Section 5 The most tragic battle in Yelu Abaoji’s life

Chang'an Encounter by Feng

Tang Dynasty: Wei Yingwu

Visitors come from the east, and the Baling rain falls on their clothes.

I asked the guest why he came, and he asked me why he came to pick up the mountain to buy an axe.

The flowers are blooming, and the swallows are blooming with new breasts.

Farewell yesterday, now it is spring, and there are a few strands of hair on the temples.

After the failure of the Battle of Youzhou, Yelu Abaoji returned to the country, concentrated on handling government affairs, and focused on development, and then planned to go south. At this time, another person from the Central Plains Dynasty came to defect to the Khitan. This person was called Wang Yu. He was Li Keyong's son-in-law and Li Cunxu's brother-in-law. He defected to Khitan because of the "Wang Rong Incident".

Wang Rong was the governor of Zhenzhou. He killed two of his subordinates, which triggered a rebellion. One night, more than 1,000 soldiers forcibly entered Wang Rong's home and killed him, as well as his eldest son and other descendants. Zhang Wenli He became the governor of Zhenzhou.

After Li Cunxu learned the news, he was very angry. Zhang Wenli actually killed the officials he appointed without permission, and immediately sent troops to attack Zhenzhou. Zhang Wenli knew that he was no match, so he immediately sent an envoy to ask for help from Khitan. Wang Chuzhi, the governor of Dingzhou, heard that Li Cunxu wanted to conquer Zhenzhou himself. Zhenzhou, worried that he would capture Dingzhou together this time. So he wrote a letter to his son Wang Yu, who served under Li Cunxu, asking him to leave the border and move reinforcements.

At first, Wang Yu dismissed this letter because his father was a servant of his cousin and wanted to plot to kill his cousin. Later, Wang Yu and his cousin fled to Jinwang Li. Ke Yong here. Now Wang Yu is getting better and better here. He even married Li Keyong's daughter and became the governor of Xinzhou. He has always had a grudge with his father. But his father is in Xinzhou. Zhong said that he would pass on his family business to him in a hundred years. This sentence still moved his heart, and he finally decided to cooperate with his father.

Wang Yu went to Khitan to ask Yelu Abaoji to send troops. At first, Yelu Abaoji had doubts in his heart and did not want to send troops south. However, he could not withstand the constant persuasion of people around him, and finally agreed to send troops.

Yelu Abaoji led the army all the way to Youzhou and surrounded Youzhou City again. Although Youzhou has changed its guard now, the new guard is still closed in, leaving Yelu Abaoji helpless.

And at this moment, news came that Wang Chuzhi had been killed by his godson, which was even more detrimental to the Khitan army. When Wang Yu heard that his father had been killed, he strongly advised Yelu Abaoji to bypass Youzhou City and take Zhenzhou and Ding first. At this time, Abaoji was unable to capture Youzhou, so the Khitan army turned to surround Dingzhou.

Unfortunately, before the Khitan army started to attack the city, the weather changed drastically and it suddenly started snowing. The Khitan army's logistics support work was not as developed as that of the Central Plains army. They always solved the problem of food and grass wherever they went. So. , this suddenly brought great difficulties to the Khitan army.

Li Cunxu heard that the Khitan army was going south to attack Dingzhou, and immediately led his army to fight. Yelu Abaoji lost to Li Cunxu, and the Khitan army was defeated. Yelu Abaoji's youngest son was also captured by the Jin army, and the Khitan army hurriedly fled to Wangdu.

Li Cunxu pursued all the way, but he only had 5,000 soldiers under his command, while Yelu Abaoji had 100,000 troops. Li Cunxu was surrounded by Yelu Abaoji, and Li Cunxu soon became unable to hold on and was gradually at a disadvantage. Just when he felt that the sky was going to kill him When he was walking, he suddenly heard an army approaching from a distance. It turned out that his subordinate Li Sizhao arrived with reinforcements. Li Cunxu suddenly became energetic and defeated the Khitan army together with the reinforcements.

The Khitan army had no choice but to retreat north. As it went north, the snow became heavier and heavier. It was freezing cold and there was a lack of food and grass. The Khitan army suffered heavy losses. There were corpses of soldiers and horses everywhere. When they retreated to the Khitan territory, 10

There are less than 20,000 soldiers left in the army of 10,000.

This was the first and only battle in Yelu Abaoji's life with the most heavy losses, and was known as the Battle of Wangdu.

Life insights: Pretending to be stupid may seem stupid, but in fact you are smart. You can protect yourself very well by staying true to your position in the world. This is the so-called "hide skills and guard them, and use obscurity as if it were light." However, everyone wants to express themselves.

It seems difficult to be smart and pretend to be smart. This requires a foolish mind and demeanor. (Cai Gen Diao) said: "The devil stands as if he is sleeping, and the tiger moves as if he is sick." That is to say, the eagle stands there as if it is asleep, and the tiger walks.

They sometimes look sick, which is how they prepare to catch prey. Therefore, a truly talented person should not show off or show off his talent, so that he can protect himself well.

Pretending to be stupid also requires excellent acting skills: the purpose of performing is to fool people's ears and eyes, but the real skill is hidden. You can pretend to be crazy, or dumb, or stupid, or you don't know. There is only one purpose, and that is to hide

There is only one real purpose and requirement, which is to make the onlookers believe it with realism.

When it comes to acting, apart from acting skills, the most important thing is confidence. Confidence that you will succeed, confidence that you can really fool people, and confidence that your acting skills are better than others. In this way, when acting, you will not change your color, but your heart will not change, and those who are calm will be calm.
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