December of the second year of Tang Wude (619).
Qin Qiong took refuge in the Tang Dynasty for less than a year, and defeated Chi Gong in Meiliangchuan, and Li Yuan rewarded him with a big reward, not only rewarding him with a golden bottle, but also worshipping him as the right third commander of the Qin Palace.
Li Yuan said to Qin Qiong, you abandoned your wife and children, came to me from afar, and made such a great contribution. I can't give you anything too much, even my flesh can be cut to you, not to mention some slaves and maids and riches.
Although the words are a little numb, it can be seen that Li Yuan attaches great importance to Qin Qiong.
As a founding emperor, he actually said in public that he was willing to cut meat for his courtiers, why did Li Yuan value Qin Qiong so much?This has to start with Qin Qiong's military exploits.
Qin Qiong, the word Shubao, is a native of Licheng in Qizhou (now Jinan, Shandong). During the great cause of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, he was a big soldier under the Sui Dynasty's future protector's account.
When Qin Qiong lost her mother, she came to Hu'er to send someone to mourn, which made Qin Qiong very moved.
The other officers were puzzled, and asked Laihu'er, there were many deaths and funerals for the soldiers, but the general did not ask, why was Qin Qiong the exception?
The reason for coming to Hu'er is that Qin Qiong is brave and ambitious, and the future is limitless!It's worth it.
At this time, General Hu'er was quite accurate in seeing people, and soon Qin Qiong showed his head.
Speaking of Qin Qiong, I have to tell the story of "sticking a knife in the ribs for a friend".
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, there was a gang of "Xiangma" bandits in Dengzhou who made too much noise, and they were wanted by the imperial court.
At that time, Qin Qiong was only a famous county government to arrest fast, and he was appointed to arrest this group of people, and it happened that there were his friends in the "Ringing Horse".
In order to report to her friends, Qin Qiong disguised herself as a "ringing horse" and went to Dengzhou.
When passing by the fork in the road of Liangli Village, he made a difficult choice:
One road is to Runanzhuang, where you can go home directly to serve the old mother, and the wife and children are hot on the kang every day.
The other way is to Dengzhou, which is a road of no return.
After some mental struggle, Qin Qiong finally chose to go to Dengzhou to save her friends. The story of the fork in the two ribs is passed down by people as "the fork in the two ribs, righteousness for a thousand years".
As time passed, "Qin Qiong took a fork in the road for his friend's two ribs" came and went, and it became "Qin Qiong stuck a knife in his friend's two ribs".
The "knife" here is actually a homonym for "fork in the road", and a small misunderstanding made Qin Qiong be inserted for thousands of years for no reason.
Of course, this little story is just folklore and is not recorded in the official history.
In December of the tenth year of the Great Cause of the Sui Dynasty (614), Qin Qiong followed the famous Sui general Zhang Xutuo to conquer Lu Mingyue, the leader of the Zhuojun rebel army, and Sun Xuanya, the rebel army of Haiqu.
He has made military exploits and was awarded the post of Jianjie Lieutenant, which is a six-grade loose official.
Two years later, Zhang Xutuo was ordered to encircle and suppress the Wagang army, and was defeated by Li Mi's ambush, and Qin Qiong joined the Wagang army.
Since then, Qin Qiong has started a pattern of frequent job hopping, like other famous generals in the Sui and Tang dynasties, "jumping around" among the major forces in the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty.
He first defected to Li Mi in Wagangzhai and was entrusted with a big responsibility, and he also saved Li Mi's life in the battle with Yu Wenhua and the First Battle.
At that time, the Wagang Army and the Yu Wenhua Army fought in Liyang, and the fierce battle lasted from early morning to dusk.
In the melee, Li Mi was shot by a stray arrow and fell off his horse and fainted, and his subordinates fled alone. Seeing that Li Mi was about to fall into the hands of the pursuers, fortunately Qin Qiong was able to escape from danger by defending it desperately.
Not long after, Li Mi was defeated by Wang Shichong and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin were captured, so they could only temporarily take refuge in Wang Shichong and were named General Long Xiang.
In February of the second year of Tang Wude (619), Wang Shichong led his troops to attack Guzhou, and Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin went together.
Cheng Yanjin privately told Qin Qiong that Wang Shichong is narrow-minded and always likes to swear by swearing, acting like an old witch, not a master.
