A textbook-level battle example from the Military Academy - 3,500 troops defeated the opponent's 130,000-strong army and captured their commander alive. Created a miracle in the history of world war. Li Shimin ushered in the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty with his unprecedented ability to govern the country, but his military talents were overshadowed by his dazzling political talents. In fact, Li Shimin's military strategy and outstanding martial arts were even more astonishing. He was actually a hero who led the charge and took the head of an admiral from an army of ten thousand. He was an unparalleled hero!
In July 621 AD, Li Shimin led an army of 50,000 to attack Wang Shichong of Luoyang for 8 months, causing nearly half of the Tang army's casualties. Dou Jiande, who had strong soldiers and horses, led an army of 130,000 to rescue Wang Shichong. The Tang army, with only 30,000 soldiers, had to withstand the enemy Dou Jiande, who was several times stronger. In the front, it had to face Wang Shichong, who relied on the high city walls to resist. The officials were frightened by the enemy from both sides and tried to persuade the army to retreat. Against all odds, with superhuman courage, courage and strategy, Li Shimin used only 3,500 elite Xuanjia troops to make a long-distance and roundabout attack to seize the strategic fortress Hulao Pass, creating many illusions to confuse Dou Jiande, so that he did not dare to attack for more than a month. During this period, Wang Shichong saw that Li Shimin only used 3,500 troops and horses to stop Dou Jiande's powerful army of more than 100,000, and concluded that Li Shimin must die. Then he sent a beautiful princess to pretend to be a civilian girl out of the city to "go to the funeral for her mother" and seduce Li Shi, who stayed behind and continued to besiege Luoyang. Li Yuanji, a civilian brother, crossed the siege of the Tang army to inform Dou Jiande, but Li Shimin took advantage of his plan and was completely defeated - 50,000 of the 130,000-strong army were captured, with nearly 10,000 casualties. The rest of the birds and animals were scattered, and Dou Jiande was captured alive; he then returned to the army and made an emergency landing at Wang Shichong. This battle laid a solid foundation for the Tang Dynasty and wrote a glorious page in the history of Chinese war. Li Shimin was only 23 years old at that time!
