As we all know, the generals under Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, are full of heroes, all of whom are heroic and warlike military geniuses, such as Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong and others, all of whom are unparalleled.
1. A good general praised through the ages.
The brilliance of these people conceals Li Shimin's own talent in military affairs, and some people even think that he only understands politics and does not understand military affairs, and that his subordinates helped him fight those big victories, which is a big mistake!
In fact, in the process of the establishment and unification of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin showed superb military talent, and his tactical layout was unfathomable. In July 618, he fully demonstrated his strategy and tactics in the battle to pacify Xue Ju, the Western Qin regime.
He adopted the strategy of deep ditches and high fortifications, not letting Xue Ju carry out a decisive battle, but waiting for work at ease and frustrating the enemy's spirit. However, during the implementation of the plan, Li Shimin suddenly suffered from malaria and handed over the military command to Liu Wenjing and others.
However, Liu Wenjing ignored Li Shimin's established strategy and sent troops in a large manner, only to be attacked by Xue Ju, and the Tang army was defeated in the battle of Shallow Yuan.
Song Jingang's army was alone, and the elite soldiers gathered here, while Liu Wuzhou relied on Song Jingang as a barrier, they did not have sufficient reserves of grain and grass, and could only rely on plundering to maintain them, and a quick victory was beneficial to them.
We will hold on, demoralize them, and then divide our forces to attack their hearts. When they run out of food, they will have nothing to do and want to flee.
This is the time we have to wait for, and we must not play lightly. ”
After the two armies held each other for half a year, Li Shimin successfully seized the unsustainable fighter plane of Song Jingang's grain and grass transportation, led the army to pursue the victory, and defeated Liu Wuzhou. In the battle to pacify Xue Ju, Li Shi** won a complete victory with the tactics of not fighting, thwarting the enemy's spirit, and waiting for the opportunity to attack.
In the Battle of Baibi, he also adopted the strategy of closing the nourishment and thwarting the enemy's edge, and when the enemy's food was exhausted, he hit it with one blow and finally won the victory. In 621 AD, Li Shimin led the army to besiege Luoyang City, Dou Jiande came to the rescue, Li Shimin let his younger brother Li Yuanji and others continue the siege, and he took 3,500 brave men to the Tiger Pass.
Dou Jiande arranged the whole army and boasted that he was good at using troops, but Li Shimin saw that he was unorganized and undisciplined, and he only needed to stand still and wait for the enemy's sharp spirit to weaken, and he could break the enemy in one fell swoop.
In the end, as he expected, Dou Jiande withdrew at noon, and Li Shimin led his army to pursue the victory and defeat the enemy.
After Dou Jiande lined up in formation, Li Shimin saw his weakness. From morning to noon, no one responded, the guards of the troops gradually relaxed, the soldiers were hungry and thirsty, and they sat down to drink water and rest, and the whole army looked wobbly and seemed to show signs of retreat.
Li Shimin saw this opportunity, and led the light cavalry to set off first, so that the army would follow, wading east through the water, and rushing straight to Dou Jiande's big array. As a result, Dou Jiande's army was defeated, and he himself was captured.
And Wang Shichong also lost support because of this and chose to surrender. In this campaign, Li Shimin used the tactics of besieging the city and sending reinforcements, fully demonstrating his military ability of not tiring deceit, luring the enemy into depth, and winning by surprise.