In the romance novel, Qin Qiong seems to be the second-ranking figure in the Wagang Army. It is said that he also has the title of "Generalissimo of the World's Governor Recruiting Soldiers and Horses".
If we look closely at "Old Book of Tang ", "New Book of Tang " and "Zizhi Tongjian", we will find that for a long time, Qin Qiong traveled around in various camps in the late Sui Dynasty in search of helping the world and settling the people. The Lord is highly respected and valued wherever he goes.
Qin Qiong eventually became the most powerful general in the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and later became a goalkeeper with Yuchi Jingde. However, seven of his comrades in the Wagang Army died unexpectedly.
We have carefully read the Tang Dynasty books and "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", but we can't find records of Qin Qiong's rescue of these people. This leaves us with some questions: seven Wagang comrades were killed one after another, and Qin Qiong did not. Once rescued, was it too late to save or did he not want to save? Or do you simply not know that those Wagang comrades are at a critical moment of life and death?
Cheng Yaojin has never been a demon king and a virtuous emperor, and Qin Qiong has not been a marshal of Wagang. These two Shandong heroes are both hussars of the Wagang Nei Ma Army. Li Mi attaches great importance to these eight thousand elites: "These eight thousand people can be counted as one million!"
The first leader of the Wagang Army was Zhai Rang, and the second leader was Li Mi. After Li Mi Huo merged with Zhai Rang, he alienated Jia Runfu, Xu Shiji and others, but did not dare to treat Qin Qiong. Negligence, because Qin Qiong can be said to be the representative of the Sui Dynasty officer faction, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the backbone of the Wagang Army and the Dinghai Shenzhen - Qin Qiong stepped forward at the critical moment when Li Mi was seriously injured and lost the ability to command, with the utmost The strong appeal and fighting power saved the Wagang Army: "The secret battle with Huaji was at Tongshan Mountain in Liyang. He was hit by a stray arrow and fell off his horse. He was scattered left and right, and the pursuers came. Only Shubao defended it, and secretly succeeded. He was exempted. Shu Bao gathered his troops to fight with them, and then retreated. "
Among the heroes in Wagang, Shan Xiongxin, who was born in a reckless family, and Xu, a son of a wealthy family. Shiji may not have a close relationship with Qin Qiong, but Cheng Yaojin, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, and other former Sui Dynasty officers had Qin Qiong as the core - before joining the Wagang Army, Qin Qiong was a member of the Great Sui Zheng Sixth Grade Jianjie Lieutenant, Luo Shixin was his deputy general, Cheng Yaojin was the commander of Dong'a security, and Pei Xingyan was the eldest son of Dr. Guanglu Pei Renji . It seems that he did not have an official military rank in the Sui Dynasty. After joining the Wagang Army, these four people also served as hussars of the Neima Army. .
Qin Qiong was highly respected both under the guard of children and in the army of Zhang Xutuo. Even Wang Shichong also respected Qin Qiong, and named him Emperor Yang Tong of the Sui Dynasty (originally the King of Yue). , in the name of Emperor Taizhu ) in history, he was named General Longxiang.
Qin Qiong led Cheng Yaojin, Niu Jinda, and Wu Heitai to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and made many military exploits for the Tang Dynasty, which moved the Emperor Wudi of the Tang Dynasty Li Yuan to the point of being incoherent: "My flesh can be used by you, so I should cut it off and give it to you. How about my children and silk?"
Li Yuan still kept his word. He not only named Qin Qiong Shangzhu Kingdom , Yi Guogong (This title is as meaningful as Zhao Yun General Yi Jun, but unfortunately it was later changed by Li Shimin to Hu Guogong ), and he was also "given tens of millions of gold and silk". After a rough calculation of half a pot of old wine, in Defeat Wei After the five battles of Chi Jingde, King Kong of the Song Dynasty, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, and Liu Heita, Li Yuan gave Qin Qiong a gold wine bottle, two hundred kilograms of gold, and miscellaneous colors. Thirteen thousand pieces of silk and satin.
