Why did Cao Cao bestow favor on Guan Yu instead of sending troops to participate in the war between the Three Kingdoms princes 18 Road and Hua Xiong?

"Hua Xiong with warm wine" is a famous battle that Guan Yu shocked the world. Before this war, Guan Yu was only a pony archer (only Cheng, the leader of the Yellow Scarf Army, was beheaded in the Battle of Daxing Mountain). After this war, Guan Yu entered the ranks of "super fierce soldiers" on the list of military commanders in the Three Kingdoms.

Dong Zhuo went to Beijing, rampaging, killing people at will and abolishing legislation privately, which aroused the anger of the ruling and opposition parties. Cao Cao stabbed him in vain, fled back, set up the flag of the uprising, and ordered the heroes of the world to join the alliance to beg for Dong. From time to time, 18-route princes came to join the alliance, which can be described as the battle of Mazhuang.

Although it seems that there are many people, these governors have their own ulterior motives, all with their own small abacus, and they can't completely unite to form a joint force. From the first day of the alliance, intrigue and mutual destruction began.

Yuan Shu, for example, is the strongest of the eighteen-route governors. Ren Nanyang magistrate, in Huainan. His ruling area is very rich, with convenient transportation and abundant money and food. At the same time, he is a "post-general" officially appointed by the imperial court and has the right to reasonably and legally mobilize the national regular army within his jurisdiction. It can be said that he is well fed and clothed. As a "direct descendant" of the Yuan family, Yuan Shu is a "four generations, three publics" in the family, with influence all over the ruling and opposition parties and numerous contacts. However, when joining the League, everyone elected Yuan Shao as the leader of the League, and Yuan Shao was Yuan Jia's "concubine" when he was the satrap of Bohai Sea. This actually aroused Yuan Shu's suspicion and divided the relationship between yuan brothers.

Yuan Shao is also very cunning. He didn't bring the main force and the best soldiers when he came to the League. Yan Liang and Wen Chou are not in the army. When he became a leader, he commanded other princes to charge, but he saved his strength. At the same time, as soon as he came to power, he ordered Yuan Shu to "put the governor's grain and grass into the camp" and seize the key position of logistics supply.

At that time, Sun Jian, the Changsha magistrate, was still attached to Yuan Shu, and the salary of the army had to be improved. He was eager to get rid of this attachment and seize the real interests first, so he volunteered to be a pioneer. Bao Xin, who was in a lower position among the princes, had the least troops and the weakest strength. He secretly sent his younger brother Bao Zhongxian to set out with troops, trying to seize Surabaya Pass and take advantage of it.

It is conceivable that the combat efficiency is extremely low, like a fragmented alliance. When the war started, both Bao Xin and Sun Jian suffered big losses.

Under the command of Dong Zhuo, Wei Huaxiong, a brave warrior in Xiliang, led 50,000 troops to Surabaya Pass to resist the prince. Hua Xiong saw Bao Zhong's troops fighting at the city gate, immediately opened and closed them to meet them, and suddenly rushed out. Bao Zhong was caught off guard and was "attacked with a sword" by Hua Xiong.

Sun Jian stationed military forces outside the city, Liang Dong was short of food and grass, Yuan Shu deliberately delayed, and Sun Jian had to turn to attack. Hua Xiong took advantage of the night to launch a surprise attack on it, and the whole army "screamed" and took Sun Jian by surprise. As soon as Sun Jian got off the bed, he met Hua Xiong and killed him. "There wasn't much fighting." The camp was on fire everywhere and it was a mess. Sun Jian coasted and fled. He was hunted by Hua Xiong, and Zu Mao was killed by Hua Xiong.

Hua Xiong went after them and killed Yu She, a warrior under Yuan Shu. Han Fu sent general Pan Feng to meet them. Was beheaded by Hua Xiong. When the governors were in the embarrassment of looking at each other, and no one took part in the war, Guan Yu stepped forward, which was well documented, and achieved the eternal legend of "chopping Hua Xiong while the wine was still warm".

Then, as Cao Cao, the initiator of Jiao Zhao's invitation for Dong, why didn't his Ministry take the initiative to go out? It is not difficult to find that, in fact, in the two wars of Surabaya Pass and Hulao Pass, Cao Cao didn't send a soldier and a general, but just jumped up and down to encourage the vassals to play. Let's find out which ministries and commissions Cao Cao had at that time that could fight for World War I..

