In the Tang Dynasty, Qin Qiong introduced the story of Qin Qiong's keeper.

In the Tang Dynasty, Qin Qiong introduced the story of Qin Qiong's keeper.

(The picture above is on the right, and Gong Weichi is on the left. )

Born in an unknown year, he died in 638 AD. Uncle Bao was born in Licheng (now Jinan, Shandong). The founding general of the Tang Dynasty, one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyange. In legend, Qin Qiong and Wei Chijingde are traditional door gods.

Qin Qiong's fame seems accidental, but it is also inevitable.

Many times, people call Qin, and legendary novels also regard Qin as an alias. In fact, Uncle Bao is Qin Qiong's word, but his word is too loud and his name is suppressed.

Qin Qiong was born in Licheng, qi zhou, and his family background is very ordinary. His father is just an obscure clerk who joined the army in Beiqi. When Qin Qiong had almost no memory, the Northern Qi Dynasty was broken by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Qin Qiong's father died in battle. From then on, Qin Qiong and his mother lived alone and lived a lonely and poor life. But Qin Qiong is very conspicuous. He was famous for his loyalty when he was young. Qin Qiong, who loves loyalty, is tall and fierce. Loyal and aggressive, Qin Qiong has a certain reputation in his hometown.

Qin Qiong's starting point is not high. At first, he was just a humble soldier in the narrative of General Sui. Although the position is not high, Qin Qiong belongs to the type of special pursuit of progress. Coupled with his chivalrous kindness and courage, he quickly won the attention of nurses. Later, Qin Qiong's mother died. As the general's nurse, she sent a representative to offer condolences, which was puzzling at that time. Someone asked the escort that Qin Qiong was just an ordinary soldier. How did his funeral bother you? The escort said calmly: I have seen many people, and my eyes are still a little grasp. I don't believe Qin Qiong will be a servant for long.

The nurse's eyes are really not bad.

When there was chaos in the late Sui Dynasty, Qin Qiong took refuge in the Sui General Zhang Xutuo. At that time, Zhang Xutuo was confronting Lu, the leader of the peasant army, in Xiapi (now northwest of Suining, Jiangsu). Compared with, Zhang Xutuo is obviously at a disadvantage. Although it is exaggerated to claim that there are 500,000 troops, anyone who knows the details knows that there are at least 65,438+10,000 soldiers in Lu. Zhang Xutuo, who claims to be a regular army, is far from it. His troops, including the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, are only 10 thousand, and the real effective fighting capacity is at most 7000.

So the two armies confronted each other. Yue Ming doesn't care, because his troops have plenty of food and grass. Zhang Xutuo, on the other hand, his camp shops are empty and have reached an unsustainable situation. If we drag on like this, there will be no fatal disaster, and Zhang Xutuo's army will also be in civil strife. What shall we do? Thirty-six plans, walking is the best policy. Having said that, the problem is not so simple. Why? Because the two sides have been facing each other for such a long time, if Zhang Xutuo can't hold on and withdraw at this time, Lu will certainly take advantage of the situation to pursue. Zhang Xutuo's troops were unwilling to fight again when the other side pursued the situation. The consequence must be that Zhang Xutuo's troops are outnumbered and fight to the end. Therefore, for your own safety, even if you want to return, you must think of a foolproof plan.

After careful consideration, Zhang Xutuo decided to take a chance. So, he said to the soldiers in the camp: "Because of the shortage of military supplies, we have reached the moment when the army has no surplus food, which determines that we can no longer confront the enemy like this. However, if we retreat, the enemy will follow us and our army will be doomed. After thinking about it, I think we should break the usual thinking, do the opposite, take a risk, and maybe have a chance. " Speaking of which, he looked around. Those soldiers who were listless just now, when they heard that there was still a chance, suddenly came to the spirit and waited for Zhang Xutuo to go on with rapt attention. "Maybe you will ask, now, what's the trick? My plan is this: leave first. " After saying this, Zhang Xutuo saw that everyone's expressions relaxed again, as if to say: What's new about this? Who doesn't know that the urgent task now is to evacuate first? Looking at everyone's expressions, Zhang Xutuo cleared his throat and continued: "Yes, maybe everyone thought of withdrawing, and at the same time everyone must have thought of it. If we retreat, the enemy will certainly follow us. Do you have different ideas about this? " Seeing that no one expressed their opinions, Zhang Xutuo added: "Since everyone has no different opinions, let's start the analysis from here, because all my plans are based on this starting point." Hearing this, everyone suddenly got excited again. Zhang Xutuo said loudly, "Yes, the enemy will definitely follow. If they follow us, we will face a crisis, right? But this is only one aspect of the problem. If we look at it from another angle, the inevitable consequence of the enemy's large-scale attack is that the rear and the square are empty. " He said slowly, "It is at this juncture that our vitality comes! At this time, if we send a good soldier to attack the enemy camp, it will definitely have a good effect by surprise. When the enemy sees that his camp has been smashed, he will definitely return to the army for emergency treatment. If you pursue it in turn, you will definitely win more with less, and you can completely lift the imminent crisis! "

