Wang Shichong

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Wang Shichong (¿¿¿) (died 621), courtesy name Xingman (¿¿), was a general of the Chinese dynasty 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 Emperor Yang of Sui as one of the few Sui generals having success against rebel generals, and during Yang Tong's brief reign, he was able to defeat the rebel general Li Mi and seize Li Mi's territory. After becoming emperor, however, he was unable to withstand military pressure from Tang Dynasty forces, forcing him to seek aid from Dou Jiande the Prince of Xia. After Dou was defeated and captured by the Tang general Li Shimin (the later Emperor Taizong), Wang surrendered. Emperor Gaozu of Tang spared him, but the Tang official Dugu Xiude (¿¿¿¿), whose father Dugu Ji (¿¿¿) had been executed by Wang, assassinated him.