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The White Lotus Buddha Mother mysteriously disappeared for decades after her defeat: on March 5, 1420, the Tangsaier Rebellion occurred
In order to seize the throne, Zhu Di launched the Battle of Jingnan, of which Shandong was the main battlefield.
In the siege of Jinan alone, hundreds of thousands of troops fought fiercely here for 3 months.
During the war, Shandong suffered great damage and the people's lives were difficult.
In 1420, there were floods and droughts in many provinces in northern China, and there was a plague epidemic. The Government's disaster relief was not good, which caused public outrage.
At this time, Tang Sai'er, a young woman in Binzhou City, Shandong Province, raised an army under the banner of the White Lotus Sect and claimed to be a Buddha mother.
She can understand the past and the future, and has the "Book of Heaven" and the "Excalibur" given by God.
Tang Sai'er is the wife of the villager Lin San and a member of the White Lotus Sect. Her father was a local martial artist who taught Tang Sai'er martial arts from an early age.
Therefore, although Tang Sai'er is a woman, she has good weapon fighting skills.
Unfortunately, Tang Sai'er's married life was unfortunate.
A few years after marriage at the age of 18, her husband Lin San died of illness, and Tang Sai'er became a widow.
It is said that Lin San died of fatigue when he was a husband for the government, and Tang Sai'er hated the official government because of this, which was just a wild history.
Childless and childless, alone, Tang Sai'er joined the underground organization White Lotus Sect as a spiritual sustenance.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the influence of the White Lotus Sect was great. The Red Turban Army had a close relationship with the White Lotus Sect, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who was attached to the "Ming Sect" uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, declared that "darkness is about to pass and light will come", was also influenced by the White Lotus Sect.
White Lotus Buddhism is a special folk religion, originally no different from the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism, with many adherents.
In the later period, the White Lotus Sect began to evolve. Its teachings emphasize that Maitreya Buddha went down to the mortal world, and the people rebelled to greet the Buddha, and after death they could enter heaven.
In peacetime, if the government is correct and compassionate to the people, the White Lotus Sect is not harmful to the country.
As soon as the chaotic world came, the White Lotus Sect would rise up in an instant and become the spiritual pillar of the rebels.
Because these White Lotus Sect members have their own beliefs, they are often not afraid of death in battle, and ordinary officers and soldiers are not their opponents.
And the evasion of suppression and forced to organize activities with a strict underground organization also made the White Lotus Sect very organized, different from the rabble-rouser rebels.
In the Song Dynasty, because the White Lotus Sect had repeatedly raised troops on a small scale, it was designated as a cult by the government and suppressed.
However, after the Mongols came to power in the Yuan Dynasty, the situation changed.
The Mongols of the ruling class had no culture, the Central Asian Semites did not understand Chinese religion, and were more tolerant of many religions, including the White Lotus Sect, allowing them to survive legally.
As a result, the White Lotus Sect spread rapidly in the Ming Dynasty and became one of the important folk religions. By the time the Mongols discovered that something was wrong, the White Lotus Sect had become a raging trend.
Interestingly, Zhu Yuanzhang knew the White Lotus Sect very well, believing that it would affect his rule, and ordered it to be banned.
The Great Ming Law stipulates that "those who are the leader are hanged, and those who follow each have a hundred rods and flow for three thousand miles." ”
However, the White Lotus Sect has a tradition of underground activities, claiming to believe in Buddhism (the White Lotus Sect does not eat meat) to hide its identity, often gathering at night, which is very hidden.
Because of the strange activities of the White Lotus Sect, assassinations were carried out when necessary to retaliate, and local officials often turned a blind eye to them.
If they really offended the White Lotus Sect, this gang would probably kill the entire family of the officials, and they might hunt you down for decades, which would be very difficult to pester.
Ming officials were all trying to make money, who wanted to offend this gang.
Therefore, it is difficult for the White Lotus Sect to be completely destroyed.
