Chapter 398: The Great War Is About to Begin (16)

On the battlefield, the one who is now leading the troops is the prince Li Mingyue.

There are many people in Datang who can lead troops, and Li Mingyue is one of them, although he is a prince, he is also very good at leading troops. Datang has never lacked such people, and since ancient times, they have been very powerful in leading troops to fight.

The Tang Dynasty was a powerful dynasty that played an important role throughout its historical development. The DPRK was strong in military force, and many famous generals appeared, who helped the ruler maintain social order, and were welcomed by the people of the time. Without these heroes, without their heroic struggle on the battlefield, there might not be the glory of this dynasty.

They have their own characteristics, and some people have ranked them, and the fourth place is Xue Rengui, and the first place is not disputed.

We have great admiration for his legendary story. But he is at the bottom of the ranking of generals, which is already very powerful. Xue Rengui's family conditions were also good before, but with the early death of his father, the conditions of the family in all aspects deteriorated.

When he was a teenager, he still lived in poverty as a peasant, with a low social status, and worked in the fields every day. Xue Rengui is a person who values love and righteousness, and he finally saved some money and built the cemetery of his ancestors.

I usually like to practice some martial arts, and I have always had the idea of joining the army, wanting to change my fate one day and become a general. His wife was a virtuous man, who was always around him to encourage him and often inquire about the fact that he was actively involved in the army. But they understand that they must have the right time to be able to gain something, so Xue Rengui has been working practice, and he also has his own unique views on leading troops to fight.

During the period of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, we all know that Li Shimin attached great importance to talents, especially for generals. During the reign of Taizong, the initial establishment of political power, the country was often chaotic and needed to be pacified. At this time, Tang Taizong personally led the army, prepared to conquer Liaodong, began to recruit soldiers to participate in the war, and also recruited generals, capable people to lead the army. This is a very good opportunity for the lower classes of people to change their identity.

Xue Rengui joined the army at this time, at first he was only a small soldier, but later showed outstanding talent in the army, and his official position was gradually promoted. During the Taizong period, there were many heroic deeds about him. It provided many practical methods for the rulers to resolve very difficult contradictions, subjugated Goguryeo, implemented more humane measures there, and gained the trust of the ethnic minorities

Defeated the Turks and brought advanced production technology to the local area. It can be said that at that time, Tang Taizong was honored as the Heavenly Khan, and to a large extent, he relied on the strong general Xue Rengui. During the reign of Gaozong, many ethnic minorities began to be chaotic, and they were not satisfied with the benefits given by the Tang Dynasty, and Xue Rengui sent three arrows to make the Goguryeo leaders very frightened, and once again defeated the invaders. At that time, the Khitan tribe in Montenegro was very savage and harmed the people on our border, and as soon as Xue Rengui appeared, he quickly tamed them by means of a joint attack. His bravery and ability to set up formations were praised by the rulers, and he also put in great efforts.

From a commoner to a general who everyone knows later, his gorgeous transformation is inseparable from his bravery and perseverance. Xue Rengui was over 70 years old, and when he finally died, the whole country mourned, and now he is also admired by future generations, which can be said to be famous through the ages.

Su Dingfang. Su Dingfang lived in the army with his father as a teenager and gradually began to lead troops to fight, showing outstanding leadership skills from an early age. Moreover, there is still a saying in the army that Su Dingfang is infinitely powerful and courageous, and even some veterans are inferior to him in many aspects. After his father's death, he became independent in charge of the army, which he led was powerful in the last years of the Sui dynasty. Later, after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Su Dingfang's troops were returned to the country, and he refused the high position at that time, but fought step by step from an ordinary general, and finally achieved the position of a general. After Su Dingfang pacified Tibet, he died of illness due to hard work, and died at the time of seventy-six.

