In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the Shu Han generals are the most famous, and the Five Tiger Generals are more liked by everyone. The great names of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others can be regarded as almost unknown to everyone, and no one knows it! Among these five fierce generals, there is one person who is very special, that is, Huang Zhong, the others are famous in the world at a young age, only Huang Zhong is famous when he is old, which makes people very confused, what is Huang Zhong doing when he was young?
Huang Zhong
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Huang Zhong's appearance time is relatively late! Huang Zhong did not appear when Hu Chengguan Sanying fought Lü Bu; In the Battle of Puyang, Cao Ying's six generals Dou Lü Bu and Huang Zhong did not appear; when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao Liu Bei fought, Huang Zhong did not appear; In the Battle of Chibi, Huang Zhong did not appear until the Battle of Chibi was over, Sun Liu's coalition forces counterattacked, and Huang Zhong began to appear, which shows how late his appearance was?
More importantly, although Huang Zhong had always been a general in Jingzhou, neither Liu Bei nor his men seemed to have heard of Huang Zhong's name! When Guan Yu was ordered to attack Huang Zhong's garrison of Changsha County, no one looked at Huang Zhong in the eyes, even if Zhuge Liang warned him, Guan Yu still thought that Huang Zhong was just an old pawn and not enough to be afraid, so it can be seen that Huang Zhong's fame in Jingzhou is actually not very big! So the question is, why has Huang Zhong's reputation been inconspicuous?
Many people think that Huang Zhong's combat effectiveness is not good, but judging from his confrontation with Guan Yu, he is a master who is not at all inferior to Guan Yu! When Guan Yu attacked Changsha, at first he did not look up to Huang Zhong, thinking that Huang Zhong was already nearly sixty years old, but he was just an old pawn, and as a result, when the two of them really exchanged hands, Guan Yu immediately found that something was wrong! Although Huang Zhong is old, he is old and strong! Single-handedly picking a hundred rounds is not even the slightest disadvantage, where is the combat strength of the elderly? I really don't know how strong Huang Zhong was when he was young!
In the face of such a strong Huang Zhong, Guan Yu was ready to use a dragging knife to deal with Huang Zhong, but huang Zhong's horse lost its front hoof, and Guan Yu could not bear to take advantage of the danger of others, so he let Huang Zhong go. After Huang Zhong changed horses again, he also decided to use his bow and arrow to deal with Guan Yu, and an arrow directly hit the root of Guan Yu's helmet, which frightened Guan Yu! Judging from Huang Zhong's arrow technique, he actually deliberately let Guan Yu go, and if he really wanted to shoot Guan Yu, he would definitely be able to hit it!
Judging from Huang Zhong's strength, his performance is very outstanding! Not only does he have super long-range strike ability, but also the level of super fierce general in melee combat, and his comprehensive strength is not inferior to Guan Yu at all! More importantly, at this time, Huang Zhong was already nearly sixty years old, and if he was twenty or thirty years younger, even if he could be tough with Lü Bu, it was a great possibility! Therefore, the reason why Huang Zhong became famous in his old age was not because he was not good at martial arts, but for another reason!
In this article's view, the reason why Huang Zhong is famous when he is old is mainly because of these two reasons!
First, Huang Zhong's personality is problematic
Huang Zhong is an honest and weak personality, and is easy to be bullied! In fact, we can see this from the attitude of Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, and Han Xuan towards Huang Zhong!
Han Xuan was the Taishou of Changsha, and he suspected that Huang Zhong intended to spare Guan Yu a horse, so he ordered Huang Zhong to be taken down and killed Huang Zhong, and as a result, Huang Zhong was so honestly left to Han Xuan's disposal, not at all like a super martial artist! When following Liu Bei to attack Yizhou, Wei Yan had spoken ill of Huang Zhong, believing that Huang Zhong was old and his combat effectiveness was not good, so it was estimated that he had already taught Wei Yan a lesson, and as a result, Huang Zhong was stunned that he did not dare to move, too bad! In the Battle of Hanzhong, Zhuge Liang ordered Huang Zhong to fight Against Zhang Guo, with a super fierce general against a first-class martial general, and the arrangement of winning steadily, resulting in Zhao Yun speaking out against it, believing that Huang Zhong was old, but what about Huang Zhong? But he only dared to mutter two sentences, too weak!
Guan Yu's contempt for Huang Zhong was even more directly roared out, but Huang Zhong still had nothing to say, all of this can only show that Huang Zhong is too weak! From top to bottom, there were people who bullied him, but he had great skills, but he did not dare to punch others in the face, and finally let others kick their noses in the face! In any era, honest people are the object of bullying, as long as you do not resist, anyone will come up and step on it!
2. Huang Zhong did not meet the Lord
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the Central Plains were all beaten into a pot of porridge, but this place in Jingzhou maintained relative peace, because the lord of Jingzhou was Liu Biao, and Liu Biao was a person with no great ambitions! It was precisely because Liu Biao had a strong combat strength but rarely fought abroad, so the generals under him had no place to play at all! If Liu Biao went north to fight Against Cao Cao, how could a fierce general like Huang Zhong not have the opportunity to make a name for himself? Therefore, when he was young, Huang Zhong had been playing soy sauce under Liu Biao.
epilogue
On the whole, although Huang Zhong is one of the five tiger generals, he became famous very late, all of them are in their sixties, following Liu Bei, and only began to become famous, which makes people wonder, why huang Zhong is famous when he is old? In fact, the reason why Huang Zhong became famous until he was old was mainly for two reasons! First, Huang Zhong himself has a weak personality and is too honest, so he is always suppressed; second, when he was young, Huang Zhong did not meet the Lord, had no chance to show it, only met an enterprising Lord, and only when he met an enterprising Lord, his subordinates had the opportunity to make a name for themselves!
(This article mainly refers to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms)