Fifth: Xue Rengui
The Xue family fell into the middle of the road due to xue rail's early death. When Xue Rengui was a teenager, his family was poor and his status was humble, and he was engaged in farming. He was preparing to relocate the graves of his ancestors, and his wife, Liu Shi, said: "There are outstanding talents, and they must wait until the opportunity can be played." Now that the emperor (Emperor Taizong of Tang) Li Shimin has personally conquered Liaodong and recruited Xiao Yong's generals, this is a rare opportunity, why don't you strive for meritorious service? After the rich, it is not too late to return home and then move to the funeral. Xue Rengui agreed, so he went to see the general Zhang Shigui to enlist, and from then on he entered the army.
Xue Rengui was born in the southern ancestral house of the Xue clan in Hedong, joined the army in the last year of Zhenguan, fought for decades, defeated the nine surnames of Tiele, surrendered Goguryeo, defeated the Turks, and made outstanding achievements, leaving behind stories such as "Good Strategy and Resting in The Tang", "Three Arrows Fixing the Heavenly Mountain", "Divine Courage to Harvest Liaodong", "Renzheng Goryeo Kingdom", "Loving the People's Elephant State", "Taking Off the Hat and Retreating to All Enemies" and so on. He was the governor of Guazhou Prefecture, the general of the Right Leading Guard, the acting governor of the inspection school, and the Duke of Pingyang County.
Fourth: Su Dingfang
When Su Lie was a teenager, he was famous in the countryside for his "fierceness and strength, and great courage", and at the age of fifteen, he accompanied his father to fight and charged into battle. After his father's death, he led the people and repeatedly defeated the traitors who invaded the township, "he was a thief who did not give up his situation", and was deeply trusted by the people of his hometown. In the last years of the Sui Dynasty, he followed Dou Jiande and Liu Heimin's Hebei rebel army to attack the city strategically, "every time there was a battle merit.". After returning to the Tang Dynasty, Su Lie stood out in the foreign conquest, established a great meritorious name, and truly completed the feat of pacifying the four parties, and the world called Su Dingfang.
He was not only heroic and upright, but also upright, and when Wang Wendu killed and surrendered to seek wealth, "only Dingfang gained nothing"; after the destruction of the Western Turks, Dingfang "was to scatter all the troops, open the road to set up a post, collect the exposed, ask the people who were suffering, and the people who Were robbed by Helu"; he promised Du Man to spare his life, and in order to preserve his faith, he begged Gaozong to spare his death; and when Su Dingfang met Pei Xingjian, a young man with both talent and moral integrity and excellent qualifications, he "was very strange" and directly lamented that "I use soldiers, there is no one in the world, and the present son is also virtuous", so he poured out his money to teach him." Use military magic to teach frugality."
Third: Guo Ziyi
After the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, Guo Ziyi served as the envoy of Shuofang Jiedushi, led the army to qin wang, recaptured Hebei and Hedong, and paid homage to Shangshu of the Bingbu and Pingzhangshi of Tongzhongshu Menxia. In 757, Guo Ziyi and Li Li, the King of Guangping, recaptured the western capital Chang'an and the eastern capital Luoyang, and made them dukes of the country with meritorious service. In 758, he ascended the throne of Zhongshu Ling. In 759, because he was responsible for the defeat of the Xiangzhou army, he was relieved of his military power and was an idle official. In 762, the Taiyuan and Daizhou mutinied, and Guo Ziyi was made the King of Fenyang, leaving the town of Daizhou, and was soon relieved of his military power.
In 763, the servant Gu Huai'en colluded with Tubo and Hui to invade, and Chang'an fell. Guo Ziyi was reinstated as the deputy marshal of Guannei and once again recaptured Chang'an. In 765, Tubo and Hui once again joined forces to invade, and Guo Ziyi rode back to Jingyang and defeated Tubo and stabilized Guanzhong. In 779, Guo Ziyi was honored as "Shang Father" and was enthroned as Taiwei (太尉) and Zhongshu Ling (中書令). In 781, Guo Ziyi died and was posthumously awarded the title of Taishi (太師) with the posthumous title of Zhongwu (忠武).
Second: Li Ji
His original name was Xu Shijie (徐世绩), and the character Mao Gong (懋功). Li Yuan, the emperor of Tang Gaozu, gave him the surname Li, and later changed his name to Li Ji (李绩), a Han Chinese, a native of Cao Prefecture (曹州離狐; southeast of present-day Dongming County, Heze, Shandong), a famous general of the early Tang Dynasty, who was also known as Li Jing, and was given the title of Duke of England and one of the twenty-four meritorious servants of Lingyange. In his early years, he pacified the four sides from Li Shimin, and later became one of the main generals of the Tang Dynasty to open up the territory and expand the territory, and once broke the Eastern Turks and Goguryeo, and made outstanding achievements.
First: Li Jing
A general of the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, he was a famous military figure of the Tang Dynasty who had both culture and martial arts. Later, he was given the title of Duke of Weiguo and was known as Li Weigong. Li Jing was good at using soldiers, good at strategy, originally a Sui general, and later served Li Tang, making great military achievements for the establishment and development of the Tang Dynasty, Nanping Xiao Milling, Auxiliary Gongruo, destroying the Eastern Turks in the north, and Breaking tuguhun in the west. After his death, he was known as Jingwu and buried with Zhaoling. He is the author of several kinds of military books, but many are dead.
During Li Jing's military career, he commanded several major battles and won major victories, not only because he was brave and good at war, but also because he had excellent military ideas and theories. Based on his lifelong practical experience, he wrote excellent military works.