Speaking of which, the single family of Caozhou Jiyin is also an official family.

Shan Xiongxin's grandfather, Shan Deng, once helped the Northern Zhou Yuwen clan unify the north, made outstanding military achievements, worshiped the general of the country, and was ordered to garrison Dongchang Mansion.

Shan Xiongxin's father, Shan Yu, is a hereditary father and still guards Dongchang. In the first year of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui, Sui general Li Yuan led his troops to attack Zhou, besieged Dongchang, Shan Yu fought with it for seven days and nights, and was captured and killed by Li Yuan after the city was broken, and the resentment between the two families of Shan and Li began.

Soon after Shan Yu was killed, the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the country, and the Shan family did not dare to stay in Shandong for a long time. Because the single family has been an official eunuch for generations, he brought a large amount of gold and silver when he fled, and after he was exiled to Luzhou, Shanxi, he built a manor and bought a field and settled here. This is the Erxian Village mentioned in the commentary.

After the Sui unified the world, the family members of the old generals of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were no longer pursued. Shan Xiongxin's mother missed his hometown again, so Shan Xiongxin and his eldest brother Shan Xiongzhong took his mother back to his hometown in Caozhou, Shandong, and then had the opportunity to make friends with Xu Shixian.

Shan Xiongxin has practiced martial arts since he was a child, lived in Shanxi for more than ten years, and made a great name with a [Golden Nail Jujube Yang Lance] in his hand. Because of his red hair, the people of the green forest are called "red-haired spirit officials".

A guy who has been dancing with knives and guns since he was a child, how can he live idle when he returns to his hometown in Caozhou with his mother? Not long after settling down, Shan Xiongxin began to call friends and set up banquets again, and relied on his own strong kung fu to fight for a Shandong green forest scoop.

In the limited information that comes to the whole world, there are mixed evaluations of Shan Xiongxin.

Among them, there are several theories about Li Shimin's stubborn beheading of Shan Xiongxin despite Xu Shixian's hard work.

You must know that among the generals of the Tang Dynasty in history, there are many generals who are from the Wagang army, such as Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, Xu Shixian, Wei Zheng, Wang Bodang, Hou Junji, etc. Especially Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin, they knew each other and were brothers and sisters with Shan Xiongxin before they settled in Wagang.

According to "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", Qin Qiong and others are friends with Shan Xiongxin and have a lifelong friendship, especially when Qin Qiong was in trouble, and he was also assisted by Shan Xiongxin.

So why didn't Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin intercede for him? That's a long story.

As the world knows, the Wagang Army was founded by Zhai Rang. At the beginning, it was just a group of grass robbers who robbed homes and houses, and they had no ambition to be the king. At this moment, Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiyun are also heroes in the green forest, making a living by killing people and goods, and the two of them are old friends, so they joined Zhai Rang's command together.

As for the Wagang Army really becoming stronger, it is Li Mi's merits. Li Mi was born in a family of eunuchs, and his great-grandfather was Li Bi, one of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty. Li Mi himself was good at planning, first leading his army to kill Zhang Xutuo, a general of the Sui Dynasty, and then leading his army to capture Luokoucang. Under his influence, a large number of generals, high-ranking officials and local heroes of the former Sui Dynasty joined the Wagang Army one after another.

As the so-called "things gather like people and divide people into groups", and the so-called "where there are people, there are rivers and lakes", the Wagang Army is divided into two factions at this moment.

One is the Green Forest Heroes faction headed by Zhai Rang, and the other is the former Sui Dynasty generals, high-ranking officials and local heroes headed by Li Mi who compete for the world.

After having a lot of territory, the friction between the two factions is more prominent, and the momentum is the same. At the critical moment, there was a traitor on Zhai Rang's side, that is, Shan Xiongxin. With the cooperation of Shan Xiongxin, Li Mi used the banquet to kill Zhai Rang's family, seriously injured Xu Shixian, and annexed Zhai Rang's forces.

Although Zhai Rang died, the estrangement between the two factions did not disappear, and although Shan Xiongxin betrayed Zhai Rang, he still had no way to integrate into Li Mi's faction.

Later, Li Mi and Wang Shichong fought fiercely near Luoyang, and the internal army (Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan) relied on was lost.

After these two incidents, in the hearts of Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin, a person who betrayed the old master and would not save him when he saw death, Shan Xiongxin was no longer his brother.

So when Li Shimin wanted to kill Shan Xiongxin, it was understandable that they didn't intercede.

There is also a saying that Shan Xiongxin is a principled and righteous person.

It is said that "the hatred of killing the father is not shared with the sky", not to mention that the Li family still grabbed and killed Shan Xiongxin's two "fathers".

Li Yuan killed Shan Xiongxin's father Shan Yu, and Li Shimin arrested his "father-in-law" Wang Shichong.

Under such circumstances, if Shan Xiongxin took refuge in the Tang Army in order to survive, wouldn't he become a "thief as his father"? Therefore, Shan Xiongxin will not surrender until death.

Whether Shan Xiongxin is treacherous or chivalrous is impossible to know. In fact, there is no need to pay attention to these details now.

Because the top priority is the business of private salt, if you want to go smoothly in Shandong, you can't do without the support of Shan Xiongxin, the scoop of Shandong's green forest.

As for whether to use him in the future, or how to use it, let's talk about it when the time comes.