I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 330 Extra Story: Parachutist Li Guang
Tell me about Li Guang.

Li Guang is a descendant of Li Xin, a famous general of the Qin State. Li Xin once made great achievements in the battle of destroying Yan during Qin's attack on the six kingdoms, defeating Prince Dan of Yan.

For Li Xin, King Yingzheng of Qin once trusted Li Xin very much, and ordered Li Xin and Wang Jian to lead troops to attack Zhao Guo together.

However, when there was only the last strong enemy left in the six Kanto kingdoms——Chu State, Ying Zheng made a difficult decision.

"How many troops will be needed to defeat Chu State?"

To Ying Zheng's question, General Wang Jian gave the answer: 60!
And the stunned young Li Qing stood out very confidently: 20 is enough!
The contrast between the two was so great that Ying Zheng naturally chose the young general he trusted more: Li Xin.

Then, Li Xin led 20 people to boost the morale of Chu State.

Li Xin failed to attack Chu, and finally made Ying Zheng realize the truth of "cheap goods are not good", so he saw Wang Jian looking for him.

Among the detailed policy questions, Yingzheng decided to support Wang Jian's strategy, and ordered Wang Jian to lead 60 Qin troops out of the pass to destroy Xiong Chu.

It is worth mentioning that the state of Qin at that time was not the "Qin Dynasty" that later ruled the world. According to historians' research, the population of Qin during the reign of Yingzheng would not exceed 500 million at most. With a population of 500 million, half of the women are removed, and the old, weak, sick and disabled are removed. Wang Jian took away 60 troops, almost all of Qin's young and strong, which can be called "the power of the whole country".

Almost all the young and strong people in the country were taken away by Wang Jian. Of course, Ying Zheng would be beating his heart: This Wang Jian brought 60 young and strong people out of the customs, in case something should not happen...

In order to dispel Yingzheng's doubts as much as possible and concentrate on preparing for the battle with Chu, Wang Jian prepared a scroll of bamboo slips more than two feet long—a list of rewards—before he set off for the expedition.

After leading the army to the expedition, Wang Jian's list of rewards was also sent back to Xianyang on the way to Chu, and Yingzheng agreed to them all without exception.

Someone asked Wang Jian: Are you not afraid that others will scold you for doing this?In order to conquer the Chu Kingdom, my Great Qin warriors came out in full force, but you, the chief general, are insatiably greedy, and the list of rewards has never been cut off. How can you do this?

Wang Jian replied: The more I want, the more assured Wang will be.

When others asked why, Wang Jian said: The rewards I asked the king were wealth such as houses, manors, fields, and concubines. When the king knew that I wanted these things, he would only think that I was a person who was greedy for enjoyment; If I don’t want anything, then the king will think that what I want is something else, and it is something that wealth such as a house and a manor cannot match.

In the end, Wang Jian lived up to his mission and conquered Chu, completing the most critical part in the process of the first emperor's unification of the world and the eradication of the six kingdoms.As for Li Xin, he was sent to Yan State after the fall of Chu State, and had a fight in front of the "remnants" of Yan State who were still alive.

From Li Xin's experience, it is not difficult to find: since Li Xin is a Qin general, the Li family should be from Guanzhong and should live near Xianyang; and from the records about Li Guang, it is not difficult to find that "the hometown is Huaili, and later migrated to Chengji' records, and Huaili City located in Huaili is one of the nine cities in Chang'an.

This also shows that Li Guang's family used to live in Guanzhong, not far from Xianyang and Chang'an, but later they moved to the distant Longyou without knowing what happened.

Some people speculated that Li Xin stayed in Guanzhong because of "unfavorable attacking Chu", and some people said that it was because Li family avoided disasters in the troubled times at the end of Qin Dynasty. It is impossible to verify the truth.

Speaking of Li Guang himself, as a descendant of Li Xin, a civilian of the Qin State, Li Guang, who was born in a family of generals, received a good military quality education since he was a child. The description in historical records is that "Li Guang's family has passed down archery from generation to generation". Chuanxi, this is a very interesting record, which can basically be understood as a 'ancestral unique skill' - Li Guang's good shooting is a unique skill that has been passed down from generation to generation since the time of his ancestor Li Xin.

In the 14th year of Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty, the Huns invaded Beidi and Longyou of the Han Dynasty from Xiaoguan on a large scale. As a Longyou native, Li Guang naturally devoted himself to the anti-aggression struggle. He joined the army as a son of a good family and made great military exploits.In particular, the ancestral unique skill 'riding and shooting' allowed Li Guang to win many heads, and was finally selected as Zhonglang by his army.

The 'selected Zhonglang' here was mentioned in the main text earlier.

