Guan Yu was upset for Zhao Yunming, which is understandable.

After all, Zhao Yun is Guan Yu's old brother, when Liu Bei was still mixing with Gongsun Zhan, Guan Zhang and the two met Zhao Yun.

In the later 20 years of his career, Zhao Yun officially followed Liu Bei, except for the years when he returned to Changshan to deal with his brother's funeral, he was not by Liu Bei's side, and he has been following Liu Bei for the rest of the time, and he has never given up after several setbacks.

This is faithfulness and qualifications.

In terms of merit, Zhao Yun followed Liu Bei to memorize words in the early years, and even Liu Bei never fought any decent battles, let alone Zhao Yun.

But Liu Bei encountered danger several times, and it was indeed Zhao Yun who protected Liu Bei from danger again and again.

This is not a problem of ability, it is a problem of opportunity, and Zhao Yun has not encountered a good time.

However, after Liu Bei pacified the four counties of Jingnan, Zhao Yun was immediately appointed by Liu Bei as the acting Guiyang Taishou, and took charge of it alone.

These are the victories of the defending side or the leader of the army.

Such an achievement, both public and private, the Quartet General should have one for Zhao Yun.

But. To tell the truth, although Zhang Xi also thinks so, it is more of a factor of friendship and filters, aside from these factors, it is reasonable that Zhao Yun was not selected as a general of the Quartet.

Liu Bei became the king of Hanzhong, and the most important factor was to seize Hanzhong, so the important criterion for considering whether to be promoted or not was actually the battle of Hanzhong.

In the battle of Hanzhong, although Zhao Yun had the deeds of responding to Huang Zhong's breakthrough and at the same time laying out a suspicious formation to scare Cao Bing away, this battle itself was a grain robbery operation initiated by Liu Beifang, and the purpose of the battle was not achieved, so it was a failed attack.

In this case, even if Liu Bei personally boasted that "Zhao Zilong is a guts", there was no way to give Zhao Yun credit, after all, it was a failed battle, but after Zhao Yun's efforts, the result of defeat was not serious.

As for the merits of the Sichuan period, Liu Bei has already been rewarded, Zhao Yun's promotion from Yamen General to Yijun General is an affirmation of Zhao Yun's achievements in the Sichuan period, and no matter how rashly promoted he is now, it will also cause dissatisfaction among others.

Finally, there is indeed Liu Bei's consideration at the political level, the generals of the Quartet cannot all be Liu Bei's own people.

Ma Chao is used to attract those talents in the Yongliang area who are dissatisfied with Cao Cao, and this banner should be set up, which will be beneficial to the future strategy of Yongliang.

Huang Zhong himself has made great contributions, and he must set an example for the Jingzhou faction, so Huang Zhong was also selected.

Needless to say, Guan Zhang and the others don't need any reason to be selected, just because they are Liu Bei's brother-in-law and Liu Bei's Yuancong.

What's more, Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou, flooded the Seventh Army, and Zhang Feiwakou beat Zhang He violently, and the merits of these two people have not been rewarded, so it is impossible not to be selected.

In this way, he can only be wronged by Zhao Yun.

Who made Zhao Yun have a generous personality and know the general situation, Liu Bei calculated and calculated, so he had to arrange the position of the general of the Quartet.

Therefore, Guan Yu is upset for Zhao Yunming, and Zhang Xi is understandable. But it's not like there's no way to remedy it.

We can't bully people like this just because Zhao Yun is easy to speak, right?!

There are only four positions for the generals of the Quartet, and it is difficult to divide five people, and it is an official system, which is not easy to change. But aren't there five tiger generals?

Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as the "Five Tiger Generals" in history, but there is a similar record of Cao Wei's "Five Sons and Good Generals".

Chen Shou in "Three Kingdoms. It is recorded in the Book of Wei Volume 17: "Taizu Jianzi martial arts, and the good generals of the time, the five sons are the first", which is the earliest statement of the five good generals.

Chen Shou's original intention was to list Cao Wei's generals with foreign surnames except for Zhuxiahou Cao, and put the five highest merits together, but because Chen Shou was a person of the same era, he put these five people side by side, and specifically mentioned "five sons first", it is estimated that in the social background at that time, there was indeed a similar statement with the five sons.

This is more or less well documented.

But coincidentally, Chen Shou was writing "Three Kingdoms. Shu Shu", also combined the five people into a biography, that is, "Guan Zhang Ma Huang Zhao" biography Although Chen Shou did not explicitly say that these five people have the title of "Five Tigers", but they can't stand the brains of later generations, and think that you Cao Wei can "five sons first", so Shu Han has a "Five Tiger General", which is not very normal.

The statement of the five tiger generals spread like this, and when Luo Guanzhong wrote "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he directly gave you a conclusion on the coffin, and the statement of the five tiger generals was completely spread.

But the statement of the Five Tiger Generals is only fictional after all, and it is not recognized by the official history.

It's just that there is not a crossing dog now, and this crossing dog is still working in Liu Bei Group.

Therefore, Zhang Xi plucked Guan Yu, since he felt that the reward of the Quartet General was unfair to Zhao Yun, then we might as well go to the table of the King of Hanzhong and get such an honorary title as the Five Tigers.

