When discussing "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", we can often see it as a kind of enrichment or interpretation of the official history. This is because official histories, such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, are too brief in their account of history. In addition, Shu Han did not set up historians, which led to the deeds of many famous generals and courtiers being abnormal. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are like this, although everyone knows that the brothers are invincible, but how did this "invincible" get it?It is said that it was in one tough battle after another that they defeated strong opponents to earn fame.
However, in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Guan Yu and Zhang Fei appeared at the peak, and they were known as "ten thousand enemies" before they showed their strength.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" solves this problem for us, first let Guan Yu warm wine and kill Huaxiong, and do a warm-up, laying the foundation for him to behead Yan Liang later. Zhang Fei directly faced Lu Bu. Although many people know that in the official history, it was Sun Jian who killed Hua Xiong, but "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is proud of Guan Yu's bravery, which makes people talk about it.
And in the battle of Changbanpo, three major apotheosis phenomena emerged.
First, Zhao Yun was directly a god!
In the official history, Zhao Yun's greatest contribution in the Battle of Changbanpo was to protect Lady Gan and Adou, successfully evade Cao Cao's pursuit, and return safely to Liu Bei's side. However, in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is imagined in this "blank" - Zhao Zilong faced thousands of troops alone, seven in and seven out, slashing generals, and being proud of the world.
Second, Liu Bei's benevolence. This is consistent with the official history. The "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" clearly states that Liu Bei led tens of thousands of people to Jingzhou, but was refused. Zhuge Liang suggested: No need to say more, seize Jingzhou immediately, otherwise with so many people, we will not be able to escape!Liu Bei left a sentence of "I can't bear it", left Jingzhou, and continued to flee with the people. In order to better portray Liu Bei's benevolence, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" also added plots such as Liu Bei seeing the people suffering and almost committing suicide.
This was originally a well-intentioned intention, but in today's eyes, it has become a manifestation of Liu Bei's hypocrisy. There are even rumors that Liu Bei fled with the people in order to cover up and use the people as "meat shields" to slow down Cao Cao's pursuit. This is undoubtedly speechless. In the Battle of Changbanpo, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" only cared about creating myths, but did not write about Liu Bei's heavy losses, and his two daughters were captured alive by Cao Cao.
The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms records this: Pursued Liu Bei in Changsaka, obtained his two daughters and baggage, and captured the stragglers. Families, supplies, and soldiers were all lost. Liu Bei lost completely. If it weren't for the fact that he fled with the people, would the tiger and leopard riders be able to catch up?And Liu Bei himself was almost captured alive, thanks to Zhang Fei and more than 20 people to break the bridge according to the water at the critical moment, which bought Liu Bei time to escape.
Then the third, Zhang Fei's broken bridge!
Even if it is a historical miracle that Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang in the Ten Thousand Horse Army, the difficulty of Zhang Fei breaking the bridge according to the water is no less than that of Guan Yu beheading Yan Liang. Judging from the official history, Zhang Fei only had more than 20 people at that time, and Cao Cao had at least 5,000 tigers and leopards on his side, and this army could be called the elite in Cao Cao's hands. In the White Wolf Mountain, the masterpiece of the tiger and leopard riding was commanded by Cao Liao, who was known as the first elite of the Three Kingdoms. And the Battle of Nagasaka Slope is actually a masterpiece of tiger and leopard riding. The so-called 300 miles a day is the performance of the tiger and leopard riding after Liu Bei.
However, the tiger and leopard riders were already exhausted and could no longer fight, and suddenly Zhang Fei immediately crossed the spear, and actually succeeded in scaring off Cao Cao's elite. What the hell is going on here?This question is undoubtedly confusing. In order to explain this problem, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" asked Zhang Fei to arrange suspicious soldiers and fabricate the plot of Xiahou Jie being scared to death. Of course, all this is based on Cao Cao's suspicious nature. But from the analysis of the official history, Cao Cao may not have been present at that time, and it was actually Cao Chun who made the decision to withdraw the army.
In order to make Zhang Fei more powerful, almost all of Cao Cao's famous generals in the story were sent to Dangyang Bridge to show his domineering. However, in the logic of the official history, Cao Wei's nine generals faced a Zhang Fei, and they neither dared to step forward, nor did they shoot indiscriminately. In this case, they could only ask Cao Cao to solve the problem.
In the end, Zhang Fei broke the bridge according to the water, and a roar scared Cao Cao away, which became a historical miracle.
Some people may ask, what happened to Liu Bei's two daughters who were captured alive?It's a pity that in the official history, they just passed by and did not give a follow-up. Given Cao Cao's mind and Liu Bei's influence, their ending may not be too bad. In the end, the author believes that these two daughters may have married the Cao family or Cao Wei's courtiers, which became the best "reciprocal revenge" plan.