First, the "second brother" of iron
There was a funny phenomenon in the Sui and Tang dynasties, originally Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Zhai Rang, Meng Haigong, these people, either Tyrant or big brother level figures, it is reasonable to say that the popularity should be very high. What is expected to be far inferior to Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, shan Xiongxin.
Among them, especially Shan Xiongxin, even if you put aside the momentum of "Sui and Tang Dynasty" and "Speaking of Tang" - besides, Shan Xiongxin is not the protagonist, the most fierce is Qin Qiong, whose popularity is actually very high, as if it has a sense of juxtaposition with Li Mi and Wang Shichong. Why?
In fact, to sum up, in one sentence: during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, except for Li Shimin, they were all the bosses of flowing water, even Li Yuan was like this! But Shan Xiongxin is the "second brother of iron fighting".
2. Wagang Flying General
The so-called mountains and rivers reflect each other in order to form a charming river and lake scenery. It just so happens that there is a Wagang Mountain in the Sui and Tang Rivers and Lakes. There were two eldest brothers, the first was Zhai Rang, who later gave way to Li Mi. So Li Mi became the second.
What about the "second brother" of Wagang Mountain? Not Qin Qiong, not even the Chaos Demon King Dade Tianzi in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but Shan Xiongxin!
Shan Xiongxin is known as the "Flying General". The so-called flying general, the Western Han is Li Guang, the Three Kingdoms is Lü Bu, and the Sui and Tang dynasties are Shan Xiongxin. From this nickname alone, we can know how fierce Shan Xiongxin is. Therefore, when Zhai Rang gave up the position of eldest brother to Li Mi, why did Li Mi also target Shan Xiongxin when he killed Zhai Rang?
Li Mi also has no way, who makes Shan Xiongxin's ability strong and influential? What if Shan Xiongxin jumped out to pick peaches while he and Zhai Rang were fighting? This has nothing to do with belly blackness, but with reality and vital interests. Therefore, when After killing Zhai Rang, Shan Xiongxin knelt down and begged for forgiveness, Li Mi was in trouble.
Just at this moment, his good brother Wang Bodang came and hurriedly stopped it - killing Shan Xiongxin was even worse, who could take over his command? The title of "Flying General" was bought and won again and again, and the Soldiers of Wagang obeyed.
Li Mi did not understand these truths, which was also the reason for his hesitation. And Shan Xiongxin also hurriedly said: From now on, you are my boss.
In this way, Shan Xiongxin recognized Li Mi as the eldest brother, immediately showed his influence, and calmed down the aftermath of Zhai Rang's killing, at least the army was stable! Li Mi also continued to let Shan Xiongxin be the second brother and rule the old people of Wagang! However, at the same time, in order to hedge the influence and restraint of Shan Xiongxin, Li Mi subsequently established an elite internal army of the Concubine Clan.
It was led by Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Pei Xingyu (Pei Yuanqing prototype), Luo Shixin (Luo Cheng prototype) and others. That is to say, Qin Qiong and others in the Wagangshan period could not be compared with Shan Xiongxin at all. This is the power of Shan Xiongxin, the commander of the Wagang Army (the old forces) as a soldier and horse commander!
3. Wang Shichong's first general
Although the Wagang forces, under the leadership of Li Mi, were once proud of the jianghu, his killing of Zhai Rang had in fact caused a split in the Wagang forces. Otherwise, why would he want to build his own elite internal army? This is actually the root cause of the ultimate defeat of the Wagang forces.
When the Wagang army confronted Wang Shichong. Wang Shichong attacked Shan Xiongxin, causing him to ask Li Mi for help. Li Mi sent Cheng Yaojin and Pei Xingyu to lead the internal army to rescue. As a result, Wang Shichong's army turned around and attacked Cheng Jin and Pei Xingyu. Causing Pei Xingyu to be injured and fall off his horse.
Cheng bit Jin desperately to save Pei Xingyu, rushed outward with his life, and was pierced by a hammer (not fatal), Lao Cheng was furious, angrily turned back, and actually broke the other party's long hammer, followed by killing the other party, and fled with Pei Xingyu. (Old Book of Tang: After the thorn passed through the cave, Zhijie turned back and broke his hammer, and also won the pursuer, so he was spared from the line.) ）
Although Cheng Bite Jin is brave and abnormal, but the problem is Shan Xiongxin? You must know that this is to rescue him, a little common sense knows that the inside should be combined with the outside, but why has it become this kind of painting style of chasing and killing Cheng Biting Jin and Pei Xingyu? And Shan Xiongxin is not only missing, but also alone?
