Xiahou Huan is indeed his own person in history, he is the most trusted general around Cao Cao, and his status even surpasses Cao Cao's brothers Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others, it can be said that Xiahou Huan can have such a high status, which is directly related to Xiahou Huan's ability.
In history, Xiahou Huan is already very powerful, xiahou Huan in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is even more capable, he has openly fought with Lü Bu three times, Guan Yu has fought three times, and he has fought with Zhao Yun twice, and when Guan Yu has passed five levels and killed six generals, and when he has walked alone for a thousand miles, he also let Xiahou Huan go on a horse and did not kill him, why did Guan Yu kill so many people, just not to kill Xiahou Huan?
Xiahou Huan's strength was outstanding
From the perspective of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Xiahou Huan can be said to be one of the strongest military generals around Cao Cao, and he has had great battles with many of the best figures in the Three Kingdoms in his lifetime, such as Lü Bu, who is recognized as the first military general of the Three Kingdoms, and Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, who are unmatched except Lü Bu. Among them, Xiahou Huan and Lü Bu had fought three times, Guan Yu three times, and Zhao Yun twice.
After the Battle of Tiger Prison Pass, Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Tianzi, Cao Cao led his troops to pursue, and encountered Lü Bu's resistance at Xingyang, when Cao Cao did not have many fierce generals, mainly Xiahou Huan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others who initially followed him, when Xiahou Huan directly rushed up to fight with Lü Bu in order to protect Cao Cao.
Of course, Xiahou Huan dared to rush up and fight with Lü Bu, first of all, strength is the foundation, secondly, his determination not to be afraid of death and his confidence in himself, he knew that he could not defeat Lü Bu, but he still felt that he could escape smoothly, so Xiahou Huan quickly rushed forward to fight with Lü Bu for several rounds, seeing that the situation was not good, immediately fled and kept a small life.
The Battle of Puyang was xiahou Huan's second great battle with Lü Bu, and after experiencing a fierce battle in Xingyang before, Xiahou Huan was of course more aware of the gap between himself and Lü Bu, but there was no way, since he met Lü Bu, he couldn't pretend not to see it.
What's more, in the Battle of Puyang, cao cao took the initiative to lead troops to sneak into Lü Bu's camp, and after being pursued by Lü Bu, Xiahou Huan appeared to cover Cao Cao, if it were not for the heavy rain that forced Lü Bu to collect his troops and leave, it is estimated that xiahou Huan would be doomed in this battle.
The third great war between Xiahou Huan and Lü Bu was the well-known Xiahou Huan, Xiahou Yuan, Le Jin, Li Dian, Xu Chu, and Dianwei six people fighting Lü Bu together, these six people were all the strongest military generals under Cao Cao, and together they attacked Lü Bu, Lü Bu of course did not take advantage, and finally fled into the wilderness, saving a round for Xiahou Huan to fight Lü Bu.
Xiahou Huan's great battle with Zhao Yun was more interesting, at that time, coinciding with the Battle of Bowangpo, Xiahou Huan was ordered by Cao Cao to lead an army to attack Liu Bei, who was stationed in Xinye, and as a result, he met Zhao Yun, who was leading a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people, xiahou did not say much, and directly went forward to fight Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun and Xiahou Huan "intersected on two horses, and did not count together", and Zhao Yun was defeated.
Xiahou Huan watched Zhao Yun retreat, riding a horse and chasing for more than ten miles, Zhao Yun saw Xiahou Huan pressing forward step by step, before returning to the horse and continuing to fight with Xiahou Huan, but also after a few rounds, Zhao Yun cheated and left, at this time Zhao Yun, with heavy responsibilities on his body, did not dare to love the battle, so Xiahou Huan was able to fight with Zhao Yun twice, and also left from Zhao Yun's hands, but then again, if Xiahou Huan was like the rest of the generals killed by Zhao Yun, he could not persist for a round, it is estimated that he would have been killed by Zhao Yun long ago, and he could retreat completely. It was enough to show that Xiahou Huan's strength was very strong.
In addition to fighting with Lü Bu and Zhao Yun, Xiahou Huan had actually fought with Guan Yu twice before guan Yu passed five levels and beheaded six generals, the first of which was outside Xiaye City, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei failed to attack Cao Ying at night, and each fled, leaving Only Guan Yu alone to defend Xiayi City, Xiahou Huan's soldiers came to the city and insulted Guan Yu in every way, and finally Guan Yu could not bear it and went out to fight with Xiahou Huan fiercely, but the two "fought for more than ten times", Xiahou Huan felt that he could not defeat Guan Yu and rode away.
