Guo Ziyi, Zheng County, Huazhou (present-day Weinan Huazhou District, Shaanxi Province), a famous general, politician and militarist in the Tang Dynasty. The following is my good 'Guo Ziyi biography of the literary translation, welcome to refer to learn oh!
Original text :
Guo Ziyi, word Ziyi, Zheng people in Huazhou, seven feet two inches long, to Wuju is not equal to fill the left guard Changshi, cumulative relocation of the single Deputy Dugu, Zhenyuan army make.
Zhide two years, the attack on the thief Cui Qianyou in Tongguan, Qianyou defeated, retreated to keep Pu Jin. The Yongle Lieutenant Zhao Fu, the Hedong household counselor Han Man, the Secretary Xu Jing and the Zonglou Zifeng in the city, seeking to respond to the Ziyi attack Pu, Fu and other chopping parapet, Phi Helu internal army. Qianyou go Anyi, Anyi pseudo-nana, soldiers half into the county door hair, Qianyou got out of the way to go. Thief An Shouzhong wall Yongfeng warehouse, Zi Yi遣子旰与战, more than kill to ten thousand levels, sunset died in the array. Into the warehouse. So off, shaanxi began to pass. The imperial edict also Fengxiang, into the Sikong, charging Guannei, Hedong vice marshal. Rate division tend to Changan, sub-bubble up the water. Thief Shouzhong and other military clear ditch left. Great battle, the king's division is unfavorable, commission battle run. Zi Yi collected the defeated soldiers to protect Wugong. In the meantime, ZiYi collected the defeated soldiers to protect Wugong. In the meantime, he took 150,000 soldiers from Marshal Guangping Wang to recover Chang'an. Li Siye for the front army, marshal for the center army, Zi Yi vice, Wang Sili for the rear army, array Xiangji Temple north, from Fengshui, near the big river, Miyan a house. Thief Li Guiren led the strong horsemen thin battle, the official army clamor, Ziye with a long knife protrudes, beheading the thief dozens of horsemen, is fixed. Huihe to odd troops dazzled the back of the thieves, clamping attack, beheading 60,000 levels, raw poultry 20,000, the thieves marshal Zhang Tongru night died in Shaanxi County. The next day, the king into the capital, the old and young people called: "do not want to see the official army again today!" Wang Huoshi three days, so east.
An Qingxu heard that the king's division to,遣严庄悉众100万屯陕, help Tongru, flags and gongs and drums diameter of more than 100 miles. Division to the new store, the thief has been arrayed, out of light cavalry, Zi Yi sent two teams to chase them, and then to, times in the past, are not as bad as the thieves camp at every turn. Finally, the thieves to 200 riders to cover the army, not war away, Zi Yi full military pursuit, across its camp. The thieves opened the two wings of the package, the official army but. Siye rate of Huihe from the back of the attack, dust and body, flying vectors shot at the thieves, the thieves said: "Huihe to carry on!" So the defeat, the zombie phase belongs to the road. Yan Zhuang and other go Luoyang, holding Qingxu cross the river to protect the phase of the state, and then collected Dongdu. So the east of the river, the west of the river, Henan state counties are all flat. Into the court, the emperor sent with the military to meet Ba, laboring that: "national reconstruction, the Secretary's efforts." The first time he did this, he was in the middle of the night, and the second time he was in the middle of the night.
Jianzhong two years, the disease, the emperor sent Shu Wang to the first pass the imperial edict to ask, Zi Yi can not rise, kowtow to thank you. The prince was eighty-five years old. Emperor mourning, abolition of five days. Imperial officials to hang, with the funeral needs, are taken to the government. And burial, the emperor Royal Anfu door, weeping over its funeral, all the officials with a place to shed tears, give posthumous name Zhongwu.
(From the New Tang Dynasty Book - Guo Ziyi biography, abridged)
Translation :
Guo Ziyi word Ziyi, Zheng County, Huazhou people. He was seven feet tall and two, because of the excellent results in the martial arts examination was arranged to supplement the left guards of the post of long history, and then the position of many transfers, the official to the Shan Yu Deputy Protector, Zhenyuan army.
