Geshu Han
Turkish general of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty
715 CE to 757 CE
Geshu Han (died December 1, 757), formally Prince Wumin of Xiping, is a general of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty of Tuqishi (subordinate tribe of Tujue (Göktürks)) extraction.
He becomes a powerful general late in the reign of Emperor Xuanzong and in 756 becomes responsible for defending Tong Pass against the rebel forces of An Lushan.
After being forced by the chancellor Yang Guozhong to engage An's forces, he is defeated and subsequently kidnapped by his own subordinate Huoba Guiren to An's camp.
An tries to use him to get his subordinate generals Li Guangbi, Lai Tian, and Lu Gui to surrender as well, but when those generals refuse to do so, puts him under house arrest in Luoyang, the capital of An's newly established state of Yan.
In 757, after An's son and successor An Qingxu is defeated by Tang forces and forced to abandon Luoyang, An Qingxu executes Geshu and some 30 other captive Tang generals.
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An Lushan declares himself Emperor at Luoyang on Lunar New Year's day, 756 (February 5), establishing a new state of Yan, making Zhang Tongru and the surrendered Tang official Daxi Xun his chancellors.
He creates An Qingxu the Prince of Jin and another son, An Qinghe, the Prince of Zheng.
Meanwhile, Yan Zhenqing's cousin Yan Gaoqing who initially submits to An, rises against An at Changshan Prefecture (roughly modern Baoding, Hebei) but is quickly defeated and delivered to An in Luoyang; An executes him.
An also sends An Qingxu to make a preliminary assault on …
…the Tong Pass, located in the east of the Central Plain, north of the Qin Mountains, south of Wei and Luo River, east of the Mount Hua and in between the three provinces of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan.
The pass is defended by the Tang general Geshu Han, who repels An Qingxu's attack.
The Tang army, led by Zhang Xun, successfully defends their fortress against the rebels in the Battle of Yongqiu.
An Lushan’s army advances on Chang’an, the imperial capital, but T'ang forces check their advance for six months, after An Lushan's forces advance through the Tongguan pass toward the city.
The Emperor Xuanzong flees the capital for Sichuan.
During Emperor Xuanzong's flight, his soldiers are provoked to kill his chancellor Yang Guozhong and compel him to execute his consort Yang Guifei.
An Lushan also has other members of the Emperor's family killed.
Emperor Suzong of Tang ascends to the throne on August 12, 656, after his father Emperor Xuanzong abdicates.