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Di Qing, the most famous general of the Northern Song Dynasty, moved his family to Daxiangguo Temple to avoid a flood.

Soon, this news reached the court, causing Di Qing to be criticized.

In order to maintain the face of the imperial court, Song Renzong dismissed Di Qing from his post as Privy Councilor and demoted him from the capital to serve as an official in the remote Chenzhou.

After Di Qing came to Chenzhou to serve as an official, he was filled with resentment, which caused him to develop a poisonous sore in his mouth. He was bedridden and died of illness soon after. He was 49 years old.

After Di Qing passed away, the Song Dynasty Emperor Song Renzong mourned for him in the palace and posthumously awarded him the title of Zhongshu Ling!
Di Qing was not only able to achieve victory by surprise when the enemy was far superior to us, but also able to break through the enemy's schemes.

After defeating the Xia army, Di Qing pursued them for several miles and found that the enemy was suddenly blocked by the mountains and jumped.

Di Qing knew that it was a trick and that his soldiers would be in danger if they continued to pursue them, so he ordered his troops to retreat, thus saving the Song army from being surrounded.

"Di Qing was born in poverty. At the age of 16, he was arrested as a criminal in Beijing, his name was changed to a red book, and a golden seal was tattooed on his face. From then on, he began his military career."

"He is proficient in horseback shooting. In the early days, he was a cavalryman affiliated with the Imperial Horse Guard, and later he was selected to be a freelance officer."

"In the first year of Emperor Renzong of Song's Baoyuan reign, Li Yuanhao, the leader of the Tangut tribe, proclaimed himself emperor in the northwest and established the Xia Kingdom."

"The Song court selected guards from the capital to serve on the border, and Di Qing was selected to serve as the commander of Yanzhou, a low-ranking officer."

"During the war, he was brave and good at fighting. He served as a pioneer many times and led the local soldiers to capture passes and kill generals. He successively conquered Jintang City, Youzhou and other places, burned tens of thousands of Xixia grain and grass, confiscated 2,300 tents, and captured 5,700 people."

"He also commanded the soldiers to build a city in the strategic location of Qiaozigu, and to build the forts of Zhao'an, Fenglin, Xinzhai, and Dalang. These forts were all built in the enemy's vital areas."

"In every battle, he wore a bronze mask and headed for the front. He was invincible. In four years, he participated in 4 battles, big and small, and was hit by eight arrows, but he never flinched."

"In a battle to attack Anyuan, Di Qing was seriously injured, but when he heard that the Western Xia army had arrived, he rushed to the front and fought bravely. In the Song-Xia war, he made numerous military exploits and his reputation was greatly enhanced."

"In the first year of Kangding, when Yin Zhu was the judge of Jinglüe, Di Qing asked to see him as an envoy. Yin Zhu talked with him about military affairs and admired him very much. He recommended him to Jinglüe envoys Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan, saying that he was a good general."

"When the two men saw Di Qing, they thought he was a genius and treated him with great courtesy."

"Fan Zhongyan taught him to read Zuo Zhuan and told him that if a general does not know the history of the past and present, he will only have the courage of an ordinary man."

"Di Qing changed his interest and started to study, and eventually mastered the military tactics of generals since the Qin and Han dynasties, which made him even more famous."

"He was promoted to Deputy Envoy of Xishanggemen for his meritorious service, and later promoted to Governor of Qinzhou, Deputy Chief of Jingyuan Road, Deputy Envoy of Jinglüe Zhaotao, and further promoted to Commander of the Four Wings of Pengri Tianwu and Commander of Huizhou Tuanlian."

"Song Renzong wanted to summon Di Qing to ask him about military and national strategies because of his many military achievements. When the enemy invaded Weizhou, he ordered him to draw a military map and send it to him."

"In the fourth year of the Qingli reign, after Li Yuanhao of the Western Xia surrendered, Di Qing was transferred to be the deputy chief of Zhending Road. He successively served as the imperial guard of the imperial infantry, the defense envoy of Meizhou, and was promoted to the deputy commander of the infantry, the governor of the Baoda and Anyuan armies, and then the deputy commander of the cavalry and infantry."

