Chapter 31: Brave and invincible Xue Rengui

"Eight hundred miles expedited! According to the emperor's holy order, His Royal Highness the King of Qin is going to hold a martial arts competition outside the south gate of Chang'an City. At that time, the top 200 can become the guards of His Royal Highness King Qin, the first can become the commander of the guards, and the second and third can become deputy commanders. In addition, King Qin wrote a special poem for this purpose - "Chivalrous Journey"! The above things are repeated all over the country, and a chivalrous line is widely spread, and every hero is chanting this heart-wrenching verse.

"Zhao Keman, Hu Ying, Wu Hook Shuang Xueming. The silver saddle shines on the white horse, like a shooting star.

Kill one person in ten steps, and don't stay for a thousand miles. Brushing off the clothes and going away, hiding deep with the name.

Idle over the letter tomb drink, take off the sword and kneel forward. will scorch Zhu Hai and persuade Hou Huan.

Three cups of Turannuo, Wuyue is light. After the eyes are dazzled and the ears are hot, the spirit is born.

Save Zhao with a golden hammer, Handan was shocked first. Two strong men in Qianqiu, Xuanhe Liang City.

The bones of the arson are fragrant, and he is not ashamed of the world. Who can write Your Excellency, the white head is too mystical. ”

In Longmen Xiu Village, Jiangzhou, Shanxi Province (now Xiu Village, ten miles east of Hejin City, Shanxi), in a poor small thatched hut, a kind and docile little woman looked at the man who was about 20 years old with a large appetite, and there was a trace of tenderness in her eyes, but more happiness. She was originally the daughter of a rich local family and the leader of the surname Liu, but because she fell in love with this stupid big man and disagreed with the family, she finally fell out with the family and lived with this good-fated boy, but she has always believed that her husband is not an ordinary person, and it will not be easy to act in the future.

"Lady, come over and eat some too, then you will lose weight!" The young man on the side kept putting vegetables in his wooden barrel, and at the same time sending the rice in the wooden barrel to his mouth! looked like a starving ghost reincarnated, seeing her husband's way of eating, Xue Liushi couldn't help but sigh lightly, his family's rice jar was about to bottom out again!

"Husband, eat it! I'm not hungry! Although Xue Liushi said this, his stomach was growling uncontrollably, Xue Rengui saw his wife like this, he immediately frowned, and his handsome face became crying!

"The lady is useless to me, I, Xue Rengui, swear to the sky that one day I will repay the lady's great kindness, and live up to the lady for life, if I violate this oath, I will hit five thunders in the sky!" Xue Rengui swore to God, he felt that he was really sorry for his mother!

That's right, this is the home of Xue Rengui, who is known as the first fierce general of the Tang Dynasty, and now it can be described as a family with four walls, especially Xue Rengui's amount of food is really amazing, speaking of Xue Rengui, everyone knows that Xue Rengui conquered the east and other deeds, but now he is downcast!

Xue Li (March 24, 614-683), Han nationality, a native of Xiu Village, Longmen, Jiangzhou, Shanxi Province (now Xiu Village, ten miles east of Hejin City, Shanxi), the word Rengui, born in the tenth year of the Great Cause (614), is the descendant of Xue Andu, a famous general in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the sixth grandson of Xue Andu, belonging to the Xue family in Hedong, but has declined in his generation. His father Xue Liang died early, although his family was poor since he was a child, he practiced martial arts, worked hard, and was born with superior arm strength.

But he was born in troubled times, did not have any development, grew up to farm, married his wife Liu, and gave birth to a large amount of food. When he was 30 years old, he was described as destitute and destitute and wished to move his ancestral grave in the hope of bringing good luck, and his wife said: "Those who have the ability to do things must be good at seizing the opportunity." Now that the emperor is driving to conquer Liaodong, it is the time when you need a fierce general, you have the ability to do this, why not make a name for yourself in the army? When you return to your hometown, it's not too late to bury your parents! When Rengui heard this, he felt that it made sense, so he said goodbye to his wife, went to the city of Xinjiang to find General Zhang Shigui, enlisted in the army, and began his legendary experience of galloping on the battlefield for 40 years.

