Chapter 19 Chapter 19: Feng Mingda's Great Defeat and the Small Envoy in the Cave of Liaoren Doesn't Return to Tuyuhun

The person who reported the rebellion to Luozhou and Douzhou bureaucrats was named Feng An, and he had a prominent family background. Feng An's grandfather, Feng Bao, married Xian Ying, a Nanyue (that is, Baiyue) girl. Mrs. Xian was very popular in South Vietnam, and everyone elected him as the leader.After Feng Bao's death, Mrs. Xian relied on her prestige to persuade countless tribes in Baiyue to live in harmony.Today, Feng An inherits the glorious tradition of his grandfather and grandmother, and has made a name for himself in Baiyue. During the Sui Dynasty, Yang Su, an important minister, once met Feng An. He originally thought that the leader of the Liao people would struggle even to communicate, but he was unexpectedly talented and fluent in his answers, so he sighed:

"I never expected that there would be such a romantic person in Baiyue!" Feng An knew that not all the bureaucrats were so peaceful, and the rebellion he reported between the bureaucrats of the two prefectures was indeed unexpected. Li Shimin knew people well and asked Feng An to lead an army of 20,000 to the mountain to surrender. No one in Lingnan knows Feng An's name. But when they got to the mountain pass, Feng An was dizzy, and those tens of thousands of rebels blocked the mountain pass, and they didn't seem to know him very well. Therefore, there was no scene in the Sui Dynasty where Feng An could frighten the heroes as soon as he stepped forward. Therefore, The army could not move forward either.The soldiers began to feel depressed, but opposite the depressed soldiers were the rebel soldiers who were singing and dancing.They sang and danced, with excited expressions, holding big sticks and spears to demonstrate to Feng An.

There are tens of thousands of people in a mess, although they are not blue-faced and fangs, but their expressions already feel that they have found the right one. The Liao people are best at copperware. Surprisingly, the weapons they use are only short knives and spears, not bows and arrows.There is only a few meters of road crossing left in the valley, and the Liao people who are stuck here are very excited.Here one man guards the gate, ten thousand men are not allowed to open it, even if you have an army of one hundred thousand, so what?It is recommended to learn from Chen Xiang to split the mountain to save his mother, so that he can win a big victory.

Feng An said nothing, the 20,000 soldiers under his command were provoked by the opponent, but they could only stand still. Feng An looked at the excited Liaoren, smiled and asked the soldiers around him, "What do you think is their biggest mistake?" What mistake?Yes, the Liao people didn't seem to have made any mistakes. The place they occupy is dangerous, they are very excited, and there are a large number of them, but all of this must be based on one condition. Feng An already had a chance of winning in his heart. Amidst the din, he glanced at the left and right soldiers, patted his quiver, and said with a smile: "I will shoot all the arrows in my hand, and the winner will be known immediately!"

So he drew his bow and shot, firing seven arrows in a row, hitting the seven Liao people who danced the most.Feng An grew up in this kind of place, and he knew that these people were the real mob. They were vigorous, but they were not afraid of death. Once someone died, the people who made noise behind them would be discouraged immediately. Sure enough, seeing the generals wearing big caps, long tassels, and black armour, shot one to death, and died without even fighting with a knife.A group of soldiers drove a large group of soldiers, and a large group of soldiers drove the whole army to flee. People trampled on each other, causing countless deaths and injuries.

Feng An was really remarkable. He quickly destroyed the seemingly difficult enemy at the cost of seven arrows, so he attacked and beheaded more than a thousand ranks. There were too many Liao people, and the speed of fleeing was extremely fast. The Tang army quelled the rebellion with little effort. Unfortunately…… The place under Feng An's jurisdiction covers a radius of two thousand li, and there are more than ten thousand servants and maidservants, as well as countless rare treasures.At that time, the Liaoren copper industry was well developed, and the textile industry was also extremely advanced.After the Liao people were beaten down, many of them followed Feng An, because he treated people well, so they stopped making trouble.It's a pity that what really caused the dissatisfaction of the bureaucrats was not other reasons, but the deception of the local government (at that time, most of the prefectures and counties were Baiyue chiefs).

