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【Understand Qin Qiong, the last one among the twenty-four heroes in Lingyan Pavilion, Qin Qiong Tang Dynasty】

Why is Qin Qiong, who is said to be able to fight against Guan Gong, ranked last among the 24 heroes in Lingyan Pavilion? "I would rather learn from the three sworn brothers in Taoyuan than from the incense burner in Wagang", how sad is the real story behind it?

In this video, let us take a chronological look at the life of Qin Qiong, who had five bosses and eventually surpassed Zhang Fei and Zhong Kui to become the number one door god.

Qin Qiong, courtesy name Shubao, was born in Licheng, Qizhou. His ancestors were officials of the Northern Dynasties, and his father was an official in the palace of the Northern Qi Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, Qin Qiong served under General Huer.

Because of his bravery in battle and his skill in horsemanship, he was soon appreciated by Lai Huer, who thought that Qin Qiong would be able to gain wealth and honor in the future and should not be underestimated, so he held him in high esteem.

In 614 AD, Qin Qiong had his first highlight moment in life, as he followed Zhang Xutuo to attack Lu Mingyue's peasant army. This time, the enemy had 10 soldiers, while Zhang Xutuo only brought 1 soldiers, with a huge difference in strength, and their food and grass were running out.

Qin Qiong was not afraid at all. He led 1000 elite soldiers to attack the enemy camp, burning down more than 30 camps in one fell swoop, and helped Zhang Xutuo completely defeat the rebels. Qin Qiong also became famous in this battle and became a well-known general.

Later, he defeated another peasant army with Zhang Xutuo, made a new contribution, and was awarded a sixth-rank official. The peasant uprisings in the Sui Dynasty were already blooming everywhere, and the government troops could not defeat them at all.

Among the many rebel armies, the most powerful one was the Wagangzhai. With many brave generals and Li Mi as the military advisor, the Wagangzhai soon grew strong enough to threaten the rule of the Sui Dynasty.

Zhang Xutuo was ordered to lead a large army to fight against the rebellion, but was eventually ambushed by Li Mi and killed in battle. Qin Qiong was forced to lead his troops to join Pei Renji, but Pei Renji soon surrendered to Li Mi, so Qin Qiong also joined the Wagang Army.

Li Mi had heard of Qin Qiong's bravery and was very happy to see that he was willing to submit. He appointed him and Cheng Yaojin to lead 8000 internal troops. These 8000 internal troops were the elite of Wagangzhai and were said to be able to resist a million-strong army. Qin Qiong's ability to take on this important task showed how much Li Mi valued him.

Although Li Mi killed Qin Qiong's old superior Zhang Xutuo, Qin Qiong was devoted to Li Mi. When Li Mi was fighting with Yu Wenzhi, Li Mi was hit by a stray arrow and fell off his horse. The Wagang army was leaderless and fled.

Only Qin Qiong protected Li Mi firmly and fought off Yu Wenzhi's pursuers, eventually leading to Yu Wenzhi being defeated by Li Mi and fleeing in panic.

After that, the next opponent of the Wagang Army was Wang Shichong in Luoyang. However, Li Mi was arrogant and complacent at this time, and no longer cared about his soldiers. In addition, he killed the old leader of the Wagang Camp, Zhai Rang, which made the generals alienated and the rift became wider and wider.

Li Mi thought he could easily defeat Wang Shichong and move into Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Sui Dynasty. However, with the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Yanshi, Li Mi completely lost the wealth of the Wagang Army and his men were scattered. Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin also surrendered to Wang Shichong.

Wang Shichong had heard of the reputation of Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin, and was very happy to see them willing to surrender. Although he gave Qin Qiong a high position, Wang Shichong was cunning and Qin Qiong was unwilling to work for him, and planned to surrender to the Tang army with Cheng Yaojin.

In 619 AD, the Tang army fought a great battle with Wang Shichong at Jiuqu. Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin defected to Li Yuan with their men and were accepted by Li Shimin, the King of Qin.

After Qin Qiong followed Li Shimin, he defeated Yuchi Jingde in Meiliangchuan and forced Yuchi Jingde to surrender. It is worth mentioning that Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde did not know each other until they fought, and they were loyal to Li Shimin together. Later generations worshipped them as door gods.

After the battle, Li Yuan specially rewarded Qin Qiong with a golden bottle, and said that no matter what reward he gave, he could even cut off his flesh and eat it. Not long after, this statement came true.

The most famous scene in history, the tragedy of fratricide, the Xuanwu Gate Incident is about to take place. In the process of the Tang Dynasty sweeping away the heroes and unifying the country, Qin Wang Li Shimin and his many generals made great contributions.

Li Yuan even promised to make Li Shimin the crown prince. However, as Li Shimin's prestige grew, Li Yuan felt uneasy. No emperor wanted to see his son's prestige far surpass his own.

At the same time, Crown Prince Li Jiancheng also regarded his second brother Li Shimin as a thorn in his side, and the conflict between the two sides became increasingly serious, and finally the Xuanwu Gate Incident broke out. Qin Qiong followed Li Shimin to kill Crown Prince Li Jiancheng and Qi Wang Li Yuanji. However, the record of Qin Qiong in this battle in history books is very vague.

