At the end of the Han Dynasty, warlords scuffled, and Zhao Yun was elected by the monarch to lead Yi Cong to join the White Horse General Gongsun Zan. During this period, I met Liu Bei, a relative of the Han Dynasty royal family, but soon Zhao Yun left because of his brother's death. Zhao Yun left Gongsun Zan for about seven years, met Liu Bei in Yecheng, and followed Liu Bei from then on.
Zhao Yun followed General Liu Bei for nearly 30 years, participated in Bowangpo Campaign, Changbanpo Campaign and Jiangnan Pacification Campaign, and commanded the Battle of Entering Sichuan, Hanshui Campaign and Ji Gu Campaign alone, all of which achieved very good results. In addition to fighting everywhere, Zhao Yun also took the partial general as the prefect of Guiyang, leaving Sima to stay in the camp and supervise Jiangzhou with the general of Yijun.
In addition, when Zhao Yun pacified Yizhou, he quoted the story of Huo Qubing to persuade Liu Bei to return the land to the people. After Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were killed, he advised Liu Bei not to cut Wu. After Zhao Yun's death, Liu Chan ordered a memorial service for Zhao Yun. Jiang Wei regards Zhao Yun as a smooth and smooth Hou, "gentle and courteous, kind-hearted, smooth and smooth, the deacon has a lesson to be smooth, and is determined to be smooth in adversity."
ever-victorious general
There is no record in the history books that Zhao Yun is an ever-victorious general, but there has been a saying among the people since ancient times that Zhao Yun is an ever-victorious general.
The so-called ever-victorious general is a victorious general, but Zhao Yun lost once, both in history and in the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Although Zhao Yun also lost the battle, he was still called the ever-victorious general. The main reason is that Zhao Yun did not lose much in the only defeat, and a similar situation happened in Changbanpo. Although Liu Beijun was defeated in the battle of Changbanpo, Liu Bei's wife and children were rescued by Zhao Yun's efforts. In the novel, the battle between Zhao Yun and Changbanpo was artistically treated, and Zhao Yun broke into more than 800,000 Cao Jun. ..
The same is true of the ancient battle of Jicoo. The army has decided to retreat. In order to prevent the enemy from pursuing, Zhao Yun defended himself. Although he is old, he can still cut down the enemy. In other battles, Zhao Yun often performed well in failed battles.
Even if the war is at a disadvantage, Zhao Yun can kill the enemy and be in an invincible position. Therefore, it has long given the general public an impression that Zhao Yun will not be defeated. In some folklore, there is even a saying that Zhao Yun fought all his life and was never injured. This shows that Zhao Yun, the ever-victorious general, has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Ride the savior alone
Riding alone as a savior refers to Zhao Yun's single-handedly rescuing Liu Bei's son Liu Chan. There were two times in history, one was the battle of Changbanpo, and the other was to cut off the river to save Adou, which happened in the 13th year of Jian 'an and 14th year of Jian 'an respectively. The plot of Zhao Yun riding the savior alone is often artistically processed and appears in novels, storytelling, operas and other literary works.
In fact, it was Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei who cut off the river and saved Adou, and both of them led the army, so strictly speaking, they were not saviors riding alone. However, influenced by the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, people habitually call this kind of behavior a savior riding alone.
General Wu Hu
The Five Tiger Generals refer to the five most famous, highest-ranking and most capable generals in Shu Han, namely Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and Huang Zhong, but Professor Yi Zhongtian of Xiamen University put forward the theory of four tiger generals in Lecture Room.
When Chen Shou wrote The History of the Three Kingdoms, he combined,, and Zhao into one biography, second only to Zhuge Liang's Biography, and ranked first among civil servants and military commanders in Shu and Han Dynasties. These five generals are also called tiger generals, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are called "bear tiger generals".
Zhao Yun is known as a "tiger general", Ma Chao is "fighting with Yongde" and Huang Zhong is "brave in the three armed forces". It can be seen that it is well documented to call these five generals "the army of the five tigers in Shu and Han Dynasties". When Chen Shou was writing the History of the Three Kingdoms, he successively rated five generals as the "minions" of Shu Han, that is to say, Guan Zhang Ma Huangzhao was officially recognized as the "five minions" of Shu Han.
The title of the Five Tigers General Army does not come from The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Before the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the story of the Three Kingdoms called them "Five Tiger Generals". Further, these five people have been called "Five Generals" or "Five Brothers" in Song Yuan.
Whether it's "five tiger generals" or "five tiger generals", it's actually just a title, the name of a general. Huang Zhao, Guan Zhangma, is definitely the Iliad of Shu Han, so it is meaningless whether from the perspective of romance or official history.
In addition, the generals of the Five Tigers are also found in official historical books, including the Examination of Mountain Hall and biographies of famous ministers in past dynasties, and the inclusion of Sikuquanshu fully affirmed that they were the officials of the Qing Dynasty, that is to say, from the Ming Dynasty, the official historians recognized the Five Tigers.