The story of Zhao Zilong's seven in and seven out of Changshanpo has been heard by everyone, in order to protect the young lord Liu Chan, Zhao Yun single-handedly entered the Cao camp, which can be said to be a good story. From this point, it can be seen that Zhao Yun's loyalty and courage, but when Liu Beiyiling's army was defeated and the White Emperor was isolated, he did not reuse this tiger general, but instead handed over the military power to Li Yan, who was not brilliant, and soon after, Zhuge Liang gave an answer.
First, the White Emperor City is isolated
In 219, Guan Yu was killed by Eastern Wu, and Liu Bei, who had been emperor for only three months, was deeply distressed and insisted on raising an army to attack Wu despite the persuasion of his generals. Among them, Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun insisted on opposing Wu, believing that their current enemy was not Eastern Wu, but Cao Wei, and it was precisely because of their disagreement that the two were not taken away by Liu Bei.
In order to avenge his second brother, Liu Bei raised an army of 700,000 and marched into Eastern Wu. Along the way, Liu Bei's army was invincible, and the Eastern Wu army was gradually defeated, and Sun Quan repeatedly expressed to Liu Bei that he was willing to surrender and return the counties of Jingzhou. However, in the face of the excellent situation, Liu Bei was unwilling to stop there, and was bound to enter The capital of Eastern Wu, Jianye.
Liu Bei's army, which penetrated deep behind the enemy, fought countless victorious battles, believing that Eastern Wu's generals were no more than this, too light on the enemy, and fell into Lu Xun's strategy of luring the enemy to go deeper. Liu Bei, who had no one in sight, camped for eight hundred miles and went down in the forest. Just when the sky was dry and dry, Lu Xun did not leave a large fire of Liu Bei's piece of armor, and finally came to Yong'an with the defeat of the remnants of the army.
At the Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei was defeated in a battle, and he retreated to the White Emperor's City and did not dare to return to Chengdu, fearing that Lu Xun would continue to pursue. Liu Bei persisted in the White Emperor's City until Cao Pi took the opportunity to attack Eastern Wu, which was also a relief, and after a long period of nervousness, the sudden discouragement made Liu Bei seriously ill. Liu Bei, who knew that time was short, hurriedly summoned Zhuge Liang to see him and explained the aftermath.
Liu Beituo's general content was to hand over the political power of Shu Han to Zhuge Liang, and at the same time, to distribute the military power to Li Yan, which was also regarded as mutual restraint. And Zhao Yun, the general who had saved the young lord many times, was arranged by Liu Bei.
2. Perform their respective duties
Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun everyone knows that they are famous, but what kind of a figure Li Yan is, he was actually reused by Liu Bei, and the military and political power was assured to be handed over to Li Yan. Li Yan joined Liu Bei's clique late, and was originally a subordinate of Liu Zhang of the Yizhou clique, who had ordered Li Yan to resist Liu Bei's attack, but did not expect Li Yan to lead his men to surrender to Liu Bei.
During this time, Li Yan did gain Liu Bei's trust as a loyal general. After Liu Bei's death, of course, there was a need for a trustworthy general and a general with a certain ability to lead troops to control the military and political power, and after the death of Guan Yu And Zhang Fei and other famous generals, Li Yan naturally became the candidate in Liu Bei's heart.
In fact, Li Yan's ability to lead troops is not weak, but it is rarely mentioned in history, when Liu Bei was fighting in Hanzhong, there was civil unrest in his rear, all his combat strength was on the front line, and the rear was almost unavailable. At this time, Li Yan led his five thousand men to successfully repel tens of thousands of thieves, almost becoming famous in a battle, stabilizing Liu Bei's rear.
With this alone, Li Yan was enough to have a certain weight in Liu Bei's heart. Zhao Yun naturally had other uses, although Li Yan had great power in his hands, but he was arranged in the Yong'an area to prevent the invasion of Eastern Wu, in fact, his power was limited. After zhao yun returned to Chengdu with Zhuge Liang, he was appointed as the central protector.
What kind of position is this, and today it can be said that liu Chan's personal bodyguard is in charge of the forbidden army in the palace and protecting Liu Chan's personal safety. It can be said that these three old ministers, each with a division of labor, each has its own differences, Li Yan is responsible for controlling the military and political power to prevent the attack of Eastern Wu, while Zhuge Liang is actively helping Liu Chan to govern the government, and Zhao Yun is responsible for protecting the safety of the emperor, which is of course the most important task.
Third, Liu Bei's intentions
After Liu Bei's death in 223 AD, the pattern of the three families quietly changed again. In order to take care of the overall situation, Zhuge Liang re-established a good alliance with Eastern Wu and jointly opposed Cao Wei. After experiencing the handover of the old and new emperors, the Shu Han Began a period of stability. Liu Bei was very accurate, and once left a last word that Ma Mo could not be reused, in his view, Zhuge Liang's governance of internal affairs was first-class, but he could not do it for killing.
For Liu Bei, Liu Chan's safety is naturally in the first place. Throughout the Manchu Dynasty, only Zhao Yun can be said to be the most concerned about the overall situation and a loyal person. Therefore, Zhao Yun could not stay in Yong'an to take charge of the army, if he stayed in Yong'an, then Liu Chan's safety was beyond anyone's care, and Where was Li Yan's bravery comparable to Zhao Zilong, who was full of liver and gallbladder.
In that turbulent era, the person who could become the leader of a party was naturally not simple. Liu Bei's gaze was poisonous and his eyes were wise, and in his eyes, he could distinguish between loyalty and adultery at a glance and recognize the ability of his soldiers. After weighing the pros and cons, he handed over the military power to Li Yan, but he stayed in Yong'an forever, even if he had great power, he could not exert it.
Although Zhao Yun did not have great power, he had the power to select military attaches of the imperial court, that is, he indirectly allowed Zhao Yun to cooperate with Zhuge Liang's work, and anyone who committed the following offenses, the qinggang sword in Zhao Yun's hand would be pulled out and cut off the thieves. Zhuge Liang was responsible for providing advice and advice, Zhao Yun was responsible for carrying out tasks, and the Shu Han regime was smoothly transitioned.
Although he was left in Yong'an, in addition to guarding the border of Shu Han, Li Yan actually had another advantage that Neither Zhuge Liang nor Zhao Yun had. Because Li Yan was an authentic Xichuan person, Liu Bei Group was after all an outsider, and giving Li a serious appointment naturally had the intention of wooing the Xichuan Shi clique. Li Yan joined the Liu Zhang Group in his early years, and it can be said that he has a certain prestige here, which can make Li Yan one of the core leadership groups and facilitate zhuge Liang's later work.
IV. Conclusion
After many years, when we look back at this period of history, we have to sigh that Liu Bei was also an extremely wise person, who knew people and employed people just right, which was incomparable to Zhuge Liang. In the later years of the Shu Han Dynasty, there were almost no generals available at all levels of the imperial court, and the clique team pulled up by Liu Bei in the early years had long been left with the passage of war, and Zhuge Liang rarely found talents, which was a shortcoming of his.