There was an anecdote in the history books that the general Hei Tooth Changzhi went out to fight, and someone encouraged a man surnamed Zhang to go out with the army, "Your official position is humble, why don't you follow the general to make a military achievement?" ”

The man surnamed Zhang was quite humorous, and his answer was, "I'd rather drink with my red lips, who can chase you from black teeth?" There are also people who interpret the Black Tooth Tsunezhi as "black teeth and slender limbs", which belongs to the family of Wangwen Shengyi, the Black Tooth clan, from Baekje (present-day southwestern Korean Peninsula).

Baekje was founded in the 1st century A.D. and died in the 7th century A.D., when the Korean Peninsula was dominated by Baekje, Silla, and Goguryeo, and the king of Baekje at that time was called Buyeo Yoshiji.

The Black Tooth clan belonged to the Goryeo clan, and the Black Tooth Changzhi was "more than seven feet long, brave and strategic", and served as a general in Baekje (Baekje official name) and a county general, which was equivalent to the official position of the assassin in the Tang Dynasty. There is a cloud in "The Great Wilderness East Classic", "Emperor Jun gave birth to black teeth, surnamed Jiang", and the black teeth are the same clan of Jiang Taigong.

Until the Ming Dynasty, it was popular in Japan where the country of the Black Tooth in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" was located to dye his teeth black as a way to show off his aristocratic status, and it is unknown whether the Black Tooth Changzhi had this habit.

Converting the Tang ruler to today's length, the height of Hei Ya Changzhi is more than 2.1 meters, and the contemporaneous Lou Shide is eight feet long, that is, 2.4 meters tall, which is enough to confirm the employment standard of "healthy and good-looking" at that time.

When Pei Xingjian, an important minister of the court, is proficient in physiognomy, he likes to promote generals with heavy looks and plump chins, because such a man can't die lightly in the battle array, and the black tooth Changzhi belongs to the person with a heavy fate.

An anecdote in "The Ruling and Opposition Days" also confirms this statement. When the Black Tooth Changzhi commanded the Heyuan army, the city was heavily defended, but three vicious wolves suddenly appeared, circling around the official house, and had the intention of entering the house and having fun with others.

The sergeant shot the wolf. Blacktooth Changzhi felt that this was a bad omen, and ordered the wolf corpse to be thrown away from the city. He handed the emperor a recital against the chieftain of the party, and was able to find another position.

The imperial court appointed Li Jinxing to replace Heizhi Changzhi. This unlucky guy has just been in office for more than ten days, and he has died in vain, which shows that the person with a hard life is so angry that he has to give up three points even to black and white impermanence.

Baekje in the seventh century formed a united front with Japan and Goguryeo, and Silla had the support of the Tang Dynasty behind it. Yonghui years. Silla Lianlian to the Tang Dynasty urgent, begging to send troops to help, in Baekje, Goguryeo, Jin Ya joint attack, Silla lost 33 cities in a row, for the glory and responsibility of the Heavenly Khan, Hyeongyeong five years, the Tang Dynasty sent troops, with the cooperation of the Silla army, conquered the city, and soon destroyed Baekje. As a branch of the Buyeo clan, Hei Tooth Changzhi surrendered to the Tang army without much resistance at first.

The commander of the Tang army, Su Dingfang, imprisoned the king of Baekje, Fuyu Yici, and the crown prince Fuyu Long, and presented them as living treasures to Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty. After the victory, the Tang army was not strict in military discipline and wantonly looted, and many local strong men died because of resistance.

As the Hei Ya Changzhi of the Baekje royal family, he decided to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, and together with more than a dozen chiefs, he gathered at Ren Cunshan (now Jeonju West, South Korea), built a fence, and prepared to deal with the Tang army for a long time. In just over 10 days, more than 30,000 people gathered. Become a force to be reckoned with. Su Dingfang led the troops to attack, and Heizhi Changzhi organized a death squad to defend the hill.

The Tang army was defeated by the rabble, and even let the opponent take advantage of the victory to pursue. After recovering more than 200 cities in his country, Su Dingfang experienced a hundred battles, and he couldn't take advantage of it.

