Interesting historical facts about Huang Zhong and Lu Bu?

Why is Huang Zhong the number one general in the Three Kingdoms, and why not Lu Bu? The following is what I carefully recommend for everyone, and I hope it can answer your questions.

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Generally speaking, the generals of the Three Kingdoms must be Lu Bu, Ma Chao, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, etc. It seems that Huang Zhong cannot be ranked among the top few. . Everyone, like Zhuge Liang, thinks that at his age, Huang Zhong can be ranked as the fourth of the Five Tiger Generals, which is already very good. What else do you think? I guess Mr. Huang doesn't think so, that's what I think. The last eight years of Mr. Huang's life that can be tested are the seventeenth year of Jian'an and the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an. These were also the most glorious eight years of his life. Liu Bei established himself as the King of Hanzhong and named Huang Zhong his queen. In the second year, he died of old age. His old man's life can be said to be a bright and bright life, without any arrogance or flaws. The official spoke: You spare no effort to praise Mr. Huang, but what's the point? Don't be impatient, please listen to me seriously.

It is common sense that a mortal’s physical strength is necessarily related to his or her age. Huang is more than seventy years old, but he is still galloping on the battlefield, and his "bravery and courage to win the three armies" cannot but be amazing. From this, we can imagine how brave Huang Zhong must have been when he was young! By the way, Huang Zhong has never relied on any waste to improve his military strength. It's just that he didn't meet a good master when he was young, and there was no place for heroes to be used, so he didn't achieve great feats and became a late bloomer.

If we want to know how brave Mr. Huang is, we must first know his age.

According to the biography of Huang Zhong in Volume 36 of the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Huang Zhong killed Xia Houyuan in the 24th year of Jian'an, and "moved to the west. At that year, the first emperor was the king of Hanzhong, and he wanted to use Zhong as his successor." Zhuge Liang He persuaded Liu Bei, fearing that Guan Yu would be displeased, but Liu Bei didn't listen, "so he joined Yu and others". The Legend of Fei Shi in Volume 41 of the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms states: "The first ruler was the king of Hanzhong and sent a poem to worship Yu as the first. When Yu heard that Huang Zhong was the queen, he said angrily: A man will not be ranked with the veterans after all. He refused to be worshiped." At that time, Guan Yu was fifty. Eight years old, he was considered old by a fifty-eight-year-old person. According to normal psychology, Huang Zhong was estimated to be no less than seventy years old at the time. In addition, Huang Zhong "was appointed from Xiameng and attacked Liu Zhang" in the 17th year of Jian'an, and he was already called a veteran. Liu Bei was 63 years old when he died, and he did not say how old he was. It can be seen that Huang Zhong was at least 65 years old at that time.

To sum up, it is generally certain that Huang Zhong was at least seventy-three years old when he died, and it is right to be seventy-three years old. In other words, Huang Zhong was seventy-two years old when he killed Xia Houyuan! And according to the original biography of Huang Zhong in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Huang Zhong did not kill Xia Houyuan by surprise, but "pushed the front forward without hesitation, persuaded the soldiers, and the golden drums shook the sky. The sound of joy moved the valley, and Yuan was killed in one battle. "The Legend of Fazheng in Volume 37 of the Three Kingdoms: "Yuan's army came to fight for the land, and the first master ordered Huang Zhong to attack Yuan's army with loud noises, and defeated Yuan's army. It can be seen that Xiahou Yuan was not the leader at that time. Resting under the horse is a description in Luo Guanzhong's novel, leaving the Xiahou family with face. It was the two battles in which Huang Zhong beheaded Xia Houyuan and Zhang Fei Danqu defeated Zhang He that completely sealed the tripartite confrontation.

Even if according to the description of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Huang Zhong and Guan Yu fought to a draw, it was still a battle between an old man in his sixties and a strong man in his prime! Think about it, when you are seventy years old What can he do? Ugh! I said for Huang Zhong: "If only when I was young... Huh!" Now we are interested in what Huang Zhong was doing when he was young? We can't guess blindly. The biography of Huang Zhong in the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: "Cao Gong conquered Jingzhou, went on a false trip, and still took up his old post. He was under the control of Han Xuan, the prefect of Changsha. The former master settled the counties in the south, and Zhongsui entrusted him with them, and followed him into Shu." When Cao Cao conquered Jingzhou, it was the Thirteenth Year of Jian'an Year, Huang Zhong was sixty-one years old.

