Li Zhiyun led five thousand soldiers and horses to Meiliangchuan. Meiliangchuan is located in Wenxi County, only half a day's journey from Song Jingang's army camp. After Yuchi Gong led the army here, he must be paralyzed and could catch him off guard.

After the army arrived at the Meiliang River, Li Zhiyun led four generals to check the terrain. At first glance, he was disappointed. Judging from the terrain, the Meiliang River was not suitable for an ambush. The Meiliang River is a long stretch of land at the foot of Tangwang Mountain.

A valley of thirty miles. However, this valley is too wide. It is about ten miles wide. The official road passes in the middle of the valley.

.So, the Miragawa River is not so much a valley as it is an open land. If the army ambush on the hills on both sides, it cannot effectively use the terrain to ambush the enemy, and the ambush battle is likely to become an encounter.

.Besides, Yuchi Gong’s troops are no less than theirs. Therefore, the next battle will definitely be a tough battle.

Meiliangchuan is an ancient battlefield. It guards the traffic chokepoint and has always been a battleground for military strategists. King Tang of Shang and Xia Jie once had a decisive battle here. After Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu was pursued here by Wang Mang's general Su Xian.

Fortunately escaped.

Li Zhiyun pondered for a long time and decided to divide the five thousand troops into four, led by four generals respectively. After Yuchi Gong entered Meiliangchuan, Qin Shubao's army intercepted him head-on. Fan Botong and his daughter attacked from left and right, and Cheng Yaojin got behind the enemy.

, cut off the enemy's retreat.

After the task assignment was completed, the army moved to the northwest of Meiliangchuan River and hid in a dense forest three miles away. Li Zhiyun sent a number of scouts and asked them to disguise themselves as villagers and go out for thirty miles to conduct reconnaissance. Once discovered,

Yuchi Gong's army arrived and he immediately rushed back to report the news.

The army was waiting in the woods. Time passed day by day. Every day, Li Zhiyun would take people to the Mirang River, climb the nearby hills, and look into the distance with binoculars. However, there were only a few sparse pedestrians on the official road.

Or chariots and horses, but there was never any sign of the army. Occasionally, scouts came back to get food, but they did not bring back any news of the enemy troops.

On the seventh day, Li Zhiyun became anxious and uneasy. There was not much food and grass left in the army. If Yuchi Gong did not come tomorrow, he would have no choice but to give up the battle and return home.

At midnight the next day, Li Zhiyun was preparing to take Cai Hu to Meiliangchuan. A scout hurriedly ran over, clasping his fists and saying: "King Chu, Yuchi Gong's army is coming." When Li Zhiyun heard this, he was extremely surprised and hurriedly said: "They are leaving here.

How far is it?"

"I met them twenty miles away. Based on the speed of their march and the time of my return, they should be still ten miles away from the Mirang River at this moment."

Li Zhiyun immediately sent someone to call the four generals over, informed them of the situation, and asked them to lead their own troops to ambush around Meiliangchuan. He himself led a group of soldiers and climbed a hill on the left side of Meiliangchuan.

A command post was set up here.

Li Zhiyun hid in the woods and used telescopes to look at the official road in the distance from time to time. About two sticks of incense later, the enemy troops appeared. All they saw were flags fluttering and dust flying on the official road. About one-third of Yuchi Gong's men and horses

They are cavalry, and the rest are infantry. Behind the army is a baggage convoy. The convoy is very long, and the cart is full of people.

Bags of grain, these grains may be the trophies captured by Yuchi Gong in Xia County. If Yuchi Gong escorted so much grain back and handed it over to Song Jingang, it would be extremely detrimental to the second brother. Therefore, we must seize the grain.

Back. At this moment, Li Zhiyun felt that it was really wise for him to lead his army to intercept Yuchi Gong, who had made a fortune.

After the enemy entered Meiliangchuan, Li Zhiyun ordered the drums to be beaten. As a result, the drums were beating loudly in the entire valley, and shouts of killing were heard everywhere. Qin Shubao led his men and horses, leading the way, and rushed over, blocking the enemy's way.

At the front of the enemy's team is a general riding a white horse, wearing a silver helmet and a silver armor, and holding a horse-stem in his hand. This man is of medium build, slightly dark skin, rough appearance, and piercing eyes. He is Song Jingang's subordinate.

