There is also a famous saying in ancient China, "Cheng killed himself halfway", which is often used to describe unexpected things. For example, some villains in the novel often ruin their plans by "Cheng was killed halfway" when doing some shady things.

It is said that when Cheng became a robber for the first time, he did a great thing. At that time, the two sons of the patron king of the Sui Dynasty escorted the tribute to Beijing. Originally, the title of Wang Yangling, the patron, was loud enough, and most people dared not rob it, but Cheng, who had just entered the Taoist school, didn't stop Cheng's axe, which led the escort to flee and the tributes were robbed. Therefore, Cheng became famous in one fell swoop.

Later, after Cheng followed, he often led troops to ambush halfway, so the proverb of "killing Cheng halfway" gradually spread.

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Cheng life:

Cheng (February 26, 589-665), formerly known as Bite Gold and renamed Zhijie, was born in Dong 'e, Jeju (now Dongping County, Shandong Province). The founding star of the Tang Dynasty, one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyange.

Be brave and good at fighting, and make good use of the stables. At the end of Sui Dynasty, he joined the Wagang Army and served as a general in title of generals in ancient times. He was defeated and surrendered to the king. In the early years of Wude's reign, he descended to the Tang Dynasty, followed Li Shimin, the king of Qin, defeated Song Jingang, captured Dou Jiande alive, surrendered to the king, made meritorious military service, conferred the title of lord protector, and participated in the change of Xuanwu Gate. Emperor Taizong succeeded to the throne, and successively served as the secretariat of Luzhou, Zuodudu, Yuanzhou, Jiangwangfu, Youzhou, Zuotunwei and Jianjia Town. He inherited the secretariat and was renamed as Lu Guogong. The picture is in Lingyange.

After the death of Emperor Taizong, Li Zhi, the bodyguard of the Crown Prince, returned to the throne and was transferred as a general of the auxiliary country and a left-back general. He became the general manager of the Onion Mountain Road March, crusaded against Ashnahulu, and was defeated and dismissed from office. Since then, I have been the secretariat of qi zhou, and I have been an official in my old age.

In the second year of Linde (665), Cheng died of illness at the age of 77. He was named a title of generals in ancient times, the prefect of Yizhou, the "item" of posthumous title and buried with Zhaoling.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Kill Jin Yao halfway

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