After the fall of Shu Han, Zhang Fei's family almost survived, while Guan Yu's family was very unfortunate and basically all of them were killed.
Guan Yu's family ended up like this, was it just because Guan Yu killed Pang De back then? Not exactly, but it is certain that the culprit has to be Guan Yu.
What kind of personalities are the real Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in history? Maybe subvert your perception.
Smart and careful Zhang Fei
Let's first talk about Zhang Fei, who has dark skin and looks more scary. In the eyes of many of us today, Zhang Fei is a rough man who only knows how to fight and kill, and he doesn't know anything else.
In fact, the real Zhang Fei in history is not only thoughtful, but also much smarter than Guan Yu.
Zhang Fei was born as a butcher in Zhuo County, to put it bluntly, he was a pig killer, and in addition, his family also ran a wine business.
These were all jobs with relatively good incomes at that time, so the economic conditions of Zhang Fei's family at that time were very good, and they were also a wealthy family in the local area.
On the other hand, Liu Bei and Guan Yu are two poor ghosts, one is a mat weaver and a peddler, and the other is an extralegal fanatic who bears human life.
Since the three of them met, the relationship between them has been getting better and better. In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", they also came to the famous "Taoyuan Three Knots".
Although this knot may be fictitious, the relationship between the three is not true.
Later, Liu Bei wanted to take his two younger brothers to do a great career, which on the surface looked like pacifying the rebel army, but in fact it was more like a rebellion, because Liu Bei also wanted to be the emperor.
But Liu Bei is poor and white, what do you use to form an army? So the "angel investor" Zhang Fei made a move.
Zhang Fei was also very bold, he directly took out all his funds, and also sold all those valuable things, in short, all the things that could be used.
No, Liu Bei has his first huge investment.
In the eyes of many people, is this Zhang Fei stupid, no matter how good the relationship is, he will not invest his family property in it, right?
If it weren't for the fact that Zhang Fei was smart, he could see at a glance that his two elder brothers were destined not to be mortals in the future. What is the investment now compared to the glory and wealth in the future?
Therefore, Zhang Fei's investment seems to be a bit sloppy, but in fact, he is standing in the atmosphere.
Of course, this story alone is not enough to show that Zhang Fei is smart.
Later, when attacking Jiangzhou, Zhang Fei and the others successfully captured the veteran Yan Yan.
This Yan Yan is also a hard bone, in the face of Zhang Fei's surrender, he resolutely said: "You plundered our land, and you still want us to serve you, impossible, absolutely impossible!" If you have the ability, you will kill me! ”
After hearing this, Zhang Fei said loudly: "Do you really think that I dare not kill you? Come on, drag this person who is not afraid of death out and behead it! ”
Faced with this situation, Yan Yan was still fearless, and he was ready to die at any time.
The old general's unyielding loyalty really touched Zhang Fei, so he loosened Yan Yan's bonds, and let him sit on the top seat and treat him with courtesy.
So why didn't Zhang Fei kill Yan Yan? Was it really moved? Of course not.
At that time, Liu Bei's group army was plotting to capture the entire Xichuan, and Yan Yan, as a member of the garrison in this area, was naturally very familiar with Xichuan, so taking him down would be of great benefit to taking down the entire Xichuan.
If Guan Yu is allowed to come over, maybe Yan Yan will really be killed.
In addition to these two things, there is a story.
Presumably everyone knows Ma Chao, the martial arts master of the Three Kingdoms generation, who is usually arrogant because of his background. Even if he later surrendered to Liu Bei, Ma Chao dared to call Liu Bei by his name.
Because of this incident, Guan Yu was so angry that he wanted to split Ma Chao with a knife.
Seeing this, Zhang Fei persuaded: "Second brother, it's not like this, we just need to show him, and he will understand." ”
So the next time he saw Liu Bei, Ma Chao saw Guan Zhang and the others standing obediently behind Liu Bei with knives, and immediately didn't dare to call Liu Bei by name.
Although everyone says that Zhang Fei has a short temperament, most of the time he is much calmer and smarter than Guan Yu!
If Zhang Fei is also going to shout and split Ma Chao, then the final designation will make Ma Chao very unhappy. If this were the case, there might not be any Five Tiger Generals.
The arrogant, impulsive, and low-quality Guan Yu
After talking about the positive example Zhang Fei, let's talk about the negative textbook Guan Yu.
We have to admit that Guan Yu is indeed very talented in fighting, but in terms of dealing with people, he is indeed much worse than Zhang Fei.
When Guan Yu was in Cao Cao's military camp, many generals were very dissatisfied with his departure, because Guan Yu was too high-profile.
At that time, Boss Cao was also very caring, and before Guan Yu left, he wanted to give the other party a brocade robe.
Guan Yu was also unceremoniously, he sat on the horse, and then picked the brocade robe into his hand with the knife in his hand, it was this scene that made Cao Cao's subordinates very dissatisfied.
No matter how you say it, Cao Cao is also the boss of Cao Wei, no matter how respectful people are, you Guan Yu shouldn't be so high-profile!
In addition, Guan Yu was also humiliating at that time!
