Liao Hua's real name is Chun, the character Yuan Jian, a general in the late Shu period during the Three Kingdoms period, known for his courage and decisiveness. He was one of the very few people who experienced the entire rise and fall of Wei, Shu and Wu in the Three Kingdoms era, and was known as the three veterans of Shu and Han along with Yan Yan and Huang Zhong.
It is worth mentioning that later generations ridiculed him for his low skills as "there is no general in Shu, and Liao has become a pioneer", so is this really the case? Today, let's talk about this loyal and brave veteran of the Three Kingdoms period.
The life of Liao Hua
According to the records of "Three Kingdoms", after Liao Hua was a famous family in Xiangyang, his great-grandfather Liao Yi, grandfather Liao Hui, and father Liao Jin all served as county guards.
Liao Hua was known for his bravery as a teenager, and once single-handedly killed a robber named Wang Zhong, so he was respected by local heroes, and later joined Liu Biao's account as a tooth keeper (Zhao Zilong was in this position).
After Liu Biao's death, Liu Cong was incompetent and led the Jingzhou army to surrender to Cao Cao, and Liao Hua also threw himself into Cao Cao's account at this time, and was later sent to Jiangxia to confront Guan Yu.
However, he and Cao Cao "couldn't pee in a pot", and they were dissatisfied and led the troops to surrender to Guan Yu and began their careers in the Shu Han camp.
According to the records of relevant materials, Guan Yu attached great importance to Liao Hua and appointed him as a partial general and Lingnan County Taishou to guard the public security. During this period, Liao Hua made many meritorious achievements, once repelled Cao Ren's attacks, and worked with Wei Yan to destroy Cao Cao's water village on the Han River.
In 219 AD, Liu Bei achieved brilliant results in Bashu, and Guan Yu also itched his hand to the Northern Expedition to Cao Cao, leaving Liao Hua, Guan Ping and Zhou Cang and others to guard Jingzhou.
It was a good situation, but unfortunately Sun Quan took the opportunity to send Lu Meng, Gan Ning and others to attack Jingzhou, Mi Fang and others surrendered without a fight, although Liao Hua and others resisted hard, but due to insufficient troops, they could not stop the offensive of the Wu army, so they could only be forced to retreat to the public security.
Later, they learned the news that Guan Yu was defeated and killed, and then besieged by the Wu army, Liao Hua and others fought bravely to kill the enemy but finally became prisoners because they were outnumbered.
was in Wu Ying, his heart was in Han, and after Liao Hua was included in Eastern Wu, he missed Shu Han and fled with his mother while Wu was unprepared. Halfway to meet Liu Bei, who conquered Eastern Wu, the two sides crusaded against Eastern Wu together, but unfortunately the battle of Yiling was defeated, and Liao Hua retreated to Shu again.
After that, Liao Hua followed Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei to go out of Qishan to attack Cao Wei many times, until he died shortly after Shu was conquered by Deng Ai.
What kind of person is Liao Hua
To sum up, Liao Hua is a loyal and brave veteran, but he has not had too outstanding records in his life, so future generations will misunderstand "there is no general in Shu, and Liao Hua is a pioneer".
In real life, many people's understanding of this sentence is: In the late Three Kingdoms, the famous generals of Shu died one after another, and no one in the army served as a pioneer general, so they had to let Liao Hua, who had ordinary skills, act as a pioneer general, simply put, Liao Hua was not good.
Let's take a look at the background of this sentence, these 10 words are from the late Qing novel "Sweeping the Broom", which originally meant that because of the lack of talents in the late Shu Kingdom, the old Liao Hua had to go into battle again at an advanced age to kill the enemy, that is, to describe him as a veteran and fearless hero beggar.
In fact, the real Liao Hua can be called the mainstay of Shu Han, and he is known as the three veterans of Shu Han along with Yan Yan and Huang Zhong. In the later period of Shu Han, he made important contributions to maintaining the territory and security of Shu Han.
He was once Guan Yu's loyal subordinate, and Guan Ping, Zhou Cang and others were called Guan Yu's eight horses, and there are even records of Guan Yu as brothers.
When he was young, Liao Hua once killed the robber Wang Zhong to eliminate harm for the people; after surrendering to Guan Yu, he guarded the public security and repelled the attacks of Cao Cao and Sun Quan many times; Zhuge Liang also made great achievements in the Northern Expedition to Cao Wei, and his bravery and resourcefulness were also regarded as the top ranks in the Three Kingdoms period.
Chen Shou said in "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" that Liao Hua was "known as Guolie", and it was not simple to say that Liao Hua was not simple, except for serving under Liu Biao in the early stage, he was loyal to Liu Bei most of the time in the middle and later periods, and was an admirable figure.
summary
Liao Hua was a loyal and brave veteran of the Three Kingdoms period, whose life was full of war and blood, witnessed the rise and fall of Shu Han, Cao Wei and Eastern Wu, and dedicated his life to the cause of Shu Han. He was loyal, brave, decisive and flexible, and became a legendary figure in the history of the Three Kingdoms.
However, such a character has been serving as the "second-in-command" under Guan Yu's account, and the light is covered by Guan Erye, so he is not favored by others.
We might as well think about it the other way around, anyone after Lu Bu is a "horseman" in Guan Yu's eyes, and it is not easy for Liao Hua to enter his eyes.
From the point of view of age, Liao Hua is a figure throughout the entire Three Kingdoms, at least eighty or ninety years old, and the talents of Shu in the later period withered, and an old man like Liao Hua is also needed to serve as a pioneer, which also shows that Zhuge Liang attaches great importance to his ability.
An eighty or ninety-year-old man is still valued by those in power, and even if he is worse, how bad can he be? Therefore, "Liaohua is not good" is the misunderstanding of the people of the world about him. What do you think differently about this?