It's not that Chi You didn't know that he would use too many soldiers and horses 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 make up for the west wall. At the same time, facing so many opponents, one's 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 did not insist on blocking here. Instead, Liu Hei clan separated a branch to move along Yi Dao.
Moreover, Xue Wanche was not afraid of the problem of food routes if he sent troops and horses to detour. At this time, Chi You's power had really reached its limit, and he couldn't find enough strength to attack their food routes by surprise.
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 figure was a dazzling military genius at the same time. It's just that there were many outstanding people in the same period, and joining this loser's ranks 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 troops in Zhangnan, Beizhou. In just one month, Liu Heita received a rapid response from Dou Jiande's old subordinates, and his territory began to expand crazily. By the time Li Yuan reacted, 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, and on December 3rd, 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, Xingzhou, Weizhou, and Shenzhou were captured one after another within three days.
In less than half a year, Liu Heitai led his army to restore all of Dou Jiande's territory 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 the Li Yuan Group in Guanzhong.
Faced with Liu Heitai's sudden counterattack, Li Yuan, who lived in Chang'an, was also a little confused. But soon, when Li Yuan came to his senses, he began to quickly assemble his troops and let Li Shimin lead them to conquer Liu Heitai. At this time, Liu Heitai had not only regained all of Dou Jiande's territory, but also claimed to be 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 food road from behind and using water to attack from the front.
Facing Li Shimin, who was regarded as the military god of his generation, Liu Heitai did not take it lightly. First, he provoked the Tang army many times, but was defeated by Li Shimin. Then he used a clever trick to temporarily withdraw from Mingshui County. After Li Shimin sent his confidant General Luo Shixin to settle in Mingshui County, 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 his logistics were relatively strong. As a result, Li Shimin began to hold on and sent troops to harass Liu Heita's backup.
Li Shimin's strategy against Liu Heitai hit Liu Heitai's weak spot. In the next month, faced with Li Shimin's persistence, Liu Heitai harassed him many times, but the effect was limited. He finally 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, 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 trick was used by Han Xin in the early Han Dynasty, Guan Yu in the Three Kingdoms period, and Yue Fei in the Song Dynasty later. The effects were surprisingly good.
In fact, Liu Heitai was the number one general among Dou Jiande's forces. Before, after all, Liu Heitai had a good relationship with Dou Jiande, so Su Qin and Di Qing did not dare to delegate power easily, 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, he 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 of 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. .
In these two battles, Niu Mo's two sons also performed very well. Niu Hong and Niu Hei were 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. .
After this battle, Niu Mo's two sons became even more famous because of it. Everyone in the world knew that Niu Mo and Hu father had no sons, and the abilities of the two sons were no less than that of 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, which naturally formed a stepping stone effect.
Since then, the reputation of the two Mavericks has also begun to be beaten.
(End of chapter)