In the first year of Longshuo (661 AD), the heroic Liu Renliang entered the field, and in 663, he commanded the first naval battle between China and Japan, the Battle of Baijiangkou. There is such a record in the history books, Liu Renliang heard the news of Japan's reinforcement of Baekje, and said proudly, "It is God who wants to enrich me, an old man."

The Tang army was in full swing and did not move. At that time, the Tang Dynasty had 7,000 sailors and 170 warships, and the Japanese had more than 10,000 sailors and more than 1,000 warships. On the mouth of the Baijiang River, the Tang army gave up vacant seats, and the Japanese fleet attacked forward, and the Tang army fleet took advantage of the tall and sturdy ships of its own ships, sandwiched the Japanese ships in the middle of one left and one right, so that there was no room for maneuver, and then set fire to the wind and burned the company camp.

"400 ships were burned, the smoke and flames scorched the sky, and the sea was red", the Japanese general Pakichi Tian Laijin was killed, the Baekje princes Buyeo Tadasheng and Buyeo Tadashi surrendered, and the remnants of the Japanese naval division also surrendered. This large-scale naval battle deeply shook Japan, and the Japanese learned from the pain and implemented the Daika Reform.

Sent batch after batch of envoys and students to study Tang culture in an all-round way, fully absorb the Han civilization, whether it is the Tang Dynasty's rules and regulations, or the Tang Dynasty's clothing and clothing, all copied home, Japan's civilization has leapt forward for a thousand years, until today, as a developed country in the world,

The twelve single clothes worn by the Japanese when holding the ceremony are imitations of the court dress of the late Tang Dynasty, which is graceful and luxurious, and has a good demeanor, and is called "Han Guanyi" by the world.

After the Battle of Baijiangkou, intimidated by the might of the Tang Dynasty, coupled with Liu Renliang's strict management of the army, the autumn did not commit any crimes, the black tooth Changzhi surrendered to the Tang army again, and Baekje was pacified again, and only Ren Cuncheng, which was controlled by Chi Shouxin, still fought against the Tang Dynasty. Liu Renliang asked Hei Zhi Changzhi to lead the troops to attack Chi Shouxin,

Met with strong opposition from Sun Renshi, the head of the march of Xiongjin Road, he believed that the rebellion of Heizhi Changzhi and others would make people's hearts unpredictable, and if they were given food and weapons, "they would be soldiers." Liu Renliang has a good impression of Heizhi Changzhi, he said, "Heizhi Changzhi is loyal, courageous, resourceful, and trustworthy

, I haven't met the Lord before, and the trust is not a person, but now is a good opportunity for him to make meritorious service and atone for his sins, and he will no longer have two hearts for the Tang Dynasty." Heizhi Changzhi lived up to Liu Renliang's trust, and soon laid down Ren Cuncheng, and Chi Shouxin abandoned his family and children and fled to Goguryeo.

Hei Tooth Changzhi became the left leader of the Tang Dynasty, and opened a new page in his life as a general of the Tang Army.

"Tubo, eight thousand miles west of Chang'an, is also the land of the Han Dynasty and the West Qiang. Its species is unknown, or Yunnan is cool and bald, and after the deer is lonely", "the strong and the old, the mother worships the son, and the son is the father", another difficult nomad plagued the Tang Empire. Fifteen years of Zhenguan,

Tang Taizong married Princess Wencheng to Tubo Zanpu Songtsan Gampo, Songtsan Gampo personally welcomed Wencheng in Heyuan, "both sighed at the beauty of the costumes and etiquette of the great country, and looked down with shame", he said, "My father and ancestors have no precedent for intermarriage with the kingdom, today I can marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty,

It's really a blessing for three lives. I will build a castle for Princess Wencheng to boast of future generations." This castle is the world-famous Potala Palace in Tibet today. The Tang Dynasty's policy of harmony temporarily curbed the wolf ambitions of Tubo Zampu,

However, the way of life of the nomads could not be changed because of this, and after the death of Songtsen Gampo, as the country of his nephew, Tibet and the Tang Dynasty. In order to expand their spheres of influence and territories, they launched a bitter and protracted war.