Other Liao people didn't seem to buy it. A few months later, the unbearable tens of thousands of Liao people in Lingnan once again raised the banner of anti-Tang Dynasty. The location of the disturbance appeared in Yazhou (mountainous area of ​​Sichuan). In May of the seventh year of Zhenguan (633), Li Shimin was on a tour of Jiucheng Palace, but unexpectedly received a report of an uprising by the Liao people, and he felt helpless. Li Shimin remembers that in the past few years, the Liao people were the happiest, and many generals guarding Lingnan entered the court one after another to ask for troops to suppress it.Many people think that the nature of bureaucrats is the same as that of beasts, and it is better to eradicate them all.Li Shimin shook his head and said to them:

"The Liao people rely on the mountains and forests. They have no information, and they often make troubles. This is their custom. If the governors of the states can comfort them and treat them well, they will naturally surrender. How can I use swords and kill my sons recklessly? People? Comparing them to beasts, how can it be the parents of the people!" Li Shimin is very fraternal and has a very good idea, but unfortunately there are always people who don't understand the style. For some reason, the Liao people went one step further and launched a larger uprising.At that time, the person who served as the general manager of the Yazhou Road was well-known among the people, and Li Shimin asked him to be the ambassador for the discussion.This person is the notorious Comrade Zhang Shigui.

What is Dou E, everyone knows that she is wronged. Zhang Shigui suffered the most. He made great military exploits for the Tang Dynasty, but he was scolded by the descendants all the time. The blame has to be attributed to the novels, Zhang Shigui was dismissed as worthless by the novelists, and anyone who has read "Xue Rengui's Expedition to the East" will have a deep impression of him.The book says "Xue Rengui conquered the East, Zhang Shigui won the merits", which means that Xue Rengui worked so hard to make military exploits, but was snatched away by the shameless villain Zhang Shigui.

So the common people began to spread such a saying: Zhang Shigui is a general, but he knows nothing, and he is so sick of stealing credits that Tang Taizong didn't get to know Xue Rengui until very late. The folk curses against Zhang Shigui emerged endlessly, and they cursed in different ways. Zhang Shigui was born in the sixth year of Emperor Kaihuang (586). His ancestral home was Meng County, Shanxi. Zhang Shigui was a general in the Sui and Tang dynasties. He made great achievements and was famous in the battles of the Sui and Tang dynasties.He successively participated in Tang's highest-level battles against Liu Wuzhou, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Liu Heitai, etc., and directly participated in the Xuanwu Gate Change, assisting Li Shimin to ascend to the throne.Zhang Shigui's physical strength is extraordinary, he can hold a 150 jin big bow, and shoot from left to right without deflecting the slightest bit.

