Between the Tang and Song dynasties, from the unveiling of the Yellow Nest of Gao Xianzhi to the destruction of the Northern Han Dynasty by the Northern Song Dynasty and the realization of basic unification, after nearly a hundred years of chaos, from the Tang Dynasty losing its deer and the world being expelled; to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the world fell apart; and then to the Song Dynasty reorganizing the mountains and rivers, basically realizing unification. During this period, after several generations of hard work, the sea was clear and the rivers were clear, and the mountains and rivers were as good as ever. Just as the so-called chaotic world produces heroes, and heroes appear in groups, such as the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, the great chaos in the world at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and the same is true of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms at the end of the Tang Dynasty.
Because ancient Chinese history always pays attention to a legal system, regarding the legal system as Zhengshuo, and then Liang obtained Jiangshan from the Tang Dynasty royal family through Zen concessions, and later Tang restored the Tang Dynasty through revolution, and then the Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou, no matter what way they passed, they were all in the same line. After that, the Song Dynasty Jiangshan came from the Later Zhou Dynasty, so after such a toss, the five generations that had occupied Chang'an, Luoyang, Bieliang, and even the entire Central Plains became the Zhengshuo of the legal system. Thus there are five generations that are historically called.
Five generations and ten kingdoms
However, five generations later, there were many other separatist regimes in the world at that time, and the ten separatist regimes with a long and more influential history official were collectively known as the Ten Kingdoms. But because of the strict requirements of Chinese history on orthodoxy, it has led to a world of difference in attention and popularity between the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms.
It is true that between the Tang and Song dynasties, if there are ten talents in the world, seven or eight buckets are concentrated in five generations, as far as the famous generals are concerned, the five generations have Wang Yanzhang, Ge Congzhou, Zhu Zhen, Zhou Dewei, Guo Chongtao, Fu Cunzhen, Gao Xingzhou and a series of brilliant and star-like famous generals, and as opposed to the five generations, the ten countries that have not received much attention in history are not super warlords without famous history books, but they are not highly concerned because of the small historical records.
Next, we will take a simple inventory of the superstars of the ten countries. So what are the top ten famous generals of the Ten Kingdoms that are not common in history?
Li Shenfu broke Gu Quanwu
1. Li Shenfu (Yang Wu)
Li Shenfu, the first general under Yang Xingmi's secret account, was the pillar of Yang Xingmi's monopoly on Huainan, who was wise and courageous, invincible in his life, and had the reputation of the first general of the Ten Kingdoms. Li Shenfu followed Yang Xingmi very early and started his entrepreneurial journey in Huainan, and the first battle of fame was to defeat the giant thief Chen Ru and help Yang Xingmi gain a firm foothold in Huainan.
What really made Li Shenfu start the road of famous generals was in the face of Sun Ru, who supported an army of 100,000 people going south, and in the face of Sun Ru's army of burning and plundering all the way, Yang Xingmi was ready to run away when the number of troops was absolutely inferior, and Li Shenfu saw at a glance that Sun Ru's army was insufficient, that is, there were many people and horses, but there was a shortage of food, just need to firmly clear the field, Sun Ru's army would be chaotic for a long time, and when it attacked in chaos, it could win a complete victory. In the end, it was with this plan, under the strategizing of Li Shenfu, Sun Rujun was defeated, and Sun Ru was captured by Yang Xing.
After that, Li Shenfu even broke the rebel general Ni Zhang. In the battle with Wu Yue, Several generals of Yang Wu were defeated in successive battles, Li Shenfu saved the field, greatly broke Wu Yue's army, and captured Gu Quanwu, a super famous general of the Ten Kingdoms, and since then, Li Shenfu has sat on the throne of the first general of the Ten Kingdoms. Then, he completely annihilated an army of 100,000 people, quelled the rebellion of Tian Ying, and became a super famous general in history in one fell swoop, and his battle achievements and achievements and ability to unify the army were no less than guo chongtao and Li Cunzhen of the five generations.
