Dou Jiande, a native of Zhangnan County, Qinghe County, Shandong Province, when he was a teenager, he was righteous and wealthy, advocated heroes, and liked to make friends with heroes in the world.
There were once seven or eight thieves who did not know whether they were alive or dead, and they came to his house to rob him.
Dou Jiande stood behind the door, waiting for the thieves to come in, to cut one over one, to cook a pair of two, and to kill four in one go. Frightened, the rest of the thieves were so frightened that they begged outside the door for the return of the corpses of their accomplices.
Dou Jiande smiled and said, "You wait for the dog thief, if you don't have the courage to come in, then throw a rope, I will tie the body, and you will drag it back yourself." ”
Believing it to be true, the thief threw the rope inside, leaned over slightly, and heard Dou Jiande shouting, "Okay." "Just pull out with all their might, and pull out a big black man, swinging a large knife to split his head and cover his face, slashing randomly, and the thieves died and were wounded." It turned out that Dou Jiande had actually tied the rope around his waist!
One man alone killed several robbers, both in courage and strength.
Judging from this incident alone, Dou Jiande can definitely be called a super cattle man during the Sui and Tang dynasties.
The most rare thing is that he also has a chivalrous heart, helping the poor and helping the needy, and being charitable and charitable.
Once, when Dou Jiande was ploughing the fields, he heard that someone in the township had died and had no money to bury him, so he was very emotional, and he shed a few tears, untied the cultivating cattle that were working, gave them to him, and let him sell them for money to send funerals.
It can be said that Dou Jiande is the legendary "embodiment of chivalry and heroism".
Because of his high moral standing, Dou Jiande won the unanimous support of the township people and was elected as the township chief.
Although he was only a petty official, he never bullied others, on the contrary, he often sympathized with the weak and listened to the voices of the poor people. Therefore, when Dou Jiande's father died, "more than a thousand people were buried in Lizhong", and more than a thousand people spontaneously rose up in the township to send a funeral to his father, and the queue was long and magnificent.
People gave him Dou Jiande's funeral gifts, and Dou Jiande gave them all back, but they did not accept them.
When Yang Guang recruited troops to goryeo, the township chief Dou Jiande was very "honored" to be recruited as a small leader with the name of "two hundred people long".
Along with Dou Jiande, he was recruited by a very good friend of his, named Sun Anzu.
Relatively speaking, Sun Anzu's family situation is much worse than that of Dou Jiande's family, often eating the last meal without eating, for this reason, he did not do less to steal chickens and dogs for a living, steal chickens, steal dogs, more often steal sheep, people call him "touching sheep". In the year of conscription, Shandong Dashui, Sun Anzu's family belonged to the seriously affected households, as the main labor of the family, if he applied for the conscription to Goryeo, the old and young in the family were bound to starve to death. Forced to do so, Sun Anzu applied to Zhangnan County Ling for exemption. This county order did not have any humanitarian spirit at all, and Sun Anzu's bitter confession not only did not exchange for his half-hearted pity, but he believed that Sun Anzu was playing a slippery slope and deliberately wanted to evade military service, so he arrested Sun Anzu, ripped off his pants, and beat him firmly.
On that day, the sun was shining, and Sun Anzu's white flower ass was in broad daylight, unobstructed, very shining with sunlight, stinging the audience's eyes, but also stabbing Sun Anzu's heart.
The sound of bamboo boards hitting the meat balls is firm, crisp and loud.
Sun Anzu was ashamed and angry, and a few days later, he infiltrated the county government, successfully assassinated the county order, and retreated.
His hiding place was at Dou Jiande's house.
As the saying goes, there is no impermeable wall under the heavens.
Soon, Dou Jiande's hiding of Sun Anzu became a semi-open secret.
Sun Anzu also felt that he could no longer hide, and resigned with Dou Jiande.
Dou Jiande laid down a table of good wine and good dishes, and encouraged him to recruit soldiers and buy horses and do a heroic career. Dou Jiande said: "In the era of Emperor Wen of Sui, the world was prosperous and strong. Now that a million people have been sent to conquer Liaodong, the whole army has been destroyed. Now that floods have become a disaster and the people's strength has withered, Yang Guang," who has no sympathy for the people's feelings, who has been expropriating and violent, who has exhausted his military might; last year's western expedition, ten years of not returning, this year's creation of a new era, and the re-dispatch of troops, the people's feelings are frightening, and the situation is turbulent. The husband does not die, often meritorious to the world,! The high chicken berth in our county is hundreds of miles wide and full of reeds, which is the treasure land of feng shui for rebellion and prosperity. If we can use it as a revolutionary base, gather Haojie, and watch the times change, the big plan can be accomplished. ”
Later, Dou Jiande personally came forward and gathered hundreds of people from his hometown to help Li Anzu set up a rebel organization in Gaojipo.
