Wang is a figure of style. He took Luoyang as his own, which can be said to be the only force that can compete with the Tang Dynasty. Although his political talent is not so good, Wang is definitely a figure in military affairs.
Li Shimin, who just arrived in Luoyang, rushed here. However, this time, Li Shimin suffered the most sinister battle. Tang Jun's infantry and cavalry, totaling 50,000, have arrived in Luoyang at the gates, and Zheng Jun has left the city to meet them. The two sides launched a decisive battle in Qingcheng Palace in the northwest of Luoyang. Wang took surprise attack tactics to destroy Shi Biao, and when Tang Jun just arrived at Qingcheng Palace, he stormed. But this time, his opponent is obviously much stronger than Shi Biao, and Li Shimin has not set up camp yet, so he has already arranged the defense line first. Wang's surprise attack failed and the two sides launched a head-on confrontation. In order to break the deadlock, Li Shimin led dozens of cavalry into the enemy line from the flank, hoping to disturb the enemy situation. This tactic worked wonders in the northwest of Xue. However, Wang's military talent is not comparable to Xue's. Besides, he himself used this trick to deal with Shi Biao. How could he suffer such a loss? Li Shimin's surprise attack failed, but it put itself in danger. For many years, the love horse "Salouzi" who fought bravely with himself was shot to death by a flowing arrow. When the enemy saw the king of Qin fall, they rushed up to take him alive. His lieutenant, Qiu, quickly led the horse to rescue him, killed several people closest to the king of Qin, gave his mount to the king of Qin, and fought with a long knife. It's hard to get out of the tight encirclement. In this way, both sides' strategies have failed and they can only play hardball. It is not a question of tactics, but who can effectively manage the army at ordinary times. In the continuous melee, can we keep the formation well and whether the soldiers can fight to the death.
Tang Jun scattered Zheng Jun four times, but Wang led the crowd to quickly integrate the team four times and fight head-on. Li Shimin also have to admire this opponent. He knew that half of Wang's troops were peasant rebels who surrendered to Shi Biao. It is not easy to integrate the army in less than a year, but it can withstand the repeated killings of his battle-hardened regular army. The fighting lasted from morning to afternoon, and Zheng began to feel tired and unable to resist the impact of Tang Jun. Wang had to order a retreat to Luoyang, but he had been waiting for the enemy to retreat and immediately attacked Luoyang, just as he swept Xue in the northwest. However, although Zheng Jun was defeated, its state was not chaotic and impeccable. Luoyang is the eastern capital of the Sui Dynasty, with strong walls and tight defense. Li Shimin couldn't storm, so he surrounded Luoyang and sent troops to clean up the strongholds outside Luoyang.
This is an August-long siege.
Eight months after the siege, the number of 30,000 households in Luoyang has dropped to 3,000-the real ten rooms and nine vacant rooms. The king still stubbornly resisted, which greatly surprised him and made him more obedient to the king. Hunger spread everywhere, and there was no large-scale urban surrender or people's uprising. Such talents are first-class regardless of running the country and the army. Tang Jun is now exhausted and war-weary, and soldiers and even generals are constantly fleeing. Obviously, such a thing will happen to the commander-in-chief of Li Shimin. Li Shimin had to issue a tough military order: "Whoever dares to speak out will be beheaded!" Stabilize the army.
At this time, Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, arrived with hundreds of troops. He is here to help Wang.
For more than 30,000 Tang Jun who were exhausted in Luoyang's tough battle, the arrival of 100,000 troops in Dou Jiande was really shocking.
At that time, the situation was that Wang's men and women were all elite in Jianghuai, and they could fight and spell. Because they have no salary, they are trapped in an isolated city, waiting for death. If Xia Jun meets it and transports grain to help each other, it will be stronger, and the great cause of reunification will be in the foreseeable future.
So Li Shimin decided to take this opportunity to solve these two problems once and for all. However, it is difficult for you to talk to an army of 10. 1 10,000 drums and 30,000 exhausted soldiers!
Subsequently, Li Shimin immediately ordered Li Yuanji and Qu Tutong to continue to besiege Luoyang; He led 3,500 chosen men to capture Hulao Pass. In other words, he will use these 3,500 people to face Dou Jiande's 100,000-strong army. This may be the most unequal strategic decisive battle in the history of human war.
Due to the rapid advance of Xia Jun, Li Shimin worked day and night without eating or sleeping or dismounting. When Dou Jiande arrived at Tiger Prison via Heyang and Gongxian, it was less than three miles away from Hulao Pass. It was a close call. If Xia Jun occupies Hulao Pass, there is no danger for Hulao Pass to go to Luoyang, and Tang Jun can only withdraw its troops from Luoyang.