When Cao Cao revolted under the banner of Chenliushu Uprising, two people were the first to defect: one was "Yang Ping defended the country and his surname was Le" and the other was "Yang Shan Julu, whose surname was Li Mingdian". They were the first to arrive. Later, in order to safeguard the master's dignity, people who killed and fled the rivers and lakes came, "together with his younger brother Xia, they each brought a thousand strong men to the meeting" and also brought some troops. Later, Cao Ren and Cao Hong of Cao Shi's family also brought thousands of people to the account. "They are proficient in martial arts." . In other words, in fact, in the battle of Surabaya Pass, Cao Cao had six available generals: Le Jin, Li Dian, Xia Houdun, Xia, Cao Ren and Cao Hong.

Who can compete with Hua Xiong in the six war generals? Let's analyze their respective combat effectiveness one by one.

I. Le Jin

In Cao Wei's army, the little man Le Jin is a tough character, belonging to the type of young people who talk little. He is usually silent and says nothing. When he reached the front line, he always rushed up with his head down, "being the first in each array" and bravely stepped forward.

In the battle of Puyang, Lejin tied with Cang Ba's more than 30 wars; Join forces with Yujin to attack Lu Bu and be beaten away by Lu Bu; Liu Jun will besiege Lu Bu, and Lejin is one of them. The battle of Jizhou killed Guo Tu with an arrow; In the battle of Xuzhou, an arrow killed Lian; The battle of Runan was defeated by Guan Yu; In the battle of Hefei, Sun Quan rode a fast horse alone, and the knife broke the double halberd; The battle of Hefei confronted Gan Ning, and the battle was a complete failure. So Kou and Ling Tong tied 50 games.

We can see that although Le Jin had a record of beheading twice, both of them were shot with bows and arrows, and he was drawn to Cang Ba and Ling Tong, which shows that his lethality is weak and he belongs to a weak first-class valiant soldier. Such lethality hardly poses a threat to Hua Xiong, while Hua Xiong has a strong ability to avoid arrows and has no chance of winning against it.

Two. Li Dian

In Cao Wei's army, Li Dian was more resourceful than brave. With Coss to attack Liu Bei in Xinye, he repeatedly advised Coss; When Xia Houdun was in Bowangpo, it was he who first discovered the enemy's fire attack plan.

However, Li Dian's fighting skills in frontal combat are not as good as that of Le Jin, so he always encourages Le Jin to go out: Yangshan took the lead, and Li Dian captured the general Huang Shao alive; In the battle of Puyang, he participated in the encirclement and suppression of Lu Bu by six generals; Li Dian once besieged Zhao Yun with Xu Qi and Yujin, and Zhao Yun broke through. Going to Xinye, fighting with Zhao Yun for more than a dozen times, knowing defeat, returning to the array; Bowangpo was intercepted by Guan Yu, so he didn't dare to go out and took the road. In the battle, Song Qian was shot in the back.

Li Dian was defeated by Zhao Yun in just a dozen rounds, which shows that he can only be regarded as a powerful second-rate military commander, and such a force value cannot resist Hua Xiong at all.

Three. Cao ren

In the camp of Cao Wei, Cao Ren is a handsome man with the ability to command the army, who can attack and defend and be independent. Many times, he didn't fight one-on-one: Jinniu was besieged by the defense of Nanjun, and Cao Ren personally attacked Xu Sheng with a knife and rescued Jinniu; Jiang Qin stopped him when he broke through, and Coss and Taurus fought back together. In the battle of Nanjun, ten people were defeated by Zhou Tai. In the battle of Xiangfan, Guan Yu stopped him and did not dare to fight and flee.

Cao Ren led the army as a commander-in-chief in his combat career, and no one was killed or captured in the battle. His martial arts will not be better than Li Dian's. Such a force value, he is definitely no match for Hua Xiong.

Four. Cao hong

In Cao Wei's army, Cao Hong was a young warrior with a short temper, simple mind and controlled emotions. In fact, his head melon seeds are not as good as his brother Cao Ren, but the fighting capacity in the last battle is much stronger: Yangshan stepped into the Yellow Scarf Army to "cut off the hag" He Man, and after thirty or forty years, he derailed and dragged his knife to kill him; In the battle of Nanpi, Yuan Tan was killed in the melee; Confronted with Gan Ning, more than 20 people cheated and lost; Confronted with the Korean party, more than 30 people cheated and lost; In the battle of Tongguan, in order to save Cao Cao, I fought with Ma Chao forty or fifty times and gradually became exhausted. In the next three rounds, I will kill Ma Chao's department, Ren Kui.

