Li Keyong, the late Tang Dynasty emperor, he was originally a Shatuo, surnamed Zhu Xie, because of his father's meritorious service, he was given the surname Li by the Tang Dynasty. Li Ke joined the army at the age of 15 and followed his father to fight, he was brave and good at war, brave and unusual, and the army called him "Flying Tiger". The "Crow Army" under its command made the enemy even more frightened, and all the officers and men of the "Crow Army" had fox tails wrapped around their heads, wolf teeth in their necks, and their faces were vicious, and where they passed were like dark clouds rolling on the ground, the momentum was huge. The famous Huangchao Rebellion was suppressed by Li Ke! For his meritorious efforts in suppressing the rebel army, he was crowned king of Jin. The "Crow Army" under Li Ke's command was definitely the top existence in that era, they were the capital that Li Ke used to dominate in the chaotic world, and there were also many famous generals in the "Crow Army", let's take stock of the five fierce generals under Li Keyong!
Li Cunxiao
Speaking of the generals under Li Keyong, the first rank is always Li Cunxiao! Because Li Cunxiao is a general who can be compared with Xiang Yu, the so-called "wang is not hegemonic, will not be li", here the hegemony and Li refer to the overlord Xiang Yu and Li Cunxiao.
Li Cunxiao himself is indeed powerful, he bravely crowns the three armies, has the courage of ten thousand improper men, kills gods when he encounters gods, kills Buddhas when he encounters Buddhas, and no one can stop him. Following his righteous father Li Ke to fight in the south and the north, he did not taste a defeat, and some enemy defenders heard that Li Cunxiao was coming, and they were directly frightened to take poison and commit suicide, and even the most powerful generals at that time, when they encountered Li Cunxiao, did not dare to confront him. It can be seen how high Li Cunxiao's martial arts are. Ouyang Xiu praised from the bottom of his heart: "The courage of filial piety is enough to crown the three armies and grow ten thousand men!" ”
Unfortunately, this level of battle will not have a good ending in the end! Because Li Ke used a lot of righteous sons, and Li Cunxiao was too good, he was deeply used by Li Ke, which made the other righteous sons jealous, and then they were framed by Li Ke with another righteous son, Li Cunxin, and were punished by Li Ke with the punishment of "five horses splitting the body"!
Gao Jisi
Speaking of Li Ke's fierce generals, Li Cunxiao ranked first, so the second place was none other than Gao Jisi!
Gao Jisi is a famous general of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and also the founder of the Four Seasons Boxing, Gao Jisi was initially a subordinate of Li Converse, and later submitted to Li Keyong, he was highly skilled in martial arts, known as the first shot of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the crotch of the white horse, the Gao family gun in his hand, invincible, known as the "White Horse Silver Gun"! Gao Jisi also has a younger brother, Gao Sixiang, who is also very brave! After their brothers followed Li Keyong, they made great achievements for Li Keyong! Gao Jisi's son Gao Xingzhou, his grandsons Gao Huaide and Gao Huailiang are all founding heroes of the Northern Song Dynasty, and one of the fierce generals in the Yue family army, Gao Pet, is also a descendant of Gao Jisi!
Due to the gradual growth of the Gao Jisi brothers' power, Li Ke was afraid that he would become a hidden danger to himself in the future, so he would execute the Gao family brothers! If Li Ke can use it to know people and make good use of them, leaving Li Cunxiao and the Gao family brothers, in the future decisive battle with Zhu Wen, who wins and who loses is really not certain! However, history has no ifs, but it is a pity that such a tough general died at the hands of those he was loyal to.
Li Siyuan
Li Siyuan (李嗣源), a fierce general of the Later Tang Dynasty and the second emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty.
Li Siyuan, a member of the Shatuo ethnic group, has no name and no surname. At the age of thirteen, he served in Li Keyong's father's army, usually taciturn and acted very cautiously, mainly with a good martial art, especially good at riding and shooting, and was later adopted by Li Keyong as a righteous son, giving the name Li Siyuan, which was also Li Keyong's first righteous son.
