Liu Bei's crushing defeat at Yiling was mainly due to the lack of a single general before the car: Huang Zhong had already died of illness (he did not catch up with Liu Bei as emperor), Ma Chao was on the verge of death (Liu Bei received his posthumous watch), Zhao Yun opposed wu, and Wei Yanzhen was guarding Hanzhong, so Liu Bei himself, the commander-in-chief, also had to do the work of a former general and general and chief of staff, and after losing the first battle, he was out of control.
If Zhang Fei was still there, he could attack Liu Bei separately and beat Lu Xun to the point that he could not take care of each other. However, it is very regrettable that Zhang Fei was assassinated by two low-ranking generals, Fan Qiang (fan Jiang in the interpretation), Zhang Da, who not only took away Zhang Fei's first rank, but also Zhang Fei's sword.
Some people say that Fan Qiang Zhang Dazhi did not forget to steal Zhang Fei's sword when he fled for his life in a hurry, because the knife hid a big secret, and once this secret was made public, it could subvert the "benevolent jun" personality established by Liu Bei, and at the same time, it could also hit the morale of Liu Bei's army.
First of all, to emphasize a point, saying that there is a big secret hidden in that knife, the author is skeptical - Zhang Feibao's knife is not called "Slaying Dragon", and it is impossible to hide the "Nine Yin True Scriptures" inside.
However, the author's suspicions are not necessarily completely accurate, after all, before and after Guan Yu's sacrifice and Zhang Fei's assassination, too many inexplicable things happened, saying that Zhang Fei's sword hid secrets, and it seems that it is also a decaying strain that is inevitable, and it is easy to come from the air.
Fan Qiang Zhang Da's inducement to assassinate Zhang Fei was because he was beaten by Zhang Fei, or because he could not create a white flag and white armor, which the Romance of the Three Kingdoms did not give a clear answer, but Fan Qiang stole Zhang Fei's sword, but it can be seen in Tao Hongjing's "Record of Ancient and Modern Swords": "Zhang Fei, who first worshiped the Marquis of Xinting, appointed a smith to refine the Chizhu Mountain iron into a knife, and was later killed by Fan Qiang, and put this sword into Wu. ”
Tao Hongjing was the "Prime Minister of the Mountains" during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and also the founder of the Maoshan School, and the "Records of Ancient and Modern Swords" compiled by him is more true in kind, and the "Eight Swords of the Lord of Shu" described in it, one appeared in the Tang Dynasty, one has been preserved to this day, in the Tang Dynasty is the sword of Zhuge Liang, and what has been preserved to this day is the sword of Zhao Yun - when Sun Dianying was captured by our army, the Zhao Yun sword he stole from cixi's tomb was also captured.
Tao Hongjing is not a person who is idle and has nothing to do to make up stories, and his "Records of Ancient and Modern Swords" also strives to be true and accurate: "The reason for the sword has been out for a long time. The former queen and empress dowager, Mo did not cast it, but the person who wrote down the small things did not record in detail, so that the jingqi was quite strange, and the emptiness was annihilated, and he had a thought, so he remembered the clouds. ”
According to experts, the "Records of Ancient and Modern Swords" has been tampered with by later generations, and some of the texts are not written by Tao Hongjing, but we can still find some secrets from it, especially the sword that was stolen by Fan Qiang Zhang Da, and there is a big secret hidden in the inscription: If what Tao Hongjing said is not false, then there has long been a gap between Zhang Fei and Liu Bei, and the heavy responsibility of Zhen Shou Hanzhong is not handed over to Zhang Fei but to Wei Yan, that is, Liu Bei is expressing dissatisfaction with Zhang Fei.
At that time, Liu Bei took Hanzhong and proclaimed himself the King of Hanzhong, "The first lord was the king of Hanzhong, moved to rule Chengdu, and deserved to be the general of The town of Hanchuan, the public thought that it would be in Zhang Fei, and Fei also promised himself with his heart." The ancestor was Bayan as the general of Zhenyuan in Hanzhong, and led Hanzhong Taishou to shock the army. ”
When Liu Bei proclaimed himself the King of Hanzhong and was a great meritorious warrior, Bai Guanyu was a former general and a false jie, and the original marquis of Hanshouting remained unchanged; Bai Zhang Fei was the right general and the false festival, and the original marquis of Xinting remained unchanged, until Liu Bei became emperor, And Zhang Fei was promoted to another level, becoming a che riding general, a lieutenant colonel, and a marquis of Xixiang. Guan Yu had already been killed in battle, the post of general was vacant, and Ma Chao became the first person in the Shu Han military: "In the first year of Zhang Wu, the general of Qianhu Horse, led Liangzhou Mu, and entered the Marquis of Fengxiang. ”
The three-rank general Lingzhou Mu was one to two levels higher than the Che Riding General Lingsi Lieutenant Colonel, and we can find a basis for this from the Book of Han and the Book of Later Han: "Han Xing, the Great General, the Horse Rider, the Rank of the Second Minister, the Che Rider, the Wei General, the Left, the Right, the Front, and the Rear, all of whom are golden and purple, and the rank of Shangqing." The lieutenant colonel is one, more than two thousand stones (two thousand stones are divided into two thousand stones, true two thousand stones, two thousand stones, and four grades than two thousand stones, the lowest than two thousand stones, and the actual age is 1,200 stones). ”
Ma Chao was of the Third Gong rank, and Zhang Fei was of the Ninth Qing Rank, which was the difference in rank, so he forged this sword and left such an inscription on the sword: "Xinting Hou, Shu General also." ”
Readers all know that before Liu Bei became emperor, he always regarded himself as a courtier of the Han family, and ma Chao's above table, which was led by Ma Chao and given to Liu Xie, the son of the Han Dynasty, also named Liu Bei "king of Hanzhong and sima in his own words." ”
Liu Bei was called emperor, and the regime he established was also based on the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, and he never called himself "Shu Guo", and when he went out on the expedition, he also used the Great Han Tianzi Luan Public Opinion, and it was absolutely impossible to write a big "Shu" character on the flag.
