At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms were established, and finally the State of Wei merged with the world. During the war, the people were not happy, and the heroes took the stage one after another to compose the flame war song in their hearts. People who like this period have different reasons. Some people are preoccupied with the treacherous schemes, some people admire the pride of the kings, and some people are touched by the brotherhood in this chaotic world.
During this period, the most famous brotherhood was the three brothers Liu Guanzhang. In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the opening chapter is liu guan zhang's three brothers Taoyuan jieyi, and then Guan Yu and Zhang Fei accompany Liu Bei all the way, helping him to seize the world and finally lay the foundation for the three kingdoms. But in history, did Guan Yu and Zhang Fei really accompany Liu Bei all the time?
First, three brothers with very different identities
Liu Bei, a native of Zhuo County, gradually grew from a grassroots root, and finally carp jumped the Dragon Gate and became the founding emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty. Although Liu Bei had a bumpy road after the incident, he was upside down and displaced. But the person with a heart did not fail in the end, and after many years he still stood out from many heroes and became a big figure who attached equal importance to Cao Cao and Sun Quan.
Although Liu Bei was after Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan in the Western Han Dynasty, he and Emperor Ling of Han were really relatives who could not be beaten by eight rods, and could only follow his mother to sell mats for a living. When he was young, he set the bold ambition of "I will ride on this feathered car". After growing up and seeing the world's cold, he was determined to let the world regain peace, and for the ideal in his heart, he was destined to embark on an extraordinary path.
At that time, the world was in turmoil, the people were not happy, and the Taiping Road to eradicate the Eastern Han Dynasty and establish a new dynasty was born. Under the command of Taiping Dao, a vigorous Yellow Turban Rebellion was launched, and there were Taiping Dao people everywhere, and the Han Ling Emperor sent the official government to suppress it in order to maintain the stability of Jiangshan, and haojie in other places helped the government to suppress the Yellow Turban Army.
The second brother of the three brothers, Guan Yu, a native of Hedong County, was originally a blacksmith, and because he committed an accident in his hometown, he ran to Zhuo County in desperation. The third brother, Zhang Fei and Liu Bei, are both from Zhuo County and sell pork for a living. It was in this uprising that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei joined the rebel army organized by Liu Bei.
It can be seen that the three did not interpret the novel as described at first sight, nor did they have the classic Taoyuan Jieyi bridge section, and it was only because of a sudden uprising that the three people met.
2. The benefactor in the early stages of the uprising
Liu Bei's father died early, and the young and ignorant Liu Bei and his mother depended on each other for their lives. Although Liu Bei's mother had a hard life, she had high hopes for Liu Bei, hoping that Liu Bei could seek an official and a half-job through studying, and that he would not have to live in poverty in the future. Therefore, his mother saved money and sent Liu Bei to Lu Zhi, the most famous teacher in the eight townships at that time, to study.
However, Liu Bei did not like to study, and the history books record that "the ancestors did not like to read, but liked music, dogs and horses, and beautiful clothes." Lu Zhi's Wen Tao Wuluo did not know whether Liu Bei had learned it. Liu Bei liked to make chivalrous celebrities, because of his wide range of friends, and even two wealthy merchants in zhongshan who heard of Liu Bei's name when they were merchants in Zhuo County, and had the opportunity to meet Liu Bei when passing through Zhuo County.
According to historical records, Liu Bei's arms are very long, can reach near the knees, and the earlobes are also very large, reaching the shoulders. The ancients were feudal and superstitious, believing that anything strange must be an auspicious omen such as Xiangrui, so after the two rich merchants (Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang) saw Liu Bei, they were surprised that Liu Bei looked strange and thought that Liu Bei would be very different in the future.
Liu Bei studied with Lu Zhi for about two years, and Lu Zhi left because of the imperial court's recall to suppress the uprising, and Liu Bei, who had nothing to do, simply followed Lu Zhi to suppress the uprising. When the two wealthy businessmen learned that Liu Bei was going to participate in the activities, they admired Liu Bei's courage and firmly believed that Liu Bei would achieve something, so they poured out their money to help.
However, the Yellow Turban Army was an outlaw, most of the rebels organized by Liu Bei were idle people, there was no real kung fu, the death was greater than the disability, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang were unfortunately killed in this battle, Liu Bei was seriously wounded and unable to resist the enemy, so he had to escape the disaster by pretending to die. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also survived this battle, becoming the few remaining warriors in Liu Bei's army.
After the Yellow Turban Rebellion and quelled the rebellion, the imperial court rewarded Liu Bei as a county lieutenant. However, Liu Bei could not stand the darkness in the imperial court, and in a fit of anger, he took his brothers to resign and did not do it. Seeing that the brothers who followed him all the way also lost their jobs with themselves, Liu Bei went to the good friend he had made when he was studying, Gongsun Zhan.