In the third year of the Shangyuan Dynasty, Tubo invaded Shan, Kuo and other prefectures, and Tang Gaozong ordered Shangshu to shoot Liu Renliang's Zhentaohe army to resist Tubo. In the second year of Yifeng (677 AD). The Tang Empire issued the "Edict of Raising Warriors", and selected warriors with strong physiques and skilled bows and horses to serve in the army in the national audition.

It reflects the social atmosphere of advocating military merit in the Tang Dynasty, and is very different from the popular concept of "good men should not be soldiers, and good iron is not nailed" in later generations, and the concept at that time was precisely "good men should be soldiers".

In the third year of Yifeng, Tang Gaozong appointed Zhongshu Ling Li Jingxuan as the governor of Shanzhou, replacing Liu Renliang's position as the chief of the Taohe Road march. Li Jingxuan did not study military affairs, and Liu Renliang wanted to recommend him to take office, mainly because he wanted to make him embarrassed and then lose his official position. Of course, Li Jingxuan knows how many pounds and taels he has,

I wanted to resign, but Tang Gaozong refused to approve it. In the third year of Yifeng (678 AD), Tubo invaded the border, Li Jingxuan led the troops to fight, and Liu Xianli, the general of the Left Guard, was the Sima of the Taohe Road march

to command the vanguard. Shi Li Xiaoyi, the governor of Yizhou, and Wang Fengyi, the governor of Shanzhou, mobilized the soldiers and horses of Jiannan Province and Shannan Province to cooperate with the actions of the Taohe Army, and 180,000 Tang troops marched to the front line of Qinghai (now Qinghai Lake).

The commander of the Tibetan side was the famous general Ka Qinling, who led 400,000 Tubo troops to defeat the famous Tang general Xue Rengui. This. The Kaqin Tomb lured the enemy deeper, and Liu Xianli's vanguard troops advanced alone and fell into the siege of the Tubo army. Coach Li Jingxuan is a literati leading the troops, and he is terrified.

Unexpectedly, they were lost and could not be saved, and the vanguard troops who obeyed Liu Xianli were all wiped out. Liu Xianli was captured by the Tibetan army. The main force of the Tang army retreated to Chengfengling in Kuozhou (now Qianhuzhuang southwest of Xining, Qinghai).

Using the mud ditch to form a formation, the Tubo army occupied a favorable terrain, coupled with an absolute superiority of troops, and would launch a fierce attack at any time. At this critical juncture, Hei Tooth Changzhi stood up, taking advantage of the dark moon and high wind,

Led 500 elite soldiers into the Tubo military camp, the Tubo army did not take precautions, and suddenly fell into chaos, the Tang army killed more than 300 people, the Tubo generals set up a hurry to flee, and the main force of the Tang army finally turned the danger into a disaster.

He was able to return to Shanzhou (now Ledu, Qinghai), and Heizhi Changzhi was promoted to General Zuo Wuwei and deputy envoy of the Heyuan Army because of his merits, and Li Jingxuan was demoted to Hengzhou because of his fear of the enemy's cowardice.

In the second year of Tiaolu (680 AD), the Kaqin Mausoleum, which held real power in Tibet, once again provoked a war and attacked Heyuan (now Xining, Qinghai), but was repelled by the troops led by Heizhi Changzhi, who was promoted to the ambassador of the Heyuan military strategy, and he began to implement his long-brewing plan.

Heyuan is the Tang Dynasty and Tubo must fight for the key point, long-term sending troops to guard the cost is very huge, he set up more than 70 beacons in this place, more than 5,000 hectares of tuntian, the annual harvest can reach more than 500 million stones,

The supply of military rations for the Heyuan Army was completely guaranteed. The Tubo people saw it from afar, and they also came to the border tuntian, preparing to compete with the Tang army for a long time. In the first year of Kaiyao (681 AD), the black tooth Changzhi attacked the Tibetan army.

