In the second year of Wude (619 AD), Wang Shichong worshiped Cheng Zhijie as a general, and Qin Shubao as a general of Long Xiang, and asked them to lead troops to fight against the Tang army.

Cheng Zhijie, Qin Shubao and dozens of people pretended to attack the Tang army's camp, and after riding a horse and running for more than a hundred steps,

dismounted and saluted Wang Shichong together, "We have received your special courtesy, and we want to repay you, but you are too suspicious to tolerate people.

We don't want to be with you, say goodbye, there will be a period later", Cheng Zhijie and Qin Shubao have always been brave, and Wang Shichong has no one in the army, so he can only watch a group of dozens of people defect to the Tang camp.

After returning to the Tang Dynasty, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan sent them to the command of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and Cheng Zhijie and the young King of Qin hit it off at first sight.

Li Shimin has long heard the names of Cheng Zhijie and Qin Shubao, and attaches great importance to them, Cheng Zhijie served as the commander of the left three armies of the Qin Palace, and Qin Shubao became the commander of the Ma Army.

Li Shimin personally selected thousands of elite cavalry, led by Cheng Zhijie, Qin Shubao and others, wearing all black clothes and black armor, forming the "Xuanjia Team", which must be the vanguard of the Tang Army in every battle.

Li Shimin himself was also dressed in black and black, charging into battle with the Xuanjia team, and the Xuanjia team was invincible, and soon became famous, becoming the sharpest sword of the Tang Dynasty to sweep away the various separatist forces.

Tang Pei Xingyan fought with Wang Chong, galloped to the enemy first, was hit by a stray arrow, and fell to the ground. Cheng Zhijie rescued him, killed several people, and was invincible.

Zhijie is to hold the line, ride back and return, chase for the full ride, and stab the lance hole. Zhijie turned back, folded his lance, and those who captured it were exempted from it.

During the Tang Dynasty, Pei Xingyan fought with Wang Chong. Pei Xingyan rode into the enemy formation first, was shot by an enemy arrow, fell to the ground, and Cheng Zhijie went to save him. After killing many enemies, Wang Shichong's army broke and fled. Cheng Zhijie hugged Pei Xingyan, and when the two came back on a horse, they were chased by Wang Shichong's cavalry.

A lance (weapon) pierced Cheng Zhijie, and when he turned around, he broke the lance and killed the man, and he and Pei Xingyan were both exempted from the disaster of killing.

Li Mi rarely goes to the battlefield in person, and Cheng Zhijie and Qin Shubao, as hussar generals of the internal army, do not have too many opportunities to shine. Later they joined the camp of the Don Army,

Li Shimin always took the lead in the rain of arrows, and Cheng Zhijie, as the commander of the pro-guard team, was brave and good at fighting to get the most Cheng Dù. Cheng Zhijie followed Li Shimin to sweep away Song Jingang, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong and other heroes in troubled times, and served as the commander of the Left First Horse Army.

History records in detail an example of the Xuanjia team's defeat of the enemy, in the fourth year of Wude (621 AD), the Tang army and Wang Shichong's army held each other on the periphery of Luoyang. Qu Tutong and Dou Rail encountered Wang Shichong's troops on the way to patrol the camp.

In the face of the opponent's superior forces, the Tang army was in danger, Li Shimin learned the news, and personally led the Xuanjia team to ask for help.

The cavalry general Ge Yanzhang was captured by the Tang army. Wang Shichong's army lost more than 6,000 people, and Wang Shichong himself fled back to Luoyang, defending the city, and did not dare to fight face-to-face with the Xuanjia team.

Until finally became a prisoner of the Tang Army. The Tang army leveled the separatist forces from all walks of life and unified the whole country in the seventh year of Wude (624 AD), Li Shimin's prestige was in full swing, and he gathered a large number of strategists and generals.

Yan Zhan Ng threatened Li Jiancheng's position as crown prince, and Li Jiancheng formed a sworn alliance with Li Yuanji, the king of Qi. Frequently poisoned Li Shimin and his men. Cheng Zhijie was transferred to Connecticut for the history of the assassination, Wei Chi Jingde was even imprisoned and suffered.

