Preface
In the Three Kingdoms period, force was a necessary skill for a general, but in addition to force, loyalty was also essential for a general.
Without a loyal heart, whether at that time, or in the evaluation of later generations, he will not have a very good evaluation, in the Three Kingdoms period there were so many loyal people, their loyalty can not be compared with others, who are they?
First, the word righteousness should be the head of Guan Yu
The first to bear the brunt is Guan Yu, Guan Yu is very familiar to us, he is not only Liu Bei, Zhang Fei's righteous brothers, but also the god of war known as the "martial saint" by later generations, but force is not his most important aspect, the most precious thing he left to future generations is his spirit of loyalty.
Since the Taoyuan Three Rebellions, the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang seem to have become one, they do not distinguish each other, and they have never betrayed each other.
When Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao, Guan Yu immediately went out of the city to support Liu Bei, although Liu Bei was rescued, but he was captured by Cao Cao, Cao Cao gave Guan Yu a lot of benefits, and could make Guan Yu a partial general, and wanted to recruit him, he did not agree.
You must know that the partial general was not a small official in ancient times, he is equivalent to a major general or even a lieutenant general in the current army, and Guan Yu has not done anything for Cao Cao, Cao Cao is willing to let Guan Yu be a partial general, which also indirectly shows that Cao Cao admires Guan Yu very much.
However, Guan Yu, who had long been with Liu Bei, would naturally disappoint Cao Cao, and in the end, Guan Yu did not return to Cao Cao, and even learned that Liu Bei was still alive, and Liu Bei wrote him a letter asking him to go to Yuan Shao, because Liu Bei had also taken refuge in Yuan Shao's camp at this time.
After receiving Liu Bei's letter, Guan Yu took Liu Bei's two wives non-stop to pass five passes and kill six generals, and rushed out of Cao Cao's camp to take refuge in Yuan Shao, where he finally met his eldest brother Liu Bei again.
But it's a pity that his loyalty doesn't mean that others are the same, in the battle of Xiangfan, Guan Yu was pitted by his teammates, he asked Elfang and others to guard Jiangling, but he didn't expect Elfang to give up Jiangling to Wu General Lu Meng, and Wu Guo won Jiangling without spending a single soldier.
Guan Yu could have attacked the last Fancheng on the front line with peace of mind, but the backyard caught fire, so he could only give up attacking Fancheng and turn around and return to the rear to extinguish the fire, but he died in the end because of the enemy's strategy.
Although he died, his spirit of loyalty was inherited, and later generations even worshiped Guan Gong, which is also a tribute to Guan Yu.
Second, the victorious general Zhao Yun
The next loyal and righteous man is also a native of Shu, he is one of the five tiger generals, and it is Zhao Yun, a white-robed young general with a winning general.
Zhao Yun has been described in many film and television works, he was called "a body of courage" by Liu Bei, and his force was also one of the best in the Three Kingdoms period.
Although it is still a little worse than Lu Bu, the first in the Three Kingdoms, Zhao Yun is more loyal than Lu Bu, in fact, Zhao Yun followed Gongsun Chan at the beginning, but rather than following Gongsun Chan, it should be said that he followed the justice in his heart.
He had a good family, but due to the arrival of troubled times, he also began to experience the pain of war, so he scattered his family wealth and gathered a team to respond to the uprising.
After the uprising, he joined Gongsun Zhan's team, and after Liu Bei also defected to Gongsun Zhan, the two officially met, and when Gongsun Chan sent troops, he often let Liu Bei and Zhao Yun go together, so the relationship between the two warmed up day by day.
In the end, Zhao Yun's brother died, and he also used this reason to quit Gongsun Zhan's team and returned to his hometown to live a period of seclusion.
However, it is impossible for him to be so stable at home in the troubled times, but Zhao Yun had no choice but to go to Yecheng to find a way to survive, coincidentally, after Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao, Liu Bei took refuge in Yuan Shao, so Liu Bei also came to Yecheng, the two met very moved, and the relationship became better and better, and even usually slept together for a while.
