In the 4th issue, I talked about the most controversial famous general of the Shu Han Dynasty- Huang Zhong, this old general, who spent almost half his life in Jingzhou, did not meet a good leader, until he was activated by Liu Bei, it was precisely because he began to shine, the Battle of Entering Sichuan can be said to be the champion of the three armies, the Battle of Hanzhong and the battle of Cao Wei beheaded the Cao Wei general Xiahou Yuan, as a veteran, became a big coffee warrior under Liu Bei, leaving a glorious footprint in his martial career. However, the more regrettable thing is that because he was older, he died in the second year after Liu Bei made him a general, and perhaps this is also his most regrettable thing: early death.
Huang Zhong, perhaps he did not want to die so early, even if he had entered the age of ancient rarity, he also wanted to shed a piece of blood for the Shu Han Dynasty. Without him, only because he is not a good brother like Guan Yu Zhang Fei who followed Liu Bei to start a business and fight the world; only because he is not Ma Chao after the famous General of Xiliang, who has long been famous, but an old man who did not have much to do in his youth. Liu Bei had the grace of knowing him and was even more affectionate, so every time he fought, he was a pioneer and a brave champion of the three armies, and by killing Xiahou Yuan, he really had the capital to enter the sequence of high-ranking martial generals of the Shu Han Dynasty.
Although it is not a battlefield of death, the seemingly unscathed ending may be the biggest regret in Huang Zhong's life. However, in terms of the degree of regret, the most regrettable famous general of the Shu Han Dynasty belonged to another one, and he was the warrior general who was loved by all the fans of the Three Kingdoms - Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong.
Why did Zhao Yun become the most regrettable famous general of the Shu Han Dynasty?
In fact, it is also very simple, the first point, Zhao Yun's life is heavily valued by Liu Bei, but because the position is slightly low, it is often misunderstood by the world, which is the regret of others for Zhao Yun's treatment and ability and qualifications.
As we all know, Chen Shou once said: "Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun are strong and fierce, and they are pawns of (irrigation babies) and Teng (Xiahou babies)." "Putting Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun, such as the founding generals of the Great Han Dynasty, and Xiahou Baby, this evaluation is not low." Not to mention that Zhao Yun was regarded as Liu Bei's minions, which was also very in line with the truth, in a long period of time when Liu Bei wanted to be a businessman, Zhao Yun was almost a very important military general of Liu Bei, only after Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
During Liu Bei's time in Jingzhou, there were only three generals under his command, namely Guan Yu, the general Guan Yu, the general Zhang Fei, and the general Zhao Yun, and even Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong were only generals in the military division, which is worth mentioning, Zhao Yun also took the position of Guiyang Taishou, who had the real power to sit on one side, and had the authority to lead the army independently, and this power has always been retained. What needs special attention, Zhao Yun is still Liu Bei's defense against Lady Sun, the main general in charge of internal affairs.
Some people said that the general was very small, and then there were few talents around Liu Bei at that time, which made Zhao Yun important, and after Liu Bei entered Sichuan, the importance of Zhao Yun was lowered, and the official position was never promoted again. In fact, it is not, to know that Zhou Yu, the leader of the Battle of Chibi, was also a partial general at that time, and Lü Meng was also a partial general after taking Jingzhou, which shows the particularity of the local princes and officials at that time.
Secondly, Liu Bei entered Sichuan, and Zhao Yun entered Shuzhong as the second echelon, and led all the soldiers and horses alone, until Liu Bei took Chengdu and sealed a general of the Yi Army, although he was a miscellaneous general, it was Liu Bei who initiated it and had the intention of assisting. At this time, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Huang Zhong were also miscellaneous generals, but Ma Chao was a high-value general, a general of Pingxi.
Subsequently, Liu Bei was called the King of Hanzhong, and then called himself emperor, and Zhao Yun's promotion path is not recorded, and it is obvious that there is a lack of historical materials here. However, from Liu Chan's title of emperor, Zhao Yun's protection of the army from the middle, the general of Zhengnan, and the promotion of the general of Zhendong, it can be seen that Zhao Yun must have been promoted correspondingly when Liu Bei was called emperor.
When Liu Bei was crowned king, Guan Zhang Ma Huang became the four generals of the front, right, left and rear, but Zhao Yun was missing, and Zhao Yun at this time was likely to serve as a central protector. The position of the Middle Protector Army was not simple, the Shu Han Dynasty followed the military system of the Han Dynasty, and the position of the Central Protector Army was the commander of the Forbidden Army, the president's generals, and the election of the chief military attaché. The Central Protector Army is directly responsible for selecting lower-level military generals and taking charge of the forbidden army, which is very easy to form a military force loyal to itself, so in many cases, as a leader, you must choose a heavy subject with absolute trust, for Liu Bei, Zhao Yun is the best candidate.
It can be seen that although Zhao Yun's official position was surpassed by Ma Chao and Huang Zhong's later military generals, his position of power and Liu Bei's trust in him have always been very high. No worse than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
The second regret is that Zhao Yun's regret for himself, ruthlessly facing the death of his former comrades-in-arms, and under the entrustment of the ancestors, he did not fulfill the last wish of kuang fu Han room.
Zhao Yun was the longest-lived being among the first generation of famous generals of the Shu Han Dynasty. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the brothers who used to fight together in the world, died one after another, and even Liu Bei, the ancestor who trusted him incomparably, died of illness in the White Emperor City after the failure of the Eastern Crusade.
With the passage of time, Zhao Yun also grew old, missed his former brother even more, and could not forget the instructions of the ancestors, when Zhuge Liang northernly attacked Cao Wei, he also gladly led the army to fight in the year of Gu Xi, and although the final outcome was not successful, there was not much loss, but this was also Zhao Yun's greatest effort for the Shu Han Dynasty. With Zhao Yun's one-man break, in exchange for the whole camp is not damaged, it is not difficult to imagine that he is worthy of being called General Huwei.
Regrettably, this Huwei general died in the seventh year of Jianxing (229 AD).
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Taiping Imperial Records