After doing all this, Dou Jiande went home like no one else and continued to be two hundred people.
All along, the official government has been eyeing Dou Jiande, and they feel that Dou Jiande is not a bandit leader but also a bandit!
Otherwise, why were other people's homes robbed and robbed, but his family was never in trouble?!
Now, the evidence that sponsored the murder fugitive Sun Anzu to set up a rebel company is conclusive!
In the dark night when five fingers were out of sight, a large group of messengers suddenly attacked the Dou family with the good wishes of asking for merit and rewards.
Dou Jiande went out to visit friends and did not return, and the servants who were ashamed and angry all the men, women and children in Dou Jiande's family clicked.
Officials force the people to rebel, and the people have to rebel.
Dou Jiande was indignant and indignant, and quickly gathered more than two hundred people to attack the county court, killing officials when they saw them, splitting when they saw officials, splashing blood on the screen, and quickly taking revenge!
He then defected to another more promising rebel force in Qinghe County, the Goldstar Clique.
At the same time, Sun Anzu, who had just put up a large banner and passed away under the alias of "Touching the Sheep Gong", clashed with Zhang Jin, a Gao Tang dynastyman, and Sun Anzu hung up on the spot.
Sun Anzu's men and horses heard that Dou Jiande's business had opened, so they all ran to eat with the mixed rice.
To say that Dou Jiande's personal charm, it is not covered, and soon attracted a large number of followers, the number of no less than ten thousand people, as if he became the first general in front of The Heights.
It was also from this moment that Dou Jiande began to aspire to be a hero, to serve the people and benefit the people.
In December 616, Guo Xuan, the commander of Sui Zhuo Commandery, was ordered to lead more than 10,000 troops to Gaoji Po.
I had long heard that Gao Shida and Dou Jiande were strong and arrogant, and did not take the imperial court into account, and along the way Guo Xuan had a heart eye, fought steadily and steadily, and took it step by step.
Before the army reached Zhangnan, the news suddenly came from Gao Ji Po that in order to fight for power and power, Gao and Dou had turned against each other and were turning into water and fire.
Within a few days, Dou Jiande brought another seven thousand people to ask Guo Xuan to surrender.
Guo Xuan did not know what the plan was, and accepted Dou Jiande's surrender.
On another day, Dou Jiande and Gao Shida attacked inside and outside, breaking Guo Xuan's army, killing thousands of enemies, obtaining more than a thousand horses, and greatly enhancing the military's might.
The news reached the ears of the Sui Emperor Yang Guang, and Yang Guangguang was furious and sent his servant Yang Yichen to lead his troops to Gaoji Po Dangkou.
Yang Yichen's original surname was Wei Chi, because of the war Turks, the King of Pinghan, the tuguhun, the conquest of Liaodong... After making great military achievements, he was given the surname Yang by the Sui Wen Emperor Yang Jian, and was an absolute strength faction.
As soon as Yang Yichen struck, he destroyed Gao Shida.
However, the Sui Dynasty's destiny was over, and before it could start a duel with Dou Jiande, Yang Yichen died of illness.
As soon as Yang Yichen died, Dou Jiande "rode away Raoyang with more than a hundred horses" and captured Raoyang. Then, with Raoyang as the base, he recruited routs.
The history books say: "In the beginning, he stole Sui officials and soldiers and killed them, but Jiande En was very prepared." This means that at that time, after almost all the rebels captured the officers and soldiers of the Sui Dynasty, they were all beheaded without exception, and only Dou Jiande could treat these prisoners kindly, "most of the Sui county officials returned to them with land, and the strength was beneficial, and the number of soldiers reached more than 100,000."
Dou Jiande's power soared as a result, and in the first month of 617 AD, he officially built an altar in Leshou, Hejian County, established himself as the King of Changle, with the era name Ding Ugly, assigned his own civil and military officials, divided the counties, and became a famous rebel king at the end of the Sui Dynasty.
Dou Jiande, who became the great anti-king, did not live deep in the palace, but was personal in everything, marching and fighting, and always rushing ahead.
The left imperial guard general Zhuo Jun (涿郡) stayed behind to guard Xue Shixiong and led the 30,000 You and Ji Jing troops south, stationed at Qilijing in Hejian County, and prepared to gather a four-way army to encircle and suppress Dou Jiande.
