In 222, liu Bei's battle of Yiling was defeated, and Huang Quan surrendered to Cao Pi, at which time a minister played Liu Bei: "Huang Quan is a traitor, and all his family members should be arrested and executed!" Liu Bei said, "Huang Quan did the right thing!" After that, Liu Bei continued to treat Huang Quan's family kindly.
Huang Quan (黄權; pinyin: Huang Quan), courtesy name Gongheng, was a native of Langzhong, Sichuan, who had been serving as the lord of Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang, and in 211, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong led an army to attack Liu Zhang, and Liu Zhang's adviser Zhang Song suggested that Liu Bei should lead an army into Sichuan for reinforcements.
In fact, Zhang Song wanted to take the opportunity to dedicate Yizhou to Liu Bei, at this time, Huang Quan resolutely opposed Liu Bei's reinforcements into Sichuan, and said: "Liu Bei Xiao is brave and good at war, and now Wen is assisted by Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, and Wu Xiangyu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other general generals.
If he is invited into the river and treated with the courtesy of his subordinates, how can he bow down and be small, and resentment will arise in his heart.
If you treat it with the courtesy of a guest, another country will not tolerate two masters, if Liu Bei will be as stable as Mount Tai in our place in the future, then the master (Liu Zhang) you will face danger. ”
In general, Huang Quan believes that asking Liu Bei to enter Sichuan for support is to lure the wolf into the room, and sooner or later it will be unfavorable to Liu Zhang.
However, Liu Zhang could not listen to a word of Huang Quan's advice, and directly transferred him to Guanghan to serve as the county magistrate, and this time, Liu Zhang's ear roots were quiet.
However, the development of the situation did not deviate from Huang Quan's expectations after all, and soon Liu Bei revealed his ambition to annex Yizhou and began to lead an army to attack Liu Zhang's forces in Yizhou.
At that time, the generals of various counties and counties under Liu Zhang's hands knew that they were not Liu Bei's opponents, so they chose to surrender, and only Huang Quan, who was stationed in Guanghan, had been holding out behind closed doors.
It was not until after Liu Zhang surrendered to Liu Bei that Huang Quan reluctantly surrendered to Liu Bei.
After that, Liu Bei took over the Yizhou Pastor himself, while Liu Zhang lost his territory and power at the same time.
However, most of Liu Zhang's generals were knighted by Liu Beijia, and Huang Quan was also made a partial general by Jin.
In 215, Cao Cao led a large army to attack Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, and after Zhang Lu's army was defeated, he fled to Bazhong.
At this time, Huang Quan suggested to Liu Bei: If we abandon Hanzhong, it will be like losing our hands and feet.
After Liu Bei heard this, he immediately ordered Huang Quan to be a protector, led an army to support Zhang Lu, and tried to persuade Zhang Lu to surrender, but by the time Huang Quan led his army forward, Zhang Lu had already surrendered to Cao Cao.
After that, Liu Bei and Cao Cao began to fight for Hanzhong, and when the two sides fought, Cao Cao's famous general Xiahou Yuan was beheaded, and Liu Bei occupied Hanzhong in one fell swoop.
People believe that Liu Bei was able to kill Xiahou Yuan and then occupy Hanzhong, all of which adopted the strategy of Fa Xiaozhi, in fact, all the strategies were proposed by Huang Quan first.
In 221, Liu Bei declared himself emperor, because Guan Yu was beheaded by the soldiers and horses of Sun Quan of Eastern Wu, so Liu Bei mobilized his troops to attack Eastern Wu to avenge his brother Guan Yu.
At that time, Huang Quan made a suggestion: Sun Quan's soldiers and horses are brave and good at fighting, if we go deep into the enemy's territory, there is no certainty of victory, and the subject is willing to lead an army as the vanguard to test the enemy's falsehood, and His Majesty can sit in the rear and adapt to changes.
