In the plot structure of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the beginning is the prelude to the great chaos in the world, and the crusade of the Eighteenth Road Princes against Dong Zhuo is the first climax of the early plot. In the next ten years, various princes who competed for the world appeared one after another and launched a bloody war with Dong Zhuo.
Among them, "Three Ying Zhan Lü Bu" is the climax of the climax of the plot, and "WenJiu Chop Huaxiong" is the prelude to the climax. Hua Xiong flaunted his might in front of the Eighteenth Road Princes, but was beheaded by Guan Yu between warm wine, which undoubtedly highlighted the bravery of Guan Erye, one of the three masters of Yanyi. But from this, it also drew a big question mark for the martial commentary of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
(Guess many people are in a hurry to claim that huaxiong was cut by Sun Jian in history.) Yes, I know you know this. And you probably don't know, in history, whether it is called Huaxiong or Yexiong is still inconclusive. In terms of the status of Chinese culture, the Huaxiong (Yexiong) who was beheaded by Sun Jian in history and the Huaxiong who was beheaded by Guan Yuwen in the cha yanyi had at least two streets. ）
Simply put, what is the Huaxiong martial art in the interpretation?
You say he's very good, but he was quickly killed by Guan Yu. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Mao Ben was killed between warm wine. With the earlier Jiajing Ben, it is even clear that it is killed in one turn. This performance was not only impossible to compare with the first-class and quasi-first-class martial generals such as Xiahou Huan, Xu Huang, and Ji Ling, but even worse than the unnamed generals such as Luoyang Ya general Meng Tan and Changsha deputy general Yang Ling.
You say he's very average, but he did kill the Eighteenth Way Princes with a look on their faces. Not only Did Changsha Taishou, known as the "Tiger of Jiangdong", suffer a great loss, but also Bao Xin's brother Bao Zhong, Han Fu's general Pan Feng, and Yuan Shu's general Yu Shi were also quickly beheaded by him.
Of course, one excuse that can be found is that these princes do not have any fierce generals under them. Yuan Shao also said, unfortunately, my Yan Liangwen ugly did not come, if one comes, why be afraid of him Huaxiong! That's a good thing to say. After all, Yan Liang later defeated Xu Huang head-on in 20 rounds of Baima Po, and was a fierce general who was comparable to Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Ma Chao. Wen Ugly also made Xu Huang "unpredictable", and his comprehensive performance was stronger than Hua Xiong.'s.
However, under the command of Cao Cao, another prince, there were also many fierce generals. Why don't they come out?
This was an issue that had been debated for many years, and even directly affected Hua Xiong's martial arts rating, which in turn caused a huge controversy over Guan Yu's level of force.
Because Guan Yu, as a fierce general that Luo Guanzhong vigorously touted, the most outstanding of his achievements was to cut yan liang, curse Wen ugly, and kill Hua Xiong. Here Yan Liang was beheaded, and it was clear that Guan Yu was fast, and Yan Liang was caught off guard (Jia Jingben even explained that Liu Bei had told Yan Liang in advance that my second brother Guan Yunchang was so so, if cao Cao was on his side, he could be asked to turn around, so Yan Liang also thought that Guan Yu had come to defect and was completely defenseless). Although Wen Ugly was timid for three rounds, he was not directly defeated. So he quickly beheaded Huaxiong and became the strongest one of Guan Yu's so-called "effective cases". If you think that Hua Xionggao, then how can he die so quickly, Guan Yu's performance is simply worse than Lü Bu's! So some people pushed back, Hua Xiong is actually not so powerful, it is a second-rate martial general, Guan Yu is not a martial artist.
But then the question arises: Why don't the fierce generals under Cao Cao do this second-rate job?
After all, in terms of deduction, when the Eighteenth Route Princes rebelled against Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao already had six fierce generals under him. Among them, Xiahou Huan had fought with Lü Bu for several rounds, had fought with Guan Yu for more than ten rounds (Jiajing was originally more than forty rounds), and had drawn zhang Liao for more than thirty rounds, at least with the A+ level. Xiahou Yuan had ping Huang Zhong for more than twenty times, Cao Ren had fought with Pang De, and Cao Hong had resisted Ma Chao forty or fifty times, and these also had A ranks up and down. Even Lejin and Li Dian have A-. These people can pick guan yu at will not be defeated within a few rounds, is it not appropriate to deal with Hua Xiong?
The simplest explanation of this problem, of course, is that when Luo Guanzhong wrote, different stages of different stages in order to highlight different characters and achieve different artistic effects, so different focus of the plot arrangement.
In order to give Guan Yu a grim appearance, Wen Jiu cut Huaxiong's previous prestige and vulnerability after meeting Guan Yu, highlighting Guan Yu's martial saint image. In the later plot, if Guan Yu is still allowed to block the killing of the god Buddha, the plot will not be able to advance. Therefore, the purpose of the description before and after is different, the comparison of martial arts is naturally different, and Luo Guanzhong cannot maintain consistency.
So, in addition to the dimensionality reduction treatment of this "God vision", can there be a more earthy answer?
The old man helped the brother come up with two answers. The reason why Cao Cao's fierce generals did not easily pk with Hua Xiong was first of all not to take risks, and secondly to keep a low profile.
First, don't take risks.
Cao Cao was known as a traitor, and he was very cautious in his handling of affairs. This is especially true when you first debuted.
At that time, Hua Xiong had already killed four generals Bao Zhong, Zu Mao, Yu Shi, and Pan Feng in a row, killing Sun Jian, a fierce tiger in Jiangdong, who did not dare to resist, and his morale was booming, which also made all the princes of all walks of life tremble and fear, and did not know the details.
At that time, the world was in turmoil, and the princes of all walks of life gathered, and they did not know each other's strength, including cao Cao's brothers who did not have many actual battles. Therefore, no one knows what level the four generals who were killed by Hua Xiong are. What level of Hua Xiong, who won four in a row, Cao Cao did not count in his mind.
In this case, what if xiahou huan or xiahou yuan is rushed to war, in case of encountering hard stubble and dying in battle? Cao Cao also had hot blood at that time, and did not say that he was afraid of sacrifice. But there is no need to fight in a vacuum.
Second, low key. At that time, the eighteen princes gathered, and although Cao Cao was the initiator, he had the least number of troops (10,000) and no fixed territory, which could be regarded as the weakest one. In this case, he also has to undertake the task of coordinating the relations between the princes, which cannot be too prominent. Let your men fight fiercely, even if they are not cut, they will inevitably attract people's jealousy. Look at what kind of face Did Yuan Shu have after Guan Yu beheaded Hua Xiong?
In summary, for two reasons, Cao Cao did not let his subordinate generals fight. After all, in the affairs of the Eighteenth Road Princes, let's give up the opportunity to make a splash to others. However, I believe that according to the normal development of the plot, if there is no Guan Yu coming out to behead Huaxiong, and the princes have been prevaricating with each other, Cao Cao should have sent Xiahou Huan, and even sent someone to assist in the battle after Xiahou Huan came out. After all, at that time, he still had hot blood, and he would not watch the cause of the alliance fail.