In order to curb the momentum of Xia Jun's high-speed advance, the next morning Li Shimin took 500 cavalry to the Xia Jun camp east of Hulao Pass to provoke. Along the way, Qin, Zhou and others set an ambush. Himself and Wei Chijingde together, with four cavalry to move on, in less than Zusanli distance Xia Jun camp, met a group of cavalry patrol. These cavalry seem to be in a very high position when they see his glittering armor. Naturally, they didn't expect to be the king of Qin, but they really didn't know that our army had such a young senior general. Just wondering, Li Shimin roared: "I am the king of Qin!" Say and an arrow in the past, shot down the leading general officer.
Those patrolmen hurriedly fled back to the camp, and the word "King of Qin" was really attractive. In a short time, WuLiuQian cavalry killed from Xia Jun camp. The four people who followed Li Shimin were shocked. Li Shimin said, "You go first, and Jingde and I will stay." So brush, brush two arrows, shot down the two people rushed in front, they were frightened, afraid of an ambush, afraid to chase, and saw Li Shimin walking leisurely, really reluctant, so they chased the past again. Time and time again, Li Shimin shot and killed five or six people, and Wei Chijingde hacked and killed more than ten people with a broadsword. In this way, the pursuer was introduced into an ambush between hesitation and hesitation. Qin and Cheng led an ambush from the flank, defeated the enemy, beheaded more than 300 people, and captured Xia Jun generals Yin Qiu and Shi Zan alive.
The World War I was brilliant, but we can also see that Li Shimin is in a difficult situation. At that time, I resisted the pressure and sent troops to Hulao Pass. If I fail, the situation will be quite passive. At that time, the foot soldiers were exhausted, and almost no one believed that just a few thousand soldiers and horses could match Dou Jiande's 100,000 troops. Plus young and competitive, the pressure on Li Shimin's shoulders can be imagined, so he can only use this deadly trick to lure the enemy alone, hoping to boost morale with legendary victory. Fortunately, there was no accident. If you are shot on the mount again, you will not be a hero, but you will also become a laughing stock.
Of course, he was chased by thousands of troops, but he was able to return to his horse and shoot an arrow, and the arrow was not empty. His skill and courage in archery far exceed that of ordinary generals, which is not just luck.
Then, Li Shimin wrote a letter to Dou Jiande, carefully designed tone:
"Hebei, Shandong, has always been everything to me, but you took it away, and my aunt and sister were also taken away. But since you have respectfully sent them back, I will leave you alone. Wang once teamed up with your majesty to be an enemy of Datang, and later turned against your majesty for land, which shows that he is capricious. Now that Luoyang is in danger, I use some sweet words to ask you for help. It's ridiculous that you really want to mobilize the masses and spend a lot of money and food to save such a despicable person. Isn't it a little unwise? I wanted to go to your camp to explain the situation in person today, but I didn't expect you to meet me with thousands of soldiers. This is the way to entertain guests. What's more, it's a pity that your army will collapse at the touch of a button. In my opinion, with your strength, it is the best policy to take the troops home as soon as possible, or you will regret it if you die in a foreign country and return to your hometown. "
The purpose of this letter seems inspiring, but in fact it is doubtful. Li Shimin always knew that Dou Jiande was generous, calm and indecisive. The tone of this kind of eyes is to provoke each other, but it makes Dou Jiande suspicious and dare not invade, winning valuable rest time for Tang Jun..
In this way, Tang Xia and the two armies confronted each other in Hulao Pass for a whole month. In January, Li Shimin harassed Xia Jun in different ways, and each time he won a small victory. Wang Junguo was also sent to attack the route for providing foodstuff in Xia Jun, and captured General Zhang Qingte alive. Seeing that Xia Jun's morale is gradually declining, people's hearts are floating, and they dare not enter and are unwilling to retreat, which is difficult to last.
At this moment, the counselor Ling Ce suggested to Dou Jiande that he should cross the Yellow River to the north, throw off the main force of Tang Jun and attack Shanxi.
The news reached Li Shimin's ears, which was a great shock. Tang Jun's main force is in Luoyang, Shanxi is empty, and Xia Jun is unstoppable. The occupation of Shanxi can directly threaten Guanzhong, the base of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Li will have to give up Luoyang and rescue him. If Wang leads the army to pursue him, he will fight against Jiande north and south, and Guanzhong will be in danger. Fortunately, the lobbyist begged the king that Luoyang was in danger and could not wait for the day when Shaanxi was destroyed. Dou Jiande hesitated. But if Hulao Pass drags on, maybe he will change his mind.
At that time, it seemed to be desperate to actively seek a decisive battle with Xia Jun, and the task was no longer to defend Hulao Pass with 3,500 people, but to destroy100,000 Xia Jun with 3,500 people-Li Shimin really dared to think.
