1. The Great Liquidation
In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an (220), Guan Yu, the general of Liu Bei's wei zhen Huaxia, was defeated and killed, and this defeat came too quickly and too suddenly, and the unprepared Liu Bei clique not only lost about 30% of its control area, but also lost the strategic point of Jingzhou.
When the news of the defeat came, Liu Bei's group was in a state of grief, and after that, it began to carry out strong "reflection", thinking about the first liquidation result after thinking - killing the "dry son" Liu Feng.
"Guan Yu was killed, but Liu Feng was killed", to be honest, this bend is a bit big, and the result of the treatment is also a bit inexplicable.
Regarding the description of this paragraph, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is probably written like this: Because Liu Feng saw that he was dead and could not be saved, this led to Guan Yu's defeat and killing, coupled with Liu Feng's haste to fight afterwards, but he was not victorious, Liu Bei, in anger, "killed his relatives in righteousness" and beheaded Liu Feng. Later, after hearing that Liu Feng had beheaded Meng Da to persuade the emissaries to surrender, Liu Bei squeezed out a few tears of remorse.
Although in the "Yanyi", it is very inked to describe Liu Feng Mengda's death and not to save, resulting in the defeat of Guan Yu's father and son, trying to make people feel that Liu Feng's death is not unjust. But whether it is reading this paragraph when I was a teenager or thinking back on this paragraph now, the author feels that Liu Feng died very unjustly.
Second, Liu Feng's quality
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, although Liu Feng is not as brilliant as the Five Tiger Generals, he is definitely a well-known general in Liu Bei's clique, which can be seen in Cao Yuxiong's war of words:
At the time of the Battle of Hanzhong, Cao Cao scolded Liu Bei like this: "Selling shoes and children, often making false sons take advantage of the enemy", this kind of shrew scolding street rank is rare in Cao Mengde's life, on the one hand, he is beating Liu Bei's face - "small sample, not even a decent real son"; on the other hand, it is also an affirmation of Liu Feng's combat strength: if Liu Feng is just a dispensable grass-headed general, Cao Yuxiong estimates that he will not even bother to scold such words.
Of course, we all know the outcome of the Battle of Hanzhong - Liu Xuande fought a turnaround battle and has since stood firm in the southwest treasure land, and Liu Feng also contributed a lot in this battle.
3. Liu Feng during the Xiangfan War
Let's talk about the cause of Liu Feng's death - the Battle of Xiangfan.
In "Yanyi", at the last moment of Guan Yu, he asked Liu Feng and Meng Da to send troops to rescue, but Liu and Meng refused to send troops for the reason of unstable foundations, and they could not be saved when they saw death.
Is the reason in this "Interpretation" reliable? A quick look at the map reveals that this is – impossible!
Liu Feng's location at this time was in the Shangyong and Xincheng areas, this area was on the west side of Xiangyang and Fancheng, while Guan Yu's location in Jingzhou was south of Xiangyang, and the last trapped Maicheng was also south of Xiangyang.
The fact is that before Guan Yu launched the Xiangfan War, he sent someone to ask Liu Feng and Meng Da to launch an attack from the western front and coordinate the battle, but Liu Feng refused, on the grounds that the three counties of Shangyong, Xincheng, and Fangling had just been conquered, the people's hearts were unstable, and the army did not dare to move! In this regard, Liu Bei Group knew in advance. In fact, later these three counties betrayed and stabbed Liu Feng fiercely, proving that this area is indeed unstable, from the perspective of political stability - Liu Feng is not wrong at all!
Therefore, the murder of Liu Feng in "Yanyi" is just an excuse that seems reasonable, but in fact it is not established at all.
Throughout the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Feng was probably the only one who was beheaded for this crime.
4. The cause of Liu Feng's death
As for the real cause of Death of Liu Feng, we can see a clear answer from the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms":
Zhuge Liang: "Fearing that the seal is fierce, it will be difficult to control the emperor after the Yi Dynasty." Meaning: This Liu Feng is fierce and fierce, it is not easy to control, after you Liu Bei has a hundred years, the group cannot restrain him.
Wolong is right: from the beginning of Liu Bei's defection to Liu Biao, Liu Feng has begun to follow Liu Bei and has been adopted as a righteous son, successively participating in the battles of Xinye, Chibi, and Hanzhong. However, Liu Feng's death was also because of his "outstanding military achievements and bravery."
In other words, if he is a scumbag, he is safe. But a nest of waste, Liu Xiaoxiong will definitely not accept as a righteous son - Liu Bei was already forty years old at that time, even today this is definitely an overage age and no descendant, so Liu Feng's dry son was cultivated as a "pro son + successor" at that time. Moreover, Liu Feng is very young, the first general of the second generation of Shu Han, if Liu Xuande has no son in his life, Liu Feng's succession is naturally a good choice.
However, liu Xiaoxiong was in his forties and gave birth to his own son "Ah Dou", which is very embarrassing. As a result, the dry son who has been cultivated for many years has only one fate - to be marginalized from then on. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other heavyweights have consciously taken sides, "Grandma is not close, uncle does not love" can be said to be Liu Feng's feeling.
Note: In "Yanyi", Liu Bei is the first Ah Dou, and then recognizes Liu Feng as the son of Gan - and this is art.
The more fierce and courageous such a dry son is, the greater the problems in the future. And this is evidence-based: Zhu Wen's dry son Zhu Youqian and his own son Zhu Youzhen seized power, Li Keyong's dry son Li Siyuan dug the corner of his own son Li Cunxun, and Li Siyuan's dry son Li Congke dug Li Conghou's corner.
V. Liu Feng's sorrow
Let's go back to Liu Feng, there are historical sources saying that although he has made outstanding military achievements, he is not very good at uniting comrades, and he can't urinate in a pot with Meng Da, Shen Tan, Shen Yi and others, and he is not polite enough to Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang and others, which led to his own liquidation.
Let's not talk about Liu Feng's character - in fact, this thing cannot be verified, but Liu Feng's betrayal is a fact, and in the case of Meng Da's persuasion and the loss of the three counties of Shangyong, Liu Feng's choice is not to surrender to Cao Wei, or to return to Chengdu.
In fact, regarding the ending of Liu Feng's return to Chengdu, Meng Da's letter of persuasion is very clear and accurate: You are a dry son, which onion is counted? It is better to surrender than to surrender, and maybe one day there will be a chance to turn over.
However, Liu Feng, who had made outstanding achievements in battle, and his pride determined that he would not be a capitulationist, let alone a speculator. Surrendering to Cao Wei, who had opposed him all his life, whether it was "loyalty" or "filial piety", was not among Liu Feng's options. And this is both Liu Feng's pride and Liu Feng's sorrow.
Liu Feng may not have believed that Liu Ganpa, who had "crossed the river with the people" with unparalleled benevolence, would use a knife at him. When this son who combines "loyalty, filial piety, and courage" is finally forced to cut himself, leaving behind an infinitely sad sentence of "regret not using Mencius's words", he may not understand the real cause of his death until death.
In short, a strong dry son, in the era of home and the world, it is a kind of sadness that "cannot be close and is not willing to give up".
Reference: Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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