According to historical records, Pei Xingjian kept his promise and was born in Wenxi, Jiangzhou (now wenxi county, Shanxi) in June19. When Pei Xingjian was born, his father Pei and his brother Pei conspired to kill Wang and later defected. Unexpectedly, the plan leaked, Pei Renji and his son were killed, and Pei Xingjian survived. Pacify the queen, make Pei the former satrap and make him loyal.
When Pei Xingjian was young, he made up for Wen Sheng with the shadow of his door, which won the appreciation of famous ministers such as Fang. During the Zhenguan period, he was awarded the Ming Classics Division and was named Zuo Tunwei Cang Cao to join the army. At that time, Pei Xingjian's boss and Zuo Tunwei's general Su attached great importance to him. I fight, and there is no one to teach, so I am also a saint today. So I gave him all my unique skills (Sue is the great Li Jing's protege).
In 657, after six promotions, Pei Yuanqing became the ambassador to Chang 'an. At that time, he pushed his way through the crowd, deposed the queen and made Wu the queen. Pei Xingjian thought that the country had no worries from now on, and privately discussed the matter with Sun Chang Wuji and others. He was relegated to Beijing and served as the governor of the western regions. Facts have proved that Pei Xingjian's demotion this time is a silver lining for every cloud. On the one hand, he avoided the fierce political struggle of the imperial court, on the other hand, his military talents were also well brought into play.
In 665, Pei Xingjian was promoted to the protection officer of Anxi, and many countries in the western regions surrendered, making him famous in the western regions. Soon, Pei Xingjian was recalled to Beijing, and successively served as Si Wen Shao Qing and Si Lieshao Changbo (assistant minister of the official department). He was responsible for selecting officials for more than ten years and merged with Li to become Pei and Li. The long surname table created by Pei Xingjian has always been used by future generations.
In 678, the famous Tubo soldiers defeated Tang Jun led by Li in the Qin Mausoleum. Since then, he has been wooing Ashina and Li Zhesi, ten surnames of the Turks, encroaching on the sphere of influence of the Tang Dynasty in the western regions, encouraging them to invade the viceroy of Anxi, which seriously threatened the western frontier defense of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Pei Xingjian suggested that Tubo had just won a great victory, and the morale was booming, so it was not appropriate to attack head-on. In the name of escorting Prince Narsieh of Persia back to China, he led an army across the two countries and won it at a low price, but he was able to kill a single soldier without bloodshed.
In 679, Pei Xingjian led a few people to the Western Regions, and after the challenges of desert, heat and other natural environments, he arrived in Xizhou, which was welcomed by the local people of all ethnic groups. Pei Xingjian used his reputation to select thousands of heroic children in the local area, and threatened to wait until the cool autumn before he could sit on the hot seat. Ashina let his guard down after his investigation. Pei Xingjian also recruited heroes of various chiefs in four towns of Anxi, and recruited more than 10,000 people in the name of hunting.
Pei Xingjian led the army in the same direction. When he was more than ten miles away from Ashina, he sent relatives from Ashina to meet him, showing his leisure, as if he was not attacking and paralyzing Ashina, and then sent someone to invite Ashina to support him. It turned out that Du Zhi, the commander of Ashina, and Li Zheshu agreed to arise in autumn, but in a hurry, he didn't make a claim and even led 500 people to come. As a result, he was caught on the spot, and Li Zheshu, who was soon forced to be helpless, also came to yield.
Pei Xingjian put down the mutiny in the western regions without bloodshed. Tang Gaozong is very happy, he is both civil and military. Therefore, he was given two positions in the Qing court, and he was specially appointed as a civil and military post (Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, right-back of the general of calibration).
Soon after, Ashdod Wenfu, an East Turkistan, rebelled, and Khan rebelled against twenty-four states, with hundreds of thousands of people. The local defenders suffered a great defeat in the Tang Dynasty, and there was a serious crisis in the northern frontier of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Tang Gaozong appointed Pei Hangjian as the chief of the Dingxiang Road March, directly leading180,000 people, plus more than 300,000 people such as Cheng Wuting of the Western Army and Kong Xiang of the Eastern Army, all of whom were saved by Pei Hangjian. Pei Xingjian commanded 300,000 troops, which was the first time that the Tang Dynasty made a good start.
