Zhang Bao, the eldest son of the Shu Han general Zhang Fei, died prematurely in history. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms says that Zhang Bao chased Guo Huai and others during a Northern Expedition, accidentally rolled off a cliff and caused a head impact, and unfortunately died while returning to Chengdu to recuperate.
After Zhang Bao's death, Zhuge Liang was overly sad, vomiting blood and fainting on the ground. When some people felt that the Five Tigers general was dead, Zhuge Liang was not so sad. Why did Zhang Bao's death make Zhuge Liang cry to death and come back to life?
Zhang Bao's death was a great loss for Shu Han
The appearance of Zhang Bao in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is after Guan Yu's death, and Zhang Bao's real manifestation is that after Guan Zhang's death, he followed the ancestor Liu Bei to Wu. Zhang Bao and Guan Xing had always been the vanguard in the battle against Wu, and were praised by Liu Bei for opening roads in every mountain, building bridges in water, and repeatedly breaking enemy camps.
Zhang Bao can be said to have really grown up in the Shu Han Dynasty, and is known for his mighty combat. As the Shu Han generals, represented by the Five Tiger Generals, continued to fall, the new generation of Zhang Bao and Guan Xing came to the fore. They followed Zhuge Liang on his eastern expedition to the west and were deeply valued by Zhuge Liang. During Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, one of the biggest problems faced by Shu Han was the lack of talent, and there were very few great generals who could act alone. Ancients Cloud: A thousand armies are easy to get, and one will be difficult to find. Zhang Bao's death was undoubtedly a great loss for Shu Han. For Zhuge Liang, who took zhongxing Shu Han Jiangshan as his mission, Zhang Bao's death was like a huge pain that hurt his bones, how could he not be too sad!
Zhang Bao and Zhuge Liang had deep personal feelings
A. Political support: Zhang Bao's father Zhang Fei was a general of the Shu Han Dynasty, and his sister was the empress of Liu Chan, the lord of the Shu Han Dynasty, Zhang Bao had a certain prestige both in the middle of the dynasty and in the Shu Han military camp, and he was a hardcore supporter of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition.
B. Military support: Everyone can know from the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that the Five Tiger Generals can be said to be Liu Bei's imperial generals, and only Liu Bei can turn around. When Zhuge Liang was just out of the woods and dispatched his troops, Guan Zhang was not convinced at all. It was Wei Yan, the general of the second echelon of the Later Shu Han Dynasty, who was also dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang. Zhang Bao was different, Zhuge Liang's arrow was out, it meant where to hit, it was always only Zhuge Ma's head, never half a bit of evasion or complaints.
C. Personal safety protection: In the case of general confrontation between the two armies, Zhang Bao and Guan Xing are always on the side of Zhuge Liang. From this arrangement, it is not difficult to see that in case the enemy wants to capture or attack Zhuge Liang, he must first pass the pass of Zhang Bao and Guan Xing. With the courage of Zhang Bao and Guan Xing, it would be difficult for ordinary enemies to hurt Zhuge Liang. For Zhuge Liang, Zhang Bao is equivalent to Dong Zhuo's Lü Bu, Cao Cao's Dianwei and Xu Chu.
Compared with the Five Tiger Generals of the Shu Han Dynasty, they basically only obeyed Liu Bei most of the time, and later each of them guarded one side, and they did not have much intersection with Zhuge Liang from the perspective of Shu Han and personally before they died. Zhang Bao pinned too much hope on Zhuge Liang, mixed with too much emotional color with Zhuge Liang. Needless to say, Zhuge Liang was even more sad, sad, and desperate about Zhang Bao's death.