This year, there was a great famine in Shandong, and Dou Jiande said to Sun Anzu: "When Emperor Wendi was in power, the world was rich and strong, and he sent millions of troops to conquer Liaodong, but he was defeated by North Korea. There was a flood this year, and the people were poor, but the emperor didn't show sympathy for the people. He wants to go to Liaodong to bid in person. Coupled with the western expedition in previous years, the damaged vitality has not recovered, and the people are tired and sleepy. People who have been away for many years can't go home, and now they have to send troops, which will easily lead to unrest. As long as people don't die, they should make contributions. How could he be a prisoner who ran away in a hurry? I am familiar with the vast area of Gaoji Park, which is hundreds of miles away in Fiona Fang. The cattail grass on the lake is dense and deep. I can hide there and look for opportunities to rob, so that I can live and save enough money. After pulling up my troops, I will wait for the current turmoil, and I will definitely do earth-shattering things. " Sun Anzu agreed to his plan. Dou Jiande recruited and lured people who evaded conscription and had no property, and got hundreds of people, led by Sun Anzu, who claimed to be a general. Zhang Jin, a native of Lingxian County, said that hundreds of people were also invited to the dangerous waters of the Yellow River.
People from Guo County started their activities in Qinghe County, with more than 1,000 people. At that time, bandits from all walks of life in Zhangnan County massacred and robbed local people and burned houses along the way, but they did not harass Dou Jiande's hometown. Then, knowing that Dou Jiande was colluding with bandits, the county arrested and killed all his family members, old and young. Dou Jiande heard that all his family had been killed, so he led his 200 people to take refuge in Gao Shida. Gao Shida claimed to be Donghai Gong, and appointed Dou Jiande as a division soldier. Later, Sun Anzu was killed by Zhang Jin, and all his thousands of foot soldiers went to Dou Jiande. Since then, it has gradually grown and the team has grown to more than 10,000 people. It is still active in Gokibo. He often gives all his property to others and works as hard as a foot soldier, so he can inspire people to work hard for him. Yang Yichen of the Sui Dynasty led more than 10,000 people to crusade against Zhang Jin, saying that it was defeated in Qinghe, and all the foot soldiers who caught Zhang Jin were killed. The down archers who fled in the marshes gathered again and went to Dou Jiande. Yang Yichen marched to Pingyuan County, ready to March into Gaoji Boli. Dou Jiande said to Gao Shida, "Yang Yichen was the only general in Sui Dynasty who could fight several wars. Zhang Jin, who just defeated Zhang Jin, said that it was irresistible for them to travel long distances to attack us. Please let me take the army to avoid them, so that they can't fight if they want to, and drag him for months in vain. When his soldiers are exhausted, they can take the opportunity to catch him off guard and win a great victory. If you compare with him now, I'm afraid you can't resist. " Gao Shida didn't listen to his advice, leaving Dou Jiande to guard the base camp, leading his own elite soldiers to attack Yang Yichen, and after a small victory in the first battle, he feasted and had the idea of underestimating his enemy. Dou Jiande said: "Donghai Gong was arrogant before defeating the enemy, and disaster will come in a few days. The army of the Sui Dynasty, in pursuit of victory, will inevitably attack here. People are shocked and scared, and I am afraid that I can't keep it. " So he left his troops to guard the barracks, and he led 100 soldiers to occupy a dangerous position to prevent Gao Shida from losing the battle. Five days later, Yang Yichen was defeated by Gao Shida, killed on the battlefield and attacked Dou Jiande. There are very few garrison soldiers in the barracks. When I heard that Gao Shida was defeated, everyone scattered. Dou Jiande led hundreds of people to flee and arrived in Raoyang County. Seeing that he was unprepared, he laid the groundwork to appease the sergeant and the people in the city. Many people are willing to follow him and have more than 3000 soldiers.
At first, after Yang Yichen killed Gao Shida, he thought it was no problem to defeat Dou Jiande. Dou Jiande unexpectedly returned to Pingyuan County, packed up the bodies of people who died in Gao Shida, buried them all, held a funeral for Gao Shida, and the whole army put on white mourning clothes. And gathered scattered foot soldiers, get thousands of people, the army cheered again, Dou Jiande began to call himself a general. At the beginning, the gangsters killed all the officials and local gentry who were caught in the Sui Dynasty, but Dou Jiande caught them and treated them with courtesy. At first, I took Song Benben, the chief executive of Raoyang County, as a VIP to discuss major plans and policies with him. Since then, officials from various counties and counties in the Sui Dynasty have surrendered to him one after another, and the army has become more prosperous, with more than 100,000 soldiers.
