How did Zhao Yun die? Why do some people say that Zhao Yun's death is related to Zhuge Liang?

In the historical materials we know so far, there is actually no detailed record of the cause of Zhao Yun's death, but only the death of Zhao Yun due to illness in Shu. Therefore, the cause of Zhao Yun's death has become a mystery that many people speculated about in later generations. One of the most widely used theories is that Zhao Yun died of old age and depression, which eventually led to sudden death.

The real Zhao Yun in history was born in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, this place was called Changshan County.

Zhao Yun in his youth was brave and resourceful, and won the recognition of the people in his neighborhood. Therefore, after Zhao Yun became an adult, it coincided with the troubled times in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and he was recommended to Gongsun Zan by local officials. Therefore, Zhao Yun followed Gongsun Zan to fight the world at first, not Liu Bei from the beginning.

So, how did Zhao Yun get in touch with Liu Bei?

If you want to say that our Uncle Liu Huang's family history is long, Liu Bei actually didn't have any power at first, most of them first depended on others, and then secretly accumulated strength, this is true for Yuan Shao, the same is true for Cao Cao, and the same is true for Sun Quan.

At the beginning, Liu Bei had just had a small army, and he was attached to Gongsun Zhan. Gongsun Chan is Liu Bei's classmate, and the two have a deep friendship very early. It was here in Gongsun Zhan that Liu Bei met Zhao Yun, who was very eye-catching.

At this time, Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao were at war, and Liu Bei also helped Gongsun Chan fight Yuan Shao together. During this period, Liu Bei helped Gongsun Chan fight, and Gongsun Chan could not completely relax his supervision of Liu Bei, so he sent Zhao Yun to accompany him. Unexpectedly, this hand pushed Zhao Yun even more to Liu Bei's side.

After that, due to the death of Zhao Yun's brother, he hurriedly asked Gongsun Zhan to resign and go home to take care of the funeral. Liu Bei expected that Gongsun Chan would definitely not be Zhuxiong's opponent, so he had a plan in his heart, and understood that Zhao Yun would not live in Gongsun Chan for a long time. At the time of parting, Liu Bei played the emotional card to Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun still had gratitude to Gongsun Zan in his heart, so he temporarily rejected Liu Bei's invitation.

But from this time on, Zhao Yun already had a great impression of Liu Bei.

In the past few years when Zhao Yun went home to take care of family affairs, the world has risen together, and all forces have been fighting. Gongsun Chan wanted to share Hebei with Yuan Shao. But what he didn't expect was that Yuan Shao took the lead in occupying Hebei and never mentioned the matter of dividing up the territory. So Gongsun Zan sent his younger brother Gongsun Yue to ask for land, but to no avail, he was killed by Yuan Shao using a scheme.

Since then, Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao have a common enmity, but in the end they were defeated by Yuan Shao and ended up self-immolated. After his suicide, he was not able to find a complete body, and his head was cut off by Yuan Shao and given to Cao Cao.

At this time, Zhao Yun also learned that the old lord Sun Zan had died, so he had the last trace of concern in his heart, and came to Yecheng alone. Liu Bei was attached to Yuan Shao at that time, and after Liu Bei and Zhao Yun met in Yecheng, they stayed up all night and saw each other very happily. Zhao Yun learned that Liu Bei had the intention of the world in mind and was willing to help him.

After that, Zhao Yun secretly helped Liu Bei recruit troops, and Liu Bei ostensibly played with Yuan Shao.

Two years later, Liu Bei left Yuan Shao again and attached himself to Liu Biao. After arriving at Liu Biao's side, several years passed in a blink of an eye. During this period, Cao Cao almost unified the north, while Liu Bei did not make much progress in the south.

After that, as Cao Cao unified the north, Cao Cao sent a large army south, preparing to directly sweep Liu Biao and Sun Quan and completely unify the world. During this period, Liu Biao died of illness suddenly, and Jingzhou was in danger.

At the critical moment, Liu Bei followed Zhuge Liang's advice and staged a good show of burning Xinye, beating Cao Hong half to death and almost annihilating the entire army. And Zhao Yun captured his own hair Xiaoxia Houlan in the battle of Xinye, and out of inner unbearability, Zhao Yun pleaded with Liu Bei for him. Seeing this, Liu Bei had no choice but to agree, and let Xiahou Lan serve in his army, but Zhao Yun did not take much care of his little Xiahou Lan, which also reflected Zhao Yun's loyalty and clear distinction between public and private.