Later in the Eastern Expedition, it was he who decisively adopted Xue Rengui's suggestion, took the lead, and led the Tang army to defeat the enemy, which made the Tang Dynasty achieve several great victories.Zhang Shigui is loyal to Datang, and has a good relationship with his subordinate Xue Rengui. At this time, Zhang Shigui was already forty-seven years old. As the marching chief of Yazhou Road, he was responsible for the overall clean-up of the bureaucrats. At the end of May in the seventh year of Zhenguan (633), Zhang Shigui led the Tang army to defeat the anti-patriarchs, and the bureaucrats broke up and fled; In July, the Liaoren revolted again. In August, Zhang Shigui returned to his former business and led the Tang army to conquer, and the Liaoren were defeated again; In December, the Liao people in Jiazhou and Lingzhou (Sichuan mountainous areas) made a comeback and raised their flags to rebel, and the army of the Tang Dynasty defeated them. In the first month of the eighth year of Zhenguan (634), tens of thousands of bureaucrats rebelled in Dongwangdong and Xiwangdong.Zhang Shigui led the army to attack, took the lead in the charge, and quickly quelled the rebellion. These rebellions made Li Shimin realize a problem. If he could not influence the Liao people in Lingnan, even if he created an unprecedented Tang Dynasty, he would not be able to ensure peace. Li Shimin asked Feng An to continue to appease Baiyue, Feng An fulfilled his mission, and he continued to work hard until the thirty sons were born. Among the thirty sons, there is one named Feng Zhidai who is very popular with the leaders of Baiyue.Everyone elected him as the leader of the alliance, listened to his words, and consulted Feng Zhidai if they had anything to do. Li Shimin didn't go to enshrine Zen. In the imperial court, the leaders or envoys of all nations were all there. Where should everyone vent their excitement?If you don't give some programs, the envoys don't want to go back to the country. Regardless of whether the envoy is happy to return to China or not, judging from the expression of the chief who was singing and laughing all day long, Ding Ding didn't really want to go back.Herein lies a problem. A very serious problem. The chiefs were in charge of a group of brothers, and they had to go back, but the envoys sent by the king or the tribal khan didn't have to.There is a country named Tuyuhun, which is located in the west of the Tang Dynasty. It is almost the same as Qinghai today. Its land area is not small, but it is often bullied by Tubo. The Khan of Tuyuhun was named Fu Yun. Seeing that other countries had sent envoys, he quickly sent someone to show his loyalty while the Khan was entertaining guests. The envoy was ordered to come to Chang'an.After Li Shimin gave the envoy a gift, the envoy bid farewell to the court, packed his bags and rode home. I really don't know where the envoy went, I only know that he didn't return to Yuhun. Fu Yun and other Li Shimin's elements waited until the flowers were gone, but they didn't wait, so they were furious and sent troops to invade Shanzhou (Qinghai Ledu).The city of Shanzhou has suffered disasters. It has been many years without seeing soldiers and horses. Suddenly, such a large group of people came aggressively, and all the treasures and women that could be robbed were snatched away by them.Fu Yun is very angry so far, you are a majestic Tang Empire, it's fine if you don't want to give face, why are you so stingy and detain my envoy! Li Shimin was angry, and sent envoys to Tuyuhun to question him, and if necessary, he would bring Fuyun into the court. The final result is: Fu Yun was so frightened that he lost his mind. When he heard that he was allowed to enter the court, there was no reason not to pretend to be sick, so he fell ill and asked someone to write a letter to Li Shimin, the content of which was to propose marriage to his son. Li Shimin felt that there might be some misunderstanding here, so he agreed to Fu Yun's plea and agreed to the marriage contract.Send someone to Fuyun to invite Zunwang (Fuyun's son). Comrade Zunwang and his father have already made up their minds. As soon as the messenger came, he was sick in bed. . The envoy was a little dumbfounded, it could be seen that Zunwang was already so ill, it was not easy to take him to Chang'an, besides, Zunwang himself said that he could no longer walk, so forget about marriage. Li Shimin was firmly played by Fu Yun and his father, and even lost his daughter who was waiting to be released from the cabinet.It doesn't matter if this account is not counted, but if the next account is not counted, it is not a man. Comrade Fu Yun really didn't know what was good or bad. As soon as the envoy of the Tang Dynasty left, he jumped up and organized troops to sweep Lanzhou (Lanzhou, Gansu) and Kuozhou (Hualong, Qinghai, south of Xining).It can be seen from this that Comrade Fu Yun is really a person who does not know what is good or bad. Comrade Fu Yun's determination to fight against the Tang Dynasty has never changed. His minister Tianzhu Wang said that everyone must work together to kill and bring down the Tang Dynasty, and not to embarrass Tuyuhun.King Tianzhu asked Fu Yun: "My envoys from Tuyuhun were all killed by Li Shimin, and Zun Wang's marriage was also ruined. Can we swallow this bad breath?!" Fu Yun shook his head excitedly. They didn't know that when Li Shimin met the Tuyuhun envoy, he went to Xiaoxuan to have an interview with them. Alas, where did this damn messenger go. The excited Fu Yun and the excited Tianzhu King began to launch an attack on the most capable emperor in the world. They prepared the whole country's troops and prepared to fight Li Shimin desperately.In order to test Li Shimin's ability, he decided to risk himself. Facing the Tang army who came to conquer, Tuyuhun set up a battle. It was June in midsummer, General Duan Zhixuan of Zuo Xiaowei gathered troops from the frontier treasury of the Tang Dynasty, contacted Qibi and Dangxiang, and launched a joint attack. Three months later, Tang Jun, who had been quiet all along, suddenly launched the first round of bombardment.Duan Zhixuan took the lead and led the army to break through Tuyuhun, chasing for more than 800 li in one breath.Tuyuhun didn't even want the sheep, and fled westward on his horse.After the victory, Tang Jun didn't stay long, and immediately returned to the court with his troops. Li Shimin waited for Fu Yun to come to see him. A long time passed, but Comrade Fu Yun did not appear in front of Li Shimin. I don't know where he is, but he doesn't show his face anyway.Under the hint of King Tianzhu, Comrade Fu Yun correctly analyzed the situation.So everyone knew that the reason why Duan Zhixuan, as the vanguard, did not dare to go deep was because they were afraid of being surrounded by Tuyuhun.Fu Yun fell in love with aggression, and he felt that Li Shimin was simply afraid of himself, so he hung troops into the country and invaded wantonly. On November 19th in the eighth year of Zhenguan (634), Tuyuhun invaded Liangzhou. Li Shimin endured Tuyuhun again and again, until now, he could not bear it anymore.There is no need to reason anymore, there is nothing to reason with this kind of person.On November 21, the eighth year of Zhenguan (634), Li Shimin ordered a full-scale attack on Tuyuhun. Objective: To destroy Tuyuhun. Li Shimin: You don't need to be reasonable in fighting the country, and those who are reasonable will surely die; you must be reasonable in defending the country, and if you don't reason, others will not reason with you.