In the 13th year of Daye (6 17), a ceremony was held at the junction of Hejian and Leshou counties, calling himself the King of Changle. Year number Ding Chou, this year's main subject, set up institutions to appoint officials. In July, the Sui Dynasty sent General Xue Shixiong, a right-wing general, to crusade against Dou Jiande with 30,000 troops and camp in Qilijing, south of Hejian. When Dou Jiande heard that Xue Shixiong was coming, he chose thousands of elite soldiers to ambush in the swamp on the southern border of Hejian County. The defenders of all towns went to camp, disguised as thieves, and said they were hiding in Douzi Lake. Xue Shixiong thought that Dou Jiande was afraid of himself and didn't build military facilities. Dou Jiande found out these situations and personally led one thousand foot soldiers who dared to fight to the death to attack Xue Shixiong. Because of the thick fog everywhere, the two armies could not identify each other. Sui Jun ran and trampled on himself, killing more than ten thousand people. Xue Shixiong fled with hundreds of people, and all the other troops were defeated. Dou Jiande then attacked Hejian County, but failed many times.
Later, when the city ran out of food, it was reported that the emperor Yang Di was killed. Yan of Hejian County led officials to announce the bad news to the people. Dou Jiande sent messengers to the city to offer condolences. Wang Yan seized the opportunity to entrust an envoy to request surrender. Dou Jiande retreated three miles and waited for him at the banquet. Wang Cong dressed in white mourning, hands tied behind his back, came to the front of the barracks. Dou Jiande untied them personally and talked with them about the demise of the Sui Dynasty. Wang Cong bowed his head and bent down to be sad and painful, and Dou Jiande sobbed for it. Some generals suggested to Dou Jiande: "Wang Cong has resisted our army for a long time, and many people were killed and injured. There is no way out of the city to surrender. We demand that he be boiled to death. " Dou Jiande said, "This is an upright man. Just to be promoted and appointed, in order to encourage people who serve the monarch faithfully, how can you kill him? When we used to be bandits together in Gaojibo, we might kill people at will. How can we hurt Zhongliang if we want to calm people's hearts and calm the world now? " Then he sent an order to the army, saying, "Those who have enemies with Wang Cong now dare to incite the people and kill the three clans." On the same day, Wang Yan was appointed as the secretariat of Yingzhou. It started with Leshou as its capital and was named Jincheng Palace. Since then, it has captured many counties and counties. On the day of the winter solstice in the first year of Tang Gaozu Wude (6 18), Dou Jiande met with officials of civil and military affairs in Jincheng Palace, and five big birds landed in Le Shoucheng, with tens of thousands of birds behind them. They flew all day before flying away, so the title was changed to Five Phoenix. Zong Cheng presented a Xuan Wang Gui (jet jade), and Kong Deshao, the capital, said, "In ancient times, Xia Yuqin was instructed by God to give Xuan Wang Gui. Now like Yu Xia, it should be called Xia Guo. " Dou Jiande accepted the proposal. Prior to this, Wang Xuba, commander-in-chief of the thief army in Shanggu County, claimed to be the King of Heaven, assembled tens of thousands of troops, invaded Youzhou and died with one arrow. Lieutenant Wei took over the command of this team, claiming to fly over the mountains and occupy Shenze County, with 100,000 troops. When Dou Jiande signed a peace treaty with him, Weidauer let his guard down. Dou Jiande suddenly attacked, defeated him and swallowed all his territory.
