In 2008, the film "Three Kingdoms Zhi Zhi Zhi See the Dragon Unloading Armor" directed by Li Rengang and starring Andy Lau, Hong Jinbao and Yu Rongguang was released. This costume action film about the legend of Zhao Yun, a famous Shu Han general, has been controversial because of the plot and props.
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At the end of the film, Zhao Yun's deputy, who died with the Cao Wei army's General Han De (played by Yu Rongguang), was Deng Zhi, a famous general in the middle and late Shu Han Dynasty. But unlike what is described in the movie, Deng Zhi in the history of deng zhi is too old to be old and dying.
Dunzhi in the movie
Deng Zhi (邓芝), also spelled Bomiao, was a member of the Xinye County clan in Yiyang County, whose ancestor was Liu Xiu, the Emperor guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and deng Yu, who was ranked first among the "Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai". At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and Deng Zhi, who had fallen in the middle of the family road, moved to Shudi to take refuge in order to escape the war. Although Deng Zhi has talent, he suffers from no one to recommend him, so Deng Zhi in his youth is more frustrated.
Yizhou don't drive Zhang Yu, good at looking at the picture, Deng Zhi asked Zhang Yu to face him, Zhang Yu saw Deng Zhi's face, and told Deng Zhi: "The king is over seventy years old, the greatest general, the marquis." In order to make ends meet and solve the problem of livelihood, Deng Zhi had to run to others as a doorman, and the Pasi County Taishou Pang Xi liked to make friends with scholars, so Deng Zhi attached himself to him.
After Liu Bei entered Sichuan, Pang Xi defected and surrendered to Liu Bei, and was made a general of the left (左將軍, Liu Bei's official position in the imperial court) Sima and became a subordinate official of Liu Bei's cronies. Because Deng Zhi was a Pang Xi gatekeeper, he served as the "Governor of Di Ge" in Picheng, which means granary, and Deng Zhi served as a small officer such as the captain of the granary garrison.
No opportunity talent is equal to, until one day, Liu Bei came to Picheng on official business, and when inspecting the granary, Liu Bei came into contact with Deng Zhi. Seeing that Deng Zhi was talking a lot, but serving as a minor official, Liu Bei, who was sorry for talent, promoted Deng Zhi out of the box and ordered him to serve as the commander of Picheng County, and this year, Deng Zhi was 36 years old.
Liu Bei
Due to the appreciation of the lord and the personal talent of Deng Zhi, Deng Zhi was promoted relatively quickly, and when he served as the Taishou of Guanghan County, because of his outstanding political achievements, he had the opportunity to enter the dynasty as a Shangshu.
In 221, Liu Bei avenged Guan Yu, recaptured Jingzhou, and marched east to conquer Wu. During the Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei was defeated by Sun Wu and retreated to Yong'an, where he died of illness in 223. At this time, Cao Pibing went south in three ways to take Sun Quan, and the two sides won and lost each other, but in view of Cao Wei's great power, Sun Quan decided to repair his relationship with Liu Bei, took the initiative to send emissaries, and took the initiative to seek peace while Liu Bei was still alive. However, after Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang, the chancellor of shu Han, was worried that Sun Quan would change his attitude and form an alliance with Cao Wei and did not know how to do it.
Dunzhi
Deng Zhi, who was a Shangshu, spoke to Xiang Xiang, hoping to send emissaries to Eastern Wu to repair relations between the two countries. Zhuge Liang then appointed Deng Zhi as an emissary to Eastern Wu. Sun Quan believed that the later lord Liu Chan was young, shu Han had suffered a change, the situation was unstable, and wanted to weigh the pros and cons, and allied with Cao Wei, so he snubbed Deng Zhi. Deng Zhi made a statement to Sun Quan, taking advantage of Sun Quanxiao, and when Sun Quan received Deng Zhi, Deng Zhi stood in Sun Quan's perspective and thought for Sun Quan's sake, causing Sun Quan to give up his concerns, cut off contact with Cao Wei, and make friends with Shu Han. Deng Zhi grew from a small person to an excellent diplomat.
