Introduction to the Battle of Tiger Prison
The Battle of Hulaoguan took place from July of the 3rd year (620) to May of the 4th year (62 1) of Tang Wude. The King of Qin led troops to defeat Wang Jun (Zheng Jun) and Dou Jiande Army (Xia Jun) in Luoyang and Hulao Pass (now northwest of Sishui Town, Xingyang, Henan).
The background of the Battle of Tiger Prison
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the traffic was busy and the heroes competed for hegemony. Tang Gaozu's Li Yuan conquered Chang 'an, which was called "Tang" in history and "Zheng" according to Luoyang. After Bai Bi's war, Li Yuan adopted the strategy of "Zheng first, Xia later" (as Dou Jiande always said), and conquered them one by one.
In July of the third year of Wude (620), Li Yuan summoned the king of Qin to conquer the king. When the king heard that Tang Jun was coming, he ordered Wang Honglie of Wang Wei to guard Xiangyang (now Xiangfan County, Hubei Province), Wang Jing to guard Hulao Pass, Wang Tai of Song Dynasty to guard Huaizhou (now Qinyang, Henan Province), Wang Shizhen of Qi to guard the south city of Luoyang, Shiwei of Chu to guard the treasure city of Luoyang, and Prince Wang Xuan to guard the east capital of Luoyang and Hanwang Wang Xuan.
In Cijian (now thirty miles east of Xin 'an County, Henan Province), Wang retreated to Luoyang, and Tang Jun invaded the towns near Luoyang, cut off Zheng Jun's grain line, stationed troops in Beimang, Luoyang, and advanced on Luoyang.
Tang Jun was in power, and more than 50 states in Henan surrendered one after another. The king sent someone to Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, for help. Dou Jiande Zhongshu Assistant Minister advised, "There is great chaos in the world. The Tang Dynasty won Kansai, the Zheng Dynasty won Henan, and the Xia Dynasty won Hebei. There are three pillars. Now the Tang Dynasty is attacking Zheng. From autumn to winter, Tang Jun is increasing, Zheng's territory is shrinking, and Zheng's potential is weak, which is bound to be unsustainable. With the fall of Zheng, Xia can't be immune. It is better to give up hostility, send troops to save Zheng, attack from outside in the summer, and Zheng will counterattack from inside, which will surely defeat Tang Jun. After Tang Jun withdraws, we will slowly observe the changes of the situation. If Zheng Can takes it, it will combine the strength of the two countries and take advantage of the fatigue of the Tang army to win the world! "
Dou Jiande listened to this theory, sent someone to see the king, and promised to start the rescue. Dou Jiande sent Li Dashi, assistant minister of does, and others to see Tang Jun, asking Tang to stop attacking Luoyang, leaving an emissary, but there was no reply.
After the war in Tiger Prison
First, the first contest between Tang and Zheng
In the fourth year of Wude (AD 62 1 year), Li Shimin selected 1000 elite cavalry, all dressed in black armor, and divided them into two teams, left and right, led by Qin,,, and Zhai respectively. Every battle, Li Shimin personally put on black armor, led them as pioneers, seized the opportunity to attack, invincible, and made the enemy fearsome.
Qu Tutong, the ancient imperial adviser, and Dou Gui, the emperor's father, led the troops to patrol the camp. Suddenly, they met the king and lost the battle. The king of Qin led the black armor team to save, and Wang was defeated. Tang Jun captured the king's rider Ge alive and captured more than 6,000 enemies. Wang fled back to the city.
Wang Xuan, the prince of the king, should lead thousands of people to transport food from Hulao Pass to Luoyang. Li Shimin sent general Li Junxian to intercept and defeated Wang Xuan's army of transporting grain. Wang Xuan should have escaped alone.
So he sent Yu and Huizhou merchants to swim in Luoyang. Li Yuan said to Li Yuan, "Go back and tell His Highness the King of Qin that you will never retreat when you attack Luoyang this time. When you capture the eastern capital, you will be entrusted to collect the etiquette, books, books and equipment of the Sui Dynasty royal family. Except for what everyone needs, other men and women will use them and distribute them to the soldiers."
