There was more than one Duke of Wei in history, and the most famous one was Li Jing, a famous Tang Dynasty soldier. Of course, Deng Yu was also a Duke of Wei in the early Ming Dynasty, and he was also a famous star.
Li Jing was born in an official's family and was the nephew of Han Qinhu, a general of Sui Dynasty. Grandfather Li Chongyi used to be the secretariat of Yinzhou, and Feng Yongkang was the public; Father Li Quanshi Sui, official to Zhao Jun satrap. Li Jing is tall and handsome. Influenced by his family, he has a "literary and military talent" since he was a child, and he is quite enterprising. He once said to his father, "If a gentleman meets the needs of the Lord, he must make meritorious deeds to gain wealth." His uncle, Han Qinhu, was a famous soldier in the Sui Dynasty. Every time he talked with him about military affairs, he clapped his hands and said, "I can only talk with Sun and Wu, but I am from Sri Lanka." Li Jing first served as a Gongcao in Chang 'an county, and later served as a director in the hall and a member of the driving department. Although his official position was humble, his talent was well-known among the officials of Sui Dynasty. Niu Hong, the official minister, praised him as a "talent of Wang Zuo". Yang Su, a great strategist and left servant of Sui Dynasty, also caressed the bed and said to him, "You should sit here eventually!"
at the end of Daye (65-617), Li Jing was appointed as the mayor of Mayi County (the east of Shuoxian County in Shanxi Province). At this time, the peasant struggle against the tyranny of the Sui Dynasty has been surging, and the three main forces led by Dou Jiande in Hebei, Zhai Rang in Henan, Shi Mi, Du Fuwei in Jianghuai, and Fu Gongyou have wiped out the decadent rule of the Sui Dynasty. Li Yuan, who stayed in Taiyuan in the Sui Dynasty, also secretly recruited soldiers and waited for an opportunity. Excavate noticed his motive, so he "locked himself up and changed" and will go to Jiangdu to report the matter. However, when we arrived in Chang 'an, the capital of China, there was already chaos in Guanzhong, and we couldn't make it because of the road jam. Soon, Li Yuan rose up in Taiyuan (see Li Yuan rose up in Taiyuan), and quickly captured Chang 'an (see Li Yuan's battle to capture Chang 'an) and captured Li Jing. Li Jing was full of knowledge and ambition, and when he was about to be beheaded, he shouted loudly: "The public uprising soldiers did not want to do anything big, but beheaded the strong men with personal grievances!" Tang gaozu appreciated his words and deeds, and Li Shimin admired his talent and courage, so he was released. Soon, he was called into the shogunate by Li Shimin to serve as the three guards.
In May of the first year of Wude (618), Li Yuanjian proclaimed himself emperor in Tang Dynasty, and Li Shimin was made king of Qin. In order to pacify the separatist forces, Li Jing followed the king of Qin eastward, pacify Wang Shichong, who proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang, and awarded the post of government with military merit. From then on, Li Jing began to emerge. Shortly after the battle to attack Wang Shichong (see the battle between Luoyang and Tiger Prison), the regime of Xiao Xian, the Houliang, who was entrenched in Jiangling (now Hubei), sent sailors up the river in an attempt to capture Xiazhou (now Yichang, Hubei), Ba, Shu and other places in the Tang Dynasty, and was repelled by Xu Shao, the secretariat of Xiazhou, and then retreated to Anshu City and Jingmen City. In order to smooth the separatist forces of Hou Liang Xiao Xi, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan transferred Li Jing to Kuizhou (now Fengjie, Sichuan) to assemble Xiao Xian. Li Jing was ordered to ride several times to his post. When passing through Jinzhou (now Ankang, Shaanxi), he met the barbarian Deng Shiluo and led tens of thousands of people to live in the valley. Li Yuan, the king of Lujiang, went in for discussion and lost one after another. Li Jing advised King Lujiang, defeated the barbarians in one fell swoop, and captured many prisoners. So he successfully passed through Jinzhou and arrived in Xiazhou. At this time, because Xiao Xian controlled the traffic jam, it was blocked again and could not move forward. Tang gaozu mistakenly thought that he was stuck, delayed the military plane, and secretly ordered Xu Shao to put him to death. Xu Shao cherish his talent, * * * for him, to avoid death. Soon, the leader of Kaizhou barbarians, Ran Zhao, rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, led the troops to attack Kuizhou, Li Xiaogong, king of Zhao County, led Tang Jun to defeat, and Li Jing led 8 foot soldiers to attack his camp, crushing the barbarians. Later, he laid an ambush in a dangerous place, killed Zhao Ze in World War I and captured more than 5, people. When the good news reached the capital, Tang Gaozu said happily to Gong Qing: "I heard that it is better to make contributions than to make them, and Li Jingguo showed its effect." Immediately presented the imperial edict, and comforted Li Jing, saying, "Your efforts are dedicated and effective. Looking at the sincerity from afar, I am extremely rewarded, and don't worry about wealth. " Li Jing's sincerity and loyalty won Li Yuan's credit, changed his prejudice, and personally wrote to Li Jing: "Let bygones be bygones, I have forgotten the past for a long time."
