First, Zhang Fei broke the bridge according to the water
In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhang Fei "drank and broke the Dangyang Bridge", although it was somewhat exaggerated, but there were historical archetypal events. It is recorded that the first lord heard that Cao Gong had arrived, abandoned his wife, and made fei generals reject twenty horses. Flying according to the water broken bridge, the blind spear said: "As Zhang Yideye, you can come to the death together!" "No one dares to come near the enemy, so he is spared."
From this historical record, it can be seen that the biggest difference with the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is that Cao Cao appeared in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and because of Zhang Fei's voice, he also scared Xiahou Jie to death next to him.
So why was it that "none of the enemies dared to come near" at that time? There are roughly two reasons.
One: In pursuit of Liu Bei, Cao Cao's elite tiger and leopard riders were not large, and they not only obtained a lot of Liu Bei's heavy materials, but also captured Liu Bei's two daughters alive. That is to say, the tiger and leopard riding this chase are exhausted, and the combat effectiveness is greatly reduced. Suddenly, Zhang Fei's spear immediately appeared, and naturally no one was willing to come forward.
Second: ancient generals rarely single-handedly. In order to please the readers, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" makes them fight when they are fine. Cao Cao was not present at the time. The commander-in-chief of the Tiger and Panther Horse, in a state of lack of people and horses, and facing Zhang Fei, a commander of ten thousand enemies, naturally lost the will to charge--anyway, the leader was not there, and the first thing to do was to survive. What if there is an ambush in the fly? That's why we retreat.
However, Zhang Fei's "broken bridge according to the water" has added many plays in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". As mentioned earlier, Cao Cao personally came to the scene. At the same time, Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, Wen Ping and other 9 fierce generals were also present.
Now that the situation has changed, the above two reasons are no longer the main reasons. So in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", when facing Zhang Fei, why did Zhang Liao, Xu Chu and other fierce generals dare not fight? If you want to understand this problem, you need to briefly review the process.
Second, the appointment of civilians is the key person
The first person to arrive at The Danyang Bridge was Wen Ping, who was originally Liu Biao's subordinate but surrendered to Cao Cao. And Liu Bei lived in Jingzhou for many years, natural Wen Ping and Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei knew each other, he understood how fierce this Third Master Zhang was, and then looked up and saw that "after the woods in the east of the bridge, the dust rose", and there was an ambush.
Therefore, the civilian recruitment did not move, but it could not retreat, and could only wait for the follow-up troops. In fact, this is Wen Ping was calmed by Zhang Fei, the key reason is that Zhang Fei is too fierce, and the suspected soldiers behind Zhang Fei are not the main reason.
It was this pause in Wen Ping that triggered a series of reactions.
It is well known that there is an idiom called "one drum to make a gas", and I am afraid to stop halfway. When rushing to kill, I don't want to think anything, and I am not afraid of the sky, all by a breath of flesh. When it stops, once this breath of blood gas goes down, it is difficult to lift it again. Soon Cao Ren arrived, and he would be strange to say, asking what was going on.
Now let me ask you, what would you say if you were a clerk? In any case, one thing is inevitable, the decision will exaggerate the situation - they are all famous generals, they are suppressed by others, which is really not good to say, and can only make the situation more serious. It can also be said that in order to save face, the rhythm began.
Wen Ping and Cao Renzheng were talking about it, Li Dian, Xiahou Huan, Xiahou Yuan, Le Jin, Zhang Liao, Zhang Gao, Xu Chu, and so on were all fierce generals, one after the other came, and naturally one would follow one to stop--the famous generals were also people, and they all followed the hearts of the people. At the same time, once this person was piled up, it was too difficult to unify his thoughts, and he could only wait for the leader to come.
At this moment, don't say charge, you must all start to make small calculations. That is to say, from the herd mentality to the wait-and-see mentality. So-called, why should I be on? Last month's bonus didn't give me a single point! Since this is the case, then inform the leader, let the leader make a decision, and then it will be a rush, but who will be sent to pick it up, and no one will have anything to say - after all, this ring-eyed thief is too scary. The ghost is willing to fight with him!
