In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Luo Guanzhong used the artistic technique of the novel to restore the magnificent historical scenes of the Three Kingdoms period as much as possible. However, after all, it is the interpretation, which is mixed with a lot of personal emotions, so that many characters in the interpretation are distorted. Lejin is a character who has been severely weakened.
As one of Cao Cao's five sons, Lejin's ability was beyond doubt. However, in Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the five sons of Liang will be touted only by Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, and Zhang Gao, like Le Jin and Yu Ban, not only do they not have a high sense of existence, but even their abilities are weakened to be more ordinary than ordinary generals.
Lejin is known for his boldness.
After joining Cao Cao's camp, he was very trusted by Cao Cao, and he ascended first in every battle
。 After Cao Cao's uprising, he had single-handedly fought with Lü Bu for dozens of rounds without losing the wind. Lejin can become the fifth son of liang general only because he is capable enough to take on the responsibility.
At the Battle of Guandu, which laid the foundation for Cao Cao's northern cause, Le Jin and Yu Ban led 5,000 soldiers and horses to defeat Yuan Shao's camp. It also burned Yuan Shao's military food. He relied on his military merits and was made the Marquis of Guangchang Ting by Cao Cao.
In the history of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei was also very jealous of Lejin, and he once said that Guan Yu could not beat Lejin.
When Cao Cao sent troops to attack Eastern Wu, Sun Quan felt very difficult. As an ally, Liu Bei naturally wanted to send troops to help. At that time, Guan Yu was stationed in Jingzhou, and he led his soldiers and horses to support Sun Quan.
Cao Cao was well aware of Guan Yu's abilities. To this end, he asked Le Jin to lead the soldiers and horses to stop Guan Yu. The two sides met in Green Mud. At that time, Liu Bei, who was far away in Yizhou, felt bad when he learned that Guan Yu's opponent was Lejin, and he wanted to borrow troops from Liu Zhang to assist Guan Yu.
He wrote to Liu Zhang: "Le Jin and Guan Yu rejected each other, and now they will not go to save Guan Yu, but they will enter The Great Ke."
From this passage, it is known that Liu Bei believes that Guan Yu is not Lejin's opponent and needs to lead troops to support Guan Yu.
I have to say that Liu Bei is still very prescient. According to the records of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms written by Chen Shou, the Battle of Qingni between Guan Yu and Le Jin did end in Guan Yu's defeat
"Strike Guan Yu, Sophie, etc., all go, and the South County Valley Zhuyi yiyi descends."
In this confrontation between Lejin and Guan Yu, Lejin defeated Guan Yu's soldiers and horses to rescue Sun Quan, and not only that, but also caused the barbarians around Nan Commandery who were originally attached to Liu Bei to defect and surrender to Lejin.
After the Battle of Qingni, LeJin continued to lead his troops to Linfeng and other places controlled by Liu Bei, and they all won the battle. In addition, Lejin also achieved great merit in the war with Eastern Wu.
When Cao Cao's main force entered Hanzhong to fight for the land, in order to prevent Eastern Wu Sun Quan from leading troops north. Cao Cao asked Le Jin and Zhang Liao to garrison Hefei with troops. At this time, LeJin and Zhang Liao were at the same level. There are important things that the two people are also discussing. Sure enough, when Cao Wei was empty, Sun Quan led 100,000 soldiers and horses north to Hefei. At this time, the garrison in Hefei was only 7,000 people.
With the close cooperation of Lejin, the two broke Sun Quan in Xiaoyaojin.
Judging from the fact that Lejin was able to defeat Guan Yu, his ability definitely belonged to the top of the many martial generals of the Three Kingdoms. When Cao Cao mentioned him, he also praised him a lot: "Whenever he is attacked in battle, he is often the leader, strives to be strong and strong, and does not fall into a strong position."
In Cao Cao's eyes, Lejin is a brave general who dares to fight a hard battle and is the first to ascend in every battle.
However, Lejin was so impressed by the weakening of his interpretation that later generations had no impression on him.