In July 2015, "The Legend of Paladin 6" was officially released in Chinese mainland, and it also became the worst reputation in the history of the Paladin series. This year, "Paladin 7" is also expected to be released, but now single-player game fans mention the Paladin series, there is no expectation, leaving only the few remaining feelings as a support.
This year has been 24 years since the advent of "Paladin 1". In 1995, Li Xiaoyao, an ordinary boy who is enthusiastic and chivalrous, Ling'er, a gentle and kind nuwa descendant, Lin Yueru, a hot and wayward big miss, and Anu, who is eccentric and quirky... This game character with a distinct personality brought a huge impact to the Chinese game market that had not yet been developed at that time.
10 years later, that is, in 2005, the TV series version of "The Legend of the Paladin Sword" starring Hu Ge and Liu Yifei was broadcast, and it has been called a classic in TV dramas until now. In "The Legend of the Paladin Sword", there is a very mysterious kingdom, the Nanzhao Kingdom, which is the birthplace of Ling'er, which belongs to the biggest villain in the game, under the rule of the Moon Worship Sect.
Many people think that this is just a game of virtual country, after all, when it comes to southwest countries, it is estimated that most people have only one Dali country in their impression. But in fact, the Nanzhao State really existed, and it was the predecessor of the Dali State. Don't look at the Nanzhao State as a small border country, but its military strength was the strongest country in the southwest region of the Tang Dynasty at that time.
The State of Nanzhao not only broke the two sides and destroyed Tubo Zampu, but even Sri Lanka and Burma did not escape the pace of Nanzhao's attack, and even fought with the Tang Dynasty, which was known as the "Sheng Tang", attacking Sichuan and conquering Chengdu, the country of Tianfu. Although repeated attacks on the Tang Dynasty overwhelmed the Nanzhao state and eventually declined, the Tang Dynasty also failed to win well, and the Battle of Tianbao made the Tang army "bleed into a river and accumulate corpses into water", providing an opportunity for the Anshi Rebellion, and the Tang Dynasty's prosperity ended.
The nanzhao state did not exist in history for a long time, only a short period of 164 years. In 738 AD, at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were many small countries near the Erhai Sea in Dali today, and there were 6 small countries with the strongest Chinese power, one of which was called Mengshe Zhao. Because the location of the Mengshezhao is in the far south of all small countries, it is also called Nanzhao.
Later, with the support of the Tang Dynasty, Nanzhao destroyed other small states, unified the southwest region, and developed the country's military power more and more powerful. The military strength of the Nanzhao state is strong, it is a kind of poor military type of strength, due to geographical reasons, Nanzhao is sandwiched between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, and has to use strong military strength to protect itself.
Originally, Nanzhao was a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, but in 750 AD, when the Nanzhao king Ge Luofeng passed through Yunnan with his relatives, the accompanying female relatives were insulted by Zhang Qiantuo, the Taishou of Yunnan. Zhang Qiantuo not only did not apologize to Ge Luofeng, but also asked Ge Luofeng to hand over money to himself, which was rejected by Ge Luofeng. Zhang Qiantuo therefore held a grudge in his heart, and reported to the Central Committee of the Tang Dynasty that Ge Luofeng had the intention of rebellion, which caused Ge Luofeng to be furious and led his troops into Yunnan, and Zhang Qiantuo was killed.
The following year, in 751 AD, the Tang Dynasty ordered Jiannan Jiedu to send troops to conquer Nanzhao. In fact, Ge Luofeng did not want to fight with the Tang Dynasty, he ran to kill Zhang Qiantuo was really helpless, so when the Tang Dynasty army came to the door, Ge Luofeng's first reaction was to seek peace. He sent emissaries to the Tang camp, saying that as long as the Tang Dynasty returned his family members who had been robbed by force, he was willing to submit to the Tang Dynasty, otherwise he would defect to Tubo's arms: "Return to Tubo, the land of Yunnan, not owned by Tang." ”
At that time, the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu was called Xian Yuzhong, who was strong and strong in his own army, and wanted to use the Nanzhao state to establish his power, so he privately detained the envoys of Nanzhao and attacked Nanzhao without authorization, which is known as the First Battle of Tianbao. However, the result of the war was the defeat of Xianyu Zhong, which not only killed a large number of Tang Dynasty soldiers, but also promoted the alliance between Nanzhao and Tubo.
In 754, the Tang Dynasty once again sent Li Mi to attack Nanzhao, known in history as the Second Battle of Tianbao, but the result was more tragic than the first, and the entire army was directly destroyed. The two battles of Tianbao caused the death of nearly 200,000 soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, "abandoning the land of death and never returning", which greatly weakened the military strength of the Tang Dynasty.
Only one year after the end of the Second Battle of Tianbao, Jiedu caused An Lushan to launch a rebellion with Shi Siming, and the myth of the Sheng Tang Dynasty began to be shattered.