At this point, everyone's mood was completely aroused by the prospect described by Zhang Xutuo. However, the key point of this plan is that someone must lead troops to sneak attack the enemy's camp-this is a tough nut to crack. Maybe he will not only lose his own life, but also bring trouble to the whole army, leading to the annihilation of the whole army. Therefore, although the coach's idea is brilliant, no one is willing to take such a big risk to undertake this mission.

Zhang Xutuo waited for a long time, but no general came out. He shouted anxiously, "Who is my walker? Who is my walker? "

"me!" Finally, someone agreed!

Zhang Xutuo looked at the promised man excitedly. He knows him. This man is Qin Qiong. I only heard Qin Qiong say, "My position is very low. It was not my turn to speak, but since all the generals didn't speak, I had to stand up. Please forgive me! "

Zhang Xutuo is happy. At present, he didn't consider so much red tape, so he appointed Qin Qiong as the captain of the death squad and handed over nearly 65,438+10,000 soldiers to Qin Qiong. Before Qin Qiong set out, Zhang Xutuo held his hand and said, "The life and death of our whole army are in your hands!"

Things are similar to what Zhang Xutuo expected.

Zhang Xutuo led the troops to retreat first, and then led the troops to chase them.

On the other front, Qin Qiong and his 1000 soldiers fought Ma Rufei and rushed into the enemy's rear camp as quickly as possible.

Qin Qiong's soldiers killed the enemy with one when ten, killing the sky, three times five divided by two. At the same time, they set fire to the enemy's tent everywhere. Suddenly, the enemy camp was in flames.

Only when he was cut in front did he know that his rear nest was attacked, and his first reaction was to fight back!

When Lu turned back to the army for emergency treatment, Zhang Xutuo, who was running here and there just now, suddenly looked like a different person. He grabbed his weapon and led his troops to the past. ...

Zhang Xutuo won by an overwhelming margin and the crisis was successfully resolved. Qin Qiong's fame spread all over the barracks overnight and became the object of everyone's worship.

In the subsequent battles, Qin Qiong's aggressive personality was fully brought into play, and he was promoted many times because of his outstanding achievements. Slowly, Qin Qiong became a general under Zhang Xutuo. But everyone knows that Qin Qiong is actually a general, not a handsome general. If he was handsome, he would have gone it alone and set up another mountain.

Time flies. When Zhang Xutuo met Shi Biao, his life came to an end.

Shimi is the late leader of the Wagang Army. In 6 13 AD, he joined forces with Yang Xuangan in Liyang (now northeast of Xun County, Henan Province) to resist Sui Dynasty. Things failed, Yang Xuangan failed, and Shi Biao fled. Later, Shimi joined the Wagang Army. Shi Mi was skillful in strategy and gradually formed his own power within the Wagang Army. In addition, he was rigorous in running the army and rewarded handsomely, and foot soldiers were willing to help him.

Zhang Xutuo came to crusade, only to be tricked by Shi Biao and defeated and killed. Qin Qiong, who lost his backbone, had to lead his remnants to take refuge in Pei.

In fact, Pei is also a subordinate of Zhang Xutuo, but he is much more famous in Zhang Xutuo's army. Later, Qin Qiong surrendered to Shi Biao with Pei.

Qin Qiong was loyal and trusted by Shi Biao, and he was soon appointed as a general in title of generals in ancient times.

Qin Qiong failed to live up to Shi Biao's love.

In a battle, Shi Biao was shot by a flowing arrow and fell under his horse, unconscious. At this point, Shi Biao's left and right entourage had already been beaten out of the water by the enemy and fled everywhere. Shi Biao was unconscious and unguarded. The situation is very critical. Thanks to Qin Qiong's desperate efforts, he called a skirmisher, repelled the pursuers and saved Shi Biao's life.

Later, when Shi Biao failed, Qin Qiong won Wang Shichong for the Sui Dynasty and was appointed General Long Xiang. Among the heroes in the late Sui Dynasty, Wang was undoubtedly an outstanding figure. He is eloquent, familiar with the law, dabbling in books and biographies, and good at the art of war, but his fatal flaw is cunning and insidious. Obviously, he is completely different from Qin Qiong. Therefore, although he likes Qin Qiong, Qin Qiong has always had different ambitions. Later, I seized the opportunity to leave Wang to Cheng and others and took refuge in this talent.

