Among the generals of the Three Kingdoms, the twenty-first is Wen Chou.

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Wen Chou (?) - 200 years), I don't know his words, I know that he is a general in Hebei, I don't know where he was born in Hebei.

Wen Chou was a general under the account of Yuan Shao, the pastor of Jizhou in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. In the fifth year of Jian'an (200 years), Yuan Shao ordered Wen Chou to lead five or six thousand cavalry to pursue Cao Cao and enter Yanjin. Cao Cao used Xun You's strategy to bait the enemy, and with less than 600 cavalry, he broke the Wenchou army.

Luo Guanzhong adapted this period of history into the story of Guan Yu's beheading of Wen Chou in the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and it was widely circulated in later generations.

Wen Chou fought in Panhe, lost several generals in a row, and almost captured Gongsun Zan (zà

), and Zhao Yun did not win or lose, and then fought with Yan Liang as the vanguard, attacked Gongsun Zhan, and pacified Hebei.

In 200 AD, Yuan Shao crossed the river to Yanjin, so that Wen Chou and Liu Bei challenged, Cao Cao baited the enemy with baggage, and Wen Chou's soldiers were in chaos.

During the Battle of Shuiguan, Yan Liang and Wen Chou urged the army to not return, which made Yuan Shao sigh at Huaxiong's rampantness.

Sun Jian's private jade seal was discovered by Yuan Shao, and Yan Liang and Wen Chou faced Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang with their swords.

Yuan Shao planned to force Han Fu and plot to seize Jizhou, Guan Chun wanted to assassinate, and Wen Chou beheaded him. Cao and Yuan exchanged troops, the vanguard Yan Liang attacked the white horse and was beheaded, Wen Chou led the army to avenge it, according to Yanjin to challenge Cao Cao, but the bait enemy plan and the army was in chaos, Wen Chou stood up and fought alone, shot back Zhang Liao, and Xu Huang fought thirty times without winning or losing, and met Guan Yu in the pursuit, the battle was not three, and he was timid to go, and was caught up by Guan Yu and cut off the horse.

How powerful is Wen Chou in history, and why is he ranked twenty-first among the generals of the Three Kingdoms?

Wen Chou and Yan Liang are equally famous generals.

Maybe he is fierce, but some people don't believe it, because in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he was chased by Guan Yu and killed.

But let's take a look at how he defeated Cao Cao's men before: Zhang Liao and Xu Huang came to fight Wen Chou together, and Wen Chou turned around and shot Zhang Liao's helmet with an arrow.

Zhang Liao rushed again, and was shot by Wen Chou with an arrow and killed his crotch horse. Guan Yu once said to Zhang Fei, "Zhang Liao's force is not below you and me", but this time he was so embarrassed by Wen Chou.

Zhang Liao was defeated, and Xu Huang came to fight Wen Chou, but he finally had the courage to face the battle.

The rescue soldiers behind Wen Chou came, Xu Huang didn't dare to fight, and retreated (it is not said here that Xu Huang is not able to fight Wen Chou, but as mentioned earlier, Yan Liang defeated Xu Huang in Twenty He, so he is definitely not Wen Chou's opponent).

Wen Chou single-handedly defeated two people in a row, which shows that he is brave.

As for his beheading by Guan Yu later, it has to be said that it was caused by his cowardice.

If he really wants to fight, Guan Yu may not be able to win Wen Chou.

Wen Chou fought with Zhao Yun in the seventh chapter of the romance, and the two sides fought for fifty or sixty times. Zhao Yun has rarely met opponents in his life, and he has won easily everywhere he goes, but only Wen Chou and Zhao Yun have fought a draw, which shows that Wen Chou is indeed brave.

But Luo Guanzhong let Guan Yu easily cut Wen Chou with a knife, I don't know if he thought about Zhao Yun when he wrote here? Luo Lao means that Guan Yu wants to kill Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, and Xu Huang can be killed in one fell swoop, right?

Guan Yu's strength was exaggerated a lot by Luo Guanzhong.

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It is naturally not easy to kill the person who is ugly, but there are always two ways to say that the person who kills the ugly:

First, in the romance, it is Guan Yu, and look at the record: suddenly I saw more than ten horsebacks, the banners were overturned, and a general came with a knife and a flying horse, but Guan Yun Chang also shouted: "The thief will leave!" Fighting with Wen Chou, the battle is not three, Wen Chou is timid, and he pulls the horse around the river.

Guan Gongma was fast, caught up with Wen Chou, and with a knife in the back of the head, he cut Wen Chou off the horse.

