"Educated by the world's talents, Sanle also." Placed in the vast and endless river of history, outstanding talents are as dazzling and brilliant as the rushing waves, and there are many of them, but in specific dynasties, compared with the extremely large number of ordinary people, talents still occupy a minority. Because of the rarity of talents, the whole country respects talents.
"If you have five virtues, you can be a handsome general." For a unit, generals occupy an extremely important position. If the general can have a full understanding of his subordinates, and can make a reasonable arrangement by judging the situation, he can maximize the possibility of victory.
As The Tang Crown Prince Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, who had made great military achievements, both had a certain number of excellent generals under their command. Long before the change of Xuanwumen, Li Jiancheng was jealous of Li Shimin's prestige and hoped to kill him.
Li Jiancheng's persecution several times and three times made Li Shimin launch the Xuanwumen Rebellion in order to protect himself. In this operation, Qin Qiong did not follow Li Shimin into Xuanwu Gate for the sake of a general under Li Jiancheng.
Fight bravely
"Xue Wanche was included in the Eastern Palace by Crown Prince Li Jiancheng." Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche were brothers, and were unfortunately captured while following Luo Yi in the battle against the Tang general Liu Heimin. After the two escaped, the elder brother Xue Wanjun was taken under Li Shimin, while the younger brother Xue Wanche was included in the Eastern Palace by Li Jiancheng. Because he knew Xue Wanche's ability, Li Jiancheng attached great importance to Xue Wanche.
The Xue Wanche brothers were born into a family of generals, and their father was Xue Shixiong, a famous sui general. "Xue Shixiong has been fierce and aggressive since childhood." When he was only 17 years old, Xue Shixiong followed the Northern Zhou Emperor Yuwen Yong to fight against Northern Qi, and because of his outstanding military achievements, he was awarded the title of Governor of Shuaidu. During the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui, Xue Shixiong made many military achievements, and his official position gradually rose.
Under the influence of the family, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche and other children have grown up very well. In 617, in order to understand the plight of the Wagang army in its rapid attack on the eastern capital, the Sui Emperor ordered Xue Shixiong to lead "30,000 You and Jijing troops to the south" and rushed to Luoyang with Wang Shichong and others. At that time, Dou Jiande's army was originally scattered in various counties to harvest wheat, and when he heard that the army was coming, he immediately withdrew and returned to Douzihang.
Dou Jiande's move was mainly to paralyze the army led by Xue Shixiong and others, and Xue Shixiong really thought that the rebels had hastily withdrawn because they were afraid of themselves, so they relaxed their vigilance. At that time, Dou Jiande was only 140 miles away from xue Shixiong's camp. In order to quickly resolve the battle and attack it, Dou Jiande led a 280-man death squad to raid Xue Shixiong at night.
In the early hours of the morning, Dou Jiande's team went to Xue Shixiong's camp. Just happened to encounter a thick fog, even if it is close at hand, it is difficult to discern. Dou Jiande suddenly launched an attack, and Xue Shixiong and his troops were suddenly in chaos and scattered to escape. Xue Shixiong led dozens of his soldiers to flee to Zhuo County, where he soon became unwell and died of illness.
Originally, Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun were appreciated by the Zhuolu shou general Luo Yi because of their outstanding martial arts, so when "Luo Yi was determined to surrender to Tang", the brothers followed Luo Yi and chose to submit to Li Yuan, the emperor of Tang, after Dou Jiande defeated Xue Shixiong's army in the Battle of Hejian.
The brothers' abilities were very strong, and after the two returned to Tang, Xue Wan was awarded the position of "Duke of Shangzhu Guo and Yong'an County", while Xue Wanche was awarded the title of "Che Riding General and Duke of Wu'an County". ”
In July 621, Dou Jiande's subordinate Liu Heimin rebelled against the Tang, and the Tang Dynasty immediately ordered Li Shentong to be responsible for recruiting Liu Heimin. In September of the same year, Luo Yi led Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun to meet Li Shentong's troops. When the two sides fought, the wind and snow were mixed, Li Shentong took advantage of the wind direction to launch an attack, but soon the wind direction reversed, Liu Heimin seized the opportunity to counterattack, and the Tang army was defeated.
After this, Liu Heimin launched another attack, Luo Yijun was defeated, and Xue Wanjun's brothers were captured. After escaping, the brothers entered the hands of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin respectively.
Warlord Gate God
"The most popular martial arts god is the famous General Qin Qiong and Jingde of the Kai Tang Dynasty." Qin Qiongzi Shubao, in a very early age, was famous for his bravery and martial prowess. During the Sui Dynasty, Qin Shubao served under the account of the Sui Dynasty general Lai'er. When he learned that Qin Qiong's mother had died, Lai'er specially sent someone to mourn.
