The land will be owned by the new Lord, and the population will be owned by the new Lord. At this time, the territory under Li Mi's jurisdiction belonged to Li Tao, east to the sea, south to the Yangtze River, west to Ruzhou, and north to Wei County, all in Li Tao's hands, he could completely divide one side, but he did not do so, he could also directly dedicate the table of land and population to Tang Gaozu, but he did not do so.

He asked the envoy to carry the table book and present it to Li Mi, and asked Li Mi to present it to Tang Gaozu himself. Tang Gaozu Li Yuan knew the inside story and praised Li Yuan.

"Grateful for virtue and meritorious service, the real pure minister is also", canonized Li Tao as the Duke of Laiguo, gave the surname Li, and also named Li Tao's father Li Gai as the prince, Li Gai resolutely resigned, and later changed the title of Shu Guogong.

The high-ranking official Houlu and the sincerity of Aicai bought Li Tao's father and son, and the next step was for Li Tao to lead the soldiers of Henan and Shandong to compete with Wang Shichong on the battlefield.

After Li Mi returned to the Tang Dynasty, he did not receive the blue eyes of Tang Gaozu, and only became an idle position of Guangluqing, and his heart was extremely dissatisfied. Tang Gaozu sent him to recruit the old department,

Halfway through, he called him back, which caused his pent-up dissatisfaction to explode, and he finally made up his mind to oppose Tang.

Tang Gaozu obviously expected this move, Tang generals Shi Wanbao and Sheng Yanshi were killers, blocking the road and ending Li Mi and Wang Bodang and others, eliminating the threats and hidden dangers in Tang Gaozu's eyes, and when Li Tao knew, it was too late.

Li Tao collected and buried Li Mi's body, and the three armies buried Li Mi in Liyang Mountain, in order to make the old feelings.

His actions not only did not arouse the disgust of Li Yuan and Li Shimin, but made the emperor's father and son value Li Tao more and like Li Tao more.

In October of the second year of Wude (619 AD), Dou Jiande's army broke through Liyang. Huai'an King Li Shentong, Wei Zheng, and Li Tao's father Li Gai were all prisoners of Dou Jiande, and Li Tao had already broken through on horseback. Seeing that his father was in the hands of an enemy, he couldn't bear to give up.

ran back and surrendered to Dou Jiande, and was appointed by Dou Jiande as the general of Zuo Xiaocai, still guarding Liyang. But Li Tao turned his heart to the Tang Dynasty, and finally returned to the Tang Dynasty in the first month of the third year of Wude (620 AD).

At this time, his father Li Gai was still a hostage in the hands of Dou Jiande, and someone persuaded Dou Jiande to kill Li Gai to vent his anger, Dou Jiande said angrily, "Xu Shiqian was originally a general of the Tang Dynasty and was captured by me. But he didn't forget the court, he was a loyal minister and a righteous man, this kind of person, why should I kill his father", and sent someone to send Li Gai back to the Tang Dynasty.

When Liu Heimin raised his army for the second time, Li Yuan sent Li Daoxuan to lead the army to crusade, with Shi Wanbao as his deputy general, and fought with Liu Heimin in Xiabo (now Shenxian County, Hebei). Li Daoxuan led the elite light cavalry to assault Liu Heimin, and agreed that Shi Wanbao would lead the army to march later.

Shi Wanbao was a famous general of the Sui Dynasty. The qualifications are very old, and he doesn't take Li Daoxuan in his eyes, thinking that although Li Daoxuan is the nominal chief general, in fact, he is just making a name for himself under the support of the veteran. The real command decisions are still in their own hands.

Shi Wanbao believed that Li Daoxuan's rapid march would make the soldiers tired. In the end, it will be difficult and fail.

His plan was to stay put. Sacrifice Li Daoxuan, after Li Daoxuan's death. Liu Heimin must wave his troops lightly, so that the main force of the Tang army can form a formation to meet the attack and wait for work.