In the first month of the fourth year of Wude (621), in view of the situation of both the enemy and the enemy, Li Jing outlined ten strategies to attack and destroy Xiao Xian, which won the attention of Tang Gaozu. In February, Li Xiaogong was appointed as the general manager of Kuizhou, and Li Jing was appointed as the general manager of the March, concurrently serving as the long history of filial piety and respect. Gaozu also thought that Xiao Gong was not very proficient in military affairs. "The appointment of the three armed forces is to appoint Jing." Li Jing has actually become the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces. Li Jing organized manpower and material resources to build boats and ships, organized foot soldiers to practice water warfare, and made preparations for going to Jiangling. At the same time, he saw that the land of Ba and Shu joined the Tang Dynasty soon, and the tribes were still not stable. In order to relieve worries, he persuaded Li Xiaogong to call all the children of the chiefs of the tribes to Kuizhou, and granted them official positions according to their talents, and placed them on the left and right sides. "It's really a matter of quality." This has played a positive role in stabilizing the political situation in Pakistan and Sichuan.
In September this year, Tang Gaozu ordered the dispatch of Ba and Shu soldiers to gather in Kuizhou, and appointed Li Xiaogong, king of Zhao County, as the chief marching officer of Jingxiang Road, and Li Jing was also the chief marching officer, ruling over the twelve chief generals and advancing eastward downstream from Kuizhou; He also appointed Li Yuan, the king of Lujiang, as the marching marshal of Jingyang Road, and went out of Xiangzhou Road to be the North Road Army. Tian Shikang, the secretariat of Guizhou, went out of Chenzhou Road and was the South Road Army; Zhou Faming, the general manager of Huangzhou, went out of Xiakou Road and became the East Route Army. The four armies went hand in hand separately and killed Jiangling together, launching a huge military offensive (see the battle of Tang Ping and Xiao Xi).
At this time, it was the autumn rainy season, and the river surged. The Taotao River flowing through the Three Gorges roared and ran down, and the noise shook the canyon. Xiao Xian thought that the water was surging, the Three Gorges Road was dangerous and difficult to travel, and Tang Jun could not go east, so he rested his soldiers and took no precautions. Most of the Tang generals were afraid and asked to wait until the flood subsided before entering the army. Li Jing, with his superhuman courage and strategy, pushed through the crowd and said, "The soldiers are expensive and fast, so it is now or never. Today, the soldiers began to gather, and the milling has not yet been known. If we take advantage of the rising tide, we will suddenly go to the gate. The so-called lightning is too fast to cover our ears, so this strategist is the best policy. Even if he knows me, he will rush to recruit soldiers and have no way to meet the enemy. This will surely be captured. " Xiao Gong obeyed his proposal and led more than 2, warships along the Three Gorges, breaking through the stormy waves and moving eastward downstream. As Xiao Xian was unguarded, Tang Jun broke through Jingmen and Yidu towns, and pushed forward, and arrived at Yiling City (Yichang, Hubei Province) in October.
