There are hundreds of characters in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but my favorite is the following:
1. Brilliant Cao Mengde
The reason why I rank Cao Cao in the first place is because of his great talent. Cao Cao was a man with great ambitions, and his greatest wish was to unify China, but unfortunately this wish could not be realized until his death. However, he coerced the Son of Heaven to give the princes the upper hand, and coupled with the fact that his advisers were like clouds and soldiers, he eventually unified the north and became the most powerful of the three kingdoms. If he had no light enemies in Chibi, if he had not been burned, history would have been a different end. Unfortunately, history cannot be assumed, just as Liu Bei was burned by Lu Xun for seven hundred miles. It can be said that the results of these two fire attacks in Eastern Wu were too brilliant.
Cao Cao was well versed in the art of war and conquered the four directions, within the Weibu Sea. At Guandu, he won more with less and defeated Yuan Shao, thus removing a strong enemy for himself. Of course, he also suffered many defeats, the Battle of Tongguan, was chased by Ma Chao to cut off his robe, but fortunately his subordinates died and survived, so that he could escape. Although he was a scheming man, he also fell into Zhou Yu's counter-plan and mistakenly killed Cai Mao Zhang Yun. Another of his fatal weaknesses was suspiciousness, and because of this, he was informed by Zhuge Liang that if it were not for Guan Yu's old feelings, he would have become Liu Bei's prisoner. It was because of his suspiciousness that he refused to accept the surgical treatment of the divine doctor Hua Tuo, and eventually died of a headache, unfortunately, the divine doctor was also killed by him, which caused great losses to the medical skills of our country.
In addition to his outstanding military talents, Cao Cao was also quite accomplished in literature, which is one of the reasons why I like him.
2. Zhuge Liang
Speaking of Zhuge Liang, it can be said that everyone knows everyone. In China, he is a symbol of wisdom. Of course, we all know that in fact he is not so powerful, but the author of the novel mythologized him. On the wisdom of the plot is indeed unmatched, he just came out of the mountain to burn Xinye, and then dedicated a plan to unite Wu to resist Cao Cao, using the East Wind to help Zhou Yu burn Chibi and defeat Cao Cao. Later, the six Qishan Mountains, the seven captures of Meng, and the nine central plains can be described as full of talent. But he also made mistakes, such as misusing horses and losing the kiosk. In general, Zhuge Liang is still not simple, but after encountering Sima Yi, a difficult opponent, he is also unable to do so, and finally the stars fall to wuzhangyuan and fail to complete his long-cherished wish.
Admire Zhuge Liang's dedication after bowing down and dying.
3. Think deeply about Sima Yi
Sima Yi was a remarkable figure, remembering that he was still a horseman when he first appeared, but in the end he became the Optimus Prime of Cao Wei and the pioneer of the Jin Dynasty. Sima Yi was an outstanding strategist whose talents were comparable to Zhuge Liang's. Zhuge Liang met him as a chess opponent. Zhuge Liang had attacked the Central Plains several times before, and the offensive was fierce, but as soon as Sima Yi came out of the horse, he was defused one by one. Losing the street kiosk, the Shu kingdom turned into a defensive position.
Sima Yi started with Cao Cao, and he made many important military suggestions, such as after Cao Cao captured Hanzhong, he suggested that Cao Cao attack Liu Bei, who was unstable, but Cao Cao did not adopt it at that time, but later regretted it. Liu Bei established himself as the queen of Hanzhong, Sima Yi, suggested that Cao Cao contact Sun Quan to send troops to attack Jingzhou, while the State of Wei sent troops to take Han and Sichuan, so that Liu Bei could not take care of each other. Because of sima Yi's suggestion, there were subsequent events such as Lü Meng's sneak attack on Jingzhou, Guan Yu's defeat of Maicheng, and the Battle of Wushu Yiling. This shows his foresight and outstanding military talent. Zhuge Liang encountered such a strong opponent, and he was helpless.
Sima Yi was also a scheming political master, and although he was ostracized by Cao Shuang, he was able to pretend to be seriously ill and cross the sea in disguise, thus successfully seizing power in one fell swoop, making the State of Wei change its surname to Sima Shi, laying a solid foundation for the establishment of the Jin Dynasty.
4． Zhi Yong Double Full Zhao Zilong
Among the military generals, I like Zhao Yun the most, he is both wise and courageous, and he is a general who always wins. Changsaka Po, who killed seven in and seven out, entered no man's land in Cao Cao's million army, protecting Ah Dou and Lady Gan from danger safely, which can be described as loyal and righteous. During Liu Bei's western expedition, Zhao Yun intercepted the river and recaptured the later lord Liu Chan. Later, he followed Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei and others up the river, attacked Jiangyang and Zizhong, and completed the siege of the southwest of Chengdu. During the Battle of Hanzhong, Zhao Yun set up an ambush with a weak army and caused the Cao army to retreat. In the sixth year of Jianxing, Zhao Yun accompanied Zhuge Liang on the Northern Expedition and successfully attracted Cao Allah forces at the Battle of Xiegu, allowing Zhuge Liang to successfully capture the three counties of Liangzhou. Later, Zhao Yun lost to Cao Zhen due to insufficient troops, but because he and Deng Zhi led the troops to stick to it, it did not cause a major defeat of the Shu army, and after the war, Zhao Yun asked for self-depreciation. Jianxing was seven years old, died, and was posthumously honored as the Marquis of Shunping.
Zhao Yun was loyal and outspoken, and once urged Liu Bei to return the land he intended to reward the meritorious people with. Before Liu Bei attacked Wu, he also entered the advice and advised Liu Bei to put national enmity as the most important and personal vendetta as the lighter. In his epithet to him, it is emphasized that he has the spirit of a sage, can sympathize with the people, and loves the people. Its high wind and bright festival is still praised today.
Zhao Yun has been fighting on the battlefield for decades and has almost never lost a battle. Only later, when he was older and more than seventy years old, did he draw with Jiang Wei. It can be said that Zhao Yun is one of the few warriors in the Three Kingdoms who has a good beginning and a good end.
Later generations wrote poems praising Zhao Yundao:
Changshan has a tiger general, and Zhi Yong pi Guan Zhang.
Han Shui Meritorious Service is in, when the Yang surname is Zhang.
Twice to help the young lord, one thought to answer the former emperor.
Qing Shi Shu is loyal and should flow to the hundred worlds.
In addition to the above, there are Guan Yu of the Righteous Thin Cloud Sky, Huang Zhong, who is old and strong, Zhang Fei, who is thick and thin, and Zhou Yu is also one, he is a gentleman, intelligent, and the only drawback is that the qi volume is small, and the result is that Zhuge Liang is killed.
These few people are also worthy of a big book, how can they not be familiar with the Three Kingdoms, so they dare not doodle again, you still appreciate their brilliance from the original book.
