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Fourth, the Western Qin overlord defeated Li Shimin
After nearly a month of fighting between you and me, Xue Ju and Li Shimin could not help anyone, so you stared at me and I stared at you, and they all wanted to swallow each other in one bite, but there was nowhere to swallow. Li Shimin suffered from malaria again, and many diagnoses and treatments did not see any improvement, and the Tang army all hid in Gaocheng City (present-day Changwu County, Shaanxi Province) and could not hold out, ren Xueju how to attack and scold was not a battle, remembering that this Western Qin overlord was helpless.
Coincidentally, there was also something wrong with Xue Ju's side, but his empress Ju Shi was secretly injured while supervising the imperial city, and Xue Ju temporarily called off to deal with this family affair, giving Li Shimin a short chance to breathe and repair.
First of all, this Xue Ju, who was very decisive in his army, called the king and emperor very quickly, of course, including the expansion of the harem, in the short period of time, how many concubines he took in the history books are not recorded, we do not know. But one of the concubines could not bear the loneliness and hooked up with a court guard, which was exposed, and both of them would be killed.
As the saying goes, adultery has been born since ancient times, and this bodyguard took a risk in order to survive, and even wanted to kill Xue Ju as a greeting gift, and took Xue Ju's head and sweetheart to li shimin together. But Xue Ju was too brave and fierce, and this guard did not dare to attack, so he set his sights on Empress Ju.
Just as Xue Ju's imperial city project was about to be completed, Empress Ju let this bodyguard beat him from behind. Because of years of martial arts training, Empress Ju had a strong sense of defense, and when she heard the wind of the weapons behind her, she fell to the ground and dodged the fatal blow, but her back was still injured. Xue Ju saw that the empress who had devoted herself to assisting her had been subjected to this accident, and executed the bodyguard and his sweetheart, and the pair of wild mandarin ducks also sacrificed their precious lives for love, and walked hand in hand to Huangquan.
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Although the queen was attacked by this, she was not seriously harmed in the end, and after a few days of rest, she fully recovered, leaving no sequelae physically. But there is a folk saying, though, this time
Ju saved his life, but a pair of phoenix wings behind him were interrupted by this guard, and naturally he could not become an empress, and Xue Ju could not be an emperor. Of course, this statement is not credible, and it is only used as a legend here to help entertain.
Xue Ju took up the front line again after handling court affairs. This time, he wanted to have a general decisive battle with Li Shimin to decide the fate of both sides, and he wanted to annihilate Li Shimin on this desolate loess in one fell swoop.
Of course, Li Shimin knew the importance of this war, but his condition never improved, and he could not personally lead his troops to kill the enemy, but could only entrust the command to Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan. However, he was not too assured of the command ability of the two men, so he repeatedly warned them: "Xue Ju's lone army is deep, there is not much grain and grass, and he has raised troops to build the imperial city, and the soldiers are already very tired, if Xue Ju comes to challenge, you must not fight, just drag them, and then fight with him after my illness is better." ”
But Liu Wenjing did not think so, before this he had just defeated the famous general Qu Tutong in Hedong, so he was quite confident in his command ability, coupled with Yin Kaishan's thrashing, he forgot Li Shimin's admonition and commanded all the large army of the Eight Governors' Office and Xue Ju to fight a decisive battle on the shallow water. Liu Wenjing thought that the Tang army had many generals and excellent abilities, and he did not pay attention to this Western Qin overlord at all. however
Xue Ju was not a reckless man he imagined, but a command strategy for marching and fighting, he let his eldest son Xue Rengao and the general Zong Luohou launch an attack on Liu Wenjing from the front, and just when Liu Wenjing and Xue Rengao and Zong Luohou were in full swing, Xue Ju personally led five thousand elite troops, around the back of Gao Gaocheng, and suddenly launched a surprise attack on Liu Wenjing from behind.
This move is a typical "take advantage of its carelessness and attack it unprepared", Liu Wenjing, who was attacked by the enemy in his abdomen and back, suddenly lost his square inches, where could he resist the two-sided attack of the Western Qin army, and the poor Eight Commanders' army collapsed under the conflict and strangulation of Western Qin's wolf-like army, and more than half of them were killed and wounded. According to historical records, the Tang army led by Li Shimin lost 56 out of 10 in this battle, and the generals Murong Luohou, Li Anyuan, and Liu Hongji were also captured by Xue Ju.
Li Shimin, who suffered this fiasco, was unable to fight again, and just happened to receive the order of Li Yuan's division to retreat and join forces to seize Chang'an, and could only lead the defeated generals to evacuate Gaoyuan City with the humiliation and unwillingness of defeat.
As the saying goes, killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred, although Xue Ju won this battle, it was also a cruel victory, when he occupied Gaoyuan City and used the corpses of the Tang army to stack up the fortress to look up, although he was full of ambition, he also knew that after this fierce battle, the tired army could no longer catch up with Li Shimin to give him the final fatal blow.
In this case, he will forever lose the opportunity to enter guanzhong.
(To find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown)