The phrase "there is no general in Shu, Liao hua is a pioneer" has been heard by many people, with a strong irony. The irony is the Shu state during the Three Kingdoms period, and it is also a satire on this great general named Liao Hua.
What is the real situation of Liao Hua this person, and is it really as ironically stated?
When it comes to this name, everyone has more or less heard some news about him. Liao Hua was born into a family and was in such a privileged environment that he was nurtured by his family from an early age with talents in literature and martial arts.
Therefore, he had a profound attainment in both literature and martial arts, which could be described as an all-round talent, and then after Liu Bei announced the uprising, he decided to join it after various considerations and considerations.
He initially held the position of chief bookkeeper in the ranks, which was extremely important at the time, even if it was considered by many people to be just a civilian position, and there was no great power in his hands.
But their main responsibility is to help the leader deal with the relevant matters of the team, so in general, the person who holds this position can be called the leader's confidant, and the official position he can obtain shows how outstanding his own talent is.
However, in 219 he suffered a change, and his superior Guan Yu was killed by Eastern Wu after carelessly losing Jingzhou. As a result, most of his horses were also captured by Eastern Wu, and he was also captured by Eastern Wu.
Even in such a difficult situation, it did not affect his loyalty to the Shu kingdom in the slightest, and after various arrangements and preparations, he first pretended to be seriously ill and died unfortunately, and after this news deceived everyone, he secretly took his mother away and returned to the Shu kingdom together.
After learning this news, Liu Bei was deeply moved, so he successively promoted his official positions, and he also successively held the positions of Taishou and Beidu.
Although he was more diligent in changing his official positions, no matter which post he was in, he was able to complete the tasks assigned by his superiors, and it was precisely because of this that he was valued and recognized by Liu Bei.
Even after Liu Bei's death, he was promoted successively by virtue of his outstanding talents, and in private, he often made corresponding arrangements and preparations according to the situation of the dynasty.
As a result, the strength of the Shu state was also significantly improved, and in 238 AD he also led his generals to repel Cao Wei's attack, and it was at this time that people had a deeper understanding of him.
In 261 AD, he had reached the age of more than 70 years, but even in this situation, he still chose to hold certain positions in the dynasty, helping the ruler to deal with the affairs of the dynasty.
Two years later, in the face of another attack by Cao Wei, the 70-year-old veteran general once again led his troops to meet the battle, but he did not expect that it was precisely because of this that there was this sentence "Liao Hua, the general of Shu, became the vanguard".
He became the representative of the incompetence of later generations, and most people thought that if he was really capable, he would not run and fight again at the age of 70.
In fact, what these people saw was only the surface, under such circumstances, no one was willing to run again, but he could be said to be very loyal to the Shu kingdom, and he had been working and struggling for it all his life.
In the later period of the Shu Kingdom, with the decline of the early generals, there were fewer and fewer talents, and the decline of the Shu State's national strength was a fact, but the old general who was more than 70 years old chose to go out again, not his incompetence but his loyalty.