Xingyang is a political place in history. There is a gap between Huaihe River and Surabaya in the east, Mangshan Mountain in the north, Yellow River in the south, Suohe Mountain in the south, Luoyang and Chang 'an in the west. Dangerous terrain and convenient transportation. Historically, it was once an important place for county administration.
In 22 1 year BC, Qin Shihuang unified the whole country. After the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, Sanchuan County was established, which governed Xingyang, Gongjing and other counties.
In the Western Han Dynasty, Sanchuan County was changed to Henan County, which governed Xingyang, Gaoping (now Sishui Town of Xingyang), Gushi (now northwest of Zhengzhou), Mixian, Zhongmou, Xinzheng, Yuanling and other counties.
In the first year of Taishi in the Western Jin Dynasty (265), Xingyang County was divided by Henan County, which ruled Xingyang.
In the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Yuzhou Department and Xingyang County were established in Wuxao (that is, Hulao Pass).
After the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Northern Yuzhou, composed of Xingyang and its nearby areas, was changed to Xingyou, and the county was located in the elevation (namely, Wulaoguan and Hulao Pass).
In 58 1 year, after Emperor Wendi established the Sui Dynasty, Xingzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty was renamed Zhengzhou, which governed Xingyang, Mi, Neimou (that is, Zhongmou), Yuanling (now the northeast of Xinzheng) and other counties, and the Zhengzhou government was still located in (that is, Tiger Prison).
During the Tang Dynasty, the administrative system of Zhengzhou changed, and its jurisdiction became Mixian County, surabaya county County, Xingyang County, Yingze County and Gaoping County. It was not until the seventh year of Emperor Taizong's Zhenguan (633) that the Zhengzhou government moved from elevation to Guancheng (now Guancheng District of Zhengzhou City).
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Xingyang is an important military town in history. In the recorded history, Xingyang was a battleground for military strategists in past dynasties: during the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu Jin fought for hegemony and fought here; In 230 BC, after Qin destroyed Korea, in order to strengthen the control of the Central Plains, an Aocang was built at the foot of Guangwu Mountain in Xingyang, where a large amount of grain was stored and heavily stationed, making Xingyang a famous military town.
In 209 BC, Chen Sheng and Guangwu led an army to besiege Xingyang, and fought with Qin Jun. Guangwu died in Xingyang. During the Chu-Han War, Xingyang was the center of contention, where Liu Bang and Xiang Yu confronted each other for a long time and fought repeatedly, eventually dividing the world with the gap as the boundary.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Lu Bu fought in Hulao Pass (now Sishui Town, Xingyang City) in Xingyang, which was the famous "Battle between Three Britain and Lu Bu" in history.
At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, fought a decisive battle with Dou Jiande's separatist forces in Hulao Pass and Niukouyu, Xingyang, and defeated the enemy's 100,000 troops with 3,000 fighters, forcing the king based in Luoyang to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, which laid the foundation for the unification of the world in the Tang Dynasty. This is the famous "Tiger Prison War" in history;
In the eighth year of Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty (1635), thirteen peasant rebels, including Zhang, gathered in Haiyang Temple to make trouble. According to Li Zicheng's idea of "dividing the army and commanding", rebels from all walks of life attacked from all sides, creating a new era in which the peasant uprising was brilliant and the Ming Dynasty began to collapse.
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