In the seventh year of the Great Cause (6 1 1), the blacksmith in zouping county, Shandong Province led the poor peasants to raise the first anti-Sui flag, and the rebels occupied Changbai Mountain, and Wang claimed to know the world. Wang Bo's attack was like a dry fire, and all parts of the country responded immediately. In the same year, Liu overbearing in Pingyuan (now Dezhou City, Shandong Province), Sun Anzu and Xiu (now Jingxian County, Hebei Province) revolted one after another. In the ninth year of the Great Cause (6 13), Meng Haigong (now northwest of Cao County, Shandong Province), Meng Rang of Qi Jin (now Licheng County, Shandong Province), Guo of Beihai (now Qingzhou City, Shandong Province), Ge Qian of Hejian and Sun Xuanya of Bohai (now Yangxin County, Shandong Province) rose one after another. In the same year, Yuhang (now Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province) Liu Yuanjin, (now Shangqiu City, Henan Province) Han, Wu Jun (now Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province) Zhu Xie and Fufeng (now Fengxiang County, Shaanxi Province) assembled in Hamming and Huainan Du. In just two years, there are more than 100 rebels all over the country, with millions of people. The ruling regime of Sui Dynasty fell into the sea of Wang Yang in the peasant war.
From 6 14 to 6 17, the storm of peasant revolution swept through most parts of the country, with more than 100 rebels and millions of participants. Later, the peasant uprising army merged into three powerful anti-Sui main forces: one was Wagang Army in Henan, the other was Dou Jiande Army in Hebei, and the other was Du Jun in Jianghuai area.
Wagang Army is the strongest of the three peasant uprising armies. In the seventh year of the Great Cause (6 1 1), Zhai Rang rallied in Wagangzhai (now south of hua county, Henan Province) to fight against Sui, and farmers from Shandong and Henan successively participated. Dan Xiong Xin, Xu Shiqi, Shi Biao, Wang Bodang, etc. all led the people to wagang to fight, and the team grew rapidly. In the 12th year of the Great Cause (6 16), Li Mi suggested to Zhai Rang: "Take Xingyang first, rest in the valley, wait until the chariots and horses are full, and then compete with others for profits." Xingyang was an important military stronghold in the Sui Dynasty. Zhai Rang personally led the troops to capture Jindiguan, the gateway of Xingyang, and the surrounding counties. In June of the same year, Yang Di sent 20,000 Sui Jun to suppress it. Wagangjun adopted the tactics of luring the enemy into depth and ambush attack, and adowa Sui Jun. Zhang Xutuo, the "arrested ambassador" of Henan Road, failed to break through and died heroically. The peasant uprising army won a total victory in Xingyang and in Henan.
In the 13th year of the Great Cause (6 17), Wagangjun captured Xingluocang, the largest granary in the Sui Dynasty. "Wherever the people go, they open granaries, and the old and the weak bear the burden, and the roads belong to them." Distributing food to the poor, the ranks of peasant rebels quickly grew to hundreds of thousands. Then, the Wagang Army defeated the army of Yang Dong, the king of Yue, and its strength was further strengthened, becoming the center of the uprising team in the Central Plains. Soon, this peasant army captured Liyang again, returned to the Luoer warehouse, opened a warehouse to help the people, and harvested more than 200,000 soldiers in 10. The peasant army marched into Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Sui Dynasty. The emperor was very afraid and sent the king to increase aid to Luoyang. Wagangjun fought fiercely with hundreds of thousands of Sui troops. The battle of Luoyang lasted for three months. After more than 60 battles, Wang Jun was wiped out, leaving only a few thousand people. The wagang army besieged the eastern capital and controlled most of Henan. With the development of the rebel army, it is urgent to establish a revolutionary regime to lead the anti-Sui war. In February of this year, Wagangjun promoted Shi Mi to Marshal, and Zhai Rang set up three divisions and six guards for Shang Zhuguo, Situ and Dong Jun, thus establishing the peasant regime of Wagangjun. Shi Mi issued a denunciation of the Sui Dynasty, denouncing the crimes of Emperor Yang Di: "The bamboo of Nanshan is endless; It is difficult to break the waves of the East China Sea and flow evil. "
When the Wagang Army was about to win, there was a split within the Wagang Army, and the contradiction between the generals of the peasant army headed by Zhai Rang and the landlord forces headed by Shimi intensified openly. Shi Mi was born in a big bureaucratic aristocratic family. After Yang Xuangan failed to participate in the mutiny, he remained anonymous and moved between Hebei and Henan. Joined the wagang army in 6 16, and gained some leadership through deception. At the same time, he surrendered to rebellion and expanded his power. Shi Biao's conspiracy activities caused the internal struggle of Wagang Army. Zhai Rang was caught by Shi Biao. Shi Biao claimed to be Gong Wei and Marshal, and made Zhai Rang his deputy. 6 17 1 1 month, Shi Mi killed Zhai Rang and other important peasant generals in the name of giving a banquet, which disintegrated the hearts of the Wagang Army, led to shuddering and greatly weakened the strength of the rebel army. In June of the 14th year of the Great Cause (6 18), Shi Mi led the army to surrender to Yang Dong in the Sui Dynasty, and the Wagang Army finally failed. In 6 18 AD, the king defeated Shi Mi, who surrendered and was killed because he rose up against the Tang Dynasty, thus destroying the peasant uprising army.
