Zhai Rang took advantage of his position to release innocent people from prison without permission, and as a result, he was put on death row. He was secretly released from prison, after which he returned to his hometown of Wagang, which was in Huaxian County, Anyang City, Henan Province, where he gathered local young people and formed the Wagang Rebel Army. Soon, Wang Bodang, Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shi, and Wei Zheng all joined the peasant rebel army in Wagang, all of whom were from the local famous and prestigious clans, who were brave and good at war, and resourceful.
Soon, they captured Xingluocang, in addition to obtaining 24 million stones of grain, they also obtained a large number of horses and weapons, and then opened the warehouse to release grain, which won the support and support of the local people, and the number of troops quickly swelled to more than one hundred thousand. In ancient times, the Yellow River passed through Huazhou, so many of the sand dunes here were grassy and sparsely populated, which was conducive to attacking and concealment. It was such a unique condition and many excellent generals that slowly grew this peasant rebel army, and in the later period, this rebel army could even compete with Li Yuan, but why did this rebel army suddenly fall apart in the back? I think there must be the following reasons!
Abandon chang'an's erroneous strategy of attacking Luoyang
Li Mi had participated in Yang Xuangan's rebellion, and after the rebellion failed, he was captured by the Sui army and fled on the way, joining the Wagang Army. When Yang Xuangan rebelled, he once advised Yang Xuangan to attack Chang'an first, not Luoyang, because Luoyang is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and compared with Luoyang, Chang'an is the head of Luoyang is the abdomen, and if the head is broken, then the rule of the Sui Dynasty will collapse. However, Yang Xuangan did not listen to this plan, so the rebellion failed. Now Li Mi is also facing such a situation, Luoyang has Wang Shichong, although Wang Shichong is strong, but his own soldiers and horses are also enough, and he is on par with him, is Luoyang fighting or not fighting? Many people suggested that Li Mi should not fight Luoyang first, but directly use the main force to fight Chang'an, especially Chai Xiaohe and lied to attack Chang'an first. However, Li Mi was in love with war at this time, and he was reluctant to let go of his soldiers and horses and territory, if he went to fight Chang'an, then these soldiers and horses and territories under his hands would become Wang Shichong's at that time. On the other hand, the wagang army's source of soldiers came from local thieves, so people's hearts were unstable, and if they left, then these subordinates were likely to cut off the land for autonomy. As a result, Li Mi attacked Luoyang first.
Niwa yu culture and the battle
After Yu Wenhua and Emperor Yi led their army north, they were ready to enter Chang'an, but if they wanted to enter Chang'an, they had to pass through Luoyang first. At this time, Yu Wenhua and Will meet Wang Shicong, the two tigers fighting will have a wound, Li Ming can sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman, but in the strange things, he actually chooses to attack Yu Wenhua. Yu Wenhua and the soldiers and horses led by Yu Wenhua were the last elite soldiers of the Sui Dynasty to end this battle, Yu Wenhua and the great defeat fled north, although they won, but also killed 1,000 enemies, self-inflicted 800 At this time, he returned to fight with Wang Shichong, but the strength of the troops had no advantage before. Li Mi and Wang Shichong drowned in the Battle of Luoyang, and many of Wang Shichong's shrewd generals died in this battle.
Death of Sanzhai Rang
Zhai Rang was originally the original leader of the Wagang Army, and the people in the Wagang Army were all old acquaintances of Zhai Rang. Li Mi designed to kill Zhai Rang and made himself the leader, and on the surface everything was still harmonious. In fact, it made a lot of people chill, because Li Mi and Zhai Rang were brothers, and this practice was undoubtedly ungrateful. In addition, the Wagang Army was originally a regular army, and all kinds of interests were intertwined, and all kinds of military food and army were unable to supply, and morale was greatly reduced.
Li Mi could have invaded Chang'an in one fell swoop and competed with Li Yuan for the world. Fulfilling the prophecy of "Li Shi Will Xing", the double Li vying for the world to decide male and female, who knew that he was actually arrogant and jealous of his subordinates in the later period, and as a result, he died at the hands of Li Yuan, and Wagangzhai completely collapsed. Cranes and clams competed, allowing Li Yuan to occupy the world.