Zhao Yun has been shaped into a perfect character in history, not only looking talented and handsome, but also heroic and brave on the battlefield, and loyal to Liu Bei. But it was such a perfect person, but it was not reused in Liu Bei's place, and it was not as good as the rebel general Wei Yan. So why did Liu Bei reuse the traitor Wei Yan but not Zhao Yun? Liu Bei only said the reason before he died!
The so-called good birds choose good trees to live, in that era of endless war, when everyone defected to Yuan Shao, Zhao Yun chose to defect to Gongsun Zhan, and it was also in Gongsun Zhan that he met Liu Bei, who was still a small person at that time, Liu Bei saw Zhao Yun's talent from this meeting, but he could only appreciate it, and it was not good to come directly, after all, he also went to Gongsun Zhan at that time. Later, due to various coincidences, Zhao Yun left Gongsun Zhan and met Liu Bei again in Runan, and from then on, Zhao Yun followed Liu Bei until his death. During this period, Zhao Yun's more famous battle was the "Savior of Changshanpo", seven in and seven out to rescue Liu Bei's son Ah Dou, and other victories, but not so well-known.
Looking at Wei Yan again, this is a fierce general with great achievements in battle. Wei Yan initially followed Liu Bei into Sichuan as a minister, and when Liu Bei broke with Liu Zhang and began to fight, Wei Yan participated in it, and repeatedly made military achievements, and was promoted to the rank of general of Yamen; later, when Liu Bei proclaimed himself "King of Hanzhong", he promoted Wei Yan to Taishou and defended Hanzhong. After Liu Bei declared himself emperor and established the Shu Han Dynasty, Wei Yan was given the title of "General of Zhenbei". After Liu Bei's death, Liu Chan succeeded to the throne, and Wei Yan was again given the title of "Du Tinghou".
After Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, Wei Yan fought all the way to the Northern Expedition, fought against the Cao Army, made countless military achievements, and was once again named "Former General, Great General of the Expedition to the West", from Wei Yan's road to sealing, it is not difficult to see that he is brave and invincible, heroic and good at war, it can also be seen that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are absolutely important to him, even though Wei Yan's personality is more arrogant, often no one in sight, but his military talent is still impossible to ignore.
Seeing this, everyone may feel that Wei Yan is reused, and Zhao Yun is buried, in fact, Zhao Yun is not the same as Liu Bei, Liu Bei specially explained to Zhao Yun before his death, to protect Liu Chan, if someone threatens Liu Chan's life, Zhao Yun can solve it by himself. Entrusting the most important person to Zhao Yun shows how much Liu Bei trusts him. The reason why Zhao Yun did not arrange for Zhao Yun to fight on the battlefield was also Liu Bei's selfish intention, he hoped that Zhao Yun would only be used by him, to do some things for him that others could not complete, and to fight on the battlefield was something that too many people could replace Zhao Yun.