At this time, Xiao Xian's master Wen Shihong led tens of thousands of elite soldiers stationed in the nearby Qingjiang River. As soon as private Li Xiaogong arrived, he wanted to attack. Li Jing advised him: "Shihong, a master of milling, is a brave soldier. Now he has lost Jingmen, so he will go to battle with all his strength. This is a defeated teacher. I am afraid that he can't be taken as the right one. He should stay on the south bank. Don't fight with him until he loses his strength, and then he will fight hard and break it." Excavate's tactics of avoiding his soldiers' front, demoralizing them, and then fighting in World War I are correct. However, Li Xiaogong misjudged the enemy's strength because of Lien Chan's success, and did not listen to his advice. So he ordered Excavate to stay in the barracks and lead his troops to battle. Sure enough, as Li Jing expected, when the two sides fought, Xiao Gong's army was defeated, that is, they fled to the south bank and suffered great losses. After Wen Shihong won, the soldiers went out to plunder, and the soldiers carried their hands on their shoulders, which was fruitful. Excavate saw that the enemy troops were in chaos, so he lost no time and immediately commanded Tang Jun to fight. Literati Hong's army was hard to fold and caught off guard. As a result, Tang Jun was beaten out of the water, and nearly 1, people were killed and drowned, and more than 4 boats were acquired.
after the capture of Yiling, Li Jing stopped again, taking 5, Qingqi as the pioneer and heading straight for Jiangling, the capital of Houliang, followed by Li Xiaogong. Excavate first conquered the outer city of Jiangling, then occupied Shuicheng, and seized a large number of boats and ships, but let Xiao Gong all abandon the river and drift downstream. The generals are puzzled by this practice, thinking that the capture of enemy ships just acts as warships, but why do they abandon the river for the use of the enemy? Excavate said with confidence, "The land of Xiao Xian is out of the mountain table in the south and the Dongting in the east. We are suspending troops in depth. If the siege is not pulled out, there will be four sets of reinforcements. I am attacked from both inside and outside, but I can't advance and retreat. Although there is a boat, I will use it safely." If we abandon the boat and ship today, and let the reinforcements see it, we will say that Jiangling has been broken, and we dare not enter lightly, and we will wait for it and flood it for ten months. I will take it. " Excavate's plan of suspected soldiers really worked. When Xiao Xian reinforcements in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River saw abandoned boats and ships everywhere in the river, they thought that Jiangling had been broken, and they all hesitated. Qiu He, the secretariat of Jiaozhou, and Gao Shilian, the chief historian, will go to Jiangling to appear before the court. When they heard that Xiao Xian had been defeated on the way, they all surrendered to the filial piety camp.
Tang Jun surrounded Jiangling. Seeing that Xiao Xian was cut off from the inside and outside, there was no reinforcements outside, and the city was hard to support, so he had no choice but to open the door and surrender to Tang Jun. Excavate led the army into the city, giving serious orders, and Qiu made no offense. At this time, all the generals thought that Xiao Xian, the general, was guilty of resisting loyalists, and suggested that he had no family property to reward loyalist soldiers. Li Jing immediately came forward to dissuade him, knowing his righteousness, and said, "The king's soldiers hanged people to get guilty. Since they were driven by threats, they have refused to teach, which is not what they want, and cannot be compared with rebellion. Today, the new Jing and Ying should be generous to comfort their hearts. If they fall and learn from it, they will be afraid of going from Jing to the south, strengthening the city and fighting for it, which is not a good plan. " Excavate is far-sighted, magnanimous, and not greedy for money and treasure. He is indeed better than other generals. His practice is quite popular, so Jiang and Han have surrendered to the wind. A few days after Xiao Xian surrendered, hundreds of reinforcements arrived one after another. I heard that Xiao Xian had surrendered, and the policy of the Tang Dynasty was lenient, and they all laid down their weapons and surrendered without a fight.
It took Li Jing only two months to assist Li Xiaogong to start his career, that is, he wiped out the back beam, the largest separatist force in the south of the Yangtze River, with outstanding military achievements. Tang Gaozu made him the Duke of Shangzhu State and Yongkang County, and gave him 2,5 pieces of gifts.