Cao Cao didn't like him either, of course because Huang Zhong was too old*** At this time, I thought of the wise Liu Bei, who has a sharp eye to recognize talents***. Earlier, "Liu Biao, the herdsman of Jingzhou, thought that General Zhonglang would guard You County in Changsha with Biao, Ziqing." Liu Biao had been in power in Jingzhou for eighteen years, and Jingzhou was relatively powerful. I can imagine it with certainty. : Huang Zhong spent most of his life in Jingzhou. According to legend, he had a son, who died long ago. Maybe his wife also died earlier, and he has been living alone ever since. It can even be said that he stayed in You County, Changsha, with Liu Qing for a considerable period of time. Liu Qing was Liu Biao's nephew and had a good relationship with Huang Zhong. Huang Zhong even introduced him to Liu Bei. Now I want to talk about Liu Qing. There is only one place in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms where his deeds are told.

Volume 49 Taishi Ci's Biography: "Liu Biao followed Zi Qing, a brave man, and he was a bandit in Ai and Xi'an counties. Sun Ce then divided Haimin and Jianchang into six provinces. In the county, Taishi Daici was appointed as the captain of Jianchang, and the significance of establishing the capital was to govern Haimin, and to supervise the generals to reject the Qing Dynasty. "Now we should understand. Well, the reason why Liu Qing is so brave must be because Huang Zhong is by his side, which poses a great threat to the border of Soochow. In fact, Liu Qing and Huang Zhong are not necessarily trying to seize Soochow's territory. Sun Ce and Sun Quan had no choice but to send out powerful generals like Tai Shi Ci, who were accompanied by a group of generals. At that time, Sun Ce's powerful generals could only secure the border with Tai Shi Ci. At that time, Taishi Ci was in his thirties, while Huang Zhong was over fifty. I can completely imagine that Huang Zhong and Tai Shici fought against each other more than once, and they should have tied. Taishi Ci was "good at shooting with his ape-arm, and his strings were not empty"; Huang Zhong was able to draw a two-stone bow and pierce a poplar tree with a hundred steps. The two of them should be gesticulating frequently.

Let's make a timetable.

In the first year of the war, the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out. Huang Zhong was thirty-seven years old. Obviously, Huang Zhong did not join the army to fight and commit crimes, otherwise he would have distinguished himself with his martial arts skills. He has passed the age of premature aging in his twenties and has a family, so he does not want to go to war. Perhaps at this time, in order to avoid the war, he moved to Jingzhou with his family. In the first year of Chuping, Dong Zhuo was good at government affairs. Sun Jian killed Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, and Liu Biao succeeded him as governor. Huang Zhong was forty-three years old. In the third year of Chuping, Cao Cao broke the Yellow Turban, and Huang Zhong was forty-five years old.

Today, we can roughly give a brief description of Huang Zhong’s life: Huang Zhong, male, was from Nanyang, handsome in appearance and honest in character. He has a happy family, his wife is virtuous and beautiful, and his son is lively and lovely. The couple, the man farming and the woman weaving, enjoy themselves happily. Although the economy is poor, the family is very happy. Later, when the war broke out, Huang Zhong had to leave his hometown and led his family in exile to the Japanese city of Jingzhou, where he found a military position.

Later, their son unfortunately fell ill and died young, and the couple was in grief. His wife was too sad and weak, so she soon let him go. From then on, Huang Zhong lost his happiness and his life lost its meaning. Seeing Huang Zhong like this, Liu Qing often invited him in to hunt or harass Soochow to relax. Huang Zhong is very skilled in martial arts and has few opponents. He only regained a little bit of feeling during the battle. But he was born a commoner and was not reused. As the poor and boring days passed day by day, Huang Zhong was already discouraged and prepared to spend the rest of his life like this.

When Liu Bei discovered him, he was already over sixty years old and had gray hair. The rusty sword finally shone with dazzling brilliance in the last stage of his life, establishing Liu Bei's great military exploits in the Shu Han Dynasty. In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an, the old man died in Chengdu at the age of seventy-three due to an illness that failed to cure. Chasing the seal just waiting. In my mind, Mr. Huang is an authentic military commander and a true brave man. I put you first among the generals of the Three Kingdoms.