This article is written with reference to historical sources and personal opinions, and relevant literature sources have been marked at the end of the article.
(Huang Fuhui image)
Huang Fuhui sleeps during the day and does not sleep at night, and he likes to gamble with the soldiers in the barracks at night.
But he was also unlucky, and his gambling skills were sparse, so he lost nine out of ten bets, and he lost all his military salary.
At that time, Huang Fuhui was very confused, and he didn't know what he should do or what he wanted.
In his opinion, the life he wants to live is to be able to do what he likes every day.
He believes that life is not about going to war every day, nor is it about reclaiming the fields, but just leaving his own traces between heaven and earth.
It's just that when people are confused, they encounter thousands of roads, but it is difficult to randomly choose the right road.
Huang Fuhui was a soldier of the Later Tang Wei Zhou Army, and the emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty at that time was Zhuangzong Li Cunxuan.
Li Cunmiao, the emperor, is difficult to evaluate in one sentence, anyway, he is the kind of person who shows a different temperament and mental outlook in each time period, no, it is very good when it is good, and it is especially bad when it is bad, and at that time, the Later Tang Dynasty under Li Cunmiao was not as good as before, almost in a state of chaos.
Huang Fuhui himself is not doing well, so in this case, he is not going to do a good job.
If you don't want to do it, you can escape, but Huang Fuhui is quite ambitious, not only did he not escape, but actively encouraged the soldiers in Weizhou to rebel.
As for the Weizhou army, there was more or less dissatisfaction at this time, originally they were in Waqiao Pass and Garrison, and they should go back when the border period expired, but on the way back, the imperial court did not let them go back, but let them camp on the way, and then reclaim the fields.
Tuntian, it is farming, it is very hard, so the Weizhou army has always had a resentment buried in his heart, Huang Fuhui was so incited, and soon responded to the call, and everyone was ready to rebel.
First of all, Huang Fuhui led the sergeants to kidnap Yang Renhui, the general of the Weizhou Army, and said this to Yang Renhui:
The reason why the Later Tang Dynasty was able to destroy the Later Liang and get the whole world was because we first got the Weizhou Army in Hebei, our Weizhou saber did not leave the body, the body did not take off the armor, and the combat effectiveness was very strong, and we were highly used during the war years, but if it was calmed down today, he Li Cunqiao did not miss the old feelings, and let us fight on the border, and let us Tuntian, our hometown is in front of us, but we can't go back, so we have to fight for the opportunity to go home, if the court does not agree, then we don't need to be loyal to the court anymore, simply occupy the state and county, Make a big vote.
(Yang Renhui image)
Unyielding in the face of treachery, there is only death.
Yang Renhui is not the kind of person who can be easily persuaded, Huang Fuhui persuaded him to join the gang, but he retorted:
You're not right, now that the Later Tang Dynasty is strong, the Son of Heaven is clear, and the imperial court has hundreds of thousands of troops, how can we contend with it? You and I are not alone, we all have parents, brothers, and relatives, and if you say such a thing, where will you put the lives of the family?
What Yang Renhui said was very reasonable, but the rebellious Weizhou army was already ready to send it, and they couldn't listen to Yang Renhui's words, so they killed Yang Renhui directly.
After killing Yang Renxi, the Weizhou army elected another general as its leader, but this general also insisted on not reluctant, so he was also killed.
Wei Zhoujun simply carried the heads of Yang Renhui and the general behind him, and found the third general in the army, the name of this general was Zhao Zaili.
Zhao Zaili was timid, he heard that the Weizhou army had rebelled, he was scared enough, and he immediately wanted to climb the wall and escape, to be honest, this Zhao Zaili slipped fast enough, but Huang Fuhui was faster than him, he just landed on the wall with one foot, and the other foot was dragged down by Huang Fuhui.
After Huang Fuhui dragged Zhao Zaili down, he immediately put a knife on Zhao Zaili's neck, and then threw the heads of Yang Renhui and another general on the ground, threatening him, if you don't do it with us, this is your fate.
