Is Liu Biao, one of the princes of the Eighteenth Road, really a faint and incompetent person? When Liu Biao was in Jingzhou, and when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers in the north fought and lost both, Liu Biao chose not to move; when Liu Bei came to defect and persuaded Liu Biao to raise a large banner to support the Han Room, Liu Biao chose not to move; when Cao Cao collected the Yuan brothers and the army rushed to Jingxiang, Liu Biao still "did not move according to the soldiers."
Liu Biao did not live to see the day when Cao Cao came to attack, so it seems that Liu Biao was really a mediocre lord. However, Liu Biao had been in Jingzhou for decades, and if he was really a mediocre lord, Jingzhou would have been taken away long ago.
Jingzhou was not lost in the hands of Liu Biao, but Liu Biao's son was really not angry, and Liu Biao was definitely one of the best strategists in the Three Kingdoms period.
There were many able men under him, including three generals who did not lose to Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, but were finally used by Cao, Liu, and Sun.
1. Guan Yu nemesis
Wen Ping, a native of Wanxian County, Nanyang County, was a general under Liu Biao in Jingzhou, whose status and ability were even much higher than wei Yan and Huang Zhong, and who was also loyal to Liu Biao.
Liu Biao also had great trust in Wen Ping and entrusted wen Ping with the task of guarding the north. After Liu Biao's death, the second son Liu Chun took over the post of Jingzhou Assassin, Cao Cao conquered Jingzhou, Liu Shu did not think about it and directly opened the door and surrendered, not only opening the door to offer the city himself but also pulling wen ping together. When Wen Ping heard that Liu Chun had surrendered, he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.
After Cao Cao took over Jingzhou, Wen Ping went to see Cao Cao, and Cao Cao was overjoyed, went out to greet him, and asked: Why did you come now?
Wen Ping sighed and said with tears: Liu Biao has the grace of knowing me, although he has passed away, but I still want to help his son save Jingzhou in his lifetime, so that I am worthy of Liu Biao's son. After my death, I am not ashamed of the deceased Liu Biao. Now my plan has not been realized, Jingzhou has been lost, and I still have the face to come out to meet people.
Cao Cao was impressed by Wen Ping's loyalty and immediately decided to list Wen Ping as the object of key training in the southern region of Cao Wei's clique, and immediately granted him military power, ordering him to go after Liu Bei.
At the Battle of Chibi, although Cao Cao was defeated, he still controlled most of jingzhou. Because Jiangxia was close to Eastern Wu, such a strategic fortress could not be lost, and Wen Ping's appointment as Jiang Xia Taishou showed that Cao Cao really trusted Wen Ping, and Wen Ping did not live up to Cao Cao's trust.
Wen Ping did not fail in his mission, first Yu Lejin was in search of a mouth to fight Guan Yu, resulting in Guan Yu's defeat. Because of this campaign, Wen Ping was also promoted to Yanshou Tinghou and was given the title of Rebel General.
Later, when he was guarding Jiangxia in Zhen, he used another strategy to attack Guan Yu's weight at Hanjin. After Hanjin burned Down Guan Yu's ships, he defeated Guan Yu for the second time, worthy of the name of Guan Yu's nemesis.
Later, Wen Ping was ordered to resist the Eastern Wu army, and in 226 Sun Quan sent an army of 50,000 to attack Shiyang and besieged Wen Ping. However, Wen Ping insisted on waiting for help and refused to leave the city, sun Quan's army could not attack for more than 20 days, and did not get any benefits, but instead lost his own troops and had to retreat.
Wen Ping saw that Sun Jun's retreat came to take advantage of the victory to pursue, further expanding the results of the battle. Wen Ping stationed Cao Wei in Jiangxia for decades, helped Cao Wei clique stabilize the southern border, and was one of Cao Wei's indispensable generals.
Second, Wei Wenchang, who regurgitated the bone behind the brain
Wei Yan (魏延), courtesy name Wenchang, surrendered to Liu Bei when Liu Bei attacked Changsha, and Liu Bei could not be said to have distrusted Wei Yan, and appointed Wei Yan as the Taishou of Hanzhong and led the army to guard Hanzhong.