However, Dou Jiande only took 280 cavalry to take advantage of the foggy day to sneak into Xue Shixiong's camp, breaking 40,000 or 50,000 troops, creating a myth in ancient Chinese military history!
Xue Shixiong of hero I also died alive as a result.
After this battle, Dou Jiande's prestige spread far and wide, and he was unyieldingly seated in the position of "one brother" in the ranks of various rebel armed groups in Hebei.
Dou Jiande hesitantly entered the hejian county town, recruited the hejian county shou wang chun, and then returned to the army Leshou.
In November of that year, five large birds led tens of thousands of small birds to fly to Leshou, and the black pressure on the earth and the sky hovered for several days before flying away, which was very magical; in the same way, some people entered the palace to offer treasure jade, and after expert research, this piece of precious jade was not small, it was actually the treasure of The Great Yu of the Xia Dynasty.
Dou Jiande believed that Xiangrui was connected and providence was difficult to violate, so he officially declared the founding of the country, with the name of the country being Xia and the year name being Wufeng.
Subsequently, Dou Jiande did two very good things: first, he cut off another reactionary force in Hebei, Wei Dao'er; second, he eliminated Yu Wenhua and the north.
Wei Dao'er, known as "Lishan Fei", has a crowd of 100,000 and has a great influence in Shenze County, Ji County, and Ding County in Hebei Province. Dou Jiande cut him off, annexed his team, and his power grew stronger. The elimination of Yu Culture and culture not only strengthened its power, but most importantly increased its political influence.
Just think about it, Yu Wenhua was the main culprit who killed Yang Guang, the national thief of the Great Sui Empire, and whoever destroyed him was the hero of the old Sui people!
Not to mention, Dou Jiande also captured Liyang, which was guarded by the famous general Li Shiji, captured Li Yuan's younger brother Li Shentong the Prince of Huainan, Li Yuan's sister Princess Tong'an, Li Shiji's father Li Gai, and Wei Zheng and other dignitaries, and occupied all the prefectures and counties of the Tang Dynasty in Hebei in one fell swoop.
Dou Jiande completed hebei's hegemony and moved the capital from Leshou to Huanzhou.
Because there were no decent enemies in the territory, Dou Jiande was able to devote his energy to production and construction, and he vigorously developed the agricultural economy, persuaded the peasants to study the sang, for a time social stability, self-sufficiency, clear rule, no thieves in the territory, and commercial travel and wild accommodation.
It can be said that the martial arts of Wenzhi are like the sun in the sky.
Relatively speaking, Guanzhong and Luoyang are both places of four wars, the war is chaotic, there is no moment to stop, the social productive forces have suffered serious damage, looking around, it is still full of devastation.
The great hero, for the people's life, for the benefit of the people!
Dou Jiande's volunteer is to mix with Uchi and dominate the world.
When Wang Shichong of Luoyang could not resist Li Shimin's attack and sent a signal to Dou Jiande for help, Dou Jiande did not hesitate and personally raised troops to help.
For Dou Jiande's personal expedition, most of them were criticized by later generations.
Some people say that in fact, with his strength at this time, there is no need to personally take command, just send a general such as Liu Heimin, who can enter and retreat, and will not lead to the destruction of the country.
However, looking at Dou Jiande's life's behavior as a person, he would definitely not do this.
As he said to Li Shimin after he was captured: "If you don't come here now, I'm afraid I'll be annoyed and take it away." "If this battle is won, then the world will be decided, and if you lose, you are willing to gamble and lose."
Just as Liu Wuzhou let Song Jingang take command, Song Jingang lost, and both of them had to die; and Li Yuan let Li Shimin take command, Li Shimin lost, and Li Yuan would finish playing. So, don't bother others, all responsibility is at your own risk!
Dou Jiande personally led a large army to cross the river south, defeated Dingtao in Shandong with a thunderous momentum, captured Meng Haigong, who had been occupying Zhouqiao for many years, and marched into tiger prison.
Unfortunately, the Tang general Li Shixun had already defeated Wang Shichong's nephew Wang Renze the King of Jing, who had defeated Zhenshou Hu prison pass one step ahead of him, and successfully occupied Tiger Prison Pass.
The Tiger Prison lives up to the name of Xiongguan, built from the mountain, condescending, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Li Shimin played a stunning masterpiece with the Tiger Prison Pass - Wei Luo to help.