General Yu Chigong. When Yu Chigong was young, he made a career in blacksmithing. In the last years of Emperor Yang's career in the Sui Dynasty,

He joined the army in Gaoyang to defeat the rioting soldiers, and was famous for his bravery. He was promoted to the official position of Chaosan. After Liu Wuzhou rebelled against the Sui Dynasty, he heard that Wei Chigong was brave in fighting, so he recruited him into his army and served as a partial general. After Liu Wuzhou raised his troops to go south,

, Yuchi Gong has been following Song Jingang to conquer the city.

At this time, in addition to Qin Qiong leading his troops to block the front, Fan Botong and his daughter also led their troops to kill from the left and right sides respectively, and Cheng Yaojin also led his troops to go behind the enemy. The enemy soldiers were surrounded by the Tang army on all sides.

He was suddenly panicked and confused. When Yuchi Gong saw it, he immediately raised his horse and shouted loudly to calm everyone down.

"Don't panic. The terrain here is open, just right for a decisive battle with the Tang army." After saying this, Yuchi Gong ordered his generals to put their troops into a fighting formation, preparing for a decisive battle with the Tang army.

The horse spear in Yuchi Gong's hand was a lengthened and weighted spear, which was particularly easy to use. When he saw a war horse rushing out of the Tang army's formation on the opposite side, he immediately drove his horse forward to meet him and shouted: "Who is coming? Tell me your name.

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"I am Qin Qiong, the general under the command of King Qin," Qin Shubao said, holding a spear in his hand, "Are you Yuchi Jingde?"

"It's this general."

"Yuchi Jingde, you have been surrounded, surrender quickly."

"It depends on whether the guy in my hand agrees or not." After Yuchi Gong said this, he rode his horse and stabbed him. Qin Shubao used the spear in his hand to push it away and started fighting. Both of them were fierce generals and both were good at fighting on horseback.

The killing was so intense that the sky was dark and the earth was dark.

Qin Qiong was a native of Licheng, Qizhou (today's Jinan, Shandong). During the Daye period of the Sui Dynasty, he served under the guardian of the future Sui Dynasty. When Qin Qiong's mother passed away, the guardian sent someone to express condolences. The sergeants felt strange about this and asked

Come to protect the child

Said: "There are many soldiers who died and there were funerals in the family. Why did the general only express his condolences to Chen Shubao's family?" Lai Hu'er replied: "This man is brave and strong, and he has ambition and integrity. He will definitely get rich in the future. How can he?"

Are you going to be treated as a humble person?" In December of the 10th year of the Sui Dynasty (614), Lu Mingyue, the leader of the Zhuo County rebels, led more than 100,000 people to attack Zhu'a. Qin Qiong followed Zhang Xutuo, the commander of Qi County, to conquer Zhang.

There are more than 10,000 people in the Xutuo tribe

, unable to match Lu Mingyue's army, he went to camp six or seven miles outside the rebel camp. After dozens of days of confrontation, the food and grass would be exhausted, and the situation was very unfavorable. Zhang Xutuo said to the soldiers: "Lu Mingyue saw our army."

If you retreat, you must come to pursue you.

Attack, when their army is dispatched and the camp is empty, if someone leads a thousand troops to attack the camp, they will be able to surprise and win. But this action is really dangerous, I wonder who among you can go?" No one among the generals answered, except Qin Qiong.

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Luo Shixin fought bravely. Zhang Xutuo asked each of them to lead thousands of troops to ambush in the reeds, and he led the army to pretend to abandon the camp and escape. As expected, Lu Mingyue went out to pursue, and Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

Seeing that the gate of the enemy camp was closed and inaccessible, the two men climbed up the gatehouse and pulled down the rebel flag tent. They each killed several people, then cut off the door lock and let in the ambush outside the door. They set fire to thirty soldiers of Lu Mingyue's army in one fell swoop.

Many camps. Lu Ming

When Yue rushed back for reinforcements, Zhang Xutuo led the main force to turn around and kill Lu Mingyue's army. Lu Mingyue only escaped with more than a hundred cavalry, and the rest of his men were captured. After this battle, Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin's reputation for bravery became known far and near.

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In November of the twelfth year of Daye (616), Qin Qiong accompanied Zhang Xutuo to attack the Wagang Army. Zhang Xutuo fell into Li Mi's trap and was defeated and died in the battle. Qin Qiong led the remnants of the Sui army and attached themselves to Pei Renji, who was guarding Hulao Pass.

The following year, Pei Renji had a falling out with Xiao Huaijing, the censor of the imperial army.

