Where did Xue Rengui’s expedition to the west reach in history? Interested readers and history encyclopedia editors, let’s take a look together!
There are many popular stories about Xue Rengui, such as “Three Arrows Conquering the Tianshan Mountains”, “Divine Courage Conquering Liaodong”, “Removing Hat to Defeat Ten Thousand Enemies”, and so on. He is almost a god like existence, victorious in a hundred battles.
He is not only handsome and skilled in martial arts, but also has a very happy love life. He has married two beautiful women, one is the gentle and virtuous original partner Wang Baochuan, and the other is the beautiful Princess Zhaoyang, which is enviable to others.
However, these are all fictional stories, and the real Xue Rengui is not only imperfect, but also “cruel and unrestrained”, and even suffered a major defeat.
In 661 AD, the Tiele tribe gathered over ten thousand people in an attempt to engage in a fierce battle with the Tang Dynasty. As a result, Xue Rengui fired three arrows without fail, killing three people. The Tiele people were stunned and thought that the gods had descended to earth, so they surrendered their weapons one after another.
How did Xue Rengui deal with the 100000 surrendered enemy?
Kill! Kill on the spot! Many people know that Bai Qikeng killed 400000 Zhao soldiers, but very few know that Xue Rengui deliberately covered up history by killing 100000 Tiele people!
During Xue Rengui’s expedition to the west, he suffered a major defeat, which destroyed his lifelong reputation.
At that time, the biggest enemy of the Tang Dynasty was the Tubo Kingdom in the west. Taking advantage of the Tang Dynasty’s eastern expedition to Goguryeo and the lack of time to advance westward, Tubo continuously expanded its territory, annexed the Tuyuhun Kingdom, and captured the eighteen states of the Western Regions, showing a strong competitive posture with the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin finally couldn’t sit still and sent out a hundred thousand troops, with Xue Rengui as the commander-in-chief and Guo Daifeng as the general, to rush to the Western Regions in a grand manner, preparing to destroy the Tubo Kingdom and eradicate the eternal threat.
However, Xue Rengui, who was full of confidence, suffered a major setback in the Battle of Dafeichuan. Due to the loss of peace among the generals, Guo Daifeng disobeyed military orders and made a major mistake, resulting in the looting of food, forage, and supplies by Tubo. The morale of the Tang army, which was deprived of military supplies, was greatly shaken and their combat effectiveness sharply declined. The Tubo army of 400000 attacked the Tang army, causing heavy losses to the Tang army.
Finally, Xue Rengui was forced to seek peace, and the Tubo army finally made way. Xue Rengui fled back to Chang’an with his remaining soldiers, Sheng Yong, in a dejected manner.
The Tang Dynasty suffered an unprecedented defeat since its founding, and Li Shimin felt ashamed. In a fit of anger, he defeated Xue Rengui and turned him into a commoner.
Xue Rengui was good at fighting Goguryeo, but not good at fighting Tubo!
Where did Xue Rengui go during his expedition to the west back then?
Wuhai City!
