Datang Empire was established, it could be described as fierce generals like clouds and courtiers like rain. Li Jing and Li Shiji, including Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, were all military strategists who could be ranked in the top ten of China's military generals list. However, among these advisers and generals, there is an "alternative god of war", this person is the Tang Dynasty clan and Huai'an County King Li Shentong.
Li Shentong, his name is domineering, and his birth is quite prominent. He is the grandson of Li Hu, the general of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms of the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the cousin of the future Tang Gaozu Li Yuan. Although he was born in the noble family of Zhongming and Dingfang, he admired the way of chivalry since he was a child, spent the whole day in the Lu of Chang'an, and made a lot of underworld friends.
In 617 AD, when the Peasant War broke out in the late Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan took advantage of the situation and raised the flag of righteousness in Taiyuan. Being implicated by Li Yuan, Li Shentong was also hunted down. In order to save his life, Li Shentong fled to the southern part of the mountainous area of Huxian County, and joined his "underworld" friends Shi Wanbao, Pei Ji, Liu Chongli and others in Chang'an to respond to Li Yuan.
At the beginning, Li Shentong was a little lonely. But soon after, his niece, Li Yuan's third daughter, Princess Pingyang led 10,000 soldiers to cast. Later, Li Shentong claimed to be the chief of the marching in Guanzhong Road and took root in Guanzhong. After Li Yuan crossed the Yellow River, Li Shentong led his troops to join forces, so that the Tang army did not spend much effort to occupy this large base area in Guanzhong. Therefore, Li Yuan praised Li Shentong and named him Doctor Guanglu and Zheng Guogong.
In 618 AD, Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, and Li Shentong was immediately named the King of Huaian. After that, the Tang army went out of the customs in a big way, and Li Yuan appointed Li Shentong as the ambassador of Shandong Province. The soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty in Shandong accepted his temperance. In order to show his trust in Li Shentong, Li Yuan praised him affectionately:
, "General You Yiwei Shangzhu Kingdom Huai'an Wang's magical powers, the land is only close to him, the work begins, the stick section is built, and he is allowed to resend. "Z1z
However, it is a pity that Li Shentong could not bear the burden of the situation in Shandong at all. The poor command level seriously delayed Datang's dominance of the world.
Li Shentong led his troops to kill Sui Yang Emperor Yu culture and battles, and achieved some results. But in the battle against Liaocheng, Li Shentong lost the chain. He didn't listen to his deputy Cui Gan's persuasion. He was defeated by Yu Wenwen and his hypothetical surrender. Instead of immediately conquering Liaocheng, he stayed under the strong city. He missed the opportunity and caused Yu Wenwen to slow down. Under
's rage, Li Shentong re-attacked Liaocheng, and his subordinates fierce Zhao Junde attacked the city wall first, and the city could be broken just around the corner. Unexpectedly, Li Shentong was jealous of Zhao Junde's military exploits, so he won gold to retreat. Seeing Li Shentong's "selling teammates" behavior, Zhao Junde couldn't help but swear. But in desperation, he had no choice but to get off the wall.
Li Shentong missed the plane continuously, and finally let Tang Jun be retributed. Two days later, Dou Jiande’s reinforcements arrived in Liaocheng and defeated the Tang Army. Shandong prefectures and counties heard the wind and responded and all went to Dou Jiande. Afterwards, Li Shentong fled to Li Yang and went to Li Shiji. However, Dou Jiande took advantage of the victory and followed Li Shentong's tail to attack Li Yang, and broke the city in one fell swoop. Under Li Shentong's involvement, Li Shiji, Wei Zheng, Tang Gaozu's sister Tongan, and others were captured together. It was really "a general incompetence, and a thousand soldiers exhausted." However, Dou Jiande was an upright man. He did not embarrass Li Shentong and the others, but released them to Tangying.
Dou Jiande was defeated by Li Shimin at Hulao Pass, and Hebei and Shandong also settled down. But not long after, Dou Jiande's general Liu Heita gathered a crowd to rebel, and the situation in Hebei became variable. In 621 AD, Li Yuan once again used Li Shentong and ordered his commander-in-chief Xing, Ming, Xiang, Wei, Heng, Zhao and other state soldiers totaling more than 50,000 to fight against Liu Heizai in Raoyang.
Unexpectedly, in the battle in the south of Raoyang City, Li Shentong was defeated by a drum, and he fleeed with a cronies watching the wind, losing two-thirds of his soldiers, horses, and military supplies. For a while, Liu Heihai became vigorous.
After this battle, Li Yuan finally understood that Li Shentong did not have the ability to serve as the commander of an army. So Li Yuan appointed Li Shentong as Li Shimin's deputy, and mixed seniority with his nephew. In the end, Li Shentong followed Li Shimin to put down the separatists such as Xu Yuanlang, Du Fuwei, and Liu Heitai, and was named General Zuo Wuwei for his merits. Although Li Shentong didn't make much credit, he never stopped being promoted.
has been serving under Li Shimin for a long time, and the two have become buddies. In the battle between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, Li Shentong did not hesitate to stand by his second nephew. In the 9th year of Wude (626 years), Li Shimin launched XuanwumenChange and seize the throne. Although Li Shentong did not directly participate, he participated in the plan the night before, so Li Shimin took a high look.
However, in September, Li Shentong was overwhelmed with a mess. At a meeting, Li Shimin and the officials agreed face-to-face on the titles of the heroes. For a time, the generals competed for merit and discussed endlessly. At this moment, Li Shentong jumped out and said plausibly:
"The ministers are in Kansai, the first should be Yiqi, Jinfang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others specialize in swords and pens, and the ministers are in charge, and the ministers are not convinced."
Simply translated, I raised my troops in Guanzhong, holding my head in response to Li Yuan's flag of righteousness, while Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were good, sitting in the office, they also used pens and mouths. The credit is higher than me? I am not convinced.
Hearing what Li Shentong said, Li Shimin was so angry that he could not fight together. He pointed to his uncle and cursed:
"At the beginning of the Yiqi flag, although my uncle sang the first soldier, Gai also managed to escape the disaster. And Dou Jiande swallowed Shandong, uncle's whole army Annihilated; Liu Heitai joins the embers again, and his uncle looks at the wind and rushes to the north...Uncle, the closest relative of the country, I have nothing to love, but I can’t give my own favors and enjoy the same ears as the ministers!"
Li Shimin's meaning is very simple: if not Seeing that you are my uncle, you still want to stand with the heroes because of your ability to fight and lose. dream! Li Shimin's reprimand made Li Shentong dumbfounded, and he no longer dared to fight for merit in front of his nephew. Although
said horribly, Li Shimin's reward for Li Shentong has not stopped. In the first year of Zhenguan (627), Li Shentong served as the third division of the open house ceremony and gave five hundred households to seal Shiyi. In the fourth year of Zhenguan (630), Li Shentong died in Chang'an at the age of fifty-four. The court gave him the posthumous title of Sikong, Jing. And his eleven sons have also been awarded kings.
can be seen from the story of Li Shentong, if you want to be successful, you don't necessarily need to have such outstanding talents, as long as you follow the trend and follow the right people, you don't have to worry about being prosperous.