On the one hand, he let his younger brother Li Yuanji, the veteran general Qu Tutong and others continue to besiege Luoyang; on the other hand, he personally led 3,500 Xuanjia soldiers directly to Tiger Prison Pass to fight a protracted war with Dou Jiande.
Dou Jiande's 100,000-strong army was thousands of miles away from home, and the soldiers of the division were tired, and they could not enter or stop, and between the hesitations of advancing and retreating, they were suddenly attacked by Li Shimin like a storm, and collapsed in a battle.
In the chaos, Dou Jiande's relatives and soldiers were actually killed and scattered, and Dou Jiande himself had been stabbed in the back by a long hammer, and the blood flowed like a flood, straight through the heavy armor, unable to fight again, and fell to the ground.
The Tang Dynasty general Bai Shirang and Yang Wuwei rushed to the horse in unison, and stabbed them with their hammers...
Dou Jiande sighed, "Wait a minute! I Dou Jiande Hero I, do not want to die quietly in the midst of the rebellion, to die, just die in front of the people of the world to understand, you send me to Li Shimin, this is a great achievement, can be exchanged for you and other riches in the second half of your life! ”
Bai Shirang and Yang Wuwei were so surprised that they tied Dou Jiande up and sacrificed them to Li Shimin's horse.
Li Shimin looked at Dou Jiande and smiled, "I have crusaded against Wang Shichong, what is the matter with you?" He dared to cross the border and offend my soldiers! ”
Dou Jiande said with great enthusiasm, "You and I are fighting for the world, there will inevitably be a war, and now I am uninvited, because I do not want you to go on an expedition, so that the Hebei army will cause disasters again, and since it has been defeated, it is Providence, and it is heaven's will to kill and kill, and it is convenient to listen to the honor, but please be kind to my Hebei soldiers." ”
After hearing this, Li Shimin was greatly moved, so he dismissed all 50,000 prisoners.
Subsequently, Li Shimin loaded Dou Jiande into a prison cart and led the victorious army back to Luoyang from the Tiger Prison Pass.
Dou Jiande's reinforcements had been completely destroyed, and Wang Shichong was spinning around and collapsing in an instant.
In this way, without much effort, Li Shimin broke the two major anti-kings in a row, beat Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong into the prison cart, and returned to Chang'an.
Wang Shichong's territory was all pacified, and Dou Jiande's wife Cao Shi, who had fled back to Huanzhou, also obeyed her husband's wishes and refused the kindness of the generals to establish an adopted son as the new lord, and distributed all the treasures of the treasury to the soldiers, so that they could be relieved. Soon, Cao Shi led Qi Shanxing and the right servant Pei Zhi, Xingtai Cao Dan and other hundred officials to raise the land of Shandong, and feng Chuanguo and other eight seals surrendered to Tang.
For Wang Shichong and Dou Jiandezhi, the two major anti-kings, Li Tang's attitude towards them was completely different.
Li Yuan rebuked Wang Shichong, listed ten counts, reduced him to a commoner, and exiled the entire clan to Bashu.
However, Dou Jiande was placed on a prison cart by Li Yuan, taken as a sacrifice to the Taimiao Temple to pay homage to his ancestors, and then escorted out of the downtown area to be beheaded.
Wang Shichong committed great treachery and great evil, "the upper side is slanderous and vulgar to gain fame, and the next is to argue that it is not to control the masses", seeking power and usurping the throne, playing conspiracies, playing tricks, deceiving the people, bullying widows and orphans, making the great Luoyang unstable, and the people not talking about life; Dou Jiande's great benevolence and righteousness, "righteous and vulgar, stealing Heshuo", after being forced to Liangshan, one knife and one shot, a hundred battles on the battlefield, overhauling politics in Hebei, raising soldiers, sympathizing with the people, persuading nongsang, lightly giving money, and putting a "yellow hair hanging down and enjoying himself" A harmonious society is presented to the world. The two are easy to judge good and evil, and good and evil are clearly distinguished.
Why does the ending end like this, the bad guys are lenient, the good guys are strict?!
Moreover, after Dou Jiande conquered Liyang, in the face of Li Shixun's surrender and rebellion, he still tried to pardon his father Li Gai; he treated Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, with courtesy, and respected Li Yuan's sister Princess Tong'an, and sent her back one after another.
However, Dou Jiande still has to die, because you are too good as a person, you have too many people's hearts, your existence is a great threat to Datang, and the moment you exist in this world, the more your fleeing brothers will have the idea of reviving and re-engaging in their old business and rebelling, and we must not tolerate the emergence of such thoughts.
As a result, a generation of heroes Dou Jiande died tragically.