Cao Cao was on Tufu, and when he saw Guan Gong cut down Wen Chou, he drove people to cover up and kill. It is clearly Guan Yu's ugly writing. However, Wen Chou was also majestic before he died: Zhang Liao and Xu Huang Pegasus came out together, shouting: "Wen Chou is leaving!" Wen Chou turned around and saw that the two generals had caught up, so he held down the iron spear, drew his bow and arrows, and shot Zhang Liao.

Xu Huang shouted: "The thief will release the arrow!"

Zhang Liao lowered his head and dodged, and an arrow hit the helmet and shot the hairpin. Liao struggled to catch up again, sat down on his horse, and was shot in the cheek by Wen Chou's arrow. The horse knelt down on its front hooves, and Zhang Liao fell to the ground. Wen Chou came back from his horse, and Xu Huang was in a hurry to intercept and kill. I saw that the military horses behind Wen Chou arrived, and the enemy could not be beaten, so he turned the horse back.

You see that Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, who are first-class masters, are not inferior to Wen Chou, which shows that Wen Chou is indeed powerful. died at the hands of Guan Yu, which shows that Luo Guanzhong wants to promote the second master of Guan.

However, in the official history, there is another version: "Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu, Emperor Wu Ji": "Shao cavalry general Wen Chou and Liu Bei will ride five or six thousand before and after. The generals replied: 'You can get on the horse.' The public said, "No." 'There are hours, ride to a little more, or divide the fun and baggage. He said, 'Yes. 'Get on the horse.' When the cavalry was less than 600, he attacked it with arson, broke it, and beheaded it. ”

In this way, Wen Chou is obviously not punished by Guan Yu.

Who killed, Xu Huang's general. And he died from Cao Cao's plan to lure the enemy, it can be seen that Wen Chou actually died in the chaos of the army, the ancient battlefield, being coerced and killed, you are a god, and there is no way. Guan Yu's big card, wasn't he captured by an unknown general Ma Zhongsheng in the chaotic army?

Wen Chou is a famous general, has always been Yuan Shao relied on the pillar, when Yuan Shao was the crusade against Dong Zhuo's leader, he took Yan Liang and Wen Chou with him, Hua Xiong scolded the battle, regretted that there was no opponent, Yuan Shao said: It's a pity that Yan Liang and Wen Chou are not there.

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To explore the real cause of Wen Chou's death, Cao Cao should be blamed.

In the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: Emperor Wu Ji", it is said that after rescuing Liu Yanjie to the siege of Baima, Cao Cao personally led the troops, chariots, horses, and baggage to retreat, and there were only more than 600 people under his command at that time. At this moment, Wen Chou and Liu Bei led five or six thousand cavalry across the Yellow River to pursue Cao's army.

The cavalry of the Yuan army pursued quickly, and Cao Cao's troops were burdened by chariots, horses, and baggage, so they could only march slowly. Seeing that he was about to be overtaken, Cao Cao's generals urged his soldiers to ride their horses and run quickly, but Cao Cao said, "You can't run at this time." ”

Instead, he ordered his men to scatter all the heavy grain and grass transported from White Horse City on both sides of the road, and then ordered his troops to ambush nearby. Cao Cao's generals were very puzzled when they saw this arrangement, thinking that it was very dangerous, but Cao Cao seemed very calm and asked everyone to "rest and say more".

After a while, the troops led by Wen Chou arrived, and the soldiers of the Yuan army saw that there were many baggage and grain and grass on the side of the road, all of them were like demons, and their eyes were staring at those things, and they went to grab them, so the lineup was in chaos. Cao Cao saw that the enemy was scheming and immediately ordered an attack.

The enemy army was caught off guard, and was beaten by Cao Cao's more than 600 men, and fled one by one, and in this melee, Cao Bing killed Wen Chou.

There is no record in the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms who killed Wen Chou. But one thing is certain, that is, Wen Chou did not die from a "heads-up" with Guan Yu, but died from Cao Cao's plan to lure the enemy. Maybe in Luo Guanzhong's opinion, it is better to let General Yuan Jun die in the chaos than to add a bright color to Guan Yu.

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I don't know where Wen Chou was born, and there is no record of his life in the history of Zheng and Yeshi, how can I know the women related to him?

Fortunately, there is a sub-drama in Hebei, called "Wen Chou Blind Date", which is about Wen Chou looking at a woman in Youzhou (now Cangzhou). The little woman was very naughty, and she teased the stuffy people in the play with a lot of bearded Wen Chou, and later, she also wrapped around her maid.

This is the only woman we can see who is related to Wen Chou.

This local drama is based on folklore. Archaeology, sometimes with reference to folklore, shows that folklore is sometimes true.

At the same time, it shows that Wen Chou's hometown is in Cangzhou, Hebei Province.