Many times Qin Qiong is compared with the martial sage Guan Yu, and although Guan Qiong is a joke, it can also be seen that Qin Qiong has a lofty status in the minds of the people in his hometown.
Among the twenty-four heroes of Lingyange, Qin Qiong ranked at the bottom, which was not embarrassing, because Li Ji, who had greater merit to the Tang Dynasty, only ranked twenty-third, which showed that the ranking of Lingyange's heroes had nothing to do with battle merit and personality--the top five of Changsun Wuji, Li Xiaogong, Du Ruyi, Wei Zheng, and Fang Xuanling were very telling: before the change of XuanwuMen, Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling Du Ruyi were just staff officers and qing guests of the prince and prince.
Li Ji has made outstanding military achievements, and Li Jing is called the twin gods of war in the early Tang Dynasty, Qin Qiong belongs to the existence of the Dinghai God needle in the Sui Army, wagang army, and Tang army, whether it is Zhang Sutuo or Li Mi Li Shimin, they all use Qin Qiong as the last bottom card, we can see the role of Qin Qiong from the three battles: with Qin Qiong behind him, Li Shimin and Li Mi and Zhang Sutuo will be very relieved.
Qin Qiong had changed camps several times, but that was when he chose the lord of the people who could help the world, Qin Qiong was by no means foolish, Wang Shichong made him a great general of Long Jun, but he abandoned his duties and directly defected to the Tang army in front of the two armies- Qin Qiong surrendered to Tang, and the rank was actually reduced a lot: Wang Shichong gave him a senior military post in the Sui Dynasty, and Qin Qiong had just entered the Tang camp, and all he got was the commander of the Ma Army and the right three unified army of the Qin Dynasty.
That is to say, if Li Shimin has the sixth brigade of the second division of the first army, then Qin Qiong is at most a brigade commander, not to mention that the direct subordinate troops of the Qin Royal Palace are far from having as many as one army, and in addition to the unified army, there are also escorts in the Qin Royal Palace, Wei Chi Jingde has served as the unified army of the Right First Province, the second deputy protector of the left, and Cheng Yaojin is the left third unified army.
Qin Qiong, who spent the rest of his life as a low-ranking general of the Tang Army, received special courtesy from Li Yuan, the emperor of Tang Gaozu, and was not only awarded the title of Shangzhu Guo (Cexun Twelve Turns, that is, the establishment of the Twelve Great Merits, see "Tang Liudian Volume II, Shangshu Official"),, the Duke of Yiguo, and also received a golden vase from the imperial court and a warm letter of commendation:
"Ignoring his wife, Qing came to vote for me from afar, and he set up an effect." The flesh can be used by the Qing, and when it is cut to give the Qing, the children are jade? ”
For Li Shimin, Qin Qiong was his last barrier, and the reason why he dared to challenge Wei Chi Jingde in front of Wang Shichong's army was because Qin Qiong was hiding behind him:"
Emperor Taizong challenged Li Ji, Cheng Zhijie, Qin Shubao, and other soldiers. Emperor Taizong held a bow and arrow, honored virtue with a hammer, and built a great call to the master under the Jiande fortress, and led the thief into the ambush. So he fought with Ji And so on, and broke it.
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If the enemy is too strong, then it is Qin Qiong's turn to come out:
"Shu Bao answered the order, the Prancing Horse marched with a gun, and among the multitudes that would stab, the centaurs were easy, and Emperor Taizong thought that it was beneficial, and Shu Bao was also quite self-effacing in this way."
With Qin Qiong behind him, Li Shimin danced happily in front of the two armies. As a generation of heroic heroes, Li Shimin's vision was very sharp, and he knew that Qin Qiong, whether in the Sui army or the Wagang army, was the needle of the god of the sea: after Zhang Sutuo's death, the Qi County's disciples were not completely destroyed, and Li Mi survived after the defeat of the Wagang army, which was the credit of Qin Qiong.
When Qin Qiong was a lieutenant of liupin jianjie under Zhang Sutuo in Qi County, like the commander of the Eastern Amin Regiment, Cheng Yaojin, he was all to protect the peace of the party, and he and Luo Shixin broke Lu Mingyue with a thousand Lu Mingyue and 100,000 liukou, but also to avoid the destruction of life in his hometown.
Zhang Sutuo was surrounded and killed by the Wagang army Li Mi Li Ji Shan Xiongxin, and it was Qin Qiong who stepped forward and gathered the Sons of Shandong to break out:
"The army was defeated, Sutuo died, and Shu Bao attached Pei Renji to the rest of the people."
Zhang Sutuo was killed at the Xingyang Dahai Temple, and Qin Qiong led the rest to retreat to Tongguan--if Qin Qiong had not cleaned up the mess, the disciples and soldiers who came out of Qi County and Zhang Sutuo would have been completely destroyed.
After Qin Qiong followed Pei Renji to Wagang, he received Li Mi's extra weight:
"Uncle Mi de was overjoyed, thinking that he was riding in the tent and treating him very thickly."