On 13th, Xin Chou moved the military camp to Qingcheng Palace. While the fence was not repaired, the king led 20,000 soldiers and horses out of each gate. As the wall of the old stable was cut down, he stood near the water to resist Tang Jun, and the generals of Tang Dynasty panicked.
Let Jing ride on the array of North Mangshan Mountain and board Xuanwuling in the Northern Wei Dynasty to personally observe Zheng Jun. He said to the people around him, "The thief is in an awkward position. They want to take a chance and beat him today. He never dares to fight again! "
Qu Tutong was ordered to lead 5,000 infantry across the valley to attack the king, and Qu Tutong was warned: "Fireworks will be set off as soon as the troops meet." Smoke, Li Shimin rate cavalry south, first, and Qu Tutong stationed. Wang also led his men to fight to the death. After many twists and turns, the army dispersed again. It was not until seven or eight o'clock at noon that Wang's army withdrew.
Li Shimin led his troops to pursue him until he reached the gate. The prisoners annihilated 7,000 people and surrounded Luoyang.
Second, surround Luoyang.
Li Shimin surrounded Luoyang and Miyagi. The defense in the city is very tight. A cannon can fire a stone weighing 50 Jin and throw it 200 steps. A crossbow and eight bows, the shaft of the arrow is like a spoke, the arrow is like an axe, and it can shoot 500 steps.
Li Shimin besieged the city day and night and failed to conquer it for more than ten days. Thirteen people in the city tried to go to the Tang Dynasty and were killed before they could do it.
Tang Junbing was tired and wanted to return to Guanzhong. General manager Liu Hongji and others asked Banshi to return to North Korea. Li Shimin said, "Now that we have come on a large scale, we should do it once and for all. The states to the east of Luoyang surrendered one after another, only Luoyang is an isolated city, and its situation can no longer be sustained, and success is imminent. How can it give up and return to North Korea? " So he ordered the whole army: "Luoyang will never return to the army until it is broken. Whoever dares to raise the squad leader will be beheaded." They dare not mention the class teacher again.
When Tang Gaozu heard this, he also ordered Li Shimin to return to the army. Li Shimin's above table shows that Luoyang can be conquered, and he also sent staff officers to seal Deyi as the situation before Chen Jun.
On May 30th, the soldier king of Zhengzhou sent someone to surrender to the general. General Tang led troops to attack Hulao Pass at night, thinking that he should be inside, so Tang captured Hulao Pass and captured Jing Wang, Zheng Wang Hangben and their long history Daizhou alive.
In March, Tang Jun dug a ditch and built a base outside Luoyang. Luoyang city is short of food. A little is worth three liters of millet and ten pieces of cloth are worth one liter of salt. These clothes are rare and very cheap. People ate all the grass roots and leaves, so they collected the floating soil, put the rice crumbs in it and made cakes to eat. After eating, everyone was sick, swollen and weak, and the starving people staggered on the road.
When the emperor's father moved the people to Miyagi, there were 30 thousand people, and by this time there were less than 3 thousand people. It's a senior official. At this time, even coarse bran is not enough to eat. Officials below the business level need to take part in labor by themselves and often starve to death.
Third, Xia Jun attacked.
Dou Jiande ordered general Fan Yuan to guard Cao Zhou, mobilize all the military forces of Meng Haigong and Xu Yuanlang, and make a western expedition to Luoyang. When we arrived in the slippery state, our platform servant Wang shot and opened the door to meet the enemy and enter the city. 2 1 day, the army went to Ziziphus jujuba.
Dou Jiande captured Guanzhou and killed Guanzhou Secretariat Guo; Xingyang, Yangzhai and other counties were captured, and the land and water went hand in hand, and the boat was transported by water, going back to the Yellow River.