The battle of Baibi, Hedong recovered, Qin Shubao's military exploits were the best, Tang Gaozu was overjoyed, sealed the Shangzhu country, rewarded 100 catties of gold, 6,000 pieces of miscellaneous colors, he sent someone to send Qin Shubao a gold bottle,

Sue sù Qin Shubao, "You have made great contributions to me by coming to me from afar, regardless of your wife and children. If my flesh is edible, I should give it to you, let alone those children.

You have to take this as an encouragement, lead your subordinates, and make new contributions to the Tang Dynasty", soon, Qin Shubao became the third commander of the right army of King Qin, and the next enemy was Wang Shichong, who Qin Shubao once served.

Wang Shichong turned out to be the guard general of Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Sui Dynasty, he poisoned Yang Dong, and in April of the second year of Wude, he called the emperor, the country name was Zheng, and Dou Jiande, who occupied most of the prefectures and counties in Hebei, also called himself the king of Xia,

In this way, in the Central Plains, Tang, Zheng, and Xia formed a three-legged trend. Wang Shichong took advantage of the Tang army's war in Hedong and captured many prefectures and counties in Henan, becoming a henchman that the Tang Dynasty urgently needed to solve.

Li Yuan adopted the strategy of first queen and then Dou, and in July of the third year of Wude (620 AD), Li Shimin led an army of 80,000 to attack Wang Shichong, and Qin Shubao acted as the vanguard in each battle.

In view of the strong defense of Luoyang City, Li Shimin decided to clear the periphery and pull out the various strongholds of Wang Shichong's army outside Luoyang City. In the first month of the fourth year of Wude (621 AD), Qu Tutong and Dou Rail encountered Wang Shichong's army when they were patrolling the camp.

Li Shimin personally led the well-trained Xuanjia team to rush to their aid, beheaded more than 6,000 Wang Shichong's troops, captured Wang Shichong's cavalry general Ge Yanzhang, and Wang Shichong fled back to Luoyang City and closed his door.

Wang Shichong was trapped in the lonely city, and the ammunition was exhausted. had to ask Dou Jiande for help, Dou Jiande is not an idle person. Of course, I understand the truth of cold lips and teeth,

He decided to unite with Wang Shichong against the Tang army. March of the fourth year of Wude (621 AD). Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, personally led more than 100,000 troops to aid Luoyang, and soon advanced to the Dongyuan area (Guangwu Mountain, northeast of Xingyang, Henan).

Li Shimin adopted the construction of Guo Xiaoke and others, continued to besiege Luoyang City with heavy troops, and personally led 3,500 elite infantry cavalry to seize the Tiger Prison (now west of Bishui Town, northwest of Xingyang, Henan) to prevent Dou Jiande's army from advancing westward. On the second day of the fifth month,

The decisive battle began, and Qin Shubao jumped on his horse with a spear, killing from the front of the enemy army to the back of the enemy army. He held the flag of the Tang Army,

Killing from the back of the enemy to the front of the enemy, among thousands of troops, galloping vertically and horizontally, unstoppable, the enemy was cowardly, the formation was in chaos, the Tang army fought with all its might, and won the final victory of the Tiger Prison Battle.

Dou Jiande was forced to accept the fate of being a prisoner. In the Battle of Tiger Prison in Tang Xia, one of the few Tang troops eliminated more than 100,000 Dou Jiande's army, which became a famous example of siege and reinforcement in history.

Wang Shichong saw that the main force of Dou Jiande's army had been defeated, and there would be no more reinforcements in Luoyang City. In desperation, he surrendered to the Tang army, and the main areas of the Central Plains fell into the control of the Tang army. The unification of the Tang Dynasty was initially successful. Qin Shubao was given 100 catties of gold and 7,000 pieces of silk, and he was awarded the title of Wing Guogong because of his merits.

Zhai Changsun followed Xue Ju at the earliest. It is the internal history of the old Xue family. After the death of Xue Ju in August of the first year of Wude, the old Tang book was written. Xue Renguo was not on good terms with his subordinates when his father was alive, and after becoming the emperor, everyone was even more afraid of him and deviated from morality.

