Driven by the desire for power and ambition, in the end, the unwilling to be lonely Fu Gong Yi still could not resist the temptation, embarked on a road of no return to raise troops against the Tang Dynasty, and in August of the sixth year of Wude (623), he was proclaimed emperor and publicly broke with the Tang Dynasty. Fu Gongyi established himself as emperor, which was a signal to the Li Tang Dynasty to declare war, saying that he wanted to sit on an equal footing with the Tang Dynasty and was ready to establish a secession regime in Jianghuai, and did not want to be a vassal of Li Tang anymore.

Obviously, Fu Gongyi's move is a typical stubbornness and goes against the trend of history. You must know that the ultimate goal of the Tang Dynasty is to dominate the world, and no one can stop it. Moreover, Shen Faxing and Li Zitong were destroyed one after another, Du Fuwei entered the dynasty, and Jianghuai was merged into the Tang Dynasty, which is a sure thing. With the meager strength of Fu Gongyi, how can he resist the army of a hundred battles of the Tang Dynasty, it is undoubtedly self-defeating and self-defeating.

Tang Gaozu Li Yuan naturally could not remain indifferent to Fu Gongyi's open rebellion against the Tang Dynasty, and decided to use military conquest to solve the Jianghuai problem and destroy Fu Gongyi, the last old enemy in the south, in one fell swoop. As a result, Tang Gaozu immediately made arrangements and quickly dispatched the army.

In the month of the year when Fu Gong Yi claimed that the emperor was self-reliant, on August 22 of the sixth year of Wude (623), Tang Gaozu Li Yuan issued an edict, and the troops were divided into four routes, with Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhao County, as the main commander, and Li Jing, Li Shixian, Huang Junhan and other famous generals as auxiliaries, and jointly led the army to crusade against Fu Gong Yi. Such a lineup of generals gathered the top founding generals of the Li Tang Dynasty, except for Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, and Liu Heimin who have this "treatment", it is estimated that they are auxiliary princesses.

It can be seen from this that this time, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan made up his mind to completely eliminate the anti-Tang forces of Fugong Yi and realize the effective management and unification of the Jianghuai region by the Tang Dynasty, so as to unify the south of the Yangtze River and drink the Yangtze River. It can be seen that Tang Ting has the chance to win this time, and I believe that he will be able to succeed immediately.

In the face of the Tang Dynasty's four-way army, Fu Gongqi did not want to sit still and let others slaughter. Of course, he knew better than anyone that with the forces in his hands, if he wanted to confront the Tang army, the chances of victory were almost slim. However, after all, Fu Gongqi is a hero in troubled times, and he has seen a lot of big scenes, so he still wants to gamble and fight with Tang Jun. Therefore, Fu Gongyi planned to strike first and take the initiative to seize the opportunity before the arrival of the Tang Army of the Fourth Route.

What does it mean to strike first? Fu Gongyi's plan, before the main force of the Tang army arrived, he led the army to attack from all sides, attack the cities and military towns controlled by the Tang army, and seize some territory as a base for fighting against the Tang army; Even if you are defeated in the end, you can retreat to the separatist side.

Soon, Fu Gong Yi began to take action. In September of the sixth year of Wude (623), Fu Gongqi sent his generals Xu Shaozong and Chen Zhengtong to lead his troops to attack Haizhou and Shouyang respectively. It didn't take long for Zhang Shan'an, a general under the command of Fu Gong Qi, to secretly use poison and kill Zhou Faming, the governor of Huangzhou in the Tang Dynasty.

As mentioned above, Fu Gongyi became the emperor, and in order to enhance his military strength, he actively looked for foreign aid. In this way, Fu Gongqi locked up a local separatist - Zhang Shan'an. So, the auxiliary prince who was called the emperor took the initiative to join forces with Zhang Shan'an, and appointed him as the Daxingtai of Southwest Road, and the two formed an alliance. Soon, this Zhang Shan'an secretly used cold arrows and killed a general of the Tang Army, Zhou Faming, the governor of Huangzhou.

In November of the sixth year of Wude (623), Zhou Faming, the governor of Huangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, led his army to attack the Fugong Qi Department. In the face of the Tang army's attack, Fu Gongqi sent his general Zhang Shan'an to resist the Tang army. So, Zhang Shan'an led his troops to Tunzha Xiakou and confronted Zhou Faming.

At that time, the Tang general Zhou Faming led the army and stationed troops in Jingkou Town, preparing to launch a counterattack. After thinking about it, Zhang Shan'an thought of a trick and planned to plan an assassination, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the Tang army to assassinate the main general Zhou Faming. Soon, Zhang Shan'an selected several assassins, asked them to disguise themselves as fishermen, take small boats, and infiltrate the Tang fleet, looking for targets and assassinating them.

At that time, Zhou Faming was drinking on the deck of the battleship, defenseless, and did not know that Zhang Shan'an would carry out an assassination. Therefore, the Tang army did not know about it. The assassin sent by Zhang Shan'an slowly approached the Tang warship and suddenly jumped onto the deck. Zhou Faming was caught off guard and was unfortunately assassinated, but the assassin fled:

Zhou Faming, the governor of Huangzhou, attacked Fu Gongyi, and Zhang Shan'an refused to do so according to Xiakou. Fa Ming Tun Jingkou Town, Ren Wu, Fa Ming Deng battleship drinking, Shan'an sent several assassins to take a fish plaice, the people who saw it did not think it was dangerous, so they killed Fa Ming and left. (Information Governance Guide)

However, the so-called one report for another. Zhang Shanan used despicable and obscene means to assassinate Zhou Faming, the general of the Tang Army. Soon, the same fate also befell Zhang Shan'an. It turned out that the Tang army appeased Li Daliang and tricked Zhang Shan'an to capture him alive and defeat his subordinates. The Tang army's defeat of Zhang Shan'an's department was a fatal blow to Fu Gong Qi, which was equivalent to breaking one of Fu Gong Qi's arms.

