Cooperation is a mutually beneficial and win-win situation, and it is no exception between Liu Wuzhou and the Turks. In the process of attacking the Central Plains, the Turks obtained what they coveted, such as: jewelry, beautiful women, slaves (plundering the population of the Central Plains to give them slaves), and so on.

The Turks got something very tangible. At the same time, Liu Wuzhou did not suffer losses (only those unarmed ordinary people suffered), with the help of the Turks, his strength continued to increase, his sphere of influence became larger and larger, conquered the counties of Fufu, Dingxiang, Yanmen, etc., and collected Song Jingang, Wei Chi Jingde and other generals.

When people don't have enough to eat, they think about how to eat enough, and after they have eaten enough, they think about whether I want to marry a wife, and when I marry a wife, I think about whether I want to have another child, all step by step. Very few people want me to have a baby when they don't have enough to eat, and if they do, they are either sick in the head or mentally abnormal.

People's rights* are also growing step by step, being a township mayor is like being a county magistrate, being a county magistrate feels that it is still a mayor's majesty, and being a mayor thinks that if I can be a provincial governor, this life will be worth it.

Although Liu Wuzhou was nominally an emperor, he was actually a provincial governor, and his goal was simple, to expand his territory.

This plan was supported by the Turks, and for them war was to kill, rob, rape, and do inhumane things, and of course they happily agreed. After a brief analysis of the form, Liu Wuzhou decided to make a move on Taiyuan, and the Turks agreed, it doesn't matter where to fight, the important thing is to be able to rob.

The reason why Liu Wuzhou fought Taiyuan was not because of a whim, so he couldn't get along with you Li Yuan, but because he decided that the Tang government's control of Taiyuan was limited. Li Yuanji, who stayed in Taiyuan, is also easy to bully. In April of the second year of Wude (619), Liu Wuzhou gathered a large army, swore to march south, and pointed his sword at Taiyuan.

Liu Wuzhou's army was like a bamboo, and the Tang army was defeated and retreated. Li Yuan got the news and ordered the generals Jiang Baoyi and Li Zhongwen to lead troops to meet the battle, but the Tang army was defeated, and Jiang Baoyi and Li Zhongwen were captured.

At this time, Comrade Pei Lian, Li Yuan's old iron son, took the initiative to invite Ying, led the troops to the battle, and saw that the iron buddies could take the initiative to share the worries of the country. Li Yuan is very happy, then you can go. Before leaving, Li Yuan specially instructed Pei Lian: "Fight hard, don't underestimate the enemy, don't embarrass me." ”

Pei Lin said very stinkily: "You are waiting for the news of my victory in Chang'an." Pei Lin went to the front line with confidence, and he believed that he would be able to win. Not for long. Li Yuan, who was waiting for news in Chang'an, heard Pei Lian's news.

But it's not good news - Pei Lin has lost a big battle, a big defeat. Jiang Baoyi was defeated, Pei Lin was defeated, and Li Yuanji, who was in Taiyuan, panicked. At this time, Liu Wuzhou's army had already reached the doorstep and formed an encirclement around Taiyuan.

Li Yuanji knew that Taiyuan was about to become an isolated city, and if he didn't leave now, he would have no chance in the future. Li Yuanji called Sima (equivalent to the military and political secretary) Liu Dewei. Say to him: "You take the old and weak soldiers to defend the city, and I will lead the elite troops out of the city to meet the battle." ”

Liu Dewei thought that Li Yuanji called him to discuss the matter of escaping, but he didn't expect this prince (King of Fengqi) to be so kind. I usually underestimate him, so I said: "King, you go, I will definitely hold the city and wait for you to come back." "Well, you are a loyal servant. I didn't misread you. Li Yuanji patted Liu Dewei's shoulder as he spoke, as a sign of encouragement.

On a moonless night in September. Li Yuanji led his wife to sneak out of Taiyuan while the moon was dark and the wind was high, and rushed to Chang'an. Li Yuanji is gone. Andy Lau realized that he had been fooled.

So Taiyuan was occupied by Liu Wuzhou, and Liu Wuzhou simply moved the capital to Taiyuan, and it seemed that he would be stationed in Shajiabang. Li Yuanji called Sima (equivalent to the military and political secretary-general) Liu Dewei and said to him: "You take the old and weak soldiers to defend the city, and I will lead the elite troops out of the city to meet the battle." ”…

Liu Dewei thought that Li Yuanji called him to discuss the matter of escaping, but he didn't expect this prince (King of Fengqi) to be so kind, I usually underestimate him, so he said: "King, you go, I will definitely stick to the city and wait for you to come back." "Well, you are really a loyal servant, I am not wrong about you." Li Yuanji patted Liu Dewei's shoulder as he spoke, as a sign of encouragement.

On a moonless night in September, Li Yuanji led his wife to sneak out of Taiyuan while the moon was dark and the wind was high, and he rushed to Chang'an. Li Yuanji left, and Liu Dewei realized that he had been fooled. So Taiyuan was occupied by Liu Wuzhou, and Liu Wuzhou simply moved the capital to Taiyuan, and it seemed that he would be stationed in Shajiabang.

Li Yuanji escaped so funny, it really makes people cry and laugh. The decisive battle was very angry about Li Yuanji's behavior of abandoning the city and fleeing. Taiyuan is not an ordinary place, it is the base of the Li Tang Dynasty's army, if you say you lose it, you will lose it, and you kid is too angry. But what's the use of being angry?

I have never been able to make up my mind to repair this uncompetitive son. As a father, Li Yuan was very benevolent, and he couldn't bear to punish his son, and he couldn't bear to choose between his sons, so that earth-shattering event happened later.

