Today's Three Kingdoms idiom story is found in the 62nd edition of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which takes place during the Battle of Yizhou, with characters liu zhang, Wu Yi, and Zhang Ren. The original text is as follows:
Xuande was overjoyed, so he gave kurama clothes and ordered him to return to Luocheng. Wei Yanyue: "This person must not be put back." If you get out, you won't come back. Xuan De said, "I treat others with benevolence and righteousness, and people do not fail me." However, he said that Ling Bao had to return to Luocheng, saw Liu Huang and Zhang Ren, and did not say that he had been arrested and released, but only said: "I killed more than ten people, and took the horses and fled back." Liu Xuan hurriedly sent people to Chengdu for help. When Liu Zhang heard that Deng Xian had been folded, he was horrified and hurriedly gathered the crowd for discussion. The eldest son, Liu Xunjin, said, "Er is willing to lead the army to defend Luocheng." Zhang Yue: "Since Wu'er is willing to go, who should be sent to assist?" One person came out: "A certain wish to go." ”
Zhang's view is that of Wu Yiye of the Uncle Clan. Zhang Yue: "It is best to honor your uncle." Who can be the vice admiral? Wu Yibao, Wu Lan and Lei Tong, as deputy generals, ordered 20,000 troops and horses to come to Luocheng. Liu Xuan and Zhang Ren continued, stating the previous events. Wu Yiyue: "When the soldiers are approaching the city, it is difficult to resist the enemy, so what is the high opinion of Ru and so on?" "In the area between, it is close to the Fu River, and the river is in a big hurry; the front village occupies the foot of the mountain, and its shape is the lowest." A certain beggar of five thousand troops, each with a shovel and a hoe, went forward, and decided the water of the Fu River, but he could drown Liu Bei's soldiers. Wu Yi followed his plan, ordering Ling Bao to go to The Water, and Wu Lan and Lei Tong led the troops to respond. Ling Bao took the order and went to prepare the water breaking apparatus.
According to the plot development of the novel, Wei Yan and Huang Zhong defeated the famous Shu generals Deng Xian and Deng Xian, causing Liu Zhang to panic. Liu Xun, the son of Liu Zhang, took the initiative to ask Miao to go to Luocheng to defend against Liu Bei, and the general Wu Yi expressed his willingness to go with him. Liu Xun, Wu Yi, and others came to Luocheng, where the city's defenses were significantly enhanced, and they shot liu bei's military master Pang Tong. However, after that, Wu Yi, together with Zhang Ren and others, fought many battles with Wei Yan and Huang Zhong, but was eventually captured alive by Zhao Yunsheng. Wu Yi immediately surrendered to Liu Bei and became a member of Liu Bei's clique.
The idiom to be introduced in this article is Wu Yi's phrase "soldiers are approaching the city", which means that the enemy army has come to his own city wall, which is a metaphor for the situation is very critical. The earliest source of this idiom is "Warring States Policy? In Qi Ce II, "Qi will raise an army to cut down Liang, and Liang and Qi's soldiers cannot go under the city, and the king will cut down Han in the middle." ”
The story of the Battle of Luocheng described in the novel is generally in line with the original appearance of history, but it has also been artistically processed and adapted in many places, the most obvious of which is the general under Liu Zhang mentioned in this article, Wu Yi. In real history, this person's name is not Wu Yi, but Wu Yi. Romance of the Three Kingdoms? The biography of Yang Opera reads: "ZiYuan is famous, and Chen Liuren is also." Follow Liu Yan into Shu. When Liu Zhang was a general in the middle of the lang, the general refused to take the lead in Yu Fu and surrendered. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms? The Biography of the Ancestor also says: "And Dong He, Huang Quan, Li Yan and other Ben Zhang's grants, Wu Yi, Fei Guan, and others also Zhang's marriage relatives." ”
Speaking of Wu Yi, a historical figure, although there is no special biography in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he was an important general of the Shu Han Empire. Romance of the Three Kingdoms? According to the biography of Yang Xi, Wu Yi successively served as an escort army, a rebel general, a governor of Guanzhong, a general of the left, a general of the Che Rider, and a history of the Yongzhou Assassin, which shows his important position in the Shu Han army. He also had a cousin named Wu Ban, who served as a leader and a general on horseback, and was also a senior general of the Shu Han Dynasty.
Wu Yi also had a special relationship with Liu Bei, the founding emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty. Romance of the Three Kingdoms? The biography of the second concubine reads: "Empress Mu of the First Lord, Chen Liuren also." Brother Wu Yi, Shao Lonely, Father Su and Liu Yan have an old relationship, and they follow the family into Shu. Those who have different aspirations, and those who hear good deeds are great and noble. Yan Shi took Zi Mao with himself, and became the queen of Mao Na. After death, he was widowed. The first lord established Yizhou, and Lady Sun returned To Wu, and the group persuaded the first lord to hire... So na hou became a lady. Jian'an was established as the Queen of Hanzhong for twenty-four years. The gist of this passage is that Wu Yi's sister was once the wife of Liu Yan's son Liu Mao. After Liu Mao's death, Wu was widowed at home. After Liu Bei captured Yizhou, he made Wu Shina his wife, and later made her queen and empress. Wu Yi thus became Liu Bei's brother-in-law.
Reference Books: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the Three Kingdoms