One kilogram of in the Tang Dynasty is equivalent to about 600 grams today, and two hundred kilograms is 120,000 grams, worth tens of millions. Moreover, when Li Yuan was the emperor, the Duke's food was not filled with water, and the three thousand households were real feudal households. Yap.Later, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Incident and ascended to the throne. Although the newly promoted "heroes" did not need to be replaced by mink (ancient officials used mink tails as crown ornaments, it was too indiscriminate to appoint officials and the mink tail was not enough, so they used dog tails instead of mink). But there was not enough to divide, so they had to create a "food seal". Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin's 3,000 food households became 700 households.
In any case, Qin Qiong was relatively easy to talk to in the Tang Dynasty. When Shan Xiongxin was beheaded and Uncle Wang was shot, if he had interceded or sacrificed his life to rescue him, Li Yuan and Li Shimin should have given him face. .
The last moments of Shan Xiongxin and Wang Bodang were slightly different. Shan Xiongxin was beheaded after the surrender of Luoyang, while Wang Bodang was shot to death together with Li Mi under Nan Xinggong Xian, Luhun County.
When Shan Xiongxin was captured as a prisoner of war, Qin Qiong was on the front line in Luoyang, but we saw that Xu Shiji wanted to use all his military exploits and titles in exchange for Shan Xiongxin's life, but Qin Qiong did not say a word to save him.
When Wang Bodang was shot, Qin Qiong was not at the scene at all. Xiongzhou Deputy General Sheng Yanshi, the deputy general of Xiongzhou who was chasing Li Mi and Wang Bodang, Qin Qiong was too late to save him even if he wanted to.
Wang Bodang is very loyal. If possible, Qin Qiong will definitely come to the rescue, but for Shan Xiongxin, it is uncertain - the relationship between Qin Qiong, Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji in the official history seems to be very ordinary, far away Not as like-minded as Qin Qiong and the old generals of the Sui Dynasty.
It was too late for Qin Qiong not to save Wang Bo. Qin Qiong was also unable to save Wang Bo, as were the famous Wagang generals Pei Xingyan and Luo Shixin.
Qin Qiong left Wang Shichong's camp calmly in February of the second year of Wude. Pei Renji and Pei Xingyan who stayed there were killed in May of the same year. At that time, Qin Qiong followed Li Shimin to guard the Changchun Palace, and did not have time to cooperate with Pei Xingyan inside and outside. Pei Xingyan and Pei Renji conspired to kill Wang Shichong, and did not get in touch with Qin Qiong and other old Wagang generals - they wanted to restore It was the throne of Emperor Yang Tong, and they no longer had a common goal with Qin Qiong, who had become a general of the Tang Army. Therefore, when Qin Qiong took Cheng Yaojin and others to defect to Li Yuan and Li Shimin, the Pei family and his son did not go with him.
Qin Qiong was too late to save Wang Bodang, too late to save Pei Xingyan, and even too late to save Luo Shixin. Especially after Luo Shixin's death, Qin Qiong could only worry and had no choice.
Luo Shixin was captured and beheaded by Liu Heitai, an old general of Wagang in Mingshui City. Before that, Qin Qiongang intercepted and defeated Liu Heitai in Lieren County, Wu'an County on the order of Li Shimin.
Liu Heitai ran to Mingshui City with the remaining soldiers defeated by Qin Qiong, and first surrounded the old general of Wagang Wang Junkuo. Luo Shixin led 200 people into the siege to rescue Wang Junkuo, and held on for eight days. After the city was broken, Liu Hei was captured. Tai failed to persuade him to surrender, so he killed his comrades in Wagang.
Qin Qiong could have participated in the battle of Mingshui City, but God interfered with it. It snowed heavily for days and the roads were blocked. Li Shimin did not have any capable generals around him, so he could only watch the city of Mingshui being destroyed: "Heimao is anxious day and night. If we attack, it will snow heavily and reinforcements will not be available. On the eighth day of the journey, Ding Chou and the city fell. Hei Ta Su heard of his bravery and wanted to live. Shi Xin's words were unyielding, so he killed him. "
Luo Shixin's death was not worth it. Wang Junkuo he rescued was of great character. Difference: "In office, there are many indulgences, and a long history Li Xuandao Threatened him by the imperial constitution, he was afraid of being punished, but he was not at ease. Later he pursued him into the dynasty and went to Weinan, where he killed the postmaster and escaped. ."