In the Shu army camp, one of the generals that Guan Yu has always looked down on is Huang Zhong, which is very obvious in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
At that time, Guan Yu said: "How can such an old puppet become a Five Tiger General with us?" ”
One is Guan Yu's contempt for Huang Zhong, and the other is that he doubts Liu Bei's vision, which is equivalent to offending two people at the same time.
Zhang Feiyi explained Yan Yan, Guan Yu was ashamed to be in company with people like Huang Zhong, such a comparison is too obvious.
In addition, Guan Yu often insulted others at will at that time.
We all know that Guan Yu hates those villains in Eastern Wu very much, if you say that he humiliates those civil ministers and military generals, even the son of Sun Quan, the lord of Wu, he dares to scold.
At that time, in order to make friends with Shu Han, Sun Quan thought about letting his son marry Guan Yu's daughter, which is the so-called political marriage.
No matter what Sun Quan's purpose is, anyway, the marriage is not a bad thing for the two families, which can be seen from Guan Yu's deeds later.
Faced with Sun Quan's proposed marriage, Guan Yu did not shy away from saying: "How can your dog be worthy of my tiger girl?" I don't look in the mirror to see myself. ”
No matter what Sun Quan said, he was also the lord of Jiangdong, and he must be very concerned about face, so he was naturally very angry when Guan Yu said this.
Later, in the process of the battle between Guan Yu and Cao Jun, Sun Quan sent Lu Meng to stab Guan Yu directly from behind, and finally Guan Yu passed away.
So later, everyone speculated that if Guan Yu agreed to marry and did not insult others, maybe Sun Quan would not plot against him.
Presumably, someone will say at this time: "Aren't Zhang Fei and Guan Yu in the same situation?" Because he beat and scolded his subordinates, he was killed. ”
It is true that Zhang Fei was a respectful gentleman at that time, and he was indeed not very friendly to his subordinates, but at least he did not do too much of it, such as killing his own subordinates.
Energetic and high-spirited
On the other hand, Guan Yu killed an opponent, but his family was wiped out.
Guan Yu had been fighting Cao Wei before he died, because he wanted to realize the great dream of his eldest brother Liu Bei through the Northern Expedition, so Guan Yu personally led the army to the battle.
Because he fought very well, Cao Cao, who was extremely scared, hurriedly sent Yu Ban and Pang De over to support.
Yu Ban and they came too coincidentally, just in time for the heavy rainstorm, and the Han water skyrocketed, so Guan Yu successfully defeated the reinforcements brought by Yu Ban with the help of Han Shui, and Yu Ban and Pang De were directly captured.
Yu Ban and Guan Yu are old acquaintances, so Guan Yu didn't kill him.
For Pang De, although Guan Yu has no friendship with the other party, he knows that this is a rare general, so Guan Yu intends to let Pang De be his subordinate.
This Pang De is also a very loyal general, he resolutely does not betray Boss Cao, so Guan Yu killed him.
In fact, in many ways, Guan Yu should not have killed Pang De.
Presumably, some people will say, "Isn't it normal for each of them to be the enemy of his own master?" ”
If Pound belongs to a foreign nomad, or if he is a foreign general, then kill it, it's not a big problem.
But Guan Yu and Pang De are both sons and daughters of China, and they are both Han Chinese, so they really shouldn't kill each other.
Moreover, Guan Yu and Pang De are not enemies, so Guan Yu's reason for killing Pang De is too far-fetched.
Guan Yu can treat Pang De like he treats Yu Ban, that is, imprisons him. Neither killing nor letting go, perhaps this is the best way to deal with it.
So Guan Yu killed Pang De just because the other party was an enemy? Naturally not, there is also Guan Yu's arrogance mixed in this.
Guan Yu has not been arrogant for a day or two, in his opinion, after a victory, killing one of the other party's generals to help him show how powerful he is.
It was another big defeat of the enemy army, and it was another killing of their main general, which had a lot of face, and it was a bit of a "killing chickens and setting an example".
At the beginning, Zhang Fei met a niece of Xiahou Yuan, and saw that she was a woman from a good family, Zhang Fei didn't care what Cao Cao's side was, and married her directly.
Even when Sima Yi came to power, the Xiahou family still had a high status in Cao Wei.
In a way, Zhang Fei married Cao Wei. Of course, this relationship is not very obvious.
However, after the demise of Shu Han, Zhang Fei's descendants can rely on this relationship to protect themselves, on the other hand, Guan Yu's descendants have no protection, only wailing and screaming in the sky.
In the official history, Zhang Fei has never killed a general. If he faced such a thing as Pound, then Pound would probably not die in the end.
In the eyes of many of us, Zhang Fei is too rude, but in fact, we have wronged him, he is very shrewd.
Someone once commented on Zhang Fei: "In later generations, Mu Fei will be a madman, but in fact, he will be wronged." ”
"Whether it is to interpret Yan Yan or warn Ma Chao, it all reflects Zhang Fei's carefulness."
Guan Yu beheaded Pang De in anger, and in the end, his family was killed by Pang De's descendants, maybe this is karma!