In today's society, if you find someone on the street and ask, "Who killed Huaxiong?" "I think 90% of people will say guan yu."
"Guan Yu Wenjiu Chopping Huaxiong" Who does not know? Who doesn't know? But is this really the case? not necessarily.
The "Guan Yu WenJiu Chopping Huaxiong" we are familiar with comes from the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" written by the novelist Luo Guanzhong in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties.
This passage is from the fifth chapter: Sending Corrections to the Towns of Ying Cao Gong Breaking the Guan Bing Three Ying Battle Lü Bu
It is said that Dong Zhuo entered the capital, oppressed the emperor, mutilated Zhongliang, and confused the chaogang. In this regard, the eighteen-way princes led by Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Cao Cao jointly discussed Dong Zhuo.
Dong Zhuo was horrified, not knowing how to be good. Seeing this, Lü Bu stepped forward and said, "Father don't worry. The princes of Guanwai regard it as grass and mustard; may the master of the tiger and wolf behead him and hang it at the capital gate. ”
This is Hua Xiong appearing, Hua Xiong said: "Cut the chicken with a cattle knife?" Don't go to the house. I beheaded the princes of all ranks, such as probing the sac to take the ear! ”
Hua Xiong was also really powerful, first killing Bao Zhong, then killing Zu Mao, then killing Yu Shi, and then killing Pan Feng, and the EighteenTh Route princes who killed him were frightened and did not dare to fight again.
At this time, Guan Yu stepped forward and said, "The young general is willing to behead Hua Xiong and dedicate it to the tent!" Cao Cao saw that he was nine feet long, mighty, and had a heroic spirit, so he went forward to toast him with a cup of hot wine for his grand deeds.
Guan Yu said, "Pour the wine down, and come when you go." ”
Guan Yu got on the horse, the knife fell in his hand, Huaxiong's head landed, and when Guan Yu returned, the wine was still warm, which was "Guan Yu Wen wine beheading Huaxiong".
This section of the bridge is mainly to highlight Guan Yu's martial arts.
The above is from the novel, not historical facts, so who killed Hua Xiong? The answer is Sun Jian.
According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, in the second year of Chuping (191), Sun Jian served as a forward and went to fight Dong Zhuo, but unfortunately was defeated by Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong, and Sun Jian retreated all the way back, retreated to the Taigu Yang people, and sought an opportunity to fight again.
After Dong Zhuo learned of this, he sent his troops Hu Yi to lead an army of 5,000 to attack Sun Jian. Hu Yun was the Grand Governor, Lü Bu was the Riding Governor, and there were many minor Governors, and Hua Xiong was one of the Minor Governors.
Hu Zhen's army besieged Sun Jian in Yangren City, but because Hu Zhen, Lü Bu and others competed with each other for merit, the people's hearts were uneven, and they soon did not fight and chaos. Sun Jian seized the opportunity to take advantage of the chaos to attack, defeating Hu Zhenjun and killing the enemy capital Huaxiong in front of the account.
It can be seen that Hua Xiong is only a small governor in Dong Zhuojun, not a famous person. Moreover, Hua Xiong's death was also very simple, there was chaos in his own army, the enemy army took the opportunity to march, so he killed Hua Xiong, and even Hua Xiong was likely to die at the hands of a small soldier in Sun Jian's army, and he was not killed by Sun Jian himself.
In fact, it didn't matter who Hua Xiong died at the hands of, whether it was Guan Yu or Sun Jian. It is important that we know the causes and consequences.
In this way, when others ask, "Who killed Huaxiong?"?
We can then reply, "Are you talking about the literal or the real historical Huaxiong?"
"If it is Yanyi, it is Guan Yu, if it is real history, it is Sun Jian."