Most people's understanding of the sui and Tang dynasty warriors comes from the "Sui and Tang Dynasty Yanyi", as well as the "Biography of sui and Tang Heroes" in the TV series, in fact, this is a novel, and it was written by the Qing Dynasty scholar Chu Renyu, but it is like the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and is read by many people as a canonical history. In the novel, the highest martial artist in the Sui and Tang dynasties is Li Yuanba, his weapon is a pile of iron hammers, it is said that a total of 800 pounds, can be called the world's first master, Yuwen Chengdu, Pei Yuanqing were defeated under his hands, but all this is a novel.
The real Li Yuanba in history is Li Yuan's third son, and in the novel, he becomes the fourth son, Li Yuanba's original name is Li Xuanba, and in order to avoid the name of the Kangxi Emperor Xuan ye, he changed it to Li Yuanba. As in the novel, Li Yuanba died at a young age, historically he died in 618 AD, only 15 years old, and Li Yuan rebelled against Sui in 617 AD, and the next year he began to fight the world, so Li Yuanba had no chance to show his might on the battlefield. Li Yuanba is a fictional character, but in the Sui and Tang dynasties there was a really powerful fierce general, he was clearly recorded in historical records, this person is Qin Shubao, just like in the novel, Qin Shubao is very brave and good at war.
Qin Shubao was originally a Sui Dynasty general, and later defected to Li Mi in Wagangzhai, and then to Wang Shichong, and finally defected to Li Shimin, the weapon he used in history was a long gun, not the golden hammer in the novel, and his mount was a sacred horse, just like in the novel. According to the "Youyang Miscellaneous Tricks", "Qin Shubao's horse trumpet was suddenly thunderous, often drank wine, and every time he tried it in the middle of the moon, he could erect three collars of black felt." and Hu Gongpao, who died without eating. "Qin Shubao's horse was called Kulei Barge, he could also drink, he could jump over the height of the three-story building, and then Qin Shubao died, and this horse died of hunger strike. When Qin Shubao was under Wang Shichong's command, Li Shimin came to attack and almost lost to Qin Shubao's men.
According to historical records: "Qin Wuwei was extremely brave, and his gun exceeded the normal system. At the beginning, emperor Taizong besieged the king in Luoyang and went under the city of Chi Ma Dun, and dozens of people in the city could not move. In the face of Li Shimin's attack, Qin Shubao inserted his love gun into the ground, and Li Shimin sent dozens of people who could not pull it out, which showed that he was extraordinary in divine martial arts, so Qin Shubao was completely qualified by the descendants of the original door god. Although Qin Shubao was powerful, he took the wrong side in the change of Xuanwu Gate, to be precise, he did not take the line, that is, he did not help Li Shimin kill the two brothers, which was also considered to be Mingzhe's protection, so later among the twenty heroes of his LingYange, he ranked first from the bottom.
Qin Shubao was the real Sui and Tang Dynasty's first fierce general, but because Li Shimin ranked him low, posterity also underestimated his real strength.