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Chapter 213 The Battle of Hulao Pass

My charming and short-lived ancestor: In other words, the Battle of Feishui really created a lot of idioms.

I can't sleep at night. (Guan): Throwing a whip cuts off the flow of water, every tree and plant becomes an enemy, the wind roars, and so on. There are really too many.

I send my longing to the bright moon: It’s outrageous, and I have a chance to compete with a certain King of Qin
Kick the lame man's good leg wildly: No, although this is very bad, it is still a little worse.

The pig came to the bowl quickly: Agreed! King Qin is still stronger, he is the man who runs through most of the idiom story!
Lian Lian: What a pity, some people think that this King of Qin is Ying Zheng
My charming and short-lived ancestor: Alas, these illiterate historians are just here to make us laugh.
Pay attention, this woman’s name is Xiaomei: Yes, she just came out to make us laugh.

Yun Xi: I totally agree! But is the Xie family really that powerful?

Wan Ning can't sleep acridine (Guan): Let's put it this way, the Wang family is as famous as the Xie family, that is, the king and the horse share the world!
My charming and short-lived ancestor: holding grass! Niubi

Su Yue saw the King of Qin, and she didn't expect that there was a prophet in the comment area, and said: "The one who mentioned the King of Qin, are you really not a prophet? The next one is really about the King of Qin, but it is the King of Qin Li Shimin!

Yes, this is the famous battle of Qin King Li Shimin - the Battle of Hulao Pass! "

On the 25th day of Guiwei, Li Shimin entered Hulao.

On Jiashen (26th), he led five hundred knights out of Hulao and went to more than 20 miles east of the city to observe Dou Jiande's camp.

He left the cavalry accompanying him along the road and asked Li Ji, Cheng Zhijie, and Qin Shubao to lead them respectively and ambush by the roadside. He only took four cavalry with him.

Li Shimin said to Yuchi Jingde: "I am holding a bow and arrow, and you are following me with a spear in your hand. Even if a million people come, what can we do?" He also said, "It is best for the enemy to return when they see me."

Three miles away from Dou Jiande's camp, Li Shimin and others met Dou Jiande's soldiers, who thought they were scouts to detect the enemy's situation.

Li Shimin shouted: "I am the King of Qin."

Draw the bow and shoot an arrow to kill one of the opponent's generals.

Dou Jiande's army was greatly alarmed and sent out five or six thousand cavalry to chase him. The faces of those who followed Li Shimin changed with fear.

Li Shimin said: "You just go in front, myself and Jingde are behind."

So he reined in the reins and walked slowly. When the pursuers were about to catch up, he drew his bow and fired arrows. Each arrow he shot killed one person.

The pursuers were afraid and stopped chasing. After a while, they resumed pursuit, several times. Every time they caught up, someone must be killed. Li Shimin shot several people and Yuchi Jingde killed more than a dozen people. The pursuers did not dare to advance any further.

Li Shimin deliberately lingered or retreated slightly to lure the pursuers into the ambush circle. Li Shiji and others fought hard, defeated the pursuers, beheaded more than 300 people, captured Dou Jiande's generals Yin Qiu and Shi Zan, and returned to Hulao.

So Li Shimin wrote to Dou Jiande, explaining: "The Zhao and Wei areas have always been owned by our Tang Dynasty, but are now invaded by you. It is only because King Huai'an was captured and received your courtesy, and Princess Tong'an was returned to Princess Tong'an, so we treat each other sincerely and give up." Old grudges.

Wang Shichong has made peace with you recently, but it has been repeated many times. Now that Wang Shichong's demise is in sight, he is tempting you with sweet words. So you lead the three armies to obey your orders. Thousands of gold's military expenditures are wasted for others. It is not true. Best policy.

Now that we meet your outposts, they are vulnerable. You and Wang Shichong have not been able to meet each other. Can you not feel guilty?