In the following years, Zhao Yun made many meritorious contributions and could be called the most loyal general under Liu Bei. During the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao led 200,000 troops down the river, and Liu Bei was unwilling to surrender to Cao Cao, so he led the people to flee.

Due to his large number of people and his unwillingness to abandon the people and ruin his reputation, Liu Bei's march was slow. In the end, near Changban Slope, Liu Bei was chased by thousands of light cavalry led by Cao Cao, Liu Bei lost his armor in order to flee for his life, and his wife and children were also lost.

In the melee, Liu Bei led some remnants of the army to escape, and Zhao Yun disappeared in the chaos. Everyone said that Zhao Yun surrendered to Cao Cao, and Liu Bei said with confidence that Zhao Yun was by no means that kind of person. It didn't take long for Zhao Yun to hold Liu Bei's child Liu Chan and return to Liu Bei's side.

After the Battle of Chibi, Zhao Yun followed Liu Bei and recovered the four counties of Jingzhou. Zhao Yun was appointed as a partial general, replacing Zhao Fan as the Taishou of Guiyang. During this period, Zhao Fan bribed Zhao Yun many times, wanting to use his sister-in-law's appearance to seduce Zhao Yun. However, Zhao Yun was unmoved in front of the beauty, but because of Zhao Fan's move, he knew that he was not willing to surrender, and he was wary of him everywhere.

Sure enough, not long after, Zhao Fan led some of his henchmen to sneak away. It was precisely because of Zhao Yun's precautions that Zhao Fan failed to shake Liu Bei's rule in Guiyang County. This can be said to be crucial to Liu Bei's later development.

With Liu Bei taking the four counties of Jingnan, he became the pastor of Jingzhou. At this time, Liu Bei finally had his own actual territory and became a prince. At this time, Sun Quan, seeing Liu Bei's rapid expansion of power, proposed to form a family with Liu Bei and marry his sister Sun Shangxiang to Liu Bei.

After the two got married, Liu Bei was not satisfied with the status quo, if he wanted to achieve the great cause of the emperor, he must get Xishu. Soon after, Liu Bei led tens of thousands of horses into the Yizhou area, leaving his brother to look after the family. Sun Shangxiang was arrogant during this period, and her entourage also behaved inappropriately.

Thanks to Liu Bei, Zhao Yun was put in charge of military affairs and internal affairs, and during this period, Sun Quan intended to take back Sun Shangxiang and Liu Chan. After Zhao Yun learned of this, he set up a card with Zhang Fei to block the river, and only then did he successfully pick up Liu Chan.

If there was no Zhao Yun, it is estimated that even if Liu Bei succeeded in establishing the Shu Han regime, no one would be able to take over later.

Later, Sun Liu became evil, Guan Yu was killed by Sun Quan's subordinates, and Liu Bei lost the last bit of reason and planned to lead the army to conquer in person. However, Zhao Yun gave a wise opinion on this matter, but Liu Bei did not listen to the persuasion and continued to attack Sun Quan, resulting in a crushing defeat, which is the famous Battle of Yiling in history. After the Battle of Yiling, not long after, Liu Bei became ill and died of illness. And Zhao Yun began to continue to assist the young master Liu Chan as a veteran.

After assisting Liu Chan for several years, Zhuge Liang began to command the Shu Han regime and sent troops to the Northern Expedition. During Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, the aged Zhao Yun did not reduce his courage and followed Zhuge Liang on the expedition. Charging and breaking for the Shu army many times, the losses of the Shu army were minimized. But as a result, in the course of this Northern Expedition, because Ma Tan did not listen to military orders, the Shu army was defeated.

After this war, Zhao Yun seemed to have exhausted his life's work. Soon after, the Shu army retreated, and Zhao Yun fell ill. More than a year later, Zhao Yun died in Shudi. As for the cause of his death, there is not much record in the history books. Later historians believe that Zhao Yun should have died of depression because he felt that the Northern Expedition was hopeless and exhausted.

Throughout Zhao Yun's life, it is not difficult for us to find that compared with the invincible Zhao Yun in the romance novel, the real Zhao Yun is indeed a very brave general, but it is not enough to be alone. Such Zhao Yun is a typical fierce general-type talent, but he is not a handsome talent.

After Zhao Yun's death, his two sons also inherited his will and continued to fight for the Shu Han regime. Especially his second son, who later followed Jiang Wei all the year round, fought against Wei, and finally died on the battlefield.

Such a Zhao Yun may be far more worthy of respect for future generations than the invincible image in the romance novel.