Li Sheng was a hero with superb martial arts when he was young. 18 years old, defected to the famous Wang Zhongsi (then our envoy in Hexi). In a battle with Tubo, Tang Jun met with Tubo experts and suffered repeated defeats. Angry Wang Zhongsi ordered the recruitment of archers. Li Sheng signed up and rode out, killing the enemy with an arrow. Wang Zhongsi patted Li Sheng on the back excitedly and praised him as an "enemy of ten thousand people".
Since the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty has been declining, and the world situation is in chaos. Li Sheng has played the role of "rescuer" several times. Tubo invaded Lingzhou (now southwest of lingwu city, Ningxia), and Li Sheng only led 65,438+10,000 cavalry to meet. Instead of going to Ningxia, he went to Gansu and burned all the munitions in the rear base of the Tubo army. The Tubo army besieging Lingzhou was cut off and had to retreat. 10 years later, Tubo is dishonest again. They invaded Sichuan with Nanzhao troops at 654.38 million. Li Sheng led the elite Shence Army (the imperial army of the Tang Dynasty, with strong strength) to rescue, quickly rushed into the Dadu River and defeated the Tubo and Nanzhao allied forces (the enemy was killed, drowned in the river, fell off a cliff and died of excessive hunger and fatigue).
After Tang Dezong acceded to the throne, a large number of military forces and horses of our army collectively made an insurrection, which was divided into four roads and became king. The saddest thing is that even Chang 'an was occupied by Zhu Qi, one of the rebel leaders. Tang Dezong gave up everything and fled in a hurry. Thanks to Li Sheng's counterattack, he defeated the rebels. In the fierce battle, Li Sheng personally led more than 65,438+000 cavalry to fight the rebels in the Imperial City. Many rebel soldiers knew that Li Sheng was coming and fled (Zhu Qi was killed by his men on the way to escape). When Li Sheng recovered Chang 'an, Tang Dezong was moved to tears and was greatly excited. A few years later, Tubo made trouble again. General Shang Jiezan attacked Tang Jun, and Tang Dezong was ready to escape again (incompetent enough). At the critical moment, Li Sheng went out again to break the Tubo army and force the Tubo to make peace.
Li Sheng's achievements in saving the nation for many times made him a famous Tang Dynasty star on par with Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi. However, generals with great achievements always upset the emperor. Li Sheng was finally relieved of military power by Tang Dezong at the age of 67. Li Shengyou 15 sons, the most outstanding of which is Li Su, who created a classic example of "attacking Cai Zhou on a snowy night".