In the second year of Wude (6 19), Yu Wenhuaji usurped the throne in Wei County. Dou Jiande said to his notebook of Yan Na Song and Kong Deshao, an assistant of literature and history, "I have been a citizen of the Sui Dynasty for decades, and the Sui Dynasty has been a monarch for two generations. Now that Yu Wenhuaji has killed Yang-ti, he is my enemy. Please let me crusade against him with you, ok? " Kong Deshao said: "Today, there is no monarch in the country, and the competition is among the best. Your Majesty, you started from Zhangpu, and as an ordinary people, officials from all counties and counties in the Sui Dynasty rushed to join you, just because you acted according to the people's will and decided the world with courtesy and righteousness. Yu Wenhuaji is related to the imperial court by marriage. Both father and son were favored by the Sui Dynasty and were incomparable senior officials. But they did a bad thing, killed you for rebellion, usurped the throne of the Sui Dynasty, and were public enemies of the world. If you don't punish such people, how can you fulfill the responsibility of the rebel leader? " Dou Jiande said yes. On the same day, he led a crusade against Yu Wenhuaji and defeated Yu Wenhuaji several times in a row. Yu Wenhuaji retreated to Liaocheng, and Dou Jiande put a riprap car to throw stones. The device was extremely dexterous, besieged on all sides, and finally fell. After Dou Jiande entered the city, he went to visit Xiao Huanghou first, had a heart-to-heart talk with her, and made himself a bannerman. All the masterminds who killed Emperor Yang-ti, such as Yu, Yang, Da, Xu and so on, were arrested and brought to justice, and the officials of the Sui Dynasty were called to check, and their heads were beheaded and hung outside the Yuanmen for public display. Yu Wenhuaji and his two sons were put in a pram and dragged to mainland county for execution. Whenever Dou Jiande captured a town and defeated his opponent, he shared the rewards with the generals and asked for nothing. I don't eat meat. I only eat vegetables and peeled corn rice every day. His wife Cao Shi doesn't wear silk clothes, only a dozen little wives and maids. After entering Liaocheng, they got thousands of ladies-in-waiting, all of whom were beautiful and were immediately dismissed. Tens of thousands of civil and military officials and warriors in the Sui Dynasty were also dismissed, depending on where they went. Pei Ju, assistant minister of Huangmen in Sui Dynasty, was also appointed as the left assistant of Shangshu, assisted by Cui, assistant minister of Ministry of War, and made He Chou the minister of Ministry of Industry. Others are granted official positions and real powers according to their talents and expertise. Some of them thought that Guanzhong and Du Dong would go to other people's places, so they gave them enough clothes and food, sent troops to guard them, and sent them out of the jurisdiction. Capture Mianzhou and capture Yuan Zigan, the secretariat of Mianzhou. The capital moved to Mianzhou, known as Wanchun Palace. Send someone to Guanjin to sweep the grave for his father Dou Qing, and arrange 20 families to look after the cemetery. He became friends with Wang and sent messengers to Luoyang to worship Emperor Yangdi Yang Dong.
Later, when Wang abolished Yang Dong's independent throne, he broke off relations with him and began to set a standard of honor for the son of heaven. When he goes out, he has to put up a warning sign to prohibit pedestrians. This is called imperial edict. Posthumous title was made Emperor Min, and Yang Zhengdao, the son of Yang Chang, the king of Qi, was made Duke Yun. However, relying on Turks, Princess Yicheng of Sui Dynasty also married Turks before. At this time, Dou Jiande sent messengers to meet Xiao, led more than 1,000 troops to escort her to Turkey, and handed over her head to Princess Yicheng. After the alliance with the Turks, the spirit of the army became more vigorous.
In September of the same year, Li Shentong, the ambassador of Huai 'an, Hebei Province, was unable to resist the invasion of Nanxiangzhou and retreated to Liyang. Xiangzhou fell, and the secretariat of Lu Min was killed. Then attack Weizhou and lay down Liyang. Li Ji, the general of Zuo Wuwei in Tang Dynasty, and Tang Gaozu's sister were captured with princess royal and Li Shentong. The King of the Secretariat Railway in Sliding State was killed by a slave, who gave his head to Dou Jiande. Dou Jiande said: "It is a heinous crime for a slave to kill his master. How can I take him in? " Ordered the slave to be beheaded immediately, and the head of the king's rail was sent back to Sliding State. Moved by it, the officials and people of Sliding State surrendered on the same day. Xu Yuanlang, commander of the rebels in Jizhou, Jeju and Yanzhou, all fell behind. Dou Jiande released Li Shiji and sent him to lead the troops to defend Lizhou.
In the first month of the third year of Wude (620), Li Shiji left his father and fled back to Li Tang court. Law enforcement officers demanded that his father be killed. Dou Jiande said, "Li Shiji was a courtier of the Tang Dynasty. After being captured, he did not betray the monarch and fled back to his own court. This is a loyal minister. What is his father's crime? " Never killed him. Arrange Princess Tongan and Li Shentong to stay in the guest house and treat them with courtesy. Tang Gaozu sent an emissary to make peace with Dou Jiande, and Dou Jiande immediately sent Princess Tongan back with the emissary. Zhang Ang, the secretariat of Zhaozhou, Chen Junbin, the secretariat of Xingzhou, and Zhang Daoyuan, the envoy who once captured Zhaozhou, were killed by Dou Jiande because they were suddenly attacked at the border of Dou Jiande.