Huang Quan's plan was very good, he led his army to go out, let Liu Bei garrison the rear, even if Huang Quan failed, Liu Bei still had the opportunity to turn defeat into victory.
But Liu Bei not only did not listen, but also directly sent Huang Quan to Jiangbei to defend Against Cao Wei's soldiers and horses.
In 222, Lu Xun, the governor of Eastern Wu, burned Liu Bei's camp, and after Liu Bei's defeat, he led the remnants of his army to retreat to the White Emperor's City.
At this time, the soldiers and horses led by Huang Quan were also cut off by the soldiers and horses of Eastern Wu. If he chose to die in battle, he would have no effect at all on the situation in which the Shu kingdom had already been greatly defeated.
In desperation, Huang Quan chose to surrender to Cao Pi.
In this way, Liu Bei's close courtiers believed that Huang Quan was a traitor and should arrest his family and put him to death.
After Liu Bei listened, he sighed and said: It's all my fault, Huang Quan didn't live up to me, it was I who failed him!
Therefore, for Huang Quan's family, Liu Bei still sent them Feng Lu.
After Huang Quan surrendered to the State of Wei, Cao Pi warmly received him and said: You are now leading your troops to return, that is, to learn from Han Xin and Chen Ping, who had left Xiang Yu in those years.
Of course, Cao Pi's words are not only praising Huang Quan's abandonment of the dark and casting the light, but also secretly boasting that he is Liu Bang.
However, Huang Quan said bluntly: I was favored by Lord Liu (Liu Bei), swore that I could not surrender to Wu in death, and wanted to return to Shu land, but I was cut off from the back road, and in desperation, I only defected to His Majesty, and I was only a general of the defeated army, and I was very lucky not to be killed, where would I dare to pursue the ancients?
Cao Pi listened to Huang Quan's words and was very unhappy at first, but he thought about it for a moment: Huang Quan did not forget the old lord, he was a loyal and righteous minister!
As a result, Cao Pi immediately made Huang Quan the general of Zhennan, the Marquis of Yuyang, and added the post of lieutenant.
Shizhong belonged to the emperor's core staff, and he had the right to speak and make decisions on the big and small affairs of the imperial court.
It can be seen that Huang Quan has a very high status in Cao Pi's mind.
In 223, Liu Bei died, and after the news reached Cao Wei, the whole country was jubilant, only Huang Quan was sullen, and when Cao Pi learned of it, he thought that he was loyal to the old lord, which was understandable, but he wanted to make a joke with him.
Therefore, Cao Pi sent his attendants to recruit Huang Quan, and not only one, but several in a row, and the position was simply to execute Huang Quan immediately.
Huang Quan's entourage all thought that he was about to be in a catastrophe, and one by one they were frightened and frightened, but Huang Quan was calm and calm, and had already put his personal life and death aside.
Of course, after Cao Pi saw Huang Quan, he smiled and said: Make a joke, don't take it seriously.
After that, Cao Pi still reused Huang Quan.
In 240, Huang Quan died at the end of His life in Cao Wei, and his son Huang Yong (黄邕) took his title, and Huang Quan had another son named Huang Chong in Shu Han.
In 263, on the eve of Liu Chan's surrender to the State of Wei, Huang Chong, along with Zhuge Liang's son Zhuge Zhan, led an army to resist Deng Ai's soldiers and horses. Huang Chong suggested to Zhuge Zhan to lead the soldiers and horses to occupy the dangerous point.
Unfortunately, Zhuge Zhan hesitated, and as a result, the Shu army that missed the opportunity was defeated, and Zhuge Zhan and Huang Chong were killed.
At that time, Guan Yu of Yi Bo Yuntian also surrendered to Cao Cao, but he later returned to Liu Bei, but unfortunately, after Huang Quan surrendered to Cao Pi, he never returned to Shu Han.
What do you think of Huang Quan's surrender to Cao Pi? Discussion is welcome.
Source: Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
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