The dispute between the Three Kingdoms, in fact, is the competition for talents, which is most directly reflected in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"! Liu Bei was at a disadvantage in this regard and always looked around for talents. The biggest gain was to invite Zhuge Liang. But what really made Liu Bei gain a lot was that after he swallowed Liu Zhang, he recruited Liu Zhang's old team, which had the scale to fight against Cao Cao. However, it was precisely during the capture of Yizhou that a rare general also appeared, this person was named Zhang Ren!
The Shu Han camp has always had a problem that is difficult to solve, that is, the shortage of talents. In terms of talent reserves, the Shu Han camp was far inferior to Cao Wei, with Xun You, Xun Yu, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, and Guo Jia, and Wu having the five sons of Cao Xiahou. Even Eastern Wu was not as good as the Good Ones, and the good villains had also gathered the Twelve Tiger Ministers of the Jiang Table. This cannot be blamed on Liu Bei's failure to employ people and does not want to use people, he is not like Cao Cao in the name of the Great Han Tianzi to recruit talents, nor does he have a strong family foundation that Sun Quan passed down from his father and brother. Therefore, in order to recruit talents, Liu Bei also tried his best.
Zhuge Liang wanted to kill Zhang Ren and let the other generals in Shu know what the outcome of the vow to die was. You must know that the ultimate purpose of Zhuge Liang's trip is to occupy Shuzhong, and if Zhang Ren is spared this time, he will not only let himself have one more opponent out of thin air, but also let more generals in Shuzhong know that it is nothing to lose and not surrender. This, for Zhuge Liang, is extremely unfavorable.
As a result, a person like Zhang Ren, who swore not to surrender, was killed by Zhuge Liang. People like Yan Yan and others chose to surrender after the defeat, and their lives were not bad. This killing, the fool can also see which path to choose. Moreover, the subsequent battle can also fully illustrate the importance of killing Zhang Ren at this time.
Pang Tong was a military master that Liu Bei relied on, the specific plotter and executor of Xichuan, and his relationship with Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang was very close. Therefore, in this case, Liu Bei can no longer soften his body and go to good words to surrender, otherwise his subordinates will not agree. Although Pang Tong was very jealous of Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang was indeed very generous. Therefore, after learning of Pang Tong's death, Zhuge Liang was devastated. So, who killed Pang Tong? That's right, it's this Zhang Ren who swore to die. Therefore, Zhuge Liang can only be a good person for Liu Bei to be, and he will come to be this evil person. This was the master who killed Zhang Ren. As for Liu Bei, he could only helplessly look at the general he liked, and was killed like this.
Whether it is a canonical record or a historical record, Zhang Ren's military ability may be above Pang Tongfazheng, and if he stays behind to assist Liu Bei, even if he cannot replace Zhuge Liang, it is possible to be above Li Yan. However, as Zhang Ren said, "Loyal subjects do not do two lords", Zhang Ren was bent on death, and Liu Bei could only say goodbye to this famous general of the Sichuan Army.