First, strive to win appreciation and trust.
Excavate, though he was very famous later, won the appreciation and trust of Tang Gaozu and Li Shimin. But in the initial stage, his foundation was not good, and he was not only suspected, but also almost killed as a ghost under the knife. It is his fighting spirit that reversed this unfavorable situation and ushered in the glory of life for himself.
Li Jing was born in an official family and became a local official in the Sui Dynasty when he grew up. When the perverse behavior caused chaos in the world, Li Jing, as a noble child, remained loyal to the Sui Dynasty.
When he was appointed mayor of Mayi County, he found that his boss, Tang gaozu, was staying in Taiyuan with different intentions, secretly recruiting and waiting for an opportunity, and decided to report to Yang Di who was touring Jiangdu.
However, because he is in Tang Gaozu's sphere of influence, it is absolutely impossible to report publicly. He thought of a way to make himself a prisoner and have him sent to Jiangdu. But when we arrived in Chang 'an, the capital city, there was chaos in Guanzhong area, and the road was impassable, so it was delayed. At the same time, Li Yuan rose up in Taiyuan, officially launched the anti-Sui banner, and quickly captured Chang 'an, where Li Jing was caught red-handed, and revealed that he had accused Hei as a prisoner.
When he was about to be beheaded, Li Jing thought that he was full of knowledge and ambition, and he couldn't help shouting to Tang Gaozu: Since you started a volunteer army, you should eliminate riots for the world. But why don't you want to achieve great things and kill loyal ministers and righteous men with personal grievances? Tang Gaozu appreciates this sentence. At the same time, Li Shimin also heard about the title of Excavate and asked his father not to kill Excavate. In this way, Excavate saved his life, joined Li Shimin Group and became a senior staff member.
Excavate in Li Shimin group, although there is no chance to unify the army alone, but constantly make suggestions, with its accurate grasp of the situation and resourceful plan, played an important role in Li Shimin's eastward expedition to the west.
In 620, filial piety, a separatist force entrenched in Jiangling, Hubei Province, sent troops to disturb the border of the Tang Dynasty. At this time, because the Tang Dynasty was trying to compete with the king's forces for the Central Plains, it sent Li Jing to Kuizhou to guard against Xiao Xian. On his way to his post, Li Jing gave some good ideas to Li Man, the king of Lujiang who had defeated the local ethnic minorities many times, so that Li Man finally won the battle, but he delayed a lot of time.
I finally arrived in Xiazhou, but because of Xiao Xian's power control, I couldn't get through without buying his account. At this point, Tang Gaozu mistakenly thought that he was stalling, delaying the military plane, and secretly gave an order to Xiajiang secretariat Xu Shao to let him put Excavate to death on the spot. Thanks to Xu Shao's love for Li Jing's talent, he didn't execute it and pleaded for him before he escaped again.
Later, I finally arrived in Kuizhou, and I happened to meet Ran Marsh, the leader of ethnic minorities, who opposed the Tang Dynasty and invaded Kuizhou. Li, the king of Zhao County, led Tang Jun to a crushing defeat. Excavate sized up the situation and led 800 foot soldiers to sneak attack the enemy camp overnight, which succeeded and saved some face for the army of Datang.
Then he found a dangerous place to set an ambush, led Ran into the ambush circle, killed him in World War I, captured more than 5,000 people, and finally boosted Tang Jun's morale. When the good news reached the capital, Li Yuan was very happy, praised Li Jing greatly, and specially wrote a few words in his own hand: Let bygones be bygones, I have forgotten the past. Jing Li finally won the initial appreciation and trust with his unremitting efforts.
The next thing is relatively simple. The most painful thing for people with real talent and practical learning is that they can't get trust and understanding, and they don't have the opportunity to display their talents and ambitions. Now that Li Jing has gained trust, it is natural for him to display his talents and make great achievements.
62 1 At the beginning of the year, Li Jing wrote to Li Yuan and put forward ten strategies to attack and destroy filial piety. Li Yuan attached great importance to it, and appointed Li as the commander in chief and Li Jing as the deputy commander in chief to pacify Xiao Xian, and specially told Li Jing that Xiao Xian didn't know much about military affairs, so you should take overall responsibility. This is far from the initial suspicion.
Excavate didn't live up to this trust. First, prepare materials, train foot soldiers and stabilize the rear. Then, he caught up and made a clever plan. Divide and rule, it only took more than two months to completely eliminate this largest separatist force in the south of the Yangtze River. Li Jing was named the Duke of Shangzhu and the Duke of Yongkang with excellent record. This campaign showed Li Jing's outstanding military ability, and was further relied on by Tang Gaozu, which completely established his position.