Xue Rengui's life and military achievements are impressive, it is another rare handsome talent after Li Jing and Xu Shiji, and a Longtian painting halberd of more than 200 catties is even more fascinating, and he has fought countless battles in his life, and he is even more terrifying to the enemy, and is known as the first fierce general in the Tang Dynasty!

In the third year of Xianqing (658), Tang Gaozong ordered Cheng Mingzhen to conquer Goryeo, with Xue Rengui as his deputy general. Xue Rengui defeated the Goryeo army at Guiduancheng (located in the area of the Hunhe River in present-day Liaoning) and beheaded more than 3,000 ranks. In the second year, Xue Rengui and Liang Jianfang, Qibi He Li, etc., fought with the Goryeo general Wen Shamen in Hengshan. At that time, Xue Rengui held a bow and arrow, took the lead, rushed into the enemy formation, and all those who shot fell to the ground. Then, he fought with the Goryeo army in Shicheng, met the enemy general, killed more than ten people, and no one dared to do it. Xue Rengui was furious when he saw this, and rode in alone, directly taking the enemy general. The enemy general was intimidated by Xue Rengui's bravery, and before he had time to release his arrows, he was captured by Xue Rengui. Soon, Xue Rengui and Xin Wenling defeated the Khitan in Montenegro, captured the Khitan king Abgu under the general's land, after the war he worshiped General Zuo Wuwei for his merits, and sealed the county of Hedong.

In the first year of Longshuo (661), the Hui leader Po Yan, who had always been friendly with Tang, died, and Bisu, who succeeded him, turned to become an enemy of Tang. Tang Gaozong edicted Zheng Rentai as the main general, Xue Rengui as the deputy general, and led the troops to Tianshan to attack the nine surnamed Hui. Before leaving, Tang Gaozong gave a banquet in the inner hall, and Tang Gaozong said to Xue Rengui during the banquet; "Gu Shan shoots those who wear seven times, and Qing tries to shoot them with five armors." Xue Rengui responded to the order, put the armor and took the bow and arrow to shoot, only to hear the bowstring sound, and the arrow had passed through the five armors. Tang Gaozong was taken aback, and immediately ordered someone to take the armor and reward Xue Rengui.

After Zheng Rentai and Xue Rengui led their troops to the Tianshan Mountains, more than 100,000 people with the surname Hui refused and dozens of brave knights came to challenge. Xue Rengui fired three arrows and killed three people, and the rest of the knights were afraid of Xue Rengui's divine power and dismounted and asked for surrender. Xue Rengui took advantage of the situation to wave his army to cover up and kill, and the nine surnamed Hui were defeated, and all the people who fell were killed. Then, Xue Rengui crossed the north to chase and defeat the crowd, capturing the three brothers of its leader. After Xue Rengui collected his troops, the army sang: "The general has three arrows to set the Tianshan Mountain, and the strong man sings a long song into the Han Pass." Since then, the Hui nine surnames have declined and are no longer troubles.

In the first year of Qianfeng (666), Goryeo Mo left the Zhiquan Gai Suwen and died, and his son Yuquan Nan succeeded to the throne, but he was expelled by his younger brother Quan Nanjian, and the special envoy asked Tang for help. Tang Gaozong sent Pang Tongshan and Gao Pin to comfort him, but Quan Nanjian refused, so Tang Gaozong ordered Xue Rengui to lead the army to help

