In the early tang dynasty, there were two gods of war, one was Li Shimin, and the other was Li Jing, and it can be said that the northern part of the Tang Dynasty was basically fought down by Li Shimin, while the southern part of the Tang Dynasty was basically fought down by Li Jing. The fighting style of the two is completely different, Li Shimin is good at fighting attrition and defensive counterattack, while Li Jing is good at fighting a quick decisive battle, I think Li Jing's style of play is more difficult than Li Shimin's playing style, and it is more necessary to anticipate enemies such as gods and soldiers and gods! Li Jing's battle for fame was the battle to destroy Xiao Milling of Southern Liang.
Li Jing was originally a general of the Sui Dynasty, after Li Yuan rebelled in Taiyuan, Li Jing also disguised himself as a prisoner to cross the line of fire to Chang'an to ventilate the sui emperor, and was almost killed after being captured alive by Li Yuan, fortunately Li Shimin had the wisdom to see the talent, and Li Jing escaped to become Li Shimin's subordinate. It was precisely because of meeting Bole like Li Shimin that Li Jing, who was over 50 years old, began to give full play to his ability as commander.
When Li Jing went south to destroy the Southern Tang, he was just in time for Li Shimin to lead the main Tang army in a melee with Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande in the Luoyang area, and there was no surplus force to support Li Jing. Li Jing still began to go south with a partial division of 10,000 people, and after analyzing the situation in the south, he believed that if he wanted to destroy the Southern Tang, he must first completely subdue the Bashu region in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Li Jing relied on outstanding military strategy and strategy and tactics to help Li Xiaogong, the imperial family of Li Tang, completely control the land of Bashu, and also gave himself a stable base for fighting the Southern Tang, and could follow the current under the Southern Tang capital into Jiangling. Li Jing began to fight hard, and the most important thing was to help Datang build a fierce water army, and the construction of ships was also followed in an orderly manner.
After Li Jing pacified Bashu, he waited for the stability of the northern war situation, and when Li Shimin eliminated Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong, Li Jing felt that the time had come, and the large ships he had built had been built, so he divided into four armies and began to enter the Southern Tang territory. At that time, it was September when the Yangtze River was rising, and Li Jingli was against all opinions, but at this time he wanted to cross the thrilling Three Gorges, and the surprise soldiers wanted to take Yichang, the gateway to Jiangling. This unconventional play far exceeded Xiao Milling's expectations, and he did not even mobilize the 100,000 elites guarding the southern border, and Yichang was conquered by Li Jing. Li Jing's army was directly under the city, and the army organized by Xiao Milling's temporary recruitment was vulnerable in front of the Tang army, which was full of force, and the garrison troops were only a few thousand, Xiao Milling saw that the general trend had gone, and in order to avoid the suffering of the people in the city, Kaesong surrendered. Li Jing destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty in the First World War, and his name is in history.