The Sui and Tang dynasties were a turbulent era in history. He inherited the chaotic era of the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, which was the highest period of ancient China's international status and the ceiling of the central plains dynasty's military strength. In it, the famous players have always been a high-profile group, and almost any major change cannot be separated from their promotion. These famous generals are like dazzling stars in the sky of history, and their glorious deeds have been praised by future generations. However, due to the simplicity of the historical record, many celebrity stories will appear far-fetched or zhangguan Li Dai. And in the process of increasingly popular literature, people will also create some fictional characters to carry their own values. For example, there are four famous generals, which are a synthesis of some famous general deeds and are fictionalized by posterity. Who are they?
First place: Sui Dynasty Xiaoguo riding Zhonglang will Yuwen Chengdu
This person appeared in "The Legend of Sui and Tang Heroes" and "Sui and Tang Dynasty", and was even mentioned in the popular TV series "Detective Di Renjie". According to legend, this manpower is infinite, brave to win the three armies, and is the first brave general of the Sui Dynasty in the last years. The Sui Emperor was too superstitious about his bravery and let him lead his most elite Janissary army "Xiao Guo", and as a result, because the last rebel was Yuwen Chengdu's father Yu Wenhua, Xiao Guo failed to play its due role, which directly led to the death of the Sui Emperor.
In the rendition, Yuwen Chengdu was born prominently, and his father was yu wenhua, the favorite of the Sui Emperor. Yu Wenhua and his people in history are indeed the eldest son of Yuwen Shu, the general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and northern Zhou, and a descendant of the Guanlong nobles. Yu Wenhua and the family have a more detailed record in history, he did have two sons, but his names were Yuwen Chengji and Yuwen Chengji. Although both men were the commanders of the Janissaries, they did not have too strong a force, and they were too far away from the legendary Yuwen Chengdu, and they died very badly later. Therefore, it is safe to say that Yuwen Cheng is an exaggerated image that did not exist in history.
Second place: Jade Face Silver Gun
Luo Cheng is the face value bearer in the "Sui and Tang Dynasty", and is also a famous general who is recognized for his good marksmanship but poor character. Under the cover of a handsome face, he deceived Ding Yanping, Shan Xiongxin and others into a circle, making people unable to love or hate. Moreover, the strength of his marksmanship was that there was almost no opponent except for his half-brother Luo Chun and the late Qin Qiong. In the two books "Speaking of Tang" and "Words and Sayings of the King of Qin in the Tang Dynasty", Luo Cheng was calculated by Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, when he was plotting against Liu Heimin, and fell into the silt river and died.
During the Sui and Tang dynasties, there were indeed two famous generals with the surname Luo. One is the young hero Luo Shixin, who is almost a replica of Luo Cheng's battle achievements and is a young hero with strong martial arts. Later, he was indeed killed during his crusade against Liu Heimin. The other is Luo Yi, the governor of Youzhou and the "grandfather of the country" of Datang. Although Luo Yi had a son, his abilities were average, even to the point where the history books did not contain them. Although he was not related to Luo Shixin by blood, he was far superior to the latter. Therefore, in order to deduce a handsome teenager with noble birth and excellent martial arts, later novelists pinched the two people together and created Luo Cheng.
Third place: Dapeng reincarnated Li Yuanba
Li Yuanba is the most powerful person in all the Sui and Tang novels, and also the peak of martial arts combat strength, truly fighting invincible hands all over the world, even Yuwen Chengdu is not his opponent. However, there are some problems with his intelligence, and sometimes he seems silly. Li Yuanba was born into a noble family, the fourth son of Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and the half-brother of Li Shimin, emperor Taizong of Tang. In the "Complete Biography of the Tang Dynasty", it is even said that he is the embodiment of the Western Roc Golden-winged Bird, which makes excuses for its infinite power. Later, because there was really no opponent in the human world, Li Yuanba swung a hammer and cursed the sky on a thunderstorm day, and as a result, he was killed by thunder.
Historically, there was indeed a person named "Li Xuanba", who was li yuan's third son, the younger brother of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, and the brother of Li Yuanji. Moreover, this man is not stupid at all, and his "rich eloquence" in the history books cannot be said by ordinary people. However, there is no record of his martial arts. Moreover, this person died at the age of 16, which is also considered to have died young. Therefore, this person's life experience seems to be very similar to Li Yuanba, but the characteristics of the two are just the opposite.
Fourth place: Xue Dingshan
Xue Dingshan is a character in the novel "Xue Jia General", who is the son of the Tang Dynasty general Xue Rengui. In the novel, he once shot his father with an arrow to understand Wei, and because his son Xue Gang made a big fuss at the Lantern Festival, killed the holy car (Tang Gaozong Li Zhi), and killed the prince (probably Li Hong), he was killed with 285 people in the family and buried in the Iron Hill Tomb. Finally, "Xue Gang Anti-Tang" was introduced, and the Xue family became the backbone of opposing Wu Zetian and restoring Li Tang.
And in real history, there is really no such a person as him. Xue Rengui's family situation is quite detailed, he did have a son Xue Ne, who was also a general, but he was not against Wu Zetian, but helped Wu Zetian attack foreign races and maintain the territorial integrity of the country. His military career lasted until the time of Emperor Xuanzong, and he also inherited the family tradition. Xue Rengui also had four sons, but none of them were against Wu Zetian. And since there is no Xue Dingshan, then all the character stories in "Xue Gang Anti-Tang" have naturally become passive water, which is completely an artistic image.
In addition, Xue Rengui in the novel mainly fights with Xiliang, which is even more different from history. Xiliang was one of the original Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, a Han Chinese regime that existed for only 21 years, and the era of Xue Rengui was more than 200 years apart, and it was impossible to be an enemy of the Tang Dynasty. The novelist may have set this up because the later Western Xia became a major problem for the Central Plains Dynasty, so they habitually believed that the Western Hexi Corridor area was the traditional external trouble of the Central Plains Dynasty. In fact, in the Tang Dynasty, the Hexi Corridor area, where Xi Liang is located, has always been the sphere of influence of the dynasty. It was not until after the Anshi Rebellion that it gradually broke away from the control of the Central Plains Dynasty and was occupied by two powerful states, the Uighurs and Tubo.
brief summary:
Compared with boring history, historical novels are closer to life and more enjoyable for the people. Since it is a novel, it is inseparable from artistic processing, and the emergence of fictional heroes becomes inevitable. Of course, no matter how many fictional characters there are, they all represent the personal values of the novel authors, and they are also shortcuts for ordinary people to understand history. Their existence still has its far-reaching significance.