We know that Qin Qiong's character is that as long as he believes in a person, he will be dead set on this person and do his best. At the start-up stage, Li Shimin accepted talents, and Qin Qiong, who is honest and good at fighting, won the appreciation of Li Shimin. Therefore, Qin Qiong was appointed as the general manager of Ma Jun shortly after joining Tang Ying.

After that, Qin Qiong followed Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and defeated Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, Liu Heita and other rebel armies successively, which made great contributions to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. Li Yuan once sent messengers to the golden urn as a compliment. Later, Qin Qiong was rewarded many times for his exploits. He was appointed as the right army of the king of Qin and was awarded the title of country. Later, he was named the wing master. Among many military generals, Qin Qiong won the trust of Li Shimin.

With the change of Xuanwu Gate, Qin Qiong took a clear-cut stand and stood firmly on Li Shimin's side. Together with him, they killed Prince Li and King Li Yuanji of Qi, clearing the way for seizing the throne of the Prince. In June of the 9th year of Tang Wude (626), Li Shimin, king of Qin, was made a prince. In August, Li Shimin officially ascended the throne, and Qin Qiong was appointed as General Zuo Wuwei, and was granted 700 fiefs.

Later, Qin Qiong summed up his first half of his life like this: he fought in the north and south since childhood, fought more than 200 wars and shed dozens of blood.

In the 12th year of Zhenguan (638), Qin Qiong died of illness. The court posthumously awarded him as the governor of Xuzhou, renamed Hu Guogong, and let him be buried with Zhaoling. "Emperor Taizong made a special order to set up stone men and horses in it to make meritorious military service." "Stone horse with stone" has a high specification and is generally only used by the royal family, which shows how much Li Shimin likes Qin Qiong. In the fifth year after Qin Qiong's death, his portrait also went to Lingyange, which honored great heroes, and Qin Qiong became one of the twenty-four founders of the country.

At this point, Qin Qiong, who was loyal to others, was rewarded and died a fair death.

But things are not over. In folklore, the war general finally became a guardian.

The Journey to the West completely recorded the whole process of Qin Qiong becoming a keeper:

It is said that at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the old dragon king of Jinghe near Chang 'an made a bet with a fortune teller, saying that the old dragon king abused his power for a temporary victory and violated the dogma, and his crime should be beheaded. The Jade Emperor appointed Wei Zhi, the minister of the Tang Dynasty, to behead the old dragon king at 3 noon the next day. In order to save his life, King Jinghe came to Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, the day before the execution, and asked him to stall Wei Zhi the next day to avoid a single shot. Li Shimin felt that Wei Zhi was one of our own and it was easy to solve, so he readily agreed.

The next day, Li Shimin announced Wei Zhi to North Korea and left Wei Zhi to play chess with him. Li Shimin's purpose is to trap Wei Zhi in this way, so that he can't get away. Of course, he can't judge many dragons. Unexpectedly, at 3: 30 at noon, Wei Zhi, who was playing Go, dozed off, and Li Shimin didn't care much, while Wei Zheng took advantage of this short nap and had an out-of-body experience, dreaming of beheading the dragon king.

King Jinghe, who was beheaded, became angry from embarrassment and resented Li Shimin's breach of his promise, so it has been bothering him. He comes to the Tang Palace every night to make a scene and cry for his life. Li Shimin felt ashamed and sad because he couldn't sleep every night because of the ghost of King Jinghe. In order to find a solution, he had to report the situation to his ministers.

General Qin Qiong said: I would like to stand outside the city gate with Wei Chijingde in military uniform. Li Shimin agreed, and it was really nothing that night. But you can't keep them awake every day, can you? Li Shimin couldn't bear the hardships of the two generals. He ordered the court painter to draw the images of Qin Qiong and Wei Chijingde on the canvas and post them at the main entrance of the court. Later, folk learning followed suit, and Qin Qiong and their images were posted on their doors. Slowly, the two generals became the gatekeepers of thousands of families. Among them, Qin Qiong is the scepter holder and Wei Chijingde is the whip holder.

In this way, Qin Qiong became a keeper, and still stands today.

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Why did Qin Qiong and Wei Chijingde become the door gods in folklore? This seems accidental, but it is inevitable.

To put it bluntly, the keeper is actually the doorman. As a doorman, you need to be conscientious and loyal. You can't doze off when you are sleepy and run away when you are in a bad mood. You also need to be physically strong and technically excellent. You can't back down when you meet a strong enemy, and you have to fight when you are in danger. If you choose goalkeepers among the heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties, Qin Qiong and Wei Chijingde are the best candidates. As a result, the two became door gods and entered the new peach and old elephant of "Thousand Households Day". Although it's a little tired to stand on guard all the time, isn't this the highest recognition of their quality by future generations?