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Dou Jiande felt that this was a good idea, and then held a meeting to discuss with the generals, at the meeting Dou Jiande put forward this battle plan for everyone to discuss, Wang Shichong's nephew Wang Wan also attended the meeting, he already knew about it in advance, he had no strategic vision, but he recognized a dead reason, must go to Luoyang, Wang Shichong is still waiting, can not let Wang Shichong down. Before the other generals could speak, Wang Wan and the eldest grandson An Shi wept loudly, crying and saying, "My emperor is still waiting for the king to save him in Luoyang.

Dou Jiande's generals all took the benefits of Wang Wan, and at this time, they were very moral, and they all helped Wang Wan speak: "Ling Jing is a scholar, and he still knows how to fight?" And expressed his determination: "We are all in favor of attacking the tiger prison and rescuing Luoyang." "Dou Jiande's advantage is that he is very democratic, and his disadvantage is that he is too democratic @ no @ wrong @, and he has no idea what he is democratic and is led by others. Seeing the indignation of the generals, Dou Jiande no longer insisted on Ling Jing's point of view, adopted the principle of the minority obeying the majority, and decided not to follow Ling Jing's strategy.

Dou Jiande's wife said to him again: "Mr. Ling is right, why don't you listen?" Dou Jiande: "What do you know as a woman?" Wang Shichong is waiting for me to save him in Luoyang, since he agreed, how can he be dishonest and laughed at by the world? "In the tiger prison, Dou Jiande and Li Shimin confronted each other for more than two months, begging for a battle but could not win.

The Battle of the Tiger Prison In the Tiger Prison, Li Shimin's situation was not good, and the forage for feeding the horses was about to be eaten up. The most important thing for Li Shimin to fight is cavalry, if the horses have nothing to eat. Cavalry is not cavalry, and even infantry is inferior to a battle. This is not even more fatal, what is even more fatal is that Dou Jiande knew about this and planned to attack when Li Shimin let the horse go out of the city to graze. Dramatically, Li Shimin's spy told him about Dou Jiande's plan again.

When Li Shimin heard the news, he knew that this was an opportunity, and he planned to do it. The next day, on the first day of May in the fourth year of Wude (621), Li Shimin released a thousand horses out of the city to graze. Of course, it was placed in the rear, and if it was placed in the front, Dou Jiande's army would directly pack up Li Shimin's horse. Li Shimin's behavior of letting go of the horses made Dou Jiande even more convinced that the fodder that the Tang army fed the horses was really gone, and he decided to take advantage of this opportunity to attack the tiger prison.

On 2 May, Dou Jiande invested all his belongings, led all the armed forces to advance, and stationed himself on the bank of the Yellow River. Stretching for more than 20 miles, he planned to fight a decisive battle with Li Shimin, Li Shimin didn't eat him, and he saw Dou Jiande's qiē behavior in his eyes. Looking at the arrogant pace and proud morale of Dou Jiande's soldiers, Li Shimin knew that they were not far from defeat. His generals asked to go out of the city to fight. Li Shimin didn't allow it, he said, "Wait a little longer." Beat them in the afternoon. "A good commander can often seize the most favorable moment.

Dou Jiande came to fight. He didn't believe that Li Shimin was so determined, and his original belief in victory was slowly eroded with the passage of time. From morning to noon, from noon to midday, Ren Xiajun insulted and scolded in every way, and Li Shimin pretended not to hear it and was not allowed to fight. Xia Jun had not eaten all morning, scolded people all morning, and was released pigeons all morning, his morale gradually declined, and his originally high morale was replaced by exhaustion and hunger.

When they were tired of standing, they sat down, and when they were thirsty, they went to drink water, and the formation slowly became scattered. Li Shimin gave an order, and the whole army attacked, led the cavalry troops to rush ahead, opened the door of the camp, and rushed towards the Xia army like a tiger descending the mountain. At this time, Dou Jiande was organizing the ministers to meet with him,...

Seeing the Tang army rushing over at lightning speed, he hurriedly ordered the cavalry to meet the Tang army, but the cavalry was separated by the ministers and could not pass through Guò, Dou Jiande commanded the ministers to get out of the way, but at that moment the Tang army killed a large number of people, Dou Jiande had no choice but to retreat. Li Shimin led Qin Shubao, Cheng Yanjin, Shi Danai and other generals to rush to the front, and there was nothing that was not destroyed, and they came out of the formation, hitting the rear of the Xia army's position, and immediately erected the banner of the Tang army.

