In Changshanpo, did Cao Jun dare not rush forward because Zhang Fei broke the bridge?
In this article, I will talk to you about this topic.
In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhang Fei drank and broke the Changsaka Bridge, which is a famous bridge section. In the military song of the Past Beiyang Army, there was a song "Three Kingdoms Warrior Brave", which sang like this:
"The Three Kingdoms warrior is brave, the first to push Zhao Zilong, the hero of Nagasaka Slope. There is also Zhang Yide, when the Yang Bridge is waiting, thunder and thunder are ringing. The bridge collapsed two or three holes, scaring off millions of soldiers, and the five tigers showed their might. ”
It can be seen how deeply the story of Zhang Fei Changsaka bridge's solo retreat from Cao Jun is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
However, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhang Fei broke the bridge after Cao Bing was scared back, and when Zhang Fei faced Cao Jun's broken back, the bridge was good. The book reads:
Zhang Fei looked at the trees around the east side of the bridge and had a plan, so that the more than twenty cavalry under his command all cut down the branches, tied them behind their horses, and galloped back and forth in the woods, rushing up the smoke and dust as suspects. Stand alone on the bridge. ”
When Zhao Yun was spared, the Cao Army that came after him saw Zhang Fei's appearance like this, and no one dared to come closer, only to take a foothold in the west of the bridge and wait for Cao Cao's arrival. We can see that when The Cao Army arrived, the bridge was still good.
We can see that in the Cao Army, there were a class of generals Cao Ren, Li Dian, Xiahou Huan, Xiahou Yuan, Le Jin, Zhang Liao, Zhang Guo, and Xu Chu, but no one came up to challenge them.
So, why didn't they dare to come up and confront Zhang Fei?
No wonder there are several reasons:
1, people are sleepy and tired, not Zhang Fei's opponents who are recuperating.
We watch the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which says that in order to pursue Liu Bei, Cao Cao personally led the selected elite horsemen and chased Liu Bei for three hundred miles a day and a night. Although it is said that Cao Jun caught up with Liu Bei in Dangyang and fought a great victory, at this time, Cao Jun was already trapped and tired.
Liu Bei, on the other hand, only walks a dozen miles a day, and people like Zhang Fei basically have no physical exertion, just like vacation. A man who had rested for thirty days, and a group of people who had just run three hundred miles, it was self-evident who had the upper hand. This was also the reason why Zhao Yun was able to kill several in and out of cao's camp.
Therefore, these people saw Zhang Fei and knew Zhang Fei's martial courage, and Guan Yu introduced that Zhang Fei could take the first rank of general in the million army, such as probing the bag to take things. Cao Cao also asked the generals to write on the bottom of their clothes and not to let the enemy be light. When it came to face Zhang Fei, of course, every general had to be cautious. Therefore, Cao Jun found himself not to be Zhang Fei's opponent, and no one went up to fight and die.
2, the bridge was not broken, leaving the Cao Army in a dilemma.
Since there is a bridge on the river, it means that the river is deep and difficult to wade. However, if you want to seize the bridge, you have to face Zhang Fei's challenge. Zhang Fei stood guard on the bridge, and one husband and wife were inseparable. If you want to attack the city in groups, you can only go to the ground one by one.
In this way, even if there are many generals in the Cao Army, it will not help. However, to fight zhang fei alone, Cao Jun is now up and down, people are sleepy and lacking, and they are not Zhang Fei's opponents. Therefore, no one in Cao Jun would fight Zhang Fei to the death. However, with so many people and horses, it is really impossible to say that they retreated in the face of Zhang Fei alone, so the two sides will confront each other.
3. Zhang Fei's suspicious soldiers made Cao Jun dare not cross the river.
However, Cao Cao had a large number of troops, and it was impossible for a small river to stop the pace of Cao's army. So, how did Cao Jun cross the river? At this time, it was not something that the generals of the Cao Army could decide, and cao Cao needed to come and decide.
Cao Cao came to see that there was no way to fight this battle. Because it is not as simple as Zhang Fei alone guarding the bridge. There was also a soldier ambush in the woods on the east side of the bridge, and it was not known how many there were. If you rush to order the military horses to cross the river and be attacked by the other side halfway, you will be defeated.
Cao Cao himself was suspicious, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that this was Zhuge Liang's plan. Therefore, Cao Cao said that Zhang Fei was heroic and could not be taken lightly. I actually want to retreat and pre-do the steps. The generals of the Cao Army understood in their hearts, so they used Xiahou Jie's fall from their horses to protect Cao Cao and retreat, achieving Zhang Fei's prestige of retiring millions of soldiers.
Therefore, it was not because Zhang Fei broke the bridge that Cao Jun did not dare to come forward to fight. On the contrary, it was precisely because the bridge was not broken that Cao Jun did not dare to come forward.
When Cao Jun retreated, Zhang Fei demolished the bridge when he withdrew. It was the breaking of the bridge that allowed Cao Cao to see through his cowardice, which attracted cao jun's pursuit. Thanks to Guan Yu's response, he did not suffer losses.