The battle course of taking Jiangling showed Li Jing's outstanding military talents, and he was further relied on by Tang Gaozu. As soon as the war was over, he was appointed as the secretariat of Jingzhou for proofreading, ordered him to appease the Lingnan States, and made a concession to worship.
in November this year, Li Jing crossed Nanling and arrived in Guangxi (now Guangxi), where he sent people to separate ways, and everywhere he went, he hoped that the wind would return. Big leaders Feng Ang, Li Guangdu and Ning Zhenchang all sent their children to ask for an audience, expressing their submission, and Li Jingcheng made them all official titles. So he joined the ninety-six states and gained more than 6, households. Since then, "Lingnan has been flat". Gaozu sent a letter to Lao Mian, who was appointed as the comfort ambassador of Lingnan Road and checked the manager of Guizhou. Excavate thought that the remote place in the south was far away from the imperial court. Since the chaos in the late Sui Dynasty, it had not been favored by the imperial court. If he "didn't obey the rites and music, but also showed his military might, he could not change his customs", so he led his troops and horses to make a southern tour from Guizhou. Wherever he passed, Excavate personally "cared for aged person and asked him about his sufferings", which won the support of the local people, so he was "satisfied far and near" and the society was stable.
In July of the sixth year of Wude (623), Du Fuwei, the general of the peasant uprising army who had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and Fu Gongyou were at odds. When Fu Gongyou entered the DPRK by Du Fuwei, he stole Danyang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu) and dispatch troops rebelled against the Tang Dynasty. High-impedance named Li Xiaogong as the commander, and Li Jing as the deputy commander, and led Li Ji and other seven general managers to crusade against the east (see the battle of destroying Fu Gong's water pole in the Tang Dynasty). Feng Huiliang, the general sent by Fu Gong, led 3, sailors to be stationed in Dangtu (now Dangtu, Anhui), and Chen Zhengdao led 2, troops to ride in Qinglin, crossing the Yangtze River from Liangshan with iron cables to block the waterway. And build a moon city, stretching for more than ten miles, thinking that it is a horn. Xiao Gong summoned the generals to discuss the military, and most of them thought that the public would fight hard and stick to it without fighting. If we take Danyang directly and destroy its nest, Huiliang will surrender without fighting. Excavate thoroughly analyzed the enemy's situation, and thought that the troops left behind by Gong Shui were also elite troops. They insisted, "If I go to Danyang and stay for ten days, the troops will not be even if I advance, and Hui Liang will suffer if I retreat. This will be between Scylla and Charybdis, and I am afraid it will not be a perfect solution." Hui Liang and Zhengdao, though respecting the city, said, "If we attack the city today, it will be a surprise and the only way to destroy the thief is to do so.". Filial piety obeys its plan. Li Jing led Huang Junhan and others to go hand in hand by land and water, and after a bloody battle, he killed more than 1, enemy troops. Feng Huiliang was overwhelmed and fled. Then, Li Jing advanced with a victory, and led a light army to Danyang at the gates. The public was terrified. Although there were many soldiers, people had no intention of fighting, so they had to abandon the city and escape, and then they were captured alive, so "Jiangnan was flat."
Li Jing planned and judged accurately, and quickly put down the rebellion of Fu Gongyou. In order to reward his military exploits, Gaozu gave thousands of articles, 1 handmaiden and 1 good horses. Set up the Southeast Road Platform, and appointed him as the minister of the Ministry of War. Gaozu admired his military talents very much, and said with great admiration: "Jing Naixi, who is in excellent condition, can't add ancient Han (Xin), Bai (Qi), Wei (Qing) and Huo (Qu Bing)!"