Due to Deng Zhi's unremitting efforts, the Shu Han and Eastern Wu sides reconciled the old friendship, and in the letter to Zhuge Liang, the Wu lord Sun Quan also praised Deng Zhi's merits. After Deng Zhi returned to Shu Han, he gained Zhuge Liang's trust and reuse. During Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, Deng Zhi, as the general of the Central Supervision Army and the general of Yang Wu, served as the deputy general of the Central Guard Army and the General Zhao Yun of Zhendong, and the two led a small number of Shu troops, as a partial division, to go out of the Valley of Xiegu, occupy jigu, pretend that the main force of the Shu army was pretending to attack The city of Guocheng, in an attempt to plot Chang'an. The purpose was to attract the main force of Cao Wei's army and buy time for Zhuge Liang to sweep across Longyou.
Zhao Yun stills
At this time, the Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui led his troops to personally march to Chang'an to take command. The general Cao Zhen, who was held back by Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi, was stationed in Yu County, and in order to rescue Long Right, Cao Zhen sent the left general Zhang Guo to lead the rescue. Zhang Gao defeated Ma Mo at the Battle of Jieting, but due to inconvenient communications, Zhuge Liang did not inform Zhao Yun in time to withdraw, and Ji Gu's suspected troops were exposed to Cao Zhen, who led the main force to besiege Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi's troops. The two were outnumbered (the Northern Song Dynasty great Confucian Hu Yin believed that deng zhi was responsible for the defeat of the soldiers, but Deng Zhi was not strictly punished after the war), and the troops were defeated by the Cao army. However, the main general Zhao Yun personally cut off and ordered the retreat of the scattered troops, so in fact, this Shu army did not suffer much loss in personnel and material armaments.
After Zhuge Liang's death, the Shu Han talent withered, and Deng Zhi, who had experience in leading troops, was promoted to former military division and former general, leading the history of Yanzhou, and was knighted as the Marquis of Yangwuting. Because Deng Zhi and Sun Quan have been in contact many times, the two have a good personal relationship and exchange gifts. As a result, Deng Zhi became the fifth governor of Jiangzhou, and was transferred by Liu Chan to the eastern defense town to balance Eastern Wu.
Zhuge Liang
In 243, Deng Zhi of Zhenshoujiang Prefecture was promoted to the rank of Cheqi General, and cheqi general belonged to the heavy number of generals, ranking after the generals and hussar generals, zhang fei was once appointed by Liu Bei as a cheqi general when he was alive, and Deng Zhi, who was nearly seventy years old, held this position, and Zhang Yu's prediction of looking at the picture had been fulfilled.
Deng Zhi has a strong personality, and the general Fei Yi gives three points to Deng Zhi, but the veteran general Zong Pre does not buy it. The scholars did not want to be humiliated, so they were reluctant to associate with Deng Zhi. Deng Zhi liked to be angry and reluctant to make friends with his colleagues, but he was particularly important to guard the general Jiang Wei. In 249, the local tribes of Fuling rebelled, and Deng Zhi led troops to conquest, according to the Huayang Guozhi, Deng Zhi saw many black apes in the trees on the way to the march. Deng Zhi, who likes to shoot hunters, uses a crossbow to shoot the ape himself, but after the black ape is hit by the arrow, he does not die and pulls out the arrow and wraps the wound with leaves. After Deng Zhi saw it, he lamented that he was old and weak, and his life was not long.
Zhao Yun
In 251, Deng Zhi died of illness in Jiangzhou at the age of 73. Deng Zhi served in the army for twenty years, sympathetic to soldiers, and usually ate and dressed, all from the government, leaving no personal property. After Deng Zhi's death, his wife and children were too difficult to continue, and Deng Zhi's only son, Deng Liang, inherited his father's title and was trusted by Liu Chan as Shang Shu Zuo Xuanlang. During the Western Jin Dynasty, Deng Liang was appointed as the Taishou of Guanghan Commandery (Deng Zhi also held this position during his lifetime) because of his excellent character and filial piety to his old mother.