The Battle of Mingshui , Qin Qiong lost his closest comrade, and naturally hated Liu Heita deeply. He could not help but feel resentment towards Wang Junkuo, who had betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy. Therefore, for these two people, Qin Qiong would only hope that they would die soon, and might even want to kill them quickly. , so when these two famous Wagang generals were killed, Qin Qiong not only would not rescue them, but might light a furnace of incense to comfort Luo Shixin's soul in heaven.
Qin Qiong was too late to save Wang Bodang, Pei Xingyan, and Luo Shixin. Wang Junkuo and Liu Heitai were killed by Tang troops or the common people. Not only would Qin Qiong not rescue Shan Xiongxin, but he might even stab Shan Xiongxin a few times if he had the chance. As for whether Shan Xiongxin should be saved or not, let’s leave it to the end. First, let’s talk about the fact that Qin Qiong was killed by Li Shimin eight years after Qin Qiong’s death. Let me introduce Zhang Liang, the beheaded Duke of Yun.
Lingyan Pavilion Zhang Liang, the Duke of Yun who ranked sixteenth among the twenty-four heroes, was also an old general of Wagang: "At the end of the great cause, Li Mi took over the land of Ying and Bian, and followed it with bright sticks and strategies, but was not appointed. He belonged to the army. If there are any rebels among us, report them openly, secretly consider them to be sincere, and assign them to General Hussars. Affiliated to Xu Ji. "
Zhang Liang was executed by Li Shimin on the charge of treason in the 20th year of Zhenguan. At that time, the stone man and stone horse in front of Qin Qiong's tomb had been surrounded by incense for many years. Naturally, it was impossible to leave any words to tell Li Shimin not to kill Zhang Liang. : Zhang Liang’s crime was only to accept 500 adopted sons. This number of people is not enough to be used for rebellion!
Li Shimin may have regretted it after killing Zhang Liang, so promoting the young craftsman Li Daoyu who had tried to prove Zhang Liang's innocence to the rank of minister of the Ministry of Justice was also a sign of admitting his mistake.
Perhaps most readers don’t care whether Zhang Liang should die, so in the end we’ll go back and talk about Shan Xiongxin.
Half a pot of old wine has always believed that although Shan Xiongxin is not as righteous and affectionate towards Qin Qiong as described in the heroic novels of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, he is not like the betrayal of the Wagang brothers as shown in some dramas.
Shan Xiongxin was an old friend of Zhai Rang. After Li Mi killed Zhai Rang, he also wanted to kill Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji. In that case, Shan Xiongxin could only bear the humiliation and wait for an opportunity to take revenge. Finally, he waited for the opportunity and was completely defeated by Wang Shichong. After killing Li Mi, he was deeply grateful to Wang Shichong and sacrificed his life to repay him.
Shan Xiongxin once looked at Xu Shiji's affection and gave up the pitcher's available formation to kill the King of Qin Li Shimin. This extraordinary feat showed the deep friendship in his heart: "The King of Qin besieged the eastern capital, Xiongxin refused to fight, and the gun was several As for the king, Xu Shiji said: "The King of Qin!" Then he retreated. "
Shan Xiongxin let Li Shimin go for Xu Shiji's sake, but Li Shimin refused to let Shan Xiongxin go for Xu Shiji's sake. This is also understandable: Li Shimin became violent, even his eldest brother, fourth brother and tenth brother. After killing all his nephews, how could he let go of Shan Xiongxin who almost picked him?
It is understandable that Li Shimin would not spare Shan Xiongxin, but Qin Qiong's attitude is worthy of study: Why didn't Qin Qiong use all his military merits and titles to save Shan Xiongxin's life like Xu Shiji did? If Qin Qiong is willing to come to his rescue, will Li Yuan and Li Shimin give him this face?