Guo Zi's son, Jing Ling, toasted and said, "Dogs bark at people who are not their owners. Now the neighbors, exhausted by their strength, resolutely defend and fall. This is a loyal and reliable person. If they are executed, how can you encourage your servant? " Dou Jiande was furious, saying, "I have been in Enemy at the Gates, but he still stubbornly refused to surrender, which made our army suffer greatly. How can capital crimes be forgiven? " Jing Ling said, "General Gao Shixing has been sent to guard Yishui again. When Luo Yi's army arrived, Gao Shixing surrendered. What do you think? " Dou Jiande realized this and ordered them to be released. He is tolerant and kind, and listens to advice, mostly like this.
In September of the same year, Dou Jiande personally commanded troops to besiege Youzhou, and Se sent troops to fight with it, crushing Dou Jiande and slaying 1,200 people. Se won many battles and became proud. He marched into the barracks to attack Dou Jiande. Dou Jiande arrayed himself in the camp, rushed out along the trench and defeated Se. Dou Jiande approached Youzhou. Without winning, he returned to Mingzhou. Song Benben loves to make a noise, but Dou Jiande listened to others' slanders and killed him. Since then, people have taken this as a lesson and no one has ever given advice. Since then, punishment, reward and education have declined even more. He also sent Gao Shixing to attack Youzhou, but failed to win. Retreat to the cage fire city and be ambushed by se. Gao Shixing's soldiers fled immediately. Prior to this, Wang Fubao, the general of Gao Shixing, was brave and good at fighting, and made great contributions to the neutrality of his peers. The generals are jealous of him. Dou Jiande will kill someone who spreads that he wants to rebel. Wang Fubao said, "I'm innocent. How can you listen to those rumors and cut off your right hand and left hand? " Dou Jiande still killed him, and later he often lost in the war. Prior to this, Meng Haigong, a native of Yin Ji County, Cao Zhou, gathered 30,000 elite soldiers, occupied Zhouqiao City and plundered it to the south of the Yellow River. In November of the third year of Wude (620), Dou Jiande personally led an army to cross the Yellow River to attack it.
At that time, the king of Qin was attacking the king in Luoyang, and the calligrapher of China in Dou Jiande analyzed him and said, "Now Tang occupies Guanzhong, Zheng occupies Henan, and we occupy Hebei. This is a situation where three parties stand on opposite sides. According to legend, Tang led an army to attack for two years. Zheng's situation is getting more and more urgent every day, and Tang's siege has not been relaxed. Tang's strength is strong, Zheng's strength is weak, and the development trend is bound to defeat Wang and Wang, so there is the worry of losing one's lips and teeth. For your sake, you'd better rescue the king, but you will resist the king inside. We will definitely attack from abroad and defeat Tang Jun. If Tang Jun is defeated, the king will be saved. This is a strategy to maintain a three-point world situation for a long time. If Tang Jun is defeated and Wang can be defeated, then take the opportunity to destroy him, concentrate our army and Wang's forces, take advantage of Tang Jun's defeat, and fight directly to the west, and Chang 'an can get it. This is the foundation of pacifying the world. Dou Jiande said happily, "This is a good strategy." . He said that he had sent troops to Dou Jiande to save the king, but he sent an assistant minister to Chang 'an to ask for help.
In February of the 4th year of Wude (62 1), Dou Jiande conquered Zhouqiaocheng, captured Meng Haigong alive, left the guard behind, and led Meng Haigong and Xu Yuanlang to save the king. When he arrived in Sliding State, Wang Tai's servant opened the door to meet the enemy, so he led his troops out of Yuanzhou, Liangzhou and Guanzhou, all of which were distributed in Xingyang. In March, the king of Qin entered Wu prison, approached Dou Jiande barracks, killed many people and captured his ministry, Yin Qiu and Shi Zan. At that time, Wang's younger brother was appointed as the platform of Xuzhou, and sent Guo, the headquarters, to lead thousands of people to follow Dou Jiande, concentrating more than 100,000 troops, claiming to be 300,000. The army was stationed at the elevation and built a barracks in Banzhu to show the decisive battle. He also sent emissaries to stipulate that the king was attacked inside and outside. After two months of fighting, approaching the prison, we can't move forward. The king of Qin sent general Wang Junkuo to lead 1000 light cavalry around Dou Jiande's back, attacked his grain delivery team, captured general Zhang Qingte alive, and captured many foot soldiers.
