Chapter 157 Wei Guogong Li Jing
"The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is obvious to all, and Li Jing's three-year extermination of the Turks is also my main battle achievement this time, of course, as a "god of war", this is just one of the achievements! ”
"Li Jingzi pharmacist, a native of Sanyuan in Yongzhou, was born in the Guanlong aristocracy, and is the same as Li Yuan in Longxi, but he has long been estranged."
"At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, he later saw through the darkness of the Sui, switched to the Tang Dynasty, and was recruited into the shogunate by Li Shimin.
Those of us who came after us used the title of "God of War" can see that this person's ability is not only in war, but also in command and use of soldiers. ”
"In the third year of Wude, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, cleared Wang Shichong, Xiao Milling of the Southern Liang Dynasty tried to attack Xiazhou in the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan sent Li Jing to lead troops to block, in the war, Li Jing led 800 soldiers to attack his camp, broke the barbarians, and then laid an ambush in a dangerous place, killed Zhao Ze in a battle, captured more than 5,000 people, and made the first great achievement in his life."
"There are many merits, the most important of which is the Turkic one."
"The Han Dynasty fought the Xiongnu, the Tang Dynasty fought the Turks, some people may think that the Han Dynasty fought the Xiongnu for ten years, and Li Jing fought the Turks in only three years, it's too simple, it's definitely not as powerful as the Xiongnu, and it's indeed a bit different, but I don't think there's much difference!"
"The Xiongnu and the Turks are two very similar powerful nomadic peoples in different periods in the history of our country, the Xiongnu are stronger than the Qin and Han dynasties, and the Turks flourished in the Sui and Tang dynasties, they control the Western Regions and obstruct the Silk Road, both of which have posed a huge threat to the Central Plains Dynasty."
When explaining Wei Zifu, he talked about the "strongest dowry", that is, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing led the army to fight fiercely with the Huns for decades, although they won the victory, but they damaged a large number of soldiers, and there was only a lot of treasury left, and the two fought against the Huns for ten years, and they also lost a lot of military and resources, but Li Jing actually only used it for three years, and there was not much loss! ”
In fact, the strength of the two nations and the land area are quite different, and the only difference is "cohesion", which is unity to put it bluntly.
"Except for an enemy in the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu basically can't afford to make big waves, for example, the Dayue clan once called the Xiongnu, and as a result, the king's head was made into a wine cup, as for other small countries in the Western Regions, they are basically playing soy sauce, and the Turks are different, in addition to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Turks also have to face strong enemies such as Tubo and Hui."
"All countries come to the dynasty, there are many alliances of the Tang Dynasty, and the Hui is the alliance of the Tang Dynasty, which has contributed a lot in the process of destroying the Turks."
"From the beginning of the unification of the Xiongnu by Mao Dunshan to the defeat of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu basically had no civil strife during this period of time, and they were very united."
"The reason why there was a great chaos in the later period of the Five Kingdoms and the struggle for the throne was also because the Han Dynasty was beaten to Mobei and could not survive, and then some of the Huns joined the Han Dynasty, and some of them ran to Europe and became the whip of God, tossing the Europeans half to death."
"Looking back, let's look at the Turks, so to speak, in terms of unity and cohesion, the Turks directly defeated the Xiongnu."
In 581 AD, the Turkic Great Khan Sha Bolu directly set up three khans in order to "live a stable life". ”
"Originally, Sha Bo Luo wanted to make them stable, but who would have thought that it would not be long before the Datou Khan and the Apo Khan joined forces against Sha Bo Liu, and a three-year war broke out between the two, and finally the Turkic Khanate split into the Eastern and Western Turks in 583. In the decade that followed, not only were the Eastern and Western Turks at war, but also their own tribes with different surnames rebelled."
"Through these, the Xiongnu are indeed stronger than the Turks, but the difference between the Xiongnu and the Turks is thousands of years, and the productivity and civilization of the Turks will definitely be higher than that of the Xiongnu, and there are some military tools that will increase the victory and defeat rate on the battlefield, which cannot be specifically calculated, so I say that the difference is not too much."
"On the eve of the unification of the Tang Dynasty, the world was very chaotic, the Eastern Turks were strong and very rampant, Li Jing was good at commanding with troops, and he was also one of the heroes of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin trusted him very much, and ordered Li Jing to lead 100,000 troops to the East Turks to fight to the death."
"This war is extremely unfair in essence, Li Jing led 100,000 troops to meet the 300,000 Eastern Turkic army, such a huge disparity, the result can be imagined."
"However, under the guidance of Li Jing, the tide of the battle was completely reversed."
"With his many years of war strategy, Li Jing knew that if he faced it head-on, the number of troops would naturally suffer, so he changed his tactics and divided it into cavalry and infantry to attack together, encircling and suppressing the Eastern Turks on all sides, thus winning the war."
The victory of the Eastern Turks not only made the Tang Dynasty win the first victory in foreign conquests, but also made Li Jing win the praise of "using soldiers like gods". ”
However, Li Jing was later called the "God of War", and he not only won an irreversible victory in the war against the Eastern Turks, but also made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty's war to regain the surrounding powers. ”
In the war with Tuyuhun, Li Jing used a counter-strategy to sneak attack grain and grass, and annihilated all the opposing troops. In these two wars, Li Jing's strategic guidance can be described as superb, and his military skills attracted many people to learn. ”
"In the twenty-third year of Zhenguan, Li Jing died of illness at the age of seventy-nine. The book was given to Situ and the governor of the state, and he was given the title of 'Jingwu' and buried in Zhaoling. ”
"Li Jing's experience in administering the army and fighting further enriched the military thinking and theory of the country of planting flowers, and he is the author of many military books such as "Li Jing's Mirror of the Sixth Army", but unfortunately it has been lost."
"His death was only due to his own illness, which is much better than the first two who were killed for too much merit, he not only used soldiers to fight in this aspect, but also culturally it can be said that he is full of peach and plum all over the world, and the younger generations of disciples are innumerable, and the generals will enter and enter the prime minister for the country."
"In the end, he can not be suspicious of the monarch, he will be favored all his life, and he will start and finish well, Li Jing has achieved meritorious service, morality, and speech in his life, and at the same time, he has a perfect life as an ancient general without regrets, which is enough to make the vast majority of famous generals in history unattainable."
Han Xin: It's a pity that Ben Jiang didn't meet a good emperor!
Bai Qi: Alas! Brother, we're pitiful!
Yue Fei: ......
Xiaozhuang: There are a lot of people who die because of merit, but they don't know it!
Zhu Di: That's it! The generals have an idea.
Zhou Yafu: I think I am in this list?
He Shen: The Buddha said: Don't say! Unspeakable!
Liu Bowen: Prime Minister Zhou, I have a strong premonition!
Cao Cao: What does that mean, don't you still say it?
Zhou Yafu: Old! I have done my best all my life, and this fate has long taken root in my heart!