Chapter 148 4. Who did Zhang Fei die for?

The enthronement edict published by Liu Bei is full of condemnation of Cao Pi of Wei State for usurping the throne of the Han family.But at the end, it turned around suddenly and fell on the crusade against Soochow.Both at that time and later generations recognized this turning point.Soochow Sun Quan killed Guan Yu, and he had to pay for it. The only opponent at that time was Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun said: "Our enemy is Cao Pi who usurped the throne and the state of Wei. Since the lord has succeeded to the throne, he must avenge the emperor of the Han family. Only by doing this, people in the world will recognize you as emperor, otherwise, everyone will die. They will think that there is no difference between you and Cao Pi. It is nothing more than that Cao Pi ascended the throne in Xuchang, and you ascended the throne in Chengdu. So at this time, we should attack Wei, not Soochow."

Now we know the reason why Zhao Yun's contribution is equal to that of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, but his official position is not high.Of all the people in Liu Bei's camp, he is the only one with a stubborn temper who dislikes Liu Bei the most. Zhao Yun wrote a letter, and some ministers saw that there was no danger, so they also wrote a letter, repeating Zhao Yun's words.Liu Bei didn't say a word at first, until a hermit named Qin Mi, who was also a commoner, wrote a letter to dissuade Liu Bei from attacking Wu.Qin Mi's reason was that he watched the sky at night and found that there was no good result in defeating Wu.

Liu Bei ordered that Qin Mi be arrested and put in prison. Qin Mi was imprisoned, and the officials were silent. At this time, it was up to the Prime Minister Zhuge Liang.However, Zhuge Liang hid. It is reported that he hid in a place where no one was around, and secretly said a word: "Oh, if Fazheng is still alive, that would be fine. Your Majesty doesn't listen to anyone but Fazheng." Exactly." In short, no one can persuade Liu Bei.Then attack Wu. While preparing for a military operation, suddenly, General Zhang Fei of Chariots and Cavalry came to the camp.When Liu Bei heard it, he said, "Oh, Zhang Fei is dead."

That's right, after Guan Yu, Lu Meng and Cao Cao, Zhang Fei also died. So how did Liu Bei foresight and know in advance that Zhang Fei would die? According to history books, Zhang Fei has a hot temper.He was polite to intellectuals, but brutal to soldiers.Liu Bei had criticized him before, saying: "Ah Fei, you can't do this all the time. You use harsh punishments, and you beat the soldiers at every turn. It doesn't matter. But you should hurry up and beat the people you beat. Drive away, because they will hate you in their hearts. But if you are always careless and let these people who hate you around, something will happen sooner or later."

Zhang Fei said, "Yes, what the boss said is true." After finishing speaking, he whipped the poor soldiers again, and kept them as before after the whipping, and let these people stay with him. Judging from the current humanistic point of view, Zhang Fei's morals are actually extremely bad, and those soldiers were also raised by their mothers and fathers.People don't want to go to the battlefield, so why go to the battlefield and die for you?It was only because Liu Bei used a poisonous trick that if you don't go to the battlefield to die for me, I will kill your whole family, so the soldiers were coerced.Originally, people were reluctant to do so, but you beat them up every now and then, so why do you say you beat them up?

In traditional culture, Zhang Fei's image is five big and three rough, loyal and reckless, and is deeply loved by the people.The reason why the people love him is because you have not been whipped by him.Give you two lashes, and your thoughts will immediately change. But if you interview Zhang Fei on this issue, he also has his own difficulties.Liu Bei appeared as a benevolent man, but he, Zhang Fei, had to drive the common people to fight and die for this benevolent man.You are gentle, how can the common people obey?It can only be whipped with a whip... In short, Zhang Fei's black face was forced to black because Liu Bei sang a white face.What can I do if I am not black?

In short, Zhang Fei's way of doing things is wrong, he shouldn't beat people casually, he should be civilized.But it was too late for Zhang Fei to be civilized.He led 10,000 soldiers and set off from Langzhong to join forces with Liu Bei in Jiangzhou. Before leaving, two generals under Zhang Fei's tent, Zhang Da and Fan Qiang, killed Zhang Fei.Taking Zhang Fei's head down the river, he went to join Sun Quan. In the book, in order to emphasize Zhang Fei's mighty image, it is said that these two people were killed while Zhang Fei was asleep.In fact, it really doesn't need to be so troublesome. Look at Guan Yu, wasn't he also captured and killed by a small company commander?Everyone has knives in their hands, and if they do their calculations with their minds or their minds, they sneak past behind their backs, and they will be over with one knife.

Liu Bei's army was not successful, and he lost the general first.In particular, the killer took Zhang Fei's head to Jiangdong, which objectively became a sufficient reason to attack Wu.