Qin Qiong, a famous general in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, was highly skilled in martial arts and had extraordinary military command ability, and made great achievements for the unification of the world by the Tang Dynasty. Due to the long years of fighting horses and countless battles, Qin Qiong was injured, and in the twelfth year of Zhenguan, Qin Qiong finally died due to a long illness, and later in the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, Qin Qiong and other Tang chu names will be included in the Twenty-four Meritorious Servants of Ling Yan Pavilion.
Of course, this is the historical Qin Qiong, who cannot evaluate the merits of the past. The author regrets that all the articles he has written in the past are mainly literary, so this article is no exception. In the folk, later generations know that Qin Qiong is mostly from rendition novels or folklore, wild history and so on. In particular, novels and commentaries have made Qin Qiong a household name. For example, "Sui and Tang Dynasties", "Speaking of Tang", "Xue Rengui Zhengdong", and even the divine and demonic novel "Journey to the West" also record Qin Qiong.
Sui and Tang Dynasty hero Jieyi film and television image stills (photo)
Compared with other novels, "Sui and Tang Dynasty" is more comprehensive and meticulous in its description of Qin Qiong, and also describes Qin Qiong as a true hero with flesh and blood and love and righteousness. In Jia Jia Lou, Qin Qiong, Wei Zheng, Shan Xiongxin, Xu Maogong, Luo Cheng and other forty-six people gathered to worship and become brothers with different surnames, known as jia jia lou forty-six friends, Qin Qiong ranked second. Later, Qin Qiong's people went to Wagangzhai to follow Zhai Rang's uprising, And after Li Mi presided over the overall situation, he lost the hearts of the people, and Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, and others followed Li Shimin and made contributions to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty.
In history, we know that Qin Qiong died of illness, but in another rendition novel that is very popular with posterity, "Xue Rengui Zhengdong", Qin Qiong's death is very different from the zhengshi, and people feel that his death is very humiliating, so in this book, how is his death arranged, and how can people feel that his death is depressed? And listen to the repentance continue:
It is said in the book that Goguryeo sent envoys to The Tang to provoke, saying that he would no longer be called a vassal, but instead wanted the Tang to claim the title of vassal to them, otherwise he would raise an army to destroy the Tang, and also said that Li Shimin was the son of Goguryeo. So angry that Li Shimin was a smoker, and his anger burned, he wanted to march on the throne. However, at this time, Qin Qiong was already old, Li Shimin felt that before the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Qin Qiong had paid too much for the Tang Dynasty, and the perennial war had also made the physical condition worse and worse, and the fatigue was too much, and now it should be a good time to enjoy the old age, raise the heavens, there is no need to work hard and think hard, and then go to Goguryeo is too far away, do not want Qin Qiong to suffer again, and hope that Qin Qiong will hand over the Shuai Seal and find a more physically strong person to be the commander.
Wei Chigong character film and television image stills (photo)
As soon as this information came out, Wei Chigong was very happy and felt that he was the most suitable person to conquer Goguryeo for Shuai. However, Qin Qiong did not do it, saying that Wei Chigong was inferior to himself in any way, and his age was similar, so why did he give him the Shuai Seal? Moreover, his body may not be inferior to Wei Chigong, so he offered to compete with Wei Chigong, and if he won, he would take the initiative to give up the Shuai Seal. As soon as Li Shimin heard that it was okay, he said, "Whoever wins is the handsome!" ”
So in what form do they compete? It is to lift the golden lion, this golden lion is made of iron, three feet high, and the outside is wrapped in gold, which weighs a thousand pounds. The way to compete is: "Lift the golden lion and circle it three times in front of the temple, and walk around nine times." In the competition, Wei Chigong came first, and Wei Chigong reluctantly lifted the golden lion up, walked around the temple only once, and felt that he could not eat it, so he put down the golden lion and said: "A certain family can't come." The golden lion is very heavy, but I am afraid that old Chitose can't afford it! "This Lieutenant Chi Gong is also damaged enough, he can't complete it himself, and he doesn't forget to provoke Qin Qiong to make him negative to compete."
Xue Rengui Zhengdong comic strip cover image photo (photo)
This Qin Qiong was provoked by Wei Chigong, and began to lift the golden lion, Qin Qiong will be old and wounded left by the conquest, Qin Qiong clenched his teeth and barely lifted the golden lion up, Mo said that he walked three times, at this time Qin Qiong was already "in front of the Eyes Of Mars straight up, dizzy, his feet were loose, and his eyes were black", just about to take the second step, this whim, blood gushed up, blood spurted out of the mouth, people fell to the ground, unconscious. This Li Shimin's upper and lower cadres are worried about death.
Later, this handsome seal Qin Qiong still let it out, and Wei Chigong also got the handsome seal. This is gossip is not a table. It is said that this Qin Qiong has been raising his body since he injured his own lion, but unfortunately he has never raised it well, so he died. It is a pity that this Jia Jia Lou Yi Jie Jinlan, Wagang Zhai storm uprising, for Li Tang swept the world, Ma tread on both sides of the Yellow River, fight the three states and six provinces, Wei Zhen Shandong half of the sky Qin Shubao in the Yanyi novel is so depressed death, is not it disappointing, regretful! (Text: Pan Xiexi)