At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and then it entered the stage of the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, during which heroes appeared in an endless stream, such as the Five Tiger Generals of the Shu Han. Here Huang Zhong is famous for killing Xiahou Yuan, which does not seem to hurt or itch, but in fact it shakes the foundation of Cao Wei, not only that, after Huang Zhong killed Xiahou Yuan, he also became Zhang Fei's "father-killing enemy" in a certain sense.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Xiahou Yuan is basically a supporting role, and only when he is going to die will there be a little drama, so many people's touch on Huang Zhong's killing of Xiahou Yuan is not very big. In contrast, in history, Xiahou Yuan was definitely the mainstay of Cao Wei, and Cao Cao's loss of Xiahou Yuan was as serious as Liu Bei's loss of Guan Yu.
At the beginning of the chaotic world, Xiahou Yuan had already stepped onto the stage of history. In his youth, Xiahou Yuan once helped Cao Cao to face his sins, highlighting his heavy righteousness, not only that, when he was short of food, he also gave up one of his children in order to feed the orphan daughter of his deceased brother.
In 189, Cao Cao raised an army, and Xiahou Yuan became one of the first generals to follow Cao Cao. During the Battle of Guandu, although Xiahou Yuan did not appear on the frontal battlefield, he was responsible for the escort of military food, and he was also indispensable.
Then, from 206 to 211 AD, Xiahou Yuan repeatedly participated in the suppression of rebellions, defeating Chang Feng, Lei Xu and others, and consolidating Cao Cao's rule in the north.
During the Battle of Weinan, Xiahou Yuan followed Cao Cao to the west, made many military achievements, and afterwards stayed in Chang'an Tun to take charge of Cao Wei's western gateway. Ma Chao and Zhang Lu would often do something, all within Xiahou Yuan's ability, but the situation changed after Liu Bei entered Yizhou.
After Liu Bei commanded Yizhou, his target was directed at Hanzhong, and Cao Cao, in order to prevent Liu Bei from succeeding, prepared to take Hanzhong first, while Xiahou Yuan led his men and horses to meet Cao Cao. Zhang Lu was certainly not Cao Cao's opponent, and he surrendered without much fighting, and Xiahou Yuan immediately took Hanzhong and was worshipped as a general in the western expedition.
After Zhang Lu surrendered, Liu Bei was very angry and directly sent troops into Yangping Pass to seize Hanzhong, and the Battle of Hanzhong was officially launched.
Although after years of experience, Liu Bei had the capital to be tough with Cao Cao, but it was not so easy to win, Xiahou Yuan led Zhang Guo and Xu Huang to open the defensive mode, and in the second year, Liu Bei did not achieve any results, and then confronted Xiahou Yuan at Dingjun Mountain.
According to the Wei Luo, "Although Yuan was the governor of the capital, Liu Bei was worried and Yi Yuan". This means that Liu Bei despised Xiahou Yuan, and judging from the war situation at that time, it was true that Liu Bei's main forces were all attacking the area where Zhang Gao was stationed, while Xiahou Yuan was a little idle.
Because of this, Xiahou Yuan asked more than half of his men and horses to help Zhang Guo, but he did not think that Liu Bei would suddenly shift his target.
On that day, Liu Bei and Huang Zhong led the army to Xiahou Yuan's garrison camp, and when they were idle, they set a fire at the fortifications on the outskirts of the house. Originally, there was no big plan, just a random disturbance of the enemy's action, but Liu Bei and others who were watching the fire on the distant hillside suddenly lit up.
It turned out that Xiahou Yuan usually liked to be a pioneer, and when he saw that there was a fire outside, he personally took people out to fight the fire. And Liu Bei once lived under Cao Cao's tent, naturally knew Xiahou Yuan, saw that the old acquaintance actually came out, and immediately sent Huang Zhong to kill him.
The chaos only happened in an instant, Xiahou Yuan and others came out to fight the fire, and there was no preparation for battle, so they died in the rebellion. Note here that although it is said that Huang Zhong beheaded Xiahou Yuan, it is also possible that Huang Zhong's soldiers did it.
After Xiahou Yuan's death, Liu Bei took the opportunity to launch a large-scale attack, which in turn made Zhang Gao's side also chaotic, but these were all afterwords.
History has mixed praise for Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Cao also buried him after his death, but this is more like a regret for Xiahou Yuan. At this time, it was not only Cao Wei who was sad, but also Liu Bei's general Zhang Fei could not sit still, so let's take a look at the relationship between Zhang Fei and Xiahou Yuan.
As mentioned earlier, Xiahou Yuan adopted his niece, a girl known in the history books as Xiahou Shi. Essentially Xiahou Yuan's niece, she was also adopted as an adopted daughter.
It is mentioned in the record that Xiahou shi was bumped into by Zhang Fei for going out of the city to collect firewood, and then he was arrested and became Zhang Fei's wife. This paragraph looks a bit bloody, not to mention why Xiahou Shi went out to collect firewood by himself, he asked why Zhang Fei could catch Xiahou Yuan's adopted daughter as soon as he caught it.
To say that the real situation at that time was mostly the marriage between Liu Bei and the Xiahou family.
With Xiahou Yuan's kindness to xiahou, as an adopted daughter, Xiahou Yuan's father is not excessive, if this is calculated, then Xiahou Yuan is Zhang Fei's old father-in-law, and he can also talk about father and son. After his father-in-law was killed, Zhang Fei, who was a Shu general, naturally wanted to avenge his father, but also made a certain gesture.
The Wei Liu records that "when the ancestor died at the beginning of the yuan, the flying wife asked him to be buried."
The "flying wife" in this must refer to the Xiahou clan, and how a woman's family could do this faceless thing at that time, so after Xiahou Yuan's death, it should be Zhang Fei himself who was responsible for his funeral. I just don't know if Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong will be embarrassed when they meet.
The bond between Shu Han and the Xiahou family was not broken, Zhang Fei and Xiahou had a daughter, Zhang Shi, who later became Liu Chan's wife, and after Liu Chan ascended the throne, Zhang Became the Empress of Shu Han, and Liu Chan's descendants naturally shed the blood of the Xiahou family.
Liu Bei played this chess hand really well, even if Shu Han was attacked and destroyed by Cao Wei after his death, with this layer of relationship, he would not be exterminated. But what he did not expect was that Cao Wei would not be surnamed Cao after that.
After Sima Yi came to power, he began to exclude people with the surnames of Cao and Xiahou, and the State of Wei was full of bloodshed, and Xiahou Yuan's second son Xiahou Ba, seeing that the situation was not good, decided to surrender to Shu Han.
Liu Chan was also taken aback after receiving the news that Xiahou Ba was going to submit, and this should be called "uncle" on backup.
Xiahou Ba's return to Shu did not go well, mainly because the Shu Road was rough and then lost. Fortunately, Liu Chan was enthusiastic and sent people to take Xiahou Ba to his side. When he first saw Liu Chan, Xiahou Ba was also a little nervous, after all, he ran to the enemy's old lair in one breath, but Liu Chan's next move made him feel a lot at ease.
Seeing that Xiahou Ba was nervous, Liu Chan said that your father (Xiahou Yuan) was killed in the rebellion, not killed by my father (Liu Bei) himself. It alludes to the fact that there is no need to worry about the previous suspicions between the two people.
Later, Liu Chan brought out his own son, who was the crown prince of Shu Han at that time. "Come, this is your grandmother's brother, call your uncle and grandfather."
This move completely reassured Xiahou Ba. Later generations were treated kindly by Shu Han, and Xiahou Yuan did not take care of this family affair in vain.
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