The change of Ganlu ended with the victory of the eunuch side and the defeat of Wenzong and Li Xun, and both sides had some gains and losses. Judging from the action plan originally designed by Li Xun Group, it still has its characteristics. When planning the action plan, the Li Xun Group fully considered the regional characteristics of the Jinwuwei and the Forbidden Army troops in the Daming Palace.
1. The eunuch side took control of Emperor Wenzong
Daming Palace can be divided into two parts, north and south, with the xuanzhengmen line as the dividing line. Miyagi Castle was mainly controlled by the Forbidden Army, and the Kingo Left Battle in the south gave Zaichen a certain opportunity to launch an incident, after all, Zaichen still had some control over the Kingo Left Battle. Li Xun's plan chose the strategy of avoiding the real and attacking the false, transferring the emperor and eunuchs from the Purple Mourning Hall and leaving the key areas controlled by the forbidden army. The location of the annihilation of the eunuchs was then chosen at the Left Battle of Kingo, forming a closed encirclement of the eunuchs in this small area that could be controlled, and gathering and annihilating them. Moreover, in the course of implementation, the above plans were realized, and Li Xunfang's military forces reached the designated areas according to the plan.
Although the eunuch side did not have any preparations for Li Xun's launch of the incident, it should be said that qiu Shiliang, a lieutenant of the Divine Strategy Army, had the qualities of not being afraid of danger and having strong resilience. When his side was at a disadvantage, he did not panic, accurately judged the situation, took correct action, controlled Emperor Wenzong, and quickly broke through in the direction of Xuanzhengmen, the stronghold of the forbidden army.
After the eunuch entered the Battle of Kingo and found that there was an ambush, it was difficult to tell who had attacked him. If you blindly flee to the north of Xuanzheng Gate at this time, even if you control the forbidden army, you will inevitably be surrendered by the emperor, which is evident in the previous palace coups. The success or failure of several palace coups in the early Tang Dynasty depended on whether or not they controlled the emperor. Therefore, Qiu Shiliang and other eunuchs quickly returned to the Hanyuan Palace and kidnapped Emperor Wenzong to break through to Xuanzheng Gate when Li Xun's side was not ready. After entering the Xuanzheng Gate, quickly gather the Divine Strategist Army and gain political, military, and geographical advantages.
Second, the reason for the failure of Li Xun's side
First, the plan is not well planned, and the ability to grasp the overall situation is not strong. Li Xun, the main envoy of the incident, was not a military general, and judging from the process of the incident, the plan was roughly designed and there was no means of contingency. Li Xun had hoped to solve the eunuchs at the Left Battle of Kingo, but due to improper employment, the eunuchs returned to the main hall unexpectedly, and they were not ready for enough troops to deal with.
Judging from the development, when the eunuch discovered his plot, he took the right decision and first returned to the Hanyuan Palace to kidnap the emperor. At this time, Li Xun was the only one on his side to intercept the public opinion, and the others only cared about killing the eunuchs, and ignored the core figure who controlled the coup, the emperor. Although there were dozens of eunuchs killed and injured, they were exchanged for control of the emperor, and controlling the emperor was equivalent to controlling the overall situation, and when the eunuchs abducted Emperor Wenzong and entered the Xuanzheng Gate, Li Xun's side was unable to break through the defense facilities of the Xuanzheng Gate.
The failure to intercept the passengers along the way from the Hanyuan Hall to the Xuanzheng Gate was the main reason for the failure of Li Xun's side, and Li Xun's previous estimate was seriously insufficient. The successful side of the previous court incidents quickly controlled the emperor. After all, the emperor is the representative of the imperial power, and the sergeant is still in awe of the emperor, and is generally unwilling to risk directly attacking the emperor. The crown prince Li Chongjun did not control Emperor Zhongzong in time when he rebelled, which led to a mutiny of soldiers rebelling.
Li Xun also made this fatal mistake, indicating that his ability to grasp the overall situation is not strong. The coup plan is risky and must be as thorough as possible to deal with. In this regard, Li Shimin was relatively thoughtful when he launched the Xuanwumen Revolution.
