If you talk about the famous generals of the Ming Dynasty and the most courageous people in the Ming Dynasty, it is easy for the world to go to Chang Yuchun first, this person is an outstanding general of the Red Turban Army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and a famous general who founded the Ming Dynasty. After Chang Yuchun returned to Zhu Yuanzhang, he often asked himself to be a forward, fought many battles to defeat the enemy, and tried to say that he could bring 100,000 people to the world, called Chang 100,000 in the army, and also saved Zhu Yuanzhang's life.
Such a person is naturally capable of outstanding ability, but there is a sky outside the sky, there are people outside the people, and in the Ming Dynasty there is still a person who is braver than Chang Yuchun, and even known as the first fierce general of the Ming Dynasty, this person is Liu Ling.
Liu Ling (劉綎), also spelled Nanchang, was an outstanding anti-Wu general and military figure of the Ming Dynasty, the son of Liu Xian, the governor of the great generals, and wu Zhuangyuan during the Wanli Dynasty, known as the "first fierce general of the late Ming Dynasty". Liu Ling was born with great strength, and his hand made a 120-pound large knife, nicknamed "Liu DaDao", it is said that he could hold up a table full of wine and vegetables with one hand, which was the most courageous existence among the Ming Dynasty generals.
Although the large knife in Liu Hao's hand was very heavy, he could dance like a fly on the horse, and wherever the knife passed, the wind whizzed, making the enemy tremble with fear. Some people heard about Liu Ling's infinite strength, but they didn't believe it, so they wanted to see it in person. After Liu Ling knew, he ordered people to lead dozens of horses, and then held all the reins, "Calling all the front and everything", and the viewers were all amazed.
That is to say, Liu Ling can control dozens of horses with his bare hands alone, and there are no loopholes, which shows the amazing strength of his strength. Liu Ling was not only infinitely powerful, but also his sword skills were also very powerful, and the bow horse was also very good. It is said that Liu Ling was very good at using the Hidden Arrow, almost a hundred shots, and no one could stop it among the ten thousand troops.
Liu Ling was born into a family of officials and eunuchs, so he easily had the opportunity to become famous and became a commander in adulthood. In the early years of the Wanli Calendar, Liu Ling followed his father Liu Xian in a crusade against the Nine Silk Barbarians, and was promoted for capturing the barbarian leader Ada. In the spring of 1583, Liu Ling was made a guerrilla general and served as a garrison of Tengchong. After that, Liu Ling pacified Burma, pacified the Rebellion of Luoxiong, pacified the Wu soldiers, pacified the Bo chieftains, and the Pingqi people, hundreds of battles of all sizes, and threatened all directions.
In 1618, after the Jin Rebellion, Liu Ling accompanied the army to conquest, but because of the command of the idiot Scholar Yang Hao, Liu Ling's Eastern Route Army fell into the Jedi Abu Daligang. Although at the beginning, Liu Ling was ready to arrange a battle front, but the road there was steep, horses could not be lined up, soldiers could not be formed, and Liu Ling's troops could only order soldiers and horses to be lined up in a single column. The situation was not good, and the enemy was in pursuit at a rapid pace, and the number of people was large, surrounded from all sides, making Liu Ling completely lose the possibility of survival, and was raided by the Later Jin general Amin.
Liu Ling had no choice but to go forward to meet the enemy, swinging a 120-kilogram knife to fight, hitting an arrow in his left arm and still fighting with his right arm. Liu Ling was injured several times, covered in blood, and fought from the time of the mi to the time of the unitary, and fought fiercely for eight hours and was still brave and fierce. In the melee. Liu Ling was stabbed in the face, and half of his face was cut off, but he still raised his knife to fight, killing dozens of enemy troops, and was eventually shot by the enemy's random arrows. Liu Ling hit several arrows and eventually died of exhaustion.
Such a person is amazing, compared with Chang Yuchun, not to mention more, naturally can be called the first fierce general of the Ming Dynasty.
Resources:
"Love History Sketch" Volume V
Records of the Martyrdom of the King's Victorious Dynasty, Vol. 1