Chapter 1845 The Niu brothers join forces to fight against the generals
Chapter 1845 The Niu brothers join forces to fight against the generals
It is not that Chi You didn't know that too many troops and horses were used to deal with Guan Yu, Xu Shiji, and Zhao She. Once Dou Jiande's power was too empty, Dou Jiande would definitely take advantage of it.
However, he only has so much power, and he can only tear down the east wall to repair the west wall. At the same time, facing so many opponents, his own strength will inevitably be compromised, and it is normal for weaknesses to appear.
Of course, the general Chi You left in Taishan County was not a mediocre person. He was Ni Liang who had joined Chai Rong.
Although Ni Liang used a weak force to resist Xue Wanche, who was attacking from the front, the Central Plains is connected in all directions and there are few dangerous passes. If this road fails, there is another one. Therefore, Xue Wanche is not determined to block here, but Liu Heipao Separate a branch of the army and follow the easy road.
Moreover, Xue Wanche was not afraid of the problem of food routes if his troops and horses were detoured. At this time, Chi You's power had really reached its limit, and he could not find enough strength to attack their food routes even if he wanted to sneak attack.
The "Old Book of Tang" used fifteen words to describe Liu Heitai in his early years: a scoundrel, an alcoholic, a gamer, not in charge of the property, and his father and brother suffered from it.
In modern terms, Liu Heitai in his early years was simply a person with three no's.
But just such a person was a dazzling military genius in the same period. However, there were many outstanding people in the same period, and joining the ranks of this loser only made him less famous.
But when you carefully read the history books, you will find that Liu Heitai's series of achievements were a mess.
In the fourth year of Wude, Dou Jiande was defeated in May and was taken back to Chang'an and beheaded in early July. On July 19, Liu Heitai officially launched his army in Zhangnan, Beizhou. In just one month, Liu Heitai got Dou Jiande's old subordinates responded quickly, and the territory began to expand crazily. By the time Li Yuan realized it, Liu Heitai had already occupied large areas of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan.
In September, Liu Heitai defeated the coalition forces of Luo Yi and Li Shentong. On the sixth day of October, Liu Heitai captured Yingzhou. On November 19th, Liu Heitai captured Dingzhou. On the third day of December, Liu Heitai captured Jizhou. .On December 12, Liu Heitai defeated Li Shiji in Songzhou and captured Xue Wanjun brothers alive. From December 17th to 19th, he captured Xingzhou, Weizhou, and Shenzhou one after another within three days.
In less than half a year, Liu Heitai led his army to restore all the territory that Dou Jiande had occupied back then, and even increased it. At the same time, Liu Heitai also made good friends with the Turks in the north, which instantly increased the pressure on Li Yuan's group in Guanzhong.
Faced with Liu Heitai's sudden counterattack, Li Yuan, who was living in Chang'an, was also a little confused. But soon, when Li Yuan came to his senses, he began to quickly assemble the army and let Li Shimin lead it to conquer Liu Heitai. And then By that time, Liu Heitai had not only regained all of Dou Jiande's territory, but also proclaimed himself the Eastern King of the Han Dynasty in Xiangzhou and restored the Daxia regime established by Dou Jiande.
Judging from historical records, Liu Heitai was very capable of fighting. He defeated many famous generals such as Li Ji, Li Shentong, Luo Yi, Xue Wanche, etc., but only lost to Li Shimin on the battlefield.
Moreover, Li Shimin's defeat of Liu Heitai was not smooth sailing. At the beginning of the confrontation with him, he lost his general Luo Shixin.
In the end, Liu Heitai was defeated by not relying on a head-on fight, but by cutting off the grain road from behind and attacking with water from the front.
Facing Li Shimin, who was regarded as the military god of his generation, Liu Heitai did not take it lightly. He first provoked the Tang army many times, but was defeated by Li Shimin. Then he used a clever trick to temporarily withdraw from Mingshui County. When Li Shimin sent his confidant General Luo Shixin to settle in Mingshui County,
Later, Liu Heitai's cronies quickly rebelled, and Luo Shixin was also killed by Liu Heitai.
After losing General Luo Shixin, Li Shimin finally began to pay attention to this humble opponent and began to fight steadily. Li Shimin knew very well that Liu Heitai's biggest weakness was that he did not have strong food and grass support. In contrast, Li Shimin had the entire Guanzhong as his backing
, and the logistics were relatively strong. Therefore, Li Shimin began to hold on and sent troops to harass Liu Heitai's backup.
Li Shimin's strategy against Liu Heitai suddenly hit Liu Heitai's weakness. In the next month, faced with Li Shimin's persistence, Liu Heitai harassed him many times, but the effect was limited, and finally
He gradually lost his spirit and had to fight Li Shimin in advance.
At this time, Li Shimin expected that Liu Heitai would need to fight him decisively, so he sent people to the upper reaches of Mingshui River to intercept the water first, planning to let Liu Heitai flood the Seventh Army. This move was used by Han Xinxing in the early Han Dynasty.
It was used by Guan Yu during the Three Kingdoms period, and later by Yue Fei in the Song Dynasty, and the results were surprisingly good.
In fact, Liu Heitai was the number one general in Dou Jiande's force. Before, Liu Heitai had a good relationship with Dou Jiande, so Su Qin and Di Qing did not dare to let go of power and just regarded him as a strong general.
In the past few years, Liu Heitai has become more and more "sensible", and Su Qin really started to absorb him step by step, which allowed him to really develop his talents step by step and have a place to use them.
But this time, after Liu Heitai finally had a chance to perform, he really let go of his hands and feet. Gao Yingxiang and Hao Yaoqi were also considered famous generals in the late Ming Dynasty, although their commanding level was not that high.
The level, but it cannot be too low, has barely reached a level above 90. Otherwise, they would not have been sent out to stop Liu Heitai's partial attack this time.
However, the two men led troops to garrison the two county towns in Taishan County. In the end, they were defeated by Liu Heitai. The former died on the battlefield, and the latter was directly captured alive and fell into Liu Heitai's hands.
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In these two battles, Niu Mo's two sons also performed very well. Niu Hong and Niu Hei were once besieged by ten generals headed by Li Jin, Pan Zhong, and Liao Hua on the battlefield.
However, in the end, only the strongest Li Jin survived, Liao Hua was captured alive by Niu Hei, and the remaining eight people represented by Pan Zhong all fell into the hands of the two brothers Niu Hong and Niu Hei.
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After this battle, the two sons of the Bull Demon became even more famous. Everyone in the world knew that the Bull Demon and the Tiger had no sons, and the abilities of the two sons were no less than their father.
After all, although Li Jin has not had any outstanding achievements in recent years, he is still a famous general in the Yellow Turban period. He also fought against many famous generals in the world, and he still has a certain reputation in the world.
The two brothers Niu Hong and Niu Hei were outnumbered, and one of them was a long-famous general like Li Jin. Naturally, they formed a stepping stone effect.
Since then, the reputation of the two Mavericks has also begun to be beaten.