This is why Zhang Liao and Xu Chu, the famous generals of Cao Wei, did not confront Zhang Fei before Cao Cao arrived.
The key point is actually in Wen Ping's body, he is equivalent to the "pause button", suddenly interrupted the momentum of "one drum", resulting in the personnel getting together, waiting and seeing the heart, and began to play a small calculation. That is to say, at this moment, the momentum that Cao Bing had before had almost disappeared.
Third, Zhang Fei is too shrewd
In this way, Cao Cao rushed to the scene after receiving the notice! At this time, Zhang Fei did a shrewd thing. He did not ask Cao Cao about the situation at all, and the time to communicate with the others, but as soon as he saw Cao Cao coming, he opened his mouth and shouted: "I am Zhang Yideye of yan!" Who dares to fight me to the death? ”
Why is Zhang Fei shrewd? We can assume that Zhang Fei saw Cao Cao coming, but did not say a word, and still poked at the Dangyang Bridge, then what would happen to Cao Cao? You must first communicate with other people, then start your brain, and start to make judgments and make decisions according to the situation.
But he was just confused when he came, suddenly Zhang Fei came to such a voice, all of Cao Cao's attention would be focused on Zhang Fei, which was equivalent to forming Zhang Fei and Cao Cao's "single challenge in the aura", and Zhang Fei took the lead in grabbing people - this is called taking his breath first!
Sure enough, Cao Cao "urgently ordered to remove the cover of his umbrella", at this time Cao Cao was already startled by Zhang Fei's voice, and his look must have changed, so he hit the round field and said: "I said to Zeng Wenyun: Yide is in a million troops, taking the head of the general, like probing the bag to take things." Today is a meeting that cannot be taken lightly. ”
That is to say, Cao Cao was using this sentence to cover up the gaffe just now. Unexpectedly, Zhang Fei screamed again: "Yanren Zhang Yide is here!" Who dares to fight to the death? ”
People are affected by psychological cues, and Cao Cao already has it. Therefore, Zhang Fei's second violent scream is equivalent to aggravating this psychological hint of Cao Cao, so Cao Cao is "quite withdrawn."
Today, leaders are like this, let alone others. Whether it is Xu Chu or Zhang Liao, although this is a top fierce general, it must be known that in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", even Lü Bu is not willing to touch Zhang Fei, let alone them - people are weak, afraid of strong, and the same is true for fierce generals!
unbelief? If it wasn't Zhang Fei on the Yang Bridge, you put an unknown warrior, wen ping would have passed a long time ago, and there was nothing nonsense.
It was at this time that Xiahou Jie, who was beside Cao Cao, was frightened to death by Zhang Fei's momentum and thunderbolt-like roar! This can be described as "the last stick to kill the camel", Cao Cao originally wanted to retreat, and was stimulated by this incident to immediately "return to the horse and leave, so the generals of the army will look west and run."
Fourth, the general analysis
The above is the reason why Xu Chu, Zhang Liao and other fierce generals did not dare to move when facing Zhang Fei's challenge. There are three more than three points.
First: Zhang Fei was too fierce and too famous, forcing Wen Ping to unconsciously press the "pause button", resulting in morale dissipation.
Second: in the face of danger or difficulty, it is not a good thing to get together, and the same is true for even the most powerful people. It is very easy to form an atmosphere of mutual restraint and mutual wait-and-see. The old people in this situation understand it - it is the best excuse, which can perfectly shirk responsibility.
Third: Zhang Fei is too shrewd! Cao Cao, the main character, is not given time to react at all, let alone thinking, evaluating, judging, and making decisions. Strictly speaking, this can also be regarded as Zhang Fei playing a "decapitation operation". Now everyone was counting on Cao Cao, but Cao Cao was frightened by Zhang Fei's two consecutive voices, losing his senses and calmness.
Of course, this is also related to Cao Cao's suspicious nature, but more crucially, Zhang Fei has adopted a correct and shrewd strategy.