Tang Taizong Li Shimin, the emperor who was extremely famous in the long river of history, whether it was Wenzhi or martial arts, was a top-level existence among ancient emperors. Even more talked about is his military prowess. Even Chairman Mao said: "Since ancient times, there has been no one who has been able to join Li Shimin's right, followed by Zhu Yuanzhang's ear," which shows how strong Li Shimin's military ability is. But two times in his military career were the most dangerous. The first time was against Xue Ju, all kinds of dangers abounded, and the final outcome was also Xue Ju's illness and death, rather than being defeated by Li Shimin. The second time was the battle of Shuishui with Liu Heimin, and the two sides fought back and forth, which was wonderful.
At that time, Li Shimin defeated Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande in the Battle of Luoyang, swept away Li Tang's two biggest opponents in one fell swoop, pacified most of the world, and was made a general of Tiance by Li Yuan. However, the high power of the lord also endangered the position of Li Jiancheng, the crown prince of the Eastern Palace, and it was time to start suppressing it. Unexpectedly, Dou Jiande's subordinate Liu Heimin resurrected and swept across Hebei, which had become a burning trend.
In desperation, Li Yuan could only let Li Shimin lead his troops to go out again to calm the situation. As a famous "divine brave general" in the Xia army, Liu Heimin was also a master-level presence in terms of tactics, and the "Battle of Raoyang" with fewer victories was his masterpiece. As soon as Li Shimin arrived at the front, he took advantage of the unstable foothold of the Tang army to launch an attack, but Li Shimin's defense was also pure fire, so that Liu Heimin had no way to take a bite.
At that time, the strategy of the Tang army was that Li Shimin would go out of Chang'an, Luo Yi would go out of Youzhou, and the north and south would attack Liu Heimin. Then the latter only has one choice, that is, to fight all the way before the siege, and then break through one by one. But Li Shimin is not a vegetarian, and he probably knows that the other party wants to break through one by one, that is, he does not fight with Liu Heimin and insists on it. Because as long as the siege is completed, the Tang army can win the battle, so why sacrifice the lives of many soldiers. Liu Heimin called out several times unfavorable, and was still dragged by Li Shimin, and his plan to make a quick decision was frustrated, so he had to withdraw north to Huanzhou. Li Shimin was not only a person who was beaten and did not fight back, seeing Liu Heimin retreating, he resolutely sent troops to pursue him, wanting to bite him to death and not let him have room for free turning. However, Liu Heimin was also prepared to abandon Xiangzhou and calmly retreat. The first battle changed hands in attack and defense, and there was not much loss.
Li Shimin's side would not be able to please for a while and a half, and Liu Heimin decided to turn around and clean up Luo Yi first. Liu Heimin had a psychological advantage over Luo Yi, and not long ago defeated Luo Yi and Li Shentong, killed almost two-thirds of their men and horses, and captured Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun. So after returning to Huanzhou, he left more than 10,000 people for the deputy general Fan Yuan to defend the city, and he sneaked north with his elite troops to fight Luo Yi. In his opinion, the city of Puzhou was strong, and there was also a flood of water to block, and it would be impossible to take it down for a while and a half. During this period of perseverance, as long as he got Luo Yi, the Tang Army's plan to encircle the north and south was aborted. Unfortunately, his opponent was Li Shimin, who quickly guessed his intentions, so he sent Cheng Mingzhen, who had been a general in the Xia Army, who was very familiar with the geographical environment of Huanzhou and also understood the characteristics of the enemy generals, and took dozens of war drums to the west of Huanzhou City and kept banging.
At this time, Fan Yuan panicked, thinking that Li Shimin's army was pressing the border, and hurriedly reported to Liu Heimin that Puzhou was in danger. In desperation, Liu Heimin had no choice but to return to Junhuan Prefecture, and then let Liu Shishan and Zhang Junli lead the army north, and these two opponents, who were Luo Yi's opponents, were defeated and destroyed. At this point, Liu Heimin has lost his strategic initiative.
This was followed by the Battle of Huanshui, a small city on the road to Huanzhou, with low walls that were difficult to defend and easy to attack. Li, a native of Shuishui, went to confuse Li Shimin when he heard that Li Shimin was coming, and he was so frightened that he immediately led people to occupy the county and surrender to the Tang army. Liu Heimin hurriedly led his troops to attack, there were only 1500 elite horsemen in the city, and defending the city was not their strong point, nor could they exert the advantages of cavalry. At this time, the general Luo Shixin stepped forward and led 200 elite soldiers into the city, replacing 1500 elite horses. After holding out for eight days, he finally died of being outnumbered and destroying the city. However, after Liu Heimin took the city of Pushui, it was also the end of the strong crossbow, and soon after he was taken back by the Tang general Li Shixun.
At this time, Luo Yi's army was also approaching Huanshui, and Liu Heimin only had one chance left, that is, before Luo Yi arrived, annihilated Li Shimin's troops, and then held on to the city, and there was still a chance to win. So he attacked the city of Pushui, seeing that the city was about to be broken, Li Shimin once again brought troops to help, not thinking that this was Liu Heimin's calculation, that is, to encircle the point to help. Li Shimin, who had just crossed the water, was heavily surrounded, and the situation was critical, but it was fortunate that Wei Chigong and other generals fought to the death to save each other, and only then did they rush out of the encirclement, but Liu Heimin did not take advantage of anything, and his general Gao Gaoxian was beheaded. Li Shimin did not want to fight with him, and while he could not hold out, he sent Cheng Mingzhen to harass Liu Heimin's grain route.
After a long battle, the grain and grass were gradually exhausted, Liu Heimin could only choose to fight a battle on his back, and Li Shimin was also ready to win or lose the battle. When the two armies fought on the shore of the River, and the battle was stalemate, the elite Xuanjia Army of the Tang Army entered and defeated Liu Heimin like an autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves, and Liu Heimin's army could only retreat to The River. However, he did not want Li Shimin to have already arranged a clever trick, and the decisive water completely buried the remnants of Liu Heimin's army. At this point, although Liu Heimin had to flee on horseback and made a comeback later, he no longer had the mighty wind of the past, and was attacked by Li Jiancheng and defeated again. Li Tang's great cause of unifying the world, there is no longer any resistance!
Summary: Looking at this battle, Liu Heimin single-handedly fought against Li Tang, who occupied most of the world, and had already lost in terms of resources. He also met the world-class handsome Li Shimin, who could still fight back and forth, which was already a rather eye-catching performance, and he did not see wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, who were stronger, and that was a complete failure. It's just that the situation has been decided, and no matter how many amazing tactics he has, it will not help!