Generally speaking, the rats on the sea ship only want to abandon the ship when they see that the ship is about to sink, but since Zhai Changsun can be appreciated by Xiao Li, and become the leader of Xiao Li's personal guard death squad alongside Qin Shubao, Cheng Biting Jin, and Wei Chi Jingde, he will naturally not be a horseman.

In September, according to the "General Guide to Governance":

"Jiayin, the governor of Qinzhou, Dou Rail, attacked Xue Renguo, which is unfavorable; Hussar general Liu Gan Zhenjingzhou, Renguo surrounded it.

The food in the city is exhausted, and the horses that are killed are divided into soldiers, and there is nothing to eat, but to boil horse bones to get juice and sawdust to eat. The number of the city falls,

President Ping Wang Shuliang went to Jingzhou, Renguo was threatened to eat all the food, and led the troops south; Yi Mao, and sent the high jaw people to pretend to surrender to the city. ”

According to the New Tang Book:

"Changpingsu Wang Shuliang, Wu Dechu, Shi Wang, Zhenjing Prefecture, Xue Rengao. The internal history of Rengao ordered Zhai's eldest grandson to surrender with the crowd.

So there was a great hunger, rice was worth thousands of dollars, Shuliang was not sympathetic, and he lost grain to make profits, and everyone was resentful. Ren Gao knows, Yang Yan eats everything,

Go, send the high-jawed people to surrender. Shuliang sent a hussar Liu to feel it, but he did not arrive in the city, and the three beacons were sent out, and the Rengao soldiers returned from the noise of the southern plains, and the battle was a hundred miles of fine rivers, and they felt that they were thieves. Shu Liang was afraid, and he learned that he was out of the Jin Lao Army, and entrusted it to the eldest grandson, Naikean. ”

It can be seen from this that first, Zhai Changsun did not surrender in a hurry when he saw that Xue Renguo's general trend was gone, this move proves that he has both vision and integrity, and he has a fight with Qin Shubao and Cheng Biting Jin in front of the battle, presumably the other three will not be ashamed to be together.

2. The records of the New Tang Dynasty show that although this general is a rare brave general, he is not a brave man without brains, but on the contrary, he is quite a person with political talents.

In November, Xiao Li defeated Zong Luohu at Shallow Water Plain, followed by a forced landing on Xue Renguo. Both the "Zizhi Tongjian" and the "Old Tang Book" mention that "the people of the world have been reduced to death,

The Renguo brothers, Zong Luohu, Zhai Changsun and other generals shot and hunted with them, and there was no doubt. The thieves are afraid of the grace of the throne, and they are willing to die. ”

Xiao Li let the Renguo brothers and Zong Luohu lead the old department, which was nothing more than to show his tolerance, trust and lack of suspicion. However, there may be two reasons for the appointment of Zhai Changsun:

One is that Zhai Changsun does have prestige in the Western Qin army, enough to be on a par with Zong Luohu, a general who is quite trusted by Xue Ju's father and son, and there is also a possibility that Xiao Li has a lot of trust in Zhai Changsun, a descending general (judging from later events,

This possibility is greater, but Zhai Changsun is also classified as a "thief", which is not commensurate with his status at the time).

In April of the third year of Wude, the "King Kong" who attacked Hedong escaped with discouragement, and Taizong chased him to Jiezhou.

King Kong arrayed, seven miles from north to south, to resist the officers and troops. Taizong sent the general managers Li Shiji, Cheng Yanjin, and Qin Shubao to the north, and Zhai Changsun and Qin Wutong to the south.

The armies fought small, but they were taken advantage of by thieves. Taizong led the elite cavalry to attack it, and after rushing into its formation, the thieves were defeated and chased for dozens of miles. ”

This is "Qin Wang Shimin pursued and sought the phase in Luzhou, broke it, took advantage of the victory to chase the north, traveled more than 200 miles in a day and night, and fought dozens of battles." ”

"Chase King Kong in the Valley of the Sparrow, eight battles a day. They were all broken, and tens of thousands of people were captured. "The people of the world did not eat for two days. If you don't dismantle the armor for three days, the army will stop having a sheep.