Li Jing. Li Jing is a very special military strategist, who has been involved in both civil and military aspects. When he was young, he liked to read some military books for research, and he had a high level of cultivation in literature and theory, and later joined the army, and after being an officer, he applied the knowledge he learned to the battlefield, broke through Tuguhun, subdued the Turks, and pacified Xiao Milling at that time in the south, which can be regarded as a great supporter of the Li Tang Dynasty. After Li Jing was old, he wrote down his many years of experience on the battlefield, and also wrote a lot about army training and soldiers' fighting skills, which gave great reference to later people. It's a pity that due to too much time, many of the military books he learned are now missing.

Wen Zao, an official in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, was a capable official and a brave and knowledgeable general, who made great contributions to stabilizing the rule of the Tang Dynasty and maintaining the unity of the Tang Empire. After Wen Zao can be described as a famous family, his ancestor Wen Daya was a famous thinker and historian in the early Tang Dynasty, and once started an incident in Taiyuan with his younger brother Wen Yanbo and Li Yuan. Li Yuan sighed and said, I was able to cause trouble because of your two brothers.

By the time of Wenzao, it was already the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the feudal towns were divided, and the country was in turmoil. Wen Zao is a scholar, but he is quite strategic. At that time, Fan Yang Jiedu made Liu Ji loyal to the imperial court, but the imperial court did not dare to send an envoy, for fear that Liu Ji would change halfway. At this time, the minister Zhang Jianfeng recommended Wen Zao to Tang Dezong, and Wen Zao was also gladly ordered to go to Fanyang, but Liu Ji was moved in a few words. Liu Ji immediately expressed his allegiance to the imperial court with tears in his eyes. For this reason, Tang Dezong specially summoned Wen Zao separately and entrusted him with an important task.

By the time of Tang Xianzong, there was a rebellion in Biansai, and the imperial court recruited troops everywhere, and as a result, a new rebellion occurred in the process of recruiting soldiers. At that time, 5,000 soldiers were recruited in the Nanliang area and went to the border pass to quell the rebellion. The Tang Dynasty was very troubled by this: if it sent troops, all the soldiers would be sent to the front line, and it would be too conniving; if it was appeased, it would be too indulgent. When he was in a hurry, Wen Zao, who was Ren Jing Zhaoyin at that time, volunteered to go. Tang Xianzong asked him how many troops he needed, and Wen Zao said: Just send me there, "Don't ask for an inch of soldiers."

Wen Zao arrived in Nanliang, and the rebels were relieved to see that he didn't have many soldiers on hand. In order to make them more relaxed, Wen Zao proposed that everyone have a polo game to relax the atmosphere. At that time, the spirit of the Southern Liang soldiers was highly nervous, and all of them did not leave their weapons, and "those who entered and exited did not give up their weapons and staffs". Wen Zao also proposed that when watching the ball game, everyone would not need to hold weapons in their hands. He tied long ropes to the corridor, and hung all his weapons and bows and arrows on them when everyone gathered to eat. Wen Zao said: "You see, I don't give your weapons, and it's easy to hang them on a rope and pick them up.

The rebels were not suspicious, and hung their weapons on long ropes, and then sat down to eat with confidence. Just when everyone was getting drunk, Wen Zao suddenly gave an order, and the accompanying soldiers pulled up the long rope to hang their weapons, and the bows, arrows, knives and guns suddenly fell three feet off the ground.

The rebels lost their weapons and were drunk, and they were already nervous, and they panicked all of a sudden, and were calmed down by Wen Zao in one fell swoop. From then on, the Nanliang region did not dare to rebel. By relaxing the opponent's vigilance, Wen Zao made it easy for him to lay down his weapons and ambush them while he was unprepared, which could be regarded as an attempt to capture them.

Gao Xianzhi was a great general during the Tang Dynasty and was a native of Goguryeo. He followed his father to the Tang Dynasty, where he became a general and was rewarded by Tang Xuanzong.

According to legend, General Gao Xianzhi was a man of great beauty, and his martial arts were very good, especially his riding and archery kung fu. Generally speaking, could this kind of person be a barbarian who only has force but no brains? Many people will ask this question again, this general is not only good at kung fu, but also became a general at the age of 19, fighting bravely and using good strategies. Alas, who said that there were no generals to resist An Lushan's rebels in the Anshi Rebellion of the Tang Dynasty, Gao Xianzhi won many battles.

