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Chapter 698 Pacifying Xue Rengao

During the Yongle era, Zhu Di had experienced the same problem of disobedient subordinates, and he had one of his own.

One moment of underestimating the enemy cost the lives of ten thousand. The lesson is painful, yet some people always repeat the same mistake.

Unless you're an outsider, who would know that a decision can change the course of events, and whether that change is for the better or for the worse?

Zhu Di sighed as he recalled the Jingnan Campaign.

The Song Dynasty emperors and their ministers had a deep impression of Emperor Taizong of the previous dynasty. They believed that if their Song Dynasty could produce an emperor who was both a skilled strategist and a capable military leader, what would those external threats be?

Li Yuan, you really knew how to have children!

"The Tang army was routed, and Li Shimin returned without a victory. Yin Kaishan did not heed the advice of the two princesses and suffered the consequences. On the other hand, it also shows that Prince Qin was young at the time and his prestige was not yet sufficient."

"However, Xue Ju was not the chosen one. His death was very sudden, just as he was planning to send his son Xue Rengao to besiege Ningzhou and then plot to attack Li Gong."

"Xue Ju fell ill and died not long after. Records at the time mentioned that he was killed by the Tang army, which likely stemmed from an illness that caused his sudden death."

"After that, Old Li prepared to fight again. Although other founding emperors worked themselves to the bone to conquer the world, he had his capable Erlang Shen by his side, so he could avoid that hardship."

"He decided to offer Erfeng his moral support, and let Li Shimin go and fight Xue Rengao. Go, child, your father will be waiting for you in Chang'an!"

Other hardworking founding emperors: Having a good son is amazing!!

Old Li: ??(ツ)?

"After Erfeng arrived there, he held his ground and refused to come out. He believed that the Tang army had just suffered a defeat and their morale was unstable, so the enemy would surely underestimate them. He only needed to wait for the right opportunity to annihilate them in one fell swoop."

"Moreover, the Tang army didn't have to worry about military rations; the answer was that Yang Guang provided too much!"

Yang Jian & Dugu Jialuo: "........"

"Xue Rengao's army is the complete opposite; food is a problem. A stalemate between the two armies for 60 days is enough to keep Xue Rengao and his men hungry."

"Moreover, Xue Ju and his son were indeed not human beings. One tortured prisoners and made them into mounds of corpses, while the other not only tortured prisoners but also treated his own soldiers poorly."

"Even if you choose a boss to follow, who would be willing to risk their life for him? It's normal that he's not popular."

"And so Erfeng waited, and the opposing general Liang Hulang and others led their respective troops to surrender."

"Afterwards, the Tang army launched an attack. Erfeng first sent men to lure the enemy, and the enemy general Zong Luohou concentrated his firepower to attack. The Longxi army was indeed capable of fighting. At the critical moment, Erfeng led a large army to appear and crushed the enemy."

"The situation then became that Zong Luohou ran away, Erfeng chased after him, and then caught up with Xue Rengao's side, where the other side didn't hold out for long."

"At midnight, many people came out to surrender. The underlings were almost all gone. What could the remaining leaders do? So, in this battle, Erfeng gained more than 10,000 elite soldiers and 50,000 men and women."

"As one of the top three emperors, the Second Emperor has always been very popular, which is inseparable from his personal charisma."

"For example, this time, the surrendered Xue Rengao brothers and the enemy commander Zong Luohou and others, along with the Erfeng Qishe, did not feel any difference in status. The enemy general thought, 'This young man is really good! I am willing to repay him with my life.'"

"However, these people were still beheaded after arriving in Chang'an. After this battle, Erfeng received some more titles, such as Grand Commandant and Minister of the Shaanxi East Circuit."

"At this time, Prince Qin, Li Shimin, was in high spirits and in the prime of his youth, only in his early twenties."

Wan Chao's people: Even if you were the emperor, you wouldn't be that old!