The birds do not know the height of heaven and earth, and the kanjing does not know the vastness of the rivers and seas.
When it comes to the time of the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, many people can probably think of the word "Three Kingdoms" for the first time.
Luo Guanzhong wrote a "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which made haojie, a hero of the Three Kingdoms period, completely flourish, and even went abroad.
In Japan, the culture of the Three Kingdoms can even be said to be a household name, and many Japanese game companies have also made a lot of money by relying on the elements of the Three Kingdoms, which shows the popularity of the Three Kingdoms story.
At the end of the Three Kingdoms of the Han Dynasty, heroes and heroes emerged, and posterity wrote a ranking of the strength values of the generals of the Three Kingdoms according to the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". So there is "one Lu two Zhao three classics, four passes, five horses and six zhang." And when we count carefully, we can find that four of the five tiger generals of the Shu Han Dynasty are in the top six.
However, this is not surprising, after all, when Luo Guanzhong wrote the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the society at that time respected the set of "respecting Liu and degrading Cao". Therefore, it is not surprising that Luo Guanzhong uses this set of "respecting Liu and degrading Cao" to describe the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
When it comes to the generals of the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, we have to talk about one person.
He fought with Guan Yu for thirty rounds without losing, and even ordered Lü Buyuan to shoot at the gate. However, such a person was defeated in ten moves when fighting with Zhang Fei. He is Ji Ling.
Why did his strength value vary so much before and after? Let's take a closer look.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > the beginning of a dispute</h1>
Speaking of Ji Ling, we have to talk about Yuan Shu again. Although Yuan Shu had left the scene before the three kingdoms began, everyone should not underestimate him.
Runan, Yuan, the fourth and third dukes. Yuan Shu was born in this family and was the concubine of the family. Yuan Shao was Yuan Shu's older brother, but because he was a son in the family, he obtained far fewer resources than Yuan Shu.
The end of the Han Dynasty had just arrived, and after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Han Ling Emperor collapsed and then dong Zhuo entered the capital. Although Yuan Shao became the lord of the alliance by virtue of his own efforts, the strongest of the eighteen princes of the alliance at that time was Yuan Shu.
Because at that time, Yuan Shu occupied one of the richest and most populous places in the world- Runan County. The Yuan family gave him the ancestral land of the family in order to help Yuan Shu, while Yuan Shao was sent far away to Qingzhou.
Perhaps, it is precisely because of this unfairness of the Yuan family, so Yuan Shao Yuan Shu will turn against him later. Otherwise, there may have been no three kingdoms or anything to do, and it would have directly "returned to Yuan at the end of the Han Dynasty".
The alliance between the princes and Dong did not go well, and the failed trip to dong led the princes to increase their annexation of other princes, and the war began from this point on.
Therefore, the princes are expanding their territory and holding high the banner of "slowly becoming king, building high walls".
At this time, Yuan Shu was proclaimed emperor, and Sun Jian dedicated the Chuanguo Jade Seal that he had picked up when he was begging Dong to Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu, who had obtained the Chuanguo Jade Seal, lost his mind, and he directly regarded himself as a son of the Mandate of Heaven and brazenly declared himself Emperor.
Yuan Shu, who claimed to be the empress, launched an external expansion with Ji Ling as a great general, and Ji Ling died in this regard because of arrogance.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="19" > Ji Ling's three battles </h1>
Ji Ling's first battle with Guan Yu took place. After Yuan Shu became emperor, Liu Bei was ordered to attack Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu ordered Ji Ling to raise 500,000 troops to attack Xuzhou (Liu Bei's territory at that time), and the two armies fought in the Xuyi War, Guan Yu and Ji Ling's great battle "in a row of thirty, regardless of victory or defeat".
This battle Ji Ling was able to fight with Guan Yu for thirty rounds without losing, and I think Guan Yu released the water. Because At that time, Liu Bei was unable to crusade against Yuan Shu, and Liu Bei's occupation of Xuzhou and the large clan of Xuzhou and Lü Bu were in a state of contradiction, so there were not too many troops to fight Against Yuan Shu at all, so it was better to sell him directly and let Guan Yu put some water.
And Guan Yu was hindered by Liu Bei's status as a monarch and could not refuse, so there was a miracle in the book that Ji Ling could fight with Guan Gong for thirty years without being defeated.
The second round was the contest between Ji Ling and Lü Bu. Lü Bu attacked Xuzhou at night, robbed Liu Bei, and then when he saw that Yuan Shu and Liu Bei were still fighting inextricably, he thought of mediation and mediation. He set up a banquet in the tent and prepared to invite the two parties to his tent for peace talks.
Ji Ling wanted to leave directly when he saw Liu Bei and the others, but he knew that Lü Bu directly lifted him up with one hand, just like carrying a small child. From here, it began to expose the low strength value of Ji Ling, compared with Lü Bu, the world's first warrior at that time, he had no resistance at all.
The third big battle was the big battle between Ji Ling and Zhang Fei, and it was also the one that led to Ji Ling's death. After Liu Bei and Cao Cao Qingmei boiled wine and talked about heroes, Cao Cao's words frightened Liu Bei, so Liu Bei immediately asked for orders to attack Yuan Shu and prepare to stay away from Cao Cao.
When Liu Bei led 50,000 troops to attack Xuzhou, it was still Ji Ling who was stationed here. This time, Zhang Fei was dispatched, and Zhang Fei paid attention to quick battles and quick decisions, and did not like to fight with people. Therefore, when he came up, he directly used all his strength, and even if he could not think of ten moves, Ji Ling was provoked to the ground and died.
Through the battle with Zhang Fei, Ji Ling's battle value was completely exposed, and he could fight with Guan Yu only because he released water. The opponent who did not allow him to release water was exposed, so I think Ji Ling's combat effectiveness may be at the same level as Hua Xiong.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="28" > summary </h1>
Because Ji Ling was entangled with Guan Yu's thirty moves, he thought that his martial arts were very high. Who knew that in the end, he found out that it was just Guan Yu who released water to him.
Ji Ling's lesson tells us not to underestimate the heroes of the world. Whether in good times or in bad times, you need to maintain a humble heart.
Reference: Romance of the Three Kingdoms