The generals in the tent felt strange, the war was raging, the soldiers died, and there were many funerals in the family, and the general "Hanged Uncle Bao Alone?" Lai Hu'er said that Uncle Qin Baoxiao was brave and fierce, and he also had lofty ambitions and a very high integrity, and he would definitely be able to become a talent in the future, so he could not be treated as a person of the end.
In 614, Qin Qiong followed Qi Commandery (Qi Commandery) to guard Zhang Sutuo (張蘇陀) in his conquest of Zhuo Commandery (涿郡) rebels. The troops led by Zhang Sutuo were "more than 10,000 people", first, they could not match the rebel troops in numbers, and second, after dozens of days of confrontation, they would run out of grain and grass, and the situation was very grim.
At the critical moment, Zhang Sutuo said that he had a method, he first led the soldiers to pretend to retreat, the other side saw that they were retreating and would inevitably attack, the other side's camp was empty, if someone could lead a thousand surprise attacks, it would definitely be a surprise victory.
Considering the danger of the surprise attack, when Zhang Sutuo asked who would like to go, none of the generals, except Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin, responded.
Later, qin qiong and Luo Shixin followed Zhang Sutuo's plan, each leading a thousand soldiers to "ambush in the reeds", and when the time came, they rushed into each other's camps and set fire to more than thirty camps of the other side. Successfully helped Zhang Sutuo to break the rebel army.
The Change of Xuanwu
"From The Jiancheng, Yuan Ji." During the Xuanwumen Rebellion, as Li Shimin's confidant generals, Qin Qiong and General Wei Chi also went to participate in the battle. However, in the history books, it was found that among the generals who followed Li Shimin into Xuanwu Gate, there was no Qin Qiong.
In fact, from the Old Book of Tang, it can be seen that among the generals led by Li Shimin were Qin Shubao, but Qin Shubao did not follow Li Shimin to eliminate Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji and others, but led the troops to meet Xue Wanche's troops. "(Yi Wei Che Riding General Feng Yi Feng Li) and the deputy protector Xue Wanche Shuai Donggong, Qi Fu elite soldiers 2,000 Chi Fun Xuanwu Gate."
Qin Shubao and Li Jiancheng's reinforcements Xue Wanche fought bravely, and the difference in strength between the two sides was quite large, and the number of people on Qin Shubao's side was much smaller than that on Xue Wanche's side.
In the case of a huge disparity in the number of troops, Qin Shubao did not live up to Li Shimin's trust and bought time for Li Shimin's battle inside the Xuanwu Gate. Seeing that the situation was not good, Xue Wanche decided to attack the Qin palace, and at the critical moment, Wei Chi Jingde hurriedly arrived and held up the heads of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji to Xue Wanche.
After seeing the heads of Li Jiancheng and his men, Xue Wanche's generals collapsed and the situation improved. After the change of XuanwuMen, Li Shimin was made crown prince, while Wei Chi Jingde, Qin Qiong, and others were appointed to military posts for their merits.
Xue Wanche, who was defeated in this war, was not punished for this. At that time, Xue Wanche saw that the general situation had gone, so he hurriedly led several of his relatives to flee to Zhong Nanshan, and later Li Shimin sent people to pacify him many times, and Xue Wanche appeared to apologize.
Li Shimin said: "All of them are loyal to what they do, and so are the righteous soldiers." Li Shimin not only did not blame Xue Wanche for what he had done in the past, but also entrusted him with heavy responsibilities after he took the throne.
Qin Qiong and Xue Wanche were both brave warriors, and it was precisely because they knew Xue Wanche's abilities that Li Shimin would send Qin Qiong to guard the Xuanwu Gate. Qin Qiong later did not fail Li Shimin, and successfully led a small number of soldiers to stop Xue Wanche, buying valuable time for Li Shimin and others.
brief summary:
"Emperor Taizong (Li Shimin) specially ordered the commander to erect stones and horses within his skull, and to make meritorious contributions to the battle front." After Qin Qiong died of illness, he was posthumously given the post of governor of Xuzhou and enjoyed the honor of accompanying Zhaoling. In order to highlight Qin Qiong's military achievements, Li Shimin also specially ordered that people cast stone centaurs in front of Qin Qiong's grave.
The reason for Qin Qiong's invisibility in the Xuanwumen Incident was to stop Li Jiancheng's reinforcements, Xue Wanche and others. Xue Wanche was one of Li Jiancheng's fierce generals, and his combat ability was very strong, and only Qin Qiong could resist. When Xue Wanche arrived with reinforcements, Qin Qiong engaged him and successfully stopped him outside xuanwu gate.