In history, there are indeed "archery heroes", an arrow is just shooting at the neck of a bird, and he was named a general before he was 20 years old
When it comes to "The Legend of the Archery Hero", everyone will always think of the plot of Guo Jing's "bending the bow to shoot the big eagle", and I don't know where Jin Yong's inspiration comes from, writing such an atmospheric plot. But can such a story only appear in fiction? No! There was really a "archery hero" in history, and he was named a general before he was 20 years old, and he was Huo Luguang.
Huo Luguang was a famous general and military figure of Northern Qi, Who was good at riding and shooting in his youth, known for his martial arts, and was admired by Gao Huan at the age of 17, and made him a close confidant of Shizi Gao Cheng, who was then known as "Duke of Falling Eagles". At the age of seventeen, he was so capable that Huo Luguang was soon used by Gao Huan by his true skills, and before he was twenty years old, he was entrusted with the heavy responsibility of the General of the Left Guard, Kaifu Yi and the Third Division. In the third and seventh years of Northern Qi Tianbao, Hu Luguang broke through the 100,000 people of Western Wei with 5,000 soldiers and horses. In the ninth and tenth years of Tianbao, he also pulled up four cities in the Northern Zhou, including BeeChuan, Baima, Xunwen, and Yicheng. After that, every time he led his troops to battle, he always gained something, and the history said that "from the knot of hair to the rong, he did not lose his discipline, and was deeply intimidated by his neighbors."
Several emperors of Northern Qi affectionately called him The Changsheng General. Huo Luguang himself seemed to be more proud of his other talent. That talent is archery. That was a long time ago. One day in March of that year, Huo Luguang accompanied Gao Huan's son Gao Cheng (later Emperor Shizong of Northern Qi) to hunt south of Huanqiao.
Huan Bridge, as the name suggests, is above Huan Shui. Huanshui is a river with a long history, in the north of present-day Henan Province, also known as the Anyang River, it originated from Longhu Mountain in Linxian County, flowed east through Anyang City to Neihuang County north into the Wei River, in the Chinese Spring and Autumn Period classic "Zuo Chuan" there is a record of "Shengbo Dream Wading Huan", to the Warring States Era, Huanshui once became the political center of the six countries outside qin. Su Qin, who advocated uniting the forces of the Six Kingdoms to deal with the strong Qin, said in persuading Zhao Suhou to accept his political ideas that "today's generals will meet on the waters."
By the time of the Qin and Han Dynasties, the political center of the Huanshui River Basin had declined sharply, coupled with years of war, and by the time of the Northern Wei and Northern Qi Dynasties, it had become a paradise for animals of all sizes. Gao Cheng, as Gao Huan's grand duke, was idle in Yecheng and had nothing to do, so naturally he ran here for three days. Today's Huanqiao, because of the arrival of the Grand Duke of the Gao family, can be described as a shock to the grass and trees, and almost all those who fly in the sky and run underground are almost all alarmed.
It was nearly noon, and most of the accompanying soldiers were sleepy and tired, and at this moment, a "dark cloud" suddenly drifted in the sky. Gao Cheng fixed his eyes on it, and suddenly screamed, "Bird! It's a god bird! Who can shoot down this boy is rewarded! There were two relatives with bows in their hands, two arrows shot past, the "god bird" - actually an old eagle - nothing happened, swooping down from a high altitude, the arrow generally flew straight to the top of Gao Cheng's head, it should be felt that although it was the two generals who shot it, but Gao Cheng was riding on a horse, the target was the biggest, should be attacked first, this dive does not matter, all of a sudden Gao Cheng is stupid.
The people left and right were also stunned. Just at this moment, Huo Luguang, who was standing not far away, bent his bow and arrow, the bow opened like a full moon, the arrow went like a steel nail, and with only one arrow, he shot down the "divine bird", and the divine bird- according to the records of the people at that time, "... Shaped like a wheel, it spins down" After falling to the ground, the people "hula" gathered around and picked up the "god bird" to see that the arrow was shot impartially on the bird's neck.
"What a archery hero archer!" One of Gao Cheng's cronies named Xing Zigao wasted no time in blurting out compliments. Many years later, under the pen of the Hong Kong martial arts novel master Jin Yong, there was also a "shooting eagle hero" Guo Jing, the difference between the two is that Guo Jing only lives in the imaginary imagination of the artist, while Huo Luguang really exists in this real world.