Tang Taizong Li Shimin can be said to be the most capable military command among the ancient emperors. In the eleventh year of sui daye, that is, in 615 AD, Li Shimin was seventeen years old.
The Sui Emperor was surrounded by turks at Yanmen, and Li Shimin responded by recruiting troops to the rescue, which was subordinate to the tun wei general Yun Dingxing's camp. Before leaving, Li Shimin said to Yun Dingxing: "You must carry a large number of military flags and war drums to set up suspicious soldiers. Now it seems that the Turkic Shibi Khan mobilized the army of the whole country, and they dared to come to besiege His Majesty the Emperor, and it was certain that the country was empty and there was no backup. We must make a big show of the military flag stretching for tens of miles and fully displaying our army's lofty military appearance. Moreover, at night, when they beat each other with zhèng and war drums, the enemy will surely think that our reinforcements have gathered in large numbers, and they will be afraid in their hearts, so they will quickly flee and retreat. If this is not done, the enemy is now outnumbered, and they will launch a charge with all their might, and our army will certainly not be able to cope with it. ”
Yun Dingxing took Li Shimin's advice and stationed his troops in Guō County. This place is now the original plain of Shanxi, the east and west are mountains, the mountains are sandwiched between the Ping River, and the Tuotuo River flows through the plains from north to south, which has always been a place where soldiers and families must fight. There is a poem: "Ten million mulberry fields are the general battlefield, and the hundred and two rivers and mountains are completely red soil", and it is called "the key to the lock of the three Jins".
The Turkic forward reconnaissance cavalry saw the mighty marching momentum of the Sui army and immediately quickly reported to the Shibi Khan. So the Turkic troops retreated, and the Sui Emperor was rescued!
Li Shimin often personally commanded battles, was both a general and a forward, he was insightful of military intelligence and good at speculating on people's hearts.
In 617, Li Yuan, with the encouragement of Li Shimin, had already rebelled in Jinyang! At that time, Li Shimin was again appointed as the Right Marshal. He led an army of 100,000 to attack the eastern capital Luoyang, but this was not successful and returned. When the three armies returned to the division, Li Shimin said to the people on the left and right: "When the enemy sees me waiting for me to return to the division, it will definitely come out to pursue." So he ordered his men to set up three ambush lines at the Tomb of the Three Kings and wait for the Sui Dynasty to pursue the troops. Sure enough, not long after, the Sui Dynasty general Duan Da arrived here with 10,000 horses, and when the Sui army passed the Tomb of the Three Kings, Li Shimin immediately ordered an ambush to attack and defeat the Sui army!
Mao Zedong's witty remarks commented on Li Shimin: "Since ancient times, there has been no right person in the army of Li Shimin, followed by Zhu Yuanzhang'er. "#Li Shimin##Sui Dynasty Emperor#Emperor Story##唐朝那些事 #
