There is a person who has been amazed by the long river of history, his appearance almost rewritten history, and his heroic divine martial arts made Li Yuan very jealous. The people even built a temple to commemorate him, and his name can be described as a household name.
He is the military genius Dou Jiande. A Chinese military man who combines talent and general style, a chaotic tyrant strong enough to divide one side. His life has ups and downs, leaving a strong mark on Chinese history.
Fledgling
Dou Jiande's origin was not noble, and in 573 AD, Dou Jiande was born in a small county town that was not very famous- Zhangnan County, Bei prefecture. At that time, he was just an ordinary little commoner, without the eminent origin of a high-ranking official and nobleman, nor did he have any external help. So how did he, who came from a poor background, step by step to the position of general? This is actually inseparable from Dou Jiande's personality.
Starting from Dou Jiande's youth, according to the "Old Book of Tang", Dou Jiande had a fellow villager in his early years, and the parents of this fellow villager died unexpectedly, but their family was not rich, the family was unable to buy a funeral for their parents, and the villagers felt helpless.
As a result, Dou Jiande's reputation for "treating people with generosity" spread in the county, Dou Jiande was praised by the people in the county, and Dou Jiande's personality was recognized by the people around him. Everything may have been predestined, and Dou Jiande's reputation laid the groundwork for his future success in the military career.
In the seventh year of the Sui Dynasty Emperor's great cause, the imperial court was preparing to raise an army to attack Goryeo, which required a large number of troops, and the county began to recruit people, and the heroic and good Dou Jiande was appointed as the commander of two hundred people.
Dou Jiande's inner ambition
When Dou Jiande was serving as the head of two hundred people, he happened to encounter a flood in Shandong, and many people fled and left. A man named Sun Zuan, who was a fellow villager with Dou Jiande, his house and property were washed away by the flood, and his wife and children also died tragically. The county magistrate saw that Sun Anzu was brave and good at war, and wanted to include him in the team.
However, Sun Zuan refused to join the army directly on the grounds of his family's poverty in front of Zhangnan County Ling. The faceless County Commander was furious and wanted his men to give him some color to see, Sun Anzu had no choice but to kill the County Order, and then fled to Dou Jiande, who took him in after hearing about the matter.
That year, just in time for a famine in Shandong, Dou Jiande began to exert his ambitions. Dou Jiande told Sun Anzu that during Emperor Wen's reign, the world was prosperous and he sent a lot of troops to attack Liaodong, but was still defeated by Goryeo. Now there are sudden floods, and the people are plunged into deep poverty.
However, the king not only did not sympathize with the people's feelings, but instead personally went to Liaodong to supervise the battle. In previous years, when we were marching westward, the vitality of our dynasty had not yet recovered, the people were tired and sleepy, and many years of war had prevented those who had wandered away from returning home, and now they had to send troops to fight against Liaodong, which could easily lead to turmoil and make the people unhappy.
As a manly husband, as long as we don't die, we should think of making a meritorious career, how can we go to be a prisoner who escapes? I am familiar with the hundreds of miles around Gaojipo, and there are many grasses on the lake and swamp that can be used as a hidden place. We can hide there, waiting for the opportunity, and when we have enough troops and a good time, we will revolt, and we will certainly have something to achieve.
Start a small dew sharp
After listening to Dou Jiande's ideas, Sun Anzu agreed with his plan. Emperor Tian did not pay off, and Dou Jiande's talent finally had the opportunity to be displayed. Gao Shida, a native of LiXian County, gathered more than a thousand people and rebelled near Qinghe County. Gao Shida called himself the Duke of Donghai, and Dou Jiande was appointed by Gao Shida as a soldier.
In the twelfth year of Daye, there was a Tongshou named Guo Xuan in Zhuozhou, commanding an army of more than 10,000 horses and horses, and went to Gaojipo to recruit Gao Shida. Goldstar knows that he is incompetent. Commanding the army was inferior to Dou Jiande, so he appointed Dou Jiande as the military commander and let Dou Jiande take charge of the army. Since then, Dou Jiande's military talents have begun to show.
Dou Jiande commanded the soldiers for the first time, and wanted to establish some battle achievements to show his ability. So he asked Gao Shida to guard the military supplies, and he selected seven thousand elite soldiers to resist Guo Xuan, pretending to have a conflict with Gao Shida and betraying him: Gao Shida told the soldiers that Dou Jiande had escaped, and he wantonly declared dou Jiande a traitor.
