In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhang Fei made a great fuss at The Danyang Bridge, one person blocked thousands of troops and horses, three loud roars scared back millions of Cao troops, and what is even more incredible is that Cao's general Xiahou Jie was frightened to fall off his horse and die. Does Zhang Fei's roar really have such power? Can it make people scatter their souls? Why did Cao Cao fail to recognize Zhang Fei's "empty city plan"?
Zhang Fei tied branches with a horse's tail on the slope of Changshan, dragged on the road covered by the woods, and raised smoke and dust to create a false situation of ten thousand horses galloping, making Cao Cao think that there was a large number of ambush troops, so that he did not dare to push forward. Zhang Fei slashed his sword and immediately, with only a loud roar, frightening Xiahou Jie to fall off his horse and die, and Cao Jun's soul flew away. So is Zhang Fei's roar really so powerful? Why didn't Cao Cao see that Zhang Fei was bluffing?
First of all, at that time, Hubei Dangyang was in the summer, belonging to the temperate monsoon climate, the summer wind was blowing southeast wind, Zhang Fei was located in the east of the bridge, Cao Jun was located in the west of the bridge, Zhang Fei was in the upper wind outlet, and the roar was strengthened by the wind, if there was divine help. This is the time that occupies the heavens.
Then from a geographical point of view, Zhang Fei occupies the east of the bridge, the position is high, the geographical advantage is obvious, the jungle behind him is dense, all obscured, while Cao Jun is in the west of the bridge, unobstructed, without any cover, Zhang Fei who is at a high place has a condescending momentum. This is a geographical advantage.
Third, Zhang Fei's personal mentality was excellent, his majesty was majestic, and although he was alone, he did not show any timidity. The forest behind Zhang Fei was blown by the wind, faintly undulating, if there was no ambush, why was the sky full of dust? Therefore, the possibility of ambushing soldiers is extremely high. This is a person created by Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei's behavior successfully confused Cao Cao, and Cao Cao would not step on the pit when he clearly suspected that there was an ambush. However, Cao Cao did not retreat because he suspected that there was an ambush, but just did not push forward any longer, and there was no xiahou jie who was frightened by Zhang Fei's roar and died.
Xiahou Jie was a descendant of Xiahou Bao, a martial arts superman, brave and good at war, and was known as the "Qilin Emperor" in the army. Zhang Fei was not angry or threatening, and drank loudly, which made many people in Cao Jun discouraged, but Xiahou Jie was not frightened by Zhang Fei, and also took the initiative to ask Cao Cao to fight with Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei and Xiahou Jie had been fighting for several hours, but the result was that there was no difference between victory and defeat. Zhang Fei looked anxious in his heart, and he couldn't hold his breath more and more, and gradually he was no longer able to defeat Xiahou Jie. Later, Zhao Yun brought soldiers to the rescue, but also escaped wounded.
By this time, Zhang Fei's ambush plan had not worked, and the reinforcements caused by the branches dragging up the dust had passed so long, and only Zhao Yun had led the troops to help. In desperation, Zhang Fei had to cut off the Dangyang Bridge to stop The Cao Army from advancing.
It can be seen from this that Xiahou Jie is not a timid rat-like person depicted in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, nor was he frightened to death by Zhang Fei's loud drinking, and Xiahou Jie's strength is also comparable to Zhang Fei's. In this battle, Xiahou Jie made great contributions and was rewarded by Cao Cao.
So why did Luo Guanzhong ugly Xiahou Jie so obscenely? From the perspective of literary performance, Zhang Fei roared back cao's million male master, which sounded too exaggerated, unrealistic, and relatively empty and powerless, so Luo Guanzhong arranged such a small story, Xiahou Jie was frightened to death, which more vividly illustrated the power of Zhang Fei's roar and set off Zhang Fei's bravery.
From the author's point of view, because Luo Guanzhong was orthodox with Liu Bei as the orthodox, and all the writings described were on Liu Bei's side, he praised Liu Bei more and forcibly scandalized Cao Cao. In this way, even if Liu Bei was defeated and fled in the Battle of Dangyang, he would not lose face. However, this description has long misled many people who love the history of the Three Kingdoms, especially young people, and mistakenly regarded the Romance of the Three Kingdoms as history.