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Transition from Sui to Tang: Wang Shichong decisively defeats Li Mi at the Battle of Yanshi.
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Transition from Sui to Tang
Period in Chinese history from 613 to 628 AD
The transition from Sui to Tang (613–628), or simply the Sui-Tang transition, was the period of Chinese history between the end of the Sui dynasty and the start of the Tang dynasty. The Sui dynasty's territories were carved into a handful of short-lived states by its officials,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Wang Shichong
Chinese general and self-proclaimed emperor (567–621)
Wang Shichong, courtesy name Xingman (行滿), was a Chinese military general, monarch, and politician during the Sui dynasty who deposed Sui's last emperor Yang Tong and briefly ruled as the emperor of a succeeding state of Zheng. He first became prominent during the reign of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Li Mi (Sui dynasty)
Rebel leader against the Chinese Sui dynasty (582–619)
Li Mi, courtesy name Xuansui (玄邃), pseudonym Liu Zhiyuan (劉智遠), was a Chinese military general, monarch, poet, politician, and rebel. He was the leader of a rebel movement against the rule of the Chinese Sui dynasty. He initially was the strategist of the Sui general Yang…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Yanshi
618 AD battle during the transition from the Sui to Tang dynasty in China
The Battle of Yanshi was fought on 5–6 October 618 between the armies of Wang Shichong and Li Mi, rival contenders for the succession of the Sui dynasty. Wang, who was still ostensibly a Sui loyalist and had been blockaded in Luoyang for months by Li, gambled on a decisive…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)