In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, two of the Five Tiger Generals in the Shu army were defeated by Pan Zhang, so much so that they lost their lives. However, when Luo Guanzhong wrote, he was obviously inclined to Liu Bei's clique, so he also portrayed Pan Zhang's death as "evil and evil retribution" and arranged for Guan Xing to kill Pan Zhang.
Compared with Cao Wei's Five Sons Liang General and the Western Shu Camp's Five Tiger Generals, pan Zhang's name seems to be bleak and easy to ignore. However, this Eastern Wu general was a key figure in capturing Guan Yu and plotting against Huang Zhong, and it can be said that Guan Yu and Huang Zhong, among the five tiger generals of the Shu Army, both died because of Pan Zhang.
Pan Zhang
In the Xiangfan War, Guan Yu mobilized almost all his forces to engage the Cao army. However, due to the disparity in strength between the two sides, coupled with Sun Quan's sneak attack behind his back, although Guan Yu initially achieved brilliant results, he was eventually defeated and captured by Eastern Wu at Maicheng.
Among the generals who pursued Guan Yu, Pan Zhang and his general Ma Zhong played a major role. At that time, Guan Yu, Guan Ping, and Zhao Lei led the remnants of the army to retreat from Maicheng, while Pan Zhang and others set up an ambush north of the city.
Guan yu
At first, Pan Zhang tried to engage Guan Yu, but after only three rounds, he knew that he was invincible, and he was frightened and fled. However, Guan Yu did not dare to fall in love with the battle and continued to lead the troops forward. However, Pan Zhang had already made preparations, and he ordered his subordinates Ma Zhong to lead an ambush on the side of the road, tripped Guan Yu's mount with a long hook noose, and then captured Guan Yu. After Guan Yu was captured, he vowed to die and was brutally killed.
Liu Bei learned that Jingzhou had been lost and Guan Yu had been killed, so he raised an army to attack Sun Quan and launched the Battle of Yiling. However, in this battle, Huang Zhong, one of the five tiger generals, was also calculated by Pan Zhang and others, and was seriously wounded and killed shortly after being hit by the arrow.
At that time, Huang Zhong was not willing to be "hidden" by Liu Bei in the Chinese army, and competed to lead the army to engage Pan Zhang. Although Huang Zhong was old, he had a lot of combat experience, and Pan Zhang, knowing that he was invincible, used treacherous tactics. He was defeated in battle with Huang Zhong, leading Huang Zhong in pursuit and letting Ma Zhong secretly release cold arrows at a dangerous point. In the end, Huang Zhong of Hero I also died under the conspiracy of Pan Zhang and Ma Zhong.
Huang Zhong
However, although Pan Zhang and others designed to capture Guan Yu and shoot Huang Zhong, they were eventually killed by Guan Xing. When Luo Guanzhong wrote this plot, his admiration for Guan Gong was very obvious:
At that time, Guan Xing and Pan Zhang met and saw that he was holding Guan Yu's Green Dragon Crescent Knife in his hand, so he desperately fought with it, vowing to avenge his father. As a result, Pan Zhang did not reach Guan Xing, and fled to the mountain village in a puff of smoke and hid. Guan Xing searched all the way, and finally found Pan Zhang at the farmer's house and bladed him.
In the plot of Guan Xing killing Pan Zhang, the author arranged for Guan Gong to show victory, so that pan Zhang, who had been in the battlefield for a long time, was frightened and had no ability to fight back, so he was easily killed, which was a bad breath for himself and Huang Zhong.
Guan Xing
In fact, if only by martial arts, Pan Zhang and Guan Yu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms are far behind, and they only fought for three rounds before fleeing. Similarly, when fighting with Huang Zhong, Pan Zhang had no chance of winning, so he used a trick to conspire against the veteran general. From one point of view, it is not that Guan Yu and Huang Zhong cannot kill Pan Zhang, but that Pan Zhang is too treacherous.
As for Guan Xing's hand blade enemy, on the one hand, he was eager for revenge, so he was able to fight to the death with all his strength, and on the other hand, it was Luo Guanzhong's interpretation, using this plot to elevate Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, and Shu Han. Therefore, the author deliberately let Pan Zhang, who captured Guan Yu and killed Huang Zhong, be easily killed by Guan Xing in the home of a farmer in the deep mountains.
/Text: Shi Hai Rotten Keren // Original works, strictly prohibit plagiarism //