The dishonest table xiàn is always looking for trouble, treating the war as an amateur activity, and not playing cards according to the convention, giving you a stick while you are not paying attention, and leaving after the fight, it is difficult to find someone.

After several provocations by Xue Ju, Li Yuan couldn't bear it anymore and decided to teach Xue Ju a lesson, so he sent his second son Li Shimin to lead the army to the battle. As an emperor, Li Yuan is not easy, there are at least two things waiting for him there, one is to govern the world, and the other is to unify the world.

Governing the world is a slow job, it takes a long time, and there is no urgency; On the contrary, the unification of the world is an urgent task, and the sooner the better, because the people of the world can no longer tolerate such chaos in the country.

Then, the unification of the world starts with Xue Ju. Xue Ju, a native of Fenyin, Hedong (present-day southwest of Wanrong, Shanxi), was moved to Jincheng (present-day Lanzhou, Gansu). Xue Ju himself is very burly, tall, good at archery, his family is very rich, he likes to make friends with heroes and heroes, and he is a captain in Jincheng.

With such a background, how do I think it looks like a "W Fang Sex Underground Underworld Organization (unlike the rebel army, even if there is no uprising, Xue Ju is also the underworld) boss, even if he is not the boss, he also has ties with the local underworld organization, and typical local officials collude with the local underworld (Xue Ju is involved in the underworld, which is similar to Liu Wuzhou).

At that time, the people were in turmoil, and it seemed that it had become a trend for the people of the whole country to join the underworld, from the people to the underworld, the people were not wrong, they were all forced by the government, and the government, under the wise leadership of Yang Guang, obviously hoarded a large amount of food, and when it encountered a disaster, it did not take it out to relieve the hungry. Such a government does not oppose it. And ran away with it. Jincheng County ordered Hao Ying to recruit troops and horses, and gathered thousands of people. intends to order Xue Ju to lead the expedition and attack the underworld.

At that time, the world had fallen apart, the common people and local officials claimed to be the king and hegemon, and there were countless people who divided one side. I can't get anything, and if I lose, maybe I won't be able to keep my head.

It's better to help others do it yourself, Yang Guang is no longer as majestic as before, I rebelled against him, and he couldn't do anything to me, Xue Ju thought so, and he did the same after that. As early as the eve of Li Yuan's army in Taiyuan. Xue Ju raised the banner of anti-Sui in Jincheng, Xue Ju did not have so many crooked intestines like Li Yuan, and Xue Ju did not consider what respect for Sui could bring about political influence. Directly play the banner of anti-Sui.

At the departure ceremony, the county magistrate Hao Ying held a banquet and rewarded the soldiers. and personally toasted Xue Ju and blessed him with victory. Establish meritorious service for the country at an early date. I've had enough of the wine, and everyone is getting high. It was when he was doing things that Hao Ying ordered the armor of the troops to be sent to Xue Ju.

At this time, something happened that surprised Hao Ying very much. Xue Ju, who was still smiling just now, suddenly sank his face and asked his people to put the knife on Hao Yin's neck. Hao Ying was shocked and asked, "Xue Ju, what do you want to do?" Xue Ju laughed: "There is no way in the saint today, I want to rebel." Hao Ying thought about it, sighed, and said, "I'll join too." ”

Because Hao Ying served as the county magistrate of the Sui Dynasty, read the sage books, was more educated than Xue Ju, and had a high opinion of people and things, slowly, Xue Ju consulted Hao Ju about anything, and Hao Ying did not disappoint Xue Ju, and he could always get a solution to the problem in a very short time. In today's words, Hao Ying is a talent, far-sighted, and strategic, and his status in the Xue Ju Group should be similar to Liu Wenjing's status in the Li Yuan Group. However, it is a pity that in Xue Ju's eyes, Hao Ying is a talent, but compared with Liu Wenjing, Hao Ying is much inferior.