The most realistic point is that Gao Shida also asked the soldiers to take an unknown woman, falsely claiming that it was the eyeliner that Dou Jiande had arranged for him, and killed her in full view of everyone. The sound of the wind reached Guo Xuan, and Guo Xuan believed it to be true.
Dou Jiande sent a letter to Guo Xuan, pretending to ask for surrender, willing to be the vanguard of the army and defeat Gao Shida to avenge himself. Guo Xuan, who was a little less strategic, believed him after a little thought. So he directly led the army to follow Dou Jiande to the border of the Yangtze River, and Guo Xuan planned to revise a covenant with him first: the two of them would find a way to get rid of Gao Shida.
The army led by Guo Xuan was not only sparse and lazy, but also defenseless against Dou Jiande. Dou Jiande, who saw the opportunity, suddenly ordered an attack on them, so Guo Xuan's army was defeated like a mountain, and Dou Jiande won a great victory, killing thousands of enemies and capturing thousands of warhorses. Guo Xuan fled in defeat, Dou Jiande sent his generals to hunt down and kill pingyuan county, Guo Xuan's first rank was taken, and Dou Jiande dedicated it to Gao Shida.
The conspiracy of the commanders
Dou Jiande's military debut was recognized, but he did not pamper and be proud, but became more and more majestic in the military. Because of his noble character.
Dou Jiande's treasures and booty from the siege and plunder of the pond were distributed to the generals and soldiers around him, but his diet was very light, and he also laid down his body and worked hard with the soldiers. The success of Dou Jiande's command of the army may not only lie in his wisdom and strategy, but also in his ability to share the hardships and advance and retreat with the soldiers, which is admirable.
With historical legends, he was an excellent general and an outstanding military expert. It is no exaggeration to say that he does not die, and Li Yuan is not necessarily qualified to be called emperor. His majesty is fierce for the enemy, his benevolence and charity are used for the people, and he is deeply loved by the people.
So what caused this legendary general, who can be called outstanding, to the fate of failure? Why would a tyrant who was strong enough to divide one side be defeated in the end?
It has to be mentioned that he and Li Yuan's son Li Shimin's "Battle of the Tiger Prison". In 621 BC, a general named Wang Shichong was stationed in ancient Luoyang, and Wang Shichong sent a plea for help from Dou Jiande, and in February of the same year, Dou Jiande personally led 100,000 troops to the rescue.
The "Battle of tiger prison" is the biggest "Waterloo" that Dou Jiande encountered in this life. His opponent Li Shimin is also a general genius, and the duel between the two masters unfolds in the Tiger Prison.
Dou Jiande was ambushed by Li Shimin one after another due to his light enemy, and his morale began to decline. His adviser Ling Jing proposed a plan for him, but he refused to adopt it, while Li Shimin on the other side made good use of the plan and clashed several times, and Dou Jiande was defeated one after another.
In the end, Dou Jiande was eager to win, thinking that he could rely on the superiority of troops to completely crush Li Shimin, but he did not expect that another military genius had set up a plan to make Dou Jiande collapse into an army, and the soldiers were defeated like a mountain, and they fell into the fate of "defeated and captured, and beheaded in Chang'an".
The fall of a genius general
The duel between the two legends ended with the complete defeat of Dou Jiande. Both Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong were captured by Li Shimin, who escorted them back and handed them over to Li Shimin's father, Li Yuan, for disposal. For Li Yuan, Dou Jiande was a big problem for his confidants.
Because Wang Shichong was infamous, Dou Jiande was loved by the people, and for the people of the world, the execution of Wang Shichong and the reduction of Dou Jiande's punishment were in line with the will of the people. However, due to Dou Jiande's prestige among the people, Li Yuan was jealous of this, fearing that Dou Jiande's immortality would hinder his hegemony.
Therefore, he risked the world's great disobedience and executed Dou Jiande, and for the infamous Wang Shichong, he instead fell lightly. From a historical point of view, if Dou Jiande does not die, there is a possibility of making a comeback. A jealous Li Yuan ordered him to be executed, and Dou Jiande fell.
He was an outstanding general that Li Yuan was jealous of, and even more a tyrant in a chaotic world. A legendary figure came to an end in history. However, his deeds were still passed down through the ages, and the people of the dynasty built temples for him to commemorate him, and his name was even more well-known at that time. I have to say that his appearance has stunned the long river of history, and even if he leaves the world, he has also created a unique history.