There was a general in the Sui Dynasty, who was renamed Tiger Because he captured a tiger at the age of thirteen. He was Han Baohu, the son of the Northern Zhou Horseman Han Xiong, who was originally called Han Baobao. He was a native of Dongyuan, Henan, and later moved to Xin'an, where his father became famous for his bravery and integrity. When he was young, Han Huhu was bold, strategic, and brainy, and his body was even more tall and tall, and his appearance was outstanding. He not only liked to practice martial arts, but also liked to read, and he knew a little bit about history books and scriptures. At that time, after Taizu Wentai saw him, he felt at a glance that he must be extraordinary in the future, so he let him play with his children, and later he made military merits, became the governor, and gradually rose to the level of Yi Tong Sansi. When Yuwen Yong attacked Northern Qi, Dugu Yongye defended Jin Yongcheng, and he persuaded Du Lonely to surrender, so he was promoted to Yongzhou Assassin.
In 581, Yang Jian secretly had the intention of annexing Jiangnan, and felt that Han Baohu was an all-rounder of literature and martial arts, and wanted to reuse it, so he pulled him to his side and appointed him as the governor of Luzhou, entrusting him with the heavy task of pacifying Southern Chen, and the enemy knew that he would be afraid in the future. In 588, with a major attack on Southern Chen, he led five hundred soldiers for the vanguard to cross the river at night, attacked the quarry, then attacked Gusu, and then attacked Gusu, which took half a day to attack, and then continued to attack Xinlin. At that time, the common people all knew his prestige and reputation, and they all came to see him at the military gate, and Chen Ren was very scared at that time, and Fan Tour, Lu Shizhen, Tian Rui, and so on all surrendered one after another.
Yang Guang also sent the commander of the march to make peace with him, and there were as many as 20,000 infantry and cavalry at that time, at this time Chen Shubao led his troops to guard The Town of Suzaku Hang, and when he heard that he had come to attack the city, they were frightened and fled. The enemy army was defeated and surrendered, he led five hundred people to attack the Suzaku Gate directly, at that time, Nan Chen's soldiers were still preparing to fight, the surrendered general said: "I have surrendered, what else do you want to do", everyone also gave up resistance, after pacifying Jinling, Han captured Chen Shubao alive.
But after returning home, Han Huohu actually competed with He Ruobi for credit, and He Ruobi said in front of Emperor Wen of Sui: "I fought to the death at Jiang Shan, repelled the enemy's elite troops, and captured the enemy's generals alive, and the mighty wind was great, and finally pacified Chen Guo, how can you compare with me", Han Huohu replied: "I was ordered to join your army and attack the capital, just because you ventured out in front of me, when you met the enemy army, you began to fight, the soldiers were killed and wounded, and our five hundred people took Jinling without bloodshed. They surrendered and arrested Chen Shubao, occupied the treasury and destroyed the nest, and you didn't knock on the door until the evening, and it was too late to remedy your sins. After hearing this, Emperor Wen of Sui said that both of them should be rewarded.
The Book of Sui records what happened before he died of illness. An old woman saw that there was a big battle under him, as if it were in the palace, and she went up to ask, and someone in the honor guard told her that they had come to pick up the king, and then the group disappeared. Another very sick man went to Han Huhu's house and said that he wanted to see the king, but he was confused and asked what king he was, and the man replied, "King Yan Luo." After listening to the people who wanted to go up and teach this nonsense, Han Baohu stopped them and said, "I am very satisfied that I can become the king of Yan Luo after I die." After that, he died of illness, and the legend of his becoming the king of Yama after his death was also passed down.
Text: The wind is soft and the river is water
References: Book of Sui, Han Hu Dialect
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