Ban Dang knew the loyal ministers, Cheng Zhijie insisted on staying by Li Shimin's side, he told Li Shimin, "His Royal Highness's arm has been removed today, and his body will not be long, I risked death to stay, please find a way to protect yourself, please find a way to protect yourself",

At this time, Cheng Zhijie had no record of taking office in other places, which shows that he has been staying in the palace of King Qin, and in the most difficult time for Li Shimin, he never gave up, fully supported, and expressed his consistent loyalty.

Li Shimin has made friends with so many loyal subordinates, it can be said that his life has not been in vain, and it has become a natural thing for him to work together and achieve great causes.

In June of the ninth year of Wude, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji finally couldn't wait to get down, they poisoned the wine, and after Li Shimin drank the wine, the toxicity attacked.

vomited a few liters of blood and almost lost his life. At this time, when the Turks entered the Kou, Li Yuanji became the commander of the army, and dispatched all the elite soldiers and fierce generals of the Qin Wangfu to listen to orders under his account. Li Shimin finally realized that

If he didn't do it again, his own and his subordinates' lives were in danger, so he decided to preemptively ambush Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji at Xuanwu Gate, and cut off the heads of the two brothers. According to the record on Cheng Zhijie's epitaph,

Cheng Zhijie participated in the whole process of the Xuanwumen mutiny, and was the first contributor to Li Shimin's throne on the emperor's throne. During the Zhenguan period, he successively served as the governor of Luzhou (now Luzhou City, Sichuan).

The general of the left leading army, was awarded the history of Puzhou Assassin, and was renamed Lu Guogong. In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan (643 AD), Tang Taizong put the portraits of twenty-four heroes into the Lingyan Pavilion, and the portraits were life-size.

Cheng Zhijie ranked 19th and became a famous hero of the Tang Dynasty in history. It was also in this year that Cheng Zhijie was transferred to the general of Zuotunwei, inspected the garrison at the north gate of the school, and added the general of the town army, from beginning to end, he was a close confidant of Tang Taizong.

After the death of Tang Taizong, Tang Gaozong still let Cheng Zhijie be a high-ranking official, but the relationship between the monarch and the minister has not reached the point of trust.

Most of the generals of the Zhenguan Dynasty were old and had undergone the purges during the Yonghui period, and there were only a handful of commander-level figures available in the hands of Tang Gaozong. In the sixth year of Tang Gaozong Yonghui (655 AD), Cheng Zhijie was awarded the position of the chief of the march of the Green Mountain Road.

Led the right guard general Su Dingfang, Yizhou assassin Su Haizheng and others to crusade against the Western Turkic Shabaluo Khan, this time, Wang Wendu, the right guard general who had attacked Beisha City at night, was appointed by Tang Gaozong as the deputy governor.

In the first month of the first year of Xianqing (656 AD), the hunting army banner marched to the Western Turks, and Tang Gaozong personally went to Xuanwumen to feed the army, hoping that Cheng Zhijie could succeed in one fell swoop.

On the way west, Cheng Zhijie worked tirelessly and led the army to travel for seven months before he found the whereabouts of Ashina Helu. On the ninth day of the eighth month, the Tang army encountered the Western Turkic Qarluq and Chuyue in Yumu Valley (now Huocheng, Xinjiang).

More than 1,000 levels of decapitation. Tens of thousands of camels, horses, cattle and sheep were captured. Subsequently, the Tang army took advantage of the victory and advanced, broke the Western Turkic Turkish cavalry, and captured the city of Yucheng (now Bortala, Xinjiang).

Achieved the brilliant result of beheading 30,000 levels. In December, the Tang army led by Su Haizheng marched to Yingsuo River (now the upper reaches of the Kaihe River in Yanqidu, Xinjiang), and encountered 20,000 elite cavalry of Ashina Helu.

