In the history of the Three Kingdoms, Zhang Liao replaced Ding Yuan, He Jin, Dong Zhuo, and Lü Bu as four principals, and Cao Cao was his fifth boss. Even in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhang Liao is not a generous man: he scolded the captured lord Lü Bu on the White Gate Tower, and he also betrayed his friend Guan Yu, who had a heart-to-heart relationship with him.
However, such a person who was not a loyal soldier ranked first among the five sons of Cao Wei, and later generations also praised him more than they denigrated him, and Chen Shou gave him a high evaluation in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms": "Taizu Jianzi martial arts, and the good general of the time, the five sons first." In the Battle of Hefei, the Liao and Dian used eight hundred infantry and 100,000 thieves to use soldiers since ancient times. The thief has so far seized the anger, which can be described as the minions of the country. ”
In fact, whether under Lü Bu's command or in Cao Cao's camp, Zhang Liao was not a first-class general, and Cao Cao trusted Zhu Cao Xiahou the most, and non-Zhu Cao Xiahou was not allowed to be a great general of the Great Sima Dynasty, which was the unspoken rule of the Cao family in the early days, and later the Sima family said it was another matter.
Before Zhang Liao defected to Cao Cao, it was difficult to appear in the canonical history related to Lü Bu, and in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Book of Later Han, lü Budong was often killed by several other people, and the first three in line were the "general" Chen Gong, the commander of the trapped camp, Gao Shun, and the confidant Wei Xu—Lü Bu had a grudge against Gao Shun and gave the command of the trapped camp to Wei Xu.
This Gao Shun did not appear many times in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and when he was tied to Cao Cao, he did not say a single line, and he was directly pulled out and clicked.
In fact, Zhang Liao did not scold Cao Cao, he surrendered on his own initiative: "Taizu broke Lü Bu in Xia Pi, Liao demoted his people, worshiped the general Zhonglang, and gave him the title of Marquis of Guannei." ”
Gao Shun died with Lü Bu, and from this point of view, he was more loyal than Zhang Liao—judging from the historical records, Gao Shun was counted as the end of the day, and Lü Bu was also aware of this: "Shun is innocent and majestic, less words, will be neat, and every battle will be conquered." Bu knew his loyalty and could not follow. ”
Gao Shun's feelings for Lü Bu can be described by a lyric: "Let you abuse me thousands of times, but I treat you like a first love." ”
Lü Buna had brave generals and refused to use them, but he was only interested in their wives, so that he "betrayed his wife and loved the wives of the generals" became the handle of Cao Cao's ridicule in the White Gate Tower.
Lü Bu bullied Gao Shun miserably: "After Bu rebelled from Hao Meng, he was even more sloppy. Yi Wei continued to have relatives from the outside and inside, and the generals of Xi Daishun continued to follow. And when the battle was attacked, therefore The general Shun continued to lead the troops, and Shun did not have any hatred in the end. ”
Hao Meng rebelled and almost killed Lü Bu, but it was Gao Shun who saved Lü Bu's life: "Bu will rebel against Hao Meng in Hanoi, Bu does not know who the rebels are, straight to the woman, the head of the branch is dressed, the xiang will be lined up from the wall, and the capital will supervise Gao Shun's camp." ”
Gao Shun rescued Lü Bu, who was embarrassed by the open chest, and organized troops to quell Hao Meng's rebellion, but as a result, his elite troops were replaced by Lü Bu with Wei Xu's miscellaneous cards.
In addition to his infinite loyalty to Lü Bu, Gao Shun was also very capable of fighting, and Liu Bei guan yu Zhang Fei could not defeat him together, plus Cao Ying's first general Xiahou Huan, he still could not: "In the third year of Jian'an, Bu Fu rebelled as a technique, and sent Gao Shun to attack Liu Bei Yu Pei and break it. Taizu sent Xiahou Huan to the rescue and was defeated by Shun. ”
Readers all know that Hao Meng rebelled and Gao Shun lost the command of the camp, which was a matter of the first year of Jian'an. In the following three years of Jian'an, Gao Shun led Wei Xu's miscellaneous troops to defeat the main forces of Liu Bei and Guan Yu Zhang Fei, a generation of tyrants, and Cao Cao sent Xiahou Huan to rush to the rescue, and Gao Shun cut off his head--it was not as if no one had achieved such a brilliant result in the entire period of the Three Kingdoms of the Later Han Dynasty.
