Liu Bei's military exploits and Sun Jian's favors

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In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei and Sun Jian besieged the Battle of Wancheng Yellow Turban under the leadership of Zhu Jun, which was the first siege battle after Liu Bei and Sun Jian appeared, but after this big victory, the situation of these two can be described as two heavens of ice and fire. Sun Jian farted and became a member of the department, but Liu Bei released the plane to others, "Wait for a long time, you must not be dismissed", making a disgraced face.

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Recently, when I was looking through a book and reading here, I inadvertently saw a detail that made the author feel that behind the different circumstances of these two people, there seems to be something worth playing.

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After Wancheng was besieged, at first, under the initiation of Liu Bei, Zhu Jun withdrew the troops from the southeast and southeast, attacked the northwest with all his might, forced Han Zhong, the leader of the Yellow Turban, to abandon the city and leave, and was shot by Zhu Jun, but unfortunately Zhao Hong and Sun Zhong, who were driven back to reoccupy Wancheng. It happened that Sun Jian led 1,500 soldiers from Huai and Si Jing to respond, "Zhu Jun was overjoyed, so he ordered Jian to attack the south gate, Xuande to attack the north gate, Zhu Jun to attack the west gate, and leave the east gate to go with the thief."

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Zhu Jun's strategy of besieging the south, north, and west gates, leaving the east gate, was not much different from the previous retreat from the southeast and northwest launched by Liu Bei, but the effect in the actual battle was somewhat unexpected, at least in the author's opinion, the battle situation did not develop as Zhu Jun intended.

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There are not many words about the description of this battle, which are excerpted below:

On that day, Sun Jian first landed in the city and beheaded more than 20 thieves, and the thieves were defeated. Zhao Hong flew the horse and took Sun Jian directly. Jian flew from the city to take Hong, grabbed the Hongqi with his hand, and stabbed off the horse, but rode the Hong's horse and flew back and forth to kill the thief. Sun Zhong led the thief to highlight the north gate, and was welcoming Xuande, who had no intention of fighting, and just wanted to escape. Xuande stretched his bow and arrow, hit Sun Zhong, turned over and fell off the horse. Zhu Jun's army then covered up and killed, beheading tens of thousands of people, and the surrender was incalculable. More than a dozen counties along the road to Nanyang are flat. Jun Banshi returned to Beijing and worshiped the general of the chariot cavalry, Henan Yin. Jun Bao Sun Jian, Liu Bei and other merits. Firm and affectionate, except for Sima of other counties, he resigned and left. However, Xuande has been waiting for a long time and cannot be revoked.

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Careful readers may have already discovered, yes, Zhu Jun originally left the east gate for the yellow turban to escape, but what was the result? Probably because Sun Jian, who was the first to enter the city, was too brave, first killed the thieves in the city, and then took Zhao Hong's life, "but rode a Hong horse, flew back and forth to kill the thief", and killed the Yellow Turban remnants in the city in a panic, Sun Zhong put a special "safety exit" at the east gate and did not go, but "led the thief to highlight the north gate", and was shot off the horse by Liu Bei with a bow and arrow.

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Sun Zhong died dead, but if he had planned the battle in advance, he seemed to have died in the wrong place. The East Gate has been reduced from a highlight in the original design plan to an ornament, making this big victory somewhat embarrassing.

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Although we can use the Yellow Turban's panic to explain why Sun Zhong "led the thief to highlight the north gate", from Liu Bei's point of view, this reason may not be justified. Sun Jian has been fighting at the south gate has been dark, Liu Bei is responsible for attacking the north gate but there is no movement, from the military point of view, Sun and Liu are friendly troops, and they must be coordinated in action, but we can see from Sun Zhong's "highlighting the north gate and welcoming Xuande", Liu Bei did not start attacking the city in advance, but guarded outside the city gate, which is obviously against Zhu Jun's combat plan, as for why Liu Bei and Sun Jian are not in the same step, only the imperial uncle himself knows.

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Of course, the reason why Sun Zhong took the north gate may not be entirely because Liu Bei did not attack the city in time, it is not ruled out that Sun Dashuai was clever, worried that there was an ambush at the empty east gate and did not dare to go, and the west was Zhu Jun's main force, which was obviously untouchable, so the north gate was still safer in comparison, but it was our Uncle Liu Huang. Needless to say, the problem is that the north gate that Liu Bei is responsible for has become a breakthrough for the enemy, and let the enemy rush out, but fortunately, Liu Bei shot the enemy leader with an arrow, and the army in front of him covered the killing, which was a complete victory. Liu Bei had meritorious service in this battle, if he really wanted to calculate the responsibility for the loss of the North Gate, Sun Zhong's head would be folded.

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Even if Zhu Jun did not pursue Liu Bei's intentions, if he was asked to judge the military ability and merits of Sun and Liu, the conclusion would be obvious. You must know that the main army was attacking the city with Zhu Jun at the West Gate that day, and Sun Jian almost took the lead in landing the city with his own strength, and quickly completed a wave of "decapitation operations", which directly led to the collapse of the enemy, so as to take Wancheng lightly, which is not only beyond Liu Bei's imagination, but also Zhu Jun did not expect, it is really a young man.

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Therefore, in the good news of asking for merit, Sun Jian is in the front, Liu Bei is in the back, since

However, it is a matter of course, not to mention the "strong human feelings", and it is even more natural to get a "Sima from other departments". As for what kind of favor Sun Jian has, the author thinks that there are at least two places: one is that his old leader, Yangzhou Assassin Shi Zangmin, suppressed the demon thief "Yang Tianzi" Xuchang, Sun Jian has made a great effort, so it cannot be ruled out that Zang Min continues to pay attention to and support Sun Jian; the second is Zhu Jun, although Zhu Jun's origin is not mentioned in the romance, but from other ways we can know that he is a Huiji person, this is the place where Sun Jian was born, and Sun Jian is a native of Wu County, Huiji and Wu County are adjacent to each other, and they both belong to Yangzhou, and the two can be regarded as having the friendship of fellow villagers. This kind of favor is really not comparable to Liu Bei. Besides, Sun Jian used to discuss the demon thief, he was a person who had made military merits, and the ruling court had a record, the so-called "Jun Bao Sun Jian, Liu Bei and other merits", the focus of the thug's report was all on Sun Jian, and Liu Bei's guy may not have to mention it by the way. Let's look at Liu Bei again, although he is a relative of the Han family, but he can't easily say it, and there are many people with the surname Liu in the world, and he can't come up with ironclad evidence, and his words are unfounded. For example, after the post was supervised, people refused to believe it, even if it was true, at best, it was Grandma Liu in Jiafu, and the Emperor Ling at this time was no better than the emperor who was too busy to take care of himself, and he might not take this distant poor relative seriously. Therefore, in front of Yuan Shao, Liu Bei's origin and merits must be said through the mouth of Gongsun Zhan, which can have some weight, but in fact, it is not really bought. In this way, the court treats Sun and Liu's two comrades-in-arms equally, in fact, it is reasonable, the so-called involvement is true, but it depends on the strength, unfortunately Liu Bei and his gang showed that they were really sorry in the battle of Wancheng, and Guan and Zhang Erjiang did not even mention it, and they ended up with a "wait for a long time, and they must not be removed", which is not too unjust. As for "the three of them were depressed and walked on the street, just when Zhang Jun's car arrived. Xuande stopped and said merit", that is a later word, and I will not mention it here.