Birds are exhausted, good bows are hidden, cunning rabbits are dead, and lackeys are cooked.
This is Han Xin's last words, fully revealing his helplessness and heartache.
Han Xin was one of the "Three Masters of the Early Han Dynasty" who helped Liu Bang defeat Xiang Yu and pacify the world, and his lifelong battle achievements were outstanding, but what was the outcome of Han Xin? In the end, he was killed by Liu Bang, and it was really in response to the birds, the good bow to hide, the cunning rabbit to die, and the lackeys to cook.
Han Xin was no longer valuable to Liu Bang, and he also threatened Liu Bang's existence, so Han Xin was killed. In history, there are no longer a few cases of emperors killing heroes, and since the ancient gong was high, the ministers were going to be killed.
When Liu Bei was fighting the world, he also followed a lot of people around him, if Liu Bei won the world, then the first people he had to kill were these three, and Zhuge Liang also knew it in his heart, and he didn't say it was broken.
First, Guan Yu
Guan Yu was Liu Bei's brother-in-law, known as "Second Brother Guan".
Guan Yu is strong in martial arts, stubborn in character, and quite arrogant. Liu Bei knew that Guan Yu was a "beast", so his attitude toward Guan Yu was always obedient and did not clash with Guan Yu head-on.
In the process of Liu Bei's entrepreneurship, talents are needed, and Guan Yu is Liu Bei's talent, and naturally Liu Bei is very important to Guan Yu. After Liu Bei unified the world, he no longer needed Guan Yu, and Guan Yu's existence threatened Liu Bei, so Liu Bei wanted to take Guan Yu and kill Guan Yu.
Second, Ma Chao
Although Ma Chao followed Liu Bei, Ma Chao's way of turning to Liu Bei was different from others.
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and others all took the initiative to follow Liu Bei, while Ma Chao passively followed Liu Bei, and Ma Chao chose Liu Bei only when he was cornered, and there was a lot of unwillingness in his heart.
The others all defected to Liu Bei alone, ma chao was different, he also took his Western Liang army, which was loyal to Ma Chao. After Ma Chao followed Liu Bei, he was not reused.
The relationship between Ma Chao and Liu Bei is relatively special, and Ma Chao's presence will make Liu Bei feel uneasy. If Liu Bei unified the world, Ma Chao would be killed, and if Ma Chao existed, it would threaten his position.
Third, Zhuge Liang
The relationship between Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei is the most delicate, Liu Bei seems to trust Zhuge Liang, but seems to distrust Zhuge Liang. Liu Bei did three great things in his life, but none of these three major events involved Zhuge Liang.
When Liu Bei entered Sichuan, he brought Pang Tong with him; when Liu Bei was in hanzhong, he brought Fazheng with him; and when Liu Bei led his troops to attack Eastern Wu, he did not take Zhuge Liang with him.
If Liu Bei really trusted Zhuge Liang, then why didn't he take him with him when he did big things? If Liu Bei won the world, he would definitely kill Zhuge Liang.
Liu Bei looks pleasant on the surface, but in fact, he is well versed in the art of emperors and controls everyone very well. Liu Bei can be emperor, which also shows that he is not a fuel-saving lamp!
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, History of the Later Han Dynasty, Book of the Later Han Dynasty, etc