Today's Three Kingdoms idiom story is found in the sixth episode of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. During the Eighteenth Route Princes' crusade against Dong Zhuo, the relevant figures were Cao Cao, Cao Hong, and Xu Rong. The original text is as follows:
Two sergeants crouched in the grass, saw the horse coming, fired two shots at the same time, and the horse was shot and fell. turned over and fell off his horse, and was caught by the second pawn. Only to see a flying horse coming, wielding a knife to hack two infantry, dismounting and rescuing Cao Cao. In his opinion, it is Cao Hongye... the horse, Hong took off his armor and dragged his knife with the horse. About to the fourth more, only to see a large river in front, blocking the way, and the shouting behind gradually approached. Fu Yue: "The fate has come to this point, and there must be no resurrection!" "Hong Qianfu got off his horse, took off his robe and armor, and crossed the water with negative exercises." Only after crossing the other shore, the pursuing soldiers had arrived, and arrows were released across the water. Walk away with the water.
Than and the dawn, and walked more than thirty miles, to the next few rest. Suddenly, when the shouting began, a puma rushed to the scene: but it was Xu Rong who crossed the river from the upper stream to chase. Cao Zheng panicked, only to see Xiahou Huan and Xiahou Yuan lead dozens of horses to fly to, shouting: "Xu Rong is harmless to my lord!" Xu Rong rushed to Xiahou Huan and raised his gun to meet him. The number of horses was combined, and Xu Rong was stabbed under the horse, killing the remaining soldiers. Subsequently, Cao Ren, Li Dian, and Le Jin each led their troops to find cao, saw Cao Cao, and gathered more than 500 remnants of soldiers and returned to Hanoi together.
According to the plot of the novel, Dong Zhuo burned the capital Luoyang, and Cao Cao believed that the Eighteenth Route Princes should fight Dong Zhuo to the death, but Yuan Shao refused. Cao Cao was furious and led his troops to attack alone, but unexpectedly encountered an ambush by Dong Zhuo and Xu Rong in Xingyang. Cao's army suffered heavy casualties, and Cao Cao himself was captured alive by enemy soldiers. In a critical moment, Cao Hong arrived quickly, killed the enemy soldiers, and fled with the wounded Cao Cao. Unexpectedly, at dawn, the two were hunted down and killed by Xu Rong. Fortunately, at this time, Xiahou Huan arrived in time to kill Xu Rong, and Cao Cao finally escaped danger.
The idiom to be introduced in this article is the "intersection of sorrow and joy" mentioned in the text, which means that the two moods of sadness and joy are intertwined. This is also an idiom pioneered by Luo Guanzhong, the author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The first thing to explain is that the Battle of Xingyang is real in history, which is mentioned in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" There is a clear record in the Book of Emperor Wu: "When he arrived at Xingyang Beishui, he met the Zhuo general Xu Rong, who was unfavorable to the battle, and many soldiers were killed and wounded. Taizu was caught in the middle of the flowing arrow, and the horse he rode on was created, and he had to flee from his brother Hong and Taizu at night. This battle was also one of the most painful defeats in Cao Cao's military career, and he almost lost his life.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Miao Xi once wrote a poem called "Zhan Xingyang", which had a detailed description of this battle, and here may be applied in full to let everyone have a clear understanding: "Zhan Xingyang, Beishui pi." The warriors were furious and ran through the armor. The battle was not completed, and Xu Rong retreated. Twenty thousand rides, flat. The horse was wounded, and the six armies were shocked. The momentum is not gathered, and the crowd is tilted. Day no, time obscure, Gu Zhongmu, heart screen camp. The alliance is suspicious, the plan is not successful, lai I Wu Emperor, Wan Guoning. From this poem, we can also see Cao Cao's tragic situation in this battle.
However, there are two points in this description that are inconsistent with history. The first is Xu Rong's identity. In the novel, Xu Rong is said to be Xingyang Taishou, and in real history, Xu Rong's identity is that of a zhonglang general. Second, the historical Xu Rong did not die under xiahou Huan's gun. After Xu Rong defeated Cao Cao at Xingyang, he fought Sun Jian in Liang County, almost killing Sun Jian. After Dong Zhuo was killed, Xu Rong attached himself to Lü Bu and was ordered to resist the attacks of Li Dai and Guo Feng near Chang'an, and eventually died in battle.
Reference Books: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the Three Kingdoms