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Su Dingfang's real name was Su Lie, with the courtesy name Dingfang. He was from Wuyi, Jizhou, and was often called Su Dingfang in later generations.

During the Daye period of Emperor Yangdi of the Sui Dynasty, Su Dingfang's father Su Yong led thousands of people from his hometown to fight against the invading bandits in the county.

Su Dingfang was a brave and courageous man. He began to follow his father in battles at the age of fifteen and took the lead in charging into battle many times.

After his father Su Yong passed away, Su Dingfang took over his father's command of the troops, defeated the enemy leaders Zhang Jincheng and Yang Gongqing, and pursued the defeated army for more than 20 miles.

From then on, bandits dared not invade the territory again, and the villagers relied on him very much.

Later, Su Dingfang defected to Dou Jiande, the leader of the Hebei rebel army. Dou Jiande's general Gao Yaxian liked him very much and adopted him as his son.

After Dou Jiande's death, Gao Yaxian took Su Dingfang to join Dou Jiande's former general Liu Heita. When Su Dingfang was conquering and plundering land for Liu Heita, he always made contributions.

Later, Liu Heita and Gao Yaxian both died, and Su Dingfang chose to retire to his hometown.

"In the early Zhenguan period, Emperor Taizong of Tang recruited civilians to fight against the Eastern Turks. Su Dingfang was appointed as the commander of the Kuangdao Prefecture and followed Li Jing, the general manager of the Dingxiang Road, to attack the Eastern Turkic Jie Li Khan at Qikou."

"Su Dingfang led 200 cavalrymen armed with bows and crossbows as the vanguard, advancing under the cover of fog;"

"When the fog cleared, they were less than a mile away from the enemy camp and could see their tents. Su Dingfang quickly killed dozens of people in a row. Jie Li Khan and Princess Sui fled in fear."

"Li Jing arrived shortly afterwards, and the remaining Turkic troops surrendered."

"After this battle, Su Dingfang was promoted to General of the Left Guard. He did not participate in any major battles for more than 20 years."

"On May 26, the 23rd year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, passed away and passed the throne to Crown Prince Li Zhi."

"In the sixth year of Yonghui, Goguryeo, together with Baekje and Mohe, invaded the northern border of Silla and occupied 33 cities."

"King Chunqiu of Silla sent people to the Tang Dynasty for help; Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi, ordered the governors of Yingzhou, Cheng Mingzhen and Su Dingfang, to fight against Goguryeo."

"Su Dingfang won a great victory in his expedition against Goguryeo, and was promoted to General of the Right Tunwei Army for his merits, and was granted the title of Duke of Linqing County."

"In May of the same year, Li Zhi ordered Cheng Mingzhen to lead troops to attack the Western Turks, and Su Dingfang led his troops to join the army;"

"Tang army commander Su Haizheng fought against 20,000 enemy troops in Yingsuochuan but failed to win. The enemy also had Shu Nishi and others leading 20,000 cavalry to support them."

"At this time, Su Dingfang had just let his soldiers rest. When he saw the dust flying, he led 500 elite soldiers over the mountains and rushed straight to the enemy camp."

"Su Dingfang's surprise attack led to a great defeat for the enemy, killing more than a thousand people. The armor, weapons, cattle and horses left behind by the fleeing people piled up in the mountains and fields beyond count."

"However, Wang Wendu, the deputy commander of the Tang army, was jealous of Su Dingfang's achievements. He lied to Cheng Zhijie about the casualties of his soldiers and issued a false imperial decree not to allow the army to penetrate deep into the enemy's hinterland. In the end, the Tang army returned empty-handed."

"In the second year of Xianqing, Li Zhi appointed Su Dingfang as the general commander of the Yili Road, and the Yanran Protector Ren Yaxiang and Huihe Porun as deputy generals, and once again conquered the Western Turks."

"Su Dingfang led his troops from the north of Jinshan Mountain and first attacked the Chumukun tribe of the Western Turkic region. After the victory, the leader of the Chumukun tribe, Lan Dulu, led more than 10,000 soldiers to surrender."

"Su Dingfang accepted and pacified them, and called in a thousand cavalrymen to attack the Yedi River together. Ashina Helu led an army of 100,000 to meet them."

"Su Dingfang had only 10,000 soldiers, including the Huihe people. Helu looked down on them because they were few in number and ordered the left and right wings to separate and surround them."