Cao Hong's fighting capacity is quite strong. In the case of desperate struggle, he can still hard-top Ma Chao for 40 or 50 years before hitting a person when he is down. But at that time, Ma Chao's main attention was to kill Cao Cao, while Cao Hong was desperately trying. Judging from Cao Hong's performance, his force value is close to Le Jin. But in the battle of Surabaya Pass, Cao Hong was too young to resist the fierce Hua Xiong.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) Xiahou Yuan

In Xiahou family, Xia is a general with the ability to lead troops. Before he became blind, he seldom let Xia go out to fight. After losing his sight in his right eye, Xia Houyuan gradually stepped onto the front line of the war: Xia participated in the battle of six generals encircling Lu Bu; In the Battle of Runan, Liu Bei's grain delivery officer Gong Dou was killed, and then Zhang Fei arrived and killed Xia; In the battle of Tongguan, Ma Chao, who came to steal the camp, was beheaded. Once confronted with Ma Chao, Ma Chao turned to pursue Cao Cao; Hanzhong pacified Zhang Lu, killed Minister Chang Qihe in Nanzheng, and made peace with Summer 30. Summer fraud and defeat; Participated in the wheel war and lost several times; Dingjunshan and Huang Zhongzhan joined forces and retreated to the camp. Then Huang Zhong raided and killed him.

Judging from the force value of Xia, it is close to Zhang He and Zhang Liao, and belongs to the middle level of first-class military commanders. However, there were few appearances in the early summer, and it was not until the injury that he emerged. Xia was still young during the Si Shui Guan War. Although he is safe in Hua Xiong, he has no chance of winning, and his brother Xia Houdun won't let him take the risk.

The intransitive verb Xia Houdun.

At the beginning of the Cao Wei Uprising, Dian Wei, Xu Qi and other "super-valiant soldiers" were short of soldiers, and they were challenged by Xia Houdun and Yue.

Xia Houdun is a brave soldier. No matter what kind of strong enemy you encounter, you dare to fight recklessly: Xingyang hit Lu Bu with a gun, but the battle did not repeat, and you lost to this array; Xu Rong was stabbed to death by a gun without counting the number of battles; Xuzhou City confronted Cao Bao, and the wind suddenly rose; Outside Puyang, Zhang Liao confronted him, and Lyu3 bu4 went out personally. Lu Bu chased Cao Cao and Xia Houdun stopped him. The heavy rain came and both sides retreated. Participate in the campaign of six generals to encircle Lu Bu; Shouchun was stabbed to death by Yuan Shu's general Qiao Yu; Gao Shun was defeated 40-50 outside Xuzhou City. He was shot in the right eye by an arrow in the back, pulled out his arrow and swallowed his eyes, and stabbed Cao Xing to death with one gun. When Pi lured Guan Yu to battle, more than ten people cheated and lost. The Yellow River ferry chased Guan Yu, and the war was stopped by the messenger. Bo Wang Po and Zhao Yun played ten times, but Zhao Yun cheated him out.

Judging from Xia Houdun's performance, his martial arts are comparable to those of Zhang He and Zhang Liao, but his fighting courage is far better than this. He belongs to a strong first-class warrior. ? The only person in Cao Jun who can defeat Hua Xiong is Xia Houdun.

But Cao Cao would never send Xia Houdun to the battlefield. First, Cao Cao is not stupid. Why should everyone save their strength and I stand out? One more thing, Hua Xiong's appearances in several wars are amazing. It is not surprising that Bao Zhong was beheaded. "Jiangdong Tiger" Sun Jian was defeated and Zu Mao was killed. "Hero" Yu She retreated without fighting and confessed, and "General" Pan Feng died soon. Hua Xiong won five of five wars and four people were killed. Only one Sun Jian came back alive from his sword. Such an efficient killing rate is too scary. How dare Cao Cao let his brother take risks easily?

Therefore, Guan Yu's victory over Hua Xiong in World War I lies in his own powerful force, as well as mutual suspicion and vigilance among governors, each with his own ulterior motives and refusing to work hard.

(This article is based on the analysis of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and has nothing to do with official history. )