Heroes and geniuses appeared countless times in chaotic times like the Three Kingdoms. In addition to talented advisers, heroes, and strong generals are indispensable resources if they want to compete for the world.
In the Three Kingdoms, the contemporary mighty generals are numerous. However, not everyone is on the list of the most talented generals who are wanted by many forces in the Three Kingdoms.
Contemporaries often passed on the saying: “Nhat La second Trieu Tam Dien Vi, Four Quan Five Ma Luc Truong Phi“. This saying shows the assessment of the strongest martial arts generals at that time. Specifically, La Bo is considered the strongest martial artist in the Three Kingdoms, followed by Trieu VanDien Vi, Quan Vu, Ma Sieu and finally Truong Phi.
La Bo is considered the number 1 strong general in the Three Kingdoms.
Among these talented generals, there are two who have been in the same situation. Those are La Bo and Trieu Van. Both martial generals were once surrounded by Cao Cao’s army. In the end, Zhao Yun was able to break the siege and escape, but Lu Bu could not. This surprised many people, because in many reviews and ratings, La Bo was of course stronger in martial arts than Trieu Van.
The question arises why Lu Bu could not escape Cao Cao’s encirclement?
As it turned out, Lu Bu’s unexpected outcome had a cause.
History books record that, in the battle of Truong Ban in 208, before the attack of Cao’s army, Liu Bei was defeated so badly that he had to flee. Trieu Van at that time was extremely brave when he rushed into the siege of Cao’s army alone to rescue the young lord Luu Thien, the son of Liu Bei.
In the face of an elite cavalry squad, it was rare for any martial artist to escape death. However, Trieu Van did this and successfully saved Luu Thien’s life. The image of Trieu Van depicting the conflict between the right and the right, breaking the siege of the Cao army alone has become a famous feat in the Three Kingdoms.
So, what situation did La Bo fall into?
In 198, Cao Cao brought troops to fight Lu Bu in the city of Xuzhou. Initially, with the support of Tran Cung, the Lu Bo faction fought with Cao Cao indiscriminately. The war therefore also fell into a tug-of-war for a long time. In 199, because Cao Cao’s army was besieged for many months but could not defeat the citadel, Cao Cao intended to retreat. However, the advisors Tuan Uc and Quach Gia advised Cao Cao to fight quickly.
Accordingly, Cao Cao listened to Quach Gia’s scheme, which was to send troops to the Nghi Thuy and Tu Thuy rivers to herd the Ha Bi citadel. As a result, the city of Xia Bi was flooded, and Lu Bu was in a dangerous situation, so he was forced to withdraw to entrench at the Bach Mon floor in a situation of extreme exhaustion. Meanwhile, Lu Bu’s plan to bring Lu Bu’s daughter to Yuan Shu failed, so Yuan Shu’s army did not come to Lu Bu’s aid. In the end, Lu Bu was captured and killed by Cao Cao’s army.
Lu Bu was eventually captured and killed by the Cao army.
So, why did they both fall into a dangerous situation when they were surrounded, but Trieu Van escaped, but Lu Bo did not?
Two reasons why Lu Bu could not escape death
first, the most important thing that made Trieu Van able to break out of the siege of Cao’s army was because of his decisiveness, without hesitation. Trieu Van’s destination was to rescue the young Lord Luu Thien, so he rushed into the encirclement, extremely brave.
Meanwhile, when being attacked by Cao Cao, although the advisor Tran Cung had come up with some important plans, Lu Bu hesitated to listen. For example, when Cao Cao advanced to Xia Bi, Tran Cung advised Lü Bu to bring his troops out to fight immediately, but La Bu did not listen and instead wanted to wait for Cao’s army to arrive before engaging in battle. As a result, Lu Bu lost several battles and had to retreat to Xia Bi citadel to defend himself, and at the same time sent people to ask for help from Yuan Shu.
If Lu Bu was decisive and heeded Tran Cung’s advice, perhaps this mighty general would not have fallen into a situation of prolonged siege and ultimately suffered such a disastrous outcome.
Trieu Van was extremely brave, rushing into the siege of Cao’s army alone to save Luu Thien.
SecondTrieu Van was able to survive and break the siege of Cao’s army thanks to Cao Cao. During the battle of Truong Ban, when he saw Trieu Van storming into the encirclement among thousands of Cao Cao troops alone, extremely brave, good at fighting, wholeheartedly for his master, he left a deep impression on Cao Cao’s heart.
Despite wanting to win, Cao Cao is a person who loves talents very much. He ordered his soldiers not to shoot arrows. It was thanks to this that Trieu Van was able to break the siege, save the young lord, and escape safely. Imagine if Cao Cao ordered to shoot arrows, in the midst of the siege of the elite Cao army, Trieu Van alone could hardly survive this stage.
Meanwhile, when he captured Lu Bu alive, although he hesitated, Cao Cao finally ordered Lu Bu to be killed. The main difference is due to Lu Bu’s temperament. Before that, Lü Bo was called “anti-master” many times. If Cao Cao had been lenient at that time and spared Lu Bu’s death, he was afraid that one day he would get revenge.
Although Trieu Van lost to La Bo in martial arts, he had many outstanding favorable conditions. Therefore, the failure of Lu Bu before the siege of the Cao army in this situation cannot be discussed using martial arts.
Article referenced source: Sohu, Toutiao, Baidu
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