The most wonderful part of Romance of the Three Kingdoms is "Three British Wars against Lu Bu". A battle includes three top experts from the Three Kingdoms, and even Liu Bei, who has always been "all talk and no action", participated in the battle group, and its wonderful degree is of course amazing. But I wonder if you have ever wondered why Liu's three brothers failed to beat Lu Bu. Is it true that Lu Bu is brave and invincible? The reason is not simple. If you want to know, I'll reveal the secret for you.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the chaos of ten regular attendants, General He Jin led Dong Zhuo to Beijing. However, Blade never imagined that ten servants were just wolves, while Dong Zhuo was an insatiable tiger. Therefore, after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, it brought disaster to the world and made the people miserable.
The vassals formed an 18-route Coalition and came to crusade against Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo also dispatched troops and ordered general Lu Bu to guard Hulao Pass. Private Gongsun Zan, the prefect of Beiping, vowed to behead Lu Bu under Hulao Pass. As a result, in the process of singling out Lu Bu, he was beaten by Lu Bu and turned and fled. Fortunately, he was saved by Zhang Fei's holding high the Zhang Ba snake spear, and he saved his life.
At this time, Lu Bu was at war with Zhang Fei. Seeing that Zhang Fei was exhausted, Guan Yu joined the fray. As soon as Liu Bei saw his impatience, he immediately took out his male and female swords to help. The three brothers fought with Lu Bu for dozens of rounds, and finally Lu Bu could not resist the enemy and had no choice but to escape. From then on, Liu Guan and Zhang San became famous.
There are many controversies about the results of the three British wars against Lu Bu. Some people think that Luo Guanzhong designed this result to highlight the great power of Lu Bu. Some people think that Liu's three brothers have no intention of killing Lu Bu at all, but just want to make a name for themselves. I really disagree with the above statement. In my opinion, Lu Bu is not heroic and invincible, and Liu Guan and Zhang San brothers did not intentionally release water. The reason why Lu Bu caused such a result in the Three British Wars can be explained by digital science. What the hell is going on? Don't worry, I'll analyze it for you.
If you want to study the process of three British wars against Lu Bu in detail, you still need to read the original works. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms describes Lu Bu in the Three Kingdoms War as follows: "Lu Bu saw it and abandoned Gongsun Zan to fight Zhang Fei. Fly full of energy, hit Lu Bu. Even more than 50, regardless of the outcome. Seeing this, Yun Chang kowtowed and danced with a 82-pound dragon crescent moon blade to attack Lu Bu. Three horses are fighting with each other. When the battle reaches 30, Lu Bu cannot be defeated. Liu Xuande pulled out a double-edged sword and dashed at his yellow-maned horse to help stab him. These three surrounded Lu Bu. Kill people like hemp. The Eighth Route Army was stunned. Lu Bu blocked Liu Bei's face and stabbed him in vain. Liu Bei flashed. Lu Bu waved away, dragged the halberd backwards, and the flying horse returned. "
From the original work, we can see several key words, including "T-shaped killing", "Surrounding Lyu3 bu4" and "Killing like a lantern hanging high". What information can we get from these words? Obviously, the scene of Lu Bu fighting with Liu San brothers seems to be completely different from what we imagined in our minds. In our impression, Liu San brothers should meet Lu Bu together, which led to Lu Bu's left block and right flash.
But the situation described in the original work is gradually changing. When Lu Bu and Zhang Guan fought, the formation of the three men was "T-shaped", but after Liu Bei joined the battlefield, he was "encircling Lu Bu" and behind him was "playing lanterns". Isn't that contradictory? The only explanation is that Lu Bu has been "beaten" by three brothers instead of three brothers.
For a more accurate comparison, let's first give the four military commanders a certain force value. The combat effectiveness of Lu Bu is 2, Guan Yu is 1.2, Zhang Fei is 1. 1, and Liu Bei is at most 0. 1. When Zhang Fei and Lu Bu fought one-on-one, his fighting capacity was no match for Lu Bu, so he was defeated. By the time Guan Yu flattered Zhang to beat Lu Bu, it seems that their fighting capacity has reached 2.3, and there is a great possibility of defeating Lu Bu. However, because the three men are arranged in a T-shape and are in a straight line with Zhang, the two sides will influence each other because the weapons are too long to be used, and their combat effectiveness will be weakened even below 2, resulting in a stalemate with Lu Bu with combat effectiveness of 2.
Until Liu Bei came to power, the battlefield changed. Liu Bei's weapon is a double-edged sword. Compared with Lu Bu's square painting halberd, it is just like a dagger. Therefore, Liu Bei had to get close to him in order to do actual harm to Lu Bu. Originally, the fighting value of both sides was 2: 2. With Liu Bei's entry into the customs, Liu Yi's fighting capacity decreased instantly, because he had to rescue Liu Bei everywhere. Not only can they not fully display their attacks, but they will also become boats because of Liu Bei.
In order to avoid accidentally injuring Liu Bei, Zhang Guan and his wife had to retreat and open the formation to "surround Lu Bu". At this time, Lu Bu's exhibition space instantly increased, and the red rabbit under the seat also gave full play to his strengths and began to shuttle between the three people, which also caused the scene of "killing people like hemp" later. At this time, the battlefield situation is very clear. Lyu3 bu4 seems to be besieged by three people, but in fact he is fighting with the three brothers Liu. He no longer needs to directly face the soldiers who teamed up with Zhang, but has become a situation in which one person hits three people.
It is this formation that makes it impossible to "cut Lu Bu under the horse". Lyu3 bu4 relies on his fighting capacity, and in turn, fighting Zhang Fei and Guan Yu is not his fighting capacity. Finally, in the face of Liu Bei, whose fighting capacity is 0. 1, "a white thorn and a halberd, a flying horse will return." It is no exaggeration to say that Liu Bei is the weakest link in the whole siege of Lu Bu.
In other words, if Liu Bei is replaced by a military commander at the same level as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, even if the formation is open, Lu Bu will be trapped in it. Or on the basis of the original T-shape, Zhang Guan and Liu Zhang, regardless of Liu Bei's safety, laid siege to Lu Bu with the three brothers Liu, and even beheaded Lu Bu under the horse.
But there is one thing that the author has not written, that is, Liu Bei's existence is to weaken the "God's existence" of Lu Bu's desperate resistance, which is the same as the strategy of being surrounded on three sides and leaving one side for the enemy to escape in the siege war. Brother Liu's strategy is that we three brothers don't kill you, we just want to beat you. Now, Lu Bu, I'll give you a chance. You have to flee quickly, from the direction of Liu Bei, who is the weakest in attack and defense. If you don't run away, we'll kill you with wheel warfare!
Lyu3 bu4 is really obedient. He realized the situation clearly and fled from Liu Bei's direction. Before the First World War, Hulao Pass achieved the fame of Liu Guanzhang's three brothers.
Summing up so much, it is estimated that readers have some understanding of the ending of the Three-Britain War against Lu Bu. In fact, although the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms is also written according to history, it is ultimately deductive, and my speculation is only based on the novel. The specific situation requires readers to have different views.