The history of the Three Kingdoms period is often a topic of interest to our public, the history of the Three Kingdoms period has given birth to too many heroes, there are many classic stories of the popular population, their joys and sorrows, love and hate are all the talk of our people, these are like a little starlight in the night sky, shining in that era of strife and war.
Today, when we talk about the topic of the Three Kingdoms, the first point I want to make clear is the issue of our public understanding of the history of the Three Kingdoms. Most people's initial understanding of the history of the Three Kingdoms basically comes from the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" written by Mr. Luo Guanzhong, and it is undeniable that Luo Guanzhong's book for Mr. Luo Guanzhong is really wonderful, and there is a unique way to portray the characters and the description of the war scenes.
But no matter how good this book is, we must not forget the nature of this book: "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is always a novel, and we cannot take a novel as our historical basis when studying history. Just as it is written in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that Uncle Liu Huang's victory is what the people expect, the people cheer and applaud, and the cao thief is defeated, that is, the sin is deserved, this view is to be corrected.
There was no justice or injustice in that Three-Power War, and all three were in the service of the interest groups they represented. Let's compare the strength of the three countries, in ancient times, the population as a source of labor and military strength can best reflect the strength of a country. Around 260 AD, the State of Wei had 660,000 households and a population of 4.43 million; the State of Wu had 2.5 million people; and at the time of the fall of the State of Shu, there were about 280,000 households and 940,000 people. It is very clear that it can be compared, without considering special factors, in terms of population size, the unification of the Wei state has absolute strength.
Look at Zhang Shao, who was the second son of Zhang Fei, a general of the Shu Han Dynasty and a general of the Che Riders. Zhang Fei's eldest son is called Zhang Bao, and this person is also a haojie like Zhang Fei, but the world is not going well, and Zhang Bao died early. After Zhang Fei's death, Zhang Shao inherited Zhang Fei's title, and later the official position reached Shangshu Servant Shooting, and Shizhong could also be said to be a figure around Liu Chan.
At that time, the story was also talked about by many people. In 263 AD, the Wei general Zhong Hui led troops to conquer the Shu state and went to war with Jiang Wei's troops, and later Deng Ai took advantage of the fierce battle between the two armies to lead his troops to sneak into Jinyang, and at that time, zhuge Zhan, who was guarding the town of Jinyang, was Zhuge Kongming's son Zhuge Zhan, Deng Ai wanted to persuade Zhuge Zhan to surrender, Zhuge Zhan was ambitious, resolutely disagreed, and beheaded the emissaries sent by Deng Ai, and later the two armies fought, Zhuge Zhan was defeated, and he himself died on the battlefield.
After Jinyang's victory, Deng Ai took advantage of the victory to pursue and hit the capital of the Shu state of Chengdu, and under the dispute of whether to defend or to surrender, in the end, the Shu state chose to surrender, and it was Zhang Shao who went to negotiate and surrender.
Later generations lamented zhang fei's incomparable bravery, once on the Dangyang Bridge, he used his own spear to drink 100,000 Wei soldiers. Who would have thought that his son would be a scumbag and take the lead in surrendering to the enemy? I think Zhang Shao's surrender cannot be said to be his willingness, and he was also forced by the situation.
First of all, we have already clarified the huge difference in national strength between these three countries at the beginning, and as the weakest country at that time, the defeat and demise of the Shu state is only a matter of time, which no one can change. Therefore, at that time, the choices Faced by Zhang Shao were not "loyalty" or "surrender", but "loyalty that will be defeated no matter how to resist" and "surrender to save his life", so it seems that Zhang Shao's choice different from his father's generation is not so harsh.
Secondly, we say that Zhang Shao can be said to be a loyal servant of Liu Chan's team at that time, which is equivalent to the current position of director of the General Office of the Central Committee. He could achieve this position definitely not only because of his father's reasons, he could reach this position because his ideas were in line with the views of the ruler at that time, that is, Liu Chan, because no one would leave a person who quarreled with him all the time.
Therefore, Zhang Shao took the lead in surrendering, which can also be said to be Liu Chan's meaning. He represented the entire Liu Chan interest group, not just him personally, in fact, Zhang Shao's surrender to wei was Liu Chan's intention.
We can analyze why we are so disgusted by Zhang Shao's surrender, but there are only three reasons: the reader has a good feeling for the State of Shu; the reader is disgusted with the State of Wei; and the bravery of his father Zhang Fei. We still do not look at this period of history from an objective perspective, but still hope that the Liu family will prosper and the Cao thief will perish. However, history does not value surnames and bloodlines, and the law of the development of the entire human society has always been the law of the development of the weak and the strong.