Zhangba's spear is in Zhang Fei, just like the Qinglongyan Moon Knife in Guan Yu, like a feather fan in Zhuge Liang, which is his iconic equipment. This bronze statue was empty-handed, so when Lu Chong got it, he didn't think about Zhang Fei's body.

Lin Liben explained: "It is precisely because this bronze statue does not have a spear that we can be sure that it is from your homeland. This bronze statue of Zhang Fei without a spear has a special name called the statue of the soul of the soldier, which is a statue worshiped and worshiped by the soldiers of the Sichuan army. ”

Lu Chong was shocked when he heard the two words of Sichuan Army, these two words have left a strong record in the history of China.

In the feudal period, the land of Bashu was valued by the rulers of successive dynasties for its abundant products, but it could not be completely controlled and became a semi-autonomous region that listened to the tune and did not listen to the propaganda.

The reason why this is the case, in addition to the remoteness of the Bashu region and the natural terrain barrier that makes it difficult for the Shu Road to go to the blue sky, the strong combat power of the Sichuan army and the strong sense of locality are also extremely important reasons.

However, in the history of hundreds of thousands of years, the Sichuan army was only responsible for guarding the homeland, and the people in other regions knew little about it except for the people above the court who understood its combat power.

Until modern times, the Japanese invaded the rivers and mountains of China, and the land of Bashu became one of the few provinces that did not fall under the iron heel of the Japanese invaders.

However, in the face of the crisis of the destruction of the country and the extinction of the family, this time the Bashu boy did not stick to a corner and watched coldly, but walked out of Shu without hesitation and went to the forefront of the anti-Japanese war across the country.

As a province that was not invaded by the Japanese invaders, Bashu provided 20% of the country's military resources and up to 50% of the money, food and materials, which can be said to be a province to help the whole country.

At that time, the total population of Bashu was more than 40 million, and 3.5 million of them went to the battlefield of resistance against Japan, and one out of 15 people joined the war of resistance.

Among every five soldiers who participated in the Anti-Japanese War, there was a Bashu person!

Of course, such a large number of troops cannot be a standing army, and most of the Sichuan troops who have just come out of the land of Bashu are just ordinary people who have received simple training and do not even have equipment.

When it first came out of Bashu, this army was not favored by everyone, and even thought that it was the worst army in China at that time, and there was no one!

However, it was such an army that made countless of the most arduous and tragic sacrifices in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and made great contributions to the cause of national independence of the Chinese nation.

The Yang Sen Department of the 20th Army was the first Sichuan Army in the Anti-Japanese War of Resistance against Sichuan, starting from the Battle of Songhu, without service, and was the backbone of the three Changsha Battles, and had completely annihilated the Kato Brigade of the Ninth Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army in the Battle of Zhuying Mountain in the Third Battle of Changsha.

The 26th Division of the Sichuan Army, which participated in the Battle of Songhu, was one of the five divisions with the best combat record, with more than 4,000 officers and men in the division, but only more than 600 people remained when they were evacuated from the battlefield, with more than 85 percent casualties.

In the defense of Nanjing, the 21st Army of the Sichuan Army defended the southern front, the 145th Division defended Guangde, the position was lost, the division commander Rao Guohua resolutely led the remaining only one battalion of troops to rush into the enemy position, in order to restore the position, and finally because he was outnumbered, he was besieged, and the ammunition was exhausted, and Rao Guohua committed suicide and martyrdom.

The 22nd Group Army of the Sichuan Army participated in the Battle of Taierzhuang, and the commander of the 122nd Division, Wang Mingzhang, was ordered to garrison Teng County, and the 10th Division of the main force of the Japanese army, Isoya Ryosuke, stormed Teng County, bombarded with heavy artillery and aircraft, and blew up the city wall.

After the martyrdom of the division commander Wang, the officers and soldiers of the department resisted house by house, fighting to the last man, and the wounded soldiers in the city did not want to be taken prisoner, so they used grenades to die with the enemy who rushed in. In the first battle of Tengxian, more than 5,000 people of the 122nd Division were almost all killed or wounded.

The 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army died in Teng County. In the end, more than 300 seriously wounded in the city, those who could move after the Japanese broke the city rushed out to fight hand-to-hand and martyred their country, and the remaining wounded who were unable to move smiled and pulled the remaining two boxes of grenades together, so as to die in the city. In this battle, none of the officers and men of the Sichuan army were captured, which won the respect of the whole country for the Sichuan army.

Lu Chong's hometown, Shuangxi City, is a municipality directly under the central government that was separated from Bashu Province, and a large part of the Sichuan army that made great contributions came from his hometown.

However, when Lu Chong was a soldier, he did not stay in the military region of his hometown, so he didn't know much about the hidden things in the Sichuan army, and he hadn't even heard of this statue of the soul of a soldier.

"Professor Lin, I have heard a lot about the deeds of the Sichuan army, and I have always admired it very much, but I have never heard of the legend of this warrior soul statue, please help me solve my doubts. ”

Lin Liben nodded, and said with some emotion: "The Sichuan army has shown an extremely brave posture in many battles, and the casualties are as high as more than eighty percent, which can already make ordinary troops defeated, but they can even hold out until they are completely destroyed, and a big reason for this is because of the inspiration of this warrior soul statue." ”

Although Zhang Fei is not as admired by all the people as Guan Yu, he is better than his brother in terms of fighting bravery. It's just that he is too inferior in other aspects except for bravery, so it will be much bleaker. ”

Zhang Fei's bravery is famous, Liu Bei's army was defeated and fled and sent Zhang Fei to break the queen, Zhang Fei led more than 20 horses on the Dangyang Bridge, when the tens of thousands of troops of the Cao army arrived, Zhang Fei broke the bridge and stood on the shore and shouted: "I am Zhang Yide, who will fight to the death with me!"

Because of his powerful image and amazing personal strength, none of the tens of thousands of Cao Zhong dared to attack him for a while, which allowed Liu Bei and others to escape safely.

The cadres of the Sichuan army respected Zhang Fei's brave and martial spirit, so they worshiped him as the god of soldiers, and thought that those who were soldiers must have Zhang Fei's martial spirit, so they called this statue of Zhang Fei the statue of the soul of the soldier. ”

"As for why this statue doesn't have a spear in its hand, it's because Zhang Fei's other character is disliked by the soldiers, do you know what it is?"

Lin Liben sold it, but Lu Chong's eyes suddenly lit up after thinking about it for a while.

"But Zhang Fei is violent and unkind?"

Zhang Fei's death is also an outlier among military generals, he was assassinated in his sleep by two of his generals, Zhang Dafan Jiang, and his head was dedicated to Sun Quan.

The reason why this is the case is because he is too strict with his subordinates on weekdays, and he often beats and scolds. Zhang Fei was rough and dismissive, but his subordinates were resentful in their hearts, which caused such a disaster.

Lin Liben nodded and said: "That's right, you know that our Chinese god worship is all pragmatism, and the soldiers like Zhang Fei's bravery, and they don't like his brutality to the soldiers, so they took the weapons in their hands, which means to take their qi and take their weapons, so when I see this statue, I can be sure that this is the statue of the soul of the warrior that the Sichuan army used to pay tribute back then!"