By Li Yonghang 159 1804 7744
The first section of the first full-scale war in the Tang Dynasty
As we said in the last round: Li Jiancheng destroyed Li Gui, governed Liangzhou, and after settling down for a short period of time, he went to rescue the Tang Dynasty from another crisis. This crisis is that Liu Wuzhou invaded the Tang Dynasty.
Battle 11) the destruction of Liu Wuzhou
Wude two years AD 619 March, to Wude three years AD 620 May, Tang destroyed Liu Wuzhou.
Liu Wuzhou was originally, an officer of the Sui dynasty in the county of Mayi, which is southeast of Taiyuan County. The two counties *** with the fight against the Turkic, so Li Yuan and Liu Wuzhou, there should be a little bit of old comradeship. Liu Wuzhou, a little earlier than Li Yuan, rose against the Sui Dynasty, defected to the East Turkestan, and was named by the East Turkestan as "Ding Yang Khan".
The battle began with Liu Wuzhou attacking the Tang. At the same time, the siege of the Tang Dynasty, there are Turkic, Sichu mountain bandits, Li Kuan, Liang Shidu, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Xiao Mou. For example, "Ziji Tongjian - Tang Ji Si" wrote: "Dou Jiande will be more than 100,000 soldiers interesting lluvia state, Huai'an Wang Shentong Shuai all the troops retreated to protect Xiangzhou." Li Tang group in more than a year, rapid growth, later on, became the first big power in China, there is a trend of annexation of the vassals, so it caused the hostility of the people.
In the second year of Wude, the Tang Dynasty ushered in its first full-scale war since the founding of the country. A great wolf from the north, with seven wild dogs, besieged a Chinese dragon that was young, but as unstoppable as the rising sun. Thrilling! (Author Li Yonghang)
The Tang Dynasty sent Jiancheng to resist the Turks, the Sizhushan thieves, Li Guan, and Liang Shidu, and won. Sent others to resist Liu Wuzhou, failed. The situation in Shanxi was so severe that Li Yuanji abandoned Taiyuan and fled to Chang'an. Then, Tang Gaozu and Jiancheng and Shimin personally went on an expedition to counter Liu Wuzhou. Tang Gaozu himself attacked Pu Ban.
Shimin: Against Liu Wuzhou's general Song Jingang (based in Hwozhou, present-day Yicheng County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province), he was first defeated by Song Jingang, and then took advantage of his brother's victory to hunt down and gain a certain amount of ground in the battle, which was considered to be a draw.
It is commonly known that Shimin and Song Jingang fought, holding out for a long time at Berbi (present-day southwest of Xinjiang County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province). But not at first.
The Tang dynasty was in danger, or else Tang Gaozu would not have gone on a personal expedition (the only one since the founding of the Tang). He drew troops from other battlefields and used them to counter-attack Liu Wuzhou. Tang's forces in other battlefields were empty, for example, Dou Jiande defeated the Tang army, captured Li Shentong, Li Yuan's cousin, Li Yuan's own sister, the eldest Princess of Tong'an, and captured Xu Shiyou, and his old father, and captured Tang's territory in Hebei. So Li Yuan must have been desperate to defeat Liu Wu Zhou before the other battlefields collapsed, or he would die, and couldn't afford to run out of time. He would never have ordered Shimin, to go to Berbi to hold on for a long time and delay the war, it was an urgent attack on Song Jin Gang.
Tang Gaozu sent out multiple troops at the same time, one of the way, Yongan Wang Li Xiaoji, "Ziji Tongjian - Tang Ji Si" wrote him: "urgent attack Lu Chongmao". It would support the above point. Lv Chongmao was a small vassal, occupying Xiaxian County, cooperating with Ding Yang's army to attack the Tang Dynasty, and was relatively close to Song Jin Gang.
Section 2: The Great Defeat with Only One Pawn
Since Shimin's mission was to make an urgent attack, why did he change it to a prolonged defense at Berbi? Let's look down.
"In the month of November, at the end of the month, Liu Wuzhou invaded Haozhou.
Qin Wang Shimin drew troops from the Longmen by ice firm across the river, Tuen Bai Bi, and Song Jin Gang hold. At that time, the eastern states and counties, captured and plundered the balance, no granary, people are apprehensive, gathered into the castle, levy no income, the army lack of food. Shimin teach people, the people heard Shimin for the marshal to come, not all subservient, from near and far, to the people more and more days, and then gradually collect their food, the army food to fill. It is a rest of the troops and horses, only to make the aids to take advantage of the plowing and pillaging, the army wall without fighting, by the thieves potential decline.
Shimin tasted from the marshal light horsemen to spy on the enemy, riding are scattered, Shimin only with a soldier to climb the hill and sleep.
Don't you feel strange? He was the King of Qin, not a pawn. He went to the field to scout the enemy and slept on the ground when he was tired, but his men "all scattered" and didn't keep watch for him, and he was surrounded by the enemy on all sides and didn't even realize it. Can you believe it? The old calendar November, is winter, the Yellow River are frozen, the Tang army from the ice across the river, then surely snakes and rats are hibernating, and how can there be snakes chasing rats? Obviously, the history books are false.
It is only possible that his emergency attack on Hwoe State's Song Jin Gang was defeated, and his men were scattered, with only one soldier left, and he fled to Berbi to gather his defeated troops and stand on his feet. In the history books, he used to cover up his defeat by scouting the enemy and chasing snakes and rats. After he fled to Berbi, he was afraid of the enemy and did not go to war, "he rested his troops and foddered his horses" and "the army stood firm against the wall and did not go to war", disobeying his father's orders. As in the case of the battle against Xue Rengao last year.