Because looking through the annals of history, I didn't find Hao Ming's insights beyond ordinary people. Of course, if you want to achieve a big cause and build an empire, you must need talents like Liu Wenjing; However, if you just want to divide one side and be a prince, Hao Ying can still help with advice. First of all, Xue Ju opened the government warehouse and took out the grain to help the hungry, alleviate social contradictions, and at the same time, let himself gain a good reputation, and also use this to increase his strength, why not? …

With the help of Hao Ying, Xue Ju's power continued to increase, occupying five counties, with more than 100,000 troops, founding the country called Qin, becoming the emperor himself, his wife being the queen, setting the capital of Tianshui County, changing the name of the year to Qin Xing, and sealing the eldest son Xue Renguo as the crown prince. Although Xue Ju did not have the grand ambition of unifying the world and taking the world as his own responsibility, he knew that Guanzhong was a good place, and Chang'an was the capital of the Sui Dynasty, and there were many good things.

Everyone wants good things, and Xue Ju is no exception, however, the current Guanzhong is no longer Yang Yu's world, and it has changed owners, and its current owner is called Li Yuan. For Li Yuan, Xue Ju didn't dare to wait for leisure, so at first, the two sides guarded their own borders, each did not invade, and maintained relative peace.

Later, the situation changed, and Li Yuan stabilized the situation in Guanzhong and wanted to develop westward; Xue Ju's development to the south was blocked by Xiao Yu (an official of the Sui Dynasty), and he couldn't beat it, and he developed to the north and was defeated by Li Rail, and the west was the Tuyuhun tribe, which was relatively poor, and Xue Ju didn't have that interest, the north and southwest, the three directions were not passable, and there was only this road in the east. So Xue Ju led the army to attack Li Yuan, and Li Yuan sent Li Shimin to meet him.

Li Shimin and Xue Ju's son Xue Renguo fought in Fufeng, but Xue Renguo was defeated and thousands of people died. The defeat of this war shocked Xue Ju, and he said to his subordinates: "From ancient times to the present, is there a son of heaven who surrenders? ”。

Chu Liang, the squire of the Yellow Gate (a famous calligrapher and the father of Chu Suiliang, a famous minister in the early Tang Dynasty), replied: "Of course there is, Zhao Tuo surrendered to the Han Dynasty and Liu Chan surrendered to the Jin Dynasty, they both kept the wealth and nobility, which is a good way to turn misfortune into blessing, and it has always been." Hao Ying raised objections and said: "What Chu Liang said is not right, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was defeated by Xiang Yu many times in the past, and then he was still victorious?"

Liu Bei, the ancestor of the Shu Han Dynasty, abandoned his wife and children several times, and later established the Shu Kingdom? Wars are won and lost, how can you think of losing your country because of a defeat? Xue Ju fell out once, and Xue Ju had to laugh: "I'm just testing you." What is even more valuable is that Xue Ju not only does not hold grudges and does not punish him. On the contrary, he trusted Hao Ying more and entrusted him with important tasks. I think that's what makes Xue Ju so special.

On June 10 of the first year of Wude (618), the Tang Dynasty had just been established. Xue Ju led his troops to attack Jingzhou (present-day Jingchuan County, Gansu Province), and Li Yuan once again ordered Li Shimin to be the commander and lead the army to resist.

China's feudal emperors, with the exception of Han Gaozu and Ming Taizu, were all victors in the internal struggle of the ruling class (Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang also degenerated into spokesmen for the landlord class after the success of the revolution); Tang Gaozu Li Yuan was a relative of the emperor who was born in the Guanlong aristocracy, and was a very typical usurper of the fruits of the victory of the peasant uprising at the end of the Sui Dynasty (but Dou Jiande assumed that he was not suppressed by Li Shimin, and it is estimated that he would also be an emperor who oppressed the peasants. ）。 As Mingyue said back then, China's feudal history of changing dynasties is a history of one landlord replacing another.

The story of Emperor Yang of Sui illustrates that although it is dark and ugly, it is not completely inhuman. A tyrant who makes it impossible for everyone to live is doomed to a bad death in the end. Give him an eight-word comment: Sin is in the present and merit is in the future.

It is recorded in the history books that Li Shimin led the army to the front line and camped in Gaoqi (now east of Jingchuan County, Gansu Province).

