He was not very talented, but he was very skilled and capable, and in the end, he made all the famous samurai in the world fall at his feet. At first, he had nothing, still relying on the meager royal bloodline to support himself, and when the Han Dynasty was about to perish, he could not bear it, fled everywhere, made friends with the world, and gradually rebuilt the Han Dynasty himself, he was Liu Bei.
Since Liu Bei is mentioned, why does the character of Liu Bei appear before Cao Cao in the first episode of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?
In fact, long before Cao Cao, Liu Bei had already begun to prepare a serial plan. At that time, in order to realize his ambition to change the dynasty, he chose the "Tianshi Serial Meter" with a more obvious effect. Liu Bei intended to imitate Liu Xiu, in a vain attempt to become the yellow sparrow who would finally reap the benefits of the fisherman, so he chose the "people and serial schemes" that attacked later.
Although it is often said that the time is not as good as the location, the location is not as good as the people, but there is also a problem of too large a time difference between input and output, often need to be prepared in advance, and finally harvested. And Liu Bei's vision is also accurate, he is not only particularly patient, but also learned from the previous experience of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao. Liu Bei regarded Xiang Yu as an imaginary enemy, and even became brothers with the brave Guan and Zhang.
As the situation changed, Liu Bei gradually discovered that his opponent was Lü Bu, a hard bone that Cao Cao could not gnaw for the time being. However, Liu Bei did not want to kill Lü Bu personally, just as Cao Cao had difficulty in attacking Dong Zhuo. Compared with Cao Cao's mouthless, stoic and deep city government, Liu Bei was destined to live a depressed life, and he was even moody and angry with Guan Zhang's two brothers with different surnames.
For example, Liu Bei's desire for the throne and his reluctance to kill Lü Bu.
The former is well understood, Liu Bei lives in the environment of the family world, people of the opposite sex will not marry brothers for political ambitions, after all, the inheritance contradictions of future descendants such as the eldest and younger Yuxian are difficult to reconcile. The relationship between Liu, Guan, and Zhang is also more delicate, and Liu Bei's worship of the brothers has two purposes:
The first is to use their democratic consciousness beyond the family world and the ability to choose talents to inspire the world;
The second is a vain attempt to use the power of brothers of the opposite sex to alienate Cao Cao and Lü Bu, and then break the wrist of the hero when the great cause of ZTE is promising.
Zhang Fei and Guan Yu are much simpler, they want to support the Eastern Han Dynasty, to achieve their great ambition of serving the country and the people, and by the way, they will get some money and fame. If we look at it from today's pragmatic point of view, whether it is to protect the Western Han Dynasty or the Eastern Han Dynasty, there is a certain degree of right-leaning tendency. Therefore, the almost deformed brotherly relationship between the three of them was caused by the deformed feudal system.
So why is the latter not humane enough? Because, this matter is also closely related to Liu Bei's dream of being called emperor.
Just imagine, if Liu Bei killed Lü Bu at Tiger Prison Pass, then Dong Zhuo would also fall with it, so Liu Bei could only watch the world fall, and even Cao Cao would be implicated, how unwilling he should be. Because both of them harbored political plots, Liu Bei planned to win with Cao Cao first. After all, when you first recommended me, I can't help you once.
However, Lü Bu's role in Liu Bei was greater, because he could contain Cao Cao. However, who could have imagined that very early on, Liu Bei planned to destroy Lü Bu, who could single-handedly ride the Eighteenth Road Princes, and Cao Cao, who was trying to blackmail the Princes of Tianzi. Liu Bei's big ears were not white, and at this point, he was already half successful.
In the first time, Dong Zhuo had not yet shown his rebellious nature, so when Liu Bei persuaded Zhang Fei, he still had a grand sounding reason, he said: "Dong Zhuo is an official of the imperial court, how can he kill without permission?" At that time, Guan Yu also felt that this statement was very reasonable, and also sided with Liu Bei.
When Liu Bei tried to spare Lü Bu, who was a tiger Fu Wing again, there was no way to explain, and moreover, Guan Yu was on Zhang Fei's side at that time, what should he do? Liu Bei still came up with a way to get away with it.
At that time, Guan and Zhang were fighting with Lü Bu, and they saw that Liu Bei directly took the double-stranded sword and rushed in, and then Lü Bu stabbed Liu Bei, and he directly rode away after swinging the corner. At this time, Liu Bei pretended to be unconvinced, and then chased after Guan and Zhang. Although they are all seemingly regrettable performances, Cao Cao is still a long way behind Liu Bei.
Because Liu Bei not only repelled Lü Bu, who had never lost a battle, but also molded himself into an indispensable member of the victorious side; this move not only inspired the enthusiasm of the people of the whole country except Dong, but also won the crush between Cao Cao and Lü Bu, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. It can also be seen from this that Liu Bei's method of divisiveness is different from Cao Cao's marriage. He needs to first arouse both sides' interest in himself, and then, like a scumbag, step on two boats, a scheme similar to that of a mink cicada.
In fact, relatively speaking, this kind of serial meter used by Liu Bei has been in effect for too long. If Liu Bei hadn't inserted a foot at the beginning, would Guan and Zhang have been able to defeat Lü Bu? The answer is yes, it's just a matter of time. Because, Zhang Fei had singled out Lü Bu many times before, and the results were difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat. If there is Guan Yu who has wenjiu to cut Huaxiong to help, it will definitely win.
However, Liu Bei was also worried that the Guan and Zhang he had prepared for Lü Bu were too powerful, and he killed Lü Bu by mistake. Therefore, he directly rushed up and pretended to help and released water for Lü Bu. Zhang Fei used to call Lü Bu a "family slave with three surnames", and he had thought that he was also a "brother slave of the opposite sex" who was toyed with by Liu Bei.
According to Liu Bei's previous style, if Guan Zhangzhen could not defeat Lü Bu, he would have withdrawn long ago, so why would he still come forward to help? Later, Cao Cao and Lü Bu were indeed trapped by Liu Bei.
For example, when Cao Cao was planning to take revenge on Xuzhou in the name of revenge for his father, Lü Bu directly copied Yanzhou and Puyang's old lair, lü Bu's move could not get any benefits at all, but he helped Liu Bei keep Xuzhou, which made Tao Qian repeatedly push Xuzhou, which can be described as fame and fortune. Subsequently, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei staged another double reed, instigating Lü Bu to engage in a war of attrition with Cao Cao in Xiaopei and Xuzhou, which greatly reduced Cao Cao's sharpness.
In the early years, Liu Bei was really a complete man of literature and martial arts, and he was at ease, but later, like Cao Cao, who was frightened after assassinating Dong Zhuo, his temperament and body began to deteriorate. After Liu Bei released Lü Bu in the Three Ying War, the brotherhood of Liu, Guan, and Zhang had a mustard. Especially Guan Yu, he began to doubt Liu Bei's selfishness, after all, you can't blame me for not being kind, Liu Bei chose the former at the earliest between Zhongjun and Zhongshi.
However, Guan Yu later caused Liu Bei a big trouble, which is the last word.
Resources:
【Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"】