Whether Zhao Zaili wants to do it or not, at this time, the sword tree sword mountain, the butcher's knife hangs around his neck, he can only save his life and agree to come down for the time being.
As a result, Zhao Zaili became the commander of this rebel army, and Huang Fuhui became the deputy commander of this rebel army.
They paid the city of Beizhou to Bingding, destroyed it in the furnace, and then turned around and captured Yecheng.
This Huang Fuhui, he is not a thing, after arriving in Yecheng, he led the soldiers and horses to rob everywhere, went on a killing spree, and slaughtered the common people indiscriminately.
Huang Fuhui ran to a people's house and asked the people what their surnames were, and the people replied that they were surnamed Guo, and Huang Fuhui said, I am going to break the country today, so I killed all the people.
After killing this family, Huang Fuhui led troops to break into another people's house, asked what the people's surname was, and the people replied that their surname was Wan, and Huang Fuhui said, I am going to kill all 10,000 people today, so this family was also killed.
(Li Cunqiao image)
Huang Fuhui is both a rebellion and an evildoer, it is simply outrageous, Zhuangzong Li Cunxuan heard that he was also greatly shocked, and immediately sent Li Siyuan to conquer Huang Fuhui.
Li Cunmiao is the son of Li Keyong, the founder of the Later Tang Dynasty, and this Li Siyuan is Li Keyong's adopted son, so Li Cunmiao and Li Keyong are brothers in name, but in fact, the two are not related by blood.
This Li Siyuan originally went to quell the rebellion, but unexpectedly, the counterinsurgency army under Li Siyuan and the rebel army under Huang Fuhui reached a consensus on cooperation, and the two teams combined to directly establish Li Siyuan as the new emperor.
After that, Li Cunmiao's regime completely collapsed, Li Cunmiao died, and Li Siyuan became the new lord of the Later Tang Dynasty... And the person who caused such an earth-shattering change was the little soldier of the Weizhou Army, Huang Fuhui.
Li Siyuan is called the emperor, then Huang Fuhui has the merit of supporting, so he was worshiped as the history of the assassin, from then until the Later Tang Dynasty was destroyed by the Later Jin, Huang Fuhui has always been in the position of the history of the assassin.
After the establishment of the Later Jin Dynasty, with the temperament of Huang Fuhui, he naturally submitted to the Later Jin Dynasty without exception, and in the early years of the Later Jin Dynasty, he was transferred back to Beijing from the local area and served as General Wei, that is, the commander of the security forces of the capital city of the Later Jin Dynasty.
At this time, Zhao Zaili, who rebelled with him back then, also changed and became the envoy of the festival under the rule of the Later Jin Dynasty.
Once Zhao Zaili went to the capital of the Later Jin Dynasty from the place to do business, Huang Fuhui saw that Zhao Zaili was coming, and immediately went to see Zhao Zaili, after seeing Zhao Zaili, he patted Zhao Zaili's shoulder, laughed and said:
Back then, we did things together, which made a great achievement, but the first thing was initiated by me first, without me forcing you to join, you would not be able to go this day, so your wealth today, it is all thanks to me, you should share your wealth with me, otherwise you will be in great trouble.
(Cho Jae-ri image)
This Zhao Zaili, although the rebellion was coerced by Huang Fuhui back then, but he himself was not a good person, and after he made his career, he became a high-ranking official, paid taxes harshly, looted money, and persecuted the people, which was simply bad and thorough.
For a period of time, Zhao Zaili was an official in Songzhou, he was plundering fat and meat, removing fat and ointment, and doing his best to oppress the people, and later the court transferred him to other places to be an official, but the people were very happy, and the people of Songzhou beat gongs and drums, took to the streets, and celebrated each other from afar, saying "Pull out the nail in the eye, but it's not happy!" ”
But it was such a wicked man, he was also scared when he saw Huang Fuhui, thinking that it was Huang Fuhui who put the knife on his neck and left him a psychological shadow, Huang Fuhui asked him for money in a hurry, and he obediently offered a lot of money, which can be regarded as sending Huang Fuhui away.