"Su Dingfang ordered his infantry to occupy the commanding heights and point their spears outward, while he personally led the elite cavalry to set up battle formation on the flat ground in the north."

"The Turkic army failed in three attacks. Su Dingfang took advantage of the chaos to attack. After a fierce battle of thirty miles, he killed tens of thousands of Turks and the Turkic army fled."

"The next day, Su Dingfang marched forward with his army. Wunushibi led his people to surrender. Heluzhi and Chumukunquluchu led a few hundred soldiers and fled westward."

"Su Dingfang ordered his deputy generals Xiao Siye and Huihe Porun to lead troops to the Xieluo River to pursue the enemy. He and Ren Yaxiang led the newly surrendered troops to intercept the Turkic army's retreat."

"It happened to be snowing heavily, but Su Dingfang insisted on pursuing him."

"When we arrived at Shuanghe, which was a hundred miles away from Helu's base, Su Dingfang ordered his troops to march forward and approach Jinya Mountain."

"At the time, Helu was hunting, and Su Dingfang led his troops to pursue him, defeating tens of thousands of Helu's men and sending them back to their original tribes."

"Helu fled to Shiguo, and Mishe's son Yuanshuang led his troops to meet Xiao Siye and brought Helu back tied up."

"So they built fortifications, set up beacon towers, defined borders, visited the sick and buried the dead, and the Tang's prefectures and counties expanded to the West Sea."

"Su Dingfang returned victoriously and first presented the captives at Zhaoling Mausoleum. Later, Li Zhi held another ceremony of presenting the captives at the Imperial Ancestral Temple."

"After this battle, Li Zhi promoted Su Dingfang to General of the Left Guard and conferred him the title of Duke of Xing, and conferred his son Su Qingjie the title of Duke of Wuyi County."

Su Shi: After the death of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, the surrendered forces around the Tang Dynasty were ready to make moves.

Among them, the Yaoming tribe of the Western Turkic took the opportunity to rebel, defeated the Yipishekui tribe on the grassland, and invaded Luntai, Pulei and other places in the Tang Dynasty. The successor Tang Gaozong Li Zhi has always adopted a forbearing attitude.

Not Gojong. Except for being soft-hearted towards Wu Zetian in the harem, he had the same ambitions as Nafu in other aspects.

But he had a huge problem: he had no good generals he could trust!
The Tang Dynasty never lacked elite soldiers and sharp arrows, but a group of famous generals during the Zhenguan period, such as Li Jing and Qin Qiong, grew old and died.

Li Ji, Li Daozon and Xue Wanche were originally left to Li Zhi by Li Shimin, but Fang Yiai's conspiracy broke out.

Li Daozon and Xue Wanche were both involved in the case and were killed by Zhangsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang.

But Li Ji was already old at that time, and Li Zhi, who served as prime minister in the court, relied heavily on him.

Su Lie was not much younger than the other veterans and was already in his sixties.

Naturally, it was difficult for Emperor Gaozong of Tang to meet his old ministers in their sixties at the beginning.

But two years later, a group of Silla envoys came to ask for help and changed Gojong's mind.

Goguryeo and Baekje Mohe in the northeast of the Tang Dynasty joined forces to attack Silla and occupied more than 30 cities of Silla.

As the country was about to perish, Silla urgently sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty for help.

Emperor Gaozong of Tang thought about it and ordered Cheng Mingzhen, the governor of Yingzhou, to lead an army of 10,000 to attack Goguryeo.

Ten years ago, Emperor Taizong of Tang conquered Goguryeo and mobilized tens of thousands of troops from both land and sea, but he still failed to return.

So judging from the number of troops, this expedition was certainly a gesture.

Cheng Mingzhen, the governor of Yingzhou, is nothing more than a person of the same name. He is also from Hebei.

Cheng Mingzhen and Su Dingfang were once generals under Dou Jiande and Liu Heita. They led their troops across the Liao River together.

When the Goguryeo defenders saw that the Tang army had less than 10,000 men, they crossed the Hun River to fight.

When Su Dingfang saw this, he was overjoyed, so he rushed forward to attack without stopping.

The result was naturally that Cheng Mingzhen's Kong army defeated Goguryeo, killed and captured more than a thousand people, destroyed its outer city villages, achieved its goal, and returned triumphantly.