In December of the sixth year of Wude (623), the Tang general Li Daliang led an army to attack Hongzhou and attack Zhang Shan'an. The two sides are arrayed across the water and can shout to each other. At this time, Li Daliang began to fight a psychological war with Zhang Shan'an to disintegrate his psychological defense. Therefore, Li Daliang sent a message to Zhang Shan'an on the opposite side, asking him to recognize the situation and tell him to be good and bad. Sure enough, the heart-to-heart battle worked, and Zhang Shanan's heart began to waver.

Zhang Shan'an is not stupid, Tang Dynasty and Fu Gongyi, whose arms are thick enough and fists are hard enough, it is clear at a glance. The confrontation between Fu Gongqi and the Tang Dynasty is simply looking for death. Zhang Shan'an felt that it was better to leave a way back for himself, and there was no need to give Fu Gongyi a funeral. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Shanan responded:

Shan'an had no objection at the beginning, and was mistaken by the soldiers; I want to descend and I am afraid that it is inevitable. (Information Governance Guide)

Seeing Zhang Shan'an's response, Li Daliang felt that his goal had been achieved. The top priority is to stabilize Zhang Shan'an and let him relax his vigilance. So, Li Daliang pretended to make a promise: "If Mr. Zhang has a lower heart, he will be with me." "As long as Mr. Zhang is willing to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, from now on, we will be a family.

got Li Daliang's promise, Zhang Shan'an put his mind at ease. Subsequently, in order to dispel Zhang Shan'an's concerns, Li Daliang crossed the river alone and came to Zhang Shan'an's military camp. After seeing Zhang Shan'an's face, Li Daliang held his hand, shushed the cold and asked for warmth, showing a look of concern.

Originally, Zhang Shanan still had scruples about whether to surrender the Tang army, worried that the Tang Dynasty would settle accounts after the autumn. Now, seeing Li Daliang dare to cross the river on his own and meet with him, it shows the "sincerity" of the Tang Army. Therefore, Zhang Shanan was very happy and decided to surrender to the Tang army.

Soon, Zhang Shan'an took dozens of cavalry and went to the Tang camp with Li Daliang. When he entered the camp gate, Li Daliang asked the dozens of cavalrymen to wait outside the camp gate, and he pulled Zhang Shan'an into the camp tent, and a net was being cast at Zhang Shan'an.

After entering the camp, Li Daliang began to chat with Zhang Shan'an, gossiping and behaving very casually. However, after a long time, Zhang Shanan found that something was not quite right. Although Li Daliang was talking to himself on the surface, he did not mention the surrender. Zhang Shan'an felt more and more that the situation was not good, so he wanted to leave the Tang army camp. So, Zhang Shanan stood up and prepared to say goodbye and leave. But it was too late.

At this time, Zhang Shan'an went deep into the Tang camp, and he was already the turtle in Li Daliang's urn, how could he easily run away. Seeing that Zhang Shan'an was leaving, Li Daliang suddenly gave an order, and the Tang Army warriors who had been ambushed in advance rushed up and took Zhang Shan'an down. Dozens of cavalrymen who followed Zhang Shan'an to the Tang camp were blocked from the gate of the camp at this time, and when they learned that the situation inside had changed, they hurriedly turned around and left in fright, returning to the headquarters camp.

When they learned the news of Zhang Shan'an's capture, Zhang Shan'an's subordinates were extremely angry, thinking that the Tang army had rebelled and had clearly agreed to accept the surrender, but now they had detained General Manager Zhang for no reason. It can be seen from this that the Tang army has no sincerity. After discussion, the generals under Zhang Shan'an immediately integrated their troops and horses, all of them attacked, and pressed towards the Tang army camp step by step. In the face of Zhang Shan'an's troops' large-scale attack, Li Daliang was not in a hurry, and once again resorted to a discordant plan, sending people to tell those enemy soldiers and generals:

I don't leave a manager. The governor returned to the country with a naked heart, and said to me: "If you return to the camp, I am afraid that the soldiers may have similarities and differences, and they will be controlled by them." "Therefore, if you don't keep your ears, why are you angry with me! (Information Governance Guide)

Li Daliang deliberately fabricated a lie and told Zhang Shan'an's subordinates that I did not detain your Chief Manager Zhang, but that he sincerely attached himself to the Tang Dynasty and automatically stayed in my camp. In addition, he also told me that he was worried that after returning to the camp, the soldiers would make a disturbance, which would be unfavorable to him. Therefore, it was Zhang Shan'an who stayed in Tang Ying and didn't leave, why do you blame me! Li Daliang said a few words lightly, and threw the pot to Zhang Shan'an.

After listening to such words to sow discord, Zhang Shanan's subordinates actually believed it. Most of the troops of these local warlords were from the army, and their minds were relatively simple, and they could not verify the truth of this statement. Thinking of Zhang Shan'an's recent abnormal behavior, all the soldiers felt that Zhang Shan'an was very likely to betray everyone, and they all scolded: "Manager Zhang sold me to flatter others." ”

Since Zhang Shan'an is so inauthentic, why should the big guy continue to work hard for him. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Shan'an's subordinates scattered in an instant, scattered and fled. Seeing that the enemy army was scattered, Li Daliang thought that the opportunity was rare, and ordered the Tang army to pursue it in a big way, captured a large number of people, and defeated Zhang Shan'an's troops.

After winning the battle, Li Daliang escorted Zhang Shan'an to Chang'an and handed him over to Tang Gaozu Li Yuan. At this time, out of the desire to survive, Zhang Shan'an carried forward the "fine tradition" of clever tongues, and quibbled in front of Tang Gaozu, claiming that he "does not communicate with Fu Gong Yi" and has nothing to do with Fu Gong Yi.