"Di Qing fought in the army and became a nobleman more than ten years later. At that time, he still had a black scar on his face."

"The emperor once advised Di Qing to apply medicine to remove the black scar, but Di Qing pointed to his face and said that your majesty promoted him based on his merits and did not ask about his background. He hoped to keep the scar to encourage the army and did not dare to follow your majesty's order."

"Later, he was appointed as the prefect of Yanzhou as the military governor of Zhanghua Army. In June of the fourth year of Huangyou, he was promoted to the deputy envoy of the Privy Council."

"In the fourth year of Huangyou, Nong Zhigao, the leader of the ethnic minorities in Guangxi, rose up against the Song Dynasty and proclaimed himself Emperor Renhui. He captured Yongzhou and nine other states along the Yangtze River, besieging Guangzhou City and causing unrest in the area outside the Ling Mountains."

"Yang Ting and other pacification envoys were responsible for quelling the rebellion of the barbarians, but the government troops had no results for a long time."

"He also ordered Sun Mian and Yu Jing to be pacification envoys and lead the government troops to suppress the rebels, but Renzong was still worried."

"Di Qing volunteered to go."

"Song Renzong was very happy and appointed him as the envoy of the Southern Court of Xuanhui, to pacify the northern and southern routes of Jinghu and to deal with the banditry in Guangnan. He also personally held a farewell banquet for Di Qing in Chuigong Hall."

"At that time, the Song army suffered a series of defeats, and the army's morale was shaken. Some generals, such as Chen Shu, were selfish and did not take state affairs seriously. They attacked without authorization because they were afraid that Di Qing would steal the credit. As a result, they returned in defeat with heavy casualties."

"After Di Qing received the order, in view of the lessons of past dynasties that borrowing foreign troops to quell rebellions would lead to endless troubles, he first suggested to the emperor to stop borrowing troops from Jiaozhi to help in the war."

"He took drastic measures to rectify military discipline, executed Chen Shu and other people who did not obey orders, which greatly boosted the army's morale. Then he ordered the troops to stay put and transferred and stored a large amount of food and fodder from various places."

Su Shi: Di ​​Qing was born in a poor family. He learned martial arts in his youth and was proficient in the use of swords, spears, sticks and clubs.

When Di Qing was 15 years old, he was arrested by government officials because of a fight with someone.

He was thrown into prison, and later sentenced by the government, had his face tattooed, and was exiled to the capital.

After Di Qing joined the army, he began to fully demonstrate his military prowess.

It was precisely because of his bravery and repeated achievements that the imperial court promoted him from a low-level cavalry soldier to a general.

Li Yuanhao, the king of Western Xia, led Western Xia cavalry to harass the border of the Song court many times. The Song court sent many Song court generals to lead troops to suppress the rebellion, but they all returned empty-handed.

To this end, the Song Dynasty court re-selected suitable candidates from among the military generals in the court to suppress the rebellion.

Di Qing was selected because of his strong combat ability.

Later, in the war against Western Xia, Di Qing led the troops and defeated the Western Xia cavalry.

They also forcefully recaptured the lost territory, making it so that the Western Xia soldiers dared not rashly invade the Song Dynasty border again.

At that time, Di Qing wore a bronze mask, had his hair loose, held weapons in his hands, rode a war horse, and led his troops to gallop across the border areas of the Song Dynasty, making the Western Xia army terrified.

Because Di Qing wore a bronze mask while commanding the battle in the border war, he was called the General with a Bronze Mask.

Because Di Qing made many achievements in the war with the Western Xia Kingdom, he was appreciated by important court officials such as Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan.

He was subsequently elected as the deputy envoy of Shanggemen, thus becoming one of the famous generals of the Song court.

In the second year of the Qingli period, Di Qing led his army to repel the Western Xia army in Jingyuan, forcing the Western Xia monarch Li Yuanhao to choose to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty and eventually choose to surrender and withdraw his troops.