Qin Qiong also felt the same way, he felt that Li Yuan occupied Guanzhong, the people's heart, and he was a master worth following.
So, he made an appointment with Cheng Yanjin to defect before the battle, and led his subordinates to vote for Tang Li Yuan.
When Qin Qiong and others arrived, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan was very happy and arranged for Qin Qiong to serve under Li Shimin, the king of Qin.
At this time, Li Yuan just felt that Qin Qiong was a talent, and he had not yet reached the level of attention.
Li Shimin had long heard of Qin Qiong's bravery, and was very courteous to him, and was appointed as the head of the Ma Army.
Almost every expedition will bring Qin Qiong, and if he encounters a brave general, Li Shimin will order Qin Qiong to fight.
Qin Qiong did not disappoint Li Shimin, and often single-handedly killed the enemy generals in the crowd, and "falling to death the yellow horse and poking the tiger head gun" is also a common thing.
In March of the same year, Liu Wuzhou ordered Song Jingang and Wei Chigong to go south to Li Tang Taiyuan, preparing to take the whole of Shanxi.
Wei Chi Gong was brave and good at fighting, successively "trapped Jin and Hu Erzhou", and defeated the Tang army many times, captured many famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, and Hedong was in an emergency.
When Li Yuan learned about it, he immediately sent Li Shimin to lead his troops north to exterminate Song Jingang and others.
This battle was the first encounter between the two great gods of the Tang Dynasty, Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong. It's just that the official history records this matter very briefly, only a few sentences.
Taizong sent Yin Kaishan and Qin Shubao to invite him to the Meiliang River, but he broke it, and he was only spared ......"Qin Qiong defeated Wei Chi Gong in Meiliang River, and Wei Chi Gong escaped alone.
But in the folk **, the description of this detail is more interesting.
said that it was the battle of Meiliangchuan, Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong fought several battles, regardless of victory or defeat.
So, the two used bets to determine whether they won or lost. They found two boulders of equal size and weight, and then exchanged weapons, Yu Chigong used Qin Qiong's gold armor, and Qin Qiong made his iron whip.
Whoever smashes the boulder the least amount of time wins.
Wei Chigong smashed three hammers, the boulder was broken, and Qin Qiong only used two whips, Yu Chigong was not convinced, claiming that Qin Qiong's weapons were too light to count.
Whether it is ** or the official history, this battle ended with Qin Qiong winning and Wei Chigong being defeated and fleeing.
Although Wei Chigong was defeated, he did not hate Qin Qiong, but admired him very much.
Later, the two became close friends, and Wei Chigong married his granddaughter to Qin Qiong's youngest son, which shows that the relationship between the two is extraordinary.
To this day, Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong are inseparable and have become door gods, guarding in front of thousands of households.
After this battle, Li Yuan attached great importance to Qin Qiong, and the scene of cutting meat at the beginning happened at the celebration banquet of this battle.
Qin Qiong also lived up to Li Yuan's kindness, and played an important role in the later battles such as Ping Wang Shichong, the destruction of Dou Jiande, and the elimination of Liu Heimin.
Qin Qiong in his later years once said that I have been fighting horses all my life, I have experienced more than 200 battles and battles, and I have been seriously injured many times, and I have shed a lot of blood before and after, how can I not get sick?
It can be seen that Qin Qiong is indeed risking his life to help Li Yuan fight the world, which is why Li Yuan values Qin Qiong so much.
During Li Yuan's reign, Qin Qiong received a lot of rewards, and was also crowned as the "Shangzhu State" and the Duke of the Wing Kingdom.
The so-called Shangzhu State is the highest rank in the Tang Dynasty, and it enjoys the treatment of the second grade.
In the first year of Zhenguan (627), after Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, Qin Qiong took the initiative to start recuperation"years", a raise is more than ten years.
In the twelfth year of Zhenguan (638), Qin Qiong died of illness and was posthumously presented as the governor of Xuzhou and buried in Zhaoling.
In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan (643), Li Shimin ordered Yan Liben to paint the portraits of Qin Qiong and other twenty-four heroes to be hung in Lingyan Pavilion, and Qin Qiong was the last.
Wei Zheng once said that Qin Qiong is the minister of the society, and Wei Chigong is the minister of the individual.
This may explain why after Li Shimin took the throne, Qin Qiong had almost no achievements, not only did the reward become lower, but also ranked last in Lingyan Pavilion.