Qin Zongquan, known as the number one "cannibal king" in the late Tang Dynasty, what was the final outcome?

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the world was in chaos. When the Huang Chao Uprising swept across the country, many local warlords took advantage of the situation and began to rapidly expand their ranks by suppressing peasant rebels. Among these warlords, one person has no integrity and is extremely cruel, but it has become a nightmare for many people. This man was Qin Zongquan, the so-called "cannibal king" in the late Tang Dynasty. Many people are curious about what he has done and why he has the title of ogre king.

Qin Zongquan was a general in Xuzhou in his early years. Xu Zhou, the general of Xu Zhou, took the opportunity to expel the secretariat of Cai Zhou and occupied Cai Zhou after driving away the loyal military force Xue Neng to take its place. After Huang Chao led the rebels into the customs, Tang Xizong had to flee Chang 'an and go to Sichuan. Qin Zongquan, who occupied Cai Zhou, did not obey Zhou's orders. Yang, then the secretariat of Cai Zhou, persuaded Qin Zongquan to send troops to conquer Huang Chao. Later, after Huang Chao was defeated and killed, his ambition expanded rapidly. He took the opportunity to rally the old army of Huang Chao, set up a peasant uprising army, and began to rob territory, women and money.

But relying on the fact that the imperial court was weak and the Central Plains was chaotic, he came up with the idea of being king. Instead of surrendering to the imperial court, he arrogated to himself the title of emperor in Cai Zhou in February of the first year of Yu Guangqi, and still adopted the title of "Qi". It is said that Qin Zongquan's army did evil in the conquered counties. Wherever they went, there were no crows and bones exposed in the wild. Even when people heard that Qin Zongquan was coming, they were scared and fled with their families, leaving only an empty city.

The area under the jurisdiction of Qin Zongquan is full of escapees, and even crops are not planted. Many people are curious about what Qin Zongquan's army depends on without human crops, which makes people feel numb. Wherever Qin Zongquan's army went, it marched out and invaded the surrounding cities. The local people were either killed or scattered, and there was no way to supply logistics, even raising rations was a problem. However, Qin Zongquan never worried, so he directly asked his men to kill all the local people, and then salted the bodies as rations.

In Qin Zongquan's eyes, except for his own army, all people are bipedal sheep, so as long as there is no food, they will be replaced by these salted corpses. Therefore, under the rule of Qin Zongquan, the population did not increase continuously, but decreased rapidly. Until later, almost everyone around them was eaten by them, and there were deserted and uninhabited land everywhere. So from then on, many people called Qin Zongquan a man-eating beast.

As the saying goes: "Heaven can still commit iniquity, but it is impossible to live when committing iniquity." Heaven has a good cycle, and heaven forgives people. Qin Zongquan, cruel and murderous, only bullies ordinary people. Once he meets the regular army, he will be defeated. In Longpi, he was directly defeated by Xuanwu Army, and was later besieged in the city for several months. Finally, he was sent to Bianzhou by the Ministry and then to Beijing. After being captured, he was slapped by Jing and Sun. Before his execution, Qin Zongquan had the audacity to say that he was a loyal minister, which was really ironic.