Isn't the revenge of killing the father shared in heaven? But sometimes, too, compromises have to be made.
In the story of the Three Kingdoms, there are many examples of enemies of each other, but in the end they have to compromise and coexist. Among them, the most prominent and memorable for us is the hatred between Ling Tong and Gan Ning and the so-called "reconciliation". Mr. Luo Guanzhong described a large number of conflicts and contradictions in the two of them, paved the way for the later reconciliation, and finally filled in the characters of the two people very fully.
Portrait of Ling Tong
Between the two, in fact, it is not as tit-for-tat as Luo Guanzhong wrote.
On the battlefield, the sword has no eyes. What's more, at that time, Sun Quan was enlisting Huang Zu, Gan Ning was Huang Zu's subordinate, and Ling Cao was Sun Quan's vanguard, the two were originally their own masters, and Gan Ning shot Ling Cao, which was naturally beyond reproach. As for huang zu's defeat later, Gan Ning defected to Sun Quan, and in front of such a big general, how could Sun Quan not accept it.
Moreover, in order to take care of Ling Tong, Sun Quan also specially instructed Gan Ning to avoid meeting with Ling Tong as much as possible. He also openly said to Ling Tong that he should not embarrass Gan Ning. In the story of Yanyi, Ling Tong wants to fight with Gan Ning everywhere and wants to suppress Gan Ning, the reason is that on the one hand, he really does not like Gan Ning, on the other hand, he wants to show his ability and tell Sun Quan that Eastern Wu does not need Gan Ning, if so, Gan Ning is someone who can be killed.
Water Thief Ganning
In history, in fact, this is not the case, the two have very few opportunities to meet, only once in Lü Meng's military camp, after drinking, Ling Tong wanted to "perform" the sword dance, Gan Ning said that he could dance double halberd, and finally was separated by Lü Meng, after which Sun Quan let the two men garrison separately and never saw each other again. If it is true that as depicted in Luo Guanzhong's speech, Ling Tong was deeply surrounded by cao jun, and finally Gan Ning risked his life to save Ling Tong, and Ling Tong put down his thoughts of revenge from then on, personally I feel that it is not impossible, but unfortunately, this matter is just Luo Guanzhong's beautiful imagination, and there is no such thing in history.
"Reconciliation" that does not exist in history
Ling Tong's talent may not be under Gan Ning.
Speaking of the Tiger Generals of Eastern Wu, everyone will think that it is Tai Shi Ci, Zhou Tai, and Gan Ning, but in fact, Ling Tong is not much worse than them. When Sun Quan invaded Hefei in the north, when Zhang Liao was defeated and returned from a great defeat at Xiaoyaojin, it was Ling Tong who led his own guards to stop Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao on the battlefield of Xiaoyaojin, that was simply an invincible existence, and the people brought up by Ling Tong had to hold out until Sun Quan completed the escape, and they began to retreat, but it was difficult to escape the result of the total annihilation of the army.
Ling Tong in a comic strip
Only Ling Tong himself jumped into the water, dived in armor, swam back to the Dongwu ship with a body of injuries, and finally saved his life by relying on excellent medicinal materials. Although it doesn't look as bright as Gan ning's Hundred Horse Interception Camp, the so-called merit is not as good as the Savior, and his posthumous deed is to save Sun Quan's life.
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Ling Tong's helplessness is the helplessness that we will all face after maturity.
In fact, not only has military merits, Ling Tong in the management of the army and the people, in fact, is also very good, he is both enwei, love the soldiers, was put on the "style of a national soldier" hat, the so-called national soldier, first the country plus, this is forcing him to give up his hatred for GanNing for the cause of Eastern Wu.
Ling Tong in the old version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms
There is a vendetta can not be repaid, but also put on a top hat, the pain within the Ling Tong, I am afraid that only he can understand it, this is also in the chaotic world, he has the greatest helplessness in his heart. In fact, I think that not only him, most of the things in the world, nine times out of ten, may not be able to go as they wish, for things that are not going well, people who are not accustomed to it, can hold back their dissatisfaction and disgust, can swallow, can endure, perhaps the so-called maturity.
It's just that the price of maturity is very uncomfortable.