Li Siyuan followed Li Ke in his southern expedition to the north, and whenever he fought, he was a pioneer and made great achievements. In 884, Li Keyong was besieged by Zhu Wen in Bian Prefecture, and countless people died in battle, at this critical juncture, Li Siyuan desperately protected Li Keyong, and fought and retreated, and finally sacrificed his life to save Li Keyong in the enemy's random arrows. At this time, Li Siyuan was only 17 years old, and in the subsequent conquests, Li Siyuan lived up to the expectations of the people and fought many big victories.
After Li Keyong's death, Li Siyuan assisted Li Cunmao, at that time, the relationship between the two brothers was very good, and they could even wear a pair of pants, and Li Siyuan helped Li Cunmao to fight in the south and help him ascend to the throne. It may be that it is easy to share hardships and difficulties in the same happiness, and many reasons have caused the last two to turn against each other, Li Siyuan later became emperor himself, and Li Cunmao was killed by the pitiful people around him.
After Li Siyuan succeeded to the throne, because of his low level of education, he did not understand Chinese, he could not personally manage the government, coupled with improper employment, which led to the treacherous courtiers, his second son was arrogant and arrogant, which caused Li Siyuan a lot of headaches, and later, his most trusted eldest son actually rebelled.
Chow Tak Wai
Zhou Dewei was a famous general of the Jin Dynasty during the Five Dynasties period at the end of the Tang Dynasty.
The "History of the Old Five Dynasties" describes Zhou Dewei as "a long black face, and his smile does not change." Whoever lined up against the enemy, there was a strong wind of slaughter" He followed Li Keyong in his early years, and he was brave and good at war. Especially good at riding and shooting, not only strong in martial arts, but also very strategic, the history books say that he "can look at the dust to know the number of enemies", which means that just by watching the dust rising when the enemy army marches, you can know the strength of the enemy army!
Zhou Dewei followed Li Ke in the southern expedition to the northern war, with almost no defeat and great achievements. At that time, Li Keyong's greatest enemy was Hou Liang, and in order to boost morale, the Liang army once ordered the three armies: "Whoever can capture Zhou Dewei is crowned as an assassin." Among the Liang armies was a fierce general named Chen Zhang, nicknamed "Night Fork", who threatened to capture Zhou Dewei alive when the two armies were fighting. When the two armies fought, Zhou Dewei hit the night fork under the horse with a hammer and captured it alive.
After Li Keyong's death, Zhou Dewei assisted his son Li Cunmao, and in many major battles he tried to turn the tide and help Li Cunmao become emperor. Later, in a battle, Li Cunmao did not listen to Zhou Dewei's advice and rushed to send troops, resulting in being surrounded by enemy troops, and a generation of fierce generals Zhou Dewei died in the chaotic battle!
Shi Jianyao
Shi Jianyao, a famous general of the Shatuo clan of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
Shi Jianyao, his father was Shi Jingsi, the governor of the Nine Provinces, Shi Jingsi was the eleventh righteous son of Li Keyong, in order to cover Li Keyong's death in battle, Shi Jianyao followed his father to join the army from childhood, after his father's death, he followed Li Keyi to the southern conquest of the northern war, and every time he fought, he was a pioneer, Xiao Yong was abnormal, and his battle achievements were known as "Shi Pioneer". Being able to play two hundred rounds with Wang Yanzhang, the first fierce general of The Later Liang, regardless of victory or defeat, shows the high level of his martial arts.
After Li Keyong's death, Shi Jianyao assisted Li Cunyao in his conquest of the battlefield, and made great contributions to Li Cunmao's future unification of the Central Plains.
In 921, when Shi Jianyao was fighting under the city of Zhenzhou, he was hit by a stray arrow, and his treatment was ineffective, and he died in the army at the age of 46.
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