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Today's Three Kingdoms idiom story is found in the 119th episode of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, after the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty, and the relevant characters are Sun Xiu, Ding Feng, and Huo Yi. The original text is as follows:
However, it is said that Jiang Wei, Zhong Hui, and Deng Ai are dead, and Zhang Yi and others have also died in the rebellion. The crown prince Liu Xuan and the Marquis Guan Yi of Hanshouting were both killed by Wei Bing. The military and civilians were in chaos, trampling on each other, and countless people died. Ten days later, Jia Chong arrived first and came out of The People's Republic of China. Fang Shining Jing. Wei Ou guarded Chengdu, but after the relocation, the Lord went to Luoyang. Shang Shu Ling Fan Jian, ShiZhong Zhang Shao, Guanglu Doctor Tan Zhou, Secretary Lang Haozheng and several others followed. Liao Hua and Dong Jie both fell ill and died of sorrow. When Wei Jingyuan changed the fifth year to the first year of Xianxi, in the spring and March, Wu's general Ding Feng saw that Shu was dead, so he collected troops and returned Wu. Zhongshu ChengHua played the Wu lord Sun Xiuyue: "Wu and Shu are lips and teeth, and if the lips are dead, the teeth are cold; sima Zhao, the minister, is about to cut Wu, and His Majesty is deeply defensive." ”
From his words, Hugh ordered Lu Xunzi Lu Kang to be the general of Zhendong, leading Jingzhou Mu and guarding the mouth of the river; the left general Sun Yi guarded the passes of Southern Xu; and along the river, hundreds of battalions of Tun troops, and the veteran general Ding Fengzhi was the governor to prevent Wei soldiers. Jianning taishou Huo Ge heard that Chengdu was not guarded, and Sufu Wangxi cried for three days. All the generals knew: "Since the Lord of Han is out of place, why not descend rapidly, Ge wept and said: "The road is cut off, and I do not know what the safety of my Lord is." If the Lord of Wei treats him with courtesy, he will raise the city and surrender, and it is not too late; in case of danger and humiliation of our Lord, then the Lord will humiliate his subjects and die, how can he surrender? "When the people spoke, they sent people to Luoyang and listened to the news of the Lord.
According to the plot of the novel, after the fall of the Shu Han, Jiang Weixiang used Zhong Hui to restore the country, but the matter was leaked, and both were killed. Not only that, some of the former Shu Han ministers also died in this incident. After Eastern Wu learned of the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty, it also made corresponding arrangements, with the famous general Lu Xun's son Lu Kang as the pastor of Jingzhou, and ordered the veteran general Ding Feng to guard against the invasion of Wei soldiers along the river. At the same time, Huo Yi, the former Shu Han Jianning Taishou Huo Yi, was anxiously waiting for the safety of the Hou Lord Liu Chan in Luoyang.
The idiom to be introduced in this article is the "countless" mentioned in the text, which means that there is no way to calculate the number, and there are many descriptions. The earliest source of this idiom is the Song Dynasty's Zhou Mi 's "Identification of The Collection of Decoction and Miscellaneous Identification: The Beginning and End of Xiangyang" in which "artillery and medicinal arrows killed the Northern Soldiers and those who fell into the water, countless of them." ”
In the idiom story introduced above, three plots appear, the chaos after the fall of shu han, the deployment of Eastern Wu after learning of the fall of Shu Han, and Huo Yi's actions. In general, all three plots are historical truths. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and the Later Chronicle says: "(Zhong) will go from Fu to Chengdu to cause trouble. Will be dead, Shu Zhongjun crowd money, death and mourning, a few days is an an assembly. The relevant biography of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" also mentions that after the failure of Zhong Hui and Jiang Wei's rebellion, many former Shu Han ministers died in this chaos, including Guan Yu's grandson Guan Yi, as well as Shu Han's crown prince Liu Xuan, Zuo Che riding general Zhang Yi, Suiwu general Jiang Bin, tai servant Jiang Xian, and hundreds of other people, which was also a huge disaster that occurred in Chengdu after the fall of Shu Han.
Speaking of the performance of Eastern Wu during the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty, there is a clear record in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms: "In the winter of October, Shu sued wei to see the fall... Jia Shen made the general Ding Feng supervise the various armies to Wei Shouchun, the general Liu Ping Bei Yi performed in Nan Commandery, the general Ding Feng and Sun Yiru were in the middle of the battle, all of which saved Shu. The Shu lord Liu Chan descended to Wei and asked, and then stopped. This shows that Eastern Wu also sincerely wanted to help Shu Han resist Cao Wei's invasion. However, due to the rapid progress of Cao Wei's army, the Eastern Wu army was not too late to reach the battlefield, and Shu Han had already surrendered.
As for Huo Yi mentioned in the novel, he is also a real historical figure, who served as the Taishou of Jianning at the time of the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty. When Liu Chan surrendered Kaicheng and Shu Han perished, Huo Yi still held the city and refused to surrender. It was not until he learned that Liu Chan had received favors from Sima Zhao in Luoyang that Kaesong surrendered. He was also one of the last officials of the Shu Han Dynasty to surrender to Cao Wei.
Speaking of the officials who finally surrendered to Cao Wei in Shu Han, there was one more person besides Huo Yi. This person's name was Luo Xian, and he was the former Shu Han Badong Taishou, who was stationed in Yong'an City at that time. According to the Xiangyang Chronicle of the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, the Chronicle of Huo Jun, after the surrender of the Shu Han Dynasty, Luo Xian still held the city and refused to surrender. At this time, Eastern Wu learned that shu Han had perished, and began to take Yong'an. The Eastern Wu general Sheng Man was ordered to lead his troops westward, under the banner of rescuing Shu Han, but in fact wanted to sneak into Yong'an. However, Sheng Man's move was recognized by Luo Xian. Luo Xian "defended the city and swore an oath to the soldiers, and vigorously exercised righteousness, and did not use his life." Wu Wenzhong and Deng were defeated, the hundred cities had no masters, and they had the ambition to combine Shu, while Badong was stubborn and could not pass the army, so that bu xie led the crowd to the west. The battle between the two sides in Yong'an City lasted for half a year. In the end, Luo Xian repelled the attack of the Eastern Wu army and ensured that Yong'an was not lost. After this, Luo Xian returned to Cao Wei. As a result, he became the last official of the Shu Han Dynasty to surrender to Cao Wei.
Reference Books: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the Three Kingdoms