What was the detailed fighting process of the Battle of Tianmenling?

What was the detailed fighting process of the Battle of Tianmenling? What is the impact on history?

There are two events in the battle of Tianmenling. One was in 698 AD, the war between the Khitan general and the sumo leader. The result is Xiaomi's victory.

A bloody battle Tianmenling

Since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, a large number of Mohong tribes have moved into the mainland, especially Youzhou and Lulong. According to the Customs of Northern Tibet, during the reign of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty, there was a war between Su Mo and Koguryo, and Su Mo was defeated. In order to avoid the military disaster in Koguryo, the Tusi made a sudden expedition and led nearly 20,000 people from Yalai, Kuletu, Yuejimeng, Yuyue, Buhulai, Puxi and Bukuli to abandon Fuyu City (now Jilin City, Jilin Province) and move to Liucheng, western Liaoning Province (now southeast of Ningfu New City, Liaoning Province). In the early Tang Dynasty, during the Wude period, Su Mo and Wu Su moved to Shenzhou (now Jianchang, Liaoning) in western Liaoning.

In 628, another part of the Su Mo Tomb was moved to Lizhou (now Funing, Hebei) in western Liaoning. After the demise of Koguryo in the Tang Dynasty, forced migration was carried out, so Sogdian and Baishan, which surrendered to Koguryo in large quantities, were driven to Yingzhou area, and the Bohai Stone was among them.

The chaos in Yingzhou, begging for elephants and beggars, Siyu and the rest of Korea fled eastward, crossed the Liaohe River, protected the northeast of Taibai Mountain, blocked the Oulou River, and the tree wall was self-reinforced. After Yingzhou Rebellion was pacified, Qi Zhongxiang and Qi Sibiao pleaded guilty to Tang Ting, hoping to be forgiven. Wu Zetian named Qi Zhongxiang as Zhen Gong and Qi Jasper as Xu Gong. Wu and others "all thought it was against the Khitan who laid down their arms and encouraged them" and "beat the people of Hebei for thieves".

In 697, Li Jiegu, a Khitan general who descended to the Tang Dynasty in the Mid-Autumn Festival, begged Wu Zetian to clear the Mohong tribe that had belonged to the rebels. Wu Zetian was overjoyed and wanted to "give him an official title and entrust him with his characteristics." Li Jiegu lived up to his sacred life. In less than a month, he defeated Chesby to pull the feather. Chief Chesbimao was captured by Tang Jun and executed. His head was presented to Tang Ting. Qi Zhongxiang died of illness, and Yu Rong, the son of Qi Zhongxiang, led the troops to flee. Li Jiegu led the army in pursuit. When crossing Tianmenling, Rong Ruo used Koreans and heavy troops to resist Li Jiegu, but Li Jiegu failed to escape.

Battle result

Rong Ruo won the battle of Tianmenling. Because this battle happened shortly after Dazuo Rong fled eastward through Tianmenling. Therefore, the history is called "the Battle of Tianmenling".

Impact and follow-up actions

In the battle of Tianmenling, the army repelled the pursuers and joined the Turks. The Turks blocked the road of conquest, and Wu Zetian could not conquer it. Relying on the local shortage, Rong Ruo was difficult to conquer, established political power, claimed to shock the king, and sent envoys to make friends with the Turks. That place is five thousand miles away, with hundreds of thousands of families and tens of thousands of soldiers.

During the reign of Emperor Zhongzong, Zhang Xing was comforted, and Xu Rong sent his son to work for the Tang Dynasty.

Zong Rui was born, and Yourong accepted the appointment of General Zuo in Tang Dynasty and the king of Bohai County, taking the system as the khanate and leading the khanate as the governor. From the beginning, it was called Bohai Sea.