Li Shimin tried not to kill this person, and since then, Tang Dynasty has had one more famous general and saved him from danger many times
Most of the many generals of the Tang Dynasty were recruited from their opponents, such as Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin, who had once been from Wagangzhai and later defected to Wang Shichong, but felt that Wang Shichong could not achieve great things and turned to Li Shimin, and Xu Maogong was also from Wagangzhai and finally defected to the Tang Dynasty. These people have been reused after they have surrendered. However, there was a person who was questioned after surrendering, and many people advocated killing him and locked him up, but Li Shimin resolutely disagreed, and in the end, this person not only did not kill, but also saved Li Shimin's life many times, this person is Wei Chi Jingde.
After Li Shimin got the news, he immediately took Qin Shubao and others to the rescue. After a few fights, although Li Shimin won the victory, Wei Chigong's bravery also left a deep impression on his heart. Later, he sent Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, and others to persuade him to surrender, and recruited Wei Chigong and his men under his command.
Subsequently, Qu Tutong and others on the left side of the platform found Li Shimin and suggested: Wei Chigong had just surrendered to cause this kind of problem, and there must be no loyalty to speak of. After being imprisoned by us, my heart must be very dissatisfied, so it is better to kill it directly, so as not to leave behind troubles. Li Shimin did not directly listen to the advice of Qu Tutong and others, he calmly analyzed it, and believed that Wei Chigong had no idea of defecting at all, otherwise he would definitely leave before looking for a picture.
However, Li Shimin did not listen to the advice of the people, insisted on releasing Wei Chi Jingde, and gave him a lot of gold and silver treasures. Li Shimin's actions also made Wei Chi Jingde very moved. Therefore, Wei Chi Jingde was extremely loyal to Li Shimin from then on. At the time of the xuanwumen change, Li Shimin shot Li Jiancheng with an arrow, but when chasing Li Yuanji, he was hung off his horse by a branch, and Li Yuanji took the opportunity to counterattack. At the critical moment, Wei Chi Jingde arrived, killed Li Yuanji, and saved Li Shimin. Li Shimin tried not to kill this person, and since then, Tang Dynasty has had one more famous general and saved him from danger many times
Later, Li Shimin began to lead an army to attack Wang Shichong again, but at this time, Liu Wuzhou's men were all serving under Wang Shichong, at this time, Li Shimin's old troops under Liu Wuzhou defected one after another, so everyone was worried that Wei Chigong would also defect, so li Shimin killed him and imprisoned him, because Wei Chigong was too brave, so the ministers advised him, but Li Shimin said that he did not think so. After that, let wei Chigong go, and took out the money, saying, if he is willing to leave, just take the money with him, I will not follow their advice to kill you, Wei Chigong is very moved, not only did not leave, but also more loyal to Li Shimin.
Wei Chigong's ability was fully demonstrated under Li Shimin. Once, Li Shimin took Wei Chigong and several guards deep into the enemy's hinterland to conduct reconnaissance, and one of them accidentally let the enemy find out. Li Shimin's courage was really big, he was not afraid at all in the face of dozens of enemy soldiers, shouted "I am the King of Qin" to expose his identity, and also pulled a bow to shoot a general of the enemy army. Why is Li Shimin so arrogant? That is the credit of Wei Chigong, not Wei Chigong's force deterrence, Li Shimin is not enough to cut ten heads.
After that, Wei Chigong also saved Li Shimin's life many times, for example, in a hunting, Wang Shichong's subordinate Shan Xiongxin led people to kill Ben Li Shimin, Wei Chigong followed Li Shimin, plotted to kill, defeated Shan Xiongxin, and after killing the siege, he continued to fight with Wang Shichong's army, which showed his bravery, and later when the Xuanwumen Incident occurred, he also killed Li Yuanji. Wei Chigong was loyal to Li Shimin all his life, commanding the most elite Xuanjia Iron Horse, and was also included in the Ling Yan Pavilion, which was the highest honor of the Tang Dynasty military generals, and later in his later years, he could not go out behind closed doors, and after his death, Tang Gaozong also left the dynasty for three days and buried Zhaoling.