It is estimated that Tang Gaozu may feel that Zhang Shanan is just a little minion, and killing him will not play much role, and it will be too valuable. Therefore, Tang Gaozu deliberately pretended to be confused and pardoned Zhang Shan'an's capital crime. But later, Tang Jun pacified Fu Gong Yi and searched for Zhang Shan'an's correspondence with Fu Gong Yi, and found that he had been in close contact with Fu Gong Yi. Therefore, Zhang Shan'an could not escape the catastrophe and was sentenced to death.

Originally, Fu Gongqi sent Zhang Shan'an to lead his troops, intending to block the Tang army's attack. Unexpectedly, Tang general Li Daliang used a little trick to trap the enemy general Zhang Shan'an and defeat his subordinates. Zhang Shan'an's defeat and capture were equivalent to cutting off one of Fu Gongyi's arms, losing a powerful boost, and dealing a heavy blow to his military strength. Fu Gongqi had just raised an army against the Tang Dynasty, and the division was unfavorable, which made the morale of the whole army extremely low.

Before the main force of the Tang army reached Jianghuai, Fu Gongqi had been fighting with the local defenders of the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, it has achieved little success, and the soldiers have been defeated. Fu Gongqi couldn't even deal with the local troops of the Tang Army, let alone the main force of the Tang Army on the four routes. Soon after, the four-way Tang army commanded by Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, rushed to the Jianghuai battlefield and quickly launched an attack on Fu Gongyi's Jianghuai army, and Fu Gongyi's bad luck came.

In the first month of the seventh year of Wude (624), Li Xiaogong led the main force of the Tang army under his department to attack Zongyang and launched an attack on the defenders of Fugongyi. At that time, stationed in Zongyang was a member of the Fu Gong Yi's general, whose name was unknown. As a result, Li Xiaogong led the Tang army and effortlessly broke through the defenders of Fugongyi here and successfully captured Zongyang. Before the battle officially began, Fu Gongqi was attacked head-on by the Tang army.

In less than a month, in February of the 7th year of Wude (624), Fugong Yi sent an army to besiege Youzhou in an attempt to recover the losses on the frontal battlefield. The army of Fu Gongqi besieged the city, and it was difficult for Youzhou to assassinate Shi Zuo as a baby city to defend against the enemy's attack. At the critical moment, the Tang Army, which had previously designed to capture Zhang Shan'an, pacified Li Daliang and led his troops to suddenly attack from the flank of the Auxiliary Gong Yi Department. It is conceivable that the enemy army in Jianghuai was defenseless and was defeated again.

The Jianghuai army was defeated, and Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, seized the opportunity to raise troops to attack Quetou Town, which was like a rainbow and conquered it in one fell swoop. Fu Gongqi suffered successive defeats, and the soldiers and horses were defeated and retreated. At the same time, the Tang army struck while the iron was hot and launched a large-scale pursuit and counteroffensive operations.

For example, on February 12 of the seventh year of Wude (624), Quan Wendan, the deputy commander of the Tang army, led the army to break the remaining troops of Fugong Qi in Youzhou and conquered the four towns of Meihui; On March 16, Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, led the Tang army to defeat Fugong Qi in Wuhu and capture the three towns of Liangshan; On March 21, the Tang general Ren Gui conquered Yangzi City, and the city lord of Guangling, Long Shrine, surrendered the city; On March 28, Li Xiaogong led troops to attack Danyang.

In just over a month, the Tang army, under the leadership of Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, went all the way down the trend, invincible, and repeatedly defeated the Jianghuai army of Fu Gongyi, attacked the fortified villages, and beheaded the generals and held the flag. The officers and men of the Tang Army were overwhelmed, and successively recovered important military towns such as Wuhu and Danyang. It can be said that most of the territory under the jurisdiction of Fu Gongqi was captured by the Tang army. In other words, there is not much territory left that Fu Gong Yi can control.

If this trend continues, it will only be a matter of time before Fu Gongyi falls. Therefore, Fu Gongqi felt that he could no longer be beaten passively like this, and planned to fight hard. Even if Fu Gongqi knew that the final outcome would undoubtedly be defeated, it would make the Tang army pay an extremely heavy price. Therefore, Fu Gongyi's plan was to make use of his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, concentrate the superior forces in his hands, attack the relatively weak place of the Tang army, and fight a decisive battle with it.

Therefore, Fu Gongqi first dispatched 30,000 sailors and stationed them in the area of Bowang Mountain, led by his generals Feng Huiliang and Chen Dangshi. At the same time, Fu Gongqi arranged another 20,000 cavalry, and ordered the generals Chen Zhengtong and Xu Shaozong to lead the army, and Chen soldiers were in Qinglin Mountain; In addition, Fu Gongqi specially ordered that the whole army's naval divisions should be deployed on the river and connected by iron cables to block the traffic on the river; In addition, the moon city was built on a large scale, stretching for more than ten miles, and a camp was set up to the west of the river. These military fortifications, joined together, were used to confront the Don army:

First of all, Fu Gongyi sent his generals Feng Huiliang and Chen Dangshi to divide the 30,000 Tun Bowang Mountain, and Chen Zhengtong and Xu Shaozong will ride 20,000 Tun Qinglin Mountain, still in Liangshan with iron locks to cut off the river road, build the Moon City, extend more than ten miles, and build a base in Jiangxi to resist the official army. (Information Governance Guide)

The main force of the 50,000 Jianghuai Army is the last family foundation in the hands of Fu Gongyi. On the surface, Fu Gongqi distributed these 50,000 troops very reasonably, and 30,000 elite sailors were arranged in the area of Bowang Mountain; The other 20,000 steps are Chen Bing Qinglin Mountain. 50,000 soldiers and horses, divided into troops to guard Bowang Mountain and Qinglin Mountain, each other is the horns, no matter where the Tang army attacks, they can support each other. Fu Gongqi attempted to use this tactic to confront the Tang army.