After Li Daoxuan's forward troops were wiped out by Liu Heimin, the Tang army lost all their fighting spirit, so they were defeated, and only Shi Wanbao fled back alone. Li Daoxuan was sacrificed in vain. He was the highest-ranking general to die in the founding war of the Tang Dynasty.

Shi Wanbao despised Li Daoxuan, and it is understandable that he made his own claims. Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian once sent his second son Yang Guang to lead Han to capture Hu, He Ruobi pacified Nan Chen, Oda Nobunaga once sent his eldest son Oda Nobutada as the general to attack Takeda Katsuyori, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi also sent his adopted son,

The famous large straw bag Toyotomi Hideji conquered Kishu and Shikoku. Let the heir put on a name, and with the help of veterans to build prestige, this is the choice of many people in power. Most of the real decision-makers in the fight are still veterans.

It's a pity that Shi Wanbao shouldn't sacrifice Li Daoxuan. Especially when he met Liu Heimin, a military genius, not to mention sacrificing a Li Daoxuan, even if he himself was sacrificed, I am afraid that Liu Heimin could not be fooled.

As the main general, Li Daoxuan did not honestly sit in the Chinese army, and took the lead in the front, which was also the foundation of defeat.

The main general should be like Shingen Takeda in the movie "Shadow Samurai": "The mountain is not moving!" Li Daoxuan was obviously influenced by Li Shimin.

Li Shimin likes to take the lead in rushing into the enemy formation. After Li Daoxuan's death, Li Shimin sadly blamed himself and said: "Since the beginning of the army, Daoxuan has often followed me to fight. Whenever he saw me behind enemy lines, he was able to defeat the enemy in the end, and he always envied me, so he would follow suit. It's a pity to die at such a young age! "Lee Daoxuan was only nineteen years old when he died in battle.

Since then, Li Tao has no problems that he can't overcome, and he has shown his skills in the east and west. He followed Li Shimin to pacify Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, Liu Heimin, and Xu Yuanlang one after another, and cooperated with Li Xiaogong and Li Jing to pacify the auxiliary princess, with great military achievements and fame.

In the middle, Wang Shichong's general Shan Xiongxin was his former righteous brother, who once swore to live and die together, and in the battlefield tearing up, Shan Xiongxin moved forward bravely, almost taking the life of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, so that after Wang Shichong surrendered, Li Shimin insisted on executing Shan Xiongxin.

Li Tao cried and pleaded with Li Shimin, willing to exchange his family wealth and title for Shan Xiongxin's life, but Li Shimin sternly refused.

Li Xianzhong could not have both, so he said goodbye to Shan Xiongxin in prison. Shan Xiongxin complained, Li Tao was speechless, he pulled out a knife and cut off a piece of meat on his thigh for Shan Xiongxin to eat, suing him,

"I will not forget my previous vow, and from now on your son will be my son, and your family will be my relatives." After Shan Xiongxin's death, Li Tao kept his promise and took care of Shan Xiongxin's wife and children for the rest of his life.

In the eighth year of Wude (625 AD), the Eastern Turkic Jieli Khan repeatedly plundered and annexed the state, which greatly annoyed Tang Gaozu, and he thought of the victorious general Li Tao, so he appointed Li Tao as the head of the march of the state.

Soon after the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor and was Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and he appointed Li Tao as the governor of Bingzhou (governing Taiyuan) to defend this land of Longxing for the imperial court.

The Turks had always regarded the Han people's territory as their granary, and they came to rob them when they lacked food and clothing, although they had already concluded a peace treaty with Li Shimin. But he never considered protecting his credibility, and he blatantly betrayed the border many times.

Li Shimin tolerated it at first. It's not that he wants to convince people with virtue, but he hasn't gathered enough strength yet. Once the time is ripe, the Tang army will attack with an iron fist, and the disaster of the Eastern Turks will be looming immediately.

In the third year of Zhenguan (629 AD), the Turks once again Koubian, the imperial court appointed Li Jing as the general manager of the Dingxiang Road march, and Li Tao as the general manager of the Tonghan Road march, which was a pair of gold partners to unify the army of more than 100,000.

