The myth of Xuan Ce "one man destroying one country" has been preached in many people's mouths in recent years. Especially before and after the hit of Jackie Chan's "Kung Fu Yoga", this legend with some historical basis is more mythical. Of course, this does not mean that Lord Wang Xuance is not powerful, very powerful, but the power of history is not the power of mythology.
This myth has a historical basis, that is, the strength of the early Tang Dynasty, which is the basis for Wang Xuance to build this feat
However, this historical basis has been exaggerated and mythologized by the Japanese novel writer Yoshiki Tanaka's "Tenju Hot Wind Record". For example, "the fire bull defeats the elephant", and so on, and the weapons in the middle and late Period of the Northern Song Dynasty were advanced to the beginning of the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, he was also the first person to truly say the words "there is no China after the cliff mountain, and no China after the Ming Dynasty".
The Japanese have studied the history of China in great detail, which is worth admiring.
The reason why there is a historical basis is that the "Old and New Tang Books" both record their events. It can be seen that this matter is not unusual for lovers of Tang history. But the historical data lacks details, such as who commanded the "spit mud" coalition army? It is not specified. Obviously, it is difficult for us to understand the myth of "Zhuge Liang alone arriving at the ten thousand armies", stealing the credit of Eastern Wu to Liu.
The New Book of Tang is more detailed and methodical than the Old Book of Tang
Xuan Ce stepped forward to tibet and summoned soldiers from neighboring countries. Tubo came with a thousand soldiers, Mud Borneo came with seven thousand horses, and Xuan Ce partially entered the tea and Luocheng, broke it in three days, beheaded three thousand levels, and drowned ten thousand people. Alona went along with the country, joined the scattered troops to resume the battle, and the division was benevolent and the birds were taken, and thousands of prisoners were taken.
The rest of the people obstructed Qiantuo Weijiang with the king's wife, shi ren attacked it, and suffered a great rout, and obtained his concubines and princes, 12,000 men and women, 30,000 miscellaneous animals, and 580 cities. The eastern Tianzhu king Corpse Domo sent 30,000 cattle and horses to the army, as well as bows, swords, and treasures. Jia Wulu offered foreign objects and put them on the map, please Lao Tzu elephant. Xuan Ce commanded Alona Shun to sacrifice the que.
There is a si to the Zongmiao, the emperor said: "The lady's eyes and ears play with sound, and the mouth and nose smell, and this defeat is also the original of virtue." Brahmins do not rob my messengers, but rather captive evil? "Promote Xuan Ce to the Scattered Doctor." New Book of Tang
As a diplomat from Zhi County, Wang Xuance's examples of commanding operations have not been recorded before and after.
It can be seen from this that the Tang Dynasty has never been a military general for his position, and the Tang Dynasty did not have the tradition of emphasizing literature over martial arts, so wenwu did not have the problem of who is higher and who is lower.
In addition, Yoshiki Tanaka is a writer of fantasy novels, and the descriptions in his works cannot be counted as historical narratives. However, some people want to treat novels, film and television dramas as history, and there is no way.
Wang Xuance's value can be called "the feat of a diplomat", there is no need to mythologize, the basis for creating myths is not his ability, the basis is the influence and strength of the Tang Dynasty
China during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang and Emperor Gaozong had a very important influence in Asia. Therefore, Wang Xuance's "myth" is based on the influence of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the three males in eastern Asia (including Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and the South Asian subcontinent) were juxtaposed.
In addition to the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, there was also a Northern Indian (note that it was North India) Dynasty (606-647). Therefore, it is not "one person destroying one country" but "two tigers destroying the sick leopard".
The reason for this was that Wang Xuance took advantage of the influence of the Tang Dynasty, and the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo was in the honeymoon period, so he borrowed soldiers and horses from Nepal and Tubo (the so-called Nepalese regime at that time also obeyed the dual orders of Tubo and North India) and defeated the rebels of the Jiezhi Dynasty.
Wang Xuance's value lies in his ability to take advantage of the honeymoon relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo (Princess Wencheng married Songtsen Gampo in 641), as well as tubo's close relationship with Nepal, to select the target of borrowing troops, and to use the traitor Alona Shun to rob gifts from north India and various countries outside the country, which seriously provoked the Behavior of the Tang Dynasty and other countries, making it favor the favorable opportunity of the Tang Dynasty and other countries in the war, and even more with the help of the "traitor usurpation" of various domestic forces actively preparing to counterattack. Lead to a low combat effectiveness of the time, defeat it. Capture Chang'an!
In the meantime, Wang Xuance's wisdom showed how effective it was.
Wang Xuance destroyed not one large country but several small countries
Wang Xuance's credit was mainly due to the influence of the Tang Dynasty itself. Of course, his personal abilities are also outstanding. But his enemy is not "one country", still less "India" among some of the population, but only one of the hundreds of small divided countries in India, not to mention the usurpation of the throne by Alonashun, is it recognized in its country? Power geometry?.
In 641 (the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, the following readers themselves to convert), under the influence of Xuanzang, the King of Jieri (Chinese: Lost Luo Yiduo) sent people to Chang'an to take the initiative to make friends with the Tang Dynasty, and Tang Taizong immediately ordered Liang Huaixuan to send an envoy.
In 643, Liang Huaixuan sent an envoy to the capital of the Jieri Dynasty, and on the twenty-seventh day of the first month of 645, the Tang Dynasty diplomatic mission arrived at the capital of the Jieri Dynasty. When he returned to China in 646, Wang Xuance's status was as a deputy envoy and a county commander of Huangshui County.
In 647, Wang Xuance again sent an envoy to the Jieji Dynasty as a deputy envoy. However, when Wang Xuance sent another mission in 647, the king was drowned. As a result, the dynasty was in chaos.
The Jieri Dynasty was formed by an alliance of 16 countries (the number of countries recorded by Xuanzang), and each country had its own "dividing forces", which is very similar to the "Spring and Autumn Period" in China, and the status of the Jieri King was similar to that of the King of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Of course, the King of Jieri was more talented, the martial arts and stratagems were very good, of course, more authoritative, but his position was more awkward, and he did not substantively unify North India, and could only rely on the relaxation of religious beliefs to maintain the dynasty.
As soon as the king died, the world was in chaos. In this way, the northern part of India today accounts for nearly half of its territory (because West India is roughly today's Pakistan), and half of the country is divided into at least twenty or more countries, one of which is also a floating heart because of the "usurpation of the throne" and the influence of war-wearers, those who want to overthrow the usurper, those who want to rebuild the Japanese dynasty, and so on.
If there is no hatred for the usurper himself, no one will help Wang Xuance and others to escape, is it possible to be in a foreign country? Within a few days, more than 50 cities surrendered one after another, and it would be hard to imagine if it were not for the dissatisfaction with the behavior of "traitors and usurpation of the country".
Why Wang Xuance was able to succeed
The most fundamental reason why Wang Xuance "one person destroys one country" appeared was also because of the strength of the early Tang Dynasty, in addition, Wang Xuance's accurate judgment of the situation as a courtier and his personal super negotiation ability were also crucial.
However, the former is the key, without which he would not have been able to recruit troops in the northern States of India, Tibet, Nepal and other places. Second, without the deceit of the various forces in the dispute over the throne, and each with its own agenda, it would not be easy to defeat a small country. Finally, Wang Xuance's personal ability is indeed very strong, there is no doubt.