How can we lure Xia Jun into the war? At this moment, reliable military information came from Tang Jun's intelligence personnel: Dou Jiande planned to take advantage of the lack of grain and grass in Tang Jun to release his horse in the fertile land on the north bank of the Yellow River and attack Hulao Pass when the cavalry could not play its role. This information came at the right time. Li Shimin listened to the big, immediately decided to release your horse.
On the afternoon of May 1, Li Shimin transported thousands of horses to the north bank of the Yellow River for grazing. Dou Jiande was overjoyed to hear the news. The next day, before dawn, he retreated to Niukou outside Hulao Pass, where Hulao Pass could be seen across Surabaya. Do you want a hundred thousand troops, how spectacular, one camp after another, stretching for more than twenty miles. Looking from Hulao Pass, it looks like the Yellow River is soaring, rivers are running, and mountains are everywhere, all the way to the horizon. The generals were frightened when they saw Xia Jun's huge momentum. Only Li Shimin said:
"The thief is from Shandong and has never met a strong enemy. It is a heart that despises me to go to the countryside by force. The sound is loud and chaotic when it is unfolded, which obviously lacks discipline. If I can't press A, I will lose my courage. After a long time, morale faded, and our army was invincible. I bet the general, but at noon, it broke! " Everyone is dubious.
Dou Jiande saw that Tang Jun couldn't get out, which made him even more underestimating, so he sent three hundred cavalry to cross the river for provocation. At that time, before all the horses were transported back to Tiger Prison, Li Shimin deliberately delayed time with him, and only sent 200 long-armed cavalry to fight, but if he advanced, he would retreat, regardless of the outcome. Xia Jun general Wang Wan was puzzled and puzzled. Suddenly, a man came from the right with a knife and hurriedly raised his gun. I didn't expect my opponent to make a feint and the knife didn't work hard. The pike was empty and the whole upper body came out. Two horses were wrong, and only one voice was heard: "Come here!" " Before I could see who it was, I was stretched out by someone's long arm and I couldn't earn any more. I saw that the enemy general had captured himself, and instead of returning to the array, he turned to chase his green horse. Between Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-Benz, he grabbed the reins with his right hand and then returned to Tang Ying one by one.
Originally, Li Shimin swept away from the battle and recognized Wang Wan's BMW. He likes it so much that he can't help exclaiming loudly. Hearing this, Wei Chijingde stepped forward to catch the horse. Li Shimin urged quickly, "How can you lose a brave general because of a war horse?" A good horse is not as good as a valiant soldier, and has the heart of loving talents, but the word "mourning" is really shameful. Wei Chijingde where to hear such words, he threw himself out.
Xia Jun caught the horse in an instant when he saw Wei Chijingde. He was brave and afraid. Suddenly, he and his 300 cavalry rushed to kill him. Where can he resist? It was getting late when we crossed the water and went back to the village, so we had to run east and be chased by troops.
Seeing that Dou Jiande was alone with 300 people, he thought there was an opportunity, so he immediately sent thousands of cavalry to pursue eastward, but he didn't know that he had been cheated. It turned out that it was nearly noon at that time, and all the horses were brought back, and they had a full meal of delicious grass one by one. Li Shimin saw from a distance that Xia Jun had not eaten. He was hungry and thirsty. Everyone sat on the ground to rest, and many soldiers left the camp and went to the river to drink horses and bathe. It's good to secretly accuse Dou Jiande of being generous in governing the country, but it's a big mistake to be too lenient in running the army and too lax in discipline. Now that the morale of the army has been exhausted and the battle has been scattered, thousands of cavalry have been sent out, and the battle is even more chaotic.
As soon as the Dou Jiande cavalry came out, Li Shimin immediately shouted: "The thief has slackened off, so don't attack late!" Although there are only 3,500 people in Tang Jun, there are dozens of warriors like Qin and Cheng, and the rest are battle-hardened warriors. Although they don't eat, they often fight with Li Shimin, so they are used to it and don't feel hungry. So they divided into eight teams and crossed the river together.
It happened that Dou Jiande was calling a meeting of courtiers. He never imagined that Tang Jun, with such a small number, would take the initiative to attack, only thinking about how to attack, so he actually set the coach's camp less than 500 meters away from Surabaya. Hearing Tang Jun's attack by crossing the water, he quickly ordered the detained men to retreat and organized the cavalry to advance. At that time, the crowd was mixed, and the courtiers panicked and retreated, blocking the advance of the cavalry. Dou Jiande saw no help, and ordered the courtiers to return to the camp first, and then retired after the cavalry had passed.
Between advance and retreat, Tang Jun has arrived.
Killing people is easy.