It should be known that Hanzhong was an extremely important rear area of the Shu Han clique, and with Hanzhong, Liu Bei had the capital to confront Cao Cao and Sun Quan. Although Guan Yu ordered Zhen Shoujing to be unable to defend Hanzhong, but the Five Tiger Generals and four other people were available, Liu Bei handed Hanzhong over to Wei Yan, which shows Wei Yan's position in Liu Bei's heart.
Later, Wei Yan also made great achievements in the Northern Expedition, if it were not for Zhuge Liang's early death due to fatigue and illness, the combination of Zhuge Liang and Wei Yan's Northern Expedition might really be able to revive the Han Dynasty and return to the old capital.
However, with the death of Zhuge Liang and Wei Yan's "rebellion", Shu Han's Northern Expedition plan was already powerless to return to heaven, which really made people feel very sorry.
Although Wei Yan said that he had ability and strength, Wei Yan was a proud bone, and Wei Yan looked down on no one except Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, believing that the Shu Han clique except those two were generalists.
Wei Yan's strength in the Shu Han Clique was not only placed there, but also his merits were placed there, which also contributed to Wei Yan's arrogance. The Wenchen and military generals of the Shu Han Dynasty did respect Wei Yan more, and they all let Wei Yan go, except for one Wenchen, Yang Yi.
Yang Yi is a hard-boned student and a proud person. Aren't everyone else afraid of Wei Yan? Didn't everyone else let Wei Yan go? I just wouldn't let it, I wanted Wei Yan to see how hard Yang Yi's bones really were.
In this way, the contradiction between Yang Yi and Wei Yan became deeper and deeper, Wei Yan was arrogant, Yang Yi was conceited, and finally broke out with Wei Yan's conspiracy to rebel.
Wei Yan was blocked at Nangukou by Yang Yi's pursuers, and at Nangukou Wei Yan was already in a position to retreat to Hanzhong, where he could only lead dozens of his cronies to retreat to Hanzhong, and was finally killed by Ma Dai.
Whether Wei Yan really plotted rebellion was actually a big controversy in the field of history, but it was certain that Wei Yan was indeed not pleasing to the civilian officials at that time. Although Wei Yan said that the ending was more tragic, Wei Yan, an old general of Liu Biao, made great contributions to the Shu Han clique.
3. Eastern Wu general Gan Ning
Gan Ning character Xingba, Gan Ning's personality and experience when he was young were more similar to Liu Bei's. But Liu Bei is more benevolent and righteous, Gan Ning is different, Gan Ning is more ferocious.
When he was young, Ganning was known as the Golden Sail Thief, because the sails of Ganning's ships were made of silk, so as soon as people saw the sails made of silk, they knew that Ganning was coming, and quickly scattered and fled.
At first, Gan Ning followed Liu Yan and Liu Zhang's father and son, but these two were really difficult to achieve great things, so Gan Ning turned to Liu Biao in Jingzhou.
Under Liu Biao's command, Gan Ning and his immediate superior Huang Zu were also difficult to deal with, and Huang Zu was not accustomed to Gan Ning, and not only did not reward Gan Ning after he made a battle achievement, but instead tried to disintegrate Gan Ning's generals. Gan Ning was furious when he heard this, so he led his men to defect to Sun Quan, and the Eastern Wu general Gan Ning was officially launched.
Gan Ning's ability to lead troops is extremely strong, and the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms once recorded: Although Ning was rough and easy to kill, he was cheerful and strategic. One of the masterpieces of Gan Ning's troops was the Battle of Hefei, in which Zhang Liao led 800 people to attack Sun Jun, almost completely destroying Sun Jun.
When Sun Jun retreated, it was after Gan Ning led his troops to cut off Wu Hou, which ensured Sun Quan's smooth withdrawal to Jiangdong. Gan Ning also made great achievements for Eastern Wu, but Gan Ning did have a more eccentric personality, which is why It is difficult for Gan Ning to go further.
4. Summary
Although Liu Biao was moderate, the soldiers under Liu Biao could be called fierce generals. However, in addition to Wen Ping, the above two fierce generals were not reused in the Liu Biao Group, although Liu Biao was also a hero, but he was still slightly inferior to Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Sun Quan in terms of insight.