Liu Bei called himself "Han" and historians called him "Ji Han", but neither Cao Cao nor Sun Quan recognized it, and only they called it "Shu" in a contemptuous tone.
In Liu Bei's view, the contemptuous title of "Shu", and Zhang Fei clearly stated on the sword he forged that he was a "Shu general", was this embarrassing for Liu Bei, or was there something else to do?
In the history of the Three Kingdoms, there is no Taoyuan Sanjie righteousness, and Guan Yu's real iron brother is Guan Yu Guan Yunchang: "Zhang Feizi Yide, Zhuo County people, less and Guan Yu in advance of the lord." Yu is a few years older, and Fei Brother is doing things. Fei Xiong is majestic and powerful, inferior to Guan Yu. ”
Whether Guan Yu launched the Battle of Xiangfan was assigned by Liu Bei Zhuge Liang or whether he made his own opinions, historical data and interpretation are different, but one thing is certain: Liu Bei sent the "uncle of the state" Mi Fang to be responsible for the supply of Guan Yu's army (not supplied on time), and responsible for protecting the families of the front-line soldiers (under house arrest); Liu Bei also sent his adopted son (the adopted son changed his surname, had the right to inherit, and had a higher status than the righteous son) Liu Feng was responsible for commanding the soldiers and horses of the three counties of Shangyong to respond, but when Guan Yu was in danger of defeat, he did not send troops to rescue - Everyone knows that the strategic position of the three counties of Shangyong is far inferior to that of Jingzhou, and Liu Feng said that the three counties are unstable, which is just an excuse to see death and not save.
Even if the three counties of Shangyong fell into chaos, Liu Bei of Chengdu could also send troops to suppress it, while Jingzhou fell into the hands of Cao Cao or Sun Quan, that is, there was no return, and Guan Yu was also ten dead and lifeless.
We can't understand liu bei and Zhuge Liang's arrangements and deployments, but Zhang Fei, as a party to the case, should be in a cave and watch the fire: The Battle of Jingxiang has been fought for so long, why didn't Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang give Guan Yu a grain of grain, a handful of grass, and a soldier?
When Guan Yu was killed, Liu Bei was not anxious to take revenge, but instead beat the gong and drum to build up the title of emperor - since it was a enthronement ceremony, it must be "the celebration of the whole country", and this laughter reached Zhang Fei's ears in Langzhong, how would he feel?
After Liu Bei became emperor, he sent Zhang Fei to the Marquis of Xixiang, but this Marquis of Zhangxiang was dangling around with the "Sword of The Great General of The Marquis of Xinting" hanging from his waist, and Liu Bei was not upset when he saw it?
According to common sense, Zhang Fei had already entered the Marquis of Xixiang and the Che Rider General, and it was no longer appropriate to call himself the Marquis of Xinting, but what Fan Qiang Zhang Da stole was a "Xinting Hou Dao" that Zhang Fei carried with him.
Even more bizarre things are still to come: Ji Han Jingyao's six years, "Zhang Shao, Guanglu Doctor Tan Zhou, and Deng Liang, the lieutenant of the Horse Capital, are ordered to be sincere and pay tribute."
Zhang Shao, the attendant who bowed down to Deng Ai, who was deep in the lone army, was Zhang Fei's son who inherited the title: "The eldest son, Bao, died early." The second son, Shao Si (邵嗣), was a servant of the Official Zhi Shu (侍中尚書仆射). ”
Deng Ai sneaked into Chengdu and was not superior in terms of troop strength, but Liu Chan's civilian and military generals sang the theory of surrender, and none of them were willing to fight for the Liu family to the end, others may understand that Zhang Fei's son took the lead in surrendering, this matter is worth reading the readers' deep thinking: Did Zhang Shao discover some secrets and be separated from Liu Jiamao?
Of course, we can also say that there is no gap between Zhang Fei and Liu Bei, but it is only because Tao Hongjing lived in the era, or Wei and Jin as the orthodox, so when he compiled the "Ancient and Modern Sword Record", he took "Han" as "Shu", which caused misunderstanding for posterity, as to whether the knife hid the secret of Zhang Liu's discord, there are readers of the emperors and the benevolent people see the wisdom of the wise - anyway, the author is absolutely afraid and unwilling to believe...