Things in this world are bound to have gains and losses, it is absolutely difficult to have the best of both worlds, Liu Bei started from scratch all the way down and finally mixed up a little family foundation, among which he made countless choices, whether right or wrong is moving forward, Pang Tong died in Fengpo after he urgently needed to make up for the unification of the famous minister, this time when he was ready to exclude the crowd to take this Sichuan general who was better than Feng Chick into his pocket, the military master Zhuge Liang preemptively killed this person, who is this person? Why did Zhuge Liang want to kill him?
Who is this person who plans to kill Pang Tong and dangerously capture Liu Bei? Liu Bei's momentum today is all thanks to a number of strategists and military generals under his account, Zhuge Liang Pang Tong is superior, Guan Zhang Zhao is brave and fierce, but he knows that his talent pool is far inferior to Cao Cao, even Eastern Wu Sun Quan is stronger than him, originally he was thirsty for talent, and now Pang Tong is dead like breaking his arm, how can he not stomp his feet and sigh.
The man Liu Bei wanted to recruit was named Zhang Ren, a famous general of the Sichuan Army, which was rare in the world, and Pang Tong was killed by his ambush. This is already enough for Liu Bei to be impressed, but there is something more profound.
Once Liu Bei was caught in Zhang Ren's plan, his subordinates Huang Zhongwei Yan were all entangled in the enemy army, the Chinese army was already in chaos, Zhang Ren actually killed Liu Bei directly to capture him, Liu Bei grabbed his double sword and panicked to meet the battle.
Although Liu Bei had fought with two brothers in the three heroes lü Bu also passed down a good story, the outside world has always believed that Liu Huangshu's martial prowess is also extraordinary, in fact, he only played a role in distracting Lü Bu from it, mainly relying on Guan Zhang and the two, and his own martial strength was only slightly better than that of the last general in the army. This time, he and Zhang Yiyi fought with each other, and Liu Had the self-knowledge to turn his horse's head and flee to the secluded path on the mountain.
Zhuge Liang designed to capture, Zhang Ren vowed not to surrender Zhang Ren how can he give up and give up, shoot the horse and chase, Liu Bei heard that the back was getting closer and closer, the heart had already mentioned the throat eyes, thinking that this time I was killed, fortunately, Zhang Fei killed at the time of the thousand jun, he fought fiercely with Zhang Ren, and after more than ten rounds of fighting, he did not see victory or defeat, at this time the veteran general Yan Yan also led the army to help, and Zhang Ren retreated.
How could Liu Bei, who was in such close contact and on the front line of life and death, not be impressed by Zhang Ren?
Zhang Renneng designed an ambush to kill Pang Tong, and retreated from the spear of the fierce man Zhang Fei, which showed that he was good at literature and martial arts.
Therefore, this time, the military master Zhuge Liang designed to capture Zhang Ren, and Liu Bei regretted that he could not bear to kill him and persuaded him to surrender, but Zhang Ren was not moved and even scolded loudly. Zhuge Liang saw this situation and ordered him to pull out of the tent and kill him to fulfill his reputation. Liu Bei could only sigh at this result and ordered Zhang Ren's body to be buried next to the Jinyan Bridge to show his loyalty.
To sum up, some people can't help but ask why Zhuge Liang was in a hurry to order zhang Ren to be killed? If he could persuade Liu Bei to surrender together, perhaps this person could become the pillar of the Shu state in the future, and the Northern Expedition in the future would not be so arduous. In fact, Zhuge Liang is well-intentioned. After a detailed analysis of it, there are roughly the following possibilities:
First, if Liu Bei personally ordered the beheading of Zhang Ren, it would undoubtedly be detrimental to Liu Bei's efforts to win people's hearts in Shu in the future, and Zhuge Liang's order to kill Zhang Ren preserved Liu Bei's name of benevolence.
Second, Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Bei had persuaded him for a long time and did not surrender, and Zhang Ren was bent on death, so he also had the heart to fulfill Zhang Ren's good name of loyalty.
Third, Pang Tong died because of him, and killing Zhang Ren can also play a role in stabilizing the hearts of the army, and it can also be regarded as an account for the dead Pang Tong.
Fourth, Zhuge Liang also wanted to achieve a deterrent effect by killing Zhang Ren, and the intention was also obvious, once captured, if he did not surrender, then he would end up with Zhang Ren.
Through the above reasons, Zhang Ren has become a person who must die, even if Zhuge Liang has the mind of "seven captures and seven verticals", he must also be killed, because he knows better than anyone what is at stake. Once it is not handled well, the negative impact will make the Shu army that has just lost Pang Tong worse.
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the Three Kingdoms