Second, the employment of people is improper, and mistakes are made at critical moments. Regarding the gains and losses of Li Xun's employment, Sima Guang once made a wonderful comment, he said:
Li Xunsuo's awards are all crazy and dangerous people, but they also take the world's high expectations to conform to people's hearts, such as Pei Du and Ling Hu Chu. Zheng Qin was tired of the extravagant jun, and for a long time he was rolled by the road, placed on the ground, and the training was led to the lofty rank. It is also expected that the scholar will really be able to bring peace to those who are not only confused by the Son of Heaven's doubts' "But those who know it will be defeated when they see it."
That is to say, Li Xun uses arrogant and adventurous people, which is directly related to his own personality. There were two main reasons why Li Xun's side missed killing the eunuchs in the left battle of Kingo: first, he commanded Han Yue to be afraid and failed to launch an effective attack; second, the gate was not closed in time to let the eunuchs run away.
The above two reasons are fundamentally improper employment. Han Yue was timid and failed to issue an attack signal at a critical moment, and the doorman was also afraid that the eunuch did not close the door, and such an important task failed because of the timidity of the two men. Secondly, when Li Xun recruited people into the Danfeng Gate, Wang Bo did not enter the Hanyuan Hall because of fear, while the Na Ning soldiers recruited by Guo Xingyu did not obey the order to follow into the temple, only Luo Liyan and Li Xiaoben were willing to serve as a deathly commander to fight the eunuchs, and the three main generals who led the troops disappeared at this time.
Looking at these subordinates who ascended to the Hanyuan Hall, they were not the army (Luo Liyan's troops were also patrol policemen), and their ability to judge and grasp the situation at that time was very limited. Except for Li Xun, who realized that he wanted to stop Cheng, the others did not concentrate on fighting with Li Xun. In the process of intercepting the ride, Li Xunshi was alone. There are not many military forces that Li Xun and others can rely on, and there are frequent cowards who dare not move forward when incidents occur. These officials were all promoted by Li Xun and were usually trusted by Li Xun. At this critical moment, they all retreated, indicating that Li Xun was unclear and improperly employed.
Of course, many generals and non-commissioned officers were reluctant to participate in the incident or were timid, and there were eunuchs who controlled the government for a long time and controlled the pressure on people's psychology caused by the forbidden army. Eunuchs' methods of dealing with dissidents were often very cruel. For example, Emperor Xuanzong's eunuch Yang Sizhu:
Sexual determination, the capture of prisoners, many lives to peel their faces, or the hairline, the scalp, the general has been down, looking at the wind and fear, do not dare to look up, so they have made meritorious contributions. Nei gave the niu xiantong to make Youzhou, who was bribed by Zhang Shousi, and Xuanzong was angry, and fengsi helped to kill him. For a few days, he probed his heart, cut off his hands and siblings, and cut off his flesh, and his cruelty was so great.
The eunuch Chen Hongqing was even more bold and killed Emperor Xianzong. Eunuchs have long controlled the government and made a great deal of power and blessing, and have great psychological pressure on many key figures in the incident.
Major events such as the palace coup d'état focused on the overall design and effective control of the army. Judging from the previous palace coups, the successful ones have effectively controlled the emperor quickly in their own hands, thus controlling the overall situation. Even if Li Xun's side did not eliminate the eunuchs in the Zuo Jinwu Battle, it should also use the eunuchs' main leaders to quickly control the emperor when they went to watch, which Li Xun obviously did not notice, but focused on eliminating the eunuchs, missing the opportunity to control the situation.
Improper employment is a key factor in failure. Any plan needs to be implemented by people, and it is even more prudent to use people for such things as a coup d'état. Wang Bo, Guo Xingyu, and Luo Liyan were all born into the jinshi, and Li Xiaoben was a disciple of the clan, who had a slight martial strategy, but none of them were from the military general background. Among them, Wang Bo exposed his unsteady side as early as the Song Shenxi incident in the fifth year of Taihe.
In the beginning, Shen Xi obtained the secret will, but except for Wang Bo as Jing Zhaoyin, he used the secret will as a metaphor. Broadcasting can not be plotted, and the note and shou cheng know it, and sneak it to prepare for it.
Judging from the previous changes in Xuanwu, a warrior who attaches equal importance to courage and strategy is more capable. Emperor Taizong's generals and Emperor Xuanzong's forbidden army were all brave warriors. And Li Xun ignored the role of the military general, and there was a problem at the critical time, these two major mistakes were enough to lead to the failure of the Li Xun Group.