The Strife of kings
Li Shimin led his troops across the Yellow River from Longmen, garrisoned Baibi, and confronted Song Jingang, holding the wall without fighting. The common people in the Hedong region still supportEd Li Shimin relatively, as soon as they heard that Li Shimin had brought his troops, they all sent grain to the Tang army, and the grain problem was solved, and Li Shimin could completely fight a protracted war with Song Jingang, and he would also consume this little red guy to death.
Li Shimin's tactical characteristics are clear. Attack, then make a quick decision. Defensively, wait and see, drag as long as possible until the enemy soldiers are exhausted, and then defeat the opponent with a drum. In the confrontation with Song Jingang, Li Shimin gave full play to the essence of guerrilla tactics, adopted the fatigue tactics of the enemy advancing and retreating, and the enemy stationed and stationed in us, dispatched small groups of combat troops, and frequently harassed Song Jingang's military camp.
This tactic is very annoying, Song Jingang wants to fight with The Tang Army, as soon as he goes out, the Tang Army runs away from the shadow. Back at the barracks, just when he wanted to eat and sleep, Tang Jun came out again and scolded Song Jingang's grandmother. Go out again, and the people are gone. If Song Jingang ignored Tang Jun, maybe Tang Jun would also put rockets to burn him some property. Song Jingang was overwhelmed, provoked him, led the crowd to attack Li Shimin's camp, and was forced by Li Shimin's random arrows. Tang Jun was like a piece of skin plaster, stuck to Song Jingang's body, unable to beat and beat, and shou was still beaten by the old stick, making Song Jingang quite collapsed.
At this time, Li Shimin received news that it was very unfavorable to the Tang army, and his uncle Li Xiaoji, the king of Yong'an, was captured by the general Chi Jingde sent by Song Jingang, and the entire army was destroyed. Shocked, Li Shimin quickly sent Qin Qiong and Yin Kaishan to attack Wei Chi Jingde.
At this time, Qin Qiong and Cheng Zhijie had already submitted to Li Shimin. Qin Shubao and Cheng Zhijie were originally under Li Mi's subordinates, but were later incorporated by Wang Shichong and both were made generals. But the two hated Wang Shichong's cunning, and Cheng Zhijie once said to Qin Shubao: "Wang Shichong is small-minded, and full of gibberish, always gambling and swearing, where like a king, like an old witch." During a confrontation between the two armies, these two men surrendered to the Tang army in front of the army and were assigned to Li Shimin's army, Li Shimin recruited Liu Wuzhou, and Qin Qiong went out with the army.
Qin Qiong and Yin Kaishan chased after them overnight, and when they reached the Meiliang River, they were driving Wei Chi Jingde halfway across the river. In the homes of soldiers, crossing the river more than halfway is the best opportunity to launch a surprise attack. The second general was also not polite and went straight to work. Wei Chi Jingde's army was half in the water and half on the shore, and when he was suddenly attacked, he was too busy to fight. Although Wei Chi Jingde was incomparably brave, Qin Qiong Qin Shu Bao was not eating dry food. Yin Kaishan and Qin Qiong led the Tang army to slash east and west, stabbed forward and poked back, and made Wei Chi Jingde and his gang cry to find their mother, and the wolf ran and rushed. Fortunately, Wei Chi Jingde ran fast enough, otherwise the current door god would only be able to hang Qin Qiong alone.
After winning a great victory, some people in the Tang Army were overwhelmed by the victory and had to go out and fight with Song Jingang. At this time, Li Shimin was still relatively calm, and analyzed the situation for his subordinates, "Song Xiaofusan can't be taken lightly, he wants to make a quick decision, we can't let him lead the nose, just spend time with ya'er here." When he has nothing to eat, he will naturally have to get out of the egg, and then we will rush up and kill him. ”
Li Shimin and Song Jingang spent several months in Baibi. During this period, Liu Wuzhou's successive attacks on Luzhou and Haozhou were defeated by the Tang army, and the morale of the army changed from being bullish at the beginning to being dejected. The Song Jingang army also lacked the spirit of the previous spirit, coupled with the lack of food, so it had to withdraw its army and return to the north.
