In ancient TV dramas, whenever two armies were opposed, a general would be singled out.
The Lord is the brain of the army, the command system of the army.
The death of the main general will inevitably lead to the failure of the army's command system, and the collapse of the whole army is inevitable.
There are countless such examples in history.
Therefore, various voices have concluded that the general's single challenge is really fictional.
But the general's single-handedness is real.
Ancient generals fought first, and this style of fighting was called fighting generals.
It refers to the time when two armies are opposed, and one member of each army will fight against each other.
The first thing to examine is the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms records:
Cao Cao marched on Yuan Shao in the east, ordering Zhang Liao and Guan Yu to be the vanguard, and when they arrived at BaimaPo, "Guan Yu saw that Yan Liang was good among the people, and he beheaded him, and Yuan Shao's generals could not be the ones, so they broke the White Horse Siege." ”
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the slashing of the face is ugly, and the siege of the white horse is this matter.
Guan Yu's help to Cao Cao to relieve the siege of the white horse is not fictional, and guan Yun's future wei Zhen Huaxia is actually inseparable from his personal bravery.
In addition, the commentary on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms quotes the Hero Chronicle as saying:
Guo Feng attacked Chang'an, and Lü Bu said to Guo Feng, "And retreat, you and I will decide whether to win or lose." ”
This means, don't fight first, let's go head-to-head.
So the two fought, where is Guo Feng's opponent for Lü Bu? He was stabbed by Lü Bu.
However, as for the classic passages such as the Three Ying Zhan Lü Bu, Wen Jiu Chopping Huaxiong, and Zhang Feiye War Horse Chao in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", these are not the right history.
Secondly, it is Mr. Wang Shichen's "Chibei Occasional Talk" of the Qing Dynasty.
Wang Shichen discussed that in ancient times, there were indeed fighting generals, and it was not the vain theory of barnyard officials.
He also quoted the "Drama Discussion Record" to say: When Bai Minzhong of the Tang Dynasty conquered Ye Fan, there was a tall and mighty black-clad chieftain who came out to invite him to battle.
At this time, a young general from Luzhou galloped out of his horse, bent his bow and arrow, shot him in the face, and then rushed forward to draw his sword and cut the chieftain off the saddle.
This young general was really brave, but unfortunately did not leave a name.
There is also the fact that Li Linhuai's troops will behead Bai Xiaode and the thief Liu Longxian.
The most obvious battle and the most abundant historical data are the period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
The period of the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern and Southern Dynasties was a peak period of battle and battle, and the previous generations could not surpass it.
Because of this dynasty, there were many regimes established by foreign races. Therefore, they also want to compete with the generals of the Central Plains.
The Book of Song, the History of the South, the Book of Liang, the Book of Chen, and the History of the North are all recorded.
Although the complex of fighting generals is mostly found in interpretations, novels and the like, and is rare in the history of zhengyi, it is indeed not fictional, and it has existed for a long time in ancient Chinese military history.