Destroying the tuntian of Kazan Po's 30,000 troops in Liangfeichuan (now Qapcha River, Qinghai), 10,000 Tang army elite cavalry launched a surprise attack at night, and soon beheaded 2,000 people, captured tens of thousands of sheep and horses, Kazan Po fled alone, and the Tang army burned down the granary of the Tubo people, giving the Tubo army a strong wall and clearing the wilderness.

Heizhi Changzhi led the Heyuan Army for seven years before and after, greatly consolidating the border defense of Helong, and the Anxi Protector Fang Yi also operated well in the Western Regions, and Tubo had no opportunity to take advantage of these two directions, "deeply afraid", and only had the ability to break through to Jiannan (now Chengdu, Sichuan).

In the first year of Hongdao (683 AD), Tang Gaozong died of illness, and during the lifetime of Tang Gaozong, he and the two monarchs and ministers of Heizhi Changzhi finally started and finished well, which was not unrelated to the style of Heizhi Changzhi. Once, when the horse on which Blacktooth was riding was wounded by a soldier who faced the punishment of caning, Blacktooth Tsuneyuki pardoned the soldier, and his opinion was,

"How can you destroy private horses and kill officers and soldiers?" In peacetime, the golden silk of the imperial court rewarded him with all the money to his soldiers, and he did not leave anything for himself, so he has always had a good reputation in the army, and the soldiers are happy to serve.

Heiya Changzhi's son Heiya Jun later became the Zhonglang general of the Tang Dynasty, and he can't fail to mention his father's Yu Yin.

Within a few months of Li Xian's accession to the throne as Tang Zhongzong, he was deposed by his mother Wu Zetian as the king of Luling, and the whole family was exiled to Fangzhou. Li Dan was established as Tang Ruizong,

But all the power of the government fell into the hands of Wu Zetian, which caused the strong dissatisfaction of the Li royal family and the important ministers of the previous dynasty, and in September of the first year of Guangzhai (684 AD), the British Duke Li Jingye raised troops in Yangzhou to crusade against Wu Zetian,

intends to support the restoration of King Luling, "The words are still in my ears, how can I forget my loyalty?" A cup of soil is not dry, and the six-foot lonely He Tuo", "Seeking Wu's Tree" spread all over the country and won the hearts of the people, but Wu Zetian has the country's lethal weapon in his hand, and Black Tooth Changzhi is one of them.

In October of the first year of Guangzhai, Li Xiaoyi, the son of Li Shentong, served as the general manager of the Yangzhou Road March, led 300,000 troops, encircled and suppressed Li Jingye, in November of the first year of the Guangzhai, Hei Zhi Changzhi was appointed as the general manager of the Jiangnan Road March, and reinforced Li Xiaoyi, who was unfavorable to the division, in the month of November, put down Li Jingye's rebellion, and in the desperate escape, Li Jingye was killed by his generals. What followed was the liquidation of the "pro-Li faction",

Cheng Wuting and Wang Fangyi, who had great achievements, were poisoned by Wu Zetian, although the country calmed down, the frontier was in crisis because of the lack of famous generals.

In the second year of the Tang Dynasty (686 AD), the Later Turkic Ashina Gu Dulu Khan committed a border, and the Black Tooth Changzhi led the troops to attack. Traveling to the Liangjing area, he encountered more than 3,000 Turks. The enemy saw the Tang army coming, hurriedly dismounted and put on armor, ready to fight, the eyes of the black tooth Chang saw that the opportunity could not be missed, led 200 cavalry to rush over, the enemy was in a hurry, quickly abandoned the armor and fled.

In the evening, a large group of Turkic soldiers and horses arrived, ready for a decisive battle with the Tang army. Seeing that the Turkic forces had an absolute advantage, the Tang army was not suitable for hard fighting, and decided to deal with the enemy with suspicious tactics. At night, the Tang army cut down trees and lit fires everywhere in the camp, causing a scene of beacon fires, and then a fire broke out in the southeast, and the Turks thought that thousands of troops and horses were coming, and they trembled with fright, and quickly fled in the night. (To be continued.) )