It happened that at this time, Li Shimin was suffering from malaria, so he handed over the command of the army to Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan. and specially instructed the two not to fight no matter what. The two thought that Li Shimin looked down on him, and in order to prove that he was also capable, the two privately led the troops to fight. As a result, he was defeated by Xue Ju, more than half of the soldiers were killed (five or six out of ten), and many generals were captured (including Liu Hongji, Li Anyuan, etc.). …

Li Shimin leads the surviving soldiers. Back in Chang'an, Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan were dismissed. The failure of the Tang army had nothing to do with Li Shimin, it was all the fault of Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan. But I think. This account is not true, and in some places it may be different from the real history, especially on the question of who bears the responsibility for the defeat.

I watched Li Shimin's battle history, from the beginning of the army in Taiyuan to the later destruction of Dou by King Ping, it was in his entire youth that history recorded only such a defeat. And for this defeat, according to the records in the history books, it seems that it is not his own reason, could it be that Li Shimin is an invincible and invincible god of war. I'm still more inclined to say this, of course, it's not my first coin.

The reason for the failure of this battle lies with Li Shimin, and the reason why it is not written in the history books is to hide it from Li Shimin, so that people can only see his glorious and victorious side, rather than his defeat and setbacks.

And whether Li Shimin is really sick or not, it's hard to say, even if he is really sick, it is not a fatal illness, daily affairs can not be handled, and such a major event as the army is dispatched, can not be handled? And for Liu Wenjing's IQ, such a low-level mistake should not be made.

Li Shimin is very strict in governing the army, and Liu Wenjing, a smart person, has also done things that violate military discipline, which really makes people have no way not to be suspicious. More importantly, the change in Li Shimin's military command took this campaign as a turning point.

Before this campaign, we called Li Shimin's early military command, the early Li Shimin was like a teenager who had just entered the world, there were many unspoken rules in society that he didn't understand, he did things just by virtue of his own enthusiasm, without considering the consequences, he fought when he met the enemy, and at the same time his luck was also very good, and he won the battle every time. belongs to the kind of overly aggressive and reckless type, which is the same when Huo Yi beat Song Laosheng, and the same is true when he beat Xue Renguo for the first time. But reality tells us that a person's luck is not always good. This time, Li Shimin's luck suddenly turned bad, and he lost the battle, and it was the first time in his life that he encountered such a big defeat.

There are many kinds of people in the world, there is such a kind of people who can't withstand setbacks, and retreat when they encounter setbacks, they don't want to leave their names in the long river of history, they just want to live their own small lives in peace and stability, for this kind of people, I bless them, but in history, there is no place for such people.

There is another kind of people who are just the opposite of the previous type, they have encountered setbacks, failures, and blows, they have also been confused, they have also given up on themselves, and they do not know how to go in the future?

I don't know if I have a future? However, after the confusion, there is an attachment to the future. After giving up on himself, he has a persistence that others don't understand. For this kind of person, not all of them will be able to enter the annals of history. But I don't think it matters to them whether it can be written into the history books or not, what they think is the kind of experience in life. The spirit of not bowing your head in the face of failure, holding your head high in the face of setbacks, fighting high, and never admitting defeat.

Li Shimin should belong to the latter category. (Even more fortunately.) After he entered the annals of history, he carefully analyzed what he was wrong, summed up his experience, learned lessons, and then silently told himself not to make similar mistakes in the future.

I don't dare to say that this defeat must be Li Shimin's fault, but he must have an unshirkable responsibility, and through the defeat of this war, Li Shimin has grown up, from a boy to a man who stands up to the sky.

He knew that the war was not what he had imagined, and that it was not a sure victory if he rushed forward. In the war. Courage is important, of course, but wisdom and perseverance are even more important. …

With courage, you are a brave general at most, and with wisdom and perseverance you can be considered a qualified commander. Growing older cannot be regarded as maturity, and true maturity begins from the heart.

Frustration is the catalyst for a person's maturity. No setbacks, no strength, no tribulations, no growth. Li Shimin's defeat and setback. It is a good thing for him, it is also a good thing for Li Yuan, and it is even more a good thing for the Tang Dynasty when it was still in its infancy.