Soon, the Don army arrived. Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, and Li Jing, the deputy marshal, joined forces, and the two led the Tang army and arrived in Shuzhou. Immediately afterwards, the general Li Shichang also led 10,000 Tang Army infantry to cross the Huai River, conquer Shouyang, and cooperate with the actions of Li Xiaogong and Li Jing's main forces.

The three main generals of the Tang Army (Li Xiaogong, Li Jing, and Li Shixian) have all arrived, and next, they will officially start a war with Fu Gongyi. Judging from the comparison of troops alone, Fu Gongqi has an army of 50,000. As for the Tang army, the troops commanded by Li Xiaogong and Li Jing are not recorded in the history books, but they should be at least about 20,000 to 30,000, plus Li Shiyun's 10,000 infantry, the total strength should be 30,000 horses. Therefore, in terms of the number of troops, the Tang army did not have an advantage.

However, Fu Gongqi did not have any fear because he had more troops than the Tang army, but was more cautious. Fu Gongqi believes that after the previous few battles, the Jianghuai army has basically been defeated and retreated, and has not fought a decent victory, and its morale has fallen to the extreme. Therefore, at this moment, we must not rush into a decisive battle with the Tang Army, which will only lead to a worse defeat. The wisest choice at the moment is to avoid its edge.

Therefore, Feng Huiliang and others, the generals sent to the front line by Fu Gongyi, strictly ordered their subordinates not to fight and not to confront the Tang army. This point seems to be very similar to the tired enemy tactics that Li Shimin has been pursuing, sticking to the camp, consuming the opponent's vital strength, and then looking for an opportunity to defeat it in one fell swoop. Feng Huiliang took the sword sideways, planning to use Li Shimin's tactics to deal with the Tang army. It's a pity that Feng Huiliang is not Li Shimin, he didn't learn the essence of Li Shimin's tactics, and was quickly cracked by the Tang Army.

What is the focus of enemy tactics? Two words: patience. In layman's terms, no matter how provocative the other party is, we must be as steady as Mount Tai and stick to the camp. Obviously, Feng Huiliang did not have this patience, and lost the patience to fight a protracted battle with the Tang Army, revealing a huge flaw.

Li Xiaogong, the commander of the Tang Army, saw the true intentions of Feng Huiliang and others, and they did not fight, that is, they wanted to fight a war of attrition with the Tang Army and gradually drag down the Tang Army. After all, Li Xiaogong is a famous general on the battlefield and has rich experience, how can Feng Huiliang succeed easily. As a result, Li Xiaogong immediately made a move to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle and sent a surprise army of the Tang Army to cut off the grain route of the enemy army in Jianghuai and attack their logistics supply line.

Hitting the snake and hitting seven inches, Li Xiaogong's move was accurate and ruthless, and it hit the weakness of the Jianghuai army at once. An army of 50,000 certainly needs food and grass every day, and needs to eat. Cutting off the enemy's food and grass supply will surely break their fighting spirit, causing their internal military spirit to fluctuate and cause an uproar from top to bottom.

Sure enough, the grain route was cut off, and the Jianghuai army soon began to run out of food in the army. As a result, the enemy army in Jianghuai gradually became uneasy and commotioned. If this continues, even if it is not wiped out by the Tang army, it will be trapped alive and starved to death. In order to reverse this situation, the only way to do this is to take the initiative and take offense as defense.

Therefore, Feng Huiliang immediately gathered troops and horses and attacked the Tang army camp at night. At that time, the enemy army came to attack at night, and the Tang army could not help but be a little shaken. Only Li Xiaogong, who is the only commander-in-chief, is calm and calm, and he still "lies still". In Li Xiaogong's view, this is a manifestation of Feng Huiliang's poor donkey skills and helplessness, and what can be gained from some small fights. Li Xiaogong was so calm and calm that he quickly stabilized the morale of the army. Immediately, the Tang army organized a counterattack and quickly repelled Feng Huiliang's night attack.

Repelling Feng Huiliang's night attack, Li Xiaogong accurately judged that the enemy army was already in turmoil and could not hold back, and this was the perfect opportunity to launch a general attack on a large scale. As soon as he said it, Li Xiaogong immediately summoned the generals to discuss how to counterattack the enemy army. At the meeting, most of the generals of the Tang Army had the same views and suggested that the coach Li Xiaogong:

Huiliang and others have strong troops, according to the danger of land and water, the attack cannot be pulled out suddenly, it is better to point directly at Danyang and cover its lair. Danyang is defeated, and Huiliang and others surrender! (Information Governance Guide)

This suggestion of the generals of the Tang Army is very similar to when the Li family father and son marched into Guanzhong, Li Shimin suggested that his father Li Yuan bypass the impregnable Hedong County of the Sui army and take Chang'an directly, which caught the Sui army by surprise and completed its work in one battle. Therefore, the generals of the Tang Army once again proposed the same tactics.

At this military meeting, many important generals of the Tang Army unanimously agreed that tens of thousands of enemy troops were stationed in the vicinity of Bowang Mountain and Qinglin Mountain; Moreover, Feng Huiliang and other enemies will occupy a natural geographical advantage, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the Don army launched a strong attack, it would be difficult to destroy the enemy army in a short time. Instead of that, it is better to make a dangerous move, bypass the enemy in the front, and go straight to the enemy's lair, Danyang. As soon as Danyang broke, Feng Huiliang naturally surrendered without a fight.