, was successfully recruited by Li Mi, killed Xiao Huaijing, and used Hulao City to surrender to the Wagang Army. Qin Qiong followed Pei Renji and surrendered to Li Mi. Li Mi was very happy after getting Qin Qiong, and used Qin Qiong as a hussar in the tent to lead with Cheng Yaojin and others.

Eight thousand internal troops, the pay is very generous.

In July of the fourteenth year of Daye (618), Wagang's army and Yu Wenhuaji's army fought in Liyang. The fierce battle lasted from early morning to dusk. During the melee, Li Mi was shot by a stray arrow and fell off his horse and fainted. All his subordinates fled and almost fell.

He fell into the hands of the pursuers, but fortunately Qin Qiong defended him to the death and escaped. After rescuing Li Mi, Qin Qiong gathered the defeated army and fought with Yu Wenhua and his army, finally repelling him. In September of the same year,

In August, after the Wagang Army defeated Yu Wenhuaji, their vitality was severely weakened. Li Mi became arrogant and arrogant because of his victory, and no longer cared about the soldiers, which caused his subordinates to desert. At the same time, because of his contempt for Wang Shichong, he did not even build fortifications when setting up camp. Wang Shichong took the opportunity to suddenly

He launched an attack and defeated Li Mi at the foot of Mang Mountain. After his defeat, Li Mi was afraid of Zhai letting his old troops take revenge, so he fled westward to Chang'an in a hurry and defected to Li Yuan.

After being captured, Qin Qiong temporarily defected to Wang Shichong and was named General Longxiang. In February of the second year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty (619), Qin Qiong disdained Wang Shichong's treacherous conduct, so he, Cheng Yaojin and others took advantage of the Tang and Zheng armies to confront each other in Jiuqu.

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He defected to Li Tang and was arranged by Tang Emperor Li Yuan to serve in the palace of Qin King Li Shimin. Li Shimin had heard about Qin Qiong's bravery for a long time and treated him very politely. He awarded him the position of general manager of the horse army and guarded Changchun Palace with him.

Qin Shubao and Yuchi Gong were fighting vigorously, and the others were not idle either. The two sides fought against generals and soldiers against soldiers. Although the numbers of the two sides were about the same, Yuchi Gong's men and horses were running all the way. The journey was tiring and their physical strength was very exhausted.

, while the Tang army was recharging its energy and waiting for work. Therefore, after a stick of incense, Yuchi Gong's soldiers and horses gradually became unable to withstand it and showed a trend of defeat.

Yuchi Gong was about to lose his ability to resist. Qin Qiong was extremely strong, and he was even more powerful when he stepped off the divine horse. This horse was known as "Sudden Thunder", and Qin Qiong often fed it wine. Once it became powerful, it could fly over three tents in a row. Yuchi Gong struggled

He was able to cope with Qin Qiong's sharp offensive, but it seemed that he could not defeat Qin Qiong.

, immediately greased his feet, got rid of the opponent's entanglement, and fled back to his own camp. However, his troops had been defeated, and the soldiers were in chaos, trampling on each other. In desperation, Yuchi Gong could only lead a few elite cavalry,

He broke out of the encirclement of the Tang army and fled.

In the Battle of Meiliangchuan, except for Yuchi Gong and Xun Xiang who led a few cavalry to escape, the Tang army killed more than 2,000 people and the rest were captured. The large amount of loot that Yuchi Gong captured in the Battle of Xia County was also seized by the Tang army

Go back. Battle of Miragawa

The victory was of great significance. This was the first major victory achieved by the Tang Army against Liu Wuzhou in more than nine months. It reversed the Tang Army's previous unfavorable situation of repeated defeats. It was of great significance to the entire campaign to regain Hedong.

The meaning of turning point.

In the Battle of Meiliangchuan, Qin Qiong contributed the most. This was the first and last contest between him and Yuchi Gong. Later, Yuchi Gong was surrounded by the Tang army in Jiexiu and was forced to surrender. He became an important general under Li Shimin. It is said that

After Li Shimin became emperor, he was always plagued by nightmares for a period of time. In order to let him sleep peacefully, Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong

Li Shimin stood vigil at the gate and stood vigil at the gate. As a result, Li Shimin no longer had nightmares. Later, in order to prevent the two generals from working too hard, Li Shimin had their portraits drawn and posted on them.

Above the gate. People heard that the portraits of these two people could drive away ghosts and ghosts, so they imitated them one after another. This is the origin of the door gods in ancient China.
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