Liu Bei, Zi Xuande, Zhuo County Zhuo County (
Present-day Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province
People, after Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan. He grew up with his mother selling mats for a career, and when he debuted in the Three Kingdoms, he experienced setbacks and tribulations in the first half of his life, which can be described as turbulent displacement and sending people under the fence. However, Liu Bei relied on his own efforts and the assistance of many civilian and military generals to finally establish the State of Shu and complete a perfect counterattack from grassroots to emperor.
When everyone mentions Liu Bei, the first thing that comes to mind is that he is a corporal of Li Xian and generous and benevolent, of course, some people think that Liu Bei likes to cry and cry, and does not have much talent. In this article, I will only discuss Liu Bei's martial arts. Is Liu Bei's martial arts a first-class level in the Three Kingdoms?
The answer to this is a bit of a surprise. Liu Bei in the yanyi, who was highly skilled in martial arts, was a second-rate general in the Three Kingdoms; however, Liu Bei in the zhengshi was mediocre in martial arts. In the following, I will analyze it according to the records of the main history and interpretation.
First, Liu Bei in the history of Zhengshi
Liu Bei in the main history, kung fu is definitely there, but not very good. According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei did not like to read, liked dogs and horses and beautiful clothes. He is not good at talking, treats the people below very well, and is moody and angry. Liu Bei is good friends with heroes, and many people are vying to associate with him.
In the last year of the Han Ling Emperor, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and all the states and counties were involved. Liu Bei led his subordinates to follow the lieutenant Zou Jing, and was awarded the title of An Xi Lieutenant for his meritorious service in the crusade against the Yellow Turban Army. According to Pei Songzhi's commentary on the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, a man named Liu Ziping in the Plains heard of Liu Bei's martial courage, so when Zhang Chun rebelled, he directly raised an army to attack him.
It is worth mentioning that the person who angrily whipped the post was not Zhang Fei, but Liu Bei. Liu Bei angrily whipped the post and abandoned his official post. When it came to the next crusade against the Yellow Turban Army, Liu Bei was conscripted into the army again, and he had military merits in Xia Pi, and was given the title of Xia Mi Cheng (下密丞), and was soon promoted to Gao Tang (高唐尉) and Gao Tang Ling (高唐令). Once, however, Liu Bei was defeated by the enemy, so he defected to Gongsun Zhan and served as the Commander of the Plains. In addition, Liu Bei also participated in the war against Dong.
From many details of the zhengshi, it can be seen that Liu Bei's martial arts were there. However, it is not ranked in the Three Kingdoms, and there are many gaps compared with first-class generals such as Lü Bu, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. The reason is very simple, in the first half of Liu Bei's life, the victories he fought were against the Yellow Turban Army, and when he encountered Cao Cao, Lü Bu and others, examples of failure abounded. And once the battle was lost, Liu Bei immediately slipped away, even ignoring his wife and children.
2. Liu Bei in the rendition
Liu Bei in the rendition, Xiao Yong was good at war and strong in martial arts, only slightly inferior to the twenty-four generals of the Three Kingdoms. Compared with those young generals in the Three Kingdoms, they are still much more powerful. For example, Liu Bei performed extraordinary in his first appearance in the rendition. At that time, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were married as brothers in Zhang Fei's Taoyuan, not to be born on the same day of the same month of the same year, but to die on the same day of the same month of the same year. After that, Liu Bei was funded by the great merchants Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping to build three weapons. First, the Green Dragon Yanyue Dao, Guan Yu Peizhi; second, ZhangBa Snake Spear, Zhang Fei Peizhi; third, Leng Yan Saw, Liu Bei Peizhi.
Soon, the Yellow Turban Thief led Cheng Yuanzhi with 50,000 troops and invaded Zhuo County. Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with him, commanded five hundred troops, and scolded Cheng Yuanzhi in front of the battle. In this battle, Guan Yu beheaded Cheng Yuanzhi; Zhang Fei beheaded Cheng Yuanzhi's general Deng Mao. Liu Bei himself slashed countless enemies. After defeating the Yellow Turban Army, Liu Bei personally led a large army to pursue, and countless people surrendered. It can be seen that Liu Bei is belligerent and likes to fight pioneers, and his martial arts will never be bad. Liu Bei also shot and wounded the Yellow Turban Thief general in a battle."
General of the Land Gong
"Zhang Bao, his archery skills, can be seen.
What is even more admirable is that before the Tiger Prison Pass, Liu Bei and Lü Bu had a contest. Lü Bu was the first military general of the Three Kingdoms, he held the Fang Tian Painting Blade, and the red rabbit horse under his crotch was invincible in the Three Kingdoms. He first killed the famous Hanoi general Fang Yue and the Shangdang Taishou Zhangyang general Mu Shun, slashed the Beihai Taishou Wu'an Guo, and defeated The Peiping Taishou Gongsun Zan. At this time, Zhang Fei flew out to fight Lü Bu, and the two fought for fifty rounds, regardless of victory or defeat. Then, Guan Yu helped Zhang Fei, and the three of them fought for thirty rounds, regardless of victory or defeat. The relevant descriptions in the speech are as follows:
Flying spirits, fighting Lü Bu. More than fifty consecutive fights, regardless of victory or defeat. Yun Chang saw it, slapped the horse, and danced eighty-two pounds of green dragon and moon knives to attack Lü Bu. Three martins fight. The battle reached thirty, and the battle could not defeat Lü Bu.
It can be seen that Zhang Fei and Guan Yu together can not defeat Lü Bu. At this time, Liu Bei took a double-stranded sword, rode a yellow-maned horse, and went to help Gongguan and Zhang, and the three of them surrounded Lü Bu and fought like lights before defeating Lü Bu. Such a Liu Bei, how can it be underestimated? In addition, Liu Bei also fought with Xiahou Huan, but he fled in defeat. Liu Bei's kung fu was certainly not as good as Xiahou Huan's, but he was able to leave alive from Xiahou Huan's hands, which showed that he had good defensive capabilities.
3. Summary
In the main history, it is rare to record how well a person did martial arts and how many people were killed. Therefore, according to the records of the zhengshi, it is difficult to see how powerful Liu Bei's martial arts were, and it can only be considered that his martial arts were mediocre. The "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is honored by Liu Cao, in which it is obvious that Liu Bei is strong in martial arts.