In the Tang Dynasty, there were many fierce generals who left thousands of histories, such as Wei Chigong and Qin Shubao, who are already characters on the New Year paintings, and Xue Rengui's story about him is still sung in the drama today, and today's article is mainly about another character - Su Dingfang.
Su Dingfang has been portrayed as a villain in today's film and television themes, especially Luo Cheng was killed by him, so he has become the object of hatred and hatred by everyone. In fact, this is a fabrication, which is very different from the real history, and it is a real grievance for him.
In fact, Su Dingfang's military achievements were outstanding, the conquest line was tens of thousands of miles, the east reached Korea, the west reached Uzbekistan, the north reached the Mongolian steppe, and the south reached the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it can be said that all regions of China are very dense, and his most important battle achievement is to destroy three countries.
The first country was the Eastern Turks.
During the Sui Dynasty, the Turks were divided into two parts due to internal contradictions, the Eastern Turks and the Western Turks, and the Central Plains region was constantly violated and harassed, so Li Shimin sent Li Jing as the commander-in-chief of the march to fight the Turks, and Su Dingfang was Li Jing's subordinate at the time, and was sent to carry out a mission to attack the tent camps of the Eastern Turks.
On that day, when the sky was foggy, Su Dingfang led the corps to a short distance from the Eastern Turk tent camp, and immediately launched a fierce attack, the Eastern Turks collapsed into an army, fled, and died, and then Li Jing led a large army to arrive, captured all the soldiers of the Eastern Turks, and won the victory.
Their Jieli Khan narrowly escaped, but was eventually captured, and the Eastern Turks were completely destroyed.
In this war, Su Dingfang contributed indispensably.
The second country is the Western Turks.
Twenty-seven years after the battle, during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Su Dingfang was appointed as the grand commander of the Conquest of the Western Turks. The Western Turks were much more powerful than the Eastern Turks, and at their peak, their territory expanded throughout Central Asia. At that time, the Western Turks had as many as 100,000 soldiers and horses fighting.
However, Su Dingfang's soldiers and horses were much smaller, although the number was small, but each of them was a crack army and strong generals, following Su Dingfang to fight on the battlefield, each with one skill. The battle was fought several times, and the Western Turkic army was scattered, but Shabaoluo Khan escaped and hid in the city of Suru in the northwest of shiguo.
At that time, the Tang Dynasty was grand and enjoyed prestige in the world, and the leader of Su Rucheng did not dare to offend the Tang Dynasty, pretending to help Sha Baoluo Khan, and after he entered his territory, he arrested him and handed him over to the Tang Dynasty, and the Western Turks perished from then on.
Su Dingfang was not only brave in battle, but also very benevolent, and he released all his captives, even the confiscated property, etc., which touched the various tribes of the Turks, and this battle was exchanged for long-term peace.
The third country is Baekje.
Shortly after the battle of the Western Turks, a new war ignited, that is, this small country called Baekje, he began to invade only the small country of Silla, but he was not satisfied, and even extended his claws to the Tang Dynasty.
Su Dingfang was once again appointed as the Grand Commander-in-Chief, and the Navy and Army totaled more than 100,000 people to fight Baekje.
Baekje is a small country, although almost every household in his country is a soldier, but the territory is small, the number is small, it did not take long, the soldiers of baekje will be seriously damaged, has died as many as 10,000 people, the king is also frightened to escape, but his second son Buyeo Tai did not flee, established himself as king, led his men to continue to resist the Tang army.
Buyeo Tai's son Buyeo Wensi was relatively young at the time, but he saw the situation clearly, and advised his father to flee with his family and relatives, which in itself was an act of self-seeking death, even if he won the war, the original king returned, they would also be killed, and if they lost, it was better to flee, but Buyeo Tai refused to listen, and Buyeo Wensi fled with many people.
The situation was irreparable, su Dingfang directly arrested the new and old kings of Baekje, and Baekje was destroyed. Later, it was divided into five pieces, divided into five governors of the Tang Dynasty, and became the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
Su Dingfang, as a general of the Tang Dynasty, this battle achievement can be said to be very powerful, and it can be said that recovering three countries and capturing the lord of the three kingdoms alive can be said to be unprecedented.