People's fate is fixed, everyone has a chance to play, if the opportunity has not yet come, just wait quietly. There was a death row prisoner in ancient China, and if there is no accident, the moment he walks to the execution ground, his life will also be declared over. However, God did not allow him to die in vain, so at the moment before his execution, a sudden rainstorm fell in the sky, allowing him to escape by chance, and finally worshiped a great general of a country, and staged a wonderful drama of desperate life.
Gao Qiong, born in 935 in Mengcheng, Bozhou, his grandfather Gao Ba was accidentally involved in the political whirlpool and killed by the Southern Tang, and his father was forced to live in the Southern Tang and live under surveillance all day. It is conceivable that Gao Qiong, who grew up in such a harsh environment, can only survive by virtue of good courage and fierceness. After becoming an adult, Gao Qiong gradually got rid of the surveillance of the Southern Tang, and he became more and more unscrupulous, gathering a group of evil people to occupy the mountain as the king, and became a bandit.
However, no matter how strong Gao Qiong's strength was, he could not defeat the Southern Tang army, and in a siege and suppression, Gao Qiong's cottage was destroyed, and he was also captured by the Southern Tang and was about to be beheaded at noon. Perhaps it was God's pity, gao qiong's decapitation was just in time for the rainstorm to fall from the sky, and the guards were wet, and Titus was uncomfortable. At the same time, the guards' defensiveness gradually relaxed, and they did not pay more attention to Gao Qiong.
Gao Qiong saw the opportunity, decisively twisted the lock on the outside of the prison car, and successfully escaped. I have to say that Gao Qiong's luck was really good, the heavy rain washed away the traces of his escape, and the pursuing soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty did not know where he fled. After crossing the mountains and mountains, Gao Qiong fled to the Later Zhou territory and joined the Later Zhou army, serving the general Wang Zhenqi, and Gao Qiong's identity changed from a prisoner to a soldier.
After Zhao Kuangyin established the Northern Song Dynasty, his brother Zhao Guangyi fell in love with Gao Qiong, who was brave in battle, so he left him by his side as a personal bodyguard. In 976, Emperor Taizong of Song ascended the throne, and Gao Qiong's position also rose, and he was promoted to the position of Imperial Dragon Commander, responsible for protecting the emperor's safety. Three years later, Zhao Guangyi's personal conquest of the Northern Han Dynasty failed, Gao Qiong was not afraid of life and death, and personally led the army to his palace, and Emperor Taizong was very relieved, and he also named Gao Qiong the Assassin of Xizhou. After that, Gao Qiong made many military achievements, and was appointed in the third year of Xianping, defeating Empress Xiao of the Liao State, and laying the foundation for the dominance of the Northern Song Dynasty.
In 1004, Empress Xiao and Emperor Shengzong of Liao made a comeback and personally led 200,000 elite troops to attack the Northern Song Dynasty, all the way to Liaozhou. Under the crisis, most of the Northern Song ministers suggested escaping and temporarily avoiding the front, but Gao Qiong and Kou Zhun insisted on fighting with one. In the end, Emperor Zhenzong of Song personally marched, thus stimulating the morale of the Song army, defeating the Liao army, and the two sides signed a non-aggression pact in Liaozhou, known in history as the "Alliance of Liaoyuan". Since then, there has been no large-scale war between the Song and Liao countries for more than a hundred years, and the society has been stable and harmonious.
Three years after Jingde, Gao Qiong died of illness at the age of 72. In order to commemorate him, Emperor Gaozong of Song specially built an ancestral hall inside the Wulin Gate in Hangzhou to facilitate the sacrifice of the people.