There are not many capable people in the Liu Biao Group in history, Wen Ping, Huang Zhong and Gan Ning are all famous after the change of owners, among which the one who is really powerful during Liu Biao's reign is only Kuai Yue can be counted as one.

And Kuai Yue gave advice to Liu Biao in Jingzhou, sent envoys to persuade him to surrender, governed one side, and even served as a general, which can be said to be a very comprehensive talent.

【All-round Talent】

There are not many records about Kuai Yue, mainly concentrated in the records of "Three Kingdoms: Liu Biao Biography" and "Fu Zi", but Kuai Yue's talent can already be seen from them.

Kuai Yue is one of the wang clans in Jingzhou Nanjun and the representative of the Kuai family, and he was already quite famous when he was young, and was evaluated as "deep and wise, and Kuijie has a majestic posture". The later general He Jin also heard of his name, so he hired him as Dong Cao Peng. Kuai Yue once advised He Jin to preemptively kill the eunuch as soon as possible, but He Jin hesitated. Kuai Yue therefore expected that He Jin would be defeated, so he applied to He Jin to be appointed as the commander of Ruyang. Later, He Jin was really killed by the eunuchs.

After Liu Xianqi entered Jingzhou, in order to solve the chaotic situation in Jingzhou at that time, he invited Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang and Cai Mao to conspire with him in Yicheng. At that time, it was Kuai Liang who expressed his opinion first, but what he said was very vain, and it was all about benevolence and righteousness, which did not help the current situation at all.

Later, Kuai Yue thought that this would be useless and expressed his opinion, he believed that in troubled times, we should pay attention to power and strategy, and recruit soldiers should focus on the ability of soldiers rather than quantity, and the focus should be on getting the loyalty and support of soldiers; Yuan Shu in the north lacked strategy, and Su Dai and Bei Yu had no need to worry at all; For these thieves, they should be trapped, and then occupy Jiangling and Xiangyang, the key places of Jingzhou, and Jingzhou can be passed on.

Liu Biao then lured fifty-five bandit leaders (one said fifteen) to kill them all and annex their subordinates according to Kuai Yue's strategy. At that time, Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng of the Jiangxia thief party were entrenched in Xiangyang, and it was Kuai Yue and Pang Ji who went to lobby and persuade them to surrender.

After that, Liu Biao commented on the merits, and Kuai Yue was worshiped as the Taishou of Zhangling and the Marquis of Fan Ting.

Kuai Yue not only has an outstanding performance in strategy, but also has a record of Kuai Yue as a general in "Three Kingdoms: Liu Biao's Biography" ("Table General Kuai Yue also persuaded the table"), it can be seen that he also has a certain military talent, and there was a military position under Liu Biao.

【Heart to Cao Wei】

As one of the core figures under Liu Biao, although Kuai Yue had outstanding talents, he did not do his best to Liu Biao later, but actively persuaded Liu Biao and Liu Cong to return to the imperial court and attach themselves to Cao Cao after Cao Cao became bigger.

In the fifth year of Jian'an (200), Kuai Yue, Han Song, Liu Xian and others persuaded Liu Biao to fall to Cao Cao and even join the imperial court, but Liu Biao refused, and Han Song was even almost killed, but later Liu Biao did not send troops to the north.

In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Liu Biao died of illness, and Kuai Yue, Cai Mao and others supported Liu Biao's second son Liu Cong as his successor. When Cao Cao moved his army to Xinye, Kuai Yue worked with Fu Xun and others to persuade Liu Cong to return to Cao, and it was successful.

After the surrender of Cao, Kuai Yue was awarded the Guangluxun of one of the Nine Qings at this time. At that time, Cao Cao was very happy when he heard that Kuai Yue had surrendered, and immediately wrote to Xun Yu and said: "I am not happy because I got Jingzhou, but I am happy because I got the different degree (Kuai Yue)." It can be seen from this that Cao Cao attaches great importance to it.

