Mawei Station
Mawei Station (馬嵬驛) was a relay station situated near Xianyang northwest of the Tang capital of Chang'an.[1]
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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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- ↑ 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)