In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the color of "honoring Liu Cao and suppressing Cao" is very strong, and in Luo Guanzhong's pen, all people and things belonging to Liu Bei's camp are beautified and elevated as much as possible, and all people and things that belong to Cao Cao's camp are scandalized and degraded as much as possible. It is precisely under this kind of song that many famous generals in Cao Cao's camp have their abilities castrated or weakened, and their reputations have been covered up or ignored, leaving the impression left on the world that they are often nameless "soy sauce parties" and even do not even appear in the book.
There are many "stealthy" famous generals that Luo Guanzhong deliberately ignored, including Zhu Ling, a general who was praised by The Wei Emperor Cao Pi as a pillar of the state, and Zhu Ling was portrayed as a "soy sauce party" in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. So what kind of legendary experience did Zhu Ling have? What was his final outcome?
The famous general Zhu Ling was portrayed as the "soy sauce party" in the speech
Zhu Lingzi Wenbo, a native of Qinghe In the late Han Dynasty, was originally a subordinate of Yuan Shao. During the period when Zhu Ling was following Yuan Shao, he was at first dead-hearted and loyal, and even disregarded the lives of his family for the sake of official affairs. Zhu Ling's compatriot Ji Yong occupied Juancheng and surrendered to Gongsun Zhan and detained Zhu Ling's family members in the city, but Yuan Shao sent Zhu Ling to the crusade. At this time, Gongsun Zhan had led an army to aid Ji Yong, and in order to coerce Zhu Ling, he tied his mother and brother to the head of the city to make him surrender, and the situation was very critical.
Zhu Ling hesitated again and again, and then wept at the head of the city: "Since the eldest husband is still alive, since he is committed to people, he naturally has to serve all the time, how can he take care of the safety of the family anymore?" After Zhu Ling finished crying, he led his army to fight Kecheng and capture Ji Yong, forcing Gongsun Zhan to flee north. But before Gongsun Zhan withdrew, Zhu Ling's entire family had been killed.
At the beginning, Qinghe Jiyong surrendered Gongsun Zan to rebel against Yuan Shao, and Sent Troops to Guard Him. Shao Sent spirit to attack it. The Ling family was in the city, and Zhen placed the Ling Mother and Brother on the city to lure the Spirit. Lingwangcheng wept, "Once the husband is born and is a man, how can he take care of the family!" "Then the battle was pulled out, and the yong was captured and the lingjia died." See Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, 17th citation of Spring and Autumn in Kyushu
Zhu Ling initially attached himself to Yuan Shao, but was not used by him
However, for Zhu Ling's incomparable loyalty, Yuan Shao did not seem to be much moved, nor did he grant him an important position, which inevitably made the latter dissatisfied. A few years later, Zhu Ling was ordered to assist Cao Cao in his crusade against Tao Qian, and after the incident, he found that Cao Cao was a rare Ming lord, so he did not want to serve Yuan Shao anymore, but instead submitted to Cao Cao, and all the people he brought with him voluntarily stayed. In this way, Zhu Ling "jumped ship" from Yuan Ying to Cao Ying and began a legendary life.
At the beginning, Zhu Ling of Qinghe was a general of Yuan Shao. Taizu's conquest of Tao Qian, Shao envoy Lingtuo three battalions to help Taizu, the battle has merit. Shao sent all the generals to return to their respective places, and the spirit said: "There are many spiritual observers, and there are no Cao Gong, this is the true Lord." Now that it has been encountered, what is the return? "So I couldn't stay." All the soldiers and soldiers who worship them will stay with the spirit. Ibid.
Zhu Ling was successful in his conquest with Cao Cao and was greatly appreciated by the latter
After zhu ling surrendered to Cao Cao, he followed him to conquer the north and south, repeatedly destroying the front and trapping the front, showing extremely strong combat effectiveness. As a general, Zhu Ling, together with Liu Bei and Lu Zhao, invited Yuan Shu to attack Northern Xiapi, followed Cao Cao to Dingji Prefecture in the north and Jingzhou in the south, and then from Ma Chao and Han Sui to Guanzhong, and Xike Zhang Lu to Hanzhong, with outstanding military achievements, and his prestige was second only to Xu Huang, one of the "Five Sons of Liang Generals".
However, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhu Ling's ability is seriously ignored, so that in the eyes of many readers, he is just a "soy sauce party" and has nothing to do with the word "famous general". In fact, this is a serious misunderstanding.
Zhu Ling served Cao Cao and Cao Pi's father and son, and was made the Marquis of Tang for his meritorious service. In his edict that zhu ling was made marquis, Cao Pi praised him greatly, saying that his prestige overshadowed the Zhou Dynasty's Zhongxing great meritorious servants Zhao Hu (who had the merits of supporting Xuan Wang and pacifying Huaiyi), And Uncle Fang (southern conquest of Jingchu and Northern Expedition, who were the number one heroes of Zhou Zhongxing), who far exceeded the merits of Zhou Bo and Dou Bao, the founding fathers of the Western Han Dynasty (both of whom were officials to Taiwei and Xiangxiang). Cao Pi's high evaluation of Zhu Ling shows that its importance to the Cao Wei regime is by no means comparable to ordinary people.
Emperor Cao Pi of Wei greatly admired Zhu Ling
Emperor Wen ascended the throne, enfeoffed the Marquis of Ling, and increased his household. The edict reads: "The general Zuo Ordered the Former Emperor, the canonical soldiers over the years, Wei Over Fang, Shao, Gong Over Dai, Irrigation." How can the beauty of the picture be added? Receiving the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor has the Sea, the General of the Yuan Gong, and the Minister of the Society, all of whom celebrate with the same blessing, and the infinite one who passes on it. Present-day Marquis Of Fengkui. Wealth does not return to their hometown, such as night clothes embroidery. If it is normal, it is not difficult to say. Ling Xie Said, "Gao Tang, Sushohara." "So he was given the title of Marquis of Tang. Ibid.
However, although Zhu Ling had distinguished himself in battle and was deeply trusted by Cao Cao's father and son, somehow Cao Cao often resented Zhu Ling (or because Zhu Ling's personality was straight, he often confronted Cao Cao; or because Zhu Ling was not Cao Cao's concubine, the latter was not at ease with him after all), and he always wanted to cut his military power, but he repeatedly gave up because of the war.
After the world was slightly settled, Cao Cao gave up the prohibition to collect Zhu Ling's military power. Yu Ban was known for his strict management of the army, and the generals were very jealous, so when he arrived at Zhu Ling's camp, Zhu Ling and his subordinates, fearing his name, did not dare to disobey at all, and obediently cooperated in completing the task of reorganizing the troops.
Yu Ban was ordered to seize Zhu Ling's military power, but the latter did not dare to disobey
Taizu often hated Zhu Ling and wanted to take his camp. With the prohibition of power, the forbidden will ride dozens of horses, the book of orders, and the spirit camp to seize its army, and the spirit and its people will not dare to move; but the spirit is the governor of the forbidden subordinates, and all the people are shocked, and they are afraid of it. Ibid
Zhu Ling's year of death is unknown, or he died during the reign of Emperor Ming of Wei, with the posthumous title of Wei. After Zhu Ling's death, he enjoyed the temple court of Emperor Wu Cao Cao, alongside 26 people such as Xiahou Huan, Cao Ren, Guo Jia, and Sima Yi.