After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Qin Qiong's health deteriorated and he was often ill. In 638 AD, Qin Qiong died of illness and was posthumously awarded the title of Duke of Hu. Five years later, Qin Qiong was listed in the 5 heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, ranking 24th.

——"Whenever Qin Shubao is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is not the door god, but Huang Haibing."

——"The fact that he ranked last has nothing to do with his ability. First, he joined the company too late, and Xuanwumen did not participate. Second, all the people ahead at that time were civil officials. Zhangsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and others were all in the top five. Even Li Ji was not ranked high."

——"He was the best fighter in the early Tang Dynasty. Whenever he saw someone showing off his power, Li Shimin would ask him to rush into the enemy camp alone and bring back the man's head. Don't let the Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties harm you. There is no doubt that Qin Qiong is the best fighter."

——"Whenever Shubao followed Taizong in his campaigns, Taizong would be very angry if there were brave generals and sharp soldiers in the enemy who showed off their men and horses and came and went. He would order Shubao to take them. Shubao would obey the order, jump on his horse and charge forward with a spear, and he would stab the enemy in the midst of thousands of people, and the men and horses would be scared away."

——"It's no exaggeration to say that I feel like I can't beat him."

——"Forget it. Whether in the official history or the novel, the gap between Qin Qiong and Guan Yu is quite large. Guan Erye is at least the actual controller of the Zhou Dynasty, not to mention the novel. What is Qin Qiong? He is just a general at most."

[A video to understand the life of Li Jing, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, the history of the Tang Dynasty Li Jing]

On the vast grassland at the foot of the Yin Mountains, the decisive battle between the Tang Dynasty and the DTZ was about to begin. Facing the Turkic cavalry that blocked out the sky, a Tang army wearing silver armor took the lead and the Turkic people failed to stop the Tang army's charge.

The arrogant Turkic cavalry was soon completely defeated by the well-equipped Tang cavalry in this head-on battle. The Tang army defeated the Turkic army again and again with its powerful military strength, and finally destroyed DTZ completely.

The one who commanded this battle was the protagonist of our story today, Li Jing, the god of war of the Tang Dynasty. He would start the glorious years of the Tang Dynasty from then on.

Li Jing was born in a family of officials in Sanyuan County, Jingzhao Prefecture. When he grew up, Li Jing successively served as a minor official in the Sui Dynasty. Although the official positions were humble, Li Jing was able to use his talents in each position to make this insignificant official famous in the court.

At the age of 35, Li Jing began to follow Li Yuan to fight against the Turks. However, at this time, the rebellion against the tyranny of the Sui Dynasty had already surged, and the Qi army resisted the rule of the Sui Dynasty with overwhelming force.

Li Yuan, the governor of Taiyuan during the Sui Dynasty, secretly recruited troops and waited for an opportunity to act. Li Jing sensed Li Yuan's motives, so he disguised himself as a prisoner and went to Jiangdu to inform Emperor Yang of Sui.

But when Li Jing arrived in the capital Chang'an, Guanzhong was already in chaos, and Li Jing's plan did not go as planned.

Soon after, Li Yuan and Taiyuan raised an army and quickly captured Chang'an, capturing the 47-year-old Li Jing. When the learned Li Jing was about to be beheaded, he loudly denounced Li Yuan for killing a warrior because of personal grudges.

Li Shimin, the son of Li Yuan, admired Li Jing's courage very much, so he summoned him into his court.

After Li Yuan founded the Tang Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor, Li Shimin was canonized as the King of Qin. In order to quell the remaining separatist forces, the fifty-year-old Li Jing followed Li Shimin in the Eastern Expedition and eliminated Wang Shichong, who proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang, and then began to gradually emerge.

Soon after the battle began, Xiao Xing's regime in Jiangling sent the Zhou army up the river in an attempt to seize Tang territory. In order to completely eliminate Xiao Xing's separatist forces, Li Yuan sent Li Jing to fight.

The 51-year-old Li Jing offered a brilliant plan, and the four armies advanced together towards Jiangling, launching an unprecedented military offensive, and soon wiped out the largest separatist force in Jiangnan.

In 623 AD, the Jiangnan region, which had been devastated by war, regained stability. After the situation in Jiangnan stabilized, the situation in the north became tense again. At the beginning of Li Yuan's uprising, he paid tribute to the Turkic Khan in exchange for stability in the north.

After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the Turks, on the one hand, supported separatist forces such as Xue Ju and Liu Wuzhou to compete with the Tang Dynasty; on the other hand, they continued to send troops to invade the south.

Li Jing, who had made outstanding contributions in pacifying Jiangnan, was transferred by Li Yuan to the north to fight against the Turks. When the Turkic Khan led more than 55 troops to attack Taiyuan, the 10-year-old Li Jing led more than 1 Tang troops to garrison Taiyuan. Due to the fierce attack of the Turks, all the troops were defeated, and only Li Jing's army was saved.

