(Woman Who Speaks History - No. 896) Romance novels have always liked to deceive the public, often turning historical heroes into villains, such as Sui and Tang heroes Zhang Shigui, Su Dingfang, etc.; or fictionalizing some characters, covering up or killing real historical figures to win the applause of viewers, which has a great misleading effect on the world. Today's TV series or movies often follow this habit and continue to mislead the public. For example, in the series of TV series "Sui and Tang Heroes", it basically follows the words in the interpretation.
The same is true of the Sui and Tang Dynasty heroes we are talking about today to protect their children. Lai Hu'er has two kinds of rankings in the yanyi, one is ranked 14th in the 18 good men of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the other is ranked second in the four fierce. There are also two ways of his death, in the "Biography of Xing Tang" he was killed by Wang Junke; in the "Sui and Tang Dynasty", the protector of the son, Bai Shandong Terracotta Army, had a discordant relationship with Qin Qiong, and was later abused and killed by the first fierce Luo Shixin, and his weapon, the big iron gun, was also snatched away by Luo Shixin.
As one of the five tiger generals of Wagang Mountain, Wang Junke has no such person in history, he is a fictional character; although Luo Shixin actually has his own person in history, he cannot fight with the eight rods in the interpretation. The historical Luo Shixin was transformed into two people: one was Luo Shixin, a stupid boy who was able to defeat Li Yuanba with great power than a cow, and the other was the sui and Tang Dynasty's seventh good Han Luocheng. In the "Sui and Tang Dynasty", Lai Hu'er was abused and killed by this stupid boy Luo Shixin. The LaiHu'er in the Commentary on The Evolution is simply weak compared to Luo Shixin, but what kind of person is the real Lai'er in history? How strong is lai'er, who was abused by Luo Shixin in the rendition, in history? Wei Zheng, a famous minister of the Tang Dynasty, commented on him: Comparable to Guan Yu Zhang Fei! Is this really the case? This issue is broken down.
(1) Young people are determined to kill others with their hands
His ancestral home was Xinye, Henan, and his great-grandfather moved to Jiangdu (present-day Yangzhou, Jiangsu). He was raised by his aunt, whose parents died at an early age. At that time, Lai Hu'er's hometown Baitu Village was located on the bank of the Yangtze River, at the junction of the North and South Dynasties, and there were constant wars for many years.
Since childhood, he has witnessed the protection of war, and he has made a great ambition in his heart very early on to establish a meritorious career in the chaos of war. According to legend, when he read the "Book of Poetry", when he read "drumming its boring, enthusiastically using soldiers" and "lambs and leopard ornaments, Kong Wu powerful", his heart was excited, and he sighed: "The eldest husband is alive in this life, he should be like this, killing the enemy and destroying thieves for the country, and obtaining meritorious fame, how can he always do these pen and ink businesses!" So he began to practice martial arts to wait for the opportunity. Neighbors and friends believe that this son must have a day to emerge.
Come to protect the child for the life of the bold and fierce, not afraid of rape. During the Liang Dynasty of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was the famous Jing Rebellion, in which Lai'er's uncle was killed by his fellow villager Hao qiang Tao Wuzi during this war. When Lai'er was very young, he often heard his aunt mention this matter, so in his young soul, he had a great ambition to avenge his uncle. When he was a little older, he couldn't bear it any longer, so he decided to do it.
At that time, there were hundreds of Tao clans, with strong financial resources, and no one in the townspeople dared to mess with them. Lai'er didn't buy his account. Once, carrying a sharp blade, he took advantage of the Tao family's marriage affairs and the family chaos to break into his home, personally killed Tao Wuzi, and took his head and fled. The guests present were all shocked by his actions, and no one dared to make a fuss. Lai'er calmly went to pay tribute to his uncle with the head of the enemy. This move shocked the township, and came to protect the child's stab and became famous, and has since wandered the rivers and lakes.
(2) He made great achievements in battle and became a famous general of the founding of the Sui Dynasty
In 581, Emperor Wen of Sui established the Sui Dynasty and ordered He Ruobi to leave the town of Guangling. Lai'er took the opportunity to defect to the Sui army and serve under He Ruobi. With his boldness, he often reconnoitred the Sui army across the river, made many military achievements, and was promoted to governor. Later, Lai Hu'er was on his own and made an immortal contribution in the unification of the world in the Sui Dynasty. He once led an army to defeat the Chen Dynasty general Zeng Yong and was given the title of Yi Tongsan Division. In 589, Lai Hu'er accompanied the army to pacify the Chen Dynasty, and because of his merits, he entered the Shangkai Province and became one of the most famous meritorious generals of the Great Sui Dynasty.
