Chapter 7 Section Six

Tuoba Sigong was defeated and returned to his hometown in Pingxia. Soon Tang Xizong issued an edict, ordering Tuoba Sigong to send troops to King Qin again to crusade against the Huangchao rebel army.However, Tuoba Sigong was defeated by Huang Chao's army last time, and he still has lingering fears, but if he does not send troops, he will be resisting the order, which is tantamount to betraying the Tang Dynasty.So, will Tuoba Sigong send troops in the end? Tuoba Sigong thinks again and again, I, Tuoba tribe, have received the great kindness of the Tang Dynasty. If we hadn't moved to this place, we would have been annexed by the Tubo people long ago, and our nation would have ceased to exist. Maybe we would have become slaves of Tubo up.Now that I am able to separate the territory and claim the title of king here, I should be grateful for the great kindness of the Tang family.Since the emperor values ​​me so much and has repeatedly urged me to send troops, let's do it again.So he led another 8,000 troops to the expedition.At this time, the vassals and towns all over the country raised the army of King Qin, with a large number of soldiers and horses, and surrounded Chang'an City.

Huang Chao's army fought on the move, not defending one city or one place, but moved to the whole of China, fighting from Shandong to Guangzhou, and then all the way from Hunan and Hubei.Huang Chao saw that the army was powerful, so our army simply retreated temporarily. Chang'an City was no longer there, so he led the army to retreat.Tuoba Sigong picked up a big deal, rushed into Chang'an city first, and then played the court, the humble minister Tuoba Sigong regained Chang'an!Emperor Xizong didn't know the truth in Shu. When he heard that Chang'an was recovered, the ancestors and ancestors were alive in heaven. I can finally return to the capital and be worthy of my ancestors.The emperor immediately decreed that Tuoba Sigong was given the surname Li.You said it seemed to have been bestowed once before, regardless of that, I will bestow it again, is Tuoba Chici your direct ancestor?Qing saved the country from the crisis, made great contributions to the disaster, and his troops were named the Troubleshooting Army.Xiazhou in northern Shaanxi where you live belongs to you, and the Qing family guards this place for generations.Tuoba Sigong, who should be called Li Sigong now, was granted the title of military governor of the Dingnan Army, and became an official feudal town of the imperial court, and was named a duke.

From then on, the Dangxiang Tuoba tribe stepped onto the political stage of the Tang Dynasty from a small border tribe, and became a dazzling new political star of the Tang Dynasty.Tuoba Sigong died of illness in 895 AD. His son died earlier than him, and his grandson was still young, so he let his younger brother Li Sijian continue to serve as the military governor of the Dingnan Army.In 907 AD, the Tang Dynasty fell.