During the Three Kingdoms period, the strongest was undoubtedly Cao Cao, who dominated the north, and the development and growth of Cao Wei was naturally inseparable from the generals who could recruit and have both wisdom and courage in Cao Cao's hands, "Taizu Jianzi Wugong, and the good generals of the time, the five sons first", that is to say, Cao Cao's "five sons of liang generals" Zhang Liao, Zhang Gao, Yu Ban, Lejin, Xu Huang, were the most powerful generals under Cao Cao.
In "Five Sons and Good Generals",
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He was the general that Cao Cao most appreciated and personally promoted;
Xu Huang
Fought Against Guan Yu and relieved the siege of Fancheng;
Zhang Liao
Wei Zhen Xiaoyaojin, shocking Jiangdong Huchen;
Zhang Gao
The great defeat of Ma Chen at the street pavilion relieved the danger of the Shu Han's first Northern Expedition. whereas
Lejin
Le Wenqian, whether in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, does not have a high sense of existence, why did he break into the "Five Sons of Good Generals"? And the ranking is not low?
Among the "Five Sons of Good Generals", Lejin is a more special one. If you only look at the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lejin can only be regarded as a dragon set with lines at most, and in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Chen Shou's biography to him is only a few hundred words, and the record is also the most "boring". But the ancients spoke, concise and concise, and it was easy to ignore without looking carefully, in fact, Lejin was actually a heroic figure who fought all over the time! Lü Bu, Zhang Xiu, Yuan Shao's father and son, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Sun Quan, etc. were beaten by him.
Regarding the records of Lejin, it is mostly written that it is "from", such as "from hitting Lü Bu", "from Zheng Zhang embroidery", etc., or "first deng", such as "from hitting Lü Bu in Puyang, Zhang Chao in Yongqiu, Qiao Rui in suffering, all of them first ascended to have merit", "from attacking Yuan Tan to Nanpi, first deng, into Tan Dongmen".
"From" shows that Lejin is more subordinate and cooperates with the commander-in-chief, which is equivalent to a position such as a deputy, and the limelight is naturally inferior to the commander-in-chief. And "first to climb" shows the bravery of Lejin, who is always a pioneer and rushes to the forefront of the battle.
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In the entire "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is Lejin's "first to climb" the most
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Le Jin is also the only character in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms who has experienced battlefield chopping (the other is Guan Yu, who cuts Yan Liang).
There were two beheaded, one was Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang's general Yan Jing, and the other was Chun Yuqiong, one of the famous Yuan Shao generals, one of the Eight Lieutenants of the West Garden.
After Chun Yuqiong was a famous door, Yuan Shao's hair was small, and in the fifth year of the Han Ling Emperor Zhongping (188), he was appointed as one of the "Eight Lieutenants of the West Garden", and his fame and status were above Yan Liang, who was born in the Cold Gate, otherwise such an important task of guarding Wuchao would not have fallen on his head, and he was a veritable General of Hebei.
The most crucial battle in Cao Cao's life was the Battle of Guandu! The key point in the Battle of Guandu is the surprise attack on Wuchao! At that time, Cao Cao personally led 5,000 elite troops to attack the Wuchao camp guarded by more than 10,000 people, and Yuan Shao's reinforcements were about to arrive, and the situation was 100,000 urgent! It was Le's attack that broke Chun Yu Qiong's headquarters and killed Chun Yu Qiong, which made the situation suddenly open! However, in the Battle of Wuchao, the protagonist is of course the leader Cao Cao, and Lejin's actions can only be passed in one go.
After the Battle of Chibi, Le Jin sat in Xiangyang and defeated Guan Yu, Su Fei, Du Pu and others. The Battle of Hefei made Zhang Liao "Wei Zhen XiaoYaojin", which has been passed down through the ages. And Le Jin and Li Dian seem to be just supporting roles. But in the final reward, Cao Cao made a different evaluation:
Li Dian was not promoted, zengyi three hundred households; Zhang Liaoguan was promoted to one level, Cheng Zhengdong general, no zengyi; and Le Jinguan was promoted two ranks, as a right general, zengyi five hundred households, and his son was given the title of marquis
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The Right General is already a senior military position, and the only rank left is the rank of Great General. The following year, Yu banned Zuo From being a general, and three years later Xiahou Huan was promoted to former general. It was not until Cao Pi came to power, that is, fourteen years later, that Zhang Liao was named a former general and was ranked with Le Jin.
Zhang Liao, who made a big splash in this battle, had no objection to this, which could only show one thing: Lejin was "not a lot of cruel people"! There is almost no record of Lejin's words in the historical data, and it is not difficult to guess that Lejin has a taciturn personality, good at action and not overflowing with words.
With outstanding merits, it should not be difficult for Lejin to be promoted to the "great general position", but unfortunately, Heaven is jealous of talents. In 218 AD, twenty-three years after Jian'an, Le Jin died of illness. If LeJin is still there, most of the troops who went to rescue Xiangyang are not forbidden, and the history of the flooded Seventh Army may be rewritten.
In addition, Lejin not only made many achievements in the battlefield, but also had "merit from the Yuan" to Cao Cao, and was regarded as one of the "original shareholders" of Cao Cao Group. Cao Cao raised an army to attack Dong Zhuo, but there were too few soldiers and horses, and there were only five hundred people around him. Cao Cao personally went to Danyang to recruit troops and gathered more than 4,000 people, while Lejin returned to his hometown to recruit troops and brought back more than 1,000 people to Cao Cao, accounting for 1/5 of the "share capital"! For Cao Cao in the entrepreneurial period, it is precious! Contributions to army building are equally important than military achievements!
Cao Cao's evaluation of Zhang Liao was "both strong and powerful, strategic and well-prepared, loyal in quality, and observant in discipline and righteousness", while the evaluation of Lejin was: "Every time he attacks in battle, he is often the governor, he is strong and strong, and he is not strong and does not fall", from this point of view, Lejin's martial courage should be above Zhang Liao! The comment given to Lejin in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is: "Lejin is famous for its xiaoguo". It can be seen that Lejin, whether it is personal combat strength or military ability, is undoubtedly worthy of the name of "good general"!
(Reference: "Sangokushi"))