History Live: Starting from Qin Shi Huang

Chapter 30 Liu Wuzhou

In the first year of Wude, Wei Daoer, who was in contact with Song Jingang, was killed by Dou Jiande, and his subordinates were also incorporated. Song Jingang was no match for Dou Jiande, so he defected to Liu Wuzhou. Liu Wuzhou valued Song Jingang very much and entrusted all military affairs to him.

In March of the second year of Wude, Liu Wuzhou accepted Song Jingang's suggestion of "attack Jinyang and head south to fight for the world" and asked him to lead 20,000 troops (some say 30,000) to invade Bingzhou. Later, he joined forces with the Turks to capture Yuci, Pingyao and Jiezhou. Li Zhongwen, Jiang Baoyi and Pei Ji, who were sent by Li Yuan to resist, were defeated. Li Yuanji, the King of Qi who was stationed in Bingzhou, fled back to Chang'an overnight with his wives and concubines and abandoned the state.

By October, Liu Wuzhou had already conquered Jinyang, where Li Tang had started his career, as well as most of the Jin area, including Jinzhou, Longmen, and Huizhou.

Song Dynasty, the first year of Kaibao.

Although he already knew the situation, Zhao Defang couldn't help but say, "This Qi Wang Li Yuanji is really..."

Zhao Dezhao and the others all understood his unfinished intention, and they couldn't think too much about it. Once they thought too much, they couldn't help but associate it with other things. Once they started to associate with other things, they would think of those idiots in the Song Dynasty...

Don’t think too much about it. Don’t think too much about it.

So Zhao Dezhao changed the subject: "The Tang Dynasty was indeed in danger this time. It was thanks to Emperor Taizong of Tang that he stood up in time, turned the tide and defeated Liu Wuzhou." Otherwise, given the situation in Chang'an at that time, which was shocked and even wanted to abandon Hedong, it would be hard to say whether the Tang Dynasty would exist in the future.

Sui Dynasty, the 18th year of Kaihuang.

Seeing that the Tang Dynasty had lost even its birthplace, he was shocked: "Now the Tang Dynasty only governs Guanlong and Hedong. Who did he send to guard Hedong? How could he lose even Jinyang? Most of the areas are not safe?"

Dugu Jialuo fully demonstrated her disgust for Li Yuanji's behavior: "As a prince and a local chief, Li Yuanji actually abandoned the city and fled overnight, huh." No one knows how Li Yuan dealt with this son.

"However, no wonder Li Shimin would eventually become Emperor Taizong. It was probably he who resolved this incident, and those who surrendered from these places, as long as they were generals, I am afraid that many of them would follow him to fight." This is not only the source of his prestige and achievements, but also the source of his accumulation of power.

[When the news reached Chang'an, the imperial court was shocked. Li Yuan even issued an order to abandon Hedong and only defend Guanzhong.

At the critical moment, Li Shimin presented a memorial, first sincerely explaining the importance of Hedong and Jinyang, and then volunteered to lead troops to pacify Liu Wuzhou. As a result, Li Yuan entrusted all the remaining troops in Guanzhong to Li Shimin and ordered him to resist Liu Wuzhou.

On November 14, Li Shimin led his troops from Longmen across the frozen Yellow River and stationed them at Baibi, confronting Song Jingang.

The early years of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bang had encountered countless critical moments and witnessed many storms. The Tang Dynasty was not the most dangerous for him. However, after all, the situation of the Tang Dynasty was different: "The Tang Dynasty almost died."

"However," his eyes flashed, "no wonder this second son will become the Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty in the future. In this situation, even Li Yuan, the founding emperor, wanted to give up, but Li Shimin solved the problem. What level of prestige would he have?" Moreover, Li Shimin's ambition should continue to develop.

Qing Dynasty, the 28th year of Kangxi's reign.

The Qing Dynasty always valued the place where it was born and even banned Han people from migrating there, just to preserve that "traditional Manchu pure land."

Kangxi also emphasized: "The birthplace of the Qing Dynasty must not be mixed with Manchus and Han people, and the cultural customs of the Manchus must be maintained. Also, we must not think that if we encounter a strong enemy, we will hand over Manchuria to others!"

