introduction
"Langtaosha Beidaihe" wrote: "The past is more than a thousand years, Wei Wu wields a whip, and there is a posthumous chapter on jieshi in the east." The autumn wind is now again, changing the human world. "This is the Three Kingdoms written by Comrade Runzhi, full of poetic pride and full of remembrance of heroic figures. Cao Mengde stood at the water's edge, waving a whip in his hand, and reciting the famous phrase "GuanCang Sea" that has been passed down for thousands of years, "East of Jieshi, to view the Canghai Sea", in front of him is the waves, behind which are millions of heroes.
In that year, Cao Cao was in Luoyang, beheading the Ten Constant Attendants, and was ordered to assassinate Dong Zhuo, although it ended in failure, but fortunately escaped the capital alive, recruited troops in Chen Liu, and participated in the alliance of the Eighteenth Route Princes. After a series of dazzling operations in the early stages, Cao Cao finally established his own power from nothing, and successfully occupied a place in the future division of the world.
▲ Stills of Cao Cao's leading soldiers
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Speaking of those generals under Cao Cao, many of us are familiar with them. The great general Dianwei, known as the "Evil of the Ancients", Cao Cao's personal guard, was a million troops; Xu Chu, a tiger fool who was called "this Wu Fan Duoye" by Cao Cao, the mainstay of Cao Wei, was not only brave in battle, but also extremely politically wise; and Cao Wei's real confidence, Xiahou Huan, perhaps you see that he always guarded the rear, and there were not many outstanding battle achievements recorded in the history books, but in fact, this kind of iron-blooded general who could sit on one side, be loyal to the lord, and be able to speak well and be good at war, and had excellent martial arts was the real strength of the princes of one side. Next, Ziyuan took everyone to see what Xiahou Huan had done to get Cao Cao's weight.
▲ Stills of Xiahou Huan leading the troops
Xiahou Huan's defection to Cao Cao was when Cao Cao was conquering the Yellow Turban Army, and they were already comrades-in-arms during the reign of Emperor Ling. Later, in 190 AD, when Cao Cao raised an army to participate in the alliance of princes, Xiahou Huan officially joined the Cao Wei camp and became one of the few talents who could support the great beam in the early days of Cao Wei's command. Later, when the two were both officials in the Han Dynasty, Xiahou Huan, in order to show his loyalty to Cao Cao, took the initiative to take sides and wrote to cao Cao to ask Cao Cao to give him the official title of Wei, Cao Cao originally wanted to see the two colleagues reject him, but helplessly Xiahou Huan's insistence, he could only agree to him.
▲A recent photo of the tomb of the Cao Cao family
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Although Xiahou Huan and Cao Cao were both monarchs, in fact, their private status was relatively equal. Cao Cao respected Xiahou Huan, who regarded Cao Cao as his lifelong follower. Many people know that Cao Cao was cautious and suspicious by nature, and was very wary of the people around him, but Xiahou Huan was very important: he could enter and leave Cao Cao's bedroom at will without being passed on, and his son also married Cao Cao's daughter. From this, it can be fully seen that Cao Cao relied heavily on him. On the battlefield, in the face of the endless intrigues and intrigues among the heroes at that time, Xiahou Huan could not only be a brave general with high martial arts, but also a handsome talent who could be called "ten thousand enemies".
▲Guan Yu stills
In terms of force, he was a general talent who was enough to fight Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, although he had been shot by Guan Yu in the eye, he was not afraid, but roared "the parents of the body hair skin", and then ate his eyeball raw, shocking the generals of the two armies present at the time; and as a handsome talent, he was experienced in hundreds of battles, well-governed the army, and repeatedly guarded the rear for Cao Cao, and Cao Cao gave him his own back road, or his life, which showed his talent status. At the same time, as a general who can recruit good warriors, Xiahou Huan, who has a strong temperament, also has a good hand in treating people and things, and he has never underestimated the literati, and has always had great respect, even in the military, he will personally come to listen to the literati strategists to teach him. As a result, he was able to complete both the military and the civil sphere.
▲Three-country tent painting restoration
In general, Xiahou Huan, as the core general of the Cao Wei camp, did not covet power in battle, and many of the rewards he received during the war were also distributed to his subordinates, and there were not many family goods. As a member of the Two Thousand Stones, he also cared for the people and loved them like a son. In order to ensure the local grain harvest, he personally led the army to sit on the embankment, cut off the water source of Taihu Lake to repair the canal pond, and led the local military and civilians to carry the soil to cultivate the fields, so that even if the natural disasters affected by the government, they also obtained a good harvest.
▲ Cao Pi stills
"Rolling water in the east of the Yangtze River, the waves exhaust the heroes", Cao Cao died, Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, and once again crowned Xiahou Huan as a great general, but not long after, Xiahou Huan also died. After his death, Cao Pi not only dressed in plain clothes to personally mourn him, but also gave him the title of Marquis of Zhonghou to show respect, and paid more attention to his family. As an important general under Cao Cao, Xiahou Huan was not only brave and good at fighting, but also loyal and cared about the people's livelihood and suffering. It can be seen that no matter who is his lord, he will treat him very thickly and trustingly, and it is absolutely deserved to call him the first general of Cao Wei.
epilogue
The Three Kingdoms is an era of heroic figures, countless benevolent people have found their dreams here, countless powerful generals have also found their home here, countless popular figures have also made a name for themselves here, and finally they have been recited through the ages. Xiahou Huan is just one of them, and there are more stories to sing and cry waiting for us to understand and discover.
Resources:
"Langtaosha Beidaihe", "Guancang Sea", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"