At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were rebel armies everywhere, one of which was the most famous, that is, the Wagang Rebel Army, which was later led by Li Mi to surrender to the Tang, so how many Of the Eight Fierce Generals of Wagang in the history of Wagang, Qin QiongWugong, ranked first?
Although Li Shimin was a little disgraceful in his ascension to the throne, after he became emperor, he made a series of measures of diligence and love for the people and meritocracy, he was very good at handling the relationship between kings and subjects, and he treated those old ministers, he was generous and powerful, and most of the ministers of Fulong had a good ending, "Ling Yan Ge Twenty-four Heroes" is the best witness.
Among the twenty-four meritorious men of LingYange, there are civilian officials and military generals, the ranking is not according to the size of the merit, but according to the size of the official position, the eldest son Wujie because of the merit of fulong, but also Li Shimin's brother-in-law, near the water tower has become Li Shimin's most relied on people and the official ranks first, the rest are ranked according to the size of the official position.
Among the twenty-four heroes of LingYange, three were formerly Wagang generals: the Left Leading General, Lu Guogongcheng biting gold ranked 18th; Guanglu Dafu, Bingbu Shangshu, and British Gong Li Ji (Xu Maogong) ranked 23rd; The Governor of Xuzhou and the Protector Of State Qin Qiong ranked 24th, and these three survived to the time when Li Shimin was proclaimed emperor. Qin Qiong, who was famous and famous, ranked last among the twenty-four heroes of Ling Yan Pavilion, so how many of the eight fierce generals of Wagang could he rank?
Many people think that he is young and talented, the first in martial arts, and when he first debuted, he was favored by people: "This person is brave and courageous, has ambitions, and will be rich and noble, how can he be despicable?" Later, after Qin Qiong surrendered to Li Tang, he accompanied Li Shimin, the King of Qin, in his southern expedition to the north, and repeatedly made military achievements, "after more than 200 battles of large and small battles", which showed his courage, and later he was deified as a "gatekeeper immortal".
Cheng Yaojin is known as the Demon King of the Mixed World in the "Sui and Tang Dynasty", Xiao Yong is good at war, good at using the horse mallet, he followed Li Shimin to break the Song King Kong, capture Dou Jiande, and demote Wang Shichong, and also made countless military achievements. But his later achievements were mediocre, to put it bluntly, on the surface he looked at him as a mixed world, in fact, he was very shrewd, in order to fear That Li Shimin was suspicious, he was willing to enjoy himself at home, which was very popular with junxin, which was also one of the reasons why he ranked higher.
Li Ji was given the name, he was originally the famous Xu Maogong of Wagang, and his confessional book wrote: "I am a rogue thief in the twelfth and thirteenth year of my life, and I kill everyone; Fourteenth and fifteen are difficult to be thieves, and those who are unhappy will not be killed; Seventeen or eighteen is a good thief, and to fight is to kill; In the twentieth year, he became a great general of the world and used soldiers to save people from death. It showed that his martial arts were above Qin Qiong's.
Moreover, Li Jiwen was able to anbang and Wu Kedingguo, and the reason why he ranked low was mainly because Li Shimin guarded him, fearing that he would influence Li Tangjiangshan, so he degraded him out of Beijing before his death, and then summoned him back to Beijing after his son Li Zhi succeeded to the throne. As for the later help of Wu Zetian, that is the last word, and it is not excluded that there is a sense of revenge.
Wagang Five Fierce General Liu Hei min. Li Ji was not a fierce general who was weaker than Li Jing, the god of war, and the only time he overturned the car was in the hands of Liu Heimin. Liu Heimin had followed Hao Xiaode to participate in the Wagang Uprising, and later defected to Dou Jiande, "Hei Min sent tens of thousands of troops into Zongcheng, and Li Ji, the governor of Li Prefecture, first tun zongcheng, abandoned the city and went to Baohu Prefecture." Jiazi, Hei Min pursued Li Ji and others, broke them, and killed 5,000 pawns, and Li Ji was only spared. ”
Because of this battle, Li Ji almost lost his head, which showed that Liu Heimin was slightly better than Li Ji. Unfortunately, Liu Heimin was cunning and brutal, fought against the Tang Dynasty many times, and was killed by Tang Taizong Li Shimin. If he was there, Qin Qiong would definitely not be in the first place.
Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong were fellow countrymen, and at a young age, they had already become a member of the Sui Dynasty general Zhang Sutuo's account, fighting many beautiful battles with small victories, and even the Sui Emperor specially sent painters to paint portraits of him, at this time Qin Qiong was still an unknown small person. "In every battle, Sudra ascends first, and Shi Xin is the deputy." Emperor Jue sent envoys to comfort him, and ordered the painters to write pictures of the battle fronts of Sutuo and Shixin, which were on the internal history. ”
Zhang Sutuo was also promoted repeatedly with a general like Luo Shixin, and then the young general Qin Qiongcai served under Zhang Sutuo together with Luo Shixin. Unfortunately, such an excellent general died at the hands of Liu Heimin at the age of 23, which shows Liu Heimin's strength and shows that his military strength is still better than Qin Qiong's. Wang Junkuo was originally a bandit and a fierce general, but he was treacherous and cunning, quite calculating, and later defected to the Wagang Army, and soon led the people to join the Tang Dynasty. When Liu Heimin claimed to be the King of Handong, he besieged Huanshui, And Li Shimin's three reinforcements failed, and then Li Shimin ordered Wang Junkuo to break through and Luo Shixin to enter the city, and as a result, Wang Junkuo's breakthrough was successful, and Luo Shixin died at the hands of Liu Heimin.
Shan Xiongxin was brave and quick, making good use of horse mallets, brave and martial, known as the "flying general", he and Li Ji "swore to live and die together", the two originally defected to the Wagang rebels together, and were sealed by Li as the left and right Wuhou generals, it can be seen that the strength value of the two should be indistinguishable. Only later, one of the two brothers defected to Li Tang and the other to Wang Shichong, and it is said that Shan Xiongxin almost did not kill Li Shimin when the two armies fought.
With such a vendetta, So Shan Xiongxin was still killed by Li Shimin when he later surrendered, and Li Ji's intercession was useless, and finally Li Ji cut off a piece of his own meat for Shan Xiongxin to eat, proving that he had not forgotten his original vow of "swearing to live and die together". Perhaps with this move, even if Li Ji made more meritorious achievements later, Li Shimin was on guard against him, afraid that he would avenge Shan Xiongxin.
Pei Xingyu was also a major general under the Sui Dynasty general Zhang Sutuo, Xiao Yong was good at war, and was known as a thousand enemies, which was the prototype of Pei Yuanqing in the "Sui and Tang Dynasties". Later, he was framed in the Sui Dynasty and forced to defect to the Wagang rebels, and was sealed by Li as the Shangzhu State and the Duke of Dai Commandery, which showed his strength. Unfortunately, this man wavered from side to side, and later surrendered to Wang Shichong, and as a result, Wang Shichong was jealous of his meritorious service, and finally he plotted to launch a coup d'état and was killed.
Judging from the personal deeds of the eight fierce generals of Wagang, almost everyone has extraordinary merits, compared to Qin Qiong's martial arts, which definitely does not rank first, and even the top five are very difficult. It was only in the period of war and chaos that it was important to take sides and opportunities, and the famous generals in the Wagang rebel army were like clouds, and only three of them survived to li Shimin's title of emperor, which just explained such a problem.
However, living to the time of Li Shimin does not mean that they are completely prosperous and rich, and their original merit of fulong is also easy to be considered by the emperor to be a high-ranking master, so no matter how many military achievements they have made, the ranking of Ling Yange is not necessarily at the top, and it is the best courtiers who can win the emperor's trust, as can be seen from the ranking of Ling Yan Pavilion.