This time, Tang Sai'er began to march on March 5, 1420, with the red and white flag as the number, and more than 500 people participated on the spot.
Based on the Stone Shed Village (present-day Tang Sai'er Zhai), they moved around Qingzhou
Tang Sai'er Zhai is a tourist attraction today, and it was one of the best cottages back then.
The highest peak of Tang Saierzhai is 786 meters above sea level and covers an area of 1.5 square kilometers. The cottage is set up on the risk, surrounded by dangerous cliffs, from the bottom of the cliff to the top, looking up, you can't see the top; from the top of the village, looking down, condescending, the nearby mountains and ravines can see the houses only the size of a fist. There are only two lanes in and out of the cottage, which is extremely dangerous.
At the same time, because there is a large area at the top of the cottage, hundreds of people can be stationed, and the construction of pools and rice warehouses can persist for a period of time, and the enemy army cannot fight.
After learning of the Rebellion of Tang Sai'er in Qingzhou, Gao Feng, commanding Gao Feng, commanded by Qingzhou Wei, immediately led more than 1,000 officers and soldiers to suppress it.
Tang Sai'er had quite a command ability, and instead of leading her troops to escape, she took the initiative to attack.
Southwest of Qingzhou is a mountainous area with heavy mountains and complex terrain, which is very suitable for ambushes.
Tang Sai'er attacked Gao Feng with a small force, leading it into a narrow valley of gourd valley.
Gao Feng believed that the White Lotus Sect was a popular rebellion, low combat effectiveness, and had no vigilance, and rushed into the valley with a large army.
Although in between, Tang Sai'er's ambush troops came out in all directions, first encircling the entrances and exits of the two sections of the valley.
Subsequently, the mountain threw stones densely and shot bows and arrows.
The Ming army led by Gao Feng was in chaos!
Because the valley was very narrow, and the White Lotus Sect was condescending, the Ming army pulled into a long snake array, and the head and tail could not take care of each other, and they were beaten everywhere.
Gao Feng saw that the situation was critical and ordered his troops to rush out of the valley without any hesitation.
Just as Gao Feng was leading the troops to attack, Tang Sai'er suddenly led the disciples to kill them.
As soon as this group of White Lotus Sectists started fighting, they rushed to the flesh and blood without regard for their lives.
So-called: the poor are afraid of the horizontal, the horizontal are afraid of the stunned, the stunned are afraid of not dying.
The Ming army had suffered heavy casualties and low morale. Now when they encounter such crazy people fighting desperately, they are also overwhelmed.
For a time, Gao Feng was killed on the spot, and the troops collapsed, throwing away their armor and fleeing.
As a result, more than 1,000 Ming troops were defeated by more than 500 people of Tang Sai'er.
As a result, Tang Sai'er was shocked.
Seeing the success of Tang Sai'er's army, dozens of teams such as Dong Yangao and Binhong in nearby Kyushu County responded, and the White Lotus Sect expanded by tens of thousands.
Unfortunately, they encountered Zhu Di, who had experienced hundreds of battles.
At that time, it was still the early years of the Ming Dynasty, and the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was very strong, and it was by no means comparable to ordinary militias.
After the Rebellion of the White Lotus Sect, Shandong's envoys Chu Xi and Zhang Hai rushed to the imperial court.
The old and spicy Zhu Di immediately made a response deployment.
First, Zhu Di sent envoys to lure Tang Sai'er, promising to give him official positions and rewards, regardless of rebellion.
In this regard, Tang Sai'er flatly refused.
While trying to lure the landing, Zhu Di also carried out encirclement and suppression deployment.
He appointed Liu Sheng as the chief soldier and Liu Zhong as the deputy chief soldier, and led the 5,000 men of the Beijing army to attack.
Liu Sheng is Zhu Di's favorite general and has quite a battle achievement.
He came from a professional military family, and his father was a guard officer under Zhu Di, who was appreciated by Zhu Di.