As soon as these 3,000 soldiers stepped into the summer camp, it was like several bison breaking into the vegetable garden, and all the melons, pumpkins, radishes and cabbages were crushed into powder. The so-called debacle, in the camp more than 20 miles away, after the first line of defense was breached, the people behind still don't know what happened. I saw the former army running for their lives like a flood, screaming loudly, thinking that they were defeated, turning around and running. Some veterans who have fought side by side with Dou Jiande for many years are experienced, but they still want to stick to their positions. It happened that Xu Yuanlang and Meng Haigong, who had just surrendered, were still in the battle with more than 30 thousand people, unwilling to play. Meng Haigong's staff, in particular, has only fought once since he became a soldier, namely Meng Pinghai, Dou Jiande. He thinks that fighting is to escape first and then surrender. When he saw that he was defeated in front, he ran away immediately, and he couldn't stop it. He rushed to his camp before the enemy saw it. This is really the Yellow River burst its banks. Thousands of miles away, Xia Jun military forces trampled on each other, causing countless casualties. With a genial smile, Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape, but no matter how he ran around, there were always two riders running after him. It turned out that his Huang Jinbao armor was too conspicuous, and was seen by Tang Jun's riding generals, Shiraishi Jean and Yang Wuwei. He knew that this must be an important person, and he wanted to seize the prize. Think about how wise and decisive Cao Afu was when he cut his robe. Emperor Gaozu was chased by Xiang Yu, and even his own son had to be pushed out of the car to lose weight, but Dou Jiande was reluctant to give up his shining armor. It seems that he is really used to frugality. When I ran to Niukouzhu at the intersection of Si Shui and the Yellow River, there was no way out. I think of the song that was circulated in the army before, "beans go into the cow's mouth and won't last long", and I feel desperate. Hesitantly, Yang Wuwei arrived by flattery, raised his hand and stabbed the horse's leg. Dou Jiande was unsteady and fell down. Seeing Bai Rang coming with a spear, he quickly shouted: "Don't kill me, I am Wang Xia. If you save each other, you will be rich. " Two people be elated, happy almost salute to him-tied back to camp.
In this battle, Li Shimin won an all-round victory with an absolutely inferior force, killing more than 10,000 people, capturing more than 50,000 people and capturing the enemy commander alive, which is perfect. The only trouble is that the 50,000 prisoners, Tang Jun's troops are too small, not to mention digestion, even difficult to take care of. In ancient wars, the number of troops dropped was too large to digest and was generally doomed to be slaughtered. Because if released, it is equivalent to keeping a threatening effective force for the enemy. The battle of Changping in Qin and Zhao, the capture of 400,000 Zhao troops by Qin Jun with 600,000 troops, the peasant war at the end of Qin, and the capture of 30,000 Qin Jun by Xiang Yu with 60,000 troops were all trapped. Even in modern times, when Napoleon made an expedition to Egypt, he threw 4000 soldiers and 20000 soldiers together, but he couldn't handle it at all and had to shoot them all. But there are so many casualties this time, it is impossible to kill them all at once. If it is carried out in batches, it will cause riots if you are not careful. In desperation, Li Shimin had to be dismissed on the spot, which was unique in the history of China's ancient war. Later, Dou Jiande's Ministry of Foreign Affairs rose up against Liu Heita, and indeed many people gathered again to continue their struggle with Tang Jun, but at that time they could only let it go.
After handling the surrender, Li Shimin immediately escorted Dou Jiande back to the gate of Luoyang, pointed his whip at the prison car and shouted at the whole city: "King! Look inside the van. Who is it? Dou Jiande is here to save you. " Wang was in the tower, and when he looked down, he saw a man sitting in the prison car, and his heart suddenly cooled down. He had to muster up courage and ask, "Is it Xia Wang in the prison car?" Dou Jiande said, "Needless to say, I'll save you first and be a prisoner first. You really make me suffer. " Say that finish unexpectedly choked up. Wang couldn't help crying, and wanted to say something to apologize. Tang Jun and three people took the lead out of the prison car. At first glance, it turned out to be a soldier who went with Dou Jiande to save his brother, Prince Wan, and lobbyists Sun Anshi and Guo who were sent to the summer camp by themselves. At that time, they added insult to injury and almost fell off the wall. This time, there is no doubt and despair. Suddenly I feel that fame and fortune are illusory. I just want to save my brother and family, nothing more. Seeing his silence, Li Shimin shouted loudly: "If you don't surrender, I will behead them one by one!" The king stopped his tears and hurriedly said, "Wait a minute! I should surrender, will your majesty allow me to avoid death? " Li Shimin said, "You can avoid death!"
Wang then surrendered in Kaesong.
In the Battle of Tiger Prison, Li Shimin gave full play to various commander-in-chief abilities, such as wit, courage, patience and decisiveness. With thousands of cavalry, he defeated hundreds of powerful enemies and captured two kings in World War I, which had a great influence on the world.