Seeing this, some readers may be surprised: Gao Shun is more loyal than Zhang Liao, and can fight than Guan Yu Zhang Fei, such a super fierce general, how can Cao Cao be willing to kill?
Cao Cao killed Gao Shun, not to burn the piano and boil the crane, we look at the four people standing behind Cao Cao, we all understand: worthy of a generation of tyrants, Cao Cao is really smart!
On the white gate tower, Cao Cao did not want to kill Lü Bu at first, it was Liu Bei who made it bad, and Cao Cao had to kill; Cao Cao never wanted to kill Chen Gong, who had betrayed him, it was Chen Gong who felt that he had no face and was bent on death, and Cao Cao had to fulfill him. However, when it came to Gao Shun, who could be persuaded to surrender, Cao Cao would not even say a kind word, which did not seem to be Cao Cao's consistent style.
If we only look at the history of Zhengshi and do not look at the yanyi, we will find the fact that when Lü Bu, Chen Gong, and Gao Shun were tied up in front of Cao Cao, in addition to Liu Bei, who was sitting on the side, there were also Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhang Liao, who were standing behind them.
Liu Bei and Guan Yu Zhang Fei were beaten quite badly by Gao Shun, and it was only natural that they would save each other without saying a word, even if Cao Cao wanted to take Gao Shun down, the three of them would obstruct from it, and Zhang Liao Zhang Wenyuan would not say a word, which was intriguing: Was Zhang Liao afraid that Gao Shun would return to Cao Cao and steal his own limelight?
Here we should also pay attention to the fact that Lü Bu Gaoshun and others were not captured by their subordinates, but voluntarily surrendered: "Bu and his men climbed the White Gate Tower, and the soldiers were in a hurry, but they fell." ”
The Lord admitted that Gao Shun Chen Gong had no choice but to follow, in accordance with the principle that the first evil must be coerced and never asked, and was afraid of the ancient admonition of "killing and descending ominously", at this time Cao Cao at most killed Lü Bu and Chen Gong, who "fixed the request and punished", and Gao Shun should "personally untie his bounds and undress", at this time Gao Shun may borrow the slope to get off the donkey, cao camp will also have one more member of the strong general, trapped in the camp into the establishment of the rebellion, will also become the elite of the Cao army riding alongside the tiger and leopard.
But Cao Cao finally killed Gao Shun, this inexplicable move, in Cao Cao's face can not find the answer, if we look behind Cao Cao, we will see an eye, so we all understand: Cao Cao killed Gao Shun, it is a means for him to buy people's hearts, and this means is extremely clever - than Song Jiang drank Lu Zhishen for Zhang Qing, a thousand times smarter.
Zhang Qing injured many good men in Liangshan, Song Jiang was respectful to him, and his brothers raised eyebrows, which was a very hurtful move. Cao Caocai will not like the new and the old like Song Jiang, and his emphasis on starting the family is also very warm in the eyes of others.
Above we said that behind Cao Cao, we can see an eye, and many readers will understand at a glance———— that is the one-eyed general Xiahou Huan. When Gao Shun defeated Liu Beiguan Yu Zhang Fei Xiahou Huan, he did not capture anyone, but left Xiahou Huan with one eye, which became Xiahou Huan's heart knot: "From Zheng Lü Bu, he was hit by a stream arrow and injured his left eye." The military trumpet was the Blind Xiahou. Evil, look in the mirror and be angry, and throw the mirror to the ground. ”
Rather than accepting one less strong general, rather than chilling the heart of the old general, this is Cao Cao's cleverness, between the trade-offs, contains Cao Cao's great wisdom, in the workplace officialdom of the readers, zhu jun, must have a deep understanding of Cao Cao's approach: employing people such as accumulated wages, the latecomers are on top, and the final result is likely to be rebellion and separation.
Cao Cao's killing of Gao Shun was actually a win-win situation: Gao Shun sought benevolence, and Cao Cao bought people's hearts.
Seeing this, the author, like the readers Zhu Jun, still has two mysteries to be solved in his heart: If Lü Bu Gaoshun is lucky not to die in the White Gate Tower, will they really follow Boss Cao to fight the world? If Gao Shun truly submitted to Cao Cao, would his status be higher than that of Zhang Liao and the other five sons?