In the second year of Zhide, Guo Ziyi led his troops to attack the rebel Cui Qianyou at Tongguan, who was defeated and retreated to Pu Jin. When Zhao Fu, the lieutenant of Yongle County, Han Man, the Hedong household counselor, Xu Jing, and Li Feng, a son of the royal family, were in the city of Pu Jin, intending to act as an insider, Guo Zi Yi attacked Pu Jin, and Zhao Fu and the others killed the guards of the city and dismantled the enemy army. Cui Qianyou fled to Anyi in defeat, and the generals of Anyi pretended to accept him. When half of Cui Qianyou's army entered the city, the county gate was opened and Cui Qianyou was able to escape. The rebel general An Shouzhong garrisoned Yongfeng warehouse, Guo Ziyi sent his son Guo Sunset to meet the battle, killed as many as ten thousand rebels, Guo Sunset died in battle. Guo Ziyi recaptured Yongfeng Cang with his troops, so that the road between Guanzhong and Shanzhou was opened. The emperor issued an edict for him to return to Fengxiang, promoted to the rank of Sikong, and acted as the deputy marshal of Guannei and Hedong. Guo Ziyi led his army straight to Chang'an and stationed it on the bubble. The rebel An Shouzhong and others stationed on the left bank of the Qing canal. In the battle between the two armies, the imperial army was defeated and fled for their lives, throwing away their weapons. Guo Ziyi gathered the remnants of his army and held on to Wugong. Soon after, following the marshal Guangping Wang led 150,000 tomans and Han soldiers to recover Chang'an. Li Siye was the front army, the marshal was the center army, Zi Yi was the vice marshal, and Wang Sili was the rear army, and they set up a formation to meet the enemy in the north of Xiangji Temple, based on Fengshui and bordering on the great river, and they were mutually exclusive. The rebel general Li Guiren led the elite cavalry to challenge the official army, and the official army was arrogant. Li Siye, holding a spear, stood up and killed dozens of rebel cavalrymen before they could be stabilized. Huihe attacked behind the rebels in a roundabout way with strange troops, and attacked with the two armies of the imperial army, beheading 60,000 enemy heads and capturing 20,000 alive, and the rebel commander Zhang Tongru fled to Shanxian County at night. The next day, King Guangping led his army into the capital, where the people cheered and said, "I didn't expect to see an official army today!" King Guangping let his soldiers rest and reorganize for three days, and then continued his march to the east.
When An Qingxu heard that the imperial army was coming, he sent Yan Zhuang to lead all 100,000 troops to defend Shanzhou to rescue Zhang Tongru, with banners and drums stretching for more than a hundred miles. The court army arrived in Xindian, the rebels have set up a position, sent light cavalry, Guo Ziyi sent two teams of men to drive away the enemy soldiers, the enemy soldiers again, Ziyi doubled the increase in troops, are not to the rebel camp returned. Finally, the rebel army to two hundred cavalry to surprise attack, no war and go back, Guo Zi Yi sent the whole army to attack, crossing the enemy camp. The rebels opened their two flanks to encircle the imperial army, which retreated. Li Siye led the Huihe soldiers to attack the rebels from behind, and as dust filled the air and flying arrows were shot at the rebels, the rebels exclaimed, "The Huihe soldiers are coming!" Thus, the rebels were defeated, and the corpses were connected on the road. Yan Zhuang and others fled to Luoyang in defeat and took An Qingxu hostage to hold on to Xiangzhou, thus recovering Kyoto. Thus the eastern, western, and southern counties of Henan were pacified. When Guo Zi Yi entered the imperial court, the emperor sent a man in military attire to greet him on the Ba Bridge and consoled him, saying, "The second founding of the country is due to you!" Zi Yi bowed to express his gratitude.
In the second year of Jianzhong, Guo Ziyi became seriously ill, and the emperor sent King Shu to his residence to pass on his condolences. Guo Zi Yi could not get up and bowed down to express his gratitude. He died at the age of eighty-five. The emperor mourned and deplored him and stopped the court for five days. He issued an imperial edict for his ministers to go to offer condolences, and all the things needed to accompany the mourning were received from the government. When he was buried, the emperor himself went to Anfu Gate to mourn for him, and all the officials accompanied him with tears. The emperor gave him a posthumous name Zhongwu.