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A long time ago, the story that Xue, the second master of the Tang Dynasty, conquered the East was circulated among the people. Emperor Taizong was the second master of the Tang Dynasty, and Xue was a famous military general in the early Tang Dynasty. In order to recover Liaodong, unify the world, conquer the beggar Suwen and rescue Silla, Emperor Taizong sent troops to conquer Goguryeo three times. In the first year of 668 AD, Xue and others led troops to capture Pyongyang, captured King Koguryo, and Koguryo perished. In Koguryo's hometown, the Tang Dynasty set up 9 states and 42 states 100 county, with Anton as the governor and Xue as the commander in chief.
Xue (6 14-683), born in Longmen, Jiangzhou (now Hejin, Shanxi), was a famous general in Zhenguan period of Tang Dynasty in China.
When I was young, my family was poor, and I took farming as my profession and married Liu. At the end of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong ordered an expedition, the general recruited soldiers and horses, and Xue was recruited into the army. When stopping reinforcements in Anshicheng (now south of Haicheng, Liaoning Province), he was brave and good at riding and shooting, put on white armor different from others, held Fang Tianji and defeated 200,000 troops of General Gao Yanshou from Korea. Since then, he has been appreciated by Emperor Taizong, promoted to guerrilla general, and given two horses and forty silks.
In the third year of Tang Gaozong (658), Xue Fuzhong, the commander-in-chief of Yingzhou, and Cheng Mingzhen, the Dongyi lord protector, attacked Koguryo in Guiduan City (located in Hunhe area of Liaoning Province), and later defeated Qidan in Montenegro with Xin Wenling, who was named General Zuo Wuwei.
In the first year of Ganfeng (666), Tang Gaozong sent Pang Tongshan and Gao Pin to Koguryo to comfort them, but they were attacked. After repelling Goguryeo, he was named General Youwei. In the first year of Yao Kai, he became the governor of Gua. Soon, he was awarded the right leader, General Wei, and the governor of the school. In the first year of Yongchun, he repelled the Turk Ashdod Yuan Zhen. Finally, Yongchun died in 683. When I was 70. After his death, the court named him General Zuo and Commander-in-Chief of Youzhou. Escort the body back to its hometown.
Xue, a famous Tang Dynasty soldier, was born in Longmen, Jiangzhou (now Hejin, Shanxi). He is famous for his politeness and noble words. He was born in the 9th year of the Great Cause of Sui Dynasty (6 13) and died in the 2nd year of Tang Yongchun (683). His main deeds were in the period of Emperor Taizong and Emperor Gaozong.
Xue grew up in a poor family, learned to write, practiced martial arts and had arm strength. He grew up to be a farmer and married Liu.
In the late period of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong wanted to levy Korea himself. From the autumn of the eighteenth year of Zhenguan (644), we mobilized military supplies, recruited sergeants and actively prepared for war. Xue defected to the general and accepted him as his subordinate. Soon, when Emperor Taizong personally marched into North Korea, his troops went to Andi, and Lang was surrounded by local armed forces. Hearing this, Xue rode alone to rescue him, tied his head to the saddle, subdued the rest and rescued him to the camp. Since then, Xue has become famous in the three armed forces.
In the 19th year of Zhenguan (645), in April, the Tang Jun striker arrived in North Korea and constantly defeated the Korean defenders. In June, when he arrived in Anshi, Koryo Mo Zuo Branch, he sent Gao Yanshou's army to station 200,000 troops along the mountain to resist Tang Jun. After inspecting the terrain, Emperor Taizong ordered the generals to lead the troops to attack separately. At this time, Xue thought he was brave and strong, and wanted to make great achievements, that is, put on white armor different from others, hold it in his hand, and wear two bows around his waist to go into battle. North Korean soldiers fell and fought their way out. Tang Jun followed, and the Korean army was defeated. Seeing this, Emperor Taizong, who was standing on a high place, specially summoned Xue after the war, gave him two horses and forty silks, became a slave of 65,438 +00 people, and was promoted to be a guerrilla general, Guo Yi, Yunquan Prefecture, in charge of the Xuanwu Gate (North Gate) of the Palace. When he returned to Korea to join the army, Emperor Taizong also said to Xue: "My old generals are old, and I want to be brave in foreign affairs, so I am like Qing Dynasty. I don't like Liaodong, I like General Tiger. " And named Xue the right leader.