This is not a specific official position, just an honorary title, which does not affect the normal operation of the government. No one would object, right?!

What?! Wei Lao Pifu?!

Whatever that old puppet does! Does Zhang Xi have a good relationship with him?!

Besides, Wei Yan was jealous that he was not named the Five Tiger Generals, it was completely made up by Luo Guanzhong for the sake of black Wei Yan.

This old horseman can't be compared with the Five Tiger Generals now, whether in terms of merit or status, and being able to be named the Taishou of Hanzhong by Liu Bei is already an exceptional promotion, how could he feel that he is qualified to be selected as the Five Tiger Generals? !

Zhang Xi just picked up Guan Yu like this, wrote a note, and then attached his name and asked the king of Hanzhong for a table, saying that it was to encourage the morale of the army, hoping to seal five honorary titles, collectively known as the "Five Tiger Generals".

Of course, who is selected in the end still has to be decided by Liu Bei, whether it is Guan Yu or Zhang Xi in this regard, they are not so lacking in heart.

But this performance was sent to Hanzhong, and Liu Bei felt that there was a problem when he looked at it.

The second brother guarded Jingzhou, according to Cao Cao in the north, retreated to Sun Quan in the south, flooded the Seventh Army, did Megatron Huaxia feel that the position of a former general could not satisfy his desire for fame? !

Otherwise, it's okay to put forward this honorary title of "Five Tiger Generals", why do you want to do it?!

Liu Bei didn't believe that Guan Yu would have different intentions, but he knew Guan Yu and knew that Guan Yu had always had a good face, and this time Guan Yu did a really good job in Jingzhou, laying down and defending Xiangfan, and his influence on Liu Bei's group was not inferior to another battle in Hanzhong.

If you think about it from this point of view, it seems that the reward is indeed a bit low.

But. Liu Bei no longer has any official positions that can be rewarded, General Wei, General Che Cai, and General These positions that are higher than the generals of the Quartet are not something that a prince can reward, it must be appointed by the Son of Heaven.

Moreover, this performance was not only sent in the name of Guan Yu, but also Zhang Xi, that is to say, Zhang Xi also agreed to Guan Yu's request to play this time.

This can't help but make Liu Bei pay attention to it.

If it was just Guan Yu's whim, then Liu Bei sent someone to explain his difficulties, and with Guan Yu's respectful attitude towards himself, this matter would be over.

But even Zhang Xi played it jointly, which had to make Liu Bei think about it more. Is it that most of the officials in Jingzhou are not very satisfied with this reward.

Indeed, there is one thing to say, after Liu Bei became the queen of Hanzhong, the rewards for his subordinates were more concentrated on the bureaucrats from Yizhou, after all, they could win the battle of Hanzhong, and these people were deadly.

Although it has not really reached the level of "male protagonist battle, female protagonist luck", all kinds of money and food consumption are provided by Yizhou, and now to get benefits, you must give them a big head.

For example, Fa Zheng, as the mastermind of Liu Bei's attack on Hanzhong, and the key strategist who led the entire battle of Hanzhong, directly named him Shang Shuling and the general of the army after Liu Bei became the queen of Hanzhong.

And Pang Tong, who went out together, and Zhuge Liang, who was sitting in the rear to prepare grain and grass, were still only the title of "military general", and their official positions had not changed.

By the way, Zhang Xi is still the Taishou of Nanjun and has not been promoted, and even because the current General Zuo is Ma Chao, Zhang Xi's official rank of General Sima of the Left has also been revoked by the way.

In other words, after Liu Bei became the queen of Hanzhong, out of the factor of consolidating the rule of Yizhou, in this reward, he was indeed a little biased towards the local faction of Yizhou, and ignored the interests of the Jingzhou faction.

Especially the Jingzhou faction was not idle, not only did they defeat Xiangfan in Jingzhou, but also blocked the sneak attack of Jiangdong, and they actually won the battle on both fronts.

Therefore, after Liu Bei received this report jointly signed by Guan Yu and Zhang Xi, he thought about it for a long time and decided to call several people to Hanzhong to discuss it seriously.

It's not just a matter of rewarding, it's also a question of the development route. The current situation is too good, there are too many choices in front of Liu Bei, Liu Bei also doesn't know what to do, and it is also necessary to convene the strategists to discuss it well.

On the Jingzhou side, Guan Yu must not move, he not only has to guard Xiangyang and guard against Cao Cao in the north, but also has to take care of Nanjun and Jingnan.

In the same way, Wang Ji of Nanjun can't be moved. It's Xu Shu, it's not a big problem to leave for a while.

Zhuge Jin, the envoy of Jiangdong, has recently arrived in Hanzhong, although Liu Bei is still hanging him, but Liu Bei does not believe that in this case, Sun Quan will still attack Jingnan.

Therefore, Zhang Xi and Xu Shu could only be called to Hanzhong to inquire about the specific situation.

At the same time, he also sent a letter to Zhuge Liang, who was guarding in Chengdu, asking him to come to Hanzhong as soon as possible.

In this way, in late March of the twenty-third year of Jian'an, Zhang Xi received an edict from the lord Liu Bei and went to Hanzhong to discuss state affairs.

(End of chapter)