When the Song Emperor Song Renzong heard the news, he was very happy and immediately issued an edict to reward Di Qing and appointed him as the deputy commander of the infantry.

A rebellion broke out in Guangyuan Prefecture. The rebel leader Nong Zhigao led his troops to capture Yongzhou and then successively captured several cities, approaching Guangzhou.

This news soon reached the Song Dynasty court, making Song Renzong worried.

Di Qing chose to stand up and expressed his willingness to lead his army to fight and quell the rebellion in Guangyuan Prefecture.

Song Renzong was very pleased with this and immediately appointed Di Qing as the envoy of the Southern Court of Xuanhui to lead the army to suppress the rebellion. "When Yi Zhigao's army saw this, they thought that the Song army would not attack in the near future and relaxed their vigilance."

"However, Di Qing took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and suddenly divided his army into three groups: the front, the middle, and the rear. He personally led the front army to attack quickly and captured Kunlun Pass in one fell swoop, occupying the advantageous terrain. Then he ordered part of the army to attack from the front."

"He held the battle flag and led the cavalry, divided into left and right wings, bypassed the rebels, attacked from the front and back, defeated the rebels, pursued them for fifty miles, beheaded thousands of them, killed fifty-seven of Nong Zhigao's accomplices Huang Shimi, Nong Jianzhong, Nong Zhizhong, and pseudo-bureaucrats, and captured more than five hundred rebels alive. Nong Zhigao set fire to the city at night and escaped."

"At dawn, Di Qing led his troops into Yongzhou City, seized tens of thousands of gold, silver, jade and silk, and thousands of livestock. He also gathered 7,200 old and strong men who had been captured and coerced by the rebels, and released and dismissed them after comforting them."

"The heads of Huang Shimi and others were hung outside the city of Yongzhou for public display, and the bodies of the rebels were collected to build a Jingguan in the north corner of the city."

"Among the bodies of the rebels, there was a man wearing a golden dragon robe. His subordinates said that Nong Zhigao was dead and they wanted to report it to the court."

"Di Qing thought it was a scam and was unwilling to deceive the court for the sake of military merit."

"Later, he was appointed as the Deputy Privy Councilor, and was promoted to the Military Governor of the Protectorate Army and the Governor of Hezhong."

"After returning to the capital, the emperor praised his achievements, appointed him as the Privy Councilor, and awarded him a house in the Dunjiaofang in the capital. He also gave priority to promoting his sons to higher positions."

"At first, after Di Qing had led his troops south, the emperor often worried about him, saying that Di Qing had a powerful reputation and the rebels would be afraid of his arrival."

"The messengers must be close to Di Qing."

"So he sent messengers to the front line to give warnings. When Di Qing had defeated the rebels, the emperor told the prime minister to quickly decide on the reward, otherwise it would not have the effect of rewarding and encouraging."

"At first, the Jiaozhi people requested to send troops to help the court to fight against Nong Zhigao. Yu Jing said they were trustworthy, so he prepared 10,000 people of food and fodder in Yongzhou and Qinzhou to wait for them."

"The emperor also issued an edict to reward Jiaozhi with 30,000 strings of cash for military expenses, and promised more generous rewards after the rebellion was quelled."

"After Di Qing arrived, he ordered Yu Jing not to send envoys to Jiaozhi to borrow troops, and immediately reported that Jiaozhi's Li Dezheng's claim that he would lead 50,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry to support was not true."

"Besides, using the barbarians to eliminate the internal invaders will not benefit us."

"Nong Zhigao alone was enough to run rampant and ravage Guangdong and Guangxi, making it impossible for the imperial court to suppress him."

"If we borrow troops from the barbarians again, they will be greedy and unjust, and will start a war. We will not be able to resist them. Di Qing asked Jiaozhi to send troops to help, and his opinion was adopted."

"After the rebellion was quelled, people admired his foresight."

"Di Qing served as the Privy Councilor for four years. Whenever he appeared, the soldiers would point at him and praise him to each other."