After Su Dingfang defeated the Eastern Turkic Khan Yazhang, he was promoted again after 25 years and was named Duke of Linqing County for his merits.

More importantly, Gaozong easily won the first foreign war, which made Li Zhi full of confidence and also brought the 63-year-old Su Dingfang into his vision.

However, Gaozong did not make up his mind to let Su Dingfang lead the expedition against the Western Turks. Old Cheng is 68 years old this year. After Taizong's death, he ordered him to protect the crown prince Li Zhi to succeed to the throne. He is undoubtedly the most trustworthy general of Zhenguan.

In such a national war, Emperor Gaozong decided to let this veteran general lead the charge.

"In the fourth year of Xianqing, Duman, the leader of Sijieque who had previously led all the Hu people, led his subordinates and the three kingdoms of Shule to rebel again. Li Zhi ordered Su Dingfang to serve as the ambassador of appeasement to fight against the rebels."

"Su Dingfang led his troops to Yeyeshui, and the enemy set up camp at Matouchuan."

"Su Dingfang selected 10,000 elite soldiers and 3,000 cavalry to launch a surprise attack, and they arrived at the enemy camp in one day and one night at a gallop of 300 miles."

"Duman panicked and hastily fought, but was badly defeated and fled to Mabao City."

"Su Dingfang led his troops in pursuit and besieged Mabao City. Duman had no choice but to tie himself up and surrender."

"When the captives are presented at Qianyang Palace, the officials concerned shall be punished according to the law."

"Su Dingfang said that he had promised to pardon Duman's death sentence, and kowtowed to ask Li Zhi for his consent."

"Li Zhi agreed and pardoned Duman to protect Su Dingfang's loyalty. The area west of the Pamir Mountains was pacified from then on."

"Su Dingfang was granted the fief of Julu in Xingzhou with 300 households for his meritorious service, and was promoted to the rank of General of the Left Guard."

"Baekje relied on Goryeo's support and invaded Silla many times."

"In the fourth year of Hyeongyeong, King Kim Chunchu of Silla asked the Tang Dynasty for help."

"After Su Dingfang returned from suppressing the Pamir Rebellion, Li Zhi appointed Su Dingfang as the Grand Administrator of Shenqiu Road and led a 100,000-man army including General Liu Boying of the Left Guard to attack Baekje."

"The Baekje army stationed troops along the river, and Su Dingfang sent troops from the left bank, lined up along the mountain, and engaged the enemy."

"The Baekje army was defeated and thousands of people died."

"The Tang army took advantage of the rising tide to advance, with their warships linked bow to stern, beating drums and shouting to cheer. Su Dingfang led the infantry and cavalry to advance along the river, heading straight for the real capital."

"Baekje sent out all its troops to fight. Su Dingfang led a large army to defeat the Baekje army, killing and capturing more than 10,000 people, and took advantage of the victory to attack the outer city."

"Baekje King Buyeo Ui-ja and Crown Prince Buyeo Long fled north."

"Su Dingfang led his troops to surround the capital. Buyeo Tai, son of Buyeo Yici, proclaimed himself king and led the remaining soldiers to defend the capital."

"Buyeo Munsae, the grandson of Buyeo Yiji, saw that the situation was hopeless, so he led his men to pull the rope and slip down the city. Many people followed him, and Buyeo Tai was unable to stop him."

"Su Dingfang took the opportunity to order his soldiers to climb the city wall and raise the Tang Dynasty flag."

"So Buyeo Tai opened the gates and asked for surrender. Baekje generals Mi Shik and Buyeo Yi Ja surrendered. Buyeo Long and the city lords also surrendered."

"After Baekje was pacified, Li Zhi appointed Su Qingjie as the Shangnian Fengyu."

"In May of the first year of Longshuo, Li Zhi appointed Duke Qibi Heli of Liang as the general manager of Liaodong Road, Su Dingfang as the general manager of Pyongyang Road, and Ren Yaxiang as the general manager of Paegang Road, and sent troops to attack Goguryeo together."

"Su Dingfang defeated the Goryeo army at the Pei River, seized Mayu Mountain as a camp, and then surrounded Pyongyang."

"At that time, Goguryeo had heavy snow and bad weather, and Silla's reinforcements and food supplies did not arrive on time."

