Li Cunxiao, a famous military general in the late Tang Dynasty, was born in Lingqiu, Shanxi.

In China's folk storytelling novels, Li Cunxiao is known as "the first fierce general of the ages", and some writings even juxtapose him with the famous Western Chu overlord Xiang Yu, so he has the reputation of "the king is not Xiang, and the general is not Li"!

You may have heard such a sentence, called "the king is not a piece, the power is not a bully, the general is not Li, and the fist is not gold", and the "will not be Li" is talking about Li Cunxiao, the first fierce general in the late Tang Dynasty.

Xiang Yu's prestige, not to be repeated here, that is a great hero that the Chinese are very familiar with, but if you can compare a military general, if you can compare him with Xiang Yu, it is a very proud thing, such as Jiangdong Sun Ce, known as the little overlord, it is said that when Sun Bofu first heard this praise, he was very happy in his heart, which shows the position and weight of Xiang Yu in the hearts of the Chinese.

Xiang Yu can be said to be a god-like existence, he is the most courageous person among the kings, there is no doubt about it. So who is Li Cunxiao? Why can he be compared to Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu who vibrates the universe? Don't worry, you will understand after reading this humble article.

Li Cunxiao, to be precise, was a person from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and was known as the first fierce general in the late Tang Dynasty. He is the adopted son of Li Keyong, Li Keyong is not like the princes and kings of the Central Plains at that time, only reusing his cronies, but carefully selecting the brave people of the people to be his own sons, among which the thirteen most courageous people are called "Thirteen Taibao". Later, because Li Cunxiao was extremely brave and overshadowed several others, everyone called him the first of the Thirteen Taibao, and the other twelve people were gradually gradually diluted, and everyone began to call Li Cunxiao the "Thirteen Taibao".

So why was Li Cunxiao reused by Li Keyong and recognized him as a righteous son? There is such a story......

It is said that Li Cunxiao has been different from ordinary people since he was a child, with two eyes and natural powers, and once smashed a huge stone statue to pieces. One day, he was herding sheep on the hillside, suddenly caught off guard, out of nowhere a tiger jumped out, Li Cunxiao was not in a hurry, and the tiger fought for half an hour, in the end, this tiger was actually killed by the young Li Cunxiao, it happened that this scene was seen by Li Keyong, who was hunting on the other side of the mountain stream at the time, Li Keyong was shocked, and hit his leg and sighed: "How can there be such a person in the world, it is simply brave and invincible!" "I was very happy.

But Li Ke was very cautious with this person, and wanted to continue to test this kid, so he pretended to be innocent and asked: "Young man, this tiger was raised by me, and you beat him to death now, this can't be done, either you compensate me, or you have to give me a reasonable explanation." After listening to Li Keyong's words, Li Cunxiao felt very sorry, so he said embarrassedly: "I didn't know that this tiger was yours, I'm really sorry to kill it, I'll give you back the tiger!" So Li Cunxiao threw the tiger he killed like a stone across the mountain stream, which is simply too powerful, and it can be described as a godsend.

Li Keyong fell in love with this powerful child all of a sudden, so he inquired in many ways, and finally learned the child's life experience, it turned out that the baby's name was An Jingsi, and he was a minority Shatuo tribe. After Li Keyong accepted Xiao An as a righteous son, he let him learn Chinese and read Chinese characters, and after practicing, Li Keyong asked Xiao An to study the Four Books and Five Classics seriously, and Xiao An's classmates finally followed Li Keyong's surname, and Li Keyong also gave him a new name, called Li Cunxiao.

So as a general, how high is Li Cunxiao's martial arts? How good is he?

According to the "Biography of Li Cunxiao in the History of the Old Five Dynasties": "He rode and shot, bravely crowned, and often rode as a pioneer, without defeat; From Emperor Wu to rescue Chen and Xu, chase Huang Kou, and be killed in Shangyuan, every battle is invincible! From this passage, it can be seen that Li Cunxiao is brave and invincible, and he has never been defeated at all in his life for Li Keyong.

