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"Serving the people, understanding people, and diplomacy, these aspects correspond to the development of society, talents, and economy, which make a country prosperous. As the king of Qin, he was a general, fought hard on the battlefield, and became the emperor. This There are no exceptions in all aspects, including fighting, expanding territory, and unifying the world, and the same is true for Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty."

"At the beginning of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the land area was only the Guanzhong base area and Hedong area, and there were many powerful enemies all around."

"Xue Ju's troops in Lanzhou and Tianshui in the west often attack Guanzhong. Liu Wuzhou's troops in the north often threaten Taiyuan. There are also Dou Jiande entrenched in Hebei and Wang Shichong in Henan, all of whom are watching eagerly."

"After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the important task of eliminating armed separatist forces in various places fell on the King of Qin, Li Shimin. Through the "three major battles", Li Shimin conquered the east and west, and basically pacified the world."

"The first major battle in the Tang Dynasty's unification war was to eliminate Xue Ju and his son, who were relatively powerful and often harassed Guanzhong."

"Xue Ju is from Fenyin in the east of Hedong. His family is well-off and he likes to associate with strong men and dominate the country."

"In 617 AD, Xue Ju claimed to be the King of Qin and made his son Xue Rengao the Duke of Qi."

"Xue Ju is very good at fighting."

"In July 618 AD, Xue Ju invaded Jingzhou. Li Shimin led his troops to meet the enemy. Li Shimin was named King of Qin by Li Yuan. In the PK between the two Qin kings, Xue Ju won."

"Li Shimin had no choice but to return to Chang'an to rest."

"In September 618 AD, Xue Ju, armed with the remnants of victory, prepared to attack the Tang Dynasty again, aiming directly at Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. Unexpectedly, he died of a sudden illness before sending out troops, so Xue Rengao led the army on behalf of his father."

"I can't beat your father, and I can't beat you! Li Shimin is determined to win this time and will lead his army directly to the battle!"

"The two sides faced off in Zhecheng City. Li Shimin saw the enemy's fierce attack and told his men that Xue Rengao had to go on an expedition and had limited food and grass. We might as well wait for work and wear them down!"

"So Li Shimin ordered to hold on, avoid his edge, and wait for an opportunity to go to war."

"After more than 60 days of stalemate, Xue Rengao's Qin army ran out of food and their morale fluctuated. Many of Xue Rengao's men surrendered to the people."

"At this time, Li Shimin believed that the opportunity to fight was ripe, so he sent a small number of troops to divert the Qin army from the south bank of Qianshuiyuan, and then personally led the main force to attack the Qin army from the north bank of Qianshuiyuan."

"The Qin army was defeated and fled to Zhe'an. Shimin led his army to pursue the victory, crossed the Jing River, and besieged Zhetang City."

"At midnight, the Qin troops defending the city surrendered to the Tang troops."

"Xue Rengao had no choice but to leave the city and surrender."

"In the early stages of the confrontation, Li Shimin saw that the enemy wanted a quick victory, so he waited for work to consume the enemy."

"When the enemy's supplies were exhausted and people's hearts and minds were unstable, he was caught by surprise, attacked unprepared, and defeated Xue Rengao in one fell swoop."

"This is the first battle - the battle of Asamizuhara."

"The second major battle - the Battle of Baibi, the Tang Dynasty directly pacified the forces of Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang in the north."

"In 619, the second year of Wude, Liu Wuzhou captured Taiyuan and sent general Song Jingang to continue southward and occupied Jinzhou, Jiangzhou, Longmen and other places, which shocked Guanzhong."

"Li Yuan, the head of the Tang Dynasty, plans to abandon Hedong and guard Guanxi carefully."

"Li Shimin, however, had a different view and expressed his determination to Li Yuan: "The foundation of the Taiyuan king's industry and the foundation of the country are the east side of the river and the capital of the capital. If he abandons it, I will be angry and angry. I hope that the false ministers will have 3 elite soldiers, and I will surely perish. Wu Zhou conquered Fen and Jin. "——"Old Book of Tang"

"In November, Li Shimin crossed the Yellow River at Longmen Pass, stationed troops at Baibi, and held a stalemate with Song Jingang's army."