The people and the soldiers ate it separately. After that, the tired and hungry light cavalry faced a big battle of Song Jingang who "still had 20,000 people", not to mention, those who could withstand this test and not die were the elites of one in a thousand, and it was likely that this would be the main lineup of the Xuanjia Army in the future.

In January of the fourth year of Wude, in order to defeat Wang Shichong, "King Qin Shimin selected more than 1,000 elite horsemen, all dressed in armor, divided into left and right teams. Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, Wei Chi Jingde, and Zhai Changsun were divided.

In every battle, the people of the world were taken as the vanguard by the Xuanjia Shuai, taking the opportunity to attack, and everything was destroyed, and the enemy was afraid of it. "Back then, it was really just a "cool" word.

The strange thing is that Zhai Changsun disappeared without a trace in the history books (maybe there is too little information even later?). It seems a bit too much to kill one of the leaders of such a famous army without giving an explanation.

It is more likely that he died relatively early and died of illness (because whether it was a death or a rebellion, it is worth mentioning, and there is nothing unpleasant). But I don't know the truth. Wait for the high finger to be straightened.

In July of the fourth year of Tang Gaozu Wude, Dou Jiande was killed in Chang'an, and his old department Gao Yaxian and others jointly promoted Liu Heimin as the leader and raised troops against the Tang Dynasty. Within half a year, the hometown of Dou Jiande was restored, occupying most of the counties of Hebei and some areas of Henan.

He also had an affair with the Turkic wolf Bèi and was supported by the Turkic Jieli Khan. For a while, the momentum was astonishing, and Yan zhòng threatened the Tang Dynasty's rule in Hebei. December. Li Shimin was ordered to go on the expedition, and Qin Shubao, the ace general, was naturally indispensable by his side.

In February of the fifth year of Wude (622 AD), Qin Shubao met Liu Heimin's department in Lieren (now northeast of Feixiang, Hebei), and set up a special honor, in March, Liu Heimin's grain and grass were exhausted, and the grain road was cut off by Li Shimin, and he had to fight to the death with the Tang army.

Liu Heimin's 20,000 cavalry crossed the river (now southeast of Quzhou, Hebei), and the Tang army launched a desperate struggle, the battle lasted from noon to dusk, the Tang army was like a rainbow, Liu Heimin's army desperately resisted, and the Tang army decided to open the water

, Suddenly the turbid waves were monstrous, Liu Heimin's army finally collapsed, and was beheaded by the Tang army more than 10,000 levels, thousands of people drowned in the water, Liu Heimin fled in a hurry with two hundred cavalry,

Later, he couldn't avoid the fate of being betrayed and beheaded for public display. The fallen states and counties were recovered, and Qin Shubao was rewarded again, and tens of millions of gold silks were given before and after.

In the battle to follow Li Shimin, whenever the enemy's generals provoked in front of the battle, Li Shimin always asked Qin Shubao to take them, Qin Shubao jumped away with a spear, "Among the thousands of people who will be stabbed, people and horses will be easy",

can be called a hero and a 10,000-strong enemy, Li Shimin attaches more importance to Qin Shubao, and Qin Shubao is also quite conceited.

Li Shimin won the battle and conquered the battle, and made great contributions in the unification war of Li and Tang, which made the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji very jealous, Li Jiancheng felt that his status as the crown prince was threatened by Yanzhòng, and tried every possible way to get rid of Li Shimin.

The Turks invaded the Central Plains, and Li Yuanji replaced Li Shimin as the commander, and he asked for the transfer of elite soldiers such as Wei Chi Jingde and Qin Shubao to his account.

I want to wait for Li Shimin to become the commander of the light pole before inflicting harm. The shape is urgent, and the soldiers of the Qin Wangfu unanimously asked Li Shimin to take action immediately and strike first, and Qin Shubao also stood firmly on Li Shimin's side,

Willing to live and die with him. On June 4, the ninth year of Wude, the Xuanwumen Incident broke out, and Qin Shubao followed Li Shimin to kill the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji, and helped Li Shimin seize the position of crown prince.