Scattered and fled, the Tang army pursued for more than 30 miles, killing more than 3,000 people in the melee, Dou Jiande was stabbed by a spear, fled on horseback to Niukouzhu, planted from the horse, and was captured alive by the Tang army generals. The Tang army captured more than 50,000 Xia soldiers, and Li Shimin ordered them to be released on the same day, so that they could all return home and be reunited with their parents and wives.

Leading the victorious army, Li Shimin appeared under Luoyang City again, looking at Dou Jiande, who had become a prisoner, Wang Shichong was dumbfounded, his only hope was shattered, they had no way to choose, and there was only one way left for him to bear defeat. Of course, Wang Shichong has two ways to bear failure, one is to commit suicide and bear it with blood; One is to surrender and bear with humiliation.

For the future, Wang Shichong is already desperate, but for life, Wang Shichong is also desperate, however, when he really faces death, he is afraid, and now he knows that he doesn't even have the courage to die.

Then the only option is to surrender. On 9 May, Wang Shichong personally led 2,000 cultural relics officials to surrender to Li Shimin at the gate of the Tang military camp, and Li Shimin entered Luoyang. It is necessary to say that this time Wang Shichong's group is completely finished, all the soldiers have surrendered to the Tang army, and all the cities have been occupied by the Tang army, but although Dou Jiande himself was captured alive, his group still exists, and Hebei is still under his control.

After the battle of the Tiger Prison, the remnants of Dou Jiande fled back to Dou Jiande's base under the leadership of Dou Jiande's wife Cao and the general Qi Shanxing, Dou Jiande's wife and the generals discussed, in view of Dou Jiande's failure to be so wise and powerful, no one was the opponent of the Tang Dynasty, after fighting for so long, everyone wanted to live a peaceful life, and was unwilling to be with swords and guns again, and soon after Dou Jiande's wife sacrificed all the territory controlled by Dou Jiande to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Dou Jiande was beheaded in Chang'an, and Wang Shichong's ending was better than Dou Jiande's, although he was not beheaded in public, he was also killed under Li Yuan's arrangement. All the brothers and nephews were killed.

In the process of pacifying the north, there is no doubt that Li Shimin is the first major contributor. It was he who defeated Xue Renguo, and it was he who drove Liu Wuzhou to a dead end. It was he who captured Dou Jiande alive, and it was he who forced Wang Shichong to surrender.

The north was basically calm, Li Yuan cast his greedy eyes on the south, the strongest in the south belonged to Xiao Miao, and Li Yuan did not hand over the heavy task of dealing with Xiao Miao, as always, to Li Shimin, but chose the other two people.

I have to say that the two people Li Yuan chose were also extremely dazzling generals of that era. Li Yuan himself was too old to charge into battle like he was young, roaring and killing the enemy, and he handed over the responsibility of fighting on the battlefield to his son. His son did not disappoint him, and proved with practical actions that the saying "tiger father has no dog son" is not wrong, and there is a great momentum of "blue is better than blue".

But after a long time, Li Yuan found that something was wrong, at least two things were wrong, the first was that this son was too capable, and the credit for the establishment was too great, this was nothing, the second thing was important; Second. This son is not the crown prince, in other words, even if this son has conquered all the country, he will not be the emperor. Isn't this too unfair, to be honest, Li Yuan also feels very unfair. …

What is even more paradoxical is that Li Yuan had a very deep affection for the prince at that time. There is no idea of abolishing the crown prince, so Li Yuan needs to consider whether his son, who has made great contributions, can listen to the words of the son who is the prince in the future. After repeated observation and repeated consideration, Li Yuan felt that it was difficult to live in peace with Li Jiancheng according to Li Shimin's character. In fact, the reason is very simple, the world is fought by me, why should you be the emperor for nothing, this kind of psychological imbalance, Li Yuan knows that Li Shimin must have it.

He wanted to solve this problem, but he couldn't think of any way to get the best of both worlds, since there was no way to solve the problem, he could only put it down, and he could drag it out as long as he could, but Li Yuan made up his mind, although Li Shimin was easy to use, he couldn't use it lightly, and it was best not to use it as much as possible.

