Among the twenty-four meritorious men of Lingyange, there were seven famous generals who were known for their bravery, namely Chi Jingde, the Duke of Eguo, Duan Zhixuan, the Duke of Baoguo, Liu Hongji, the Duke of Chen, The Marquis Junji of Chen, Zhang Gongjin, the Duke of Tan, Cheng Cheng, the Duke of Lu, and Qin Qiong, the Duke of Hu.
If these seven masters or seven great generals on the Ling Yan Pavilion are sorted according to the martial arts in the main history, of course, Qin Qiong Qin Shubao is ranked first, and the second and third is Wei Chi Jingde or Cheng Zhijin, or Zhang Gongjin Duan Zhixuan, this is really difficult to say, but one thing is certain: Cheng Yaojin is by no means a reckless man or a fu general who relies on a three-plate axe to scare people, but a real master who is resourceful and powerful.
Saying that Qin Qiong was the first master of LingYange, this point readers will not have any objections, saying that Qin Qiong is the first master of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there may be no objection, but to say that Qin Qiong is the first master of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, some people will question: Zhang Sutuo, the ambassador of the Sui Dynasty Qi County, Henan Province, the Sui Dynasty Zuo Yiwei General, the Rong Guo Gong to protect the children, the Tang Dynasty Governor of Dai Prefecture, the Duke of The Duke of The Tang Dynasty, Luo Shixin, are all super fierce generals who can compete with Qin Qiong and drive the first.
Luo Shixin, who became famous before Qin Qiong, was even more courageous and frightening: "Shi Xin rushed to the thief's house, stabbed several people, beheaded one person, threw it in the air, carried it with a gun, and wore it slightly." The believers went north, and for every person they killed, they snagged their noses; and they examined their noses to show how many thieves they had killed. Old Book of Tang, Chronicles 137 Zhongyi"
In Gu Long's novel, there is a "head-cutting little ghost" who kills people without blinking and never loses his hand, Luo Shixin does not cut his head because too many human heads are not easy to carry, he likes to carry his nose in his arms, you can give him a nickname called "The King of the Slug Nose".
Luo Shixin died young and did not enter the Ling Yan Pavilion, so he could not compete with Qin Qiong, so Qin Qiong became the same existence as the "lonely and defeated" among the twenty-four heroes of the Ling Yan Pavilion: "The three thieves of The World Chong, Jiande, and Hei Min are not without being in the vanguard of the front, and there is no strong opponent before." Every enemy has a sharp sword to shock and shine in and out to praise the crowd, Shu Bao to take it, the Prancing Horse spear stabbed in the crowd, it is better to be more arrogant, thinking that it is quite conceited. ”
With Qin Qiong present, Wei Chi Jingde did not dare to boast of his martial courage, because the reason why Wei Chi Jingde surrendered to Tang was that Qin Qiong was defeated at Meiliangchuan and shrunk in Jiexiu City and did not dare to come out, while Qin Qiong's golden wine pot and the position of Shangzhu Guoxun were exchanged for Wei Chi Jingde: "Zhan Mei Liangchuan, Broken Wei Chi Jingde, Gongduo, Emperor (Li Yuan) gave him a golden bottle, walked (beat) Song Jingang Yu Jiexiu, and worshiped the pillar country. ”
Although he was the first fierce general of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Qin Qiong only ranked twenty-fourth in the Lingyange Pavilion, which may be related to Qin Qiong's unwillingness to participate in the cannibalism of the Li family -- he said that he could not get sick after Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, and after twelve years of "illness", it was clear that he did not want to work for Li Shimin anymore, and he could paint a portrait of Lingyange, which was also Li Shimin's last choice: If there was no Qin Qiong on the Lingyange, the gold content of the twenty-four heroes would be insufficient.
One reader's evaluation was very wise and fair: "Qin Qiong is a hero of the Tang Dynasty and a benefactor of Li Yuan, but he is not a vassal of Li Shimin." ”
In the main history, Qin Qiong did not save Li Shimin's life, it was really Li Shimin who saved Li Shimin, two other Lingyange heroes, one of whom was the well-known Wei Chi Jingde, and the other was not widely known, he was Zhang Gongjin, the Duke of Tanguo.
In the novels, Zhang Gongjin is the one under Luo Yi, the King of Yan, who plays soy sauce, and in the main history, Zhang Gongjin is sometimes ranked ahead of Qin Qiong (Zhang Gongjin is after Qin Qiong in the Old Book of Tang and The Eighteenth Book of Liechuan, and Zhang Gongjin in the New Book of Tang and The Fourteenth Book of Liechuan is before Qin Qiong).
