In the era of cold weapons, knives and guns have no eyes, and the manager often charges ahead, so he will face many dangers. A fierce tiger like Sun Jian in Jiangdong was originally a hero for a while, but he died before the battle front, and his ambition was not rewarded. Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan were also veterans of the battlefield, and they were able to survive on the battlefield without the protection of their guards. Today we will talk about the four major "bodyguards" of the Three Kingdoms period:
Dianwei
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > Dianwei - Ancient Evil Lai</h1>
According to historical records, Dianwei was nicknamed The Evil of the Ancients, and he was tall in appearance, strong in strength, and had great ambitions. Dianwei originally belonged to Zhang Mi and once raised the Tooth Gate Flag with one hand. Later, he switched to Cao Cao, and was recruited into a trap when Cao Cao was recruiting Lü Bu, showing heroism, repelling the powerful Lü Bu army, and was worshipped as a lieutenant and a defender of Cao Cao. Dianwei never left Cao Cao's side, was loyal, and finally sacrificed his life for Cao Cao.
In the second year of Jian'an (197), Cao Cao marched south to Wancheng Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu surrendered. Cao Cao was very pleased, so he invited Zhang Xiu and his generals to join him in the banquet. When Cao Cao was drinking, Dianwei stood behind him with a large axe, and the axe blade was more than a foot long, and in front of the people Cao Cao went to, Dianwei raised his axe to force his eyes. At the end of the banquet, Zhang Xiu and his generals did not dare to look up. Later, Zhang Xiu was quite humiliated by Cao Cao's adoption of his aunt, so at the suggestion of Jia Xu, he suddenly rebelled and surprised Cao Cao's camp, and Cao Cao was caught off guard by killing, so he fled on horseback.
In order to cover Cao Cao's escape, Dianwei fought in front of the camp gate, and Zhang Xiujun could not enter. Zhang Xiujun then dispersed and entered the camp from other gates. There were still more than ten people in the military academy under Shi Dianwei, all of whom fought fiercely to the death, and all of them were ten in one. However, Zhang Xiujun came and went more and more, and Dianwei attacked left and right with a long halberd, and as soon as he struck, he broke more than ten spears of Zhang Xiujun. After Dianwei was slightly killed and wounded, Dianwei himself was also wounded by dozens, and the two sides engaged in short battles, and Zhang Xiujun wanted to come up and capture him alive.
Dianwei grabbed the two Zhang Xiujun with his arms and killed them, and the rest of the Zhang Xiujun did not dare to come closer. Dianwei rushed forward to attack Zhang Xiujun again, killing several people and aggravating his wounds, and Dianwei died of anger and scolding. Zhang Xiujun dared to move forward, cut off Dianwei's head, and passed on to each other, and the whole army came to see his body. Cao Cao retreated to Wuyin, and when he heard that Dianwei was dead, he wept bitterly for it, recruited spies to retrieve his body, and personally cried.
Xu Chu
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" > Xu Chu - Tiger Idiot</h1>
Xu Chu, more than eight feet long, waist ten circumference. In the second year of Jian'an (197), Cao Cao occupied Huai and Ru, and Xu Chu sent the people to submit to Cao Cao, and on the same day, he paid tribute to Du Wei and introduced Su Wei. Cao Cao was also very fortunate to be the son of Heavenly Choice, and after Dianwei's death, Xu Chu soon became the new personal guard, and thereafter he protected Cao Cao until Cao Cao's death.
In the fifth year of Jian'an (200), he followed Cao Cao in a confrontation with Yuan Shao at Guandu. At that time, Xu He and others wanted to murder Cao Cao, but Xu Chu was always with him and did not dare to do so. Waiting until Xu Chu left to rest, Xu He waited for Cao Cao to come with a sharp blade. At that time, Xu Chu was restless at home, so he immediately returned to Cao Cao's side. Xu He waited for xu chu to be recorded and was shocked, and Xu Chu saw that the situation was not right, and immediately killed Xu He and others. Afterwards, Cao Cao trusted Xu Chu even more, went in and out of his peers, and did not let him leave his side.
In the sixteenth year of Jian'an (211), he accompanied Cao Cao in his conquest of Han Sui and Ma Chao at Tongguan. Cao Cao reached the riverside and let the army go first, breaking off himself and Xu Chu and more than a hundred Tiger Soldiers. At this time, Ma Chao rode more than 10,000 horses to rob and kill Cao Cao, and the arrows were like rain. Xu Chu said to Cao Cao, "There are many thieves, and now that our troops have crossed the river, you should also leave." So he helped Cao Cao get on the ship, the thieves were unstoppable, and the rest of the troops were scrambling to get on the ship, and the ship was overweight and would be gone. Xu Chu beheaded the boat climber, holding a saddle in his left hand to block cao Cao's arrows, and his right hand pushing a boat across the river, and Cao Cao escaped the disaster.