Li Shimin waited for nearly half a year, just to wait for such an opportunity to beat up the falling water dog. As soon as Song Jingang retreated, Li Shimin immediately raised his troops to catch up, and along the way the army wanted to stop and eat, but Li Shimin resolutely refused to allow it, and time was the guarantee of victory at this moment. Tang Jun endured hunger and chased all the way to a place called the Valley of the Sparrows, and finally caught up with the main force of Song Jingang. The Tang army rushed to the Song Jingang army like a hungry tiger, and fought eight times a day, and Song Jingang lost eight battles and was completely destroyed.
Song Jingang was beaten to the point of being frightened and cold, anxious like a dog that had lost his family, and panicked like a fish that had slipped through the net, and ran all the way back to Jiexiu City. At this time, Li Shimin had not been disarmed for three days, had not eaten for two days, and there was only one sheep in the entire army, and after slaughtering them, they divided the food and continued to pursue, directly surrounding the city of Jiexiu.
Song Jingang was beaten to the point of and feeling very faceless, and when he saw Li Shimin catch up again, he was anxious to save his reputation and led the soldiers to open the door to meet the battle. Song Jingang is a person who is not good at summarizing and learning, and what means Li Shimin used when he was defeated in battle, he can completely copy and paste, keep Jiexiu, and turn around to consume Li Shimin. However, he was blinded by anger and fought hard with Li Shimin. Song Jingang did not think that he had just been defeated, and his morale was low, while Li Shimin's troops were sharp, and the two armies were fighting each other.
In the Battle of Jiexiu City, Li Shimin still used the old method, divided his troops into two roads, and attacked the Song Jingang army back and forth, this tactic was tried and tested repeatedly, it was very useful, and once again defeated Song Jingang. Song Jingang fled again, and Li Shimin pursued for tens of miles, killing more than three thousand before he stopped.
Song Jingang ran away, but Chi Jingde, the lieutenant who guarded the city for him, did not run. Li Shimin is a person who loves talent, and Wei Chi Jingde's bravery makes him like it very much. Back at Jiexiu, he passed on a message to Wei Chi Jingde, "Follow me and keep you glorious and rich." ”
Wei Chi Jingde then surrendered Li Shimin and became a member of Li Shimin's fierce generals, and in the later Xuanwumen Rebellion, it was Wei Chi Jingde who contributed to the death force and won the throne for Li Shimin.
Taking back Jiexiu, Li Shimin rushed to the prefecture without stopping, not wanting Liu Wuzhou to hear that Song Jingang had suffered a defeat, and had a premonition that Li Shimin would come to besiege him, and had already fled to the Turks.
Song Jingang collected the remnants and wanted to turn around and fight Li Shimin again, but as soon as those people heard Li Shimin's name, they instigated it, said that they did not dare to go back again, and scattered on the spot. Song Jingang saw that the people were no longer willing to fight for themselves, and could only run to the Turks like Liu Wuzhou and hide.
Both Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang were killed by the Turks.
Li Er got out of the horse and was all crushed. This sentence is definitely not blown, Li Yuanji lost the Taiyuan, under Li Shimin's bitter battle, and all of it was transferred back to the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
After defeating Liu Wuzhou, Li Tang's rear area finally stabilized, and no longer had any forces to set off waves. Li Yuan could finally devote all his energy to dealing with the two major hostile forces in the Central Plains. So who will be the leader of Zhengdong? The martial generals of the Tang Dynasty flashed through Li Yuan's mind one by one, and finally fixed on the body of the second prince Li Shimin. This burden must also be shouldered by Li Shimin.
Li Shimin's life is at its peak at this moment. In the century war with Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong, he was not afraid of strong enemies, and he was a god in the first battle, ushering in the most brilliant moment of his life. It was also this battle that laid the foundation for him to compete with the crown prince Li Jiancheng.