As a famous soldier, Pei Xingjian knows that the route for providing food is the key to a long journey. So they forged 300 carriages, and each carriage ambushed five brave men, each with a strange knife and a crossbow, to escort more than 100 old, weak and sick people, and at the same time arranged elite soldiers to ambush in dangerous places. As a result, when the enemy attacked the grain and grass, the people in charge of escort ran away in all directions. The thief drove to the spring to unload his saddle and release his horse, and then he planned to get food. The strong men in the car came together, ambushed and killed all the people. Tang Jun's food supply route has never been cut off.
Finally, after a long journey, Pei Xingjian and his men arrived in the sweaty north, camped and set up trenches. In the evening, the defense work has just been completed, and Pei Hangjian suddenly ordered a big move. The Ministry will propose that soldiers should be tired of pommel horses and should not be bothered. Pei Xingjian ignored it and the army had to move to other places. As a result, at night, the storm came and the depth of the camp exceeded ten feet. The soldiers were surprised and asked Pei Hangjian how he knew. Pei Xingjian said: From now on, I will be as temperate as I am. Don't ask me how I know. From now on, just listen to my arrangement, don't ask me how I know.
Since then, Pei Xingjian led the army to fight against the rebels and won many battles. There was a contradiction within the rebels, and the fake Khan mud was killed by them, and the first one came down. Pei Xingjian returned to Li with a great army. But just after Pei Xingjian left, Ashnavonian claimed to be Khan and joined forces with Ashdod Wenfu. So in the second year, Pei Xingjian led the army north again, used double agents to provoke Ashnavonia and Arshid Winfo, and used Ashnavonia to attack Arshid Winfo.
A few days later, the smoke rose into the sky, and the scout in charge of investigation looked puzzled. Pei Xingjian, however, called the three armies together and explained that this was because Fu Nian was holding Wen Fu to surrender, not him. And sent a messenger to see him. In a very short time, Ashina Fu Nian led the army and bound Ashdod Wen Fuyi to surrender, thus quashing the remnants of the Turks. Pei Xingjian won without bloodshed again.
Tang Gaozong was very happy and sent his men to reward the army, but his servant Pei Yan (born in the Pei family in Hedong) was jealous of Pei Hangjian's contribution and encouraged other generals Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qian to say that Ashina was threatened by northern Uighur, not Pei Hangjian's contribution. That's why Pei Xingjian was made Wenxi County Duke. The renegade Ashnavonian was beheaded with Ashdevin Fu.
When Pei Xingjian learned about this, he sighed: Xiongnu and Jun (in the Western Jin Dynasty, Wang Xiongnu and Wang Jun fought for the merits of the martial arts) are shameful in ancient and modern times. But I'm afraid that after killing, there will be no return, so I say I can't get sick. Ashina Yuan Zhen, Ashna Fornian's younger brother, rebelled against the public. In April 682, the imperial court appointed Pei Xingjian as the general manager of Jinyadao and led the army to crusade against the Turks. Before joining the army, Pei Xingjian suddenly fell ill and died at his home in Yanshouli, Shi Jing, at the age of 64. Tang Gaozong appointed him as the secretariat of Youzhou by imperial edict.
Sun Tzu's Art of War emphasizes attacking soldiers first, then cutting them, and then attacking the city. And Pei Hangjian's fighting is obviously a first-class star. There were 72 generals who set up martial arts temples in Song Dynasty, and Pei Xingjian was one of them. In addition, he also knows astronomy, yin and yang, and arithmetic. Every time he goes out, he can calculate the victory day. After Pei Xingjian's death, Wu Zetian ordered people to go to his house and put Pei Xingjian's resettlement barracks, battle array system, victory and defeat, identification instrument and other materials into the palace.
In addition, Pei Xingjian is a master of calligraphy, good at cursive script and official script, and has written a book "Miscellaneous Words in Caozi". Tang Gaozong also asked him personally. Pei Xingjian is also very knowledgeable. Someone once recommended Yang Jiong, Lu, and (four outstanding men in the early Tang Dynasty). He predicted that he would only be famous and have a limited position. Yang should be the commander, and seldom makes the final decision. So that's it.
Tell me a little about Pei Xingjian's family. His original wife was from Lushi, Henan. She is the daughter of Lu Shuang, assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and the wife of Di Ku. When Pei Xingjian died, his eldest son died young, and his eldest son Pei Zhenyin died young. The second son Pei Yanxiu, the third son Pei Qingyuan and the fourth son Pei Guangting are all very young, so Tang Gaozong specially sends people to take care of them. When Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor, she summoned Mrs. Di Ku many times and appointed him as a female official. The fourth son, Pei Guangting, was a senior official in Kaiyuan.