The Hebei Uprising Army led by Dou Jiande developed on the basis of Hebei Uprising Army's resistance to Sui Dynasty. In the seventh year of the Great Cause (6 1 1), Dou Jiande led the peasant uprising in Gaojibo (now southwest of Gucheng County, Hebei Province) and set up the banner of resisting Sui Dynasty. The team quickly developed to 10000 people. In December of the 12th year of Daye (6 16), Guo Xun, the prefect of Zhuojun County (now Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province), led an army to attack Gaojibo. Dou Jiande led 7,000 rebels to take Sui Jun by surprise, and suddenly attacked, killing thousands of enemy troops and winning thousands of horses. Guo Xun was beheaded in the Sui Dynasty, which was a great shock. In the 13th year of Great Cause (6 17), Dou Jiande became king in Leshou (now xian county, Hebei) and established a revolutionary regime. Yang Di sent Xue Shixiong from Zhuo Jun to encircle the insurgents, and the two sides fought in Qilijing, Leshou. Dou Jiande pretended to defeat the enemy in the south, set an ambush, waited for Sui Jun to chase him, suddenly turned back, ambushed Sui Jun, and Xue Shixiong was defeated, leaving countless bodies to flee to Zhuo Jun. In May of the 14th year of Great Cause (6 18), Dou Jiande called Wang Xia, which further strengthened his power. However, after the demise of the Sui Dynasty, Dou Jiande gradually degenerated, giving up the fundamental goal of the peasant war, and the revolutionary nature was greatly weakened. In the fourth year of Tang Gaozu Wude (62 1), Dou Jiande and Li Shimin fought in Hulao Pass (now northwest of Xingyang, Henan). Because they underestimated their enemies, the rebels were defeated by Li Shimin, Dou Jiande was captured and then killed in Chang 'an (now Xi, Shaanxi Province). In the fifth year of Wude (622), Li Shimin suppressed Liu Heita of Dou Jiande who rose up against the Tang Dynasty in the battle of Mianzhou (now Yongping, Hebei), and the Hebei Rebel Army failed.
The Jianghuai Uprising Army led by Du Fu Gongyou is an important anti-Sui force in the south. In the ninth year of the Great Cause (6 13), Du Fu and Gong You organized an uprising in Qixian County, Shandong Province, and then led troops south to develop revolutionary forces in the vast area south of Huaihe River. Du Fu Wei has assembled other rebel forces, and their strength is growing. In July of the 12th year of Great Cause (6 16), the rebels advanced on Jiangdu (now Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province), and the Sui general Chen Ling led his troops to rescue and met the Jianghuai rebels. Chen Ling was afraid that the rebels would not make enemies, so Du gave him a set of women's clothes and called him "grandma", which angered the enemy. As expected, Chen Leng got caught, became angry from embarrassment and went out to fight. Du Lingbing stormed Sui Jun, was shot in the forehead by the enemy's arrow in the battle, and rushed into the enemy's defense line with the arrow, killing Sui Jun, and went belly-up. Since then, the insurgents have captured Gaoyou and Liyang and established a revolutionary regime, with Du as the general manager and Fu Gongyou as the long history. After Yang Di was killed in Jiangdu, the insurgents faced a severe test of continuing the revolution or surrendering to the landlord group. In July of the fifth year of Wude (622), he went to Chang 'an to surrender to Du. The following year, Fu Gongyou rose up against the Tang Dynasty again, established a revolutionary regime, controlled parts of Jiangsu and Anhui, and launched a struggle centered on Danyang. The Tang dynasty sent troops to suppress it, and the situation was unfavorable to the insurgents. Fu Gongyou confronted Tang Jun in Dangtu and persisted in the struggle 10 month. Finally, due to weak strength, Danyang fell. In June of the seventh year of Wude (624), Fu Gongyou was captured and died in Danyang.
After eight years of bloody fighting, the peasant uprising army at the end of Sui Dynasty led to the total collapse of Sui Dynasty. The three rebel armies wiped out the three main forces of Sui Jun, namely, Zhang Xuchang, Xue Shixiong and Yu Wenhuaji, which contributed to the situation that Emperor Yang Di was killed in Jiangdu and Tang Yuan captured Chang 'an. At the end of Sui Dynasty, the three armies fought in the three battlefields of Hebei, Central Plains and Jianghuai respectively, but they did not unite into a powerful team. Although they support each other objectively, it is difficult to form a powerful force, and the landlord class can easily break them one by one. Due to historical limitations, the leaders of the peasant uprising could not analyze the complicated social situation. After the demise of the Sui Dynasty, they lost the goal of struggle, surrendered to the new dynasty and served as a tool for the landlord class to change the dynasty. The peasant army did not prevent the landlords and the remnants of the Sui Dynasty from mixing into the uprising, and gradually affected the transformation of the rebel army into a feudal army. Zhai Rang, the leader of the Wagang Army, did not realize the importance of leadership, and handed over the political power, which led to the disintegration of the rebel army. 14 The fruits of the heroic struggle of the peasant uprising at the end of Sui Dynasty were taken away by the landlord group of Li Yuan. However, this peasant uprising overthrew the tyranny of Yang Di, hit the gentry and landlords, and had a great influence on politics and economy in the early Tang Dynasty.