The saying that "there is no general in Shu, Liao Hua is the vanguard" makes us think that Liao Hua in history is a general with mediocre martial skills. However, Liao Hua, who was mediocre in martial arts, successfully broke through from the heavy siege of the Wu army when Guan Yu was besieged in Maicheng. Then, Guan Yu, who is strong in martial arts, cannot yet break through, so why can Liao Hua, who has mediocre martial arts, successfully break through?
In fact, the character of Liao Hua is not described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and romance of the Three Kingdoms, and the story of Liao Hua's successful breakthrough in Maicheng is also from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which is not the case in the zhengshi "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Today, we will first talk about the reasons why Liao Hua was able to successfully break through in the interpretation, but then talk about the real situation in history.
Regarding Liao Hua's breakthrough at Maicheng, it is described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms as follows: "Guan Yu fell into siege, Guan Ping and Liao Hua led the army to rescue, and everyone retreated to Maicheng to discuss the military. At this time, wu's army surrounded Maicheng, and Guan Yu asked who could break through to Shangyong for help? Liao Hua volunteered, and Guan Ping covered the breakthrough. The two men went out of the city to meet Ding Feng, and Guan Ping struggled to kill Ding Feng, and Liao Hua was able to break through the siege and run to Shangyong. ”
Through the above description, it can be seen that the reason why Liao Hua was able to break through in Maicheng was first, with the assistance of Guan Ping, who was highly skilled in martial arts, killed Ding Feng, helped Liao Hua block the Wu army, and won Liao Hua valuable breakthrough time; second, it is very likely that the Wu army was careless at that time, did not take precautions, and gave Liao Hua the opportunity to break through. In the rendition, Liao Hua's ability to break through had nothing to do with his martial arts prowess, it was just an accident. Of course, after the author arranged for Liao Hua to successfully break through, he went to Shangyong to find Liu Feng for help, and finally could only go to Chengdu to ask for help from Liu Bei, which purely highlighted Liu Feng's death and did not save him, so that Liu Feng's killing became a deserved crime, to put it bluntly, the author was looking for a reason for Liu Bei to kill Liu Feng, highlighting the justice of Liu Bei's righteousness and killing his relatives.
Above we have talked about the contents of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and now we will talk about the account of Liao Hua in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" of the Zhengshi. In the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, it is recorded: "Liao Hua was the master of the former general Guan Yu, who was defeated and belonged to Wu. When he returned to the Lord, he died by deception, and when he was called a believer, he carried his old mother to the west day and night. Will first lead the Main Crusade, and meet the return of the Zi. ”
According to the above records, we can know that Liao Huaben was a master book under Guan Yu, that is, a small official who managed the army's documents. When Guan Yu was besieged in Maicheng, Liao Hua had no story of a breakthrough at all. After Guan Yu's defeat, Liao Hua surrendered to Eastern Wu. However, Liao Hua did not want to fight for Eastern Wu, and thought of returning to the Shu Kingdom, so he cheated himself to death, deceived all the people in Eastern Wu, and took the opportunity to escape with his mother overnight and return to the Shu Kingdom.
Liao Hua can deceive the people of Eastern Wu by tricking death and return to the Shu Kingdom, which shows that Liao Hua is a person with both wisdom and courage, and is definitely not a mediocre person. At the same time, we also found that Liao Hua was a big filial piety, and he did not forget to take his mother with him to escape, which was very critical, it is very likely that Liao Hua was captured by Eastern Wu in Jingzhou, and was forced to surrender to Eastern Wu. However, when the people in Cao Ying's heart were in Han, Liao Hua took the opportunity to flee back to the Shu kingdom, and he was really a loyal and righteous person!
In summary, we find that Liao Hua is a person who is loyal and filial, and has both courage and strategy. It was in this way that Liao Hua was reused after returning to the Shu Han Dynasty and repeatedly participated in the Northern Expedition. As for the widely circulated "no general in Shu, Liao Hua was the vanguard." "The evaluation of Liao Hua is a bit biased, he is not a mediocre person, the strength is responsible, worthy of the position of the vanguard of the Northern Expedition. Guys, what do you think?