Gongsun Zhan was older than Liu Bei, and the reason why he studied was because of the recommendation of his father-in-law of Zhuozhou Taishou. I hope that Gongsun Zhan will not live up to his expectations of him, and follow Lu Zhi for further study, so as to do a big career.
After Gongsun Zhan met Liu Bei, the two recalled the past and were in a good mood, and without saying a word, they gave Liu Bei a position as a sima of another department. In the face of the benevolence of good brothers, Liu Bei gladly accepted, after all, it was better to work under his brothers than to be a lackey to the imperial court, so he led his own group of brothers to start a good job.
Liu Bei had little to do with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in the early stages, and relied more on the support of his mother and tongzong and rich merchants. And he himself did not have the same pride as described in the history books, on the contrary, compared with the future emperors who had made great achievements, the early Liu Bei was very idle, and when he encountered unpleasant things, he resigned from the government and did not do it, and was very willful.
Even so, it can be seen that Liu Bei is a person who is very affectionate and righteous, and if he has food to eat, he will never be hungry for his brother. At the same time, because of his generous and generous characteristics, guan Yu and Zhang Fei were attracted, and even if they were displaced and obscure, they followed Liu Bei all the way and did not abandon them.
Third, the famous will be born
After Liu Bei defected to Gongsun Zhan, he slept in the same bed with his brothers, regardless of each other, and made countless military achievements. After Kong Rong of Beihai asked Liu Bei for help, Liu Bei rode thousands of miles to relieve the siege of Kong Rong.
Tao Qian could not resist Cao, and after hearing about Liu Bei's rescue of Kong Rong, he turned to Liu Bei for help, and Liu Bei gladly answered. However, Cao Jun was powerful, Tao Qian was invincible and seriously ill, and entrusted Xuzhou to Liu Bei before his death, so Liu Bei had his first territory.
Before that, there were very few historical records of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. It was not until six years later that Cao Cao attacked Xia Pi City, and Guan Yu, as the defender of Xia Pi City, was defeated by Cao's army and was forced to surrender. However, Cao Cao admired Guan Yu very much, and did not treat Guan Yu harshly, but favored Guan Yu.
Later, Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao, and Cao Cao sent Guan Yu and Zhang Liao to meet the enemy. Yuan Shao was a well-known warlord at that time, and his generals were also famous legends at that time. However, Guan Yu rode forward without fear, went straight to Yan Liangjun, killed Yan Liang in full view of everyone, and then became famous.
Before and after Guan Yu was born, Zhang Fei still followed Liu Bei to the west, and only by constantly fighting to kill the enemy was he famous. His real fame was when he attacked Jiangzhou and righteously interpreted Yan Yan. Unlike Guan Yu, who kills enemies quickly and fiercely, Zhang Fei, who is also an enemy of ten thousand people, is famous but benevolent.
Perhaps in the eyes of many people, Zhang Fei, as a military general, will not make the same lenient move as Liu Bei. However, the facts tell us that Zhang Fei is definitely a person who is blinded by us. Liu Bei is a generous person, and his brothers who get along with Liu Bei day and night must also be influenced by it, although Zhang Fei is a rough man, he is also a chivalrous man. He was touched by Yan Yan, who swore to die, so he released Yan Yan and regarded Yan Yan as a guest of honor.
Fourth, brotherhood and righteousness will be seen over time
Liu Bei did not have a prominent family lineage, did not have a million family wealth, and had an ideal to serve the country. But he treated others with courtesy, was charitable, and never treated his guests badly. As a self-made emperor, excellent character is his only capital, but it is his excellent character that makes people of insight in the world praise him continuously.
Liu Bei's benevolence and generosity led to two local tycoons, Zhang and Su, who had gone thousands of miles to support him to start an incident, and then Kong Rong of Beihai sent a letter asking for help, and then Tao Qian entrusted Xuzhou to Liu Bei on his deathbed.
According to the records of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, both of them were tiger generals who were enough to resist ten thousand people, but they followed Liu Bei for a long time and were lonely and nameless, just a running dragon suit. From this, we can speculate that if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had defected to Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others instead, they might have become famous all over the world and shocked all over the world.
But they didn't, even if they were servants and had no meritorious name, they still followed Liu Bei without complaint or regret. Because Liu Bei did not abandon them when they fell, and even never abandoned them. The history books record that the three of them were brothers, righteously married Jinlan, sleeping in the same bed, where Liu Bei appeared, they all followed on both sides. The love and righteousness make people yearn for it.