When it comes to Zhao Yun, the first thing people think of is the scene when Zhao Zilong was carrying Ah Dou in his arms and rushing back and forth in the Cao Army when changsakapo was in his arms. In this battle, Zhao Yun did show outstanding martial arts and courage, leaving a deep impression on people.
However, in this battle, because the famous generals in Cao Cao's army did not fight Zhao Yun, and Xu Shu secretly suggested that Cao Cao capture Zhao Yun alive, Zhao Yun was able to escape. Although Zhao Yun killed many people in Changshanpo, he was not a first-class famous general, so the Battle of Changshanpo was not the peak of Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun's head-to-head confrontation with Cao Cao's famous generals was at the Battle of Yongshan. Nagasaka Po proved Zhao Yun's extraordinary endurance, and the Battle of Rangshan allowed Zhao Yun to fully demonstrate his martial arts.
The cause of the Battle of Rangsan
In the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao confronted Yuan Shao, who led an army of 700,000, with a force of 700,000 troops. Whether it is Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, it is almost a desperate bet. For this battle, both sides have a very clear understanding: this will be a life-and-death battle between you and me.
Sure enough, the battle was extremely fierce at the beginning. After breaking through many obstacles, Cao Cao finally defeated Yuan Shao and won the Battle of Guandu. And this battle has also become a classic case of winning more with less in the era of cold weapons.
After the defeat, Yuan Shao had to gather the remnants of the defeated generals and flee back to Jizhou overnight. With Yuan Xi, Yuan Tan and Gao Gan coming to help in the battle, Yuan Shao regained 200,000 or 300,000 men. With these troops, Yuan Shao was ready to once again duel with Cao Cao.
This time Yuan Shao chose Cangting as a battlefield. When he was ready to attack Cao Cao, Cao Cao also led his men and horses to Cangting. In Cao Cao's view, Yuan Shao, who had been beaten to death by himself, should have already lost his fighting spirit at this time, and he did not expect that Yuan Shao would dare to fight.
Therefore, at the beginning of the battle, Cao Cao was kind to Yuan Shao and tried to make Yuan Shao give up resistance. However, Yuan Shao did not want to surrender at all, and sent his third son Yuan Shang to shoot Xu Huang's general Shi Zhuo. After that, the two sides fought each other, and the battle was very fierce.
After careful deployment, Cao Cao ambushed Yuan Shao's troops with a ten-sided ambush. This successful ambush completely destroyed Yuan Shao's troops, making Yuan Shao no longer a threat to Cao Cao.
On the side of Cao's army, Cao Cao's advisers agreed that they should take advantage of the victory to pursue and enter Jizhou to eliminate Yuan Shao in one fell swoop. Cao Cao, on the other hand, believed that the city of Jizhou was strong and the grain and grass were plentiful, and it was not difficult for Yuan Shao to hold on to Jizhou, and with his current military strength, such a war of attrition could not be supported at all.
At the same time, Xun Yu's letters were also delivered to Cao Cao. It turned out that Liu Bei took advantage of Cao Cao's struggle with Yuan Shao to lead an army from Runan to attack Xuchang. Cao Cao was stunned after reading the letter, and once Xuchang fell, Cao Cao lost the base on which he depended.
Therefore, Cao Cao did not hesitate to abandon Yuan Shao and led his troops to quickly withdraw to Xuchang to resist Liu Bei. Cao Cao and Liu Bei's armies met at Mount Yong, and the Battle of Mount Yong began.
Cao Cao's strategy
Facing Cao Cao's army, Liu Bei divided his troops into three teams, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei each led a group of men and horses, while he and Zhao Yun confronted Cao's army head-on. This arrangement allowed Liu Bei's armies to take care of each other and wait for work.
After seeing Liu Bei's army, Cao Cao was furious. Thinking that when Liu Bei was poor and surrendered, he treated Liu Bei with courtesy, but now Liu Bei took advantage of Xuchang's emptiness to come and attack, so that the practice of revenge was difficult for Cao Cao to accept.
So Cao Cao sent his general Xu Chu to fight, while Liu Bei sent Zhao Yun to fight. Zhao Yun and Xu Chu, the two famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, finally had the opportunity to compete on the battlefield. The two of you fought back and forth for twenty or thirty rounds, and it was difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat.
