And the leader of these separatist forces, in romance novels, is called the 18th Route.
Against the king
These anti-Wang uprisings at the end of Sui Dynasty were also different. Some simply push it up, such as Yu Wenhuaji; Some are really ambitious, such as Shi Biao and Li Yuan. Some are purely for fun, such as Gui Li; Others, such as Dou Jiande, are still praised by people hundreds of years after their death.
Among them, there is a person named Zhu Can. This man is here to challenge the lower limit of mankind.
The reason why he challenged the lower limit of human beings is because the forces he led have completed behaviors that have no lower limit in history and can't even be called human behavior.
That's cannibalism.
1. The birth of ogres in the late Sui Dynasty
Zhu can's early experiences are not recorded in the history books. We only know that Zhu Can was an assistant minister in the father county of Sui Dynasty (now Bozhou, Anhui Province). The so-called assistant officials are subordinates of the local governor. Because there has always been a tradition in ancient China that imperial power is not lower than that of counties. The so-called imperial power is not lower than that of the county, which means that officials appointed by the court usually only go to the county level. Below the county level, local autonomy is usually practiced. Officials below the county magistrate are often inferior.
To put it simply, Zhu Can is a small official in Chengfu County. In addition, there is no record of Zhu Can's life before the uprising in the history books.
This is actually a very regrettable thing.
Because we can't know what happened to Zhu Can in his early years, his character will be distorted to the point where he can completely break through the lower limit of human beings by eating people.
In the eleventh year of the great cause, Zhu Can went on an expedition to Changbai Mountain with the army. Here, I would like to add that the so-called Changbai Mountain in Sui and Tang Dynasties is not the Changbai Mountain in Northeast China today, although the latter is more famous. The Changbai Mountain here refers to the Changbai Mountain in Zouping, Zhangqiu and Zhoucun, Shandong Province. At the end of Sui Dynasty, the first uprising in Wang Bo began here.
So, on the way to the conquest, Zhu joined the insurgents.
Don't ask what happened in the middle, because it's not recorded in the history books. About this period of history, there is only one sentence in Old Tang Book: enlist in the army to discuss the thieves in Changbai Mountain, and then get together as thieves.
Zhu can, from the beginning of the uprising, was full of mystery. The leaders of the separatist forces in the late Sui Dynasty basically had traces to follow all their lives, and we can judge their general psychology from their lives. Only Zhu Can, a small official in the Sui Dynasty, inexplicably became a rebel.
Moreover, after Zhu Can's uprising, it was not like Shi Biao and Tang Gaozu who opposed the separatist regime and really fought for the world. Zhu Can's uprising seems to be just for muddling along, and you can muddle along every day.
After Zhu Can's uprising, he called himself King Jialuo. After the uprising, under his command, more than ten thousand people gathered 10. So, Zhu Can took them to Yanzhou and Mianyang to plunder and hit all the way to the south. Wherever I go, there is no one.
2. Repeated defeats and repeated wars
It is not difficult to understand why Zhu Can was able to gather hundreds of thousands of people in a short time after the uprising when there was obviously no talent.
Because it was the end of the Sui Dynasty.
At the end of Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang dug the Grand Canal and made many voyages to the West, which overdrawn his national strength to the limit. Among them, people in Shandong, Hebei and other places have been squeezed the most. As you can see from the map, a long section of the Grand Canal is in this area. Moreover, to conquer Korea, it is also the most convenient to recruit troops and collect food from this place. Therefore, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the people in this place were the most bitter and difficult to survive. This is also the reason why almost all the peasant armies that started the uprising at the end of Sui Dynasty were located in this area.
Therefore, even if you know, it is wrong to plunder with Zhu Can. But in order to survive, everyone has no choice. You can only live with Zhu.
Compared with other forces in the late Sui Dynasty, Zhu Can was a typical monk and had no long-term plans. So he took the army and robbed all the way, and there was no stable territory. And such an army is naturally far from combat effectiveness. Since the day he started fighting, Zhu Can has basically never won.
In May of the first year of Wude, Zhu Can led troops to capture Deng County, Henan Province, which was already a territory. Here, Zhu can get comfort from Shannan region of Tang Gaozu, and Ma Yuangui is defeated. On the second day of July, it was defeated by Zhou Chao, the secretariat of Xuanzhou in the Tang Dynasty. In October, Lu Zizang and Ma Yuangui, the secretariat of Dengzhou, attacked Zhu Can and lost again.
According to the truth, Zhu can, who has failed continuously, should have been at the end of the road, right? But the problem is that although Zhu Can was defeated every time, he was able to rally the rest of the army and revive the military situation every time, which is also something that is difficult for future generations to understand.
How did Zhu do it?
Moreover, after World War I in October, Zhu Can proclaimed himself near Deng County, Henan Province today! Claiming to be Emperor Chu, he changed his name to Changda.