Soon, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan abdicated as Emperor Taishang, Li Shimin ascended the throne as Tang Taizong, and Qin Shubao supported Dai and became Li Shimin's first meritorious minister. Qin Shubao worshiped General Zuo Wuwei and had to seal 700 households. Since then, Qin Shubao has not led the troops to go out again, and he has been sick for many years.

His body was very weak, and he once said to others, "I have been a handsome man since I was a teenager, and I have experienced more than 200 battles, large and small, and I have been seriously wounded many times.

How can you not get sick", Zhenguan 12 years (638 AD), Qin Shubao died of illness, posthumously presented to the governor of Xuzhou, buried in Zhaoling, carved stone people and stone horses in front of the tomb, in order to highlight its outstanding military exploits and superhuman martial arts, Zhenguan 13 years (639 AD), Tang Taizong changed the title of Qin Shubao to Hu 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, and Qin Shubao, who had died for many years, was also among them, becoming the heroes of the Tang Dynasty who will forever go down in history.

War horses, spears, fierce and brave men, blood-stained battlefields, Qin Shubao's image is full of men's blood, full of masculinity that swallows mountains and rivers,

He is like a deafening voice, let the people reflect on our nation's long-lost spirit and dreams, in him, we see the incomparable self-confidence of the Tang people, in him, we see the pride of the Tang people,

Wisdom, faith, benevolence, bravery, strictness, he has everything, it is he who focuses on the iron-blooded Tang Dynasty that we yearn for infinitely, heroes come out in large numbers, compete for the world, and the legend of heroes has been stirring in our hearts for a long time.

General Jin Jiawei Chi Jingde

The story of "three whips for two maces" is familiar to the folk, three whips refer to Yu Chi Jingde, two whips refer to Qin Shubao, compared with history, only to find that Yu Chi Jingde's weapon is not a whip, but a horse lance, the lance is a spear with a length of more than one zhang and eight feet, and Qin Shubao's weapon is not a mace.

Rather, it was an overweight spear, which had been displayed in the hall of the Tang Empire for a long time. The tombstone of Wei Chi Jingde was unearthed in Yanxia New Village, Yanxia Township, Liquan County, Shaanxi Province in 1971.

In 1975, it was put into the Zhaoling Museum, and the epitaph was written by the notorious Xu Jingzong, and the history was carefully examined, and it turned out that Xu Jingzong's son was married to the granddaughter of Yu Chi Jingde, and Yu Chi Jingde still had a bit of a kinship relationship.

The inscription has a total of 41 lines, each line is 87 words, included in the "Wenyuan Yinghua", the inscription reviews the life of Wei Chi Jingde, which makes people suffocate, makes people respect, and makes people sigh.

According to historical records, Tang Taizong Li Shimin's palace was haunted, the Tang Emperor was restless, and often had nightmares at midnight.

Qin Shubao and Wei Chi Jingde Rong dressed up, guarding both sides of the palace gate all night, Tang Taizong was really able to sit back and relax, but long-term labor of the two generals to guard the door, the emperor couldn't bear it, so he asked the painter to paint the heroic image of the two generals on the palace gate, spread to the people, and gradually evolved into the left and right door gods in adult paintings,

The white-faced general is Qin Shubao, the black-faced general is Wei Chi Jingde, and there are more and more legends attached to Yu Chi Jingde.

Wei Chi Jingde, the name Gong, the word Jingde, Shuozhou Shanyang (now Shuozhou, Shanxi) people, born in the Northern Zhou Jing Emperor Dading five years (AD 585), died in Tang Gaozong Xianqing three years (AD 658), he served as Li Shimin's personal guard commander for a long time, charging into battle, brave and brilliant,

repeatedly rode the savior alone among thousands of troops and horses, composing the most legendary scene of the unification war of the early Tang Dynasty, but at the beginning, he was not only not Li Shimin's henchman, but an opponent who met Li Shimin on the battlefield. (To be continued......)