Li Mi's emotional investment also got the return he deserved - Qin Qiong saved his life:
"The Secret and Hua and the Great War were fought in the Tong Mountain of Liyang, and they were caught in the middle of the flow of arrows, and the fallen horses were suffocated. Scattered left and right, chasing the soldiers, only Shu Bao defended it alone, and secretly spared him. Shu Bao also collected troops and fought with strength, and retreated. ”
At every critical moment, especially when the defeat of the army was in danger, Qin Qiong could always stand up and turn the tide of the tide, which was the reason why Li Yuan and Li Shimin had special respect for Qin Qiong, And Li Yuan sent Qin Qiong to guard the Changchun Palace with Li Shimin, which was also well-intentioned: there was the first general in the world to watch the scene, and the Father and Son of the Li family slept more at ease.
In his lifetime, Qin Qiong experienced five leaderships: The Great General zuo Yiwei and the Duke of Rongguo to protect his children, the Tongshou of Qi County, the ambassador of Henan Province, Zhang Sutuo, the duke of Wei, Li Mi, the duke of Zhengguo, and Li Shimin, the king of Qin, these five lords, without exception, gave Qin Qiong extraordinary honors and courtesies, but on the whole, it was still the great leader Li Yuan who was the best for him.
Qin Qiong and Li Yuan felt sorry for each other, so although under the influence of Wei Zheng, Jiancheng Yuanji listed Qin Qiong as the number one person on the list of must be killed, Qin Qiong did not go to Xuanwu Gate to kill the ring, and readers can understand Qin Qiong's mood at that time: Jiancheng is the crown prince, shimin is a comrade-in-arms, brothers are on the wall, and we people with foreign surnames can only play a protective role and cannot participate in the killing.
As the mastermind of crown prince Jiancheng, Wei Zheng encouraged Jiancheng Yuanji to get rid of Qin Qiong, which is recorded in the old and new Tang Dynasties:
"After completing the recommendation of Yuan Ji to the north, it is more than leading the Qin Dynasty's royal xiao to Qin Shubao, Wei Chi Jingde, Cheng Zhijie, Duan Zhixuan and Xing, and also from the Qin dynasty."
Li Jiancheng sent Qin Qiong to go on a campaign for himself, not to make meritorious achievements, but to plot against qin qiong, and wanted to murder Qin Qiong in the military camp, so he promised Wang Yuanji:
"Soldiers, I and the King of Qin went to Kunming Pond, and fu Zhuang Shi Pulled it, and heard it with a violent pawn, and there was no disbelief on it." Then he said that the emperor paid my country, and I made Er the emperor's brother-in-law, and killed Shu Bao and so on. ”
Although the practice of building Yuanji was chilling, Qin Qiong did not hold a grudge because of it—perhaps the conspiracy itself did not exist, and Qin Qiong certainly would not know.
Although the history books say that Qin Qiong was on the side of Li Shimin, the two Tang Books detailed the list of Li Shimin's thugs in front of xuanwu gate, and there were no names of Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin on these two lists, and the first person on that list was Li Shimin's uncle Changsun Wuji, then Wei Chi Jingde, Hou Junji, Zhang Gongjin, Liu Shili, Gongsun Wuda, Dugu Yanyun, Du Junqiu, Zheng Rengong, and Li Mengxian —at that time, Qin Qiong and Cheng Qiongjin were both dukes, and Qin Qiong was still shangzhu guo, if he went to Xuanwumen, The ranking should be after the eldest grandson Wujie and before Wei Chi Jingde. The history books record that Liu Shili, Gongsun Wuda, Dugu Yanyun, Du Junqiu, Zheng Rengong, Li Mengyu and others did not write about Qin Qiongcheng biting jin, which is not an omission, but these two did not go to Xuanwu Gate at all.
Qin Qiong is like a firefighter, killing innocents and brothers in the bloody case, can not see his figure at all, but once the protagonist encounters danger, Qin Qiong will always appear in time, so some people suspect: when the change of Xuanwu Gate occurs, Qin Qiong is not already sick at home, or is responsible for staying in the Qin Palace, Li Shimin wants to kill his brother and even threaten his father, these things will not let Qin Qiong participate - Qin Qiong's relationship with Li Yuan is also very good, he may become a variable in front of Xuanwu Gate, and Wei Chi Jingde can't beat him. With Qin Qiong by Li Yuan's side, Wei Chi Jingde "asked" not to come and declare Jianyuan Ji a "holy will" of "rebellion.".
Whether Qin Qiong went to Xuanwu Gate or not, the historical record contradicts itself, but according to common sense, Qin Qiong will not participate in the change of the Xuanwu Gate of cannibalism. The author agrees with this inference, but there are still some mysteries to be solved: Wei Zheng was once Qin Qiong's comrade-in-arms, and Jiancheng Yuanji knew the relationship between Qin Qiong's character and Li Yuan, and did they really conspire to get rid of Qin Qiong? If Qin Qiong participated in the change of Xuanwu Gate, why could Qin Qiong not be found in the "Ten Generals of Xuanwu Gate"? Qin Qiong said that he was sick at home, was it after the change of Xuanwu Gate, or did he find that the contradictions between the three brothers of the Li family were irreconcilable, and he went home early to recuperate? If Qin Qiong is really seriously ill or seriously injured, then what kind of injury can be cured in twelve years and not be in danger?