After he ascended the throne, Zhu Can seems to have finally learned to fight, laying the foundation for Dengzhou and Nanyang today. Lv Zikang and Ma Yuangui, who had defeated Zhu Can before, also died one after another.
At this moment, Tang Gaozu finally reacted and sent Taichang Qing Zheng to solicit. This world war I finally defeated Zhu Can temporarily, but although Zhu Can was still alive, his power was growing. In the first month of the second year of Wude, Zhu can directly pass 200,000 people.
I have to say that this is also a miracle.
There are many remnants of Zhu, but their fighting capacity is poor. As can be seen from these people sent from Tang Gaozu, at that time, Li Tang was able to play, but basically no one was sent, and most of them were anonymous. This also shows from the side that Zhu can is not taken seriously at this time. Of course, in addition, this is also because the main energy at that time was still in Guanzhong area, dealing with Xue Ju and Liu Wuzhou, and he had no time to talk to Zhu Can.
However, when simple people accumulate to a certain number, this kind of combat effectiveness is also considerable.
At that time, Zhu Can led his troops across the Han River and Huaihe River, and his actions were disorganized. After capturing a place, they plundered it without occupying territory. They are just a bunch of big robbers. But the problem is that at the end of Sui Dynasty, these places were not very rich and had no food. Even if Zhu Neng goes out to rob, he can't support the two hundred thousand troops. So, next, Zhu Can gave an almost crazy order.
Let your men eat people directly. This is undoubtedly the act of refreshing the lower limit of human beings.
Moreover, for such behavior, Zhu Can has no guilt. According to historical records, Zhu Can once said: "The beauty of food is better than human flesh!" ! But let other countries have people, what should I worry about? This is cannibalism and addiction!
3. the end of the ogre
Such Zhu can finally attract the anger of his forces. After all, not everyone is like him. He is such a crazy person. Under the leadership of Yang Shilin, Tian Zan and other local strongmen (now Biyang, Henan), the insurgents quickly formed. The counties under Zhu Jie's jurisdiction have suffered from Zhu Jie for a long time and naturally responded. After World War I, not surprisingly, Zhu Jie was defeated, and only a few thousand soldiers fled to Jutan (now Xixia County, Henan Province).
At this time, it was less than a month before Zhu Can had 200,000 mercenaries.
After the defeat, Zhu Can finally wanted to settle down, so he sent someone to ask for surrender. Although Tang Gaozu was extremely contemptuous of Zhu Can, it was troubled times at that time. For this initiative,
For health, we must give enough respect and make it the king of Chu, so that Zhu can set up his own official.
However, what happened next exposed Zhu Neng's crazy nature once again. Just two months after Zhu's surrender, Duan Zhen, the messenger sent by Tang Gaozu, finally came to Jutan. Duan knows something about Zhu Shen, but he is extremely contemptuous. So, at the reception banquet, there was such a conversation.
Duan Que: I heard that you like human flesh. What's the smell of human flesh?
Zhu Can: Eating drunk meat is like eating pork with distiller's grains.
Duan Que: Crazy thief, you are just a slave leader after you entered the DPRK. Can you still eat human flesh?
As soon as this sentence was spoken, Zhu Can was completely angry and directly cooked Duan, together with dozens of people accompanying him.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, this paragraph is problematic. Knowing that Zhu Can is a serious mental patient, why do you want to provoke others on their turf? Dozens of people who got into trouble with them became people's rations.
However, killing Special Envoy Tang Gaozu is tantamount to hitting Tang Gaozu in the face. In this way, Zhu also can not surrender. So Zhu turned to surrender to the king. Wang himself is cunning and tolerant of Zhu Can. Therefore, after Zhu can came forward to surrender, Wang directly named him General Long Xiang.
Even this ogre dared to take it. No wonder Wang was easily defeated in the end.
Shortly after Zhu Neng defected to the queen, he completely unified Guanzhong and began to draw out his hand to tidy up the king. After a big battle, Wang was defeated and finally surrendered in Kaesong.
Because before Wang surrendered in Kaesong, the only condition was to spare his family's life. So, after Li Shimin took Luoyang, he could only help Wang Tie and Shi Chong get up and send him to Chang 'an, but he couldn't really kill him. However, for people like Zhu Can, there is no burden at all, and they are directly beheaded by waterinfo.
Zee-oui, a generation, finally died by the sword of Li Shimin.
End of movement
When Zhu Can died, it was said that onlookers hated his cannibalism and threw bricks and tiles at him. Finally, a mountain appeared, and Zhu Can was buried directly in it.
This is enough to prove how much people hated him at that time. If Li Shimin had chosen to skin Zhu Can alive, I guess everyone wouldn't mind taking this ogre's flesh home to feed the dog.
As for those who died in Zhu's mouth, they would probably thank Li Shimin and Li Shimin for their revenge.