Wuxia novels tell us that when the peerless master chooses an apprentice, he often looks at the protagonist who is surprised by the bones and has not met for a thousand years, and he must be indispensable, and then pass on the martial arts of the world. But martial arts novels are fictional after all, and there are generally no such protagonists in real life, but there are indeed exceptions, which is the case when Su Dingfang chooses an apprentice.
During the Zhenguan years, Su Dingfang inspected many people, and finally chose a small official named Pei Xingjian.
The New Book of Tang records: "Shi Su Dingfang was a great general, and he said: 'I use soldiers, and those who have no religion in the world are also sages.' 'It's all about doing the trick. "Meaning, Su Dingfang said that my military strategy, there is no one in the world who can teach it, after seeing you today, I found that you are very suitable, so I taught all the military strategy to Pei Xingjian."
Su Dingfang was a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, breaking the Eastern Turks, destroying the Western Turks, Ding Tubo, etc., "destroying the three kingdoms before and after, all of them were born to capture their masters", and unprecedentedly opened up the Territory of the Tang Dynasty to the Aral Sea in Central Asia and eastward to the south of the Korean Peninsula. So, what is the origin of Pei Xingjian, who has made such a world-famous general look at him differently and become his only descendant, and what great achievements have been established?
In 619 AD, Wang Shichong was proclaimed emperor, Pei Renji, Pei Xingyu and others conspired to assassinate Wang Shichong, but the plan was leaked, Wang Shichong killed all the rebels, and also destroyed their three tribes, the history books recorded concisely and bloodily, "The matter leaked, all saw harm, and destroyed the three tribes." ”
But what Wang Shichong did not know was that in addition to the enemy Pei Xingjian (Pei Yuanqing's prototype), Pei Renji also had a son named Pei Xingjian, who had just been born that year and escaped a disaster because he was not around. The so-called great difficulty will not die and there will be a blessing, and Pei Xingjian, who escaped a disaster, really has an enviable life.
During the Zhenguan period, Pei Xingjian participated in the Ming Jingke examination and was appointed as a low-level civilian official in the army of Zuotun Weicang Cao, but he was favored by Su Dingfang and learned the mysterious Su clan art of war.
According to the normal routine of the novel, learning the world's martial arts, and then should be wei Zhen Wulin, but Pei Xingjian did not have a chance at all, on the one hand, he held a long-term civilian position, on the other hand, the Tang Dynasty was too powerful, there were too many famous generals, no country dared to make trouble, and it was really pei Xingjian's turn to take the turn of major military information. It wasn't until Pei Xingjian was 60 years old that he really got a chance to fight on the battlefield, and this time he was ranked among the sixty-four ancient generals.
Soon after learning to use military strategy, Pei Xingjian was transferred to Chang'an County Order, and served as the Jingguan County Commander in the capital Chang'an, indicating that his ability, connections, and the emperor's trust were extraordinary, and it could almost be said that he had a bright future. However, at this time, Emperor Gaozong of Tang wanted to make Wu Zetian empress, and Pei Xingjian believed that "deposing the empress dowager Li Wu Zetian" was the beginning of the disaster for the country, so he conspired with Changsun Wuji, Zhu Suiliang, and others, and finally plotted to reveal that he was demoted to the governor's mansion of Xizhou as the governor of Xizhou.
Gold will always shine, Pei Xingjian's ability is too strong, and later he was reused by Li Zhi, and he successively served as the protector of Anxi Andi and the servant of the official department. Among them, when he was serving as an official attendant in the imperial court, Pei Xingjian created the "Long Name List" (the list of substitute officials) and the "Quan Note" (the examination and registration of officials), etc., which were used by later generations as the system of selecting and appointing officials by the state.
If there is no accident, Pei Xingjian will retire and grow old for the imperial officials, but at the age of 57, there is finally a turnaround, and there is a country that dares to challenge the hegemony of the Tang Dynasty.
In 676, tubo invaded, and Li Zhi immediately deployed a counterattack, appointing Pei Xingjian as the commander of the second left army of Taozhou Province, and then as the commander of the right army of Qinzhou, both under the command of the King of Zhou. Of course, Pei Xingjian still failed to realize his desire to conquer the battlefield, but this time the experience of "gilding" in the army was very important.
In 679, Pei Xingjian was exactly sixty years old, and the Ten Turkic Khans Ashinadu and Li Zaizai, with ill intentions, allied with Tubo and planned to make trouble in Anxi, Li Zhi decided to recruit them in order to open the westward passage, and sent the Persian prince Ni neshi back to china to succeed to the throne. However, Pei Xingjian believed that not long ago, he had just lost the battle against Tubo, and now it was not appropriate for the labor division to go on an expedition, as long as the appropriate strategy was used, not only could escort the Persian prince back to China, but also solve the problem of Ashinadu and Li Chazao. Therefore, Emperor Gaozong of Tang asked Pei Xingjian to lead more than 1,000 people to escort the Ni Ne division back to China, and appointed him as the ambassador of appeasement.
Pei Xingjian's escort road was not smooth, only out of the Yumen Pass encountered a sandstorm, the guides were lost, so a group of people like headless flies, more serious is the serious shortage of water and food, the members of the mission are very tired. At this time, Pei Xingjian ordered the camp to hold a sacrifice, and the order said: "The water spring is not far away." "Amazingly, it didn't take long for them to actually come to an oasis. What's even more amazing is that soon after they successfully went to the Western Regions. This seemingly magical deed is actually related to Pei Xingjian's proficiency in astronomical geography, of course, there is no lack of luck.
If you want to escort the Ni Ne Division back to China, you have to break through the defense line of Ashinadu and Li Shaozai, and Pei Xingjian only has more than 1,000 people, which is almost impossible to break through, let alone quell the rebellion, but Pei Xingjian finally completed the task perfectly.