Liu Sheng himself served in the army for more than 10 years, participating in the Vietnam Campaign, the Northern Expedition to Mongolia, the Battle of Wukou, and the Battle of Ningxia, a total of more than 10 battles, with outstanding achievements.
During the Northern Expedition to Mongolia with Zhu Di, Liu Sheng commanded the Shenji Battalion. At that time, the Shenji battalion was very important, and the so-called "Shenji was in front and the horse team was behind", which became the main pillar of firepower to kill and injure the Mongol cavalry.
Based on the experience of fighting in Vietnam, Liu Sheng summed up the characteristics of the Mongol cavalry, believing that the power of muskets and muskets was too weak, and decided to use artillery as the core of the firepower of the Shenji Battalion, which was approved by Zhu Di.
As a result, Liu Sheng formed the first regular "artillery" in Chinese history, which opened the era of China's hot weapons and can be said to be the ancestor of Chinese artillery.
Liu Sheng's ability is superior, and the disadvantage is that he is more arrogant and arrogant.
After leading the main force of the Ming army to Qingzhou this time, Liu Sheng struck with lightning and crushed hundreds of tang Sai'er's main forces.
Tang Sai'er had no choice but to retreat to the stone shed village.
Liu Sheng could not attack, and could only surround the stone shed village.
Both roads down the mountain were blocked by Liu Sheng, and Tang Sai'er's hundreds of troops could not succeed in breaking through.
And the food in the cottage is limited, and Tang Sai'er can't support it for too long.
Even if the Ming army only encircled and did not attack, Tang Sai'er's troops could only support it for a month.
Liu Sheng saw that he was sure of victory and began to have the idea of light enemy.
He thought that his army had been in the war for a long time, from Vietnam to Mongolia, and what kind of scenes had never been seen.
Tang Sai'er's men were just a bunch of bandits, and they were not vulnerable at all, where was Liu Sheng's opponent.
Liu Sheng even thought that Zhu Di had sent him to suppress the bandits, which was a big deal and a big fuss.
Tang Sai'er, on the other hand, was resourceful, first sending people down the mountain, like Liu Sheng, who expressed his willingness to surrender, but needed to pardon the leader. The two sides negotiated, and Liu Sheng was even more light enemy, believing that the bandits would collapse in 10 days at most.
Here, Tang Sai'er sent another henchman down the mountain to pretend to surrender to the Ming army.
After his henchmen surrendered, they expressed their intention to inform Liu Sheng that the White Lotus Sect would break through from the east of the cottage.
In fact, Liu Sheng did not need to fight at all at this time, only need to block 2 roads for 1 month step by step, and Tang Sai'er and they would be completely annihilated due to lack of food.
However, Liu Sheng was arrogant and arrogant, believing that there was no need to wait so long.
Moreover, he didn't think that Tang Sai'er had any ability: the demon woman Tang Sai'er only pretended to be a ghost and deceived the good people! What insight can women and Taoists have, and where can they understand what marching and fighting!
Liu Sheng was anxious to grab the credit, decided to make a quick decision, and finally won the plan.
He actually sent the main force to dismantle the roadblocks in the east, and prepared to let tang Sai'er's hundreds of believers down the mountain, so he surrounded and annihilated them all, beheaded them, and then asked the imperial court for credit.
That night, Liu Sheng concentrated the main force of thousands of Ming troops to the east. After waiting for a few hours, hundreds of figures appeared on the mountain path and flocked down the mountain. Liu Sheng was excited and hurriedly ordered the army to attack.
As a result, the Ming army only captured a few hundred sheep that Tang Sai'er had rushed to.
Liu Sheng knew the plan, but it was too late to save it.
The main force of the Ming army's siege was transferred to the east, and the road to the west was only defended by a few hundred Ming troops.
Tang Sai'er took the opportunity to concentrate his troops and break through from the weak area of the encirclement to the west.