It has made important contributions to the unification of the Tang Dynasty. He was undefeated in his life and could be called the most perfect general of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Jing was the nephew of the famous Sui Dynasty general Han Baohu, who played an important role in the Sui Dynasty's battle to destroy Nanchen. As Han Baohu's nephew, Li Jing also has outstanding military talents. Since he was a child, he loved to study military books and was famous far and wide. After Tang Gaozu Li Yuan entered Chang'an, Li Jing began to work for the Tang Dynasty.

Li Jing accompanied Li Xiaogong to the south of the Yangtze River, and he gave full play to his military talents in the battle against Xiao Miao, and the Tang army was overwhelmed under his command and quickly wiped out Xiao Miao's forces. If Li Shimin is a hero of the Tang Dynasty who pacified the south, then Li Jing can also be regarded as a great hero of the pacification of the north. Because of this contribution, Li Shimin also attaches great importance to Li Jing.

Li Jing's real achievements were completed during the Zhenguan period. After Tang Taizong succeeded to the throne, the Tang Dynasty was constantly invaded by the northern Turks, in order to eliminate this fierce enemy, Li Shimin took Li Jing as the commander and led the army to attack. The Tang army, under the leadership of Li Jing, fought for thousands of miles.

Li Jing personally led more than 3,000 elite Tang troops to raid Dingxiang, and the Turkic Jieli Khan was terrified, and the Turkic army was suddenly defeated. Later, Jieli was captured by the Tang army on the way to escape, and Li Jing also became famous for his destruction of the Turks.

After the elimination of the Turks, Li Jing returned to Chang'an, because of his outstanding military achievements, Li Shimin was directly promoted to the right servant of Shangshu, Li Jing became the prime minister, and won the trust of Li Shimin.

Li Jing's third battle to destroy the country was to deal with Tuyuhun. Tuyuhun was a small country in the northwest during the Zhenguan period, which had violated the borders of the Tang Dynasty for a long time and posed a great threat to the northwest border of the Tang Dynasty. In order to eliminate this hidden danger, Tang Taizong decided to destroy Tuyuhun. And this time it was the famous Li Jing who led the troops to fight.

In the eighth year of Zhenguan, Li Jing led the main force of the Tang army deep into Ganning, at that time, the Fuyun Khan of Tuyuhun was very arrogant, in order to delay the attack of the Tang army, Fuyun Khan deliberately avoided its edge. Fu Yun knew the courage of the Tang Army, so he had no intention of confronting the Tang Army head-on. He used the tactics of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness to delay the progress of the Tang army and burned all the weeds. Without weeds, the Tang army's war horses fell into a state of starvation. Faced with this situation, Li Jing decided to surprise Tuyuhun. He divided the Tang army into two routes, one led by Hou Junji and the other led by himself, and they carried less than ten days of dry food and crossed the entire Jishi Mountain.

Just when Fuyun Khan was still complacent, Li Jing and Hou Junji suddenly killed, and Tuyuhun soldiers and horses suddenly fell into chaos. After this blow, Tuyuhun was completely wiped out, and the invincible Fuyun Khan also died of grief because of this battle.

Starting from Xiao Milling, who destroyed the Southern Liang, Li Jing personally commanded the battle of the Three Kingdoms. Whether it was dealing with the Turks or pacifying Tuyuhun, Li Jing gave full play to his military talents. It was also because of this exploit that he was so courteous to Li Shimin.

In the process of Li Jing's campaign, he was also good at discovering talents, and the famous generals Li Tao and Zhang Baoxiang in the early Tang Dynasty were recommended to Li Shimin by him.

The god of war of the Tang Empire and one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion finally died of illness in Chang'an at the age of seventy-nine. After his death, Li Shimin specially built his tomb into the shape of Jishi Mountain, in order to commend his merits in destroying Tuyuhun. After his death, Taizong gave him the title of Situ, and he was graced for eternity.