Li Shimin returned to Chang'an after King Ping of the Central Plains destroyed Dou, Li Yuan thought that Li Shimin's merits were too great, and ordinary rewards could no longer reward Li Shimin's merits, so he created an official position by himself - General Tiance, and let Li Shimin be the only official in the entire Tang Dynasty.

Now to pacify the south and solve Xiao Milling, Li Yuan didn't think of Li Shimin, but he didn't dare to use it, every time he saw Li Shimin make great contributions, Li Yuan was happy on the one hand and proud of his son; On the other hand, I feel that the status of Prince Li Jiancheng is threatened again. The greater Li Shimin's credit, the greater the threat to Li Jiancheng.

This time, let others make meritorious contributions, he feels that Li Jing is a good person, steady and down-to-earth, familiar with the art of war, has a strategy in his chest, is a material for fighting, and has established meritorious services with Li Shimin's southern and northern wars, and Li Jing is not just an ordinary general.

He followed Li Shimin to fight on the battlefield at the same time, he did not forget to analyze the general trend of the world, he knew that the Tang Dynasty and Xiao Milling were going to fight sooner or later, so he asked Li Yuan to calm Xiao Mill's ten strategies, Li Yuan was very happy when he saw it, and decided to hand over the important task of solving Xiao Milling to Li Jing.

Although Li Jing is also surnamed Li, he has no kinship with Li Yuan, in order to avoid special circumstances that should not happen (such as rebellion, defection, etc.), Li Jing can only be the second-in-command, and the coach should find a more reliable person to be the boss, Li Yuan chose his cousin Li Xiaogong, Li Xiaogong was the most capable of fighting in the imperial family at that time except for Li Shimin.

In Li Yuan's concept, how can relatives be more reliable than ordinary people, ordinary people are here to work for you, if the company is bankrupt, you can go to other companies to find a job, a family is different, the most popular way to kill people at that time is to exterminate the clan, to die everyone dies together, so although the same is a part-time job, the people of a family are different from ordinary people, I became the emperor, and you are a king,

Therefore, even if you have average ability, you can get a shareholder (this is innate), if you are strong and work hard, the chance of promotion is greater than that of other people (this depends on the acquired effort). Li Xiaogong is a natural shareholder, and he is the kind of shareholder who is capable, willing to endure hardships, and works extremely hard, so he was entrusted with important tasks by Li Yuan.

Of course, one more thing, this kind of shareholder being entrusted with important responsibilities was relatively rare after Li Longji became emperor, until the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the number of talents in the Li Tang imperial family was not large, and the quality was not high. These are the two opponents that Li Yuan chose for Xiao Miao, Li Xiaogong and Li Jing. They were all very good military generals of that era, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they were famous generals. Li Jing shines brightly on all generations, and his reputation has been praised for thousands of years.

Li Jing's uncle was the famous general Han Baohu of the Sui Dynasty. The two people of uncle and nephew chatted together, not talking about what they ate today, what they would eat tomorrow, nor about the way to get promoted and make a fortune, but specifically about the art of war, Sun Wu, and Wu Qi, these ancient famous generals, these people are Li Jing's idols (so through the example of Li Jing, I draw a conclusion. Idols are very important, and the kind of people you admire, you can learn from). …

At a young age, Li Jing has his own unique views on the art of war, and Li Jing has also learned a lot of very useful things from his uncle. ”

I think when Han Baohu said this, he should have a melancholy feeling of vicissitudes of life, and the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves, and he was old. But this nephew's future achievements will not be below him, which is actually more satisfying to him than the glory of his life.

Li Jing said that he was Han Baohu's nephew, but it was better to say that he was a student of Han Baohu. Teachers who are truly capable, open-minded, and responsible will never be afraid of being slapped on the beach by the back waves. What they fear is that the students are incompetent and that they are not fulfilling their responsibilities as teachers.

For a teacher like Han Baohu, facing a student like Li Jing. He will choose to teach Li Jing all what he has learned in his life, and he will not die after a hundred battles. A veteran who has grown up in blood and fire, and has seen the ups and downs of the world. It doesn't get any happier than that.

