Tang Taizong Li Shimin created the prosperity of Zhenguan, and his ability to govern the country, military accomplishment, and tolerance for talents are models for future generations to learn to catch up. Behind every successful historical figure is a bloody history of his success. Although Li Shimin is strong, his success is inseparable from the effectiveness of the Wagang heroes behind him. At the same time, his success is also inseparable from the desperate efforts of his father's subordinates, so a large part of Li Shimin's success is to fight for the background and luck.
Some people say that if there was no change in Xuanwumen or the rewriting of the ending of Xuanwumen, there would be no existence of Tang Taizong Li Shimin. Perhaps after Li Yuan abdicated and Li Jiancheng succeeded to the throne, Li Shimin would be killed by the suspicion of the emperor. In fact, in addition, there is another person in history who threatens Li Shimin even more seriously than the Xuanwumen incident. Mo said that Li Shimin was not the right emperor, and that person's threat made it difficult to determine whether the Tang Dynasty could be established. This person is Xue Ju.
Xue Ju's family background and some of the heroes haojie he befriended made him like Li Shimin, and he had a very powerful force behind him. However, Xue Ju's personal ability and ability to lead troops to fight were a few points better than Li Shimin's. The son of Xue Wang, a lieutenant of Jincheng during the Sui Dynasty, he had a bold personality and was jealous and hateful. The corruption of the Sui government and the inaction of local officials, the tragic scene of life and death, made this young hero begin the anti-Sui road. The Golden City was his home, so the first steps of the uprising had to start here.
As soon as the cry for justice came out, more and more people joined the troops led by Xue Ju. With 2,000 troops defeating the 10,000 elite soldiers led by the Sui Dynasty general Emperor Fu, this battle also made people see Xue Ju's ability. Therefore, more and more people turned to Xue Ju, and less than ten days after this battle, Xue Ju's team had grown to more than 130,000 people. In 617, Xue Ju established power in Gansu, and later changed the capital to Qin Prefecture. Xue Ju's sphere of influence was getting bigger and bigger, and it was no different from the Tang family's forces where Li Shimin was located.
Finally, after Xue Ju used Tang Bi to kill the opposing prince Li Hongzhi and defraud most of the 100,000 Tang troops. Xue Ju, who had an army of more than 200,000 troops, decided to attack Chang'an. In the first battle, Li Yuan, the Tang king who was busy placing Yang You's ascension to the throne as emperor, sent his son Li Shimin to send troops to meet the enemy. Xue Ju believed that the Tang army was now only the end of the strong crossbow, so he was carelessly defeated by Li Shimin for a while, and thousands of soldiers under his command were all annihilated by the Tang army.
This time, the defeat gave Xue Ju a wake-up call, and in the face of Li Shimin's military talent, he knew that the enemy he encountered this time was a hundred times stronger than before, and he could not be careless. He also asked his subordinates whether it was possible to persuade Li Shimin to surrender and take it for his own use, but the answer he got was no. The desire to seize Chang'an was also temporarily disappointed.
In 618, Li Shimin led his troops to attack Zong Luohu. When Xue Ju heard the news, he personally led people to support Zong Luohu and launched an attack on the Tang territory of Qi Prefecture. In order to resist Xue Fang's attack, Li Shimin ordered the city gate to be held to death, preparing to kill the other side with sufficient grain and grass and the strategy of wheel warfare. However, the perfect combat strategy and the geographical advantages of being easy to defend and difficult to attack could not stop Xue Ju's vigorous attack.
In desperation, Li Shimin had no choice but to lead his troops back to Chang'an. It may be that Xue Ju did not do the emperor's life, and when he was ready to take advantage of the victory to pursue and take Chang'an in one fell swoop, he suddenly died of illness. After Xue Ju's death, his son did not inherit his half of his prestige, and Xue Fang's ability to dominate the world also dissipated with Xue Ju's death. It is no exaggeration to say that if Xue Ju had not died of illness, China's history would have been another picture.