The Ming army was unguarded, until the White Lotus Sect rushed down the mountain, which was only awakened.
The deputy general Liu Zhong hurriedly led his troops to meet the battle, but Tang Sai'er had already led his troops into the Ming army camp. The Ming army collapsed, and Liu Zhong was also killed by an arrow.
By the time Liu Sheng came after him, Tang Sai'er had already led his troops to escape without a trace, and only captured more than 100 troops behind the palace.
Hearing that it was unfavorable to encircle and suppress Tang Sai'er, Zhu Di began to increase his troops while he was angry.
As a result, the various units of the Ming army gathered in Shandong.
On the 3rd day after Tang Sai'er's breakthrough, he led Juzhou and Jimo Yi to attack Anqiu and claimed to slaughter the city.
The capital of the sea prepared for the war commanded Wei Qing and immediately sent troops.
Wei Qing had been fighting against Wu Kou for a long time, winning hundreds of battles, but he was not famous but was a member of the Xiao General.
After receiving Anqiu's urgent request for help, Wei Qing decided to reinforce without waiting for the imperial court's order. This is a very dangerous act, which can be characterized as a conspiracy and instead be condemned by the imperial court.
However, Wei Qing believed that Anqiu could be destroyed at any time, and he really couldn't wait.
Moreover, the White Lotus Sect believed that within ten days of marching distance near Anqiu, there was no Ming army at all, it would not be on guard, and it could raid and win.
Therefore, Wei Qing led more than a thousand cavalry, day and night, and with the speed of lightning, suddenly killed under Anqiu City.
After all, the White Lotus Sect was a militia armed force, and it was thought that it was impossible for the Ming army to arrive within 10 days.
When encountering the fierce attack of the Ming cavalry, the White Lotus Sect was caught off guard, the whole army was in chaos, and the camp was scattered.
Wei Qing's cavalry took advantage of the victory to pursue, killing more than 10,000 White Lotus Sect members.
The Weiqing cavalry killed more than 2,000 people on the spot, arrested more than 4,000 people, and Tang Sai'er disappeared.
Here, the White Lotus Sect in Zhucheng was also violently attacked by Wang Gui, commanded by Aoshan Wei, killing thousands of people and scattering the remnants.
After these two battles, the main force of the White Lotus Sect was annihilated, and the rest fled to other provinces or hidden in the mountains.
And the leader, Tang Sai'er, has since disappeared.
Less than a month after Tang Sai'er started his army, he was wiped out by the powerful Ming army, which had little impact on the whole country and caused little damage.
However, Tang Sai'er did not see anyone dead or a corpse, which became a major problem in Zhu Di's heart.
According to the captured rebel leader, Tang Sai'er saw the army collapse and left on his own with a few henchmen.
Before leaving, Tang Sai'er had ordered his confidants to get a monk's robe or Taoist robe, perhaps disguised as a nun or Taoist priest, and hide in Shandong or Beijing.
The Ming Dynasty government hunted for more than half a year, but still did not find any trace of Tang Sai'er.
Zhu Di believed that Tang Sai'er had a great influence in Shandong, and as long as he did not die, he would definitely rebel, and he must be caught: all nuns and Daogu in Beijing and Shandong were arrested and sent to Beijing for investigation.
In July of the same year, Duan Min served as the leftist politician in Shandong, and investigated all the nuns and Taoist priests in Shandong and Beijing, but found nothing.
It was further expanded to the whole country, and tens of thousands of nuns and female Taoist priests were investigated, and some women were arrested and imprisoned for their close appearance to Tang Sai'er.
For the sake of just one Tang Sai'er, the religious circles in the whole country have been turned upside down, and tang Sai'er has still not been caught.
I still don't know where Tang Sai'er is hiding.
After the Tang Sai'er Incident, Zhu Di ordered relief to the disaster areas, reduce taxes, and benefit the people, so that there was no large-scale popular rebellion in the Yongle era.
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