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An Lushan (Chinese: 安祿山; pinyin: Ān Lùshān; 20th day of the 1st month [4] (19 February) 703 [2] – 29 January 757 [3]) was a Chinese military general and rebel leader during the Tang dynasty and is primarily known for instigating the An Lushan Rebellion which devastated China and killed millions of people.
An Lushan screamed "this is a thief of my own household" as he desperately shook his curtains since he could not find his sword to defend himself. An Lushan's intestines came out of his body as he was hacked to death by Li Zhuer and Yan Zhuang. [34] [35]: 41 A horse was once crushed to death under An Lushan's sheer weight due to his fatness. [36]
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An Lushan (10 February 703 – 29 January 757, age 54) [3] [4] ruled a Jiedushi under Xuanzong and rebelled on 16 December 755. He proclaimed emperor in Luoyang, the eastern capital. He then captured Chang'an, the western capital, on July 756. An Lushan was likely of Sodgian origins. His rebellion led to one of the bloodiest wars in human ...
The siege of Suiyang was a military campaign during the An Lushan rebellion, launched by the rebel Yan army to capture the city of Suiyang from forces loyal to the Tang dynasty. Although the battle was ultimately won by the Yan army, it suffered major attrition of manpower and time.
Shi Siming (Chinese: 史思明) (19th day of the 1st month, [3] 703? – 18 April 761 [2]), or Shi Sugan (史窣干), was a Chinese military general, monarch, and politician during the Tang dynasty who followed his childhood friend An Lushan in rebelling against Tang, and who later succeeded An Lushan's son An Qingxu as emperor of the Yan state that An Lushan established.
An Lushan had enjoyed many successes early on in his rebellion. His army numbered more than 160,000, and was growing rapidly. In the fall of 755, An Lushan won a major victory at Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Tang dynasty. With civilians losing faith in the Tang dynasty, and more people and generals joining An Lushan's newly proclaimed ...
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