During his tenure as Zhonglang and accompanying Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty, Li Guang accompanied Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty to go out hunting many times, and he shot and killed large beasts almost every time, showing extremely strong personal force.Emperor Hanwen commented on Li Guang: It's a pity that he was not born in the time of Emperor Taizu. Otherwise, Wan Huhou would be nothing more than a pinch for Li Guang.

In this way, until the death of Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty, Li Guangdu served as Zhonglang.After Han Jingdi succeeded to the throne, he was appointed as the governor of Longxi County, went to his famous "hometown" to guard the border, and was later transferred to be the captain of cavalry.

Shortly after Han Jingdi succeeded to the throne, King Liu Bi of Wu and King Liu Wu of Chu set off the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu.

In this part of the records, we can find a very interesting point - Li Guang has successively served as the captain of cavalry and the captain of Xiaoqi; in addition, Li Guangyang's famous "hometown"-Longyou, is also known as Beidi It is the place where "the Han family is the only county that can produce knights".

This is interesting.

Longyou and Beidi can produce knights, and their geographical location is very close to the Hetao area; Li Guang has successively served as the captain of cavalry and the captain of Xiaoqi.

Does this mean that Li Guang is a general who is very good at leading cavalry troops?

But if this is the case, then where is the unique skill passed down by Li Guang's ancestors - archery?

Could it be that Li Guang combined the two into one and turned it into archery on horseback, which is volley in the popular sense?

Putting this question on hold for now, let's move on.

——In the process of quelling the rebellion between Wu and Chu, Taiwei Zhou Yafu adopted the strategy of sticking to Changyi and staying on the sidelines, forcing Liang Wang Liu Wu to issue seven blood letters a day, asking the Chang'an court to order Zhou Yafu to support Liangdu Suiyang.

However, Zhou Yafu insisted on saying "the general is outside, and the military order is not accepted", and he did not let any of his soldiers support him from the beginning to the end, even if he was close to Suiyang City.

It was during this process that Li Guang became famous.

According to historical records, Zhou Yafu could not hold out in Changyi, and he also issued a clear order: No matter how the rebels scolded and provoked, the defenders of Changyi must not leave the camp!

But also under His Majesty Tai Shigong, Li Guang's main achievement in the Wu-Chu Rebellion was "capturing the rebel flag outside Changyi".

Of course, there is nothing to say about capturing the rebel army's flag - beheading the general and capturing the flag, beheading the general and capturing the flag, Li Guang is the latter.

What is really puzzling is the place where Zhou Yafu made the achievement of "capturing the flag": Changyi.

Zhou Yafu clearly issued the military order of "those who leave Changyi will be beheaded", and it was the highest-level instruction issued during the war as the supreme commander of the military. How could Li Guang disobey the orders of the Taiwei under such circumstances? So as to set up the "capture the flag" of the work?

Combining historical records and the analysis of Li Guang as a historical figure, it is not difficult for us to find out that Li Guang's temperament is really "Old Li"-disobeying orders during wartime is simply commonplace for Li Guang.

So the conclusion is: Taiwei Zhou Yafu chose the principle of "the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman wins" and chose to let the Wu Chu rebel army of Wu Wang Liu Bi fight with the Liang State army in Suiyang City, that is, put down the rebellion. It also weakened the military strength of Liang Wang Liu Wu, and at the same time retained the strength of Zhou Yafu's main counter-insurgency force, which can be said to serve multiple purposes.

However, Zhou Yafu's military order of "Changyi defenders must not attack" was ignored by our parachutists. Li Guangfei not only did not follow Zhou Yafu's order to attack privately, but even set up a "capture the flag" during the attack. 'The merit.

This also laid the most important foreshadowing for Li Guang's entire ups and downs in his life: We, Lao Li, never obey orders, and what we focus on is "I don't want you to think, I want me to think".

An incident that happened immediately afterwards also confirmed this point from the side.

——Liu Wu, the king of Liang, issued seven blood letters a day, begging the court of Chang'an to order Zhou Yafu to support him.

At this time, another strange point appeared.

Li Guang, who violated Zhou Yafu's military order in Changyi a few days ago and made an attack without authorization and made the achievement of "capturing the flag", appeared in Suiyang City in a blink of an eye?

what's the situation?
Judging from Li Guang's character alone, this is probably another coquettish operation of our old Li.

——Maybe it was to show his face in front of the Queen Mother, or he just thought that "Your Majesty will not let his brother be in trouble", Li Guang once again defied Zhou Yafu's military order of "no help" and led his troops to support Suiyang privately or alone.

From the fact that Li Guang not only supported Suiyang, but also appeared in Suiyang City, it can be concluded that Li Guangneng's appearance in Suiyang naturally broke through the siege of Wu Chu rebels on Suiyang City from the outside.

