The Three Kingdoms period was an era of chaos and an era of talent. Force and intelligence are the two sharp blades that sway the situation.
The battle between the three kingdoms can also be seen as a battle between warriors and strategists. Whoever has more talents in his hand will have one more chance of winning. Although Liu Bei recruited talents, he eventually missed 5 generals and 2 strategists to make the balance of victory tilt in favor of other sides.
Zhang Ren
The first general Liu Bei missed was Zhang Ren. He was the bravest soldier under Liu Zhang. His greatest achievement was to design and kill Ponton.
Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang were collectively known as Wolong Fengchi, and their wisdom and strategy were slightly not under Zhuge Liang, but such a talent with the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth was assassinated by Zhang Ren on the way to Sichuan, which made Liu Bei feel pained, and the newly plump wings of the Shu Han clique were suddenly broken.
Later, Liu Bei raised an army to attack Liu Zhang under the pretext of Pang Tong's killing, and in the face of overwhelming strength, Zhang Ren was eventually unable to bear hostility and was captured by Liu Bei.
In the early days of entrepreneurship, Liu Bei was thirsty for talent and admired Zhang Ren very much, but Zhang Ren preferred to die unyieldingly and absolutely refused to surrender, so Liu Bei missed Zhang Ren.
Liu Zhang, whom Zhang Ren was loyal to, was a relative of the Han Dynasty. Although Liu Zhang was suspicious by nature, he was very sympathetic to the people, and when Liu Bei raised a large army to attack chengdu, where he was located, for the sake of the people's livelihood, Liu Zhang could only open the city gate with hatred. The history books record that at this moment, the courtiers could not but shed tears.
With such a monarch here, it is no wonder that Zhang Renning did not surrender.
Tian Yu
Tian Yu was different from Zhang Ren, he was originally a fierce general under the Shu army, and he followed Liu Bei's saddle before and after the horse, and crossed the battlefield. However, this person proposed early to withdraw from the Shu army and bid farewell to Liu Bei, on the grounds that he could return to his hometown to fulfill his filial piety.
During the period of the founding of the Three Kingdoms, talents could not be used for their own purposes, and eventually they would become a major problem in their hearts, and they should make great efforts to eliminate the troubles in the future. However, Liu Bei was a soft-hearted person and established the reputation of Corporal Li Xian, so he finally let Tian Yu go.
Sure enough, after Tian Yu left the Shu Han regime, the next to defect was the Cao Wei clique. Becoming a fierce general on cao wei's side of the town was tantamount to Liu Bei personally giving Cao Cao a sword.
Trick-in-the-cheek
The missing of the pull and Liu Bei is even more regrettable. Before Liu Bei made his fortune, he once had a career as a ranger, imitating his ancestor Liu Bang, wandering around in the chaotic times, making friends with the world's heroes, making a name for himself, so as to prepare for future achievements.
In this process, Liu Bei got acquainted with the trick, and the two saw each other as they were, talking about wine, spitting out their hearts, discussing the general trend of the world, and treating each other as confidants in the chaotic world. There are even records that the two were neck-to-neck friends.
Led by the general Le Yin, who was killed in a court turmoil. Regardless of the safety of his life, he insisted on returning Le Yin's body to his hometown, escorting him all the way, and since then his reputation has risen.
However, at this time, Liu Bei was poor and white, and his reputation was far from being loud.
The two spent a short time together in Yuan Shao's army, but the fate of heaven was difficult to violate, and in the fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao led a large army to fight against Yuan Shao, and launched a famous campaign in the Zhongmu region of Henan, the Battle of Guandu.
This battle was listed as one of the three major battles at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was also a famous battle in history in which less won more, laying the foundation for Cao Cao to unify the north. Yuan Shao's clique suffered a fatal blow in this battle.
Cao Cao was an all-rounder and militarily talented. His opponent, the monarch Yuan Shao, was an indecisive man who often said that "if you hesitate, you will lose", and Yuan Shao practiced this sentence with his own experience.
