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Uprising of Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao

Type Event Region China Time 874–875

In 874, salt smuggler Wang Xianzhi and Shang Junchang raised a force at Changyuan in Huazhou; in 875 Huang Chao joined with thousands.…

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  1. 874Changyuan (Huazhou) · HenanDroughts, floods, and famine in the late Xiantong and early Qianfu years, combined with increased court taxes. In 874 Wang Xianzhi and Shang Junchang rose at Changyuan. In 875 Wang's forces repeatedly defeated Xue Chong, military commissioner of Tianping. The opened English Wikipedia gives no month/day for 'June'; the body text does not adopt that month.
  2. 875Yuanju (Caozhou) · ShandongIn 875 Huang Chao recruited several thousand men around Caozhou and joined Wang Xianzhi's army. The two later split forces for a time; after Wang Xianzhi was killed in battle at Huangmei in 878, remnants under Shang Rang and others went over to Huang Chao.

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