In the novel, Liu Bei's martial arts are indeed not high, except for the Tiger Prison Guan Sanying Battle Lü Bu to fight for a while, there is only crying and running, and some people say that when the Three Yings fight Lü Bu, Liu Bei is adding chaos, otherwise Guan Yu Zhang Fei will take it down. Of course, from the perspective of zhengshi, the Tiger Prison Guan Sanying Battle Lü Bu and Zhuge Liang's Empty City Plan are all imaginary -- the protagonists of the story (Liu Guanzhang and Lü Bu, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi) are not in the same place at the same time.
Although he did not participate in the Battle of Tiger Prison Pass, Liu Bei's martial arts were strong and strong, which was clearly recorded in the main history. So how high is Liu Bei's martial arts? How does it compare to Guan Yu Zhang Fei? Let's look at Liu Bei's teachers and brothers.
Liu Bei has a master, and his teachers and brothers are also masters in the world.
Some readers may have to laugh: Who does not know that Liu Bei's master is the great Ru Lu Zhi? How can a big Confucian be very capable of fighting? This brings us to the concept of Great Confucianism: before the Song Dynasty, or before Zhu Xicheng Yicheng tampered with and distorted Confucianism, riding (or driving) archery was a compulsory course of Confucianism, and Confucius and Zilu were both Hercules and archers at that time. Liu Bei's teacher, Lu Zhi, was a famous Confucian at that time, which was not false at all, and even Cao Cao said: "Therefore, Beizhong Lang will lu Zhi, famous in Hainei, learn as Confucianism, a model of a scholar, and a national Zhen Ganye." Emperor Taizong of Tang even issued an edict to Lu Zhi and twenty other great Confucians of all dynasties to enjoy the Temple of Confucius. However, in the main history, there seems to be more text that records Lu Zhiwuyong than Lu Zhixiuzhi's classic texts, and we can find evidence of this from the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Vol. 64, Liechuan No. 54, and the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Vol. XIII.
The evaluation of Lu Zhi in the Book of The Continuation of the Later Han Dynasty is simply a poem: "Planting the qi of Youshuo, the high quality and fierceness and the horns, taking the defense of the king and the survival of the country as its own responsibility, there is real courage." Zhao Lie (Liu Bei) rose up with his protégé, was it not provoked by the righteous tree ... Although there are many thorns, there is no one who does not pre-seize the ordinary. When Zhi Drew Blade under the White Pavilion (Dong Zhuo wanted to abolish Liu Zhuo and establish Liu Xie, Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo called the board in the court), chasing emperor Hejin, paige the blade, go to the fold, will you first calculate It... Zhonglang (Lu Zhi was once a northern zhonglang general) Confucian general, fighting to beg thieves. Bowing to the white blade, it is difficult to stomp (borrowed from Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty). According to the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Lu Zhi's martial courage and courage were not weaker than those of Meng BenXia Yu Jingke.
In the canonical history, Zhuge Liang was a large man (eight feet long, one meter and eighty-four in total), but Lu Zhi was taller than Zhuge Liang, according to the Book of Later Han, Vol. 64 Liechuan No. 54: "Lu Zhizi zi gan, Zhuo County Zhuo ren also." It is eight feet two inches long and sounds like a bell. It seems that the evaluation of Zhang Fei in the novel is also very appropriate for Lu Zhi in the history: "The sound is like a huge thunder like a galloping horse."
Lu Zhi, who was as loud as a thunderclap, was originally also a flat-headed commoner, and it was because he was strong in martial arts and could fight and kill, that he entered his career path, had a status salary, and then had the conditions to study and cultivate the book: "Although zhi is clothed, he has a reputation for martial arts... In the fourth year of Xiping, Jiujiang rebelled violently, and the four provinces chose to plant talents and wenwu, worship Jiujiang Taishou, and barbarian KouBinfu. This record in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty makes it very clear: If it were not for the spread of martial arts and prestige, Buyi Luzhi would not have the opportunity to become the Taishou of Jiujiang, and there would be no opportunity to take Liu Bei as an apprentice.