"In February of the following year, Im Ya-sang died of illness in the army. Pang Hyo-tae, the governor of Okju-do, and his troops were defeated by Yeon Gaesomun, a powerful official of Goryeo, at Sheshui. Pang Hyo-tae and his thirteen sons were killed in the battle. "

"The grain and grass of Silla were only delivered to Su Dingfang's camp at this time. Su Dingfang thought the opportunity for attack had been lost and had no choice but to return to the capital."

"In May of the third year of Longshuo, Tubo and Tuyuhun fought each other. Tuyuhun was defeated. Tuyuhun Khan Murong Nuohebo and Princess Honghua led thousands of people to surrender to the Tang Dynasty."

"In June, Li Zhi appointed Su Dingfang as the ambassador of Liangzhou Anji to deter Tubo and Tuyuhun."

"In the second year of Qianfeng, Su Dingfang died at the age of seventy-six."

"At first, Li Zhi didn't know that Su Dingfang had passed away. When he learned about it from other sources, he felt very sad and blamed his ministers for not informing him in time;"

"At the same time, it was stated that Su Dingfang had made contributions to the country and should be rewarded and awarded posthumously according to the rules."

"Afterwards, Li Zhi issued an edict to posthumously award Su Dingfang the title of General of the Left Guard and Governor of Youzhou, and posthumously named him Duke Zhuang."

"In the third year of Jianzhong, Emperor Dezong of Tang, Li Shi, issued an edict to enshrine 64 famous generals from ancient times, including Su Dingfang and Pei Xingjian, in the Imperial Ancestral Temple."

Xin Qiji: Emperor Gaozong appointed Cheng Yaojin as the commander-in-chief of the Congshan Road to attack Ashina Helu of the Western Turkic Khaganate.

Wang Wendu served as deputy commander-in-chief, and the 64-year-old Su Dingfang was able to put on his robe again and serve as the chief of the front army, still serving as the vanguard.

Cheng Yaojin was indeed as lucky as his love affair said. Shortly after the war broke out, Cheng Yaojin's leader Su Hai was confronted head-on with 20,000 Western Turkic cavalry in the Yingsuochuan area.

The two sides fought fiercely, but no one won.

Another 20,000 cavalrymen from Western Turks came to reinforce, and the situation was extremely critical.

When the battle was at its fiercest, Su Dingfang led his troops to the vicinity of the battlefield in a hurry. Just as they were waiting to rest, they saw a hill not far away, with dust flying all over the sky:

Ding Fang had been on the battlefield for a long time and concluded that there must be a big battle there. He put on his armor, jumped on his horse, and ordered his men to fight quickly! He led 500 elite cavalrymen and rode away.

The distance between the two places was only a dozen miles, and we arrived there in the blink of an eye.

The Western Turkic cavalry did not expect that a demon king suddenly descended from the sky behind them.

In this way, Su Dingfang's 500 cavalrymen rushed from behind the enemy, boosting the morale of the Tang army and defeating the enemy.

In this battle, the Tang army pursued the enemy for twenty miles, killed more than 1,500 people, captured 2,000 horses, and gave up fighting even if the horses died. They stretched across the mountains and plains, were invincible, and achieved a complete victory!

The defeat of the main cavalry of the Western Turks was already a serious setback.

Logically speaking, the Tang army should have pursued the victory, expanded the results of the battle, and even eliminated Ashina Helu in one fell swoop.

But then the coach Cheng Yaojin who came in a hurry listened to Pingyong's words and missed the opportunity.

Coach Cheng Yaojin followed the words of Deputy Director Wang Wendu. It is said that Wang Wendu claimed to be in charge of the secret decree of Emperor Gaozong, and used courtesy to underestimate the enemy, so that Wendu could restrain himself.

Because Wang Wendu was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan, one of the five Qi kings of the Sui and Tang dynasties, he was an old member of Li Yuan's team and followed Li Tang from beginning to end.

Cheng Yaojin couldn't believe it, so he ordered the army not to pursue the enemy too deeply according to Wang Wendu's advice.

In fact, even if Wang Wen had the will, he would not accept orders from foreign troops.

Li Jing was able to pacify the Eastern Turks back then, but he went against Li Shimin's will and took the initiative to seek war.

From this incident, it can be seen that Cheng Yaojin is definitely not a talented general who can expand territory.

He has never been to the battlefield since the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

As people age, coupled with changes in their living environment, they will inevitably become depressed, and galloping on the battlefield and commanding operations is obviously not his strong point. (End of this chapter)