This article is based on Luo Guanzhong's novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (Part 2) Of the twenty-second (part II) of Guan Zhang's capture of Liu Erjian, and has nothing to do with zhengshi.
After Yuan Cao started the war, Cao Cao attached great importance to it, and he ordered Liu Dai and Wang Zhong to lead 50,000 troops under his banner to scare Liu Bei, and he personally led an army of 200,000 to Liyang to resist Yuan Shao. Before leaving, Cao Cao instructed the two men: "Don't go lightly, just bluff." The two men took the order and left.
Liu Dai, in Liu Bei's mouth, said that "in the past, when he was the assassin of Yanzhou, when the tiger prison was imprisoned and cut dong Zhuo, he was also a prince of a town", in fact, Liu Dai of Yanzhou stabbed Liu Dai had died for many years, and this Liu Dai was not Liu Dai, and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was confused. Liu Dai here is the scum of the war, and he has never appeared again after this episode. Wang Zhong, the same battle scum, the same episode.
Cao Cao let them bluff OK, let them really sword and real gun to fight with Guan Yu Zhang Fei is really a bit difficult. The two men also divided up peacefully, leading 50,000 people and horses to leave Xuzhou for a hundred miles, only to play the banner of "Cao Cheng Xiang", and did not dare to take a step forward, always inquiring about the news of Hebei, Liu Bei was also frightened enough to choke, did not dare to easily go out of the city.
After Yuan Shao and Cao Cao led the large armies to Liyang, they did not fight for several months. Cao Cao simply returned to XuDu from the front and ordered Liu Dai to march. Liu Dai can only do an example, how dare he really march? He consulted with Wang Zhong: "The prime minister urged the siege of the city, you can go first." Wang Zhong said, "The prime minister asked you to go first." Liu Dai said, "I am the main general, how to go first?" You go first! Wang Zhong struggled a little longer: "Let's go together!" ”
Liu Dai was annoyed and wanted to cast lots with Wang Zhong. Unsurprisingly, Wang Zhong caught "First". Wang Zhong could not do so, so he had to divide half of his men and horses to attack the city. Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu to lead three thousand men and horses to meet the battle, and easily and happily captured Wang Zhong alive, and the rest of the men and horses scattered.
Zhang Fei saw that Guan Yusheng had captured Wang Zhong, and asked for orders to capture Liu Dai, and Liu Bei agreed, and also gave him three thousand men and horses to fight Liu Dai. However, Liu Dai's monkey spirit, he knew that he was not an opponent, and dared to fight easily? When Zhang Fei saw that Liu Dai was dead or alive and did not come to war, he sold a flaw, sent an order to rob the village in the middle of the night, and deliberately drank and drunk, beat the general and the sergeant, and the sergeant fled to Liu Dai's tent to inform, which made Liu Dai feel excited. This simplified version of the "Bitter Meat Meter" also. Liu Dai believed that it was true, and wanted to take advantage of Zhang Fei's robbery to encircle him.
Zhang Fei could really imagine that he had made thirty people rush into Liu Dai's great village, and at this time, Liu Dai's great village was empty, and thirty people were immediately surrounded by Liu Dai's ambush troops, and Liu Dai's ambush troops were surrounded by Zhang Fei's ambush troops. This style of play seems to have no flaws, but if you think about it, the number of people is not right, how can three thousand people surround fifty thousand people? Guan Yu only captured Wang Zhong, and Wang Zhong's men and horses would inevitably return to Liu Dai after they dispersed, and even if they did not return to Liu Dai, it would be mysterious enough for three thousand people to surround twenty-five thousand people.
Don't care about these details, anyway, Liu Dai was also captured by Zhang Fei in Xuzhou. Liu Bei did not kill Liu Dai Wang Zhong, but instead let the two go, Zhang Fei was puzzled, it was hard to use a brain, why let them go? Liu Bei explained: This is just a strategy to slow down the army. The previous killing of Che Ji was already a mistake, which angered Cao Cao; this time the two people were left alive, which shows that we have no objection. The reason for killing Che Ji was because Che Ji wanted to kill me, and I had to defend myself legitimately, and letting Liu Wang Er go would paralyze Cao Cao and make him relax his vigilance.
Guan Yu Zhang Fei said, "Is Cao Cao so easily deceived?" He will definitely lead the troops back! Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu to guard Xia Pi, and he and Zhang Fei guarded Xiao Pei to defend Cao Cao in a defensive position.
Liu Dai and Wang Zhong returned to Xu Capital, saying that Liu Bei had not rebelled, and Cao Cao, seeing that the two had not succeeded enough and had more than enough to lose, decided to personally recruit Liu Bei. Whether Liu Bei can withstand Cao Cao's attack depends on the next decomposition.