Zhao Yun has always been a popular figure in the Three Kingdoms period, relatively speaking, in the official history, although his ability is worthy of recognition, but his status is not high. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

【Experience】

Zhao Yun is a native of Changshan, Jizhou, but he first joined the army in Gongsun Zhan, and did not take refuge in Yuan Shao. Later, Liu Bei took refuge in Gongsun Zhan, met Zhao Yun, admired him very much, and took him with him, and later Tian Kai went south to fight for Qingzhou, Liu Bei followed, and Zhao Yun was in charge of the cavalry for Liu Bei at that time. Later, because of the death of his brother, Zhao Yun temporarily left Liu Bei.

After Liu Bei was driven out of Xuzhou by Cao Cao and had to rely on Yuan Shao's command, and Gongsun Zhan had been eliminated by Yuan Shao at that time, so Zhao Yun went to Yecheng to see Liu Bei after learning the news, and took refuge under his command again. Later, Zhao Yun participated in part of the battle of Guandu with Liu Bei, and after Yuan Shao's defeat, he went south to take refuge with Liu Biao.

According to the record of "Zhao Yun's Biography", during the battle of Bowang, Liu Bei broke Cao's army with an ambush, and Zhao Yun captured the enemy general Xiahoulan alive in the battle, and Zhao Yun and Xiahoulan are fellow villagers and have known each other since childhood, so they pleaded with Liu Bei to save Xiahoulan from death. And Xiahoulan is clear about the law, and Liu Bei uses him as a military leader. Zhao Yun does not use this fellow villager for himself, which can be seen Zhao Yun's cautious and wise attitude.

After Cao Cao went south, Zhao Yun fled with Liu Bei, and in the Dangyang fiasco, Zhao Yun attacked Cao's army, embraced Liu Bei's young son Liu Chan, protected Liu Bei's wife, Mrs. Gan, and returned to Liu Bei safely.

After the Battle of Jiangling, Zhao Yun followed Liu Bei to pacify the four counties of Jingnan, and replaced Zhao Fan, who surrendered, and concurrently served as the Taishou of Guiyang. Later, Liu Bei entered Shu, with Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to guard Jingzhou, at the same time Liu Bei also specially ordered Zhao Yun to take charge of internal affairs, check and balance Mrs. Sun, and later Sun Quan sent troops to pick up Mrs. Sun, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei and others recaptured Liu Bei's son Liu Chan on the river.

After Liu Bei and Liu Zhang broke up, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were transferred to Yizhou to crusade against Liu Zhang, Zhao Yun led the army from the outer water to go deeper, captured Jiangyang, Qianwei and other counties, and successfully joined Liu Bei in Chengdu, so he served as the general of the Yi army. When he was in Chengdu, Zhao Yun proposed to Liu Bei to return the property to the people to appease the people. During the crusade against Hanzhong, Zhao Yun used a suspicious strategy to repel Cao's army, and Liu Bei personally praised Zhao Yun and said: "Zilong is a guts!" The army also called Zhao Yun "General Huwei".

After Liu Bei became emperor, he was ready to crusade against Sun Quan, but was advised by Zhao Yun and was left by Liu Bei to supervise Jiangzhou.

After Liu Chan ascended the throne, Zhao Yun gradually moved from the Zhonghu Army and the general of Zhengnan to the general of Zhendong, and was named the Marquis of Yongchang Pavilion. During Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi were suspicious troops, occupied Keigu, and encountered the army led by Cao Zhen, the general of Wei, although they were defeated and retreated because of their weak soldiers, but Zhao Yun led the troops well and did not cause major losses.

In the seventh year of Jianxing (229), Zhao Yun died of illness. Zhao Yun had two sons, the eldest son Zhao Tong inherited his title, and the official was Hu Ben Zhonglang, supervising the army; The second son, Zhao Guangguan, was the goalkeeper of the tooth and died on the battlefield when he followed Jiang Wei in the middle of the battle.

