Luo Guanzhong, the author of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", wrote this history of the Three Kingdoms alive, there are too many brilliant characters, just take the Changsheng general Zhao Yun, Changsakapo seven in and seven out, intercepting the river to seize Adou, etc. have shown amazing force value, and later as Liu Bei's first "bodyguard", he followed Gongsun Zhan to fight the world in the early years, so why would Gongsun Zhan easily let him follow Liu Bei?
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, Zhao Yun lived in Changshan County at that time, in order to survive in the chaotic world, the people of Changshan County defected to Gongsun Zhan, who was known as the "White Horse General" under the leadership of Zhao Yun, here we can see that Zhao Yun can become the leader of Changshan County, proving that he is influential.
At this time, Gongsun Zhan was proud of the spring breeze, and when he saw Zhao Yun leading people to defect, he said to Zhao Yun: "I heard that the people in Jizhou are thinking of attaching themselves to Yuan Shao, so why did you abandon the dark and cast the light to join me?" Zhao Yun replied, "Now that it is a chaotic world, I don't know who the Ming Lord is, but I just want to find a place where I can exercise benevolent government, rather than alienating Yuan Shao to get close to you." ”
From this dialogue, we can see a few points, the first is that Gongsun Zhan is not modest, positioning himself as a positive hero, positioning Yuan Shao as a villain, or more arrogant, of course, at this time, Gongsun Zhan is at the peak, has the strength to be arrogant.
Second, Zhao Yun's defection to Gongsun Zhan was only to seek out the Ming Lord, implying that if Gongsun Zhan was not the Ming Lord, then Zhao Yun might leave at any time.
So, is Gongsun Zhan the Ming Lord in the end? Probably everyone who knows the Three Kingdoms knows that he is not the Lord of the Ming, in the early days he established some prestige by conquering the four sides, but this person always connived at the soldiers to plunder the people, contrary to the concept of benevolent government implemented by Liu Yu, the pastor of Youzhou at that time, which eventually led to the fire between the two, although Liu Yu was later defeated and killed, but the Gongsun Zhan of Youzhou became more and more arrogant, and the people were miserable.
Although Gongsun Zhan was not good to the people, but Liu Bei came to gongsun zhan when he fell, Gongsun Zhan was also considered atmospheric, good wine and good meat to entertain him, the two had visited Lu Zhi, but also counted as friends with the same window, and Liu Bei was stronger than Gongsun Zhan, one of the points that liu bei was good at recognizing and using people, and Liu Bei, who first saw Zhao Yun, felt that this person was absolutely extraordinary and intended to make friends.
Gongsun Zhan was at war with Yuan Shao at that time, and asked Liu Bei to help Qingzhou assassin Shi Tiankai to resist Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei ordered Zhao Yun to assist him in command of the cavalry, and the two were able to fight side by side.
Later, when Zhao Yun's brother died, Zhao Yun asked Gongsun Zhan to resign and return to his hometown, Liu Bei knew that he would not return here, he was very reluctant, but there was no way, until Gongsun Zhan's soldiers were defeated and self-immolated and died, and Zhao Yun never came back.
After a few years of following Gongsun Zhan, Zhao Yun had already seen Gongsun Zhan's personality, and later met Liu Bei, and the two were even more high-handed in the world, in Zhao Yun's heart, Ming Jun was Liu Bei, which was one of the reasons why Zhao Yun was willing to follow Liu Bei for a lifetime.
In fact, from beginning to end, Gongsun Zhan acted perversely, contrary to Zhao Yun's concept, which doomed Zhao Yun to be impossible to live with him for a lifetime, to say why did he want to give Zhao Yun to Liu Bei? In fact, in theory, it was not that he gave Zhao Yun to Liu Bei, liu Bei was also his subordinate at that time, but they were all working for him, not to mention sending, can only say that what he did made his subordinates deviate from Germany.
Coupled with the fact that Gongsun Zhan's late period was no longer brave, he became a shrunken-headed turtle, resulting in the absence of a close associate around him, and failure was also doomed.
Again, as the old saying goes, those who have gained the tao have more help, and those who have lost the way have little help. A man who is too crazy is not far from annihilation.