Revealing Li Jing’s first battle after surrendering to Tang, he directly killed the Dongping King of Xiao Han

Do you like the story of Li Jing? Today, the History Encyclopedia editor will provide a detailed interpretation for everyone~
In July of the fifth year of Wude (622 AD), Du Fuwei officially went to Chang’an to attend court, which was when he truly surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
After going to court, everything that Du Fuwei did in Huainan would belong to Li Yuan’s group, especially in finance. If Du Fuwei wanted to be reimbursed for a business trip, he had to sign by Li Yuan before it counted.
Therefore, ‘surrendering to the court’ is equivalent to annexing you, and you are truly a subordinate.
After driving away Chen Leng and Du Fuwei, Li Zitong became peaceful. So this month, he ascended to the throne and established the state of Wu, changing the country’s name to “Mingzheng”. He appointed Le Botong, the bandit leader of Danyang, as the prime minister. Le Botong had little talent, but had more than ten thousand soldiers.
Li Xiaogong was able to live comfortably and happily in Bashu mainly because of his benevolence and virtue, and also because the people of Bashu were very comfortable at that time, and many of them devoted themselves to Buddhism, which emphasized the importance of “putting down the butcher’s knife and becoming a Buddha on the ground”. Why did you still rebel?
Thirdly, even if there is a slight riot, there is no need for Li Xiaogong to personally intervene.
In October 619, the Liao people in Ba Di Ji Zhou (parts of Nanjiang County, Tongjiang County, and Wangcang County in Sichuan Province) rebelled. At that time, the Liao people were a minority ethnic group in the Ba Shu region. When they rebelled, Li Yuan ordered Tang Zuowu Marquis General Pang Yu to go and conquer. As for Li Xiaogong, you can continue to stay, don’t worry, there will be a day for you to go to war.
Li Yuanjin appointed Pang Yu as the general manager of Liangzhou, and Pang Yu led his army to Jizhou to see that this battle could not be fought. Because you can’t hit him, the fangs are hiding in strategic locations deep in the mountains and forests, relying on danger to defend themselves. Moreover, fangs are naturally skilled hunters and archers, and as soon as you get close to them, you won’t know who shot them.
Pang Yu couldn’t move forward and lived aimlessly for a while, running out of food. At that time, the familiar fangs and fangmin near the border were fellow villagers, so I advised Pang Yu to go back and forth wherever you went. Pang Yu refused and deliberately let out the wind, saying that the autumn harvest season was coming soon, and all the millet in the fields had been requisitioned by the army. The people were not allowed to harvest without authorization unless the rebellion was quelled.
Upon hearing this, the common people were greatly alarmed. If the Tang army did not leave, wouldn’t we all have to starve to death?
So before Pang Yu could take action, Fang Min beheaded the rebel leader and surrendered with his head.
The following story is about the first battle of the War Godfather Li Jing after surrendering to the Tang Dynasty. Although it was not a major battle, it made Li Jing famous and even Li Xiaogong looked up to it with admiration.
A few months later, in February of the third year of Wude (620 AD), the barbarian leader Ran Zhaoze of Kaizhou (Kaixian County, Chongqing) rebelled.
Ran Zhaoze is different from the Fang people. The Fang people are barbaric and purely for the purpose of stealing things, but Ran Zhaoze is a cultured person with strategies, tactics, and goals. Not only does he steal things, but he also steals land, cities, and people, making a huge impact.
Li Xiaogong was unhappy. After just over two years of comfortable living in the land of Bashu, some people were afraid that the world would become chaotic.
Li Xiaogong: What do you want, just say it. Why do you have to rob people and land? Why make everyone unhappy?
Ran Zhaoze: You have a little drink every day and a beautiful girl to accompany you. I also want to live like this. Can you give it to me?
Li Xiaogong: Isn’t it obvious that you can’t get along with me?
Ran Zhaoze was too lazy to talk nonsense to Li Xiaogong, because in the eyes of their barbarians, whoever had a hard fist and a big fist was the boss? Li Xiaogong’s reasoning with him is like playing the qin to a cow.
On February 18th, after taking Kaizhou, Ran Zhaoze captured Tongzhou and then advanced from Bashu to Jiangnan.
In March, Ran Zhaoze invaded Xinzhou (also known as Kuizhou).
Continuing to make such a fuss, Li Xiaogong couldn’t explain to Li Yuan anymore, so he personally led a large army to go to war with Ran Zhaoze.
Ran Zhaoze, in fact, only had over 5000 soldiers and men, but Li Xiaogong suffered a defeat.
Li Xiaogong was very embarrassed, so he asked Li Jing for advice.
Li Jing said, if you give me 800 people, I will be enough to eliminate Ran Zhaoze.
Playing with Li Jing, Ran Zhaoze is still a novice military illiterate.
Li Jing led 800 people to launch a sudden attack on the rebel camp, deliberately causing smoke and dust to rise all over the way, with loud drums.
Before Ran Zhaoze could figure out how many troops the Tang army had brought, his mind shifted. All five thousand barbarians under his command surrendered and laid down their weapons.
Li Xiaogong cleared the battlefield and recaptured Kaizhou and Tongzhou.
At that time, when Li Xiaogong was stationed in Xinzhou, Prince Dongping of Xiao Han had set up camp nearby. As soon as Li Jing killed Ran Zhaoze, Li Xiaogong launched an attack on Xiao Han’s Dongping King, resulting in a great victory and even taking down Xiao Han’s Dongping King.
Although the rebellion lasted only a little over a month and the total military strength of both sides was only ten thousand, it allowed Li Jing to make a name for himself when he first led the army, and also taught Li Xiaogong a lot of practical military law knowledge, such as: “Soldiers are real when they are imaginary, but they are actually imaginary.