Speaking of who died in the Three Kingdoms, there must be Gao Shun. Because Gao Shun's ability under Lü Bu's hands can be said to be comparable to Zhang Liao's military ability. Zhang Liao's later military achievements must be known to everyone, so why did Cao Cao kill Gao Shun but take Zhang Liao in? We may be misled by the paraphrase.
In the middle of the interpretation, why did Cao Cao kill Gao Shun and leave Zhang Liao
At the Battle of Xia Pi, the invincible Lü Bu was defeated by Cao Cao. Lü Bu's generals Zhang Liao and Gao Shun became Cao Cao's captives. Gao Shun was killed by Cao Cao for refusing to surrender, and it is no problem to say that this is no problem, after all, if you don't surrender, what is the use of me leaving you? On the other hand, if we look at Zhang Liao, after Zhang Liao became a prisoner of Cao Cao, instead of surrendering, he scolded Cao Cao, and under the intercession of Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and others, Zhang Liao surrendered to Cao Cao but was reused by Cao Cao. Let's look at the ending of Chen Gong, the most important adviser under Lü Bu, it is reasonable to say that Chen Gong and Cao Cao had a certain friendship, and Chen Gong refused to surrender to Cao Cao and was killed by Cao Cao.
So here we can see that no matter Zhang Liao's scolding and Chen Gong's non-surrender, Cao Cao himself has made efforts to win these talents to abandon the dark and cast light. At this time, Gao Shun was already a famous general under Lü Bu's account, but Gao Shun did not have so much attraction to Cao Cao, and only said: "Are you willing to surrender?" Gao Shun refused to answer and was killed. Seeing such a great general, shouldn't Cao Cao have painstakingly tried to persuade him? How all of a sudden people clicked. Obviously very unreasonable, of course, this is only from the perspective of interpretation, so why did Cao Cao kill Gao Shun and leave Zhang Liao in history?
Historically, Cao Cao killed Gao Shun
Gao Shun's direct subordinates are the seven hundred people who have followed Gao Shun for a long time, which is what we know as the "trapped camp", although the number of "trapped camps" is not very large, but the combat ability is very strong, it can be said that it is invincible and invincible. At that time, Lü Bu's general Hao Meng had rebelled, relying on the "trapped camp" commanded by Gao Shun to quickly quell the rebellion.
Gao Shun's ability is very prominent, but why is he dissatisfied with Lü Bu? Because Gao Shun was too loyal. Gao Shun often advised Lü Bu on how to be a good monarch, and although Lü Bu knew that Gao Shun was loyal, the lord could bear to let his own men often preach to himself! The "Book of Heroes" records that Shun every admonition said, "Whoever destroys his family and destroys the country, he who is not loyal and wise is also wise, but he who suffers is useless." The general's actions, unwilling to think about it, are happy to say wrongly, and the mistakes are uncountable."
This behavior of Gao Shun made Lü Bu very dissatisfied, and Gao Shun was punished accordingly, and Lü Bu gave Wei Xu the "trapped camp" commanded by Gao Shun, because Wei Xu and Lü Bu were related. It is reasonable to say that Gao Shun should be very angry, after all, he did not do anything wrong, he took over the "trapped camp" he was in charge of, but in history Gao Shun did not have any complaints about this, and he was still loyal to Lü Bu. The "Hero's Record" records that Wei Continued to have relatives from the outside and inside, and the generals of Xi Daishun continued to follow. And when the battle was attacked, therefore The general Shun continued to lead the troops, and Shun did not have any hatred in the end.
From this we can see that Gao Shun was first of all a very capable general, and secondly, he was very loyal to Lü Bu. Even if he was unfairly punished, he did not complain about Lü Bu. Then, there is only one way to subdue Gao Shun, that is, to subdue Lü Bu as well. But Cao Cao knew that Lü Bu's wolf ambitions would certainly not yield so easily, and if he looked at the fate of Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo, in Cao Cao's heart, Lü Bu would get rid of them, and then Gao Shun would die.
Historically, Cao Cao left Zhang Liao behind
Zhang Liao's position in Lü Bu's camp was not as high as Gao Shun's position in Lü Bu's camp. To put it simply, if Lü Bu's camp is compared to a country, then Gao Shun is the general of Kyoto, while Zhang Liao is only a defender of the frontier. This is why Zhang Liao did not surrender with Gao Shun. The Book of later Han records that (Lü) Bu and (Chen) Gong and (Gao) Shun were all hanged and killed, and the first Xu City was passed on. So how did Zhang Liao surrender in history? The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that Taizu broke Lü Bu's position in Xia Pi, and Liao lowered his people.
From here, we can see that Cao Cao first attacked Lü Bu's main city, Pi Gaoshun, and was captured, while Zhang Liao, as a member of the outer city, was not captured, but voluntarily surrendered to Cao Cao as a remnant of Lü Bu's forces. In this way, Cao Cao would definitely kill Gao Shun, as for Zhang Liao's initiative to surrender, Cao Cao would not have killed Zhang Liao even if he was making a face, not to mention that Cao Wei was at the time of employing people, how could Cao Cao kill Zhang Liao.
In summary, Cao Cao's killing of Gao Shun was inevitable because Gao Shun was too loyal to Lü Bu, even to the point of being foolishly loyal, Cao Cao could not stay even if he wanted to stay, and Zhang Liao took the initiative to lead the army to surrender, in order to have more forces to defect to himself, Cao Cao would not kill Zhang Liao. From a historical point of view, we are indeed misled by the interpretation, what do you think?
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