Bypassing the frontal enemy forces of Bowang Mountain and Qinglin Mountain, and attacking Danyang directly is indeed a strange move to win in danger. Although there is a certain risk, this risk is still worth taking. Therefore, at the beginning, as the commander of the Tang Army, Li Xiaogong agreed with the generals' plan at first.

However, at this time, one person stood up and raised objections. Who? Li Jing. Li Jing is worthy of being a generation of military saints, and with his keen military vision, he saw the huge hidden dangers in this move. So, Li Jing made a suggestion to coach Li Xiaogong and offered a strategy:

Although the elite soldiers of the Gong Yi are in the second army of the water and land, and then the generals are also a lot, today Bo Wang Zhuzha can not be pulled, the Gong Yi protects the stone, how easy to take! Attacking Danyang, the moon did not fall, Huiliang waited for me, and the enemy was attacked on the back of the abdomen, and this dangerous road was also. Huiliang and Zhengtong are all thieves who have fought a hundred battles, and their hearts are not unwilling to fight, and they are making a plan to make them heavy, and they want to use their old self to teach their ears. I will attack its city today to provoke it, and it can be broken in one fell swoop! (Information Governance Guide)

Li Jing believes that although the main forces of the enemy army in Jianghuai are all concentrated in the area of Bowang Mountain and Qinglin Mountain, Danyang seems to be empty, but the troops in the hands of Fu Gongyi must be quite a lot. Now, Bowang Mountain has not been conquered for a long time, if the troops are transferred to attack Danyang, can it be easily captured? If you attack Danyang, you can't take it in October; Then, Feng Huiliang must follow behind the Tang army, and attack Fu Gongqi back and forth, and when the time comes, he will be defeated by the enemy on his back and back.

Therefore, Li Jing resolutely opposed the attack on Danyang. The top priority at the moment is to solve the enemy of Bowang Mountain. As a result, Li Jing proposed his own plan to deal with the enemy. To sum up, it is to lure the enemy army out of the city for a decisive battle, attract them to the wilderness, and then concentrate superior forces to destroy the enemy in one fell swoop.

After listening to Li Jing's statement, Li Xiaogong thought it was very reasonable, so he adopted Li Jing's suggestion and began to actively prepare to lure the enemy out of the city. Since you want to lure the enemy out of the city and go deeper, you must do enough tricks to not let the enemy see the slightest flaw and greasy.

Soon, Li Xiaogong began to do it. First of all, Li Xiaogong selected some old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers from the Tang army and asked them to pretend to be the main force and go to attack the enemy camp. As for Li Xiaogong himself, he personally led an elite army, ambushed in the shadows, and waited in formation.

According to the military order issued by Li Xiaogong, the Tang army, which was responsible for attacking the enemy's camp, deliberately deceived the defeat, and led the troops to retreat after a few rounds. Seeing that the Tang army was "defeated and retreating", the Jianghuai enemy troops stationed in the camp did not think about it, and immediately poured out of the nest and went out of the camp to pursue in a big way. Who knows, Li Xiaogong has already laid a trap waiting for them.

The Jianghuai army went out of the camp to pursue, and had just chased several miles. Suddenly, the main force of the Tang Army led by Li Xiaogong appeared in front of the Jianghuai Army like a divine soldier descending from the sky. I saw this Tang army, the army was neat and tidy, and the fighting spirit was high. Without waiting for the enemy to react, Li Xiaogong commanded the Tang army and launched a fierce attack on the Jianghuai army.

During the battle, a general flashed out of the Tang army, took off his helmet, and shouted at the Jianghuai army opposite: "You Cao doesn't know my evil? How dare you come and fight me! "This Tang Army general is none other than Du Fuwei's other adopted son and confidant - Kan Leng.

Kan Lengqi, who was as famous as Wang Xiong in the Jianghuai Army, was a new general discovered by Du Fuwei. Kan Ling is brave and good at fighting, strong in martial arts, good at using two-edged long knives, the knife is about one zhang long, named "Mo knife". It is said that every time he fights, Kan Leng's hand swings a Mo knife, and he can cut several people in a row, and no one can stop him. Therefore, Kan Ling is a well-known member of the Jianghuai Army, and only Wang Xiongdan can compare with him.

Later, due to Kan Leng's outstanding military achievements, Du Fuwei entrusted him with an important task, worshiped him as the general of the left, and restrained the auxiliary prince together with Wang Xiongdan. According to historical records, Kan Lingsu ruled the army strictly. Even if relatives and friends violate military law, Kan Ling will be severely punished and will not be tolerated:

Fu Wei according to Jianghuai, with military exploits, the left general. The soldiers are all thieves, invade each other, and kill them for crimes. (The New Tang Dynasty Book: The Biography of Kan Ling)

After that, Du Fuwei entered the court, leaving Wang Xiong to "monitor" Fu Gongyi, and he took Kan Ling to Chang'an together. After arriving in Chang'an, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan admired Kan Leng's courage very much, so he appointed him as the general of the left leading army and the governor of Yuezhou. When he learned the news that Fu Gongyi raised troops against the Tang Dynasty, Kan Ling took the initiative to ask Ying to follow the main force of the Tang army and march south together. Therefore, at this moment, Kan Ling appeared in the Tang Army.

Kan Ling appeared at the critical moment, broke off his drink, and told the Jianghuai army on the opposite side, don't you even know me, who dares to come over and fight with me! Not to mention, Kan Leng's roar immediately shocked the oncoming enemy army. You must know that most of the soldiers in the Jianghuai Army used to be Kan Leng's subordinates, and they knew that Kan Leng's strength was very good. At this time, when he saw Kan Ling himself, he immediately lost his fighting spirit, some knelt down and bowed, and some scattered and fled.