Li Jing, life has given you a chance, whether you go to the top or quit gloomily, it's all up to you, your uncle can't help you, Li Yuan won't help you, this will be the biggest test in your life, don't let your uncle down, and don't be sorry for yourself. One-way life, there is no backwards, only forwards, especially for people who want to succeed, there is no negotiation, no discussion, tears are useless here, it is useless to complain here, either go by yourself or watch others go.

Emperor Xiao Milling of Liang Xiao Milling is the clan of the Southern Liang Empire during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, he is the great-grandson of Emperor Xuan of Southern Liang, of course, although it is a royal family, it is also a thing of the past, since Xiao Milling was born, he has never enjoyed the treatment of the royal family, so when he was young, Xiao Mill's family was very poor, but Xiao Mill's character is still good, and he treats his mother very respectfully and filially.

Later, the development of a person changed Xiao Miao's life, after Yang Jian's father and son pacified the Chen Dynasty, in order to stabilize the situation in the south, Yang Guang married a southern woman as a princess, which was later Queen Xiao. This Empress Xiao and Xiao Mill are a family, and they can be regarded as the royal family of the Southern Liang Empire, so when Miss Xiao became the queen, Xiao Mill also developed

, For the sake of the surname Xiao, Queen Xiao has to help her mother's family, including Xiao Mill, so Xiao Milling did not go through the cold window to study, there was no hanging beam thorn stock, and he became the magistrate of Luochuan County, although the identity of the Nanliang royal family is now worthless, but how to say that we are now also the imperial relatives of the Sui Empire, Xiao Milling is very proud. If the days go on as usual, hey, if this one doesn't make sense anymore,

Yang Guang himself chose to destroy his country, Xiao Milling happened to be in this era when the Sui Dynasty was in decline, so Xiao Mill, who could have had the glory of the royal family, also started to dream of being an emperor, however, Xiao Milling is still very clear that some things can be thought about, and they can't be taken seriously, maybe they can't even save their lives, but there is a group of people who have changed Xiao Mill's life again.

The leader of this group of people is called Dong Jingzhen, they are all officers in Yuezhou, watching the chaos in the world, the heroes rise together, the so-called Sui loses its deer, the world chases it, this group of people also understands the idea of taking advantage of the chaos, even if they can't be the emperor, it is good to dominate the party, so after the risk assessment, they decided to raise the banner of anti-Sui, their slogan is: for the happy life of themselves and their descendants, fight!

For these people who were originally officers, it is not a problem to organize people and pull up the team; It is not a problem to let anyone be the boss, everyone unanimously recommended Dong Jingzhen, at this time Dong Jingzhen used his brains, and always felt that it was more cost-effective to be the second-in-command than to be the first-in-command, so after weighing various relationships, Dong Jingzhen said that he would not pick this head, and proposed a candidate - Xiao Milling. The reason is also very good: "Xiao Mo is a member of the Nanliang royal family, has appeal, good character, generous personality, and is generous-minded." ”…

As soon as everyone discussed, no one picked the head, just let him pick, this is not a sought-after job, and if you don't get it, you can let him carry the black pot, so Dong Jingzhen wrote a letter and asked people to send it to Xiao Miao, the letter to the effect that we ask you to be the emperor, lead us to fight the country, and fight together for a better tomorrow. After reading Dong Jingzhen's letter, Xiao Mo was very excited, and he couldn't sleep for three days and three nights in excitement, isn't this a pie in the sky?

God really helped me, directly gave me an emperor, it seems that it is not far from me to restore the Liang Empire, Xiao Mo replied to Dong Jingzhen with confidence: "Seeing my country being occupied by others and the temple being pushed to, I am heartbroken, wailing and crying, now you have the loyalty to restore the country with me, how can I not agree?"

Good brothers, work together, and we can't treat you badly when we share dividends. "Xiao Milling and Dong Jingzhen a group of people came together, for a common goal, for the common interests, they fought together for a happy life, and worked together to expand the territory, Xiao Milling controlled a large area of land such as Jingchu, Lingnan, and Jiaozhi, and controlled 400,000 Jia, which was the strongest force south of the Yangtze River.

In the first year of Wude (618), Xiao Milling was called the emperor, the capital was Jiangling (now Jiangling County, Hubei Province), and hundreds of civil and military officials were set up. ("Those Things in the Tang Dynasty" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner "Add Friends", search for the official account "" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)

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