The second time Xiahou Huan fought with Guan Yu, that is, after Xiahou Huan escaped, Guan Yu's anger did not subside, and he led his troops to continue to pursue Xiahou Huan, only to fall into the siege of Xu Chu, Xu Huang and Xiahou Huan, Guan Yu struggled to defeat Xu Chu and Xu Huang before encountering Xiahou Huan, and as a result, he was surrounded by Xiahou Huan and had no way to rush out.
The third great battle between Xiahou Huan and Guan Yu was naturally Guan Yu's thousand-mile single ride, and when he left Cao Cao after five levels and six passes, he met Xiahou Huan at the yellow river crossing, at this time Xiahou Huan led three hundred iron horses to come, and Guan Yu only wanted to find his brothers Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, and had no intention of fighting.
Unlike Guan Yu, Xiahou Huan was very dissatisfied with Guan Yu, because Guan Yu killed his subordinate Qin Qi, who was Cai Yang's nephew, and Cai Yang entrusted him to Xiahou Huan, and now that Qin Qi was killed by Guan Yu, Xiahou Huan had to give Cai Yang an explanation, and he led three hundred iron horses to hunt down and kill Guan Yu.
Fortunately, Zhang Liao finally appeared and conveyed Cao Cao's orders three times and twice, saying that Cao Cao had already explained that he wanted to let Guan Yu go, and Xiahou Huan still obeyed Cao Cao's orders after all, and finally did not continue to fight with Guan Yu, and the two rarely met on the battlefield after that.
Xiahou Huan and Guan Yu had three battles, why did Guan Yu not kill Xiahou Huan, in addition to his good strength, in fact, there are two other reasons, I will continue to analyze in detail for you below.
Guan Yu was ashamed of Cao Cao and could not bear to kill Xiahou Huan
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong said that Cao Cao's original surname was Xiahou, in other words, that Xiahou Huan and Cao Cao should actually be brothers of the same ethnic group (the historical records do not say that Cao Cao was originally surnamed Xiahou, and according to archaeological findings, Cao Cao and the Xiahou family should not be related by blood), in view of this relationship, if Guan Yu killed Xiahou Huan, it was tantamount to killing Cao Cao's brother.
Guan Yu this person is very humane, he absolutely can not do such a inhuman thing, he himself has not been with Cao Cao for a long time, but Cao Cao is really good to him, not only reward him with all kinds of gold and silver treasures and beautiful women, but also give Guan Yu enough face, asking Emperor Han Xian to seal Guan Yu as "Marquis of Hanshou pavilion", everything guan Yu did, Guan Yu is in the eyes, remembered in the heart.
Guan Yu always felt a little guilty about Cao Cao's great kindness, although he could not let go of Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, nor could he follow Cao Cao, but in the case that he had already passed five levels and killed so many fierce soldiers around Cao Cao, Guan Yu had already deeply felt ashamed of Cao Cao, and if Guan Yu killed Cao Cao's brother Xiahou Huan next, then Guan Yu would really not be a human being.
With Guan Yu's personality and the degree of importance he attached to love and righteousness, Guan Yu could only spare Xiahou Huan, and he could escape Cao Cao's men and find Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, and the rest of the things that hurt nature and reason still had to do less, so as not to be ashamed of Cao Cao more.
But then again, judging from the situation between Xiahou Huan and Guan Yu at that time, it may be inappropriate to say that Guan Yu let Xiahou Huan go on a horse, so why do you say so?
Xiahou Huan's strength was in the ascendant
Guan Yu walked alone for thousands of miles, along the way, has killed a lot of fierce generals around Cao Cao, the physical exertion is almost the same, when encountering Xiahou Huan, to say that the single challenge, perhaps Guan Yu's odds of winning are still very large, but Xiahou Huan was leading the three hundred iron horses at that time, it is impossible to be willing to single out with Guan Yu, if three hundred iron horses, plus Xiahou Huan came together to fight Guan Yu, it is estimated that Guan Yu is fierce and ji less.
Judging from the situation at that time, in the end, it was not Guan Yu who let Xiahou Huan ride a horse, but Xiahou Huan was under the influence of Zhang Liao's repeated exhortations and Cao Cao's orders to tell things, Xiahou Huan finally left and let Guan Yu go, if Xiahou Huan did not heed Zhang Liao's persuasion at that time and directly led three hundred iron horses to fight Guan Yu, it is estimated that Guan Yu's name would end.
epilogue
Although Guan Yu was powerful, but in the special environment, Guan Yu needed to consider a lot of things, he felt ashamed of Cao Cao, of course, it was impossible to attack Cao Cao's most trusted general Xiahou Huan, besides, Xiahou Huan's strength was very strong, even if Guan Yu wanted to kill Xiahou Huan, it was not that he could kill it, otherwise why would he fight three times, Xiahou Huan was still safe and sound?
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