Xiahou Yuan was an important general under Cao Cao, but he was beheaded by the shu Han veteran General Huang Zhong at Dingjun Mountain, which was definitely a major event in the history of the Three Kingdoms, not only that, xiahou Yuan's death had a very serious impact on the entire Cao Wei, and it is not too much to say that he affected the development of Cao Wei in the later period.
Huang Zhong was able to kill Xiahou Yuan, and the impact on himself and the future of Shu Han was also very large, and everyone was shocked when they learned that Huang Zhong had killed Xiahou Yuan, as for the far-reaching impact behind it, it was actually far more superficial than what was seen on the surface.
Death of Xiahou Yuan
Xiahou Yuan was Cao Cao's personal general Zhengxi, after Zhang Lu surrendered, Xiahou Yuan was appointed to guard Hanzhong, all along, Xiahou Yuan was one of Cao Cao's most trusted generals, but also one of the most powerful generals in Cao Wei's camp, his importance in history is self-evident, it can be said that Xiahou Yuan to Cao Cao, just like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to Liu Bei, is completely brotherhood.
In many famous battles of the Three Kingdoms, there is no shortage of Xiahou Yuan's figure, letting him guard Hanzhong, which is the best manifestation of Cao Cao's trust in Xiahou Yuan, because Hanzhong is dangerous and the location is quite important, it is an important strategic place connecting Chengdu, as long as Hanzhong is always defended, it can pose a huge threat to Liu Bei who is far away in Chengdu.
Of course, Liu Bei also understood the importance of Hanzhong, and if he wanted to continue to expand the territory of Shu Han and ensure the safety and stability of Shu Han, Liu Bei had to take Hanzhong, so Liu Bei, after learning that Cao Cao had strengthened Hanzhong's troops, immediately led a large army to fight with Xiahou Yuan, at that time, except for Guan Yu who could not be present in Zhenshou Jingzhou, the famous generals in the Shu Han camp were basically all there, including Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, and others.
Although Huang Zhong had been following Liu Bei for many years at that time, his position and position in Shu Han were not high, and it was the battle in Hanzhong that laid the foundation for Huang Zhong's position. After the war was carried out, Liu Bei was at a disadvantage at the beginning stage, after all, the disparity in strength was too great, and it was still quite difficult to defeat Xiahou Yuan.
As the war entered a stalemate state, Huang Zhongbu was already in a state of stalemate, and he led a group of soldiers to Dingjun Mountain to raid Xiahou Yuan, hitting Xiahou Yuan by surprise, and it was in this special situation that Huang Zhong took advantage of the victory to pursue and directly behead Xiahou Yuan under his horse.
After Xiahou Yuan was killed, everyone was shocked, because he was the highest general who was killed on the battlefield during the Three Kingdoms period, and as one of the three main army commanders under Cao Cao, he was directly killed on the battlefield, which was very rare in the history of the Three Kingdoms and even in the entire ancient history.
The two armies fought, once the commander was killed, the impact on the entire army was quite fatal, Cao Cao learned that Xiahou Yuan was killed, understood that the situation was out of control, and immediately personally led a large army to Hanzhong to fight, he thought that with his own command, he could also defeat Liu Bei, but unfortunately the battle ended in failure.
The impact of Huang Zhong's beheading of Xiahou Yuan
After Huang Zhong killed Xiahou Yuan, the most direct impact was the direction of the Battle of Hanzhong, originally when Xiahou Yuan was not killed, Cao Wei's army still had the upper hand, after Xiahou Yuan was killed, the morale of the army quickly declined, and the entire Cao Wei army became unwilling to fight, even if Cao Cao personally commanded, it could not change this depressed state.
In ancient battlefields, morale was particularly important to the outcome of the war, once the morale of the soldiers was gone, it was basically impossible to defeat the enemy, and after Xiahou Yuan was killed, the Battle of Hanzhong was finally defeated because of the demoralization of Cao Wei's army, which Cao Cao could never have imagined.
The defeat of the Battle of Hanzhong had a huge impact on the direction of Cao Wei in the later period, and it could continue to crush Cao Wei of Shu Han, because of the defeat of Hanzhong in the First World War, there was no longer much energy to deal with Shu Han, and Liu Bei's power thus developed, and there was a situation in which the Three Kingdoms were established later.
From this point of view, it is not an exaggeration to say that Xiahou Yuan's death affected the entire situation of the Three Kingdoms, after all, this battle was a huge turning point, before this battle, Liu Bei had never won Cao Cao, and after this battle, Liu Bei began to defeat Cao Cao frequently.
That is, by virtue of the military merits of killing Xiahou Yuan, after the battle, Huang Zhong, who was previously not reused, was appreciated by Liu Bei and began the road of promotion in the same way, Liu Bei appointed him as the general of Zhengxi, and later after taking Hanzhong, Liu Bei appointed Huang Zhong as the rear general, Guan Yu as the former general, Zhang Fei as the right general, and Ma Chao as the left general.
In short, Huang Zhong, whose name was unknown from the past, after Dingjun Mountain killed Xiahou Yuan, his status was rapidly improved, and he was finally able to sit on an equal footing with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao and others, because of Huang Zhong's peaceful steps, Guan Yu also expressed his dissatisfaction, if it were not for Liu Bei's repeated enlightenment of Guan Yu, perhaps Guan Yu would continue to mock Huang Zhong.
The previous mention is the impact of Xiahou Yuan's death on Cao Wei and Huang Zhong himself, and now we will continue to talk about the impact of Xiahou Yuan's death on Shu Han. As mentioned before, before Xiahou Yuan was killed, Liu Bei never won against Cao Cao, and was always the role of being crushed by Cao Cao, until after the victory of Dingjun Mountain, Liu Bei tried the taste of victory for the first time.
Just like when Liu Bang fought against Xiang Yu, before there was no assistance from Han Xin, Liu Bang had never defeated Xiang Yu, this law made Liu Bang have a sense of fear, as soon as he met Xiang Yu, he was afraid, but after the first victory with the assistance of Han Xin, the shadow in Liu Bang's heart disappeared, and from then on Liu Bang finally dared to confront Xiang Yu head-on.
It can be said that Liu Bei had the same mentality as Liu Bang before the Battle of Dingjun Mountain, and when he saw Cao Cao's army, he was afraid and worried that he could not defeat Cao Cao, until after Huang Zhong killed Xiahou Yuan at the Battle of Dingjun Mountain, the shadow in Liu Bei's heart disappeared, and from then on, the more courageous the Vietnam War, and finally created a situation in which the Three Kingdoms were established.
Not only that, after killing Xiahou Yuan, Liu Bei's army attacked Hanzhong again, reducing Cao Cao's threat to himself, Liu Bei held Hanzhong tightly in his hands, you can ensure that Cao Wei can not approach Chengdu, which is quite important for the development of the late Shu Han, I do not believe that we can look at the final demise of Shu Han, that is, the first from the fall of Hanzhong, Hanzhong's unique geographical advantages, the formation of a kind of protection for Chengdu, once Hanzhong is lost, it means that Chengdu is in danger, This was the essential reason why Liu Bei and Cao Cao were desperately competing for Hanzhong.
epilogue
Success or failure turned to the void, history quietly went away, but after we read these histories, our hearts were always unable to calm down for a long time, Xiahou Yuan's heroic name, but finally by Huang Zhong, was beheaded by Huang Zhong, for Huang Zhong and Shu Han, this is a great joy, but for Xiahou Yuan and Cao Wei, this is not only the defeat of a battle, but also the beginning of another situation!
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