The first general of the two Zhejiang Provinces
2. Gu Quanwu (Wu Yueguo)
The famous general of the Ten Kingdoms, the only one who can hope that Li Shenfu will carry it, is wu Yue's first general, Gu Quanwu is also. Gu Quanwu, who had distinguished himself in battle in his lifetime, was the first meritorious service of Wu Yue's founding of the country. Gu Quanwu became a monk when he was young, and later he was appreciated by Qian Wei and became his subordinate general, opening Gu Quanwu's legendary life.
Gu Quanwu used troops, was cautious and resourceful, and was a rare strategist in the Ten Kingdoms. Relying on Gu Quanwu to conquer the north in the south, Qian Wei set out from a corner of Hangzhou and successively captured several prefectures in southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang, becoming a powerful domain in Jiangnan. In 895, Dong Chang of Yue Prefecture was proclaimed emperor, qian wei went to war with a simple gu of quanwu, and after successive victories, he pacified Dong Chang, and Qian Yong's strength increased greatly, and he became the top force in Jiangnan as an envoy of the two towns.
After that, Gu Quanwu went north and engaged Yang Wu in Suzhou, who was expanding southward in chaos, and Gu Quanwu also won successive battles, captured Wei Yue and Zhang Xuan, and destroyed the famous generals Tian Fu and Zhou Ben in Huainan, and recovered the prefecture in one fell swoop. After that, Outside the city of Hangzhou, Gu Quanwu was defeated and captured by Li Shenfu, the first general of the Ten Kingdoms, and returned to Wuyue after several turns, and in his later years he rarely unified the army, mainly cutting off diplomatic relations, and still made many contributions to the founding of Wuyue.
Yang Ye
3. Yang Ye (Northern Han Dynasty)
The Northern Han Dynasty, the smallest of the Ten Kingdoms, although the territory was narrow and the people were few, but the military strength was not weak, and it was a problem for the confidants of the Later Zhou and Northern Song Dynasties in the Central Plains. The Northern Han army was small and lacked strong generals, but there was also a general who was famous in history. That is the first general of the Northern Han Dynasty, Yang Ye, the folk script, the source of the Yang family general, Yang Lao Linggong. Yang Ye, since following the Northern Han Dynasty to start a business, Xiao Yong is good at war, prestigious and invincible. However, Yang Ye's main fame was in the early Northern Song Dynasty, and various novels and scripts were described in detail, so I will not repeat them here.
4. Border Pickaxe (Southern Tang)
The first general of the Southern Tang Dynasty, BianHao, was a rare good general in the middle and late period of the Ten Kingdoms, who had the ability, did not compete for merit, was generous and strategic. Successively, as the main force, he destroyed the Min state that divided Fujian in the south, and Ma Chu, who had divided Hunan, and was famous for his prestige. However, The Border Pickaxe also had its own shortcomings, that is, the lack of imperial skills, which led to its becoming a super famous general, and it was also a very important factor that caused the Southern Tang to be unable to actually rule the Territory of Machu, but its record of destroying the two countries in a row was indeed very dazzling.
The side pickaxe destroys Ma Chu
5. Liu Renzhan (Southern Tang)
Liu Renzhan, a famous general of the Southern Tang Dynasty, because of his noble quality of sacrificing his life for righteousness and preferring to die, was a well-known warrior of the Ten Kingdoms, and to a large extent, even overpowered the first general of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Liu Renzhan was brave, strict in military discipline, and good at commanding the army. In the middle and late Later Tang Dynasty, the Northern Later Zhou rose and repeatedly invaded Huainan, while the Southern Tang was weak and was not the opponent of later Zhou, Huainan soon collapsed, and only the isolated city of Shouzhou guarded by Liu Renzhan became a nail, and Zhou Shizong Chai Rong personally came to the battlefield and besieged Shouzhou heavily. After almost a year of siege, Liu Renzhan's son Liu Chong, fearing death, sneaked out and surrendered, and was caught and killed by Liu Renzhan, but in the end, because he was isolated and helpless, the grain was exhausted, and he was attacked by Hou Zhou.