【Follow-up】

In the fourth year of Jingyao (261), Liu Zhang posthumously named Zhao Yun as the Marquis of Shunping. According to the "Biography of Zhao Yun", the main edict said: "Yun Xi was the first emperor, and his merits were accumulated. I rushed with a young man, waded into difficulties, relied on loyalty and obedience, and helped danger. The husband is so the father of the father, and the foreign discussion is cloudy. ”

The general Jiang Wei and others thought that Yun Xi had been the first emperor, and he had made great achievements, ran the world, obeyed the law, and had a good effect. When the battle of the sun, righteousness runs through the golden stone, loyalty to the guard, the king reads his reward, the courtesy is generous, and the minister forgets his death. The dead are knowledgeable enough to be immortal; The living are grateful, enough to die. According to the law, the soft and virtuous are benevolent and benevolent, and the deacon has a class to say that he is peaceful, and he is peaceful when he is in trouble, and he should be said to be smooth and peaceful.

[Less stains]

Among the main generals under Liu Bei, Zhao Yun is one of the very few who have no stain, like Guan Yu is a little lustful and has a bad relationship with the Shi clan, Zhang Fei loves to beat and scold his subordinates, Ma Chao is suspected of killing his father, only Zhao Yun is like a white lotus.

More than that, Zhao Yun has been active in many things, in the battle of Bowang, Zhao Yun and his old friend Xiahou Lan were their masters, and Zhao Yun interceded for him after capturing him, keeping his loyalty and friendship; When Dangyang was defeated, Zhao Yun ventured back to the battlefield and rescued the master mother and young master, and the lord Liu Bei also ignored the provocation of others and firmly believed in Zhao Yun, and finally formed a historical story; After occupying Chengdu, some people advocated that the houses in Chengdu and the mulberry fields outside the city be given to the generals, but Zhao Yun was selfless and advised Liu Bei to return these properties to the people.

All of this, not to list them one by one, this is why Zhao Yun's influence in the Three Kingdoms period was limited, his status was not high, but he was highly evaluated in later generations, which is why now Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu and other Shu Han heroes have been denounced to varying degrees, but Zhao Yun can stay out of the way, and the beautification has increased instead of decreasing.

【Zhao Yun and Chen Dao】

Now some historians believe that Zhao Yun in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a combination of Zhao Yun and Chen Zhi in history, although I don't know the source of this statement, but it is clear that I personally do not agree with this statement.

Because most of the records about Zhao Yun in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" come from "Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Zhao Yun" and "The Biography of Zhao Yun", which are basically recorded, and there are few things about Chen Zhi in history, and there are not many records.

The expedition to the south is heavy, the expedition to the west is Zhongke, the unification is the selection of soldiers, and the fierce generals are fierce. -- Praise Zhao Zilong and Chen Shuzhi

Uncle to the name, Runan people also. Since Yuzhou followed the ancestors, the name Changya Zhao Yun, all known as loyal and brave. At the beginning of Jianxing, the official was the governor of Yong'an, the general of Zhengxi, and the marquis of Ting.

On the whole, Chen Zhi also has a considerable status in the Shu Han group, and Chen Zhi is also the commander of the Bai Yu soldiers (Note 1) under Liu Bei, Chen Zhi is likely to be Liu Bei's personal guard, similar to Xu Chu, Dian Wei and the like, so there are not many records of Chen Zhi, but later the official position is not low, which can also explain why Chen Zhi's reputation is not obvious, after all, although the guard is close to the boss, there are fewer opportunities to make contributions.

However, if you want to say that Zhao Yun has shared the credit of Chen Zhi, you have to come up with real evidence, after all, the two have no inevitable connection, and there are many people like Chen Zhi who have no biography and are not low in official positions in major groups, so it can't be said that they have all been shared by others.

Note 1: Bai Yubing may be Liu Bei's personal soldier, and there are limited records of this unit in history, and there are not many details.