From North Korea to North Korea, Xue has been guarding Xuanwu Gate. In the fifth year of Yonghui (654), Tang Gaozong inspected Wannian Palace (now west of linyou county, Shaanxi). On the first night, flash floods broke out and rushed to the north gate of Wannian Palace. Seeing the fierce water, the guards dispersed separately. Xue and go to the palace to call water. Hearing the shouts, Tang Gaozong hurried out of the palace and came to the highlands. When Tang Gaozong turned around, the flood had flooded into his bedroom. Thank you, Xue, and give Xue a royal horse.
In 658 AD, Cheng Mingzhen was ordered to conquer North Korea, with Xue as the lieutenant. Xue defeated the Korean army in Guiduancheng (located in Hunhe, Liaoning Province) and beheaded more than 3,000 people. In the second year, Xue, He Liang and others moved together. In Hengshan, he fought against the North Korean general Wen Shamen. At this time, Xue took the lead with a bow and arrow and rushed into the enemy line. All the shooters fell to the ground. Then he fought against the Korean army in Shicheng. When he was good at shooting at the enemy, he killed more than ten people in Tang Jun, and no one dared to do it. Xue was furious when he saw this. He rode alone and took away the enemy general. General Xue was awed by Xue's bravery, and he was captured alive before he could release the arrow. Soon, Xue and Xin Wenling defeated Qidan in Montenegro and captured King Abu Gu of Qidan alive. After the war, General Zuo Wuwei was appointed Duke of Hedong.
In the first year of Longshuo (66 1), the Uighur leader Po, who had always been friendly with the Tang Dynasty, died and succeeded to the anti-Tang Dynasty. Zheng Rentai was called as the general and Xue as the lieutenant, and led the troops to attack nine planets Uighur in Tianshan Mountain. Before he left, Tang Gaozong held a banquet in the inner hall. During the dinner, he said to Xue; "In ancient times, there were people who wore seven letters. You tried to shoot five armour." Xue told me to take a bow and an arrow, but only the bowstring sounded and the arrow went through the armor. Surprised, he immediately ordered someone to reward Xue with strong armor.
After Zheng Rentai and Xue Weigui led the troops to Tianshan Mountain, nine Uighur families held more than 100,000 people hostage, but refused. Dozens of brave knights came to challenge them. Xue shot three arrows at the cold feet, killing three people. The rest of the knights were awed by Xue's power and dismounted to surrender. Xue took advantage of the situation to attack, killing people, and the nine Uighur families were defeated and all were killed. Then, Xue chased and defeated all the people across the northern border, and captured his three leaders and brothers. After Xue retired, the army sang, "General, three arrows will set the Tianshan Mountains, and Long song will enter the Han Pass." Since then, the decline of Uighur nine surnames is no longer a border issue.
In the first year of Ganfeng (666), the late Koryo branch changed to Su Wenzhu. His son, Yu Quan, succeeded to the throne, but his younger brother, Yu Nanjian, was expelled. The envoy turned to Tang for help. Tang Gaozong sent Pang Tongshan and Gao Pin to comfort him, but Quan Nanjian refused. So Xue sent Pang Tongshan and led troops to meet him. Going to Xincheng, Pang Tongshan was attacked by the Korean army. When Xue learned that, he led the army to arrive in time, killing the enemy's head and saving Pang Tongshan. Pang Tongshan and Gao Pin arrived in Jinshan and were attacked by the North Korean army. When Xue heard the news, he led the army to cut the Korean army into two parts, beheading more than 5,000 levels, and took advantage of the victory to capture the two cities of Korea, Japan and Cangyan, and joined forces with Quan Boy. I wrote a letter to Xue about this. Then, Xue led 2000 people to attack Fuyu City, a major town in North Korea. At this time, all ministries will serenade him not to go into battle lightly. Xue Dui said, "Soldiers make good use of it, but not many people", so he led a great army to go out. This campaign, he took the lead, * * * killed more than ten thousand people and attacked Fuyu City. At one time, the prestige was greatly enhanced, and the Fuyu River reached more than 40 cities, all of which were put to rest. At this time, Tang was appointed as the general manager to attack North Korea in other ways. Xue also advanced along the coast and surrendered to the stationed North Korea in Pyongyang. After that, he ordered Xue and Liu to keep 20,000 soldiers, named Xue as the right-back general, named Pingyang Gong, and guarded Anton. After Xue was appointed, he moved to Pyongyang New Town. During his tenure as the guardian of Anton, he took care of orphans and young children, helped the elderly, punished thieves, encouraged sages and praised sages, and the Korean people lived and worked in peace and contentment.