Gao Xianzhi's father is called Gao Sheji, and I don't know who took this name, in short, he followed his father to the Tang Dynasty when he was a teenager. Some people may ask if Goguryeo is the ancient period of Korea? Koreans believe that the period of the existence of the three states of Goguryeo, Jinheung, and Baekje is the period of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. In other words, they believe that Ko Seon-ji is Korean, and he is also quite famous in Korean history.

His father came to the Tang Dynasty to realize his ambitions, and he soon made great achievements, and Gao Xianzhi was also named a guerrilla general. When he was twenty years old, he was made a general, and his father's official rank was the same. At first, Gao Xianzhi's talent was not discovered, and later Fumeng Lingcha served as the envoy of the festival, reused Gao Xianzhi, and promoted him all the time, so that he soon became the deputy capital of Anxi and the envoy of the four towns.

After Feng Changqing, a subordinate of Fumeng Lingjing, met Gao Xianzhi, he heard about Gao Xianzhi's various deeds, and he felt that Gao Xianzhi would be extraordinary in the future, so he wrote a letter of recommendation to recommend himself.

But Feng Changqing is a bit abstract and not good-looking, Gao Xianzhi doesn't like to look at Feng Changqing like this every day, so he rejected Feng Changqing. Indeed, it is a fact that Feng Changqing's image is not good, and many people will say, why does Gao Xianzhi judge people by his appearance? Feng Changqing's image is that he has a thin figure, his feet are a little lame, and his eyes are slanted.

After Feng Changqing got Gao Xianzhi's refusal answer, it didn't take long for him to write a letter of recommendation for the second time to recommend himself. Gao Xianzhi said, "The number of admissions of the guards is full, why are you here again!"

Feng Changqing said angrily: "I admired you after hearing about your deeds, so no one recommended me, I came by myself, I want to serve you by your side, why do you have to refuse me? Is it because of my appearance? Think about it carefully!"

After Feng Changqing finished speaking, he left, but he went to Gao Xianzhi's door every day to squat and guard, and it was like this for several days, Gao Xianzhi was annoyed and had no choice, so he had to take him into the guard camp. Therefore, when asking others, you must be thick-skinned, if Feng Changqing is rejected once and gives up, he will not achieve his wish.

In the early years of Tianbao, the Da Xi tribes rebelled, Gao Xianzhi led the army to win the battle, and when it was time to write the good news, Feng Changqing took out what he wrote privately, Gao Xianzhi looked at it, and the wells, springs, tactics and enemy battles mentioned in the good news were listed one by one, which was exactly what he wanted to explain, so he adopted Feng Changqing's good news. Later, someone asked Gao Xianzhi who wrote the good news, and Gao Xianzhi said that it was written by Feng Changqing, thinking that he had a genius.

Since then, Feng Changqing has been cultivated by Gao Xianzhi, promoted all the way to the official product, and later became Gao Xianzhi's confidant. Every time Gao Xianzhi went out to fight, he would hand over the affairs of his position to Feng Changqing, and he trusted Feng Changqing very much.

Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing had a tacit understanding and handled things in an orderly manner. In the countless wars at home and abroad, there are many beautiful battles and many war geniuses, but in the extremely harsh environment of the Pamir Plateau, only Gao Xianzhi led the army to complete the marching task perfectly. It's a pity that in the era in which Gao Xianzhi lived, there were all kinds of historical upheavals that took place.

Tang Xuanzong listened to the words of the traitor, framed Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi for deliberate defeat, and gave away the city. Tang Xuanzong first summoned Feng Changqing, and then asked people to behead Feng Changqing.

Later, Gao Xianzhi completed the task and came back to recover his life, and was finally killed by Xuanzong. The poor general, when he met such a monarch, was all in vain with all his loyalty.

In addition, Datang has never lacked brave warriors, and it can only be said that one side of the water supports the other side.

Externally, you must be fierce in order to protect your own land.

For Datang!