In 590, Jiangnan Haoqiang and Gao Zhi rebelled against Sui. Therefore, the imperial court sent Yang Su as the commander-in-chief of the march to lead the army to suppress the rebellion. At that time, the rebels were stationed on the east bank of Zhejiang (present-day Qiantang River), camped for more than 100 miles, and the warships were all over the river, and the momentum was fierce. Lai Hu'er offered a plan to Yang Su and adopted the tactics of back and forth. He personally led hundreds of light ships to smuggle them into Zhejiang, raided the enemy's rear with surprise troops, and burned the rebel camps. Yang Su took the opportunity to attack from the front and break the rebels. Gao Zhi's soldiers fled into the sea in defeat, and were chased by Lai Hu'er all the way to the area around Minzhong, and finally the rebels were completely defeated. After the war, Lai Hu'er was promoted to the position of grand general for his merits, and was given the title of Duke of Xiangyang County.
Later, Yu Dangsheng Daoyan, who came to protect er from suppressing the rebellion and the wise Yu Dang, rebelled with Li Kuan, the Duke of Pushan, and rebelled against Wang Wenjin of Pingwu Prefecture, and entered the zhu state and was enfeoffed as the Duke of Yongning County. In order to reward the merits of protecting his children, Emperor Wen of Sui sent a special painter to paint his portrait, which was equivalent to the Tang Dynasty in the Sui Dynasty and ranked among the heroes of Lingyange.
In 598, Emperor Wen of Sui sent envoys to summon his son to the imperial court and reward him with a generous reward, and also left his eldest son Lai Kai in the capital division to serve as the emperor's janissary military attaché.
In 601, Lai Hu'er was renamed yingzhou assassin. During his tenure, he was known for his "good governance", and he had considerable achievements, and was frequently praised by the emperor and loved by the people. When he left office, the people tried their best to retain him, and hundreds of people wrote to the imperial court to ask for lai'er to stay in office, so that he could not leave the country for many days. Later, the Sui Emperor said to Lai Hu'er: "At the beginning, the world was undecided, Qing was a famous general, such as today's Taiping, Qing is also a good guard." ”
In 604, the Sui Emperor succeeded to the throne. Lai Hu'er was again conscripted into the dynasty, and successively served as the Great General of Right Xiao Wei, the Great General of Left Xiao Wei, and the Great General of Right Yi Wei, and later changed to Guanglu Dafu and was awarded the title of Duke of Rongguo. At that time, the Sui Dynasty Emperor's courtesy to the children was unmatched by the Manchu Dynasty. For example, when the Sui Dynasty Emperor toured the capital of Jiangsu, he let Lai Hu'er also go with him. In order to let Lai'er "travel by day", Emperor Zhuo specially rewarded him with many treasures and sacrifices, let him sacrifice and sweep the graves of his ancestors, feasted on the fathers and elders of the township, and let all the officials of more than three pins go to the ancestral residence of the Lai family, so that Lai Hu'er greatly honored his ancestors and was passed down as a grand event by the government and the public.
(3) To protect the children of the three battles of Goguryeo
What came to protect his children the most was his participation in the war against Goguryeo, which he fought three times and almost destroyed the country.
After the Sui Emperor succeeded to the throne, he launched several wars against Goguryeo. In 612, the Sui Emperor personally conquered Goguryeo and appointed Lai'er as the commander-in-chief of the Pyongyang-do march. Lai Hu'er led an army from Hushui (present-day Taedong River, Korea) into Goguryeo, and sixty miles away in Pyongyang, met the Goguryeo king Gao Yuan.
At that time, the Goguryeo army was arrayed for tens of miles, and Gao Yuan's brother Gao Jian led hundreds of death squads to attack. The sui generals showed a state of fear, but they did not have any fear, and laughed: "This marshal originally thought that they would not be able to hold out, waiting for the help of Wang Shi, but now they have come to send them to death, hehe, I will let them go and never return in one day!" So he ordered his son to come to the whole and the general Fei Qingnu to face the battle in a high profile, and the warriors heroically killed the enemy, killed Gao Jian, and defeated the enemy army.