The two sides launched a fierce battle in the dark, and the Tang army was brave and tenacious. The Turkic army did not fall behind, and the battle situation fell into a stalemate, and the 20,000 cavalry of the Western Turkic tribe Ratnishi joined the battle group.

The Western Turkic soldiers and horses gradually gained an advantage on the battlefield, and the Tang army was outnumbered and gradually unable to support it.

Su Dingfang led 500 cavalry to the scene and launched a thunderous attack on the weak point of the enemy formation, and the Tang army was full of strength. The Turkic army was in chaos and desperately fled,

The Tang army pursued and killed more than 20 miles all the way, beheaded 1,500 ranks, captured 2,000 war horses, and the armor battles discarded by the Turks were all over the mountains and fields, which were invincible.

Although the Tang army won the first battle of Yingsuchuan, it also suffered a lot of losses, and Wang Wendu, the deputy general manager, used this as a reason. Challenged Cheng Zhijie, thinking that the Tang army was advancing lightly and was disadvantageous to the army, so he carried out a holy decree from Tang Gaozong. To deprive Cheng Zhijie of his command,

Replaced by himself, Cheng Zhijie obviously thought that this holy decree was genuine, so the Tang army stopped the pursuit. Su Dingfang expressed doubts about the authenticity of the holy decree, and he asked Cheng Zhijie to imprison Wang Wendu.

Let Tang Gaozong confirm this holy decree. The truth of this decree has been debated in history. But judging from the existing historical data, after Wang Wendu returned to China, he was charged with overbearing by Tang Gaozong.

Obviously, he carried the black pot for Tang Gaozong, and it was a capital crime according to Tang law, and Wang Wendu only got a punishment of "special removal", that is, he was dismissed for three years, and then he became an official in the future.

As soon as the three-year period expired, Tang Gaozong appointed him as the first governor of Xiongjin, which shows that Wang Wendu was a close confidant of Tang Gaozong, and it should be expected that a secret decree was issued to his cronies to monitor Cheng Zhijie's actions. This holy decree made the Tang army's actions obey Wang Wendu's will from now on.

It had a very bad effect. The Tang army formed a huge phalanx, hid its baggage in the array, and the men and horses were on guard around it, and the enemy only engaged it when it came, and did not take the initiative to attack the other party in order to preserve the strength of the army.

This method of warfare soon made the Tang soldiers sleepy and lacking, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit, Su Dingfang was eager to make meritorious contributions, and he was very anxious, he repeatedly persuaded Cheng Zhijie that he would not be subject to the orders of the monarch outside, and asked Cheng Zhijie to show the bearing of the commander of the whole army.

Lead the Don army light cavalry forward. Perhaps it was Cheng Zhijie who thought that the holy will could not be violated, and did not accept Su Dingfang's proposal, so the Tang army failed to expand the results of the battle and directly smashed the Yellow Dragon.

At this time, the Tang army advanced to the city of Tandu (now southeast of Kazakhstan), and thousands of Sogdian Hu people opened the city to surrender, Wang Wendu believed, "The Hu people are capricious, they surrender when we come, and they rebel when we leave, it is better to kill them all and seize their assets".

Su Dingfang resolutely opposed, "In this way, we ourselves are a thief army, what face do we have to crusade against traitors",

Su Dingfang was only a governor of the Tang army at that time, and his opposition ultimately did not work, Wang Wendu insisted on going his own way, and Cheng Zhijie also connived at Wang Wendu's actions, and none of the Sogdian Hu people who surrendered were spared.

All died at the hands of the Tang Army. When dividing up the property of the Hu people, Su Dingfang resolutely did not want to, and drew a clear line with the generals of the Tang Army who killed and surrendered with practical actions. Cheng Zhijie obviously took his share of property,

A generation of heroes, the late festival is not guaranteed, what is even more strict is that the slaughter of the city surrendered, so that the cities of the Western Regions did not dare to exist the idea of returning, the Tang army logistics did not continue, the support was difficult, and the division had to return to the dynasty.