After the fall of the Later Jin Dynasty, the Khitan went south, and Huang Fuhui was usually fierce to others, but he was also afraid that the Khitans would clean him up, so he simply left the Central Plains and defected to the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Before fighting with Zhao Kuangyin, Huang Fuhui, as a general of the Southern Tang Dynasty, actually fought some battles in the Southern Tang camp, but his record did not seem to be very good.
When Li Jing, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, reigned, it was the alternation of the Later Jin Dynasty and the Later Han Dynasty, the Central Plains was chaotic, and many armed regimes close to the Southern Tang Dynasty defected to the Southern Tang Dynasty for various reasons, and Huang Fuhui was responsible for containing and accepting these separatist forces.
From this point, it can be seen that Huang Fuhui's ability to fight is actually not good, since he is a mediocre person of this generation, he should not hand over such an important place as Qingliu Pass to him to guard, not to mention that the opponent Huang Fuhui encountered is still the fierce general Zhao Kuangyin.
Huang Fuhui's style of play, very traditional, Zhao Kuangyin led the army to attack, he was in front of the mountain to meet the enemy, his idea is to play a turn-based system with Zhao Kuangyin, the army will fight in front of the Qingliu Pass, you hit me, I will fight you, anyway, I can rely on the Qingliu Pass, Zhao Kuangyin came from afar, he is not at a loss, but Zhao Kuangyin will not fight with him so honestly, Zhao Kuangyin only sent a small force to fight with Huang Fuhui in front of the mountain, responsible for attracting Huang Fuhui's attention, Then the main force of the Zhou army secretly bypassed the front of the mountain and ran behind Huang Fuhui to sneak attack the Southern Tang army.
Where to fight, the so-called voice, Zhang Xusheng also.
If the sound strikes the west, the enemy will be confused, and if there is no excess, the enemy will not quit.
(Zhao Kuangyin image)
After being attacked by a sneak attack like this, Huang Fuhui was in chaos, and quickly led the army to withdraw to Chuzhou City, and wanted to break the bridge to resist Zhao Kuangyin's attack, but the army led by Zhao Kuangyin was not used to it at all, and waded through the water and went directly to Chuzhou City.
Now that the Hou Zhou army has come to the city, Huang Fuhui can't hide if he wants to, so he shouted to Zhao Kuangyin at the head of the city, saying that the two of us are each their own masters, since we want to start a war, then we will set up a battle under the city and fight to the death.
You see, Huang Fuhui's shortcomings were exposed at this time, because he was born as a soldier at the beginning, he did not receive formalized and professional military training, a lot of troop formations, tactics, he either didn't study it, or he didn't study it at all, in his eyes, the war is a team of people here, a team of people there, and then both sides shout slogans and charge, winning or losing is all up to God's will.
Outside the city, surrounded by mountains, mountains and mountains, here Chuzhou Ancient County, Langya Xinyi, Xingfen bullfighting, the ground is connected to Jianghuai, leaning on the cuiwei and overlooking the clear stream, the Huai water and the Yangtze River, here is the key to Jinling, Jianghuai protection, is the battleground of the soldiers, when I think of the Southern Tang Dynasty actually sent such a person to defend the city, Zhao Kuangyin wanted to laugh a little.
"Song Shi · Taizu Benji": Hui Yue: "Each man is his master, and he is willing to form a column to decide the winner." Taizu smiled and agreed.
Between laughing, Zhao Kuangyin finally understood that the ambition of the husband should be like the surging Yangtze River behind him, flowing endlessly, straight into the sea, and this mediocre talent in the world is the time for you to make contributions!
Resources:
Zizhi Tongjian ·Volume 292)
History of the New Five Dynasties ·Volume 49· Miscellaneous Biography 37
Book of the Southern Tang Dynasty ·Volume 10· Zhang Li Huangfu Jiang Ou Lie Biography VII