Send Pang Tongshan and high quality. Traveling to Xincheng, Pang Tongshan was attacked by the Goryeo army, and after Xue Rengui learned about it, he led the army to arrive in time, beheaded hundreds of enemy heads, and rescued Pang Tongshan. After Xue Rengui heard the news, he led the army to cut the Goryeo army into two and attacked, beheaded more than 5,000 levels, and took advantage of the victory to capture the three cities of Goryeo Nansu, Mudi and Cangyan, and met with the spring boys. In this regard, Tang Gaozong issued a special edict to comfort Xue Rengui. Then, Xue Rengui led another 2,000 men to attack the important town of Buyeo City, and at this time, the generals were all small and persuaded him not to enter lightly. Xue Rengui said: the soldier "in the good use, not in the public", so he led the army to go out, this battle, he took the lead, killed more than 10,000 enemies, attacked Fuyu City, a moment of prestige, more than 40 cities in Fuyu River, have looked at the wind and surrendered. At this time, Tang sent Li Ji as the chief administrator to take the opportunity to attack Goryeo. Xue Rengui also advanced along the coast, joined forces with Li Ji in Pyongyang City, and Goryeo surrendered. After that, Tang Gaozong ordered Xue Rengui and Liu Renliang to lead 20,000 troops to stay in Pyongyang, and awarded Xue Rengui as the general of the Right Weiwei, the prince of Pingyang County, and the protector of Andong. After Xue Rengui was instructed, he moved to Pyongyang New City. During his tenure as the protector of Andong, he cared for orphans and children, kept the elderly, punished thieves, promoted virtuous people, praised the righteous and righteous people, and the people of Goryeo lived and worked in peace and contentment.

When Xue Rengui was appointed as the protector of Andong, Tubo gradually became stronger, defeated the Tuyuhun established by the Qiang people, and invaded the Tang Western Regions. For this reason, Tang Gaozong transferred Xue Rengui as the chief officer of the Luo Po Dao marching army, and took Ashina Daozhen and Guo Beifeng as deputy generals, leading an army of more than 100,000 people to conquer Tibet.

Xue Rengui was ordered to march westward, and the army reached Dafeichuan (present-day the Cheji Plain in the southwest of Gonghe County, Qinghai; As soon as it is said that the West Buha River in Qinghai Lake will converge on Wuhai (now the bitter sea in the southwest of Guanghai County, Qinghai), Xue Rengui said to Ashina Daozhen and Guo Zhifeng: "Wuhai is dangerous and miasma, and I am dead, which can be described as a dangerous road. Today, the big non-ridge is wide and flat, can be placed in the two gates, the weight of the inside, leaving 10,000 people to guard it, I double the road to cover the thief is not tidy, and it will be destroyed. Guo Beifeng volunteered to stay, and Xue Rengui instructed him not to act rashly.

After Xue Rengui made arrangements, he led his troops to Wuhai and to the mouth of the river, where tens of thousands of Tubo defenders were encountered. Xue Rengui collected more than 10,000 cattle and sheep, marched westward, approached Wuhai City, and then sent more than 1,000 cavalry back to Dafeichuan to pick up the baggage, but at this time Guo Beifeng had been defeated by Tubo. Xue Rengui withdrew from Dafeichuan because he had no baggage to help. At this point, Tubo mobilized 400,000 troops to attack, but the enemy could not resist and was defeated. But Tubo was not poor, and negotiated peace with Tang on the condition that he would not go deep, Xue Rengui had no choice but to agree, and then led the defeated army back to the east. After the war, he was dismissed as a concubine due to his defeat.

Soon, the Goryeo region rebelled against the Tang Dynasty. Tang Gaozong appointed Xue Rengui as the head of Jilin Road to pass through Liaodong. During his tenure, Xue Rengui violated the law and degraded Xiangzhou, and was later pardoned and returned.

This is also the biggest defeat in Xue Rengui's life, but it is mainly because of improper employment, Guo Beifeng violated Xue Rengui's arrangement and made decisions without authorization, which caused this defeat!

In Xue Rengui's later years, the Tubo forces developed northward, blocking Gua (now southeast of Anxi, Gansu) and Sha (now Dunhuang, Gansu), and at the same time, the Turks continued to invade the northern Tang Dynasty. At this time, Tang Gaozong summoned Xue Rengui for his merits, and after that, he appointed him as the governor of Gua Prefecture and led the Turks on his right. When the Turks heard that Xue Rengui had returned as a general, they were very frightened and did not dare to be his front, so they scattered for a while. Xue Rengui took advantage of the situation to attack, broke the Turks, beheaded more than 10,000 people, captured 20,000 people, and more than 30,000 cattle, horses and sheep.

Xue Rengui died in the second year of Yongchun (683) at the age of 70. After his death, the imperial court gave Zuo Xiaowei the general, the governor of Youzhou, and the government also created a special spirit. Escort the mourner back to his hometown.