People who are familiar with the Three Kingdoms may be very interested in the armed forces of some of the generals in the Three Kingdoms. But there are some mysterious guards around some generals. Recognized as a powerful guard of the Three Kingdoms, there were Dianwei and Xu Chu, who were responsible for Cao Cao's safety. Liu Bei's side had Changshan Zhao Zilong to protect him thoroughly.
But there have been several organizations, which have appeared many times in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. For example, Yuan Shao's side of the "Hebei Four Court Pillars", Lü Bu's side has the "Eight Jian Generals", and there is another character, he has a guard elite around him, that is, "Yanyun Eighteen Horses".
This organization was active around Zhang Fei, so Zhang Fei's Yanyun Eighteen Horsemen had rescued Zhang Fei from Lü Bu's hands, so why did he never appear again?
First analyze the Yanyun Eighteen Riding.
Zhang Fei's prestige was known to everyone, and the hundreds of thousands of troops on the slopes of Changshan frightened Cao Cao. In the end, he roared under the Yang Bridge, and Cao Cao's camp also retreated quickly. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms describes cao Cao's retreat. Cao Cao was afraid of Zhang Fei's prestige, and when he heard that it was Zhang Fei, he immediately fled on horseback to the west. Even the crown on his head fell off in the process of escaping. At this time, Zhang Liao and Xu Chu caught up with Cao Cao and helped hold the crown hairpin, and Cao Cao at this time was indeed frightened.
Here Zhang Fei's "Eighteen Horses of Yanyun" appeared once. Follow Zhang Fei's side, guard Zhang Fei's safety, and act as a suspect to block Cao Cao's attack.
As described in Romance of the Three Kingdoms:
After Zhang Fei led eighteen horses to break, the smoke and dust rolled behind the ShiJi Bridge, and Cao Cao did not dare to come close, and it was also these eighteen riders Zhang Fei who were willing to listen, and led more than twenty riders to changsaka bridge. Seeing that there was a area of trees on the east side of the bridge, the school rode from more than twenty horses, cut down branches, tied them to the horse's tail, and galloped back and forth in the woods, rushing up the dust, thinking that they were suspicious soldiers.
The other time was the one when Zhang Fei lost Xuzhou. At that time, Zhang Fei was drunk and beat Lü Bu's whip and Beat Lü Bu's father-in-law. And the words fiercely insulted Lü Bu and Zhang Fei's personality, and everyone knew it very well. Grumpy, fighting without a word, but also judging things based on one person's preferences, no matter what it is.
The Fourteenth Romance of the Three Kingdoms describes:
Zhang Fei was still drunk at this time, and he was not capable of fighting. Lü Busu knew fei yong and did not dare to force it. Eighteen riding Yan generals, protecting Zhang Fei, killed out of the East Gate, and Xuan De's family was in the palace, and they didn't have time to take care of it.
Here Zhang Fei was drunk and lost Xuzhou. When Lü Bu attacked Xuzhou, Zhang Fei, under the protection of Yanyun Eighteen Horsemen, left Xuzhou safely and went to liu Bei to go round.
Secondly, Zhang Fei's eighteen-horse ride only appeared these two times, and then there was no news. So where did these people end up? Individuals analyze their most likely destinations.
First, as the number of people in the war continues to decrease.
We all know that in the three countries, there is war every day. Who knows which one will come early tomorrow or the dead, let alone the guards who have only eighteen horses? They have been following Zhang Fei, in the process of Liu Bei's entrepreneurship, Zhang Fei in the process of the Eastern Expedition to the West. These eighteen horses cannot remain intact. Many of them, in the process of Zhang Fei following Liu Bei, were often passively beaten. At that time, Liu Bei was still unable to protect himself, let alone this group of guards? Then, in the process of decreasing the number of people, it gradually disappeared into the history of the founding of the Shu Han.
Second, Zhang Fei likes to drunkenly whip and whip soldiers.
Zhang Fei loves to drink, which may be understood by everyone, but often drunk and scolding soldiers, this is a bit unspeakable. Xuzhou was lost because he drunkenly beat Lü Bu's father-in-law and insulted Lü Bu with words. This led to Liu Bei just having a place to stay, and in an instant, he was in Zhang Fei's hands and helplessly handed over to Lü Bu. Also because of drunkenness, he eventually lost his life. Then these guards are all accompanied by Zhang Fei's side, just imagine, the drunken Zhang Fei does not care about anyone.
At that time, Guan Yu hung up the seal and sealed the gold, rode alone for thousands of miles, and went to go round with Liu Bei. Met Zhang Fei, and then Zhang Fei didn't say a word, came up and called, and didn't ask. How could that "Yanyun Eighteen Horsemen" be able to withstand Zhang Fei's violent temper. Someone will definitely die in Zhang Fei's drunken project. There must be loyalty to stay by Zhang Fei's side, but it is not ruled out to leave Zhang Fei and find another way out.
Third, the increase in age, had to choose to leave.
Everyone is old and old, not to mention the warriors who fight on the battlefield? After following Zhang Fei for so many years, this group of eighteen riders who originally followed Zhang Fei had to choose to withdraw from the stage of history as they grew older. Not to mention that Zhang Fei, who was getting older, began to slowly decline in combat effectiveness behind him. Especially after getting drunk, Zhang Fei was killed. Logically, with the security guards of the Eighteen Horsemen, Zhang Fei should not have been killed.
As they grow older, not everyone can be like Huang Zhong, the sword is not old. Guan Yu was also killed by Eastern Wu prisoners on the path out of Maicheng because of his increasing age.
Yan Yun Eighteen May have chosen to leave Zhang Fei because of his age. To find his own life, the so-called "vicissitudes of the sea, life is diverse", in addition, Zhang Fei's personality determines that there is no reliable person around him after all. Guan Yu is different, the existence of Ping, Zhou Cang and other people around him, whether Zhang Fei is around or not, personally has not heard.
So about Zhang Fei's Yanyun Eighteen Horse, who rescued Zhang Fei from Lü Bu's hands, why did he never appear later?
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