Introduction: This famous Shu Han, whose name is a household name in China, is said to be the hero idol of foreign female presidents when they were young; Although he and Liu Bei are not brothers, his loyalty to Liu Bei is no less than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. He is Zhao Yun, a famous tiger general in Shu Han. So what kind of person is Zhao Yun in the conclusive historical records? What are his outstanding performances of loyalty to Liu Bei? From the perspective of human nature, what are the highlights and uniqueness of these performances?

Zhao Yun, Zi Zilong, was born in Dingzhen County, Changshan County, Jizhou (now Zhengding County, Hebei Province). According to the system at that time, if a county became a prince's fief, it was called a country, so Changshan country was Changshan county that became a prince's fief. According to the records in Zhao Yunchuan, Volume 36 of the Three Kingdoms, Pei Songzhi quoted Zhao Bie Yun Biography, which was eight feet long and commanding. At that time, one foot was equivalent to 24 centimeters today, and eight feet was one meter 92, exactly the same as Zhuge Liang's height. Tall and mighty, he was born to be a famous soldier. Zhaoyun entered the society, and it happened that Jizhou changed hands. Yuan Shao, the leader of the separatist regime, killed Han Fu, the military and political commander of Jizhou, and occupied Jizhou. Zhaoyun's hometown, Changshan, organized a group of volunteers, then called Yicong, to support Yuan Shao's arch-enemy, Gongsun Zan, a military strongman in Youzhou, to fight against the overbearing Yuan Shao. The general in charge of this volunteer army is our hero Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun arrived in Youzhou and began his military career. It was also in Youzhou that he met his wise monarch and devoted his life to him. So who is this person?

Yes, this man is Liu Bei. As soon as Zhao Yun arrived in Youzhou, his volunteers were incorporated into Gongsun Zan's Tieqi Corps. This iron cavalry regiment is the main body of the army in Youzhou. The elite division is the volunteer army riding a white horse, named Baima Yicong. From the front, it is invincible and is a famous soldier in the Three Kingdoms period. While Zhao Yun led his men to gallop on the battlefield, he also met Liu Bei. Why is Liu Canbei here? It turned out that Liu Bei had studied under Gongsun Zan and Lu Zhi, a great scholar. They are other disciples. At present, Liu Bei is frustrated and runs to take refuge in his brother. Liu Bei has a heart to win the heroes of the world for a comeback; And Zhao Yun also saw that Liu Bei was an extraordinary hero, more promising than Gongsun Zan. So the two men forged a deep friendship, just as the previous biography of Zhao Yun said: Every time my ancestors accepted the cloud, the cloud was deep and self-sustaining. The name of Zhao Yun comes from the sentence "The cloud follows the dragon and the wind follows the tiger" in the Book of Changes. Dragon's desire for Yun Qi, roaring tigers and dragon's desire, is often used to describe the mutual attraction between a wise monarch and a virtuous minister. Zhao Yun and Liu Bei, this is exactly such a scene.

Soon, Liu Bei was appointed by Gongsun Zan to capture Qingzhou of Yuan Shao. Liu Bei, who is trying to stand on his own feet, took the opportunity to make a request: send Zhao Yun to lead the cavalry for himself. Gongsun Zan soldiers will be wide at this time, so a promise. So Zhao Yungui was under the command of Liu Bei and never left. This year is the second year of Xianping in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Liu Bei is thirty-one, and Zhao Yun should be around twenty.

What are the highlights of Zhao Yun's arrival? Visitors from the Three Kingdoms tell you. For Liu Bei, whose career is still in its infancy, the arrival of Zhao Yun is of great significance, mainly in three aspects. First, before his generals, only Guan Yu and Zhang Fei could get their hands on them. After Zhao came, he changed from two to three. Three heads are better than one, each being Zhuge Liang; Three brave generals, isn't it worse? Secondly, Zhao Yun didn't come alone, but also brought a cavalry unit, which turned Liu Bei from a simple infantry team with only a thousand people into a well-equipped infantry and cavalry service. Thirdly, Zhao Yun brought not ordinary cavalry, but the cavalry of grassland nationalities such as Youzhou Wuwan mentioned in the History of the Three Kingdoms (Volume 32) and Biography of the ancients. At that time, the 50,000 cavalry in Youzhou, known as the world's famous rider, had strong fighting capacity, which was clearly recorded in the History of the Three Kingdoms (Volume 30) and Fifty Thousand Biographies. Add up the above three points, and Liu Bei's comprehensive strength is obviously improved, so it won't be long before he has the strength to rescue Tao Qian in Xuzhou, and Tao Qian will give Xuzhou to Liu Bei before he dies, which makes Liu Bei's career rise to a new stage. Therefore, it can be said that in determining the starting point of the relationship between monarch and minister, Zhao Yun gave Liu Bei a piece of loyalty with excellent performance and was one of the important entrepreneurial heroes of Liu Bei. People who used to talk about the Three Kingdoms seldom mentioned this point.

Zhao Yun's second outstanding performance was to save Mrs. Gan and her son A Dou from danger in Changbanpo, Dangyang. However, what is the real situation of this seemingly well-known story? In September, 13th year of Jian 'an, Emperor Xian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao dispatched nearly 200,000 troops, claiming to be 800,000, to kill Jingzhou in the south, not only to capture Jingzhou, but also to take down Liu Bei, the old enemy who lived here. Liu Cong, the new military and political commander in Jingzhou, surrendered. Liu Bei, who learned the news temporarily, withdrew south in panic. Cao Cao immediately sent elite cavalry to chase after him, galloping for more than 300 miles day and night, and finally caught up with Liu Bei and his party in Changban (now dangyang city, Hubei), north of Dangyang.

At that time, Guan Yu, three generals of Liu Bei, was sent to command the water army and rushed to Jiangling (now Jingzhou District, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province) to meet Liu Bei; Zhang Fei was sent to the rear to stop the enemy from pursuing; Zhao Yun's main task is to protect Liu Bei's family and retreat. Seeing that Cao Cao's fighters had been killed, Liu Bei left his wife and children and took Zhuge Liang and others to flee for life in the direction of the sparsely populated Hanshui River in the east. At the time of crisis, Zhao Yun clung to the son of Liu Bei, who was born just last year, and took care of his biological mother, Mrs. Gan, and struggled along the escape direction of Liu Bei and others. Finally reunited with Liu Bei and others on the west bank of Hanshui River. Then there is the famous Battle of Red Cliffs.