The crown prince took the lead in answering: "Father, we understand that the Dragon Rising Land is the lifeblood of our Qing Dynasty and should not be given to others."

The other princes echoed.

……

Many years later, during the Qing Dynasty. (There is no skylight here)

The man in a high position sneezed for no apparent reason and felt a little cold, so the attendants hurriedly covered him with a blanket. [At this time, the situation was not friendly to Li Shimin.

On the one hand, Liu Wuzhou had already occupied most of the territory and his morale was high, while his own side was somewhat panicked due to the successive loss of land.

On the other hand, the Tang Dynasty had sent troops to resist four times when Liu Wuzhou attacked, which means that the Tang Dynasty had lost reinforcements four times. So all the troops in Guanzhong at this time might not have much advantage over Liu Wuzhou.

In this regard, Li Shimin's choice was to rest his troops, gather the people and food, and hold his ground with the main army, forming a horn with the Tang army that was holding on to Jiangzhou at this time, and only let the non-main force go out for raids in their spare time.

Ming Dynasty, Hongwu Years.

Seeing that Li Shimin began to station himself in the city again and refused to leave, Zhu Bai turned his gaze to Geng Bingwen who was also in the hall at that time.

Geng Bingwen first looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and when he saw him signal, he began to explain: "Tang Taizong's defense of the city was not purely a defense of the city. As the miracle said, the situation at that time was actually very unfavorable to the Tang army."

"That means he wants to consume the enemy again and accumulate his own strength?" Zhu Bai thought of the previous battle at Qianshuiyuan, where Li Shimin also held his ground.

"Not only that, Emperor Taizong of Tang did not send anyone to harass at that time, but this time he sent out non-main forces. He was establishing his own combat rhythm and trying to interrupt or disrupt Liu Wuzhou's formation at the same time." Geng Bingwen said.

[Here, we need to make one point clear, which is that one of the keys to combat is to be able to do “you fight yours, and I fight mine.”

This does not mean that we and the enemy have nothing to do with each other, but that in the process of combat, "I" must find my own rhythm of combat and have my own pace, instead of being led by the enemy. "I" must seize the initiative.

The Tang army had been defeated many times before. In addition to other factors, it was also because it was always being led by Liu Wuzhou. When Liu Wuzhou attacked a place, the reinforcements would go to support that place. It was always in a passive state and never had any advance defense or attack. In this way, it was always an exhausted army and could never take the initiative.

Most truly outstanding generals can fight at their own pace. The top ones can not only fight at their own pace, but also make the enemy follow their pace every time.

In terms of taking the initiative, Li Shimin can be called a "rhythm master." 】

Tang Dynasty, the third year of Zhenguan.

Li Shimin nodded in agreement. To fight a war, you must have your own rhythm. If you always follow the enemy, what will be the result? You will probably be pinned down by the enemy and eventually either be killed by ambush or be led to a predetermined location and killed.

On the battlefield, initiative is crucial. This initiative does not refer to the initiative to start a war, but the initiative during the fighting process.

Unfortunately, among the Tang troops defending Bingzhou at that time, not many were able to realize this, and even fewer were able to realize this and maintain their own rhythm. Finally, there were even fewer who were able to realize this, maintain their own rhythm, and guide the enemy into their own rhythm.

He sighed, turned around and started talking to Li Chengqian: "Gao Ming, you must remember this and understand it." He touched his son's head, "Taking the initiative is the most important thing. This applies not only to the battlefield, but also to everywhere. Yeye hopes that you can take the initiative instead of doing things passively."

Li Chengqian nodded, not quite understanding.

Han Dynasty, the fourth year of Yuanshou.

Liu Che read it and said: "This sentence is quite popular, not a profound or difficult sentence."

Huo Qubing and Wei Qing standing by felt deeply the truth of this sentence on the battlefield.

"I have seized the initiative," Huo Qubing said. He would not wait for the Huns to attack before reacting. Although he did not have a theory, he always took the initiative to attack the target and truly seized the initiative every time.

(End of this chapter)