It's a little high, but that's it! After winning the first battle, Lai Hu'er bred pride and complacency, so he wanted to take the capital of Gaoguo with a single blow. At this time, Zhou Faxang, deputy commander of the water army, advised, "Do not march rashly, the enemy will have an ambush." However, Lai Hu'er, who was overwhelmed by the victory, did not listen to his advice, so he selected 40,000 elite soldiers and directly attacked Pyongyang. The Goguryeo army went out of the city to meet the enemy, but was defeated and returned to the city in a small battle. Lai Hu'er did not know what the plan was, and led his army to storm the city. The Goguryeo ambush troops took the opportunity to kill and defeated the Sui army, and Lai'er only led thousands of remnants to flee. Gao Jun took advantage of the situation to pursue and kill. At this time, Zhou Fashang, deputy commander of the water army, led the army to help, and only then was he saved.
In this battle, Yu Wenshu and other troops were also defeated, and Lai Hu'er had to retreat and return.
In 613, the Sui Emperor again conquered Goguryeo. Come and protect the children to send troops to the sea road, ready to attack by the sea. At this time, there was an accident. The son of Situ Yang Su, Yang Xuan, the Duke of Chu, rebelled. He was originally responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and grass in Liyang during the Sui army's conquest. At that time, peasant uprisings broke out one after another in various places, and he felt that the world was going to be chaotic, so he took the opportunity to rebel. He stranded the sui army's grain and grass, tun troops in Liyang, but instead attacked the capital Luoyang (at that time the Sui Emperor had moved the capital to Luoyang). However, in order to make Yang Xuangan famous, he found an excuse for rebellion, and he falsely claimed to have come to protect his children to rebel, and raised an army against Sui in the name of crusade to protect his children. How can you give up when you come to protect your children? If you rebel, you will frame me? Therefore, Lai Hu'er had just traveled to Donglai (東莱, in modern Ye County, Shandong), and after hearing this news, he consulted with the deputy general Zhou Fashang and planned to return to the army to attack Yang Xuangan.
Zhou Fashang had always been cautious and thoughtful, and if he had listened to his advice earlier, if he had listened to his advice, he would not have failed. At this time, Zhou Fashang believed that there was no imperial edict, and he could not return to the army without authorization, and refused to obey the orders of lai'er. However, this time, he insisted that he was right, and he snapped: "Luoyang is the heart of my Great Sui, and now the traitors besieging Luoyang are the problems of my confidants; in contrast, Goguryeo is only a scabies disease!" The lesser and the heavier, the self-righteous. Today will cut down Yang Xuangan! The sin of monopoly is borne by the commander-in-chief, and those who dare to hinder me are cut! So he came to protect Er and resolutely sent troops to fight against Yang Xuangan.
It turned out that the immediate decision to nurse the child at that time was very correct. Soon, Lai Hu'er and the left guard general Yuwen Shu and others successfully countered Yang Xuangan's rebellion. The Sui Dynasty Emperor sealed the protector as the Kaifu Yi Tongsan Division.
【Three Marches on Goguryeo, Almost Destroying Its Country】
In 614, the Sui Emperor conquered Goguryeo for the third time. Lai Hu'er once again led his water army across the sea and marched into the city of Haobei (present-day Dongda Black Mountain, Jin County, Liaoning). He defeated the Goguryeo army and prepared to march towardSPyong. The Goguryeo king Gao Yuan was horrified, sent an envoy to surrender, and sent the Sui dynasty rebel Hu Sizheng back. The Sui Emperor accepted the surrender of the other side and ordered him to protect his son and retreat.
Lai'er gathered the generals and said, "The army has gone out three times and failed to pacify Goguryeo, and if the army withdraws this time, there will be no chance in the future." Now that Goguryeo is exhausted, our army is full of generals and morale, and if we take advantage of the victory and fight, we will be victorious in a few days. Our army directly surrounded Pyongyang, captured Gao Yuan, and returned triumphantly! So the emperor asked for a campaign, but refused to return on orders.
