Li Shimin has been thirsty for talents all his life, but he must kill Shan Xiongxin? The truth is surprising
Shan Xiongxin was also a prominent figure in the Sui and Tang dynasties. Shan Xiongxin was highly skilled in martial arts, and according to legend, he cut down a tree in front of the academy and made it into his own love gun, and he had a deep friendship with Xu Shixun, a confidant of Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty.
He had an indissoluble relationship with the Tang Dynasty. He was the number one anti-Tang figure, leading a large army against Li Shimin, who had defeated Li Shimin and spared his life, but was later captured by Li Shimin and beheaded for public display. Li Shimin had been thirsty for talents all his life and cherished them very much, so why did he have to kill Shan Xiongxin?
The first is Li Shimin's face. Li Shimin, as the leader of the Tang Dynasty, was the leader of ten thousand people. Once Li Shimin fought with Shan Xiongxin, Shan Xiongxin did not say a word, took up his best weapon "Cold Bone White", and directly attacked Li Shimin's key point, Li Shimin panicked and had to use his housekeeping skill - archery, to shoot Shan Xiongxin's weapon, which saved his life.
In the ensuing battle, Li Shimin was in the ascendant, and just when Shan Xiongxin was preparing to end his life, Li Shimin's subordinates came to escort him, and with the help of everyone, Li Shimin was able to escape smoothly. If such a king wants to establish his prestige, he certainly cannot have such a black history, and if he wants to appoint a person who has defeated himself or even killed himself, where is the prestige? Where is the face? Shan Xiongxin could not stay.
In addition, although Shan Xiongxin has the strength of a flying general, he is disloyal and unjust. A fight with the three surnames of the family nu Lü Bu in the Three Kingdoms period.
Shan Xiongxin betrayed Zhai Rang for the first time.
Shan Xiongxin is highly skilled in martial arts and is good at using horse mallets, which is his own cold bone white. He had a very good friend, Xu Shixun, who was a brother who had grown up and vowed to die in the same month of the same year.
Zhai Rang also had Chen Sheng Wu Guangzhiyong, who revolted in Wagang. Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shixun were there at the time, and they also joined the army, and were Zhai Rang's right-hand men. Later, contradictions arose within the Wagang rebel army, and gradually, Li Mi became the main leader of the rebel army. Although he became the leader, the suspicious Li Mi made Zhai Rang, the leader of the rebel army, jealous and decided to get rid of him. Then Li Mi designed a Feast of the Hongmen Gate, and he prepared a bow for Zhai Rang to admire, and when Zhai Rang was single-mindedly observing the weapons, he ordered his men to kill Zhai Rang. In the chaos of the assassination, Shan Xiongxin found that the situation was not right, and quickly kowtowed to Li Mi for forgiveness, saying that he would definitely obey.
Shan Xiongxin betrayed Li Mi for the second time.
In the first year of Tang Wude, the great chaotic war at the end of the Sui Dynasty was nearing its end. At that time, in the chaotic battle in Jiangdu, Yu Wenhua and the Sui Emperor Yang Guang were killed, and the emperors of the Sui Dynasty were already dead, while Li Mi wanted to replace Tianxingdao for the emperor, and also wanted to compete for a position in the chaotic world. He personally led the army to fight with Yu Wenhua and Shan Xiongxin. However, Li Mi eventually defeated Yu Wenhua and, but unexpectedly, after the praying mantis catcher Huang Que, Wang Shichong attacked Li Mi at this time, and Li Mi was already tired and was defeated by him. When Shan Xiongxin saw this situation, in order to save his life, he quickly surrendered to Wang Shichong and said that he would obey Wang Shichong's leadership. In contrast, his good friend Xu Shiji was very clever, he knew that Li Mi would surrender to Li Shimin, so he chose to defect to Li Shimin instead of the victor Wang Shichong.
Shan Xiongxin's third betrayal was Wang Shichong.
Li Shimin has a lot of talents under his hands, and he is kind to the people, which has won the hearts and minds of the people all over the country, and the unification of the world is just around the corner. There are not a few military generals who are more powerful than Shan Xiongxin, and there are many generals, and even Shan Xiongxin's friends are under Li Shimin. In the fourth year of Tang Wude (621), Wang Shichong was finally defeated by Li Shimin's army and was defeated and surrendered by Li Shimin. When Shan Xiongxin saw this situation, it was still important to save his life, and he immediately expressed his willingness to surrender to Li Shimin and would certainly obey Li Shimin's leadership.
But Li Shimin did not use him, saying that he was useless and would be killed. His good friend Xu Shixun repeatedly interceded for his brother Jieyi, but he still could not impress Li Shimin's decision, and finally cut the flesh on his leg to send his brother off. He said to Shan Xiongxin, we both swore to die in the same month of the same year, but I also want to repay the country, I failed to intercede for you, loyalty and righteousness are a dilemma, I will take good care of your wife and children, you can rest assured. Shan Xiongxin also knew that his intercession was useless, so he ate meat and was beheaded and shown to the public.
According to historical records, at that time, Shan Xiongxin really wanted to submit to the Tang Dynasty, and one side was already in peacetime, no longer need to fight, and he could live a good life with his wife and children. On the other hand, his good brother is also under Li Shimin's command, and the two can also serve a king together. But he didn't expect that Li Shimin wouldn't use him. Li Shimin insisted on killing Shan Xiongxin, and Cao Cao killed Lü Bu is a meaning,
Now that there is peace, it is useless to have too many generals, not to mention that he is still a wall-headed grass, disloyal and unrighteous. Coupled with the bad impression on him, he appointed him in case he surrendered to others, and then what to do if he rebelled, he simply cut the grass and roots.