The Tang Dynasty was the most eye-catching dynasty in China's dynasties, with the reign of Kaiyuan shengshi and zhenguan... One by one, the Ming emperors of the Li Tang clan ruled China at this time very strongly.
Tang Gaozu Li Yuan was able to gain the right to rule the world, not only because he had great talent and could lead the army to defeat others, but also because the opponent who could have been equal to him suddenly died of bad news, and without a powerful enemy, Li Yuan was able to smoothly become the lord of the world.
Judging from the history books of later generations, Li Yuan seems to have an invincible army, his own military talent is outstanding, and several sons such as Li Shimin are even better at fighting horses, so it seems not surprising that Li Tang group can defeat Dou Jiande, Liu Wuzhou and others one after another. But in fact, there was one person who once let Li Yuan's army suffer a great defeat, and even made Li Yuan and others almost lose the qualification to chase the deer in the world, this person was Xue Ju.
A formidable opponent, Xue Ju initially developed
Xue Ju's ancestral home is in Shanxi, and in order to earn a living, his father moved to Lanzhou with his family when he was very young. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Lanzhou was a desert land in the northwest, and the people here have always been bold and upright, so Xue Ju has also developed an eclectic personality, not only that, he also has a good martial art, good charity, and in his youth, he was famous in the township because of his jealous and hateful personality.
In the last years of the Sui Dynasty, because of the harsh policies of the Sui Emperor, the people complained and were indignant, coupled with frequent droughts in the northwest, so bandits continued near Lanzhou. At such a time, Hao Yu, a lieutenant of the Jincheng Prefecture, saw Xue Ju's ability, and he felt that since Xue Ju had a good skill, and his family was rich and wealthy, it was better to let him lead the bandits and promote this young hero well.
However, what everyone never expected was that Xue Ju did not care about this low-hanging on official position and power, he led the thousands of soldiers and horses that Hao Yu gave him, and after leaving the city, he did not go straight to the place where the bandits were hiding, but went around in a circle and directly returned to the city to kidnap Hao Yu. Xue Ju took control of the capital, so he ordered the opening of warehouses to release grain and relieve the people.
Such righteous deeds made Xue Ju's reputation rise to a higher level, and everyone came to Xue Ju, and his strength soon grew to tens of thousands. Although his strength was rising day by day, Xue Ju was ambitious and did not stop at being an idle local force. Therefore, after the new Qiang army defected to him, Xue Ju attacked again and captured a large area of Longxi.
Victory or defeat is unpredictable, xue lifted the undulating road to growth
At this time, the Sui Dynasty was already scattered by the trees, the world was full of wolf smoke, the crowd was divided, and a battle for deer was about to be staged. Xue Ju had an interest in Jiuding, so he declared himself emperor in Lanzhou. Subsequently, he sent three armies to pocket the territory up and down the Yellow River in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, failure was a common affair, and the army sent by Xue Ju was almost completely destroyed.
If this expansion of strength had completely dispelled Xue Ju's ambitions, there would have been no confrontation between him and Li Yuan, Li Shimin and others afterwards. Therefore, Xue Ju was not discouraged after the defeat of this battle to the south, he inquired in detail about the military strategy, adopted the method of siege, and finally annexed all the forces in these three places.
Crossing the Yellow River, Chang'an was far away, on this side, Xue Ju was looking at Chang'an, while on the other side, Li Yuan and Li Shimin and others were also rubbing their fists and preparing to march into Chang'an. Although Li Yuan and Xue Ju both admired each other's military talents, however, the battlefield was not your death or my death, and this battle had to begin.
Xue Ju's first battle with Li Tang's clique fell into the ascendancy. Xue Ju's army, which had been smooth sailing, did not expect the true strength of Li Yuan's army, and most of them were damaged in a hand-to-hand battle, and many generals were killed or captured on the battlefield. In a daze, Xue Ju could only flee to Longyou in a hurry. Wandering in a familiar place, a powerful setback made him doubt himself, but a lot of persuasion from his staff finally made him change his mind.
Repeated defeats, repeated defeats. Regaining his confidence, Xue Ju decided to make a comeback, and in June, Xue Ju personally led an army into Jingzhou. When Li Shimin learned of this, he immediately led his army to besiege, hoping to take advantage of the insufficient supply of grain and grass for Xue Ju's army to slowly reduce his power and then eliminate it again. Who expected to make a bad move, his subordinates failed to fully understand Li Shimin's meaning, giving Xue Ju an opportunity to take advantage of it. Let him turn defeat into victory and defeat Li Tang's army.
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The East Wind was triumphant, and Xue Ju, who had regained his victory, originally wanted to counterattack Li Yuan's army and annex its forces. Unfortunately, the sky did not go according to people's wishes, and on the way to the Li clique, Xue Ju unfortunately fell ill and died. Without Xue Ju as the main backbone to lead the forces, the others were inferior to the Li Tang clique.
In this way, Li Yuan and others were originally vigilantly preparing to meet Xue Jun, but suddenly got a surprise. Without Xue Ju, a powerful opponent, the Li father and son sang all the way, cleared other obstacles, and dominated the world in one fell swoop.