After the situation in the south of the Yangtze River stabilized, the situation in the north became tense again for a while. At the end of Sui Dynasty and the beginning of Tang Dynasty, the East Turkic was powerful. When Li Yuan started his army in Taiyuan, he once surrendered to the Turkic Khan in exchange for the relative stability in the north. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, on the one hand, the Turks supported the separatist forces such as Xue Ju and Liu Wuzhou, and fought against the Tang Dynasty; On the other hand, he relied on his own strength to strengthen Ma Zhuang, constantly invading dispatch troops from the south (see the war between Tang and Turks). Li Jing, who made outstanding achievements in pacifying the south of the Yangtze River, was transferred to the north to fight back against the Turks.
In August, the eighth year of Wude (625), Turkic Valerie Khan led more than 1, people across Shiling and invaded Taiyuan (now southwest of Taiyuan, Shanxi Province) on a large scale. Tang Gaozu immediately appointed Li Jing as the general manager of the March, and commanded more than 1, Jianghuai troops to station in Taigu to meet the enemy with Ren Gui, the general manager of Bingzhou. Due to the ferocity of the Turks, the armies suffered many defeats, and Ren Gui was completely annihilated, only Li Jingjun was saved. Soon, Li Jing was transferred to Lingzhou Road as the marching general to fight against East Turkistan.
In August of the ninth year of Wude, just a few days after Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, Turkic Jieli Khan took advantage of the replacement of the Tang Dynasty emperor, and led hundreds of thousands of elite cavalry to invade Jingzhou (now northwest of Jingchuan, Gansu Province) again, and marched straight into the north of the Weihe Bridge, constantly sending elite riders to challenge him, and also sending his confidants to the DPRK to observe the actual situation (see the battle of Tang Dynasty against Jingyang, Turkey) At that time, the enlisted troops of the States had not yet arrived, and there were only tens of thousands of Chang' an citizens who could fight with weapons. The situation was very critical. In this case, Taizong once ventured to visit Weishui Bridge and formed an alliance with Jieli Khan, before the Turks withdrew. Afterwards, Emperor Taizong appointed Li Jing as the minister of punishments, and soon transferred to the minister of war. Because of his repeated achievements in fighting, he granted 4 households a real seal.
Soon after that, there was an insurrection in East Turkistan, and the subordinate departments of Xueyantuo, Uighur, and Bayegu defected one after another. In addition, a snowstorm happened, and many sheep and horses died, resulting in famine and people scattered. In August of the third year of Zhenguan (629), Emperor Taizong accepted the suggestion of Zhang Gongjin, the governor of Daizhou, and decided to attack East Turkistan, and appointed Li Jing, the minister of the Ministry of War, as the chief marching officer of Dingxiang Road, with Zhang Gongjin as the deputy, and launched a powerful military offensive. He also appointed Li Ji, the governor of Bingzhou, Chai Shao, the governor of Huazhou, and Xue Wanche, the governor of Lingzhou, as the general managers, commanding hundreds of troops and attacking the Turks separately (see the battle of destroying East Turkistan in the Tang Dynasty).
in the first month of the fourth year of Zhenguan, the north wind was cold, and Li Jing led 3, elite cavalry, braving the cold, and set out from Mayi (now Shuoxian County, Shanxi Province) to advance towards the evil Yangling. Valerian Khan never thought that Tang Jun would come suddenly, and the soldiers would take care of each other, and they were all frightened to disgrace. They decided that if Tang Bing didn't come from the country, Li Jing would never go deep alone, so he was "surprised several times a day." Excavate found out the news and secretly ordered the spy to alienate his confidant, and his confidant Kang Sumi came to surrender. Excavate immediately attacked Dingxiang, and under the cover of night, he broke into the city in one fell swoop, capturing Yang Zhengdao, the son of Yang Chang, the king of the Sui Dynasty, and Xiao Huanghou, the former Emperor Yang-ti, and Jieli Khan fled to Qikou (now southwest of Erenhot, Inner Mongolia). Li Jing was awarded the title of Lord protector for his military exploits, and gave him 6 pieces, famous horses, jewels and so on. Emperor Taizong happily said to the minister, "Li Ling died in the desert with five thousand steps, but when he died in the Xiongnu, his merits were still good." Jing to ride three thousand, Wyndell Dichinson Lu court, then take Dingxiang, there is no generation in ancient times, foot bath my Wei water.