It is also recorded in the history of the five dynasties:

Gao Siji, who was ranked third at the time, was very brave, but when Li Cunxiao was sick, he captured Gao Siji in less than ten rounds. The second-ranked fierce general is called Wang Yanzhang, this person has first-class marksmanship, known as the prince of iron guns, this person is usually very arrogant, very arrogant, thinks he is invincible, often speaks and shouts, it is simply no one in his eyes, it is said that he took the initiative to find Li Cunxiao to compete, I didn't expect that day Li Cunxiao was in excellent condition, only five rounds, Wang Yanzhang was stabbed off the horse, Wang Yanzhang suffered a little injury and couldn't get up under the horse, or was Li Cunxiao took the initiative to help him up.

It is said that after Li Cunxiao's death, Wang Yanzhang had no opponent for a while, and Li Ke used his thirty-six fierce generals to take turns to defeat under his gun, making Li Ke anxious, and muttering in his mouth: "If Cunxiao is still alive, how can it be Xiao Wang's turn to be so rampant in front of my eyes?" Later, his subordinates thought of a clever trick for Li Keyong, he found someone to pretend to be Li Cunxiao to fight, and when Li Cunxiao rode a white horse to the front of the battle, Wang Yanzhang saw it, and immediately fell off the horse and walked back, good guy, this buddy didn't die, Wang Yanzhang was frightened, and what was even more exaggerated was that Wang Yanzhang's younger brother Wang Yantong was scared to death.

Li Cunxiao is so powerful, but his fate was very miserable, and he was divided by five horses. So why did the famous Li Cunxiao fall into this?

Because Li Cunxiao's martial arts are too strong, his combat effectiveness is very fierce, and he almost overshadowed everyone at that time, and his fame was too great. At this time, Li Cunxin, who was the fourth in the Thirteen Taibao, was very jealous of him, so Li Cunxin set up a divisive plan to divide the father-son relationship between Li Cunxiao and Li Keyong, and in the end, Li Cunxiao was killed by Li Keyong.

When Li Cunxiao was surrounded, it was Li Cunxin who rushed to the front to arrest Li Cunxiao, this guy is really a villain. Seeing the iron bucket besieged under the city, Li Cunxiao upstairs cried and shouted to Li Keyong under the city: "The favor of the king is the best, and he is the prime minister, are you willing to abandon the relationship between father and son and join the enemy?" All these are to be framed by faith, he is jealous and deliberately separates you and my father and son, the son is not filial, I hope to see the king alive, and I will lead to death if I say a word. ”

Li Keyong listened to Li Cunxiao's words on the city gate, and felt very sad, but the letter and evidence were all there, and he had no choice but to send Li Cunxiao's most respected concubine Liu to talk to Li Cunxiao. After Concubine Liu came in, Cunxiao immediately knelt on the ground with a plop, and pleaded guilty and said: "My son has worked hard, and he has not shown any fault, but he was slandered, and he has no way out, and he is so confused!" Concubine Liu was helpless, so she sighed and said, "Hey, Cunxiao, you!" And he went out crying. After listening to this sentence relayed by Concubine Liu, Li Keyong said: "Er and Wang Rong's pleadings, I have sinned all over the world, and I also believe in religion!" "Returned to Taiyuan, the car is split in the city. Li Cunxiao was torn apart by the car like this.

In fact, Li Keyong was hesitant before killing Li Cunxiao, he was actually willing to see everyone come out to intercept him, just go down the slope and go through the process, but I didn't expect everyone to be very jealous of Li Cunxiao, no one was willing to stand up and intercede for Li Cunxiao, Li Keyong was very disappointed, the matter has been spreading, causing him to be very sad, and Li Keyong misses Li Cunxiao very much, and feels that he can't stand him in his heart, all of this is Li Cunxin's kid's separation, so far, Li Keyong has not been in court for a long time, This gave the notorious Zhu Wen a big opportunity to exploit the loophole.