There is a reason for saying that the talents of shu han in the post-Three Kingdoms period withered, because many of those who were active on the battlefield during this period were veteran generals who served Shu Han during Liu Bei's period, and the sentence "There is no general in Shu, Liao hua is a pioneer" makes everyone familiar with Liao Hua, but few people remember that at this time, Shu Han also had a veteran named Zong Qian.
Defend against Eastern Wu
Eastern Wu had a tradition of falling into the well from the time of Liu Bei's battle of Hanzhong, guan Yu secretly attacked Jingzhou and killed Guan Yu when he fought the Battle of Xiangfan, the Battle of Yiling, after Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang sent Deng Zhi to Eastern Wu to make peace with Sun Quan and restore Sun Liu's alliance.
However, after Zhuge Liang's death, The old problems of Eastern Wu were committed again, and Sun Quan Chen Bing was on the border of Wu and Shu, hoping to take advantage of Zhuge Liang's death and the political turmoil in the Shu and Han dynasties to gain some benefits. The Shu Han side knew about it, and also sent troops to the White Emperor City to strengthen the border defense force, Sun Quan knew but the evil man complained first, and asked the envoy Zong Pre of the State of Wu why he strengthened the guard. Zong Pre was blunt and directly told Sun Quan that it was because Eastern Wu had increased his troops that he himself had increased his troops, which was a causal relationship, and Shu Han had made this move in accordance with Eastern Wu's actions.
Sun Quan admired his bluntness, so he treated him with courtesy, second only to Deng Zhi, who had previously sent an envoy to Eastern Wu, and Fei Yi, the ruler of Shu Han at this time.
The second Dungee
Deng Zhi sent an envoy to Eastern Wu in the Shu Han crisis after Liu Bei's death, continued the Alliance of Sun Liu, and continued the national fortunes of Shu Han through diplomacy, while Zong Pre sent an envoy to Eastern Wu in the Shu Han crisis after Zhuge Liang's death, which also stabilized the relations between the two countries, stabilized the domestic turmoil of Shu Han, and was also the savior of Shu Han. In terms of diplomatic contributions, Zong Pre is completely the second Deng Zhi.
Zong Pre was promoted to a waiter, transferred to Shangshu, and after serving as a civilian in the DPRK for a while, he was transferred out of the DPRK to serve as a lieutenant of the Tun Riding School, at this time Deng Zhi, who was then a che riding general, asked him why he was still leading soldiers to fight in his sixties, and Zong Pre only replied to him, saying that Deng Zhi was over seventy years old and still taking out soldiers, and he was only sixty years old, which was nothing. Deng Zhi was a straight man, and he was at odds with many people in the DPRK, and because of his seniority, the ministers of the DPRK were willing to accommodate him, but Zong Pre never shied away from his sharp edge.
When Zong Pre sent his last mission to Eastern Wu, Sun Quan sadly grabbed Zong Pre's hand and lamented that Zong Pre had traveled back and forth between the two countries many times with a mission over the years, and now Zong Pre and he were old and old, and this time they might never see each other again, so he gave Zong Pre a lot of treasures before letting Zong Pre go back. This treatment that Zong Pre received was only received by Deng Zhi before Shu Han.
Leave the center of power
Zong Pre was followed by Zhang Fei when Liu Bei entered Sichuan, and on the merit and seniority, Zong Pre should also be reused. Later, Zong Pre was promoted to the post-general, the governor of Yong'an, the town guarding the side, and later he was named the great general of the Western Expedition, and was a feudal official of the side.
But don't forget, he was just an old man in his seventies, who was soon recalled to the imperial court because of illness, took up the position of fungal general, and also led the history of Yanzhou, which was the hinterland of Cao Wei, and this official position was undoubtedly a false position, and Zong Pre was obviously out of the center of power.
At this time, Liu Chan used Zhuge Zhan to command the military and political power in the dynasty, and the great general Jiang Wei, who was a check and balance, liao Hua wanted to visit Zhuge Zhan with Zong Pre, but was rejected by Zong Pre, who thought that he was over seventy years old and did not know how long he could live, and did not need to go to such a person, although he was Zhuge Cheng Xiang's son, he was a fledgling teenager who asked for instructions, showing the same arrogance as Deng Zhi.
It is the sadness of shu han that these seven-year-old and eighty-year-old generals have to throw their heads and spill their blood in their later years; but it is also the charm of this era that allows these people who have been covered up in the pre-Three Kingdoms era to show their brilliance in the post-Three Kingdoms era.