Later, Cao Cao talked with Han Sui and Ma Chao alone, and did not accompany him left and right, taking only Xu Chu alone. Ma Chao was conceited and brave, and wanted to secretly attack Cao Cao, but he often heard of Xu Chu's name on weekdays, and suspected that it was this person who was in his entourage. So he asked Cao Cao, "Where is Cao Gong's Tiger Hou?" Cao Cao pointed his finger at Xu Chu, and Xu Chu looked at him angrily, and Ma Chao did not dare to move. A few days later, Cao's army defeated Ma Chao's army, and in the battle, Xu Chu personally beheaded the enemy army. Xu Chu was credited with this escort battle, because Ma Chao asked about Hu Hou, and the name of Tiger Fool has been praised by the world ever since.
Since then, Xu Chu has been guarding Cao Cao and being loyal, and when Cao Cao died in 220 AD, Xu Chu cried bitterly and vomited blood. Cao Pi was proclaimed emperor, and he was promoted to the rank of General of Wu Wei and the Governor of the Chinese Army. Xu Chu was deeply trusted by Cao Cao's family, and after Cao Cao's death, he continued to be responsible for Cao Pi's guard work. In 227 AD, Xu Chu died of illness.
Zhou Tai
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Zhou Tai, Zi Youping, Sun Ce joined Sun Ce's army with Jiang Qin of the same county when he was pacifying Jiangdong, and accompanied Sun Ce around, from Liu Xuan, Yan Baihu, Wang Lang and others, and had several military achievements. Later, Sun Quan loved him as a person and asked Sun Ce to let Zhou Tai follow him. Zhou Tai repeatedly protected Sun Quan's safety in the midst of war, and suffered dozens of injuries on his body, just like carving on his skin.
In the second year of Jian'an (197), Yuan Shu co-opted Danyang, Xuancheng, Jing, Lingyang, Shi'an, Yi, She, and other counties, Zulang, and rebelled in the local area, while Zhou Tai and Sun Quan lived in Xuancheng, there were less than a thousand people, low morale, and there were no protective fortifications, thousands of mountain thieves flocked to the mountain thieves, Sun Quan had just got on the horse, the mountain thieves had already been killed, the weapons had already been cut to the saddle, Zhou Tai rose up, fought fiercely, used his body to protect Sun Quan, struggled to kill the mountain thief, and Zhou Tai was injured twelve times.
In the twenty-second year of Jian'an (217), Cao Cao attacked Fusu again, and Zhou Tai repeatedly led his army to resist. After Cao Cao withdrew, Sun Quan worshipped Zhou Tai as the general of Pingyu and left the governor Of Shu, while Zhu Ran, Xu Sheng, and other generals all listened to Zhou Tai's dispatches, so they were not convinced, sun Quan heard about this and personally went to Shu Wu to feast on the generals. Sun Quan personally brought wine to Zhou Tai, and then asked Zhou Tai to undo his clothes, and Sun Quan pointed to a wound on Zhou Tai's body and asked Zhou Tai how this wound came about.
Zhou Taidu clearly said which battle and how this scar was injured, Sun Quan pulled Zhou Tai's arm and cried, "Youping, you fought for our brother on the battlefield like a bear and a tiger, never pity your body, dozens of injuries, the skin is like being carved, how can I not treat you as my dear flesh and blood, and appoint you as a soldier and horse?" You are a hero of Eastern Wu, and I should share the glory and humiliation with you. ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="22" > Chen Zhi - loyal and brave general</h1>
Chen Zhi seems to be a particularly mysterious figure, but now historians generally believe that Chen Zhi is the person who always guards Liu Bei's side. Compared with Cao Cao and Sun Quan, Liu Bei's life was even more turbulent and displaced, Liu Bei's life of southern conquest and northern warfare was defeated many times, only to be spared, Liu Bei was able to escape many times, which shows Chen Zhi's protection skills.
Zhuge Liang's letter to Li Yan mentioned that Chen Zhi was commanding Liu Bei's special forces, the Bai Yi (Er) soldiers. Zhuge Liang called Bai Yibing a "Western soldier", which shows the importance Zhuge Liang attaches to it. The history books also record that Chen Zhi's ranking is only lower than Zhao Yun, such a general who has almost no sense of existence, but can rank after Zhao Yun, which should be the credit for defending Liu Bei.
In the editor's view, Xu Chu should be the first bodyguard, because he protected Cao Cao for the longest time, and even Cao Pi claimed that the empress dowager had been commanding the forbidden army. Although Dianwei is brave and fierce, his time in history is too short; the third place should be Zhou Tai, who sheltered Sun Quan's body with more than a dozen wounds; and finally it should be the mysterious Chen Zhi, Chen Zhi's deeds are really difficult to excavate, so he can only rank fourth.
References: Notes on Pei Songzhi in romance of the Three Kingdoms, And Lu Simian in History of the Three Kingdoms