In the nineteenth year of Jian'an (214), Kuai Yue was critically ill, so he wrote to Cao Cao and asked him to take care of the family on his behalf. Cao Cao replied: "I will not live up to your trust, take good care of your family, and say that I have a clear conscience." The Lone King has also been entrusted by others in the past, you can definitely rest assured. Kuai Yue, you have a spirit in the sky, you must understand what I mean. ”

Historically, it is very rare for the pro-Cao faction to be strong in the Jingzhou group, Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven and ordered the princes, and controlled the righteousness, so there are pro-Cao faction forces in other forces, Yuan Shao has Xu Yu under his command, and Chen Deng's father and son under Lu Bu, but they are not as yearning for Cao Cao as in Jingzhou scholars.

The reasons for this are probably as follows:

The first is that Cao Cao controlled the righteousness and occupied the moral high ground, with the Son of Heaven and the capital within his sphere of influence. From a moral point of view, Kuai Yue and others, as scholars, naturally had to rely on the imperial court and the Son of Heaven, and at that time, taking refuge in the Son of Heaven was equivalent to taking refuge in Cao Cao.

Secondly, Cao Cao and Liu Biao are also obviously superior in the comparison. At that time, Cao Cao was definitely a master, and although Liu Biao was not mediocre and incompetent, he was not very outstanding, and he had not let people see his enterprising spirit in Jingzhou for more than ten years, and his subordinates naturally had other ideas over time.

Again, it was because of the influence of Jia Xu's success in persuading Zhang Xiu to return to Cao Cao at that time, which was very shocking to the Jingzhou scholars, and had a great impact on them, on the one hand, they saw Cao Cao's benevolence and wisdom (Cao Cao accepted Zhang Xiu, who killed his son), on the other hand, it also had a great inspiration for these Jingzhou scholars, and they took Jia Xu as an example to persuade Liu Biao to surrender, and everyone wanted to be the second Duting Marquis and Jizhou pastor.

In the end, the rapid development of Cao Cao's power firmly strengthened the Jingzhou scholars' desire to submit to them. They first wanted to take refuge in Cao Cao in the fifth year of Jian'an (200), that is, after Jia Xu persuaded Zhang Xiu to surrender, although Cao Cao was strong at that time, there was still Yuan Shao's suppression, and then Cao Cao eliminated Yuan's unification of the north, which was thriving, and after Liu Biao's death, the biggest obstacle to their submission to Cao Cao was gone.

【Historical Heterogeneity】

Name: Kuai Yue

Attributes: Strategy (B+) persuaded He Jin to decisively act against the eunuchs, and after failing to do so, he left He Jin with a very prescient name, and then used the strategy of the mortar to help Liu Biao initially stabilize Jingzhou

Negotiation (B+) and Pang Ji persuaded Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng together, and then successfully persuaded Liu Cong to surrender to Cao

General comment (B) Kuai Yue can be regarded as one of the core figures under Liu Biao, and he has not performed much after the demotion of Cao

Alias (title): Liu Yidu

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: Han

Profession: Strategist

Official position: Guangluxun

Knight: Marquis of Fan Ting

Family background: Jingzhou Wang family

Birth and death: ??? ——214

Place of birth: Xiangyang Zhonglu

Main Social Relations: Ancestors (Kuaitong)

Major Experiences:

??? In 190, he was opened by the general He Jin as the East Cao Peng, and then persuaded He Jin to make a decisive move against the eunuchs, and went out for the Ruyang Order

From 190 to 200, Liu Biao rode into Jingzhou, helped it initially control Jingzhou, and persuaded Zhang Hu, Chen Sheng and others to surrender

During the Battle of Guandu from 200 to 208, Liu Biao, Han Song, Liu Xian and others persuaded Liu Biao to return to Cao, but it failed

From 208 to 214, he persuaded Liu Cong to surrender to Cao, and was later appointed as Guangluxun, and asked Cao Cao to take care of his family when he died

Summary: Liu Biao is a rare all-round person, but it's a pity that Liu Biao can't completely control it.