"Because Di Qing's dog had horns and glowed many times, the censor requested that he be transferred out of the capital to preserve his reputation, but the emperor did not respond."

"During the Jiayou period, a flood hit the capital. Di Qing moved his family to Xiangguo Temple to avoid the flood and lived on top of the Buddhist temple. The people were quite puzzled and discussed this, so the court demoted Di Qing to Tongzhongshumenxia Pingzhangshi and he left the capital to serve as the prefect of Chenzhou."

"After Di Qing arrived in Chenzhou, the imperial court was still worried and sent envoys every two weeks, ostensibly to inquire about the situation but actually to monitor the situation."

"At this time, Di Qing was already in a state of panic due to the rumors and slander. Every time an envoy arrived, he would be in a state of fear and suspicion all day, fearing that there would be more trouble."

"In February of the second year of Jiayou, Di Qing died of depression due to a poisonous sore on his mouth."

"The emperor mourned for him and posthumously awarded him the title of Zhongshu Ling and the posthumous title of Wuxiang."

"In the first year of Xining, Song Shenzong ranked the generals of recent times. He thought that Di Qing was a soldier with a great reputation both at home and abroad. He was a deep and strategic person. He was also cautious and prudent, and he preserved his reputation and was consistent. He was very moved and missed Di Qing."

"He ordered Di Qing's portrait to be brought into the palace, and personally composed a sacrificial text for him. He also sent an envoy to his home to offer sacrifices using the rituals of a middle-level prisoner."

Ouyang Xiu: After Di Qing led his army to Guangyuan Prefecture, he assessed the situation and deployed his troops, and it took only a few months to completely quell the rebellion.

Song Renzong was overjoyed and promoted Di Qing again, appointing him as Privy Councilor.

Becoming the Privy Councilor made Di Qing one of the important officials of the Song Dynasty.

As the saying goes, everything will turn into the opposite when it reaches its extreme. As Di Qing's position became higher and higher, he was often excluded.

The civil officials in the court were dissatisfied with Di Qing becoming the Privy Councilor.

Therefore, they found faults and mistakes in Di Qing and used them to impeach and sue him.

At first, Song Renzong did not particularly believe the appeals of the civil officials, but as time went on.

As more and more people impeached and reported Di Qing, Song Renzong began to feel wary and had to take corresponding measures against Di Qing.

At that time, the dog raised in Di Qing's mansion grew horns and glowed many times.

This gave the civil servants in the court the opportunity to impeach Di Qing, saying that there was something strange in Di Qing's family and accusing Di Qing of having a rebellious heart.

After Di Qing learned about this, he immediately reported to the court and requested Song Renzong to transfer him out of the capital.

This was done to keep him away from trouble, but Song Renzong chose to remain silent and let the matter continue to ferment.

After a flood occurred in the capital, Song Renzong and his ministers were busy dealing with the flood.

Di Qing, an important official in the court, was busy moving his family to Daxiangguo Temple to avoid the flood.

This news quickly spread throughout the capital and had an extremely bad impact.

The civil servants in the court took advantage of this incident to impeach Di Qing. Di Qing faced the collective impeachment of the civil servants in the court.

Song Renzong chose to defend Di Qing, saying that Di Qing was a loyal minister, but the prime minister Wen Yanbo said disdainfully:

Your Majesty, have you forgotten that our ancestor, the Holy Emperor Zhao Kuangyin, was also a loyal minister of Zhou Shizong Chai Rong?

When Song Renzong heard this, he was speechless and finally chose to compromise with the civil servants in the court.

An imperial decree dismissed Di Qing from his post as Privy Councilor and demoted him to an official position outside the capital.

Di Qing, who came to another place to serve as an official, was very upset and depressed about the fact that he had been impeached many times.

As a result, he became ill due to long-term depression, developed poisonous sores in his mouth, was bedridden, and eventually died in a foreign land with hatred in his heart.

Di Qing died in a foreign land with deep hatred. The reason for this was not only due to the civil service group, but also due to the decision of Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, who emphasized civil officials over military officials. (End of this chapter)