No one is sure of winning.

Even Li Shimin is the same.

What to do if you can’t win? Run.

What to do if you can’t run away? Die.

What to do if you die? If you die, you will die. Since ancient times, no one has died.

Live towards death. Based on this understanding, let’s look at why we can win. 1. Is there no chance of winning?

No. Li Shimin will never fight an uncertain battle.

Strategically, Li Shimin did not want to give up this great opportunity to determine the world in one battle. What he wanted to do was just hold off Dou Jiande, gain time, wait for the city of Luoyang to be broken, and then join forces to destroy it.

Hulao Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. As long as you focus on the key points, you can gain time.

Although this battle is extremely dangerous, if it is just to complete the strategic task of delaying time, it is not impossible.

However, the ending was much better than he imagined. Instead of holding Dou Jiande back, he was eliminated directly. 2. Xuanjia Army

Li Shimin has nuclear weapons, this is the Xuanjia Army. If a person does something earth-shattering, as long as he is not stupid, he must have confidence in his heart. Xuan Jiajun is the confidence in Li Shimin's heart. Just like you returned to the ancient battlefield with a machine gun, you also dared to take the head of a general out of a million soldiers.

The Xuanjia Army was Li Shimin's invention. This guy was not only a military strategist, but also a technology master. Li Shimin's invention of the Xuanjia soldiers may have been a combination of Li Mi's internal army and Turkic heavy cavalry. This is a special force created by Li Shimin. There are more than a thousand elite cavalry, all dressed in black armor, divided into left and right teams. He sent Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, Yuchi Jingde, and Zhai Changsun to divide into generals. In every battle, the people of the world were personally taken as the vanguard by Commander Xuan Jia, waiting for the opportunity to attack and destroy everything in their direction. ?

Soldiers value elites rather than numbers. The commander, soldiers, mounts, equipment, and supplies of the Xuanjia Army are all top-notch. They are probably equivalent to tanks during World War II. They are good at running and attacking. , invincible.

Li Shimin had a very clear combat philosophy, which was to first hold on, wear down the enemy's troops, and look for opportunities; then for the decisive battle, let the frontal troops engage with the enemy first, and wait until the enemy's energy was frustrated and exhausted. Surprise soldiers emerge, attack from the front and back; finally, they pursue the victory and beat the drowned dog with all their strength, without giving the enemy any chance to breathe, and completely destroy it. Li Shimin used this tactic to defeat more with less. He had tried it repeatedly and had great experience. It was the Xuanjia Army who carried out the side assault. 3. Pig-like opponents

In the Battle of Hulao Pass, Dou Jiande had an overwhelming advantage over Li Shimin. The initiative in the war was firmly in Dou Jiande's hands. Whether it was offense or defense, Dou Jiande had the final say. .

However, it seems that Dou Jiande is not eager to take Hulao Pass at all. What is puzzling is that Dou Jiande, with an army of 100,000, did not organize an attack.

Because Dou Jiande's strategic intention is to reap the benefits.

He is still waiting to see what happens. He wants to see Li Shimin and Wang Shichong lose both sides in the fight, and then kill both families in one fell swoop. Now with the benefit of hindsight, we can say that Dou Jiande was wishful thinking and daydreaming. But if you are in Dou Jiande's situation, you will also think so. Li Shimin and Wang Shichong each have 30,000 people, and they are exhausted from fighting. Dou Jiande has more than 100,000 people, waiting for work. Isn't it a good opportunity?

If Dou Jiande and Li Shimin fight, the besieged Tang army returns to support, and Wang Shichong can breathe. Dou Jiande knows that Wang Shichong is not a good bird, and this is not what he wants to see.

Dou Jiande did not take the 3,500 troops at Hulao Pass seriously, so he waited and watched calmly.

If Dou Jiande is more determined and launches continuous fierce attacks, there is no need to worry about not being able to win Hulao Pass even though there are natural dangers. 4. The god-like Li Shimin

The benefits of having more people need no explanation.

However, there are disadvantages to having too many people, that is, the command system cannot keep up, information transmission is slow, emotions can easily spread, and panic can easily occur.

There are numerous examples in history of defeating more with less. These cases have one thing in common, which is to launch a powerful attack when one's own morale is extremely high and the enemy's morale is exhausted, to frustrate the opponent's spirit. Destroy the enemy's morale, let the atmosphere of failure and panic spread quickly among the enemy, causing the enemy to panic. Once the enemy retreats, it will further cause panic, and then the command system will fail, and everyone will fight and flee for their lives without knowing where they are. They fled in a hurry, and the incident of people trampling on others was basically solved.

To achieve this goal, two conditions are required. 1. The enemy underestimates the enemy and fails to set up defenses carefully. Dou Jiande cooperates very well to achieve this.

The second is that one's own side must defeat the opponent's spirit, fully understand the information, and grasp the timing accurately. How did Li Shimin do it?

First of all, he fought with dozens or hundreds of people through small-scale battles one after another. The strength of the troops defeated tens of thousands of enemy troops, and the momentum completely overwhelmed the opponent, making the enemy frightened. They also captured the opponent's generals from time to time. The opponent's movements, camp location, where the commander was, and the strategic intentions were all clear.

Then, seize the opportunity to cut off the enemy's food channels and further create panic and unrest.

Finally, they used Baihe to herd horses to lure Dou Jiande to attack, but did not fight when he attacked, which depleted the enemy's morale. At noon, when the enemy was hungry, thirsty and exhausted, they rushed out with the force of Mount Tai, and Go straight to the heart of the enemy - Dou Jiande's camp, capture Dou Jiande in one fell swoop, and the overall situation is settled.

Of course, these are just proper tactics. What really matters is Li Shimin's courage and courage.

That young man with a golden armor, a white horse on his waist, and a heroic face, in the dust and sand blocking the sun, charged with his horse, his cavalry galloping, invincible, destroying everything, how satisfying it was. Dripping and refreshing!

Dreaming back to the Tang Dynasty.