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Wang Shichong
Wang Shichong was a Sui general who held Luoyang during the dynasty's collapse. In 619 he deposed the Sui emperor Yang Tong and proclaimed his own state of Zheng. Besieged by the Tang under Li Shimin, he lost his ally Dou Jiande at the Battle of Hulao in 621 and surrendered; he was murdered on his way into exile.
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