Although Yuan Shao could not support the wall with mud, the loyal protector did not leave, but instead actively offered advice, hoping to join forces to resist Cao according to the dangers of the state. However, Yuan Shao's family's brains were not normal, and Yuan Shao's nephew Gao Gan not only did not listen to the tricks, but even murdered him.
Huai Cai did not meet, loyal and righteous, and did not wait for Liu Bei to rise up, and he had no choice but to surrender to Cao Cao. And for Cao Wei Group to create a lot of merit.
His former friend turned his head and became an enemy general, and Liu Bei must have been very sorry in his heart. There must be a bitter battle on the battlefield.
Civilian employment
When Liu Bei first became rich, his power was weak and he could only rely on Liu Biao's clique. In order to make the enterprise bigger and stronger, adhering to the main purpose of recruiting talents and talents of the old Liu family, Liu Bei looked everywhere for talents with the ability to pour the country into the city.
Later, on the recommendation of the strategist Xu Shu, Liu Bei came to the countryside of Nanyang to look for Zhuge Liang, the husband of Wolong, and left an allusion to the "Three Gu Maolu". Although this trip got a world wizard, it also missed a good general.
Wen Ping was originally one of Liu Biao's most powerful generals, and Liu Bei was a colleague, and when Liu Bei joined Liu Biao's clique, Wen Ping was ordered to lead troops to attack Nan County. Therefore, he rubbed shoulders with Liu Bei.
After Liu Biao's death, his son Liu Chun directly surrendered to Cao Cao, and Wen Ping was helplessly taken under Cao Cao's command. However, wen Ping, who was quite dignified, was not willing to be with Cao Wei at first, and did not see Cao Cao for a long time. Cao Cao questioned him why, and he confided that it was because he had failed to preserve his territory and was ashamed.
Cao Cao used some palace tricks to relieve Wen Ping's bitterness, and from then on Wen Ping became Cao Cao's former horse and became one of Cao Cao's most trusted generals.
After that, Wen hired Zhenjiang Xia, Dianbei Soldiers, and Shou Jingjiang to repeatedly block Guan Yu's army, and created many battle achievements such as burning Guan Yu's warships and capturing Guan Yu's weight, and even conferred the title of Marquis Jin, which became a huge obstacle to the development of Shu Han.
The history books say that he "spent several years in Jiangxia, with Wein and the famous Earthquake Empire". Unfortunately, Liu Bei's fate with Wen Ping was shallow, and if he could be included in his command, it would be unstoppable.
Zhang Liao
Zhang Liao's wisdom and courage are both complete, his wisdom is outstanding, and his martial arts can be compared with that of Wusheng Guan Yu. However, he was criticized for changing masters in four ways.
Zhang Liao followed many lords throughout his life, but they were all helpless moves, and successively followed He Jin, Dong Zhuo, and Lü Bu, but they were loyal to each leader and scrupulously fulfilled their duties. However, the situation was unpredictable, in the context of the chaotic world, the forces of all sides continued to fight, Dong Zhuo Lübu was killed one after another, and Zhang Liao also experienced ups and downs.
At the time of Lü Bu's death, Zhang Liao had a period of empty space, but this opportunity was first seized by Cao Cao and returned him to Cao's camp.
After that, Zhang Liao made great military achievements for Cao Cao, attacking yuan, breaking Wuhuan, and expelling Liaodong, which can be described as a longitudinal and southern part.
In the Battle of Hefei, Zhang Liao used only 800 soldiers to break through The 100,000 troops of Eastern Wu, killed all the way to Sun Quan's commander-in-chief, forced Eastern Wu to retreat in a big way, Zhang Liao took advantage of the victory to pursue, broke Eastern Wu, and almost captured Sun Quan alive. It caused a great psychological shadow to Sun Quan.
Even if he was sick in bed, Sun Quan was still very jealous of him. In the first year of the Huang Dynasty, he was knighted for his merits and was given the title of Marquis of Jinyang.