First of all, Pei Xingjian paralyzed the rebels, trumpeting that the weather was too hot to travel west for the time being, so the rebels had no defense mission.
Secondly, Pei Xingjian secretly spent Time Chen Cang, inviting the people of the four towns of Guizi, Khotan, Shule, and Shanye in the Western Regions to hunt, and there were about 10,000 local people who responded, but Pei Xingjian secretly advanced, and a few days later approached the rebels for more than ten miles.
Third, Pei Xingjian waved wildly, sent someone to greet Ashinaduzhi, told him that he was not here to attack them, and then urgently summoned Ashinaduzhi. Because Ashinadu and Li Shaozai planned to meet the mission in the autumn, the sudden arrival of the Tang army at this time made him unable to think of countermeasures for the time being, and he did not want to fight the Tang army alone, so he took 500 people to meet Pei Xingjian, and was directly captured. After Li Shaozai learned of this, he also surrendered to Pei Xingjian.
Afterwards, Emperor Gaozong of Tang personally set up a banquet to comfort Pei Xingjian, saying: "Xingjian raised a lone army, went deep into thousands of miles, and rebelled against the party without bloodshed. That is, he was appointed as the Rebbe Shangshu and Inspector General of the Right Guard, which is extremely rare in Chinese history.
In the same year, the Turkic chiefs Ashwin Fu and Ashina reneged on their covenants and made Ashina ni a khan, and the twenty-four prefectures under the jurisdiction of the Shan Yu Capital, which were established by the Tang Dynasty, rebelled and responded, and the rebels numbered hundreds of thousands of people, all of whom failed to defend Xiao Siye's conquest. Therefore, Tang Gaozong ignored Pei Xingjian's thousand miles and let him lead more than 300,000 troops to quell the rebellion, and the Old Book of Tang lamented that "the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is not there."
The biggest problem of the Central Plains Dynasty attacking the grasslands was that the nomadic army would attack logistics, and Xiao Siye's defeat was related to this, resulting in many soldiers dying of starvation. In order to fiercely hurt the Turks' sneak attack on the logistics of the Tang army, Pei Xingjian prepared three hundred grain trucks, there was no grain on the car, but secretly ambushed 5 elites, and at the same time arranged for the elite soldiers to secretly follow them, pulling the cart forward by thin soldiers, and finally sneaking into the grain and grass Turks, almost completely annihilated, the New Book of Tang records that "the grain truck does not dare to approach."
In addition to being good at using tactics, Pei Xingjian was proficient in astronomy, which also allowed Tang Jun to overcome dangers many times. One evening, when the Tang army was setting up its tent, Pei Xingjian strictly ordered him to immediately move to gaogang, which made the soldiers complain. But that night was a heavy rain, the original station was so deep that the water was so deep that the soldiers were amazed and asked the reason, and the New Book of Tang recorded that Pei Xingjian said, "Don't ask the reason, in the future, just follow my instructions."
Later, Pei Xingjian's plans were frequent, and he used his knowledge of astronomical geography to finally defeat the Turkic rebels that year, killing Ashina Nijiao, the new Turkic Khan, who was captured on his duty, and the remnants fled to Wolf Mountain, and Pei Xingjian's class returned to the dynasty.
Among the remnants of the Turks, Ashinavuni claimed to be khan and rendezvoused with Ashwin Fu to continue the rebellion. So in the following year, Pei Xingjian reorganized his troops, but this time he did not take the initiative to attack, but first sent spies to alienate Ashina Fu nian and Ash Dewen Fu, causing the two of them to be suspicious of each other. Subsequently, Pei Xingjian promised not to kill the descendants, and soon Ashina Funian surrendered with Ashwin Fu. At this point, the Turkic rebellion was easily quelled by Pei Xingjian.
Of course, Pei Xingjian's ease of quelling the rebellion is also related to the tang dynasty's national strength, but Pei Xingjian's posture of lifting heavy weights is still fascinating, and the middle and early Tang Dynasty is really a famous general, and almost anyone who can pull out one can become a mainstay in other dynasties.
Unfortunately, because of the villain Pei Yan's mischief and jealous of Pei Xingjian's merits, he told Tang Gaozong that the surrender of these two Turks was not actually an active surrender, but a forced helplessness of enemies on all sides. As a result, Ashina Funian and Ashwin Fu were executed, and Pei Xingjian's merits were not rewarded, and he was only given the title of Duke of Wenxi County. Hearing that the imperial court had killed two generals, Pei Xingjian regretted that this would cause the Turks not to dare to surrender in the future, and then they used the excuse of illness and retired at home to grow old.
In 782, Emperor Dezong of Tang posthumously enfeoffed sixty-four famous ancient generals and set up a temple for them, including the "Rebbe Shangshu Wenxi Gong Pei Xingjian". During the Song Dynasty, the Wu Temple expanded to seventy-two famous generals, and Pei Xingjian was also among them.
Throughout Pei Xingjian's life, it can be seen that he is a true man of both culture and martial arts, which is extremely rare in ancient and modern history, and can be called "the hero of Confucianism". Among them, Pei Xingjian's "martial arts" are not only handsome, he should still have a high degree of strength personally, because his father Pei Renji is a fierce general, his brother Pei Xingjian is a fierce enemy, and his master is a fierce general Su Dingfang, so his strength is estimated to be not bad. That is to say, Pei Xingjian has almost no shortcomings, and he is proficient in governing the country, fighting on the battlefield, commanding the army, etc., and such a person can only produce one in almost 500 years.
However, Pei Xingjian, a generation of military gods, was buried in the paper pile of the historians, and now it is little known.