Led the Don Army to begin a full-scale counterattack. Li Tao marched from the clouds and encountered the Turkic army at Baidao (present-day Tumut Left Banner in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia). After a complete victory, Jieli Khan tasted Li Tao's power, became cowardly, and took the initiative to send an envoy to ask Tang Taizong for peace.

Tang Taizong sent Hongluqing Tang Jian to the Turks to negotiate peace talks with the Turks, Li Tao thought that this was a rare opportunity, and hurriedly persuaded Li Jing, "Although Jieli Khan lost the first battle,

But there are still a lot of people. If he led the people into Mozhong (Mobei) and colluded with the Hui Hui, Xue Yantuo and other tribes, it would be very difficult to destroy them. Now Tang Jian is negotiating with the Turks,

Jieli's defense of the Tang army was inevitably relaxed. At this time, the Tang army attacked with thunder and caught him off guard, and the Eastern Turks would inevitably surrender without a fight." Li Jing also had this idea in his heart, and the two hit it off.

"What you said is exactly Han Xin's strategy to destroy Tian Heng." Li Jing led the army to set off late at night. Li Tao also led his subordinates to do a good job of ambushing, and the Tang army laid a net of heaven and earth, just waiting for Jieli Khan to throw himself into the net.

Jieli Khan's tent was attacked, and he fled for his life in panic, he wanted to flee to the moraine, and Li Tao was waiting for his arrival at the moraine. The Tang army in front was like a mountain, and the pursuers in the back were clenched, and the Turkic chief had no choice but to lead the tribesmen to surrender to Li Tao, who easily obtained 50,000 prisoners.

Although Jieli Khan escaped for a while, he could not escape the control of the Tang army, and was finally captured by Li Daozong, and was ceremoniously captured by the Tang army.

At this time, Li Tao's father also died, according to the etiquette system, he had to go home to guard filial piety for his father, and mourn for three years in a broken shed that could not shelter from the wind and rain, but in the early Tang Dynasty, where was this outstanding general missing in the southern and northern wars, Tang Taizong's edict, Li Tao "took the mourning and returned to the official". Li Tao has been in Bingzhou for 16 years, knowing people and being good at work,

recommended a lot of talents to the imperial court, among them, Zhang Wenqian to Tang Gaozong to achieve the position of prime minister, Tang Taizong praised Li Tao in the state of the political achievements, "Emperor Yang of Sui does not know how to appoint good generals to guard the border,

I only know that I used the common people to overhaul the Great Wall, and now I have appointed Li Tao to guard and annex the state, and the Turks do not dare to go south and herd horses, which is not better than building the Great Wall a hundred times." In 641 A.D., Li Tao was promoted to the secretary of the military department and was crowned the Duke of England.

Before he arrived in Chang'an to take up his post, the Mobei Xue Yantuo Zhenzhu Khan gathered Tongluo, Huifu and other tribes, led 200,000 troops, and went straight to the border of the Tang Dynasty.

Xue Yantuo attacked the Eastern * Turkic tribes that had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and the Eastern * Turkic tribes could not resist it, and frequently appealed to the Tang Dynasty. Of course, Tang Taizong will not sit idly by,

He appointed Li Tao as the head of the Shuozhou Road march, commanding 60,000 troops, guarding Yufang and facing Xue Yantuo. In December of this year, Dadushe, the son of Xue Yantuo Khan, led tens of thousands of cavalry straight to the Great Wall.

Just collided head-on with Li Tao's Tang army, and Dadu saw that the Tang army was strong and invulnerable, so he was frightened and quickly led his troops to flee north. Of course, Li Tao will not give his opponent a chance to breathe,

He selected 6,000 elite cavalry, traveled day and night, and caught up with Xue Yantuo's army in Qingshan. The cavalry of the Tang army held a lance,

Dismounted and charged, unstoppable, Xue Yantuo's army collapsed on the whole line, was beheaded by the Tang army 3,000, captured 50,000, Dadu set desperately escaped, but encountered a snowstorm in Mobei, and people and animals froze to death.

