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In the seventh year of Huang Wu (228), Zhou Fu, the prefect of Poyang in Soochow, wrote seven secret letters to Cao Xiu, who decided to seize the opportunity to attack the Yangtze River and destroy Soochow, and the battle of Shi Ting broke out.

Cao Xiu assembled 100,000 troops to meet Zhou Fu, a traitor, in Anhui. Wu Dong did not dare to neglect, with Lu Xun as the commander in chief, Quan Cong and Huan Zhu as the left and right commanders, and each led 30,000 troops against Cao Xiu. In August, 90,000 troops of Soochow were assembled, so it is difficult to keep such a large-scale troop transfer completely confidential. Therefore, Cao Xiu actually knew about Dongwu's military movements, but he still refused to withdraw.

Cao Xiu seems to be slightly better than 90,000. Considering that the two sides will fight on land, Cao Xiu is even more dismissive of Wu Dong. He is determined to take the initiative to seek a decisive battle and destroy Wu Dong's main force on land.

Cao Xiu is headstrong, just like Guan Yu. He looked down on Dongwu and blindly believed in his own strength. As a result, naturally, like Guan Yu, he fell into the trap of Wu Dong.

As an expert who once defeated Coss, Huan Zhu always looked down on clan generals in Cao Shi. Huan Zhu suggested to Sun Quan, the prince of Wu: "Cao Xiu became a general because of his relatives, and he didn't have much real skills. Now that we know the trend of our army, we are still in the trap and will definitely lose. The defeat is about to escape, and Cao Xiu must pass through stones and trailers. Both roads are dangerous. If we can divide our troops and cut off the road by 10,000, then Cao Jun can be wiped out and Cao Xiu can be captured alive. I request to split up the troops to carry out the task. If the plan is successfully completed, we can March in, win Shouchun, occupy Huainan, and then continue to March into Xuchang and Luoyang. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it is now or never. "

How heroic these words are! It is said that the local tribes in Wu Dong dragged their feet in the foreign war. See how radical Huan Zhu is? People not only want to capture Cao Xiu alive, but also directly push him back to Luoyang. In fact, it is incorrect to say that local clans have limited Wu Dong's willingness to expand.