Liu Renzhan
6. Lin Renzhao (Southern Tang)
Lin Renzhao, originally a fierce general of the Min state, after the Min state was destroyed by the Southern Tang and Wu Yue, Lin Renzhao surrendered to the Southern Tang, and soon grew into a super fierce general of the Southern Tang, in the face of the Later Zhou army that was pressed south by the pressure of Mount Tai, Lin Renzhao fought alone, led a partial division to rescue Shouzhou, and under extremely unfavorable circumstances, achieved several key small victories, so that the Zhou army did not dare to despise the Southern Tang, and finally withdrew south, single-handedly acting as the rear of the palace, preventing Zhang Yongde's pursuit, thus making a great reputation. Later, he became the head of the Later Tang generals, so that Later Zhou and the Northern Song Dynasty did not dare to despise it, and finally was used by Zhao Kuangyin to use a counter-plot, and was unjustly killed by Later Tang, Lin Renzhao died, and Later Tang had no power to return to heaven.
Lin Renzhao
7. Taimeng (Yang Wu)
Yang Wu's other famous general, Tai Meng, is not conspicuous because of the cover of Li Shenfu's radiance, but he is also a top famous general of Yang Wu. Very early on, he followed Yang Xing to raise a secret army in Luzhou, and made many great achievements in a series of battles to conquer Yangzhou and seek Huainan. Later, in the rebellion of Quelling Tian Fu, he served as the main force, won successive battles, killed Tian Fu, and restored Xuanzhou, and finally became a famous general.
8. Zhang Wu (Former Shu)
The first general of Former Shu, Zhang Wu, joined Wang Jianjun in his early years, and because of his repeated military achievements, he became a major general in charge of the defense of the Former Shu River. In the face of the invading army of Gao Jixing and Gao Jichang in Jingnan, Zhang Wu led his army to garrison the front line of the Gate of Fumen. Zhang Wu fought a major battle with Jingnan with weak troops, and the result was that the resourceful Zhang Wu, plotting and then moving, taking advantage of the advantages of the upstream, cleverly attacked with fire, burned the Jingnan warships, and won a great victory in the Battle of Chumen, and for a time, the prestige shook the world.
9. Zhao Tingyin (Later Shu)
The famous generals of Later Shu, led by Li Renhan and Zhao Tingyin, between the two, Zhao Tingyin was better, known as the first general of Later Shu. Zhao Ting hid his people, Xiao Yong was good at war, and resourceful, and no one could match the Account of Later Shu Meng. When Meng Zhixiang and Dongchuan Jiedu made Dong Zhang fight for the hegemony of Bashu, Zhao Tingyin made great achievements for Meng Zhixiang to pacify Sichuan, and under the unfavorable situation of the war, Zhao Tingyin withstood the pressure, fought back, and finally took the initiative to defeat Dong Zhang's army, completely reversing the situation between the two armies, and finally commanded 30,000 elite troops to invade Zizhou, the hinterland of Dongchuan, capture dong zhang, help Meng Zhixiang unify Bashu, and lay the foundation for Later Shu.
Zhao Tingyin Tomb
10. Chen Jie (Minguo, Southern Tang)
Chen Yi, originally a general of the State of Min, was brave in war and brave enough to crown the three armies, helping Wang Yanzheng to establish the State of Yin and unify the State of Min. After surrendering to southern Tang, because of his proficiency in water warfare, Chen Yu was called the main general of the Southern Tang water division in one fell swoop, and repeatedly fought with Wu Yue over Fuzhou and other places, Zeng Nantaijiang defeated the larger Wu Yue water division, captured Wu Yue's generals Ma Jin and Yao Zhang, and completely suppressed Wu Yue, and Wu Yueguo, a confidant of the Southern Tang, did not pose much threat to southern Tang after that.