When the good news came, Tang Taizong proudly told Xue Yantuo's envoys, "Li Shiyun has only dispatched thousands of cavalry, you are already so wolf, go back to tell your khan, don't be delusional to go against the Tang Dynasty."

After Li Tao returned to the court, he suddenly became seriously ill, and the prescription prescribed by the doctor stated that he needed someone else's beard to make a medicine introduction.

Li Tao was so moved that he kowtowed and bleed when he entered the court to thank him, and Tang Taizong told him, "I did this completely for the sake of Sheji, and I don't need to thank me."

After Li Tao served as the crown prince Zhan, Tang Taizong confided in him at a banquet, "I want to entrust the young prince, there is no more suitable person than you after consideration, you can not forget Li Mi in the past, how can you do something sorry for me now", Li Tao replied with tears

, biting out blood from his fingers. Later, Li Tao was drunk and unconscious, and Tang Taizong was afraid that he would catch a cold, so he took off his imperial clothes and draped them on his body.

In the eighteenth year of Zhenguan (644 AD), Tang Taizong's heroic eyes turned to Goryeo again, and he wanted to conquer Goryeo in person to fulfill his long-standing wish to conquer Goryeo.

Li Tao was appointed as the general commander of the march of Liaodong Road, commanding 60,000 troops and marching towards Liaodong. The mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings, and the fate of the Goryeo Kingdom has reached a precarious juncture.

Li Tao set out from Liucheng (present-day Chaoyang, Liaoning), crossed Liaoshui (present-day Liaohe), and arrived at Xuansu (present-day Tielingnan, Liaoning), where the Goryeo closed the city gates.

Embattled. Li Tao led his army to capture Gaimu City (now Fushun, Liaoning), Liaodong City (now Liaoyang, Liaoning) and Baiyan City (now southeast of Liaoyang).

Among them, the battle situation in Liaodong City was particularly fierce. The siege equipment of the Tang army has a powerful stone throwing vehicle,

The stone-throwing carts lined up in a row, and the stones smashed like hail into the positions of the Goryeo people, who used the war towers made of wood to resist, but it was tantamount to mantis arms blocking the cars. The Tang army attacked the enemy again with a giant crash,

The fortifications of the Koreans were all crooked. To add insult to injury, at this time, the south wind blew again, and Li Tao led people to set fire to the wind, and the fire took advantage of the wind to spread rapidly, burning many Korean soldiers alive.

In the battle of Liaodong City, Goryeo lost tens of thousands of people, Li Tao commanded well, calmly and calmly, so that the Goryeo people were frightened and lost their fighting spirit, and the Baiyan City behind surrendered under the condition that they were invincible.

The Tang army withdrew because of the cold weather and lack of grain and grass, but this expedition was very fruitful.

Ten cities, including Xuansu, Hengshan, Gaimu, Momi, Liaodong, Baiyan, Beisha, Maigu, Yinshan, and Houhuang, were included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang army beheaded 40,000 people and captured more than 70,000 households in Goryeo.

It lost only 2,000 people. The Koreans were moved to the hinterland of the Central Plains in large numbers and began a bloody and tearful career of forced assimilation.

In the twentieth year of Zhenguan (646 AD), there was a civil strife in Xue Yantuo in Mobei, Zhenzhu Khan died violently, and his son was enthroned as Duomi Khan.

So the people of the country proclaimed the nephew of the Khan of Zhenzhu, Tama Zhi, as the Khan of Itri. Li Tao was ordered to attack and defeated Xue Yantuo's army at Yudujun Mountain (present-day Hangai Mountain, Mongolia).

He sent men to summon him to surrender him, but he hesitated and did not respond immediately. Li Tao no longer spoke politely to Xue Yantuo, and drove straight in,

After the defeat of the enemy, the Tang army beheaded 5,000 people and captured more than 30,000 people. Twenty-three years of Zhenguan,

Tang Taizong Li Shimin died, Li Tao's position became more important, and Tang Taizong was still testing the minister's loyalty before he died. (To be continued......)