Chapter 102: Those Overrated Famous Figures in the Three Kingdoms Period at the End of the Han Dynasty
Because the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty has always been a very popular era in Chinese history, there are very few characters who are underestimated, Fu Zhu and Dong Zhao are only very few examples, but the overrated characters in it have gone to the sea, represented by the Shu Han group, Wen Chenwu will be overestimated I don't know how many, Cao Wei, Sun Wu and other similar examples of forces.
There are individual monarchs, generals, courtiers, and advisors who are considered to have sufficient capital, so they will not be discussed in this chapter.
[Far overrated Shu Han Wenwu]
In the baptism of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Han has always been considered to be full of talents, strategists are like clouds, fierce generals are like rain, Liu Bei's four major strategists Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Fa Zheng are all superb, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and Huang Zhong The five tiger generals are also ten thousand people who are inappropriate, and the command of the army is outstanding.
But after carefully studying the history of the late Han Dynasty, we can find that most of them were blown out by Luo Guanzhong and others. First of all, Xu Shu, in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", this brother is Liu Bei's first real military advisor, as soon as he came, he helped Liu Bei defeat the attacking Cao army, and later was blown ten times more talented than Cheng Yu, and was poached by Cao Cao's mother, and staged a life in Cao Ying's heart in Han, everyone was moved to tears, but in fact, Xu Shu was only one of Zhuge Liang's recommenders in history, and he did not make a big contribution to Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and he once served Liu Bei at the same time, and the result was that Zhuge Liang became a military advisor, Xu Shu finally abandoned Liu Bei when his situation was at its worst and turned to Cao Cao, among the celebrities who first Liu and then Cao (Chen Qun, Tian Yu, Huang Quan), Xu Shu's skills were the worst, and the final status was also the lowest.
In addition to Xu Shu, there is also the "phoenix" Pang Tong who is juxtaposed with Zhuge Liang, although Pang Tong died early in history, but Pang Tong has more or less performed in military, politics, and strategy, to be honest, the strategy is not bad, and the military and political aspects are just like that, no matter from that point of view, they are far from being comparable with Zhuge Liang.
In terms of generals, in fact, Liu Bei's command can only be seen by Guan Yu. First of all, Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei's evaluation status in later generations is very high, but the military level he showed is difficult to convince, his biggest achievement is to repel Zhang He's invasion, but soon Zhang Fei returned, and Ma Chao's Northern Expedition ended in failure, and Zhang Fei also caused Liu Bei to lose Xuzhou, his level of command was not brilliant at that time, and there is also a clear record of force Zhang Fei's courage and martial arts are inferior to Guan Yu; Zhao Yun: I personally think he still has the ability, but Zhao Yun doesn't have many opportunities to perform, so he didn't play well, and he didn't have a hard enough record; Ma Chao has fought a lot of big battles, but unfortunately he has not been able to show how strong he is, it is best to conquer Jicheng at one time, but it is under the premise that Xiahou Yuan has no support for eight months; The last Huang Zhong was actually famous for killing Xiahou Yuan in the Battle of Hanzhong, which is indeed a great achievement, but the luck factor cannot be ignored.
There is also Mrs. Sun, or Sun Shangxiang, everyone knows who she is, and now she has a lot of fans, but in history, this woman is indeed more negative, and the relationship between Liu Bei and Sun Quan has her factors in it, but after being beautified by later generations, no one cares about what the real Mrs. Sun is.
Later, Jiang Wei, who was the leader of Shu Han, was actually overestimated, he had more Northern Expeditions than Zhuge Liang, and he basically abused vegetables, but it was not good to deal with Guo Huai, Chen Tai and Deng Ai and other three generals who conquered the west, and Jiang Wei also had to bear direct responsibility for the demise of Shu Han.
Historically, Shu Han was weak in all aspects, not only in terms of territory and strength, but also far inferior to Cao Wei and Sun Wu in terms of talent.
[Cao Wei's overrated civil and military affairs]
There are also many overrated figures of Cao Wei in later generations, among which there is a literature and a martial arts are still the most obvious, they are Guo Jia, who is known by some as the first strategist of the Three Kingdoms, and Xiahoudun, the first military general of Cao Wei.
Although Guo Jia died young, he followed Cao Cao for ten years, and he did not show a lot in terms of strategy. The evaluation of Guo Jia in later generations has not been low, and the evaluation of Guo Jia has actually increased in recent years. However, I have already talked about it before, in fact, "if Guo Jia is alive, Cao Cao can win the battle of Chibi and can dominate the world" This topic is not of much value, and what should really be discussed is "If there is no Guo Jia, Cao Cao will unify the north earlier, and whether Cao Wei will develop better".
In the late Han Dynasty, this old brother was taken away by Lu Bu in the Battle of Cao Lu Yanzhou, and he was once captured alive, and even lost one of his eyes, and the crusade against Gao Shun and Liu Bei in the south also ended in failure. Xiahoudun's status in Cao Wei is so high, to be honest, mainly because he is Cao Cao's relative and Cao Cao's cronies, and his qualifications are old enough, as for Xiahoudun's skills, I really don't see it.
[Sun Wu's overrated civil and military affairs]
Zhang Zhao and Tai Shici among Sun Wu's civil and military ministers were also overestimated by later generations, Zhang Zhao was the minister of Tuogu left by Sun Ce, and his status was equivalent to Zhuge Liang Yu Liu Chan, but Zhang Zhao's own ability was far from being comparable to Zhuge Liang, even if Zhang Zhao was considered the most powerful political ability, he actually didn't feel very strong, Sun Quan said that Zhang Zhao was not suitable to be the prime minister, I personally think there is really no problem with this.
As for Tai Shi Ci, he is similar to Zhao Yun, he has all abilities, but he has no chance to perform, unlike Zhao Yun, Tai Shi Ci died purely because he died too early, remembering that he died before the Battle of Chibi.
[Overrated civil and military among other princes]
Dong Zhuo's Li Ru and Hua Xiong are typically overestimated, and they are not overestimated. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Li Ru is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law and military advisor, helping Dong Zhuo enter Luoyang to control the imperial court, and he is so powerful that he can even be compared with Jia Xu, but in real history, Li Ru is actually a passerby sent by Dong Zhuo to send poisoned wine to the young emperor. As for Hua Xiong, who was blown up in force, Hua Xiong was just a lieutenant in the Xiliang Army, not even a Zhonglang general, and with Dong Zhuo's Zhonglang generals Hu Zhen and Lu Bu crusaded against Sun Jian, and was defeated and killed.
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", when the Kwantung Coalition Army attacked Dong, Lu Bu was blown out of the sky, killing many fierce generals in seconds, and fighting three heroes alone, but in fact, Lu Bu was Dong Zhuo's lackey, digging people's graves, and then being pressed to the ground by Sun Jian to rub it, first defending Luoyang, and then guarding Chang'an, all of which ended in failure.
There is also the trial under Yuan Shao, because he stuck to Yecheng and blocked Cao Cao for a few months, he was also blown badly, but at that time, it was not new to fight a siege for a few months, and similar things happened many times at that time. The judgment is also very impressive for the loyalty of the Yuan family, but the fall of the Yuan family and the fall of Yecheng are both very responsible.
Regarding the cute girls in the Three Kingdoms period, in addition to Sun Shangxiang, Big Qiao and Diao Chan are actually different from what everyone thinks, Big and Small Qiao belong to the captives of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, and Diao Chan real people should not exist in history.
In addition to the military generals discussed above, other overrated ones include Chen Gong, Zhuge Jin, etc., which will not be explained here.
PS: This article has been finished in the last few days, and I will revise it again after I finish it.