The book goes on to say that Lu Chongmao of Xiaxian was attacked by Li Xiaogi, and asked Song Jingang for help. Song Jingang sent Yuchigong, to rescue Xiaxian, through Bashi, Shimin actually did not dare to intercept, and let Yuchigong pass. So, Yuchigong and Lu Chongmao attacked each other from the back, defeated Li Xiaogi, and captured Li Xiaogi and many other Tang generals.
Now, Shimin panicked. He could not explain to his father. He sent Yin Kaishan and Qin Shubao to block Yuchigong's way back, saying that he was "greatly defeated", but in fact, Yuchigong returned to Hwoe State with the captives. How can you call that a "big break"? Shimin was bragging again! Later, Li Xiaoji was handed over to Liu Wuzhou, tried to escape and was killed.
Shimin got his cousin killed. (By Li Yonghang)
In the first month of the following year, after Li Yuan personally conquered Pu Ban, he felt that he had won, so he went back to the capital, but Shimin still didn't dare to go to war.
Big brother in the northern line and Liu Wuzhou against the attack, hot and heavy, to February he overreacted, only to go out, and also do not dare to Song Jingang hands, is the attack on Xiaxian's Lv Chongmao, looking for a weak one. "A Yin, sent general Sang Xian and others, attack Lu Chongmao in Xia County."
The third section of the northern front of the fierce battle
The following to talk about the built combat.
Who was the supreme commander of the Tang army to destroy Liu Wuzhou?
Liu Wuzhou invaded the Tang, the force is divided into four parts, Liu Wuzhou himself in Taiyuan, is the main battlefield. The general Song Jingang was in Hwozhou, Wang Xingben was in Pu Ban, and Lu Chongmao was in Xia County. Wang Xingben and Lu Chongmao were small forces, occupying only one city and defecting to Liu Wuzhou.
Tang Gaozu was only attacking Pu Ban, which was 1,200-300 miles away from the main battlefield. In that era, it was impossible to command remotely. Moreover, he conquered Pu Ban in the first month of the third year of Wude, and soon returned to Chang'an, and at that time, it was still a long time before the destruction of Liu Wuzhou. The other three parts of Liu Wuzhou's army were defeated only in May.
Have you noticed something strange? The history publicity, the credit for the destruction of Liu Wuzhou to Shimin. But if you look closely, the history books never say that Shimin fought with Liu Wuzhou, but only with Song Jingang.
Liu Wu Zhou and Song Jin Gang, were fighting on two battlefields, one north and one south. Liu Wu Zhou was the main. Song Jingang was just Liu Wuzhou's subordinate. To be sure, Liu Wu Zhou's troop strength and threat are stronger than Song Jin Gang. However, Shimin just defeated Song Jin Gang and did not fight Liu Wu Zhou, then Liu Wu Zhou fled to Turkestan.
That's not right! Someone else must have taken the main force of the Tang army and defeated Liu Wuzhou. （
But it wasn't Shimin, or the history books would have made a big deal out of it. Who was it?
Let's look at the battle between the Tang army and Liu Wuzhou.
The Ziji Tongjian says that the Tang generals who fought with Liu Wuzhou were Guo Ziwu, the assassin of Luzhou; Wang Xingmin, the general of Hedong; Li Zhongwen, the general of Haozhou; Zhang Lun, the deputy governor of the army; Zhang Lun, the duke of Xihua; and Li Zhongwen, the duke of Zhenxiang.
There was also a Liu Hongji. The Old Book of Tang? Liu Hongji biography": Liu Hongji followed the Tang Taizong, Tuen in Bashi, led two thousand troops to the West River County, cut off the return of the thief. At that time, "the thieves are very strong", Liu Hongji firm defense, so the thieves can not advance.
First of all, correct, Liu Hongji this battle, certainly not "from the Taizong Tuen in Park Bi". Because in the "thieves are very strong" time, Shimin did not dare to go to war, hiding in the Park wall "is resting troops and horses", "the army firm wall does not fight". So, Liu Hongji was following other people to fight, sent by other people, to "break the way of the thief". The map shows that Xihe County is not a battlefield for Shimin.
The New Tang Dynasty? Lei Zhuan XI: "(Liu Wuzhou) sent Huang Ziying to protect the pay road, Hussar General Zhang Dezheng attacked the beheading, captured its people, Wuzhou generals a little away. The king chased him to the Bird's Nest Valley."
The pay road is the road that transports food and wages. Huang Ziying was one of Liu Wuzhou's fierce generals, and he made great achievements in defeating the Tang army in the early stage, and was later sent by Liu Wuzhou to protect the grain road. Zhang Dezheng, the Hussar General of the Tang army, attacked and killed Huang Ziying, cut off the grain road of the Ding Yang army, and beat the Ding Yang army gradually scattered, which caused Song Jin Gang to retreat with no grain, and the King of Qin dared to send out troops to pursue the attack. (Author Li Yonghang)
As seen above, there were at least nine Tang generals who dealt with Liu Wuzhou. They must have been under the unified command of a marshal, and could not have fought separately. See the third law of the 4th cycle , the marshals are all the first sons of Li Yuan. Shimin was dealing with Song Jin Gang, Yuan Ji had just suffered a disastrous defeat, fled to Chang'an and was removed from his post by his father. This marshal could only be Jiancheng.
But this is erased by the history books.
After Liu Wuzhou's defeat, he didn't dare to stay in Maiyi County, so he defected to the Turk. The Turk supported another warlord Yuan Junzhang to occupy Maiyi County. Liu Wuzhou saw it and was not willing to escape back to reoccupy Ma Yi, so he was killed by Turkic.
During the period when the Tang Dynasty was fighting Liu Wuzhou outside, a big case broke out inside, Liu Wenting conspired against the king of benevolence and righteousness. Liu Wenjing is who? Let's listen to the next decomposition.