It was also at this time that Zhao Yun officially joined Liu Bei's camp, and for more than 30 years after that, Zhao Yun not only won a lot of battles for Liu Bei, but also saved Liu Bei's family many times, and did not have a little rebellious mind, and the loyal and righteous person in the Three Kingdoms should be Zhao Yun.
3. Gao Shun
Although the remaining generals are not as famous as Guan Yu and Zhao Yunda, their loyalty is no worse than the two of them, and even surpasses them.
For example, Gao Shun, he was a soldier under Lu Bu, and he followed Lu Bu to many monarchs in his early years, but he always believed in Lu Bu, and the troops he led were the elite of Lu Bu, with the title of "trapped camp".
He also gave Lu Bu a lot of useful advice, but because Lu Bu didn't have any brains, he knew that Gao Shun had talent, but he still refused to reuse him.
Later, Lu Bu was defeated by Cao Cao, and Gao Shun was also captured by Cao Cao, Cao Cao knew that Gao Shun was a person, and his talent and loyalty made Cao Cao appreciate it very much, and Cao Cao had the intention of soliciting, but Gao Shun chose to die and did not agree to Cao Cao's solicitation.
Gao Shun can be said to be dedicated to Lu Bu, even though he and Lu Bu's general Chen Gong are not in harmony, but for Lu Bu he still put aside his grievances and discuss future strategies with him.
四、逼上梁山的姜维
There is also an important loyal person in Shu, that is Jiang Wei, Jiang Wei is a famous general of Shu, and his experience of joining Shu can be described as very bumpy, completely forced by Wei.
At the beginning, Jiang Wei was a subordinate of Ma Zun under the Wei flag, and in the year 228, Liu Bei had died of illness for five years, and Zhuge Liang relied on Liu Bei's last wish to stabilize the position of Shu Han and began to expand around.
The Shu Han army began to attack northward, that is, in the famous Shu Han Northern Expedition in history, the Shu army gained a high faith in the hearts of the people, so when they learned that the Shu army began to march north, the people were very happy and responded to their attack and joined the Northern Expedition.
Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditionary Army not only did not decrease after several battles, but grew stronger, and after Ma Zun learned that the Shu Han army was about to arrive at his defensive ground, he suspected that Jiang Wei also had the idea of responding to the Shu army, so he drove them out of the city, and let Jiang Wei complain no matter how much he complained.
After Zhuge Liang arrived here, Jiang Wei was also very helpless to join the camp of Shu, it can be said that Jiang Wei joined the camp of Shu was forced by Ma Zun, and there was a feeling of forcing Liangshan.
After Jiang Wei joined the Shu State, he did not miss the previous days in the Wei State, and soon he adjusted, he joined the Shu State for a short time, but Zhuge Liang admired his talent very much, so he wrote to Jiang Wan that Jiang Wei was trustworthy, and also named him the general of the Central Supervision Army to conquer the west.
At this time, Jiang Wei was only in his twenties, and after Zhuge Liang died of illness, Jiang Wei received instructions from Zhuge Liang, and after Wei Yan was broken, he repelled Sima Yi's pursuers and let the remaining Shu army retreat smoothly.
But due to the monarch's incompetence, Shu finally surrendered to Wei, Jiang Wei was angry, but there was no way, he pretended to surrender, and then wanted to unite Zhonghui to restore the country, but the matter was revealed and he was finally killed.
Throughout Jiang Wei's life, he did his best after defecting to Shu, he had no intention of rebelling, and even when he was in a high position, he did not think about seizing power, and his loyalty was very rare in the Three Kingdoms.
epilogue
Loyalty is something that everyone has, but it is not the same for different people, some are extremely cruel, even if they are life-saving benefactors, they are still betrayed, but there are also dripping graces in return, so it is very important to see a person's heart clearly.