At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the three kingdoms were divided, and at this time, the world was in chaos and rose up to chase deer in the Central Plains. Among them, two major generals of the Shu State have attracted much attention, and they are Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who are in alliance with Liu Bei Taoyuan. They followed Liu Bei on the battlefield all their lives and made countless meritorious achievements.
Not only that, but their loyalty and filial piety were widely praised by later generations and served as moral models. Such achievements are inseparable from their high martial arts, but they are both from ordinary people' backgrounds, why are they so strong in martial arts?
1. Taoyuan Knot
Guan Yu was exiled from his hometown to Zhuo County, Youzhou, due to negligence in his early years. Zhang Fei, Zi Yide, Zhuo County. There is no clear record of his family lineage, only that he himself was a butcher who killed pigs. In the first year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and Liu Bei organized a volunteer army to suppress the yellow turban rebellion.
At first, Zhang Fei led a line of merchant-supported people and horses to recruit troops and buy horses in his hometown to suppress alone, because Zhang Fei himself was strong in martial arts and the Yellow Turban Army itself was very weak in combat, so he soon became famous.
So after they met, they and Liu Bei quickly coincided, and they decided to follow Liu Bei around and participate in the war against the Yellow Turban Army. Not only that, but they are also brothers and sisters. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei had such good feelings that they even had to sleep together and live together. Then there was Taoyuan Jieyi, and they have been together ever since, wanting to complete the dream of reviving the Han Room together.
Liu Bei, as a scholar, was originally attracted by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's extraordinary martial arts, and Guan Yu Zhang Fei was neither born in a martial arts family before, nor did he ask his master to teach martial arts from an early age. As civilians, they have such a high level of martial arts to start from the following points.
2. Social background
Because in the years of war, ordinary people will not only be invaded by the enemy, but also constantly threatened by the rogues. As a result, people will teach themselves martial arts to lean over. According to the history of the wilderness, in the war-torn years, the people not only usually boxed, but archery and horseback riding were a compulsory course for them.
And because he was born in the side plug, Guan Yu Zhang Fei needed to exercise regularly from a young age, crawling from the bottom of society, and his physical fitness was very good. According to sima fa yan wei, "Whoever fights, he will win with strength for a long time and with his strength." That is to say, the key to victory in war is the strength of the individual himself.
Guan Yu is more than nine feet tall, in the Han Dynasty, one foot is equivalent to the current 23 centimeters, converted to nine feet is more than 2 meters. Moreover, Guan Yu's strength is infinite, and he can use ordinary people on the battlefield to kill the enemy without moving seventy-two pounds of Green Dragon Yanyue Knife, which is also a display of Guan Yu's extraordinary physical quality, which also determines that Guan Yu is destined to be extraordinary.
And Zhang Fei? The arms are large and round, and the eight snake spears are used in his hands. Taking the first rank of general in the Wan ma army is like probing the bag, which can be described as a real martial arts master. Zhang Fei was even more full of energy, and according to the water broken bridge, it was enough to retreat a million Cao soldiers on the Dangyang Bridge.
Third, the spiritual pillar
At the same time, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have a fearless spirit of not being afraid of danger and sacrifice. They set up their lives for the people, and they can't bear to see the people suffer from war, so they want to end the war quickly. At that time, it was very difficult to just start following Liu Bei and wanting to get ahead, and it was difficult to recruit soldiers just by relying on the name of "Queen Jing of Zhongshan", let alone completing the heavy task of "reviving the Han Room".
Therefore, it is necessary to bravely lead the way, just like Guan Yu's "Wenjiu Chopping Huaxiong" became famous in the first battle, in order to make Liu Bei emerge. In the big camp, seeing that the first few generals who were already well-known fell under Huaxiong's sword one after another, no one under the command of the various generals dared to lead the expedition, which was Guan Yu's false name that was not afraid of Huaxiong at all.
Cao Cao had just warmed the wine, but before it was cold, he returned victoriously. It is enough to see that Guan Yu is a brave and resourceful person, and everyone is drunk and awake, and accurately grasps the opportunity. It is precisely with the dream of "reviving the Han Room" that they have been running all the way. It is said that "practice makes true knowledge" In war, they also slowly honed their skills.
Even after being captured by The Cao Army, Guan Yu was still "in the heart of Cao Ying in Han" and did not change his insistence on the original intention of "reviving the Han Room". It was by virtue of his loyalty to Liu Bei that he escorted his sister-in-law all the way to the Han army camp safely by "crossing five levels and cutting six generals" and "riding alone for a thousand miles". Although Zhang Fei was a rough man, he understood many great truths and worked hard to learn many skills and martial arts with the veteran generals in the army.
No matter how talented they are, they are inseparable from daily hard training. According to records, even though Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were in power in the military, they were still like ordinary soldiers, training the basic skills of getting up early for many years. Their perseverance and courage are evident.
Fourth, hear and see
It is said that the phrase "three stinky cobblers, the top Zhuge Liang" means that many people have great strength, but zhuge liang's wisdom can also be seen. With such a military division in the army, Guan Yu Zhang Fei learned a lot of skills, including how to arrange troops, when to charge to maximize his physical strength, and so on.
In the later period, with the continuous emergence of young warriors, even guan yu Zhang Fei could not maintain a constant state of victory even if he was strong in martial arts. But they actually did it, not only by accumulating exercise over time, but also by accumulating a wealth of experience. And it is worth mentioning that although Guan Yu is a military general, he loves to read, especially "Spring and Autumn".
No matter how busy the war was, he always read by candlelight in the dead of night, and the same was true in Cao Camp. Therefore, Guan Yu had more strategy and the character of Corporal Li Xian than Zhang Fei. Under the influence of this environment, coupled with his own hard work, Guan Yu became a brave and resourceful battle general.
In many cases on a rapidly changing battlefield, force is not the only factor in victory. Even if he is as brave as Lü Buwei, he cannot rely solely on force to win 100% victory. But most warriors are dismissive of culture, and even fewer are like Guan Yu.
5. Summary
The deepening of the image of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as heroic and good at war comes from Luo Guanzhong's description of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Although Guan Yu And Zhang Fei are indeed famous generals in history, their image and the rendering of literary works also have a lot to do with it.
Therefore, their high martial arts should be viewed dialectically. There is no clear record of their enlightenment masters in history, so it is most likely self-taught. Of course, as a warrior from civilian to invincible, it is not only supported by talent, if you want to make extraordinary achievements, you should learn their perseverance and courage to brave the difficulties.