In AD 1043, the Spanish peninsula was relatively peaceful, except that Ramiro I of Aragon failed to attack the kingdom of Pamplona. For the Spanish Thai-French era, which had been in war for decades, the Muslims in the south at this time. The country has many Thais led by Toledo, Seville, and Badajoz, and the north is the Christian country led by Pamplona and Leon Castilla. It has been hundreds of years since Tariq of the Arab Empire (the name of the Strait of Gibraltar is related to this person) led an army into the Iberian Peninsula. During this period, Spain was divided religiously and politically. country disputes. However, in this year, a baby named Rodrigo was born. Rodrigo won the Moors in the south because of his bravery and skill in fighting, and called him "Cid" El Cid (Al-Sayyid, the Arabic name for men, which means brave and wise, here AI is used as a decoration, generally not for it. to translate)
And married his cousin Simena, the Leon Castile monarch Ferdinand I of this period, who was a hero who had conquered Badajoz, Pamplona, and Sarago many times. In 1065, Ferdinand I died of illness, his country was divided equally by three sons, the eldest son Sancho II The world ruled Castile, the second son Alfonso VI ruled Leon, and the third son Garcia II ruled Galicia (later Galicia was invaded by the Leon Castile coalition, Galicia, North San Joe II and Alfonso VI equally). The ambitious Sancho II wanted to monopolize the entire kingdom, so he imprisoned Alfonso VI, but after the persuasion of their sister (Uraka in the movie), he finally returned Alfonso VI's personal freedom , while he was assassinated when he attacked Zamora, the territory of Uraka. The film portrays a loyal, chivalrous Cid, who forced him to take a poisonous oath at the coronation ceremony of Alfonso VI, swearing that he would not participate in the murder of his brother, and was exiled because of jealousy. . At this time, Ximena, who was like a passerby, just came to his side to express her heart. (And the real reason is that Rodrigo disrupted the battle in Seville and Granada, and was slandered by the villain in front of Alfonso VI. At the same time, in 1080, Cid was slandered by Alfonso because of his lack of success. With the consent of the king, he launched an attack on the city of Toledo under the rule of the Moors without authorization, which aroused strong dissatisfaction with Alfonso VI and was punished by exile in the following year.) Cid was forced to lead some relatives, friends and followers to leave Castile Leah, served in the army of the Moorish king who occupied Zaragoza, and became the king's protector. Cid later broke away from the Moorish king. Because of his bravery, generosity and magnanimity, many warriors from Castile and the surrounding kingdoms came to join him. Victory. The reason why this film chose to use Cid as the background of the Spanish national hero is mainly because Cid appeared in different religious camps many times, blurring its religious conflicts, and pointing its main point to the national consciousness of Spain.
After that, Yusuf ibn Tashfin of the Murabit dynasty crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and began to expand his power northwards, and defeated the army of Leon Castile. At this time, in order to win over Cid, Alfonso VI withdrew his punishment against Cid (Cid brought Valencia under his control shortly after), however, the two armies did not meet as planned, which eventually led to Alfonso VI The defeat of the world, he also deprived Cid of his property in the country, and put his wife Ximena and two sons under house arrest. From then on, Cid decided to develop a territory on the Spanish peninsula with his own strength. He first invaded Denia and established himself on the eastern coast of Spain by virtue of his prestige and the army under his command. Later, during Yusuf's fourth major invasion, he finally forced the defenders of Valencia to surrender and seize the the city of Valencia. Although the army of the Murabit dynasty has won successive victories in the west, it has never been able to gnaw the city of Valencia under the management of Cid. And Cid even disregarded previous suspicions. When the army of the Murabit dynasty attacked Leon Castile, he still sent his son to support Alfonso VI, and his son also died in the fight against Murabit. Dynasty on the battlefield. The forces of the Murabit Dynasty moved further north, and gradually Valencia gradually became an isolated city, but Cide still did not choose to evacuate, and always stayed in the city. On July 10, 1099 AD, Cide died in the siege. According to legend, his wife Simena tied his body to a horse and continued the battle as a deterrent to Murabit's army, eventually abandoning Valencia in May 1102, under the escort of Alfonso VI Xia led the remnants to evacuate, and Xide's story came to an end.
Looking back on his life, it cannot but be called a legend. He went from living under the fence to establishing his own business, from a "guilty man" to becoming a "hero of all ages". In the end, he was loyal to Leon Castile, Or loyal to the character of the knight? Does he love his country, or his wife? Even his enemy or friend Alfonso VI, we can hardly see too much. Because he has done too much, he may have been just an unknown little nobleman in history, but he became a hero in the chaotic battlefield, and finally became a hero in the legends and epics of later generations. As for who is he? We don't know, his mistakes, his love, his hatred, his glory are like the handsome knight on the white horse by the coast at the end of the movie. The name Cid is not only a history, but also a history. a legend. Unlike most of the epic films of the time, Heroes of All Ages is a glorious figure despite having the same style and narrative style. But Sid made me see his "human" side, he would cheer, he would roar, he would feel melancholy, let us not only think that he is a great screen hero, because every story of him, really It can touch our hearts, maybe each of us hopes to be able to gallop in the waves like Cid, and let his form and God become one. into the legend"
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