Dou Jiande lost many times, and people were in a panic. From the general to the foot soldiers, I defeated Meng Haigong and gained something. I want to return to Mingzhou. Jing Ling proposed: "The whole army crossed the Yellow River to the north, captured Heyang in Huaizhou, and arranged for the master to guard it. Then he led a large group of people to beat gongs and drums, raise flags and shout, cross Taihang Mountain and drive into Shangdang County, bluffing to cover up their purpose and being too lazy to fight. It is the best policy to hurry to the mouth of the lake, gradually disturb Pujin and seize the land east of the river. The implementation of this policy has three advantages: first, where there is no defense, the army is foolproof; The second is to expand the site recruitment team; Third, Tang Jun's siege of the king will be lifted. " Dou Jiande was ready to adopt this proposal, but Sun Anshi, the angel of the king, privately gave gold, silver and jewels to lure the generals to disturb his decision. The generals remonstrated and said, "Jing Ling is a scholar. How can you talk about war with him? " Dou Jiande listened to their suggestions and turned to apologize to Jing Ling, saying, "Now the ministers are very excited, and God has helped me. With this decisive battle, it is bound to be a total victory. I listened to everyone's opinions and can't do as you say. " Jing Ling insisted on quarreling, and Dou Jiande was very angry and forced to go with her. His wife, Cao Shi, said to Dou Jiande, "Jing Ling's suggestion of offering wine is acceptable. Why don't you adopt it?" ? Please follow the road of Maokou, take advantage of the emptiness of the Tang dynasty's troops, concentrate on speeding forward to seize the land in the north of the mountain, and then rely on the power of the Turks to outflank Guanzhong to the west. The Tang court will inevitably call back its troops to defend itself, and then the siege of the king will be lifted. Now the troops are stranded outside the prison, and the time has dragged on for a long time, and their hard work has been in vain. I'm afraid things can't be done. "Dou Jiande said," war is not a woman's business. Besides, Zheng's life is at stake, waiting for us to leave quickly. Since we promised to rescue them, how can we flinch when we encounter difficulties and show the world that we have broken our word? So, all the soldiers crowded into the prison, and Tang Jun stayed there to attack Dou Jiande's spirit. When Dou Jiande retreated in Surabaya, the king of Qin sent cavalry to challenge, Dou Jiande sent troops to attack, and the king of Qin sent dou to resist. Dou Jiande gradually retreated, and the king of Qin sent cavalry into the enemy lines. After repeated battles for four or five times, he finally defeated Dou Jiande. Dou Jiande was shot and fled to Niukouzhu. General Bai Shirang and Yang Wuwei captured him alive. Before this, there was a nursery rhyme in the army that said, "The beans in the cow's mouth won't last long. "Dou Jiande went to NiuKouZhu, hate, lost here.
After Dou Jiande was captured, he blamed Dou Jiande: "I recruited Wang, it's none of your business. You crossed the line and offended my sergeant! " Jiande said, "If you don't come today, I'm afraid you'll take it far away." Wang surrendered in Kaesong, and Pei Ju surrendered in Mingzhou to the Tang Dynasty.
Dou Jiande's army fled immediately, and his wife Cao Shi and his left servant Ji Shanxing led hundreds of people back to Mianzhou. The rest of Dou Jiande wanted to make Dou Jiande's adopted son king. Qi said, "Hebei was set in the summer, and the army was stronger than Ma Zhuang, so we took it. Isn't it fate? It is better to ask the Tang Dynasty to save everyone's lives and not to cause disaster and suffering to the people. " So I sent all the property in stock to the foot soldiers and asked them to leave separately. Ji Shanxing took Dou Jiande's right servant Pei Ju, Cao Dan and Dou Jiande's wife to lead Xia Guo officials and officials to offer Shandong land and surrender Xia Guo's Eight Seals to the Tang Dynasty. In July, the King of Qin took Dou Jiande to Beijing and beheaded him in Chang 'an at the age of 49. From uprising to extinction, * * * six years.