Li Yuan knew that when he encountered a problem, he had to solve it like a way, and the current situation was even worse than before, not only was Taiyuan occupied by Liu Wuzhou, but Lü Chongmao was called the king of Wei in Xia County (now Xia County, Shanxi), and Wang Xingben, a remnant general of the Sui Dynasty, was stationed in Hedong City (refusing to surrender), and both of them responded to Liu Wuzhou. The east of the Yellow River was largely detached from Tang rule.

Liu Wuzhou sent the general Song Jingang to continue the southern invasion, preparing to meet Lu Chongmao and Wang Xingben, attack Huzhou, enter Jiangzhou, and threaten Guanzhong, which was very unfavorable to Li Yuan. The Li Tang Dynasty encountered its greatest predicament since its founding.

If there was anyone within the Li Tang Dynasty who could defeat Liu Wuzhou at that time, that person would definitely be Li Shimin. At this extremely dangerous moment, Li Yuan once again sent Li Shimin on the expedition.

On October 20 of the second year of Wude, Li Yuan personally went to Changchun Palace to practice for Li Shimin. In November, Li Shimin led his army to cross the river at Longmen on the ice, and stationed troops in Baibi (now southwest of Xinjiang, Shanxi Province), and held on to Song Jingang.

The generals unanimously demanded a decisive battle with Song Jingang, but Li Shimin disagreed. Li Shimin, who arrived at the front line, came to a conclusion after careful consideration that he could not fight a decisive battle with Song Jingang, of course, there was a reason for this.

When the generals proposed the construction of a decisive battle, he gave his generals a vivid lesson in tactical analysis. First of all, he stated his point of view that he could not fight a decisive battle, and then stated his reasons: "Song Jingang is alone in the depths, and Liu Wuzhou's elite soldiers and strong generals are all here."

Song Jingang's army has no food, and it is all supported by robbing the people of food, so he hopes for a quick victory, but we just close the camp tightly, recuperate, and ignore any challenge to them, which can frustrate their spirit. When they ran out of food, they had no other way but to flee naturally.

At that time, if we pursue it with all our troops, we will surely win a great victory. "What is called level, this is called level. According to the situation at the time, there are your own thoughts, your own opinions, and they are right, this is the level.

For a twenty-year-old young man, being able to be so calm is also level. After Li Shimin's analysis, these battle-hardened generals can feel that King Qin (Feng Qin Wang) is right, and they are happy to be able to follow such a commander.

In the following days, there were many small stations between Li Shimin and Song Jingang, but there had never been a big battle, as for the decisive battle?

Song Jingang dreamed of fighting a decisive battle with Li Shimin, but Li Shimin didn't agree, and slowly the morale of Song Jingang's army weakened, but the fighting morale of the Tang army continued to rise. In April of the second year (the third year of Wude, 620), Song Jingang's food was almost exhausted, and he could no longer support him, so Song Jingang retreated north. …

After getting this news, Li Shimin was very excited, as I expected, Song Jingang was really able to stand up, I thought that his food would be gone in March, and he held on for an extra month. Li Shimin led the cavalry troops to pursue Song Jingang, marching more than 200 miles in one day and one night, engaging dozens of times, and breaking Song Jingang's troops. The next day, he encountered the Song Jingang army eight times, won eight battles, and captured tens of thousands of people.

That night, the Tang army camped on the spot in the Bird Mouse Valley, Li Shimin had not eaten for two days, did not take off his armor for three days, and there was only one sheep left in the camp.

In Jiexiu (now Jiexiu, Shanxi), Li Shimin met Song Jingang again, and Song Jingang still had 20,000 horses at this time, and set up a position outside Jiexiu City, preparing for a decisive battle with Li Shimin. His soldiers were already terrified by the defeat and had no fighting spirit. Li Shimin's situation is not much better, the soldiers have not eaten for several days, and they have the strength to fight.

Li Shimin sent the general Li Shichang (that is, the folk rumored Xu Maogong, the former Li Mi general, now returned to the Tang Dynasty) to lead the soldiers back slightly, Song Jingang thought that Li Shichang was afraid, ordered the army to pursue, Li Shimin went around to the back of Song Jingang's army, at this time, suddenly launched an attack, Song Jingang's army immediately collapsed.

Li Shimin killed more than 3,000 people, and Song Jingang fled on horseback. Soon, Chi Jingde, the general of the Song Jingang Department who stayed in Jiexiu, and others surrendered to Li Shimin. As Li Shimin expected, the Tang army won a complete victory.

Since all the belongings were in the hands of Song Jingang, Liu Wuzhou, who received the news of the defeat, did not hesitate at all, and decisively decided to withdraw from Taiyuan and flee to the Turks.

History once again proves that the life of a traitor is always not easy, Liu Wuzhou was not comfortable in the Turks, and it is understandable, after all, you are a fallen emperor, and there is no use value, why should people be polite to you, it is indispensable to look at people's faces.

After a long time, Liu Wuzhou couldn't stand it anymore and planned to flee back to Ma Yi (Ma Yi was still in the hands of Liu Wuzhou's generals at that time), but was discovered by the Turks and killed Liu Wuzhou.

Song Jingang's ending was the same as Liu Wuzhou's, and he was also killed by the Turks. Their story seems to tell future generations, don't be a traitor, don't be a traitor. (Want to know more exciting news about "Those Things in the Tang Dynasty"?) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner, select Add Friends to add an official account, search for "ang", follow the official account, and never miss every update again! (To be continued)