It is recorded in the history books of setbacks that Li Shimin led the army to the front. Encamped in Gaoqi (now east of Jingchuan County, Gansu Province), Li Shimin knew that Xue Ju was running out of food and was anxious to fight quickly. So dig deep trenches and build high fortifications. Refuse to fight. It happened that at this time, Li Shimin was suffering from malaria, so he handed over the command of the army to Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan. and specially instructed the two not to fight no matter what. The two thought that Li Shimin looked down on him, and in order to prove that he was also capable, so the two privately led the troops to fight, but they were defeated by Xue Ju, and more than half of the soldiers were killed (five or six out of ten) I think there is no problem with the record in the history books. If we talk about responsibility, Xiao Li's responsibility is at most improper employment. First: What kind of tactics to choose depends on the specific situation, since there is no problem with the tactics used by Xiao Li in the past, it cannot be assumed that he will be the same this time because he used more rapid tactics in the past. Second: At that time, the location of Xue Jutun's troops was to analyze the jaw, and Xiao Li stopped advancing when he arrived at the high jaw, obviously taking a defensive position. At the beginning of June, Xiao Li set out with the army, and at the beginning of July, the army was defeated at the beginning of July, and there was a month in between. They will not always be on the march, at least they have been stationed in Gaojiao for a period of time to "fight in the depths of Gaojiao". Third, the reason for Liu Wenjing's defeat was that he "emboldened the masses and did not set up equipment," which was a manifestation of his lack of basic military knowledge. It can be seen that Liu Yin and the others are not military talents, Yin Kaishan has been a civilian after this defeat, and is no longer in charge of the army, and Liu Wenjing has not been reinstated since then, which also shows that this defeat is indeed due to the improper command of the two of them, rather than carrying the black pot for Xiao Li. Fourth: Li Yuanji abandoned Taiyuan when Li Yuan also tried to blame others, but he did not succeed. If Liu Yin and the others were not punished, it would be impossible for everyone to remain silent. Fifth: A month after the defeat of the Shallow Water Plain, Li Yuan sent Xiao Li to lead the army again, which also shows that Li Yuan trusted his military ability. And after Li Si fled back to Chang'an that time, Li Yuan never let him lead the troops alone. In the end, at that time, Xiao Li did not have the prestige that he later had in the army, and it was inevitable that he would not be strong when he was sick, so the two of them pulled the army out, and it was too late for Xiao Li to send someone to chase after him.

"Before the battle, Taizong did not hesitate, the marching commander Shi Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan invited the troops to watch the troops in the southwest of Gaoqi, and the crowd was not equipped to cover up the troops behind. When Taizong heard this, he knew that he would fail, and he was responsible for it. Before he arrived, the two armies fought together, but they were defeated, and the dead were fifteen or sixteen, "In addition: about Xiao Li's illness, it is said that it is malaria."

The defeat of this battle not only dealt a great blow to Li Shimin, but also dealt a big blow to the newly established Tang Dynasty. A few families are happy and a few are sad. Some people are sad, some people are happy, Xue Ju is very happy, after the last defeat, he originally thought that the Tang Dynasty was very powerful, and now he knows that this neighbor is not invincible. This victory made Xue Ju very happy, he finally knew that this neighbor just looked strong from the outside, in fact, there was nothing so terrible, the last time they let them win, it was just a fluke, a twenty-year-old hairy young man still wanted to fight with me (this year 618, Li Shimin was twenty years old), and he didn't weigh how many catties and taels he had. Hao Ying said to Xue Jujian: "The Tang army is now defeated, and the people in Guanzhong are in turmoil, so they should take advantage of the victory to pursue and take Chang'an." Xue Ju agreed, he wanted to take advantage of this to grab more things, it was best to defeat Li Yuan and occupy Guanzhong himself. Unexpectedly, Xue Ju suddenly fell ill, and he couldn't afford to fall ill, and died soon after, and the crown prince Xue Renguo inherited the throne and the plan was terminated.

Xue Renguo is the eldest son of Xue Ju, after Xue Ju became the emperor, he was named the crown prince, with infinite strength, brave fighting, and the army was called "ten thousand enemies", these are all advantages, these advantages can help him succeed; At the same time, Xue Renguo also has shortcomings, he is short-tempered, cruel and easy to kill, these shortcomings are enough to make him fail. So what kind of Cheng is Xue Renguo cruel and easy to kill? (To be continued......)

Chapter 216 [Entering Chang'an].

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