Because of Kan Leng's tremendous power, the enemy army in Jianghuai suddenly lost order, and it was already difficult to organize an effective counteroffensive. The opportunity must not be lost, the time will not come again, such a rare opportunity, how can Tang Jun let it go? At this time, it is an excellent opportunity to break the enemy army and achieve victory in the battle.

As a result, Li Xiaogong and Li Jing led the main force of the Tang army to pursue the victory, chase the dead and chase the north, and fought for more than 100 miles. Under the powerful offensive of the Tang army, the two enemy camps of Bowang Mountain and Qinglin Mountain were broken one after another. After this battle, the Jianghuai army was defeated, and Feng Huiliang, Chen Zhengtong and other enemy generals fled in embarrassment, killing and drowning more than 10,000 soldiers.

It should be said that the Tang army captured two enemy camps in Bowang Mountain and Qinglin Mountain, broke 50,000 Jianghuai troops, and basically annihilated the only most effective new force in the hands of Fu Gongyi. The enemy army of Bowang Mountain and Qinglin Mountain was broken, and the fall of Fu Gongqi was just around the corner.

After winning two great victories in Bowang Mountain and Qinglin Mountain, and breaking the main force of 50,000 Jianghuai Army, the Tang Army decided to directly destroy Fugong Qi in one go. Therefore, Li Jing personally led a large army and advanced to Danyang. faced the Tang army approaching the city, and it was a powerful character like Li Jing who led the troops. Therefore, Fu Gongyi was afraid.

At that time, although the main force of the Jianghuai Army was completely damaged, the whole army was wiped out in the two battles of Bowang Mountain and Qinglin Mountain. However, Fu Gongqi still had tens of thousands of troops at this time, and he still had the strength to fight. As long as you stick to the city, it shouldn't be a problem to keep Danyang. However, at this time, Fu Gongqi had already been frightened and had no intention of fighting. In the end, Fu Gongqi led his subordinates to abandon the city and go east, intending to meet Zuo Youxian in Huiji.

At this time, the Tang army completely grasped the initiative on the battlefield, and of course would not let go of Fu Gongqi easily. Seeing that Fu Gongqi abandoned the city and left, Li Shiyun reorganized his soldiers and horses, and chased after him. Behind him, the Tang army desperately pursued, and Fu Gongqi could only run away desperately, trying to get rid of the Tang army's pursuers.

The key problem is that Fu Gongyi has gone at this time, and his subordinates feel that following him is undoubtedly a dead end, and they leave him one after another. Therefore, Fu Gongqi fled all the way, and his subordinates kept leaving the team and scattered. When he arrived at Jurong, there were only 500 people left around Fu Gongyi, and most of them took the opportunity to run away. It can be seen that Fu Gongyi has already betrayed his relatives, and he is panicked like a lost dog, and the day is precarious.

One night, Fu Gongqi led his troops to camp in Changzhou. That night, Wu Shao, the general of Fu Gong Yi's personal guard, and others secretly conspired, intending to capture Fu Gong Yi and dedicate it to Li Tang, which could be regarded as a great achievement. Unexpectedly, the conspiracy of these generals was heard by Fu Gongyi. When Fu Gongqi heard this, he was very scared, so he ran away, and he didn't even have time to take his wife and children to escape, only took dozens of henchmen and left.

Fu Gongyi fled with dozens of henchmen in embarrassment. In the end, when Fu Gongyi and his party fled to Wukang near Huzhou, they were besieged by the local peasant forces, and Ximen Junyi (Fu Gongyi's cronies) was killed in battle, and Fu Gongyi was captured by the enemy. These peasants were armed and presented Fu Gong Yi to the Tang Army, and then Fu Gong Yi was escorted to Danyang and displayed to the public.

Immediately afterwards, the Tang army arrested the remaining party of the auxiliary public and killed them all. At this point, the last separatist force in the Jianghuai region, the Fugong Yi regime, was completely destroyed. The Tang Dynasty officially realized the unification of the Yangtze River Basin, and the Jiangnan region, known as the "land of fish and rice", was incorporated into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

In the face of the strong military strength of the Li Tang Dynasty, Fu Gongyi was defeated and was finally shown to the public. The defeat of the Fugong forces enabled the Tang Dynasty to pacify the Jianghuai region in one fell swoop and achieve complete unification of the south of the Yangtze River. This was originally a thing to celebrate for the Tang Dynasty. However, in the process of the Tang Army's elimination of Fu Gongyi, an extremely strange thing happened, which cast a cloud of suspicion on Li Tang's pacification of Jianghuai.

What kind of strange thing is this? In February of the seventh year of Wude (624), Taibao and Wu King Du Fuwei suddenly died in Chang'an. Du Fuwei has always been in good health, why did he suddenly die without warning? The reason for this will inevitably lead to all kinds of speculation. Regarding the cause of Du Fuwei's death, neither the "Old Tang Book" nor the "Zizhi Tongjian" have a clear record. However, in the "New Tang Dynasty Book", the cause of Du Fuwei's death is recorded:

Fu Wei is a good immortal for many years, the bait mica was poisoned, and in February of the seventh year of Wude, he died violently. (The New Tang Dynasty: The Biography of Du Fuwei)

This account says that in his later years, Du Fuwei was obsessed with the art of immortality and overdosed on pills, which eventually led to an overdraft of his body and a violent illness and death. From this point of view, Du Fuwei's death should be very clear, that is, he simply died of overdose of pills. So, is that really the case?

