Dear you, when we mention Guan Yu, the name that is revered as the "Martial Saint", I believe that no matter who you are, you will be in awe of it. Since the Song Dynasty, Guan Yu has gradually been extremely respected by the imperial court, and his honor is like the sun high above, radiant! Not only did he become a shining example for military generals to imitate, but he was also revered as a god-like being, and the temple was widely established and his influence was far-reaching and lasting. (Guan Yu's surname, Guan Mingyu's word Yunchang).
However, in the remarkable Three Kingdoms era, there was a brave man named Cai Yang, who bravely galloped thousands of kilometers at the speed of a thousand good horses, and even wanted to arrest Guan Yu, who was as powerful as the sun at his peak. So, where is this Cai Yang sacred, what kind of origin does he have, and why can he provoke and challenge Guan Yu at Guan Yu's peak? The honor and vanity hidden behind this, is Cai Yang's internal strength insufficient and his strength is not as good as others, or is he really such a powerful general, enough to defeat Guan Yu?
In order to unravel this suspenseful mystery, we need to start from the magnificent historical period of Cai Yang.
First of all, the mystery of Cai Yang's origin. Cai Yang's real name is Cai Yang, and he is a powerful general under Cao Cao, the prime minister of Cao Cheng, and has served as an important position in Runan Taishou. In the invaluable historical book "Three Kingdoms" in our eyes, the author only gave Cai Yang two extremely concise descriptions. And these records are also located in the legendary stories of the two great men Cao Cao and Liu Xuande.
In Cao Cao's biography, the world-famous Liu Xuande followed the instructions of Yuan Mengzhu to Runan, and teamed up with the Yellow Turban general Gong Du to fight against Cao Cheng's soldiers and horses. In this contest, although Cao Cheng assigned an offensive task to Cai Yang, the final victory was won by Gong Du and Liu Xuande.
So, how did Gong Du join this vigorous war? In the whole book, Gong Du and Cai Yang appear only once. In fact, Gong Du was originally one of the important generals of the Yellow Turban Army, and his main place of activity was in Runan County (southwest of today's Shangcai City, Henan Province), which happened to have a regional conflict with Cai Yang, who served as the Taishou of Runan.
Gong Du once fought side by side with Liu Bi, the general of the Yellow Turban Army. Liu Pi changed his position many times in the process of growing up, initially following Yuan Shu, then defecting to Sun Jian, and then choosing to follow Cao Cao, and finally becoming a subordinate of Yuan Meng.
Cao Cao couldn't help but be furious when he learned that Liu Pi had betrayed him and thrown himself into the arms of the Yuan League Lord. This place was of great importance in Cao Cao's heart and could not be transgressed, so he assigned his generals to go out on a crusade. Cao Cao's most hated people in his life were those who were capricious, which embodies his famous saying "I would rather bear others than let others bear me".
When we take a closer look at the map of the distribution of forces between Yuan and Cao Cao before the Battle of Guandu, we can see that the Runan region was actually an important part of Cao Cao's strategic rear, but now it suddenly surrendered to the enemy, which undoubtedly made Cao Cao's heart ache.
Regardless of whether the truth behind this rebellion was due to the fact that Yuan Mengzhu was born in the Runan family, or other unknowable factors, in short, how could Cao Cao endure the original rear area falling into the hands of the enemy?
After a fierce battle, the ending has been revealed in Cao Cao's biography: the brave Gong Du successfully defeated Cai Yang, who was the Taishou of Runan. After careful comparison, we will find an astonishing fact - the Runan Taishou under Cao Cao's account was unable to defeat a general of the peasant rebel army, and the combat effectiveness really needs to be improved! It's an incredible result, but it's real.
Through the records of Liu Bei's biography, we learn about the situation after Gong Du defeated Cai Yang: Cai Yang finally died at the hands of Liu Bei. This shows that in the official history, there is no Cai Yang's deeds of galloping thousands of miles to chase and kill Guan Yu. In fact, Cai Yang had already left the world long before the Guandu War.
Next, let's take a look at the moving plot about this period of history depicted in the romance.
Mr. Luo Guanzhong is a pedantic figure who is familiar with the Confucian classics, but he also has a deep understanding of the etiquette norms in Confucianism, and he is deeply touched. Under his pen, scenes of wonderful historical pictures slowly unfolded.