Just when it was difficult to solve the difficult division, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei came to help the battle. Xu Chu was unable to resist the attack of the three people at all, so he had to retreat to the main line. Liu Bei's army took advantage of the situation to attack and defeated the Cao army. Liu Bei won the first victory at the Battle of Rangshan.
In the following days, Liu Bei ordered Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei to challenge, and Cao Jun remained in the camp and refused to fight. Not only that, Cao Ying was very quiet, and such a scene made Liu Bei very confused, not knowing what Cao Cao was planning in his heart.
Just when Liu Bei was speculating about cao Cao's next move, news reached Liu Bei's account. It turned out that Cao Cao did not intend to confront Liu Bei head-on, but secretly cut off Liu Bei's grain route, and at the same time sent people to secretly attack Runan, so that Liu Bei was attacked on his back.
I have to say that Cao Cao knows the art of war very well. Faced with Liu Bei's siege, Cao Cao adopted the strategy of encircling Wei and saving Zhao, which made Liu Bei instantly change from active to passive. In desperation, Liu Bei had to send Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to the rescue respectively.
Without the support of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei became a loner, and only Zhao Yun was left to fight against the Cao army. At this time, Liu Bei wanted to quickly withdraw from the battlefield, but he was afraid that Cao Bing would take advantage of the situation to catch up, so he could only bluff and prepare to retreat in the early morning.
However, on the way to retreat, Cao Cao had already arranged for Xu Chu to ambush him. In the face of Xu Chu's ambush, Liu Bei was stunned. At this time, Zhao Yun once again bravely moved forward, protecting Liu Bei from evacuating as soon as possible.
However, in the face of the menacing Cao Bing, Zhao Yun could not completely repel them, so he could only resist Xu Chu with all his strength and let Liu Bei take the opportunity to flee alone. At this time, Yu Ban and Li Dian also came to help in the battle, and Zhao Yun shook his spirit and fought with the three people inextricably.
Later, Liu Bei met Liu Pei, who was protecting his family, but was caught up by Gao Lan. Liu Pei went to fight and was hacked to death by Gao Lan. At this time, Liu Bei became a lonely man, which was the most dangerous experience in his life.
Just when Liu Bei rushed to despair, he found that the rear of Gao Lan's troops was in chaos, and it turned out that Zhao Yun had repelled the siege of Xu Chu, Yu Ban and Li Dian, and rushed to rescue Liu Bei. Liu Bei turned the crisis into safety.
Combat power comparison
The Battle of Rangshan is not a major battle in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but it is no less intense than any other battle. In this battle, many famous generals appeared on the battlefield, which made people dizzy.
And the most dazzling in this battle was Zhao Yun and Xu Chu. This battle was also a battle in which Zhao Yun really fought against the famous generals in the Cao Army, and after witnessing the style of Zhao Yun in Changsakapo, the Cao Army once again saw Zhao Yun's martial arts.
In the first confrontation, Zhao Yun and Xu Chu can be said to be opponents, especially Xu Chu can still fight with Zhao Yun in a hurry after a long-distance attack, which proves that the "tiger idiot" is worthy of the name, until Guan Yu and Zhang Fei join the battle, Xu Chu knows that he is invincible before quitting the battlefield.
The second time Zhao Yun and Xu Chu faced off, the situation was reversed. This time, the people who came to help Xu Chu were not idle people, Yu Ban was one of the "five sons and good generals" of Cao Jun, and Li Dian was Cao Cao's old department, and his combat experience was also very rich.
In the face of the siege of these three people, Zhao Yun not only retreated with his whole body, but also defeated Gao Lan's army after one enemy and three enemies, and stabbed Gao Lan under his horse. In this way, Zhao Yun and Xu Chu's martial arts are difficult to compete with, but Zhao Yun, who has long-term endurance, is obviously better.
epilogue
In the Battle of Rangshan, Zhao Yun not only got the opportunity to fight with famous generals, but also reached a peak that many people could not reach in the first battle. It can be seen that Zhao Yun's martial arts are not trivial.
But Zhao Yun's real superiority lies in his loyal and courageous character. If zhao yun failed to rescue him in time after repelling the three generals of the Cao army, Liu Bei would have already become a ghost under the sword. What supported Zhao Yun to kill the enemy was his loyalty to Liu Bei.