After Li Shimin ascended the throne, the situation was very critical. Li Shimin had to risk going to the Weishui Bridge to form an alliance with the Turks, which made the Turks withdraw. Soon after, DTZ was in turmoil, and a snowstorm happened, which killed many horses, eventually leading to famine and the tribesmen were scattered. Li Shimin decided to take the opportunity to attack DTZ and completely eliminate this hidden danger.

As the commander-in-chief of this battle, the 59-year-old Li Jing led more than troops to attack the Turks in different directions. The Turks did not expect the Tang army to launch a sudden attack and were all shocked.

Li Jing led 3000 elite cavalrymen to launch a surprise attack under the cover of night in the severe cold, and broke into Dingxiang City in one fell swoop, capturing Yang Zhengdao and Empress Xiao of the Sui Dynasty.

The Turkic Khan fled in panic. While Li Jing was advancing victoriously, the rest of the Tang army also fought hard and defeated the Turkic army. The Turkic Khan Jie Li suffered heavy losses after defeat.

Eventually, he gathered his remnants and retreated to Tieshan. He was in a desperate situation, but he still had hope in his heart. He wanted to delay time by pretending to surrender, and wait until the grass was green and the horses were fat to escape to the north of the desert and make a comeback.

But the Turkic Khan's idea was soon seen through by Li Shimin. After discussing countermeasures with Li Jing, Li Shimin decided to completely eliminate the hidden danger of the Turkic Khan.

So Li Jing led his army to set out overnight and arrived at Yinshan Mountain. After annihilating 1000 Turkic scouts, the vanguard Su Dingfang led more than 200 people and quietly marched in the fog to launch a surprise attack on the Turkic camp.

Li Jing's army also arrived in time, killing more than 1 enemies, capturing more than , seizing hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, and capturing the son of the Turkic Khan and killing Princess Yicheng of the Sui Dynasty. The fleeing Turkic Khan was also captured soon after, and DTZ was destroyed.

Li Jing was appointed Shangshu You Pushe for his meritorious service. But before he could enjoy a few years of peace and quiet, Tuyuhun invaded Liangzhou. He walked on ice and snow, sleeping in the open air, and suffered a lot of hardships.

The Tang army won the first battle. The cunning Tuyuhun Khan retreated westward while burning all the wild grass to cut off the grass for the Tang army's horses. The dry grass had been burned and the spring grass had not yet sprouted. Most of the generals thought that the horses were weak and could not pursue the Tang army for a long distance. Only Hou Junji and Li Jing thought that the opportunity was not to be missed.

Not long after, the Tang army caught up with Tuyuhun Khan in Wuhai, defeated the Tuyuhun army, and captured his wife. Tuyuhun Khan fled to Qiemo with more than 1000 cavalrymen, but was at the end of his rope. His subordinates scattered one after another, and he was soon killed by his own subordinates.

After two months of bloody fighting, Li Jing led his army to conquer Tuyuhun. In order to control Tuyuhun territory, the Tang Dynasty appointed Tuyuhun Khan's eldest son as the Prince of Xiping and left Li Daliang to assist in the defense.

After the empire was stabilized, Li Shimin ordered people to draw 24 meritorious officials in the Lingyan Pavilion of Taiji Palace, and Li Jing was listed among them, ranking 8th. It was also in this year that the case of rebellion by Crown Prince Li Chengqian occurred. Li Jing's eldest son was convicted for being friendly with the crown prince and was sentenced to exile in Lingnan.

In 649 AD, Li Jing's condition worsened and he died suddenly at the age of 79. In the late Tang Dynasty, Li Jing was gradually deified. Among the 72 famous generals of the Song Dynasty, Li Jing was also included. Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty selected 37 ancient and modern meritorious officials to be honored in the Temple of Emperors of All Dynasties, including Li Jing.

In the Qing Dynasty, the statue of Li was invited to the Taimiao to become one of the 41 accompanying ministers, sharing the royal sacrifices with emperors of all dynasties.

——"Li Jing is the kind of player who doesn't need any military tactics or strategies. You will feel that he is inexplicably defeated in the laning phase. He can be said to be an absolutely underestimated god of war."

——"A good warrior does not have great achievements. Li Jing's battles always make people feel that they win too easily."

——"It's not that they are not famous, Tangxiahu, Hongfunu, they sound very impressive, okay?"

——"What's the point of being famous? He's not even as famous as Nezha's father. After all, his life was too smooth. When facing opponents, it's basically an easy win. Excellent strategies and tactics don't require any tricks. Just play it safe and steady, and then you'll win slowly."

——"Brothers, are you guys pulling it up again?"

——"You have to be so weird, pushing historical videos to me right after the stew is launched. Are you spying on me?"

——"79 years old was considered a long life in ancient times. No, even in modern times it is considered a long life."

——"No matter what, he is a candidate who is expected to be in the top five. It is hard to say whether there is any general in history who can surpass him. Han Xin and his ilk can only be said to be on par with him at best."