In 200 AD, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were fighting in Guandu, and Liu Bei sniffed out the opportunity and found Yuan Shao and said: I am going to open a second battlefield, go to Cao Cao's rear to make trouble, and cooperate with Yuan Boss's frontal attack.
Although Yuan Shao was strong enough to crush Cao Cao, he was overwhelmed and could not come down, so he agreed to Liu Bei and clearly informed: Runan' Liu Pei has already turned against Cao Cao, and you go there to cooperate with him, it is best to make a surprise attack on Xu Du.
Liu Bei jumped out of Yuan Shao's palm. Almost at the same time, Guan Yu, who was under Cao Cao, also learned of Liu Bei's news, so he "died and returned to Liu Bei". In this way, Liu Guanzhang gathered again. However, Cao Ren was fierce, a counterattack, Liu Bei and Liu Pei wanted to raid Xu Du's plan to fail, Liu Bei ran to Liu Biao's men.
This was the last time Liu Bei was attached to people, but it was also the longest, a total of 7 years. In the past seven years, the wolves in the Central Plains have been rolling in the smoke, but Jingzhou is like a paradise. As a result, many people from the Central Plains have poured into Jingzhou, including many cattle people, such as Xu Shu. Coupled with the inherent talents in Jingzhou, this makes Jingzhou a "talent base" with the same name as Yingchuan.
The reason why Cao Cao was able to sweep through the north was that he held the Yingchuan talent base in his hand, such as Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Xun You, Chen Qun, etc. all from Yingchuan.
The reason why Liu Bei was able to rise up was because he was assisted by Jingzhou talents, such as Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong. Therefore, the author has always said that the confrontation between Cao Cao and Liu Bei is essentially the peak duel between Yingchuan and Jingzhou, the two major talent bases.
So Yingchuan or Jingzhou, which talent base is more cattle? The author's answer is: Jingzhou! Not just because Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong appeared here. More because the Jingzhou area is still a place where fierce generals gather, this is the shortcoming of Yingchuan, Yingchuan has many strategists, but there are no fierce generals.
On the other hand, under Liu Biao in Jingzhou, there were three fierce generals, all of whom could be called Guan Yu's nemesis, but Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan each got one, so which three?
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Wen Pingben was a major general whom Liu Biao relied on, and was placed in the north, mainly to defend against Cao Cao. After Liu Biao's death, Liu Chun chose to surrender without firing a shot, making Wen Ping unable to play a role. Cao Cao liked Wen Ping very much and promoted him to Jiang Xia Taishou.
After the Battle of Chibi, Jingzhou changed from its former paradise to a three-kingdom arena. In 213, Cao Cao confronted Sun Quan at The Mouth of The Beard, and it was at this time that Cao Cao uttered the famous phrase "a son should be like Sun Zhongmou.". This must involve Liu Bei.
So on the sub-battlefield, Cao Cao and Liu Bei had a battle to find their mouths. Cao Cao sent Le Jin and Wen Ping to duel Guan Yu in search of the mouth. The scale of this battle should not be large, and there is no doubt that Guan Yu was defeated. According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei was a little anxious at that time, and said: "Don't go to save Yu now, (Le) Jin will be Dake."
At the same time, Wen Ping was also awarded the title of "Marquis of Yanshou pavilion and rebel general" for his great achievements in this battle. This was wen ping's first time against Guan Yu, although there was a suspicion of "two fights and one victory" but after all, it was a victory. However, wen Ping then proved his strength with irrefutable records, and defeated Guan Yu for the second time, which was the subsequent Battle of Hanjin.
According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, (Wen Ping) attacked (Guan) Yu Yuan heavier than Hanjin and burned his ship at Jingcheng. Obviously, at the beginning of the battle, it should have been a sneak attack by Wen Ping, because it was Guan Yu's heavy weight in Hanjin that was destroyed, but then this "burning his ship in Jingcheng" was extraordinary. Obviously, since Han Jin won the battle, Wen Ping attacked all the way to Jingcheng, causing Guan Yu to suffer relatively large losses.
Judging from the record of Wen Ping's two defeats against Guan Yu, he should be a comprehensive fierce general with both wisdom and courage, with frontal hardness, strange raids, land battles, and water battles.
Unfortunately, liu biao was incompetent, so that Wen Ping's talents could not be brought into play, and second, he surrendered to Cao Cao too late and failed to participate in Cao Cao's early battles, so he appeared very low-key during the Three Kingdoms period.
In any case, Wen Ping was eventually positioned among the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms. So-called: Employed in Jiangxia for decades, there is Wein, the name shocks the enemy country, and the thief does not dare to invade. After his death, he was given the title of "Marquis zhuang".
Second, Huang Zhong, who made Guan Yu unable to sit still
Huang Zhong is so famous that people can't comment on it, so it may as well change its perspective.