In fact, behind Du Fuwei's death, there is a great grievance. According to the records of various historical books, before Du Fuwei's death, there was an incident that made Du Fuwei's death a layer of mysterious political color, and the spearhead was directly aimed at Tang Gaozu Li Yuan:

The opposite of Fu Gong Yi also falsely claimed the order of Fu Wei to deceive the people. and Gong Yiping, Zhaojun Wang Xiaogong did not know his deception, and heard about it; The edict chased down Fu Wei's name and confiscated his wife. and Taizong ascended the throne, knew his grievances, pardoned him, and restored his official title. (Information Governance Guide)

As mentioned above, before Fu Gongyi raised an army against the Tang Dynasty, in order to incite the old department to join the rebellion, he forged a handwritten letter written by Du Fuwei to himself. In the letter, Fu Gongqi lied that it was Du Fuwei who instructed him to support the army and rebel. Of course, this letter was forged by Fu Gongyi, and Du Fuwei was unaware of it from beginning to end. As a result, after the Tang army pacified Fu Gongyi, they searched for this letter. Li Xiaogong used this as evidence to report to Tang Gaozu that Du Fuwei participated in the rebellion. When he got this letter, Li Yuan was also indiscriminate, and he was furious, believing that Du Fuwei and Fu Gongqi were colluding with each other.

In fact, Li Yuan had long been suspicious of Du Fuwei. As we all know, Du Fuwei entered the dynasty in July of the fifth year of Wude (622), and Fu Gongyi raised an army against the Tang Dynasty in August of the sixth year of Wude (623). In just one year, Fu Gongyi raised an army in Jianghuai, which is too coincidental.

Why did Du Fuwei just leave with his front foot, and Fu Gongqi rebelled with his back foot, because the two discussed it, one sang with a red face and the other with a white face. This forged letter directly became the source of everything. Tang Gaozu also did not screen the authenticity of this letter, and determined that Du Fuwei was the boss behind Fu Gongyi.

Immediately, Tang Gaozu dealt with Du Fuwei. Of course, Tang Gaozu did not kill Du Fuwei, but this disposition is still quite serious. What to dispose of? Tang Gaozu ordered that Du Fuwei's official title be stripped away, his family title was cut, and his family property was confiscated. In fact, it's equivalent to a slap to the end. Soon after, Du Fuwei fell ill and died.

In summary, the cause of Duvoy's death can be roughly deduced. Due to Tang Gaozu's unfair treatment, Du Fuwei was disheartened and depressed, and he was obsessed with the art of immortality every day, and finally overdosed on pills, which led to the deterioration of his condition and his life. It can be seen that although Du Fuwei was not directly killed by Tang Gaozu, he was also indirectly forced to death by him.

In the process of Du Fuwei's injustice, Li Xiaogong, the commander of the Tang Army's front line, Zhao Junwang, bears unshirkable responsibility. Because it was Li Xiaogong who took the forged letter and reported Du Fuwei's rebellion to Tang Gaozu. In the end, Tang Gaozu deprived Du Fuwei of his official title and confiscated his family property. So, why did Li Xiaogong have trouble with Du Fuwei? What kind of festival existed between him and Duvoy?

In fact, there was no festival between Li Xiaogong and Du Fuwei. However, Li Xiaogong and Du Fuwei's adopted son Kan Ling have always been like fire and water. In order to frame Kan Leng, Li Xiaogong had to pull Dufuwei into the water. Therefore, Duvowe was inexplicably implicated.

This time, the "troika" of the Tang Army's front line - Li Xiaogong, Li Jing, and Li Shixun made great contributions. Therefore, after the war, Tang Gaozu rewarded and appointed Li Xiaogong as the right servant of the Southeast Dao Xingtai, and Li Jing as the secretary of the military department. Soon, Gaozu revoked the southeast road and reappointed Li Xiaogong as the governor of Yangzhou, and Li Jing as the governor of Yangzhou. At the same time, Tang Gaozu greatly appreciated Li Jing's military exploits and said: "Jing, Xiao and Fu are also anointed. ”

However, just after the war, Li Xiaogong, who was the commander of the Tang Army, had irreconcilable contradictions with Kan Ling, who was also a general of the Tang Army.

Kan Ling was introduced earlier, he is Du Fuwei's adopted son and a fierce general of the Jianghuai Army. Later, he followed Du Fuwei into the court. Fu Gongqi opposed the Tang Dynasty, and Kan Ling took the initiative to ask for help and marched south with the main force of the Tang army. In the decisive battle between the Tang army and Fu Gongyi, Kan Ling stepped forward and retreated from the old Jianghuai army, creating an opportunity for the Tang army to counterattack. It can be said that the Tang Army pacified the Fu Gongyi, and Kan Ling was a member of the generals who made great contributions.

However, after pacifying Fu Gongyi, Kan Ling had an awkward quarrel with coach Li Xiaogong, and the relationship between the two became more and more tense, and even in the end, Li Xiaogong actually wanted to frame Kan Ling. Regarding the contradiction between Li Xiaogong and Kan Ling, it is mainly due to Li Xiaogong's selfishness.

Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, although he was the first general of the Li Tang clan after Li Shimin, the king of Qin, had outstanding military talents and outstanding military achievements. However, this does not hide his flaws in character. Li Xiaogong is narrow-minded and will repay him, so he will take the framing of Kan Ling as an example.

This time, the Tang army pacified the auxiliary prince, and Li Xiaogong was selfish, thinking that this was a good opportunity to make a big profit. As a result, after the fall of the auxiliary princess, Li Xiaogong wantonly confiscated the field house of the rest of the auxiliary government. Not only that, Li Xiaogong was insatiable, and he also stretched out his hand to the fields of Du Fuwei, Wang Xiongdan, and Kan Leng.

Unexpectedly, this move angered Kan Leng. Kan Ling is a military general, with a temperament and does not know how to beat around the bush. Seeing Li Xiaogong doing this, I felt that this appearance was too ugly. Therefore, Kan Ling found Li Xiaogong and asked him for an explanation, and between his words, he inevitably offended Li Xiaogong.

Just imagine, what kind of character Li Xiaogong is, the dignified Li Tang clan, I thought, you Kan Ling is just a general, you dare to speak so disrespectfully and offend this king, I really don't know how thick the sky is. Since then, Li Xiaogong has hated Kan Ling and wants to get rid of him. Later, Li Xiaogong fabricated charges and asked Fu Gongqi for interrogation, and Fu Gongyi insisted that Kan Ling was his accomplice. In the end, Li Xiaogong killed Kan Ling for the crime of treason:

Kan Liang has a lot of work and is quite self-conscious. Gong Yi falsely conspired with himself. Wang Xiaogong of Huizhao County did not have a thief's party field house, and Liang and Du Fuwei and Wang Xiong's birthday field house were in the thief realm, and filial piety and Gong were not registered; Liang complained of reason, filial piety, filial piety and anger, in order to plot against him. (Information Governance Guide)

Originally, this was just a personal grudge between Li Xiaogong and Kan Ling. However, Li Xiaogong wanted to magnify the matter. In his opinion, Kan Ling is Du Fuwei's adopted son, and since Kan Ling participated in the "rebellion", Du Fuwei must also know. So, Li Xiaogong used the forged letter to report Du Fuwei for rebellion. In the end, Tang Gaozu severely punished Du Fuwei, resulting in Du Fuwei's violent illness and death.

The truth of the matter is very obvious, Du Fuwei was wronged. Throughout the Tang Gaozu Wude period, Du Fuwei was never overturned. Because, Tang Gaozu always regarded Du Fuwei as a leader of separatist forces and a potential hidden danger. overturning the case for Du Fuwei is undoubtedly letting Li Yuan slap himself in the face; It was not until Tang Taizong Li Shimin ascended the throne that in the first year of Zhenguan (627), Taizong learned of Du Fuwei's grievances and took the initiative to rehabilitate Du Fuwei. Tang Taizong issued an edict to recover Du Fuwei's former official title, bury him with the rites of the Duke of the Kingdom, and still return his son to the knighthood. It should be said that Tang Taizong finally gave Du Fuwei a clean slate.

In any case, in the seventh year of Wude (624), with the violent death of Du Fuwei and the head of Fugong Yi, it marked the Tang Dynasty's military campaign to pacify the Jianghuai River, which ended with an unprecedented victory, eliminated the last old enemy in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and achieved a key victory in the unification of the north and the south.

The pacification of Jianghuai and the elimination of the forces of the auxiliary prince of the Li Tang Dynasty this time were of great significance to the great cause of the Tang Dynasty to unify the world. There are two main implications.

First, the Tang Dynasty achieved effective management of the Jianghuai region.

As mentioned earlier, the military situation in the Jianghuai region in the early days was complicated, and the "three giants" of Jianghuai, represented by Du Fuwei, Li Zitong, and Shen Faxing, stood on their feet. In order to sweep away the Jianghuai heroes, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan formulated a strategy of division and disintegration, and defeated the two major forces of Shen Faxing and Li Zitong one by one by recruiting Du Fuwei, so that the Jianghuai region was nominally attached to the Li Tang Dynasty and achieved partial unification.

However, this kind of move is only a nominal unification, and Li Tang only owns the territory of Jianghuai on the map. The ownership of the Jianghuai region has changed back and forth over the years, first the Jianghuai Sanxiong, then Du Fuwei, and later the auxiliary prince. Even if Du Fuwei entered the court, the Tang Dynasty still could not exercise effective rule over Jianghuai, and Jianghuai was still in the hands of local powerful factions, which triggered the Fugong Yi to raise troops against the Tang Dynasty.

Today, the Tang Dynasty adopted military means to completely annihilate the main force of Jianghuai and completely incorporated Jianghuai into the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Since then, Jianghuai has officially become the ruling area of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty can effectively manage and rule it, ending the phenomenon of Jianghuai being independent of the Tang Dynasty Central Committee as a "state within a state".

Second, the Tang Dynasty officially pacified the entire south of the Yangtze River.

Before the Tang army sent troops in four directions to attack Fugongqi, it had already eliminated the Xiao Milling regime entrenched in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. In other words, Fu Gong Yi in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River was the last enemy that the Tang Dynasty faced in the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, Li Tang's pacification of the auxiliary Gongyi forces is equivalent to pulling out the last nail in Jiangnan.

After pacifying the forces of Fugongyi, the Li Tang Dynasty completely realized the unification of the entire Jiangnan region, fulfilled the grand long-cherished wish of unifying the north and the south, and connected the south and the north together. At this point, the Tang Dynasty swept away all the separatist forces except for Shuofang and Liang Shidu, and basically completed the unification of the whole country.

Then again, in the seventh year of Wude (624), the Tang army pacified the war of Fu Gong Yi, and the reason why it was fought so smoothly was that it did not take much effort to uproot the Fu Gong Yi regime in a snap of his fingers; In addition to Fu Gongyi's rebellion against the historical trend and Li Tang's pacification of the general trend of the Yangtze River, there is also a more important point, that is, the Tang army occupies the favorable terrain in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Prior to this, the Tang Dynasty sent troops on a large scale to defeat the Xiao Milling regime entrenched in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, providing a favorable topographical advantage for the pacification of Jianghuai Fugongqi, and the Tang army was able to successfully conquer the south.

So, who is this Xiao Mill? In the turbulent times of the late Sui Dynasty and early Tang Dynasty, what kind of outstanding features did Xiao Mo have, he was able to occupy the middle reaches of the Yangtze River for several years, stand tall, and have enough strength to rival Li Tang? In the end, how did the Tang Dynasty eliminate this Jiangnan tyrant and pacify the middle reaches of the Yangtze River?