Zhang Gongjin was able to merge with Qin Qiong into one biography, and this treatment Cheng Biting Jin only got half (the New Book of Tang Cheng Biting Jin is in the fifteenth biography), and the reason why Zhang Gongjin was able to keep pace with Qin Qiong was because he saved Li Shimin's life in the Xuanwu Gate Change: "On June 4, Gong Jin and the eldest son Wuji and nine other people fell to the Xuanwu Gate to change. And Cut Jiancheng, Yuan Ji, his party came to attack Xuanwu Gate, and the army was very strong. The public has the courage to close the door alone to refuse. ”
In the change of Xuanwu Gate, Wei Chi Jingde and Zhang Gongjin performed very eye-catchingly, but the more courageous Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin did not make any achievements, so that some people suspected that these two did not go to Xuanwu Gate at all.
If Qin Qiong had gone to Xuanwu Gate, then Li Shimin would not have been almost killed by Jiancheng Yuanji at all, and if Cheng had bitten Jin, he would have definitely behaved more courageously than Zhang Gongjin—Cheng biting Jin Shan in the main history made Ma Qi, and his bravery and fierceness during his battles made people's backs chill when they thought about it: "Pei Xingyu (Pei Xingyu's son of Pei Renji, known as the Enemy of Ten Thousand People, called Pei Yuanqing in the Rendition Novel) was hit by a stream of arrows and fell to the ground. Knowing the festival to save it, killing several people, the world's army is invincible, but it is a heavy ride and returns. Driven by Shi Chong's horse, the thorn passed through the hole, and Zhi Jie turned back to break his hammer and beheaded the pursuer. ”
Pei Xingyu was a super-first-class master in the history of sui and Tang Dynasties, in front of the two armies, Cheng Yaojin could save Pei Xingyu, and could kill the pursuing soldiers when the horse was worn, this performance, that is, Wei Chi Jingde saw it, and he would also be cold - how painful it must be to break the horse mallet inserted in the body!
The bravery of Qin Qiong, Wei Chi Jingde, and Cheng Yaojin is well known to all the readers, and Zhang Gongjin has already said, so let's look at the records of the other three Ling Yange generals in the main history.
According to the order on the Ling Yan Pavilion, Duan Zhixuan, the Duke of Baoguo, ranked tenth, and this person was also very brave: "Please Wang Shichong, go deep into the trap, fall on the horse, and be captured by thieves." The two horses held their buns, crossed the Luoshui, Zhixuan rushed forward, and the two fell off their horses, galloping back, and the pursuers rode hundreds of horses, not daring to force. ”
Duan Zhixuan had the style of The Western Han Fei general Li Guangzhi, followed by Liu Hongji, the eleventh Duke of Sui, and Song Laosheng, a Sui Dynasty general with the same name as Song Jingang, was personally beheaded by Liu Hongji: "Lao Sheng led the crowd outside the city, Hongji attacked from Emperor Taizong, Lao Sheng was defeated, abandoned his horse and surrendered, and Hongji beheaded him." ”
Among the twenty-four heroes of Lingyange, Marquis Junji of Chen Guo ranked seventeenth, this position was higher than Zhang Gongjin, Cheng Yaojin, and Qin Qiong, he was not like a monkey (nicknamed Little White Ape or Sai Bai Ape) as described in the Novel of Renyi, and in the main history, Hou Junji was relatively strong: "Hou Junji, a sanshui man of Fengzhou, is known for his talents." ”
Although Hou Junji was relatively capable of fighting, he was not qualified to compete for the top three positions among the Seven Fierce Generals of LingYange, because he was a bit "all-round and loose": "Sexual mannerisms, good exaggeration, playing with bows and arrows and not being able to become his art, but calling himself Wu Yong." ”
According to the records of the zhengshi, it seems that no one can challenge Qin Qiong's top position, but the competition for the second and third places will be very fierce: Wei Chi Jingde, Cheng Yaojin, Zhang Gongjin, Duan Zhixuan, Liu Hongji should be who does not obey anyone, if wei Chi Jingde and Cheng Jingjin are really allowed to single-handedly challenge, who wins and who loses is also unknown.
The author does not know who can follow Qin Qiong in the second and third places among the seven generals of Lingyange, and this question can only be left to the readers Zhu jun to make the final conclusion: According to the historical records, among the twenty-four heroes of Lingyange, the most capable of fighting is Qin Qiong Qin Shubao, Wei Chi Jingde and Cheng Yaojin should be counted as the first masters?