If we had to choose from among the famous generals of the Shu Han Dynasty, who would be the person who made Guan Yu "envious and jealous"? It is not Ma Chao, but Huang Zhong. In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Huang Zhong singled out Guan Yu twice, and finally fought a draw, so that Guan Yu, who looked like everyone and "tied the standard and sold the head", had to be convinced.
In the main history, Huang Zhong relied on Dingjun Mountain to behead Xiahou Yuan, jumping from an old pawn to level with Guan Yu, making Guan Yu unhappy, thinking that this was an insult to himself. So why did Guan Yu react so much?
The author believes that it is because Huang Zhong killed Xiahou Yuan at Dingjun Mountain, which is even more shocking than Baima Po's beheading of Yan Liang. It can even be seen as stealing Guan Yu's brilliance.
Yan Liang is a famous general in Hebei, and he is only a major general. Xiahou Yuan was equivalent to the commander of Cao Cao's Western Theater of Operations. Commanders and generals are not one level.
Guan Yu cut off Yan Liang and could not change the situation of the Battle of Guandu, and Yuan Shao continued to suppress Cao Cao after that. Huang Zhong's beheading of Xiahou Yuan directly determined the outcome of the Battle of Hanzhong. Liu Bei roared: Even if Cao Cao personally led the troops to come, Hanzhong would be mine. Cao Cao shouted: Xiahou Yuan, you white general! Apparently, Cao Cao also understood that Xiahou Yuan's killing meant that Hanzhong was to be lost.
So how can Guan Yu sit still? The previous style of painting was: It is not that I Guan Mou looks down on anyone, but I Guan Mou regards the heroes of the world as grass and mustard - the face of the Ten Thousand Horse Army is like probing for things, so I ask you whether you are convinced? Now there is a Huang Zhongding army to behead Xiahou Yuan, and suddenly take away Guan Yu's "proud capital".
Huang Zhong also suddenly became a nemesis-like character of Guan Yu. Therefore, it is no wonder that Luo Guanzhong gave Huang Zhong crazy drama in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", letting him single out Guan Yu and making Guan Yu so helpless.
It is a pity that such a fierce general as Huang Zhong is unknown under Liu Biao. It is no wonder that Cao Cao commented that Liu Biao was a "thief who defended the city", a small and stingy, too lacking in the domineering spirit of the male lord, resulting in the fierce general being covered in dust and unable to emit dazzling light.
Third, Dare to humiliate Guan Yu's Gan Ning
Gan Ning is also a fierce general that everyone is very familiar with. In the historical records, originally he was in Xichuan, and seeing that Liu Zhang was really unreliable, he switched to Liu Biao's men in Jingzhou. Obviously, at this moment, Gan Ning is very optimistic about Jingzhou, but it is a pity that Gan Ning is too high on Liu Biao.
Since Gan Ning had been doing "promising bandit profession" before, the number Jinfan thief! How can this fit into the eyes of Liu Biao, a famous scholar of the Three Kingdoms (Liu Biao was originally a famous scholar, one of the "Eight Juns" of the late Han Dynasty)? Gan Ning was embarrassed by all kinds, so he defected to Sun Quan again.
For Gan Ning, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu are very appreciative. What is particularly valuable is that Gan Ning is not only brave, but also has a very strategic vision, and like Zhou Yu and Pang Tong, he also proposed that Xichuan must be captured. In the end, it was Liu Bei who took Xichuan.
Guan Yu sat in Jingzhou and despised Jiangdong Junjie. Others were afraid of Guan Yu, but Gan Ning was not afraid at all. In 215, after Lu Su and Guan Yu met (Guan Yu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms), Guan Yu became more and more arrogant. Guan Yu let out a word: I personally selected 5,000 elite soldiers to cross the river and beat you Up Dongwu.
Lu Su hurriedly discussed countermeasures with his subordinates, and Gan Ning jumped up: Although I only have three hundred men, I ask the Governor to give me another five hundred soldiers and horses, and I will go to meet Guan Yu. Rest assured, as long as I cough, Guan Yu will not dare to come, if he really comes, I will beat him a six-kiss and not recognize him, and capture him raw.
Lu Su patted the table: There is a kind! I'll give you a thousand! In this way, Gan Ning came, but as a result, Guan Yu began to build fortifications on his own shore, and crossing the river to beat Sun Quan also became a defense against Gan Ning's attack.
This matter ended only when Liu Bei and Sun Quan finally negotiated, with Xiangshui as the boundary. Therefore, Gan Ning coughed and scared Guan Yuzhi. However, the author would like to clarify that the reason why Guan Yu did not come had nothing to do with whether Gan Ning coughed or not. The real reason is that the two sides are nothing more than intimidating each other, but neither of them wants to bear the responsibility of tearing up Sun Liu's alliance.
But no matter how fierce it is, it is no less than any fierce general in the three countries. It can be said that since Tai Shi Ci, the first person in Eastern Wu!