Chang Shi Cui Junsu strongly advised that he should not go against his will. Lai'er said, "The king's fate will be outside." I would rather capture Gao Yuan and return and be punished than pass up this opportunity to succeed. Cui Junsu then said to the generals, "If we go into battle with the marshal, we will certainly be played as emperor by others, which is a crime of disrespect for resisting the will." "The crowd will be very frightened, and they will come to persuade them to protect their children. Seeing that all the generals had no intention of fighting again, they had no choice but to return to the dynasty to protect their children. This was probably the closest the Sui Dynasty came to destroying Goguryeo. For the Sui Dynasty and even the later Tang Dynasty, it was a pity.
(4) To be bold and faithful, and to be martyred with one's own body
In 616, the Sui Emperor ignored the chaos that had arisen in the world, and continued to go out to the waves, and made a third tour of Jiangdu. The far-sighted Lai'er realized the seriousness of the matter, so he advised: "If there is chaos today, it is not the time for Your Majesty to parade." You should sit in Luoyang and command the armies to quell the rebellion. "But at this time, the Sui Emperor was already incurable, and it was difficult to listen to the advice of the contrarian." And he was so angry that he didn't see his children for several days, but he still went his own way.
The Sui Emperor, who did not listen to the advice of the protector, finally reached his own end. In 618, Yuwen Shu's son, the right Tun Wei general Yu Wenhua, launched a mutiny and killed the Sui Emperor. At that time, the unsuspecting Lai'er was about to enter the DPRK, and was attacked by rebels on the way and captured. When he learned that Emperor Zhuo was dead, he sighed: "As a minister, I have a heavy responsibility, but I cannot eliminate the traitorous party, so that the country has fallen into such a situation." I have no face to see the first emperor also! "He would rather die than be killed by Yu Wenhua. At that time, Lai'er's entire family was implicated, and his son Chao San Dafu Lai Kai, Jin Zi Guanglu Dafu Lai Hong, and Right Guang Lu Dafu Lai Quan were all killed.
A generation of famous future guardians has thus fallen. His death was undoubtedly a loss to the Great Sui Dynasty; for the Great Sui, he was loyal and worthy of this life. However, in the commentaries of later generations, his historical merits were seriously ignored, and he was "slandered" and portrayed as a villain, which is indeed puzzling. For example, as Qin Qiong's superior, he often harassed Qin Qiong, and was finally killed by Luo Shixin. But in fact, Lai Hu'er was courteous to his subordinate Qin Shubao. For example, Qin Qiong's mother died, and after hearing the news, lai'er specially sent condolences to the funeral. At that time, the sergeants were very strange and asked: "There are often funerals in the army, but the general never asked, why did he go to Qin Qiong's house to mourn?" Lai Hu'er said, "Qin Qiong is brave and fierce, and has ambitions, but he is a benevolent person and a warrior, how can he not be disrespected?" ”
For the historical merits of Lai'er, Wei Zheng, a famous xiang of the Tang Dynasty, had a fair evaluation: Chu and Han were not divided, Dai and Guan were xuanli; Cao and Liu Jingsheng, Guan and Zhang were so named. The generation of Yuantong, the protector of children, the Dinghe and the Lun of the Iron Staff, are all heroes of the moment, trapped in poverty. When he is depressed and has not met, he also knows that he has the ambition of a great bird! Finally can shake up the mud, soar above the wind and clouds, the wish of Fu Ma ge, the heart of a fast life, unless the time comes, yan can be as far as this!
Among them, Li Yuantong, Mai Tiewan and others were all famous generals of the Sui Dynasty, and they were the heroes of the moment. Wei Zheng's discussion of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei together with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei was not nonsense. Moreover, even if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were heroes, their descendants did not have any achievements, but lai'er was not, and their descendants had remarkable achievements, which were incomparable to the descendants of Guan Zhang and Zhang. As mentioned earlier, when Lai'er was killed by the anti-thief Yu culture and killed, he also implicated his entire family, and his three sons were killed. But there were many sons who came to protect his son, and at that time, he had two young sons who were fortunate enough to escape, and later became the pillars of the country. Later, they both became prime ministers during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, and their glory was temporary.
Therefore, as a historical hero and a hero of the Sui Dynasty, like the Sui and Tang heroes Zhang Shigui and Su Dingfang, they should also clarify from the misunderstanding of the interpretation, give "rehabilitation", and return their true historical features. (Text/Woman Who Tells History: One Meter Warm Sun)
Resources:
1. The Book of Sui
2. "The Biography of Beishi Laihu"
3. Book of Tang, etc.