Along with Liu Bei, lu zhi was also a very famous Gongsun Zhan: "(Liu Bei) and Liu Deran, Duke Liu of Liaoxi, had an accident with Lu Zhi of Jiujiang Taishou County... He is friends with his ancestors. He is old, and the Lord is a brother. Liu Bei's brother-in-law, which readers are familiar with, is one of the top elite troops of the Later Han Dynasty, the White Horse Yicong.
Gongsun Zhan was of course a first-class master in the later Han Dynasty, which does not require the author to talk too much. Even Wu Huan knew about the "long history of avoiding white horses", they used the portrait of Gongsun Zhan as a target, but they were always panicked and could not shoot, in case someone shot, everyone cheered. Seeing that the portrait was still so frightening, Gongsun Zhan's white horse righteousness came out, and Hu Yu naturally looked at the wind and far away: "It is the shape of the painting, riding and shooting, and the middle one is called long live." Since then, he has been far away from the plug. ”
Gongsun Zhan's personal martial arts are also recorded in the official history: in the face of hundreds of humble cavalry, Gongsun Zhan single-handedly broke into the enemy position, "holding a two-edged spear, rushing out of the thief, killing and wounding dozens of people." Gongsun Zhan's weapon was a two-edged spear, and the later Wei Wu mourned the heavenly king Ran Min, using a two-edged spear: "Min holds a two-edged spear, rides and attacks, and should be destroyed by the front, slashing three thousand." ”
The teacher is both literate and martial, and the master brother is invincible, so can this prove that Liu Bei is strong in martial arts and even better than Guan Yu zhang fei? Of course not, because the same Confucius disciple, Zi lu is mighty and fierce, and Yan Hui is weak and can't help the wind. However, Liu Bei was not Yan Hui, and he also learned a good martial art from Lu Zhi, which is recorded in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, the Chronicle of huayang, and the canon. From these records, we can also see that Liu Bei's martial arts are higher than Guan Yu's Zhang Fei.
"Meritorious service in battle", "meritorious in numbers", and "equipped with martial courage" are the image of Liu Bei in the above-mentioned canonical history. The reason why Liu Bei was able to make Guan Yu Zhang Fei convinced and sincere, it was precisely because of his martial arts. As we all know, people's ability to reproduce is very amazing, after more than four hundred years of reproduction, "Han Dynasty Relatives" have been everywhere, Liu Bei's family road has been weaving mats and peddlers, and his identity can no longer be used as a show off capital, at least his uncles and cousins are richer than him. Liu Bei did not work hard in cultural learning (not very happy to study), his study was not good, his family was also very poor, and he could not afford to pay tuition, but Liu Bei could "make good friends with heroes, and teenagers competed for it", what did he rely on? Of course, it is necessary to rely on martial arts to speak.
Guan Yu was prettier than Liu Bei (with a big beard), and Zhang Fei was richer than Liu Bei, but these two became Liu Bei's younger brothers: "Guan Yu Yunchang, Hedong Guan Yu, Zhang Fei Yide of the same county, and zhuangli as the royal insult." That is to say, Liu Bei has many younger brothers, and Guan Yu Zhang Fei is relatively excellent, so he has become Liu Bei's confidant: "Sleeping is the same bed, food is the same instrument, Enruo brother, but in the thick people of the masses to stand all day." ”
Everyone knows that Guan Yu Zhang Fei is very proud, especially Guan Yu, even Cao Cao does not pay attention to his eyes, Yan Liang, one of the four court pillars in Hebei, he said that the slaughter will be slaughtered, but no matter whether Liu Bei is poor or rich, and whether Liu Bei is in adversity or good times, Guan Yu Zhang Fei will not give up, if Liu Bei does not have two brushes, how can Guan Yu Zhang Fei be happy and sincere with him?
Based on the historical records, we will find that Liu Bei mixed from a child's head to a street bully, and then grew from a street bully to a company-level cadre (county lieutenant), all the way over. Liu Bei started with no more than a few hundred soldiers, each time he was cannon fodder in front, but he could fight for the rest of his life, if there was no pure fighting skills, he would have been killed like a small soldier A B long ago - only a surviving company platoon leader can grow into a general or even a commander, ancient and modern...