When Lü Bu had just died and Zhang Liao had no master, Liu Bei did not seize this opportunity, but was instead given such a fierce general by Cao Cao, which made Cao Wei's army like a tiger, and it is no wonder that Shu Han has always been in a weak state.
In addition to fierce generals, strategists are also the key to victory in the battlefield of the Three Kingdoms.
Xu Shu
Xu Shu was one of Liu Bei's most important advisers, and xu Shu had been in charge of the strategic command of the Shu Han clique until Zhuge Liang was discovered by Liu Bei.
Under the command of Xu Shu, Liu Bei led his army to victory after victory, and even Cao Cao began to envy Xu Shu's talent.
In order to weaken Liu Bei's power, Cao Cao sent people to put Xu Shu's mother under house arrest and force Xu Shu to abandon Han and return to Wei.
Xu Shu was a scholar influenced by Confucianism, and although he was extremely disgusted by the Cao clique's usurpation of power, he was also very filial to his parents, and now that his closest relatives were captured, he had no choice but to bid farewell to Liu Bei.
The more ruthless monarch either chose to put Xu Shu under house arrest or kill him directly. Liu Bei was a virtuous man, he could not bear to be heartbroken to kill the killer, nor could he bear the separation of Xu Shu's mother and son, and finally under sympathy, he still chose to let Xu Shu go.
In order to repay Liu Bei's kindness, Xu Shu promised Liu Bei that even under Cao Cao's command, he would never offer a plan. This is the origin of the allusion "being in Cao Ying's heart in Han".
In addition, Xu Shu also recommended a key person to Liu Bei, that is, Zhuge Liang, who has been famous throughout the ages. With the addition of Mr. Wolong, the Shu Han regime finally came out of the haze.
However, if Xu Shu did not leave and joined forces with Zhuge Liang, the history of shu Han might be rewritten.
Chen Deng
Chen Deng is rarely intelligent, cheerful, extensive, knowledgeable, both literary and martial, and has the grand ambition of helping the country and the people, even in the Three Kingdoms period when talents were abundant, he was also one of the best talents.
As early as when he was the commander of Dongyang County, Chen Deng was loved by the people because of his sympathy for the people's feelings and won the hearts of the people.
Later, he was promoted to lieutenant of the Diannong School and was in charge of agricultural production in Xuzhou. In ancient times, agriculture was the foundation of the founding of the country, Chen Deng was brilliant, and actively developed water conservancy and agriculture, so that xuzhou's economy, which had been seriously damaged in the war, could be restored, and the people could live and work in peace and contentment.
Chen Deng, who was originally a parent official, was also involved in the political struggle in the chaotic political situation of the Three Kingdoms.
In the early years of Jian'an, Lü Bu attacked Xuzhou and drove out Liu Bei, and Chen Deng had no choice but to become Lü Bu's subordinates, but Chen Deng himself knew the great righteousness and deeply hated Lü Bu, who was capricious and had no great righteousness.
In order to defeat Lü Bu, he first consulted with his father to sabotage the alliance between Lü Bu and Yuan Shu, and then offered a plan to Cao Cao, in the winter of the third year of Jian'an, he went east to encircle Lü Bu, Chen Deng set out from Guangling, personally led his troops to drive straight in, and besieged Lü Bu's army in Xia Pi, Lü Bu used Chen Deng's brother as a hostage to force Chen Deng to withdraw.
Unmoved, Chen Deng insisted on defending and waiting for Cao Cao's reinforcements to arrive. Lü Bu's assassin Zhang Hong deliberately submitted to Chen Deng, taking advantage of the night to release all the hostages. At this point, Lü Bu had no more chess pieces in his hands and died.
Liu Bei lost to Lü Bu in the Battle of Xuzhou and had no choice but to miss such a talent as Chen Deng. It's a pity.
Although Liu Bei missed many good general talents when the Three Kingdoms were fighting for hegemony, he also had other gains. If Xu Shu did not leave, there might not have been Zhuge Liang's appearance, and without Zhuge Cheng Xiang's painstaking management, the weak Shu Han might not have been able to form a situation of three kingdoms with Cao Wei and Eastern Wu.