In some classical novels and commentaries, operas, there are often some fierce generals who use two sledgehammers, generally this way of characters are Hercules, hundreds of pounds of hammers in the hand to play with, the enemy will encounter them, light weapons are smashed or broken by them, heavy is smashed by them spit blood, smashed into internal injuries or directly smashed flat, anyway, it is exaggerated enough. According to legend, during the Sui and Tang dynasties, there were four such macho men, known as the "Eight Sledgehammers", because each person had a pair of sledgehammers in his palms, they were: Li Yuanba, who held the golden hammer of the drum urn, Pei Yuanqing, who held the plum blossom bright silver hammer, Qin Yong who held the brass and melon hammer, and Liang Shitai who held the iron pressure oil hammer.
In the legendary Sui and Tang "Eight Sledgehammers", the most powerful martial artist is naturally Li Yuan's younger son, Li Yuanba, the "King of Zhao of the Western Province", don't look at the sharp-billed monkey's thin and dry cheeks, but the force value is invincible, known as the first in the world. Once a man beat down eighteen anti-kings, killing millions of troops and bleeding into rivers - like a myth! However, due to his low IQ, he was eventually killed by Thunderbolt. The second ox in the "Eight Sledgehammers" is pei Yuanqing, a handsome "silver hammer Taibao", a beautiful teenager, the third good man of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the only one who can carry Li Yuanba's three hammers is him. He was also Cheng's brother-in-law, who was often the vanguard in battle, and in the end, he was flickered into the fire and thunder array and killed. Like Li Yuanba, Pei Yuanqing was a teenager when he died. The third most powerful one is called Qin Yong, known as "Silver Face Weituo", is also a small handsome man, he is Qin Qiong's son, but much stronger than Gan Dad's martial arts, the ending is equally tragic, he hung up at the age of ten - died of poisoned arrows. The last one was called Liang Shitai, who was the owner of the Hanging Hammer Zhuang, this guy looked bad, black, and had defeated the Wagang hero Shan Xiongxin in seconds, but after encountering the sui and Tang Dynasty's sixth good Han Wu Tianxi, he was smashed to death by the three moves of the mixed gold boring in the hands of others, which was also a tragedy.
Li Yuanba in film and television dramas
Pei Yuanqing in the film and television drama
The story of the Sui and Tang Dynasty eight sledgehammers is purely fictional, and the story of being invincible and killing countless enemies by relying on strength alone is just interesting and wonderful. However, among the four fierce men holding eight sledgehammers, there is one who really has his prototype in history, he is the little handsome brother Pei Yuanqing, and his historical prototype is Pei Xingyu at the time of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. And what else Li Yuanba, Qin Yong, and Liang Shitai were all made up--in history, Li Yuan's third son, named Li Xuanba, had no deeds and died of illness at the age of sixteen. Let's talk about the historical prototype of Pei Yuanqing and the Pei Xingjian clearly recorded in the Book of Sui.
Pei Xingjian
Pei Xingyu (裴行俨), a native of Hedong Commandery (河東郡; present-day Yongji, Shanxi), was the son of the Sui Dynasty warlord Pei Renji (裴仁基), a high-ranking official of the Sui Dynasty, who was highly skilled in martial arts and had served as the personal bodyguard of Emperor Yang Jian of Sui, the "pro-guard", and had also charged into battle during the conquest and was very brave. Pei Xingyu inherited his father's courage and also inherited his father's martial arts, and he was more courageous than blue. In the last year of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the Pei family father and son went on the orders of the Sui Emperor Yang Guang to go on a crusade against the rebellious Wagang army leader Li Mi in the thirteenth year (617) of daye, this father was like a fierce god like a fierce tiger, they beat the Wagang army to defeat and retreat, but at this time, the Sui army's supervisor Yushi Xiao Huaijing made a bad, seeing that Pei Renji was not pleasing to the eye, he opposed Pei Renji's distribution of military supplies to the tired soldiers, and secretly plotted to impeach Pei Renji.
Yang Guang in film and television dramas
Pei Renji was very upset when he learned of this, and When Li Mi learned of this, he was very happy, so he quickly sent someone to fool Pei Renji and make him submit to the Wagang Army, and Pei Renji really agreed, so he cut Xiao Huaijing and surrendered to Li Mi. Li Mi was in a good mood and made Pei Renji and his son Pei Xingyu an official.
Pei Renji
Li Mi had an elite army in his hands, known as the "Inner Army", which consisted of eight thousand carefully selected berserkers, equivalent to the head guard. Li Mi once said triumphantly: "These eight thousand people can be a million." This invincible "internal army" must be led by the military general with the highest force value, so Li Mi appointed his most trusted "four horsemen" as the commander of the "internal army", and Pei Xingyu was one of the "four horsemen". The other three are even more famous: Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie (i.e., Cheng Zhijin), and Luo Shixin (who is made into a great fool with infinite power in the Sui and Tang commentaries). In fact, in history, he is a heroic teenager, and the seventh good man and little handsome brother Luo Cheng in the "Sui and Tang Dynasties" is based on him.) In this "Four Horsemen", the only one who has won the reputation of "ten thousand enemies" is Pei Xingyu. You know, this "ten thousand enemies" in history first refers to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei! To be able to get this reputation, you can see how fierce Pei Xing is! However, there is another version of this "Inner Army Four Horse", namely Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Shan Xiongxin and Wang Bodang.
Li Mi
In every battle, Pei Xingyu was leading the way, charging forward, invincible, like a beast. The history books do not say that his weapon is a double hammer, in the Sui and Tang dynasties, the charging warriors generally liked to use guns, spears and hammers (similar to guns and spears, but much longer and heavier than guns or spears), Qin Shubao, Cheng Yaojin and Luo Shixin were all (Qin and Cheng's weapons in the history of the two were not the hammers or axes mentioned in the speech), and it is estimated that Pei Xing should also be such weapons.
In the first year of Wu De (618), Li Mi and Wang Shichong, one of the heroes of the late Sui Dynasty, fought, and Pei Xingyu, as usual, rushed straight into the enemy position! However, due to the fire, he encountered a random arrow, injured and fell off his horse! At the critical moment, Cheng Biting Jin came, immediately put Pei Xingyu on his mount, and then rushed to kill with his life, killed the pursuing soldiers, and got out of danger! In the rendition, Pei Yuanqing's sister Pei Cuiyun married Cheng Yaojin, and in history, they were definitely not the relationship between brother-in-law and brother-in-law, but a close comrade-in-arms, lifelong friendship!
Wang Shichong in the film and television drama
Although Pei Xingyu was saved by Cheng Biting Jin, Li Mi was eventually defeated by Wang Shichong, who escaped and defected to Li Yuan, and Li Mi's fierce generals, such as Qin Shubao and Shan Xiongxin, were all recruited by Wang Shichong, including Cheng Shichong and the Pei family father and son. Wang Shichong knew that the pei family father and son were fierce generals, very good to them, all kinds of rewards, and also married his niece to Pei Xingyu, when Wang Shichong put on the imperial robe in the second year of Wude (619), he directly named Pei Renji as the Rebbe Shangshu, and Pei Xingjian as the General of Zuo Fu. But not long after, Wang Shichong became suspicious, because Pei Xing was too fierce, and the title of "Ten Thousand Enemies" made Wang Shichong more and more afraid the more he thought about it, so he always guarded against him. Pei Xingyu also knows that the boss is not at ease with himself, he does not do two things, do not you suspect that I am unfaithful? Then I will be unfaithful to you! In this way, Pei Xingyu and his father colluded with dozens of ministers who looked at Wang Shichong unfavorably, plotting rebellion, and they also bribed the officials in charge of the imperial meal, and when they were ready to deliver food to Wang Shichong, they took a dagger to kidnap Wang Shichong, and Pei Xingyu led the troops to respond!
Everything was well conceived, but at the critical moment, this matter leaked, a general reported the gang to Wang Shichong, Wang Shichong preemptively attacked, Pei Renji Pei Xingyu father and son and other people were all killed! The "enemy of ten thousand" can no longer "oppose" anyone.
Almost all of Pei Xingjian's entire family was killed, but he also had a younger brother, who later became loyal to the Li Tang Dynasty, he was the famous Tang Dynasty general Pei Xingjian, compared to his brother, Pei Xingjian was more powerful, because Pei Xingjian was only a simple-minded fierce general, and Pei Xingjian was an outstanding military expert, with a developed IQ, a deep understanding of Tao Strategy, who had broken the Turks and shocked the world, becoming the best Confucian general in the Tang Gaozong era, and he was also a great calligrapher, cursive and subordinate calligraphy were quite powerful.
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