After returning to Chang'an, Wang Wendu was dismissed from office and became a civilian, and Cheng Zhijie also became a commoner due to improper command. After all, he is a generation of fathers, and he has made great achievements,

Tang Gaozong soon appointed Cheng Zhijie as the assassin of Qizhou (now Fengxiang, Shaanxi) and re-activated. Cheng Zhijie knew that he was old and had no intention of fighting officialdom, so he asked the court to retire, which was approved, and he has been at home for a long time since then.

In the second year of Lin De (665 AD), Cheng Zhijie died, and the imperial court posthumously presented the hussar general and the governor of Yizhou, and was buried in the Zhaoling Tomb of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. Cheng Zhijie's son Cheng Chumo, the prince of Lu Guogong,

Cheng Chuliang married Princess Qinghe, the daughter of Tang Taizong, as the son of a meritorious hero, and awarded the title of Captain of the Horse, General Zhonglang of the Left Guard, and General Cheng Chubi to General Jinwu of the Right Guard, and became a senior general of the Praetorian Guard, Cheng Boxian, the son of Cheng Chubi,

During the Kaiyuan period, he served as the general of Zuo Jinwu. The tomb of Princess Qinghe was also buried in Zhaoling, and the tombstone recorded the following words, "The grandson of Yingzhou Thorn Shi Lou, the military of Yingzhou,

Qizhou Zhujun Qizhou Thorn Shi Zhenjun General (missing) Dong'e County Founding Father", indicating the life experience of Princess Qinghe's husband Cheng Chuliang, it can be seen that the records of the old and new Tang books about marriage are true. Cheng Zhijie from the dragon in troubled times, successful contemporary,

Neither was sent home by the emperor like the founding fathers of the Song Dynasty, nor was he cut melons and vegetables by the emperor like the founding fathers of the Ming Dynasty.

The day of Pingsha is not gone; Xue Wanche

According to a report by South Korea's "Dong-A Ilbo," when the incumbent South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun met with US President George W. Bush, in order to dispel the doubts of the Americans, he made it clear that

"South Korea will not forget the hundreds of aggressions launched by China against it in history, which is an unforgettable shame for the North Koreans," South Korea depicts in a television series, and its lone hero is besieged by a strong enemy.

The shooting of Li Shimin, the heavenly khan of the Tang Dynasty, into a one-eyed dragon shows that China's conquest has become a lingering pain in the hearts of the Koreans, although it cannot hide the truth of history.

Venting grievances in fictional TV dramas has become a way for North Koreans to gain psychological balance, and among the hundreds of "aggressions" mentioned by Roh Moo-hyun, there is the Tang Dynasty famous general Xue Wanche's attack in Zhenguan for 22 years,

The enemy was tired and disturbed, and in the season of spring sowing and autumn harvest, the opponents on the Korean Peninsula were busy coping, and finally led to the final fall, and the land returned to the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

When it comes to Xue Wanche, the commander of the Tang Army, we can't fail to mention the deeds of the four brothers of the Xue family, and we can't fail to mention the stories about Xue Wanche and Princess Danyang in history.

"Princess Danyang, marry Xue Wanche. Wan Che was stupid, and the princess was ashamed not to sit with her for months. Taizong heard it, smiled, and in order to buy wine, he summoned his son-in-law and Wan Che to speak calmly, holding the sword of the gambling house, and the yang was invincible.

So he gave it. The Lord is happy, and the fate is the same return", Princess Danyang is the daughter of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, the sister of Tang Taizong Li Shimin, and Xue Wanche's marriage had problems, Tang Taizong intended to mediate the conflict between husband and wife, so he let all his brothers-in-law and brother-in-law enter the palace for a banquet, so that they could educate Xue Wanche,

In order to let Xue Wanche earn enough face in front of everyone, Tang Taizong chose Xue Wanche's strengths, played a game with Xue Wanche, and gambled on their respective swords, Tang Taizong pretended to lose to Xue Wanche,

His own treasure knife also became Xue Wanche's trophy. Princess Danyang was overjoyed to see her husband so good, and let her husband, who used to think stupid, go back with her, and the husband and wife have been harmonious and harmonious since then (to be continued). )