The reason why I dampen your spirits a little is to hope that you can listen to my well-intentioned advice. If you don't listen, I'm afraid you will regret it. "

In April, Tang Yizhou Xingtai Zuopu She Dougui led Ba and Shu soldiers and horses to join forces with Li Shimin to attack Wang Shichong.

Confrontation
Dou Jiande was blocked in Hulao and could not move forward. He stayed there for more than a month and fought several battles but failed to win. The soldiers were worried about returning home.

On Dingsi (30th day), Li Shimin sent Wang Junkuo to lead more than a thousand light cavalry to rob Dou Jiande's grain transport team, defeated him again, and captured Dou Jiande's general Zhang Qingte.

Ling Jing said to Dou Jiande: "Your Majesty, why don't you send out all your troops to cross the Yellow River, capture Huaizhou and Heyang, send heavy generals to guard them, beat the drums and raise the battle flag, cross the Taihang Mountains, enter Shangdang, and capture Fenzhou , Jinzhou, and rush to Pujin. This has three advantages: first, entering an uninhabited territory, and victory can be said to be foolproof; second, opening up the territory to recruit soldiers and horses, and making the country stronger; third, the Tang army in Guanzhong was shocked , Zheng Guo’s siege of Luoyang will naturally be lifted. There is no more appropriate strategy than this. "

Dou Jiande prepared to act on Ling Jing's suggestion, but Wang Shichong sent people to ask for help one after another. Wang Wan and Changsun Anshi also cried day and night, begging Dou Jiande to rescue Luoyang, and secretly bribed Dou Jiande's generals with gold and jade to thwart Ling Jing's plan.

All the generals said: "Ling Jing is a scholar. He knows nothing about fighting. How can I listen to his words?"

So Dou Jiande apologized to Ling Jing and said: "Everyone's morale is very high now. This is God helping me. If I take this opportunity to fight decisively, I will definitely win a big victory. I can't follow your advice."

Ling Jing argued repeatedly, but Dou Jiande was unhappy and ordered someone to take him out.

Dou Jiande's wife, Cao, said to him: "You must obey Ling Jing's words for offering wine. Now the king is taking advantage of the emptiness of the Tang Dynasty from Fukou, and gradually seizes Bing, Dai, Fen, Jin and other places in the north of Shanbei. He also uses the Turkic army to move westward. After plundering Guanzhong, the Tang army would inevitably return to save themselves. Do they still have to worry about the siege of Zheng's eastern capital?
If you stagnate here, your morale will be destroyed, and your financial resources will be wasted. If you want to succeed, there will be no date! "

Dou Jiande said: "This is not something a woman can understand! I came to rescue Zheng. Zheng is now in a critical situation and is about to perish. I abandoned him because I was afraid of the enemy and betrayed my trust. I cannot do this."

Jian De underestimates the enemy
A secret agent of the Tang Army reported: "Dou Jiande heard that the Tang Army had run out of forage and was herding horses north of the Yellow River in preparation for an attack on Wulao."

On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month (the first day of the lunar month), Li Shimin crossed the Yellow River to the north and pushed into Guangwu from the south to reconnoiter the enemy's situation. He took the opportunity to leave more than a thousand horses to graze by the Yellow River to lure Dou Jiande, and returned to Wulao that night.

On the second day of Jiwei (the second day of the Lunar New Year), Dou Jiande came out in full force and formed a battle formation at Niukou from Banzhu, bordering the Yellow River to the north, Sishui to the west, and Que Mountain to the south, stretching for twenty miles, beating drums and advancing.

The generals of the Tang army were all panicked. Li Shimin led a few cavalrymen to the high hill to look at the enemy's formation, and said to the generals: "The enemy raised troops from Shandong and has not yet encountered a strong opponent. Now he is in a dangerous situation but is noisy. He has no discipline. They approach the city and form a battle formation, which means they are looking down upon us.

If we stand still, their courage will naturally fail. As the formation lasts for a long time, the soldiers will become hungry and they will inevitably retreat. If we catch up and attack again, we will definitely win.