In other words: Li Guang supported Suiyang without authorization and brought many people...
Going down, it is natural that Liang Wang Liu Wu was grateful to Li Guang, and was really frightened by the tragic battle situation in Suiyang, so he grabbed Li Guang as if he was grabbing a life-saving straw.

And the way Liu Wu captured Li Guang was to stuff the entire defense of Suiyang City, including all the troops, into Li Guang's arms—that is, to hand over the general seal that can mobilize all the troops of the Liang Kingdom. In the hands of Li Guang.

Li Guang accepted it.

Considering that previously, Li Guang made a victory in capturing the flag in Changyi, which was 'absolutely unable to fight', and took away an army from Changyi, which 'absolutely would not send reinforcements'-an army that could break through the encirclement from the outside. , And successfully entered the army of Suiyang City and other "deeds", it seems that it is not so strange for Li Guang to remove the general seal of Liang Wang Liu Wu.

From Li Guang's point of view, this matter may be like this: Tian Ziqi only wanted to put down the rebellion, but didn't want to harass King Liang, and Zhou Yafu took credit for his pride and planned to sacrifice Tian Ziqi's siblings for his own martial arts.

Therefore, Li Guang felt that he should save Liang Wang Liu Wu for Tian Ziqi, and if it was not enough, he should also save his precious son for Queen Mother Dou.

In addition, by doing so, he was indeed doing something to contribute to the country - to ensure that Suiyang was not lost, Li Guang probably gritted his teeth and stomped his feet to make up his mind.

But from Tian Ziqi's point of view, the situation is different.

——Although the Wu-Chu Rebellion broke out suddenly, both Liu Bi, who was on the rebellious side, and Chang'an Chaotang, who was on the counter-rebellion side, were actually fully prepared.

If it is said that Liu Bi's rebellion started on the day when Liu Qi discussed the chessboard and smashed his crown prince to death, then the Chang'an court's response probably began when Liu Bi "plained his illness and refused to go to court".

This means that in order to guard against Liu Bi, the Chang'an court maintained a military force beyond the normal range in Liang Guo.

The core of the problem lies here.

——Wu Chuzai, Liang Guo, with its powerful military strength, is the most important barrier in Guanzhong;
However, after the rebellion between Wu and Chu was put down, the military strength was strong, especially the powerful Liang State that had been baptized by the flames of war, but it would become a new heart disease for the Chang'an court.

What's more, Liang Guo's geographical location poses a greater and more intuitive threat to Guanzhong. Liang Wang Liu Wu and Empress Dowager Dou have previous convictions as "Emperor's Brothers", so Tianzi Qi must be cautious.

Combining all the above, by quelling the chaos of Wu and Chu, and by the way, weakening the military power of Liang State, so that it can return to the scope of a normal vassal state as much as possible, this should be one of the main tasks of Emperor Qi's account of Zhou Yafu.

But this matter changed because of Li Guang, a shit-stirring stick.

——Although Suiyang has become a meat grinder, Zhou Yafu is on the side of the battlefield, and the overall situation is under control; but the appearance of Li Guang has greatly boosted the morale of the Suiyang defenders, and the rebels in Wu and Chu have lost their morale. The strategic intention of 'weakening Liang Guo' was directly aborted.

After understanding this, we may gain some new insights and experience by understanding the phrase "Since the king of Liang has rewarded it, then I will not reward it" and the phrase "Li Guang is difficult to seal" that has been passed down through the ages. .

——Li Guang's difficulty in being sealed may not be because of the Liang Guo general seal; or, that general seal is just a microcosm of Li Guang's entire life.

At different stages of his life, Li Guang committed many unforgivable principled mistakes like "accepting the seal of General Liang Wang", which finally led to "Li Guang is difficult to seal".

In addition, during Emperor Wu's conquest of Hungary, Li Guang's repeated and high-frequency disorientation, delay in the military period, and frequent defeat of the entire army were also one of the main reasons for "Li Guang's Difficulty". one.

——If you win a battle, you will bring back three or five heads;

For such a general, even an emperor would have a headache. It would be a fluke if he didn't pull him out and behead him, so what about the imperial seal?
Even in his last battle, that is, the decisive battle in Mobei under the command of General Wei Qing, Li Guang still lost his way on the east road after failing to invite the vanguard, which indirectly caused Yi Zhixie Shanyu to escape, and the Han Dynasty' The strategic goal of capturing Shanyu alive failed.

Considering these factors, it is not difficult to find out that Li Guang can live to old age if he counts the mistakes made by Li Guang. , and even being able to 'give yourself dignity' can really be called a miracle...
(End of this chapter)