In the nineteenth year of Zhenguan (647), the Tang Dynasty sent Wang Xuance to lead an envoy of about 30 people to Zhongtianzhu. On the way, king Luo Yiduo of Zhongtianzhu died, and the chancellor Alona shun plotted to usurp the throne. Alona sent an army to intercept and kill The Tang mission on the way. Wang Xuance was able to escape with the help of Princess Ragha mulli of Zhongtianzhu, and when Wang Xuance went north to reach Tubo, he actually sent a message to summon the army, resulting in 1,200 Tubo troops and 7,000 mud Brahma troops. Wang Xuance led these 8,200 men to attack Zhongtianzhu and fought for three days at ChaGu and Luocheng to defeat Alonashun. After Alonashun fled, he gathered his scattered troops and engaged Wang Xuance again, and as a result, Wang Xuance once again defeated Alonashun and captured Alonashun. After that, Wang Xuance led an army to attack the capital of Zhongtianzhu and captured 12,000 concubines and princes of Alonashun, as well as 30,000 livestock of various kinds. In this battle, the Tang Dynasty can be described as a complete victory. Although Zhongtianzhu was only one of the countries in the North India region at that time, it was not really India in the true sense. Judging from the situation of the war at that time, Zhongtianzhu had tens of thousands of troops, and it was by no means just a small country. In this battle, the Tang Dynasty diplomat Wang Xuance created a legend, he single-handedly borrowed 8200 soldiers from Tubo and Nibola at that time and attacked Zhongtianzhu. Because Wang Xuance did not use the Tang Dynasty to be a soldier and a pawn, modern people praised him as "one person destroys one country".
Ancient armies
Zizhi Tongjian Vol. 199 Tang Ji XV: The corpse Of Luo Yi was a corpse, and there was great chaos in the country, and his subject Alona Shun stood on his own feet and sent Hu soldiers to attack Xuan Ce; Xuan Ce shuai thirty people fought with him, and they were invincible, and they were captured, and Alona Shun plundered the tributes of the kingdoms. Xuan Ce escaped from the night and arrived in the western territory of Tubo, recruiting soldiers from neighboring countries with books, and Tubo sent elite 1,200 people and more than 7,000 people from the Ni po state to ride there. Xuan Ce and his deputy Jiang Shiren shuai of the two kingdoms of the army, entered the tea bread and Luocheng where Zhongtianzhu lived, fought for three consecutive days, broke it, beheaded more than 3,000 people, and drowned in the water and tens of thousands of people. Alona abandoned the city and took the rest of the people, and fought with Shi Ren; and broke it and captured Alonashun. The remnants of the people worshiped their concubines and princes, blocked Qiantuo Weijiang, shiren attacked them, and the crowd collapsed, and their concubines and princes were captured, and 2,000 men and women were captured. So the heavens shook, and more than 580 people descended from the city settlement, and Alona was captured. Take Xuan Ce as the Doctor of Chaosan.
Ancient wars
Wang Xuance returned to Chang'an to offer prisoners, and originally such a great credit was placed there, and Li Shimin only promoted Wang Xuance to the rank of Chaoshan Doctor. Chao San's doctor was only a minor official from Wupin, which could only be regarded as a normal promotion, that is to say, in Li Shimin's view, Wang Xuance did not make much merit. Compared with the rewards received by Li Ji, Su Dingfang, and others for their merits in destroying the country, Wang Xuance's so-called rewards are not worth mentioning at all. For example, in the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Eastern Turks, Su Dingfang, as the forward, led 200 troops to raid the Turkic Khan's tooth tent and killed dozens of hundreds of people. For such a small merit, Su Dingfang was awarded the post-war title of General Of the Left Wu Hou Zhonglang ,an official position under the Sipin official.
Tang Dynasty army
If you only look at Wang Xuance from the perspective of the reward, Wang Xuance has indeed received fewer rewards, but the specific situation must also be analyzed in detail: 1) Wang Xuance is a civilian official, but he has made military merits, and Li Shimin cannot give him the title of military attaché, so his reward is greatly discounted; 2) Wang Xuance's meritorious service is not false, but the correction is first. With Wang Xuance's authority, he did not have the right to collect troops from Tubo and Mud Brahma, and the text he sent was of course false, which was a capital crime. In Li Shimin's view, Wang Xuance's credit was not enough to offset the crimes he committed; 3) Li Shimin did not attach importance to the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Zhongtianzhu. The Tang Dynasty and Zhongtianzhu had no direct interest relationship, and even if Zhongtianzhu were destroyed, it would not bring much practical benefit to the Tang Dynasty.
Tang Dynasty people
As a diplomat, Wang Xuance sent three missions to India. Under his efforts, the relations between the various countries in the Indian region and the Tang Dynasty were not bad, which was enough to show that Wang Xuance was an excellent diplomat. His legend of "one man destroying one country" will continue to be passed down.