I make a promise with you, and I will definitely defeat them as soon as noon passes! "

Dou Jiande despised the Tang army and sent 300 cavalry across the Si River to stop one mile away from the Tang camp.

Someone was sent to inform Li Shimin: "Please select a few hundred elite soldiers to fight with them."

Li Shimin sent Wang Junkuo to lead 200 spearmen to fight. They fought with each other, advancing and retreating suddenly. Both sides returned to their camps regardless of the outcome.

Wang Wan was riding the green horse of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. His armor and weapons were all new, and he was far away from the battle line to show off to the crowd.

Li Shimin said: "He is riding a really good horse!"

Yuchi Jingde asked to seize the horse, but Li Shimin stopped him and said: "How can you lose a warrior for a horse?"

Yuchi Jingde refused to listen. He, Gao Zhengsheng, and Liang Jianfang rode straight into the enemy's formation, captured Wang Wan alive, and led his mount back to the Tang camp. No one dared to stop him.

Li Shimin asked him to recall the herdsmen north of the Yellow River and wait for him to return before going to war.

Capture Jiande alive
Dou Jiande arranged the battle formation. From morning to noon, the soldiers were hungry and tired. They all sat down, fought for water, and hesitated to retreat.

Li Shimin ordered Yu Wenshi and his 300 cavalry to pass by the west of Dou Jiande's formation and run southward, warning him: "If the enemy doesn't move, lead your troops back. If they move, lead your troops eastward."

When Yu Wenshi arrived in front of Dou Jiande's formation, the enemy's formation had indeed moved. Li Shimin said: "We can fight!"

At this time, the herdsmen on the Yellow River beach had also arrived, so they ordered an attack.

Li Shimin led the light cavalry to set off first, followed by the army, waded eastward across the Si River and attacked the enemy's formation.

Dou Jiande's ministers were paying homage. The cavalry of the Tang army suddenly arrived. The courtiers all ran towards Dou Jiande. Dou Jiande summoned the cavalry to resist the Tang army. Because the courtiers blocked the cavalry, Dou Jiande waved the courtiers to retreat. As he advanced and retreated, the Tang army had arrived. At the front, Dou Jiande was in an embarrassing situation and retreated close to the east hillside. Dou Kang led troops to attack him. After the battle, the situation was slightly unfavorable.

Li Shimin led the cavalry to the rescue and was invincible. King Li Daoxuan of Huaiyang stood up and charged into the battle, rushed out of the enemy's rear, and then returned to the battle. He went in and out several times, with arrows gathered on his body like hedgehog hairs. His courage was still unabated, and he shot arrows at people, who all fell to the ground.

Li Shimin gave him his spare war horse and asked him to follow him, so the armies fought, and the dust on the battlefield covered the sky and the sun.

Li Shimin led Shi Danai, Cheng Zhijie, Qin Shubao, Yu Wenxin and others to roll up their flags and rush into the enemy formation. They came out from behind the formation and unfurled the Tang army's flag. Dou Jiande's soldiers turned around and saw the Tang flag flying behind the formation, and quickly collapsed. The Tang army pursued them. After traveling thirty miles, more than three thousand people were killed.

Dou Jiande was stabbed by a spear and fled to Niukouzhu to take shelter.

Tang Dynasty cavalry generals Bai Turang and Yang Wuwei chased Dou Jiande. Dou Jiande fell from his horse. Bai Turang raised his gun and wanted to stab him. Dou Jiande said: "Don't kill me. I am the king of Xia. If you offer me, you can gain wealth and glory."

Yang Wuwei dismounted and captured Dou Jiande, and used spare horses to carry Dou Jiande to see Li Shimin.

Li Shimin scolded Dou Jiande: "What does our crusade against Wang Shichong have to do with you? You actually went outside your territory to fight us!"

Dou Jiande said: "If I don't come by myself now, I'm afraid I will have to bother you to travel far to capture it in the future."

Dou Jiande's soldiers all fled, and the Tang army captured 50,000 people. Li Shimin dismissed the prisoners that day and asked them to return to their hometown.