The answer was soon revealed, and then in the Battle of Yaoshan, Li Mi and Wang Shichong fought fiercely, and Shan Xiongxin neither supported nor rescued, but instead dropped his ass and surrendered to Wang Shichong, resulting in Li Mi's final defeat, and Wagang Mountain was destroyed. (Old Book of Tang: Shan Xiongxin and others also restrained themselves, and they could not support themselves, and Shuai's subordinates rode lightly to the tiger prison.) ）
Therefore, there has always been a saying: Why did Li Mi fail? It's because I didn't kill Shan Xiongxin! Although it is very one-sided, it has to be said that it is also the truth.
In any case, Shan Xiongxin became the first general under Wang Shichong and was named a great general! Qin Qiong was given the title of General of Long Jun and General of Cheng Yaojin, all of whom were under Shan Xiongxin.
When Li Shimin fought Wang Shichong, Shan Xiongxin broke out into a terrifying battle and almost killed Li Shimin. Thanks to his good brothers at this moment, Xu Shijie, that is, Li Ji (Xu Maogong), rushed to stop it, which allowed Li Shimin to escape this fate. (Old Book of Tang: Xiongxin sent an army to resist the battle, and came to the aid of the gun, and several times with Emperor Taizong, Xu Shixun stopped it, saying: "This King of Qin is also.") Xiongxin was afraid and withdrew, and Emperor Taizong was spared. ）
Throughout his life, Li Shimin often personally led the Xuanjia army to pursue thousands of miles and was invincible. However, when he faced Shan Xiongxin alone, he almost died, which was the only time in the history of Li Shimin's conquest.
Fourth, the consequences of Li Shimin's killing of Shan Xiongxin
After Li Shimin defeated Wang Shichong, he captured Shan Xiongxin alive and killed the flying general despite Xu Shijie's intercession. Many people say that the reason why Li Shimin killed Shan Xiongxin was because Shan Xiongxin had a bad character, was capricious, and always rebelled.
However, the author believes: On rebellion, didn't Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Xu Shiji, etc. all rebel? Why is it that the unique single Male Letter is a problem with the character?
So the real reason is that when Li Shimin defeated Wang Shichong, he also killed another strong enemy, Dou Jiande, the so-called double king in the first battle. At that time, there was no longer any power to threaten and resist Datang! In this case, the demand for famous players is naturally not high. Especially shan Xiongxin, a famous player with great influence.
Therefore, Shan Xiongxin's death is not so much caused by character as it is that he died "the surrender window has been closed." At least Li Shimin and Li Yuan, the father and son, think so. unbelief? Watching Li Shimin capture the double queen in a battle, what happened.
After Li Shimin returned to Chang'an, Li Yuan was again a prisoner of the Taimiao Temple, and he was also a sacrifice to his ancestors, and he was eager to let the old ancestors "play music and dance together." Just two months later, with a thunderclap, Liu Hei raised an army and swept through Hebei, invincible.
Li Shentong was almost completely annihilated.
Luo Yi, the King of Yan, was also defeated, and two of his tiger generals, Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun, were captured.
Xu Shiji (Li Ji) was defeated, the territory army was all lost, and his elder brother fled back alone...
Looking at these lists, which one is not a god-like being? As a result, it was all picked up by Liu Heimin!
Datang, which had just "played music and then danced", immediately fluctuated in the wind and rain, and if it continued to develop like this, it might hit Chang'an!
So why did Liu Heimin rebel? The reason is very simple, Liu Heimin was originally Dou Jiande's subordinate, and Dou Jiande's soldiers were defeated and killed, and his men already had a sense of crisis. Even if Shan Xiongxin was also killed, these Dou Jiande men were suddenly afraid: "Even a general like Shan Xiongxin was killed, and there is still a way for us to live." The opposite! (Old Book of Tang: Wang Shichong surrendered to Luoyang, and his subordinates, Gongqing and Shan Xiongxin, were destroyed, and if my generation went to Chang'an, there would be no reason to preserve it.) ）
Faced with this situation in which the building will fall, Li Yuan ordered Li Shimin to take command again. As a result, in the Battle of Shuishui, Li Shimin's general Luo Shixin, who was only 22 years old, the prototype of Luo Cheng in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, was killed by Liu Heimin in Puzhou.
Why is Luo Cheng so untroubled with Shan Xiongxin in "Sui and Tang Dynasty"? So that when Li Shimin killed Shan Xiongxin, he ordered Luo to become a supervisor? Looking at this history, there is a causal relationship.
It's just that no one dares to hold Li Shimin responsible for killing Shan Xiongxin, so he can only push the contradiction on the heads of these two brothers - the so-called cow coaxing, our old Single, is the green forest scoop of the five northern provinces. A solipsistic, you count the ball, I Xiao Luo, is the son of Yan Wang Luo Yi, the tip of the needle to Mai Mang!
Therefore, it was not because of shan Xiongxin's character problem that led to his killing, but Li Shimin or Li Yuan, both of whom were blinded by the victory of the "Two Kings in the First World War", and the impact was too bad.
Therefore, not only did Datang almost perish in advance, But Li Shimin's beloved general Luo Shixin also paid the price of his life...