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'''Mawei Station''' (馬嵬驛) was a {{Wiki|Stage station|relay station}} situated near [[Xianyang]] northwest of the Tang capital of [[Chang'an]].<ref name="Dynasty 36">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Hidden Ones (Part 4)]]</ref> | '''Mawei Station''' (馬嵬驛) was a {{Wiki|Stage station|relay station}} situated near [[Xianyang]] northwest of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] capital of [[Chang'an]].<ref name="Dynasty 36">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Hidden Ones (Part 4)]]</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
On 14 July 756,<ref name="Dynasty 36" /><ref name="Old Book of Tang">{{ | On 14 July 756,<ref name="Dynasty 36"/><ref name="Old Book of Tang">{{Cite web|url=https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=177900#p45|title=舊唐書: 卷九 本紀第九 玄宗下|transtitle=The Old Book of Tang: "Royal Annals 9: Xuanzong (Part II)". Scroll 6, Paragraph 44|archiveurl=|archivedate=|author={{wiki|Liu Xu}}|date=945|publisher=''{{Wiki|Chinese Text Project}}''|accessdate=18 April 2023|language=Chinese}}</ref><ref name="Zizhi Tongjian">{{Cite web|url=https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=260925#p17|title=資治通鑑: 卷二百十八|transtitle=Zizhi Tongjian, Scroll 218|archiveurl=|archivedate=|author={{wiki|Sima Guang}}|date=1084|publisher=''Chinese Text Project''|accessdate=18 April 2023|language=Chinese}}</ref> the Emperor [[Li Longji|Xuanzong of Tang]] fled from [[Chang'an]] with his family and his leading officials after the capital was in danger of being overrun by [[Yan]] forces led by the rebel [[An Lushan]]. Their entourage was escorted by the [[Army of Dragon Warriors]] and surviving remnants of the [[Army of Heavenly Warriors]] that had escaped the [[Defence of Tong Pass|Fall of Tong Pass]]. | ||
The following day, they arrived at Mawei Station,<ref name="Old Book of Tang" /><ref name="Zizhi Tongjian" /> where the Right Chancellor [[Yang Guozhong]] convened secretly outside with the [[Golden Turtles]], an organization manipulating the government behind-the-scenes for their own aims. In the midst of plotting to pin their predicament on | The following day, they arrived at Mawei Station,<ref name="Old Book of Tang"/><ref name="Zizhi Tongjian"/> where the Right Chancellor [[Yang Guozhong]] convened secretly outside with the [[Golden Turtles]], an organization manipulating the government behind-the-scenes for their own aims. In the midst of plotting to pin their predicament on Crown Prince [[Li Heng]], they were set upon by an ambush led by the [[Assassins|Hidden One]] [[Li E]]. As Guozhong fled back towards the station, crying for help from resting guards, they instead seized upon the opportunity to revolt against him. The ensuing mutiny resulted in not just the death of Guozhong and destruction of the Golden Turtles but the extermination of the Yang family as well. The Emperor's most beloved [[Concubine|consort]], [[Yang Yuhuan|Yang Guifei]], was strangled to death by [[Gao Lishi]] at a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] temple in the station.<ref name="Dynasty 37">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Hidden Ones (Part 5)]]</ref><ref group="note" name="note1">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' does not reveal the identity of Yang Guifei's murderer, but her character profile in promotional media states that she was killed by a [[eunuch]], and this eunuch was none other than Gao Lishi historically.</ref> | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:28, 6 November 2025
Mawei Station (馬嵬驛) was a relay station situated near Xianyang northwest of the Tang capital of Chang'an.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
On 14 July 756,[1][2][3] the Emperor Xuanzong of Tang fled from Chang'an with his family and his leading officials after the capital was in danger of being overrun by Yan forces led by the rebel An Lushan. Their entourage was escorted by the Army of Dragon Warriors and surviving remnants of the Army of Heavenly Warriors that had escaped the Fall of Tong Pass.
The following day, they arrived at Mawei Station,[2][3] where the Right Chancellor Yang Guozhong convened secretly outside with the Golden Turtles, an organization manipulating the government behind-the-scenes for their own aims. In the midst of plotting to pin their predicament on Crown Prince Li Heng, they were set upon by an ambush led by the Hidden One Li E. As Guozhong fled back towards the station, crying for help from resting guards, they instead seized upon the opportunity to revolt against him. The ensuing mutiny resulted in not just the death of Guozhong and destruction of the Golden Turtles but the extermination of the Yang family as well. The Emperor's most beloved consort, Yang Guifei, was strangled to death by Gao Lishi at a Buddhist temple in the station.[4][note 1]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Dynasty – The Hidden Ones (Part 4)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Liu Xu (945). 舊唐書: 卷九 本紀第九 玄宗下 [The Old Book of Tang: "Royal Annals 9: Xuanzong (Part II)". Scroll 6, Paragraph 44] (in Chinese). Chinese Text Project. Retrieved on 18 April 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sima Guang (1084). 資治通鑑: 卷二百十八 [Zizhi Tongjian, Scroll 218] (in Chinese). Chinese Text Project. Retrieved on 18 April 2023.
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Dynasty – The Hidden Ones (Part 5)