"Li Shimin's strategy is still to play the "food card"!
"The strategy of waiting until hunger is full and holding fast. When the enemy runs out of food, they will definitely flee and annihilate them in one fell swoop."

"During the stalemate, Li Shimin sent elite troops to cut off Song Jingang's food route."

"Two months later, Song Jingang faced a powerful enemy with no supply of food and grass. It was difficult to supply, so Song Jingang had to escape." "Li Shimin took the opportunity to pursue and kill him, marching more than [-] miles day and night, fighting for several rounds, and pursued until the end of Qiao. Rat Valley finally caught up with Song Jingang’s troops.”

"Song Jingang was defeated. Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang fled to the Turks after their defeat, and they were all killed by the Turks."

"In 620 AD, Li Shimin regained Taiyuan."

"In this battle, Li Shimin also captured General Yuchi Jingde, who was later deified as the door god."

"The third major battle was the Battle of Hulao, where Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande and others were defeated."

"After Li Shimin eliminated the threat to the western and northern capitals, he sent his troops to march eastward, aiming directly at the Wang Shichong Group in Henan."

"The Wang Shichong Group was originally a military force sent by Emperor Sui Yang to suppress the Wagang Army."

"After defeating Li Mi of the Wagang Army, Wang Shichong proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang in 618, and his country was named Zheng."

"History is written by the victors. If Wang Shichong wins the final victory, the history of the Tang Dynasty will become the history of the Zheng Dynasty."

"However, the balance of the war is developing in favor of the Tang army."

"Under the fierce attack of the Tang army, some officials from Wang Shichong's original prefecture and county surrendered to the Tang Dynasty."

"By the end of 620, most of Wang Shichong's prefectures and counties outside Luoyang City had fallen into the hands of the Tang army, and Luoyang City was surrounded by Li Shimin's army."

"Li Shimin continued to attack the city. Although the Luoyang City built by Emperor Sui Yang was by no means a shoddy project, Wang Shichong was in constant panic under the long-term siege by the Tang army."

"In addition, Li Shimin sent people to cut off Wang Shichong's food route, and Wang Shichong was in danger in the isolated city of Luoyang."

"In order to break the siege, Wang Shichong asked Dou Jiande of Hebei for help."

"Dou Jiande was the leader of the most powerful rebel army in Hebei and Shandong. He was born as a peasant and proclaimed himself emperor in 618 AD. His country was named Xia."

"Dou Jiande believes that after the Tang army has eliminated Wang Shichong, it will definitely attack our Xia Kingdom."

"Therefore, Dou Jiande led an army of 10 people to rescue Wang Shichong."

"In this way, Tang Jun's situation became extremely dangerous. Two tables of guests came to one table of meals."

"There are different opinions within the Tang Army."

"One is to advocate retreating to Cijian, the landing place of this battle, and look for opportunities to fight again."

"The other is to occupy Hulao Pass, block Dou Jiande's path, and then take the opportunity to eliminate him. In this way, Luoyang will be defeated without attacking."

"Li Shimin adopted the latter idea and surrounded the points to provide reinforcements."

"I ordered Qu Tutong and others to assist Qi King Li Yuanji to continue the siege of Luoyang. I led more than 3500 elite cavalrymen to rush to Hulao Pass to block Dou Jiande's path forward."

"Dou Jiande's army arrived at Hulao Pass and was stopped by the Tang army. The Xia army launched several attacks but failed. However, Li Shimin sent light cavalry to cut off the Xia army's food route."

"Dou Jiande wanted to fight quickly, but Li Shimin stood still."

"The two armies were at a stalemate for three months."

"On May 5, Li Shimin crossed the Yellow River, pretending that the Tang army's food and grass had been cut off, and the soldiers herded their horses north of the Yellow River. He himself returned to Hulao Pass that night." (End of this chapter)