When Xue Ren 'an Dong protected the country, Tubo became stronger and stronger, destroying the Tuyuhun established by the Qiang people and invading the western regions of the Tang Dynasty. To this end, Xue was appointed as the chief officer of Luopo Road March, and Daozhen and Guo were appointed as the deputy commanders, leading more than 100,000 troops to conquer Tubo.
Xue was ordered to go west and led the army to Dafeichuan (now Cheji Plain in southwest of Qinghai * * * county; It is said that today's Qinghai Lake (Xibuha River) will go to Wuhai (now the bitter sea in the southwest of Guang Hai County, Qinghai Province). Xue said to Dao Zhen and Guo, "Wuhai is a dangerous place, and our death can be said to be a dangerous road." However, if we are fast, we will succeed, and if we are late, we will fail. The mountain is not wide and uneven today, so we can put two fences. Knowing the internal trench, we'll keep 10 thousand people guarding it. I want to cover up the thief and destroy it. " Guo was sealed to stay voluntarily, and Xue told him never to make a move.
After Xue arranged, he led the troops to Wuhai, arrived at the estuary, met tens of thousands of Tubo defenders, and Xue led the army to kill them and made a fortune. Xue set more than 10,000 cattle and sheep, and headed west, reaching Wuhai City. Then more than 1000 cavalry were sent back to Dafeichuan to collect the trench, but Guo was defeated by Tubo. Xue retired from the army because there was no material support. At this point, Tubo mobilized 400,000 troops to attack, but Tang Jun could not resist the enemy and suffered a crushing defeat. However, it was not forced to spit out goodwill. Make peace with Tang Jun on the condition that he doesn't go deep. Xue had to agree, and then led the defeated army back to the East Palace. After the war, due to defeat, he was exempted as Shu Ren.
Soon, Korea rebelled against the Tang Dynasty. Xue was appointed as the governor of Jilin Road and was in charge of Liaodong. During his tenure, Xue was banished to Xiangzhou for violating the criminal law, but was pardoned and sent back.
In Xue's later years, the Tubo forces developed northward, blocking melon (now southeast of Anxi, Gansu) and sand (now Dunhuang, Gansu). At the same time, Turks constantly invaded the northern territory of the Tang Dynasty. At this time, I remembered Xue's contribution and summoned him. Later, he was appointed as the secretariat of Guazhou, the right general Wei and the secretariat of Daizhou, and led the army to Yunzhou (now Datong City, Shanxi Province) to attack the Turks. When the Turks heard that Xue was another general, they were so scared that they dared not go to the front and ran for a while. Xue seized the opportunity to attack the Turks, beheaded 1 10,000 people, captured 20,000 people, and captured more than 30,000 cows, horses and sheep.
Xue died in the second year of Yongchun (683) at the age of 70. After his death, the court named General Zuo as the secretariat of Youzhou, and the court also specially built it. Return to your hometown after the funeral.
Xue was a famous soldier in Tang Dynasty. He was brave and good at fighting. Good use of troops and foresight made great contributions to the prosperity of the early Tang Dynasty. However, in the war, he was sometimes lax in running the army, plundering and accepting bribes, often beheading too much and being extremely cruel. Xue is also loyal to his duties. Judging from the situation when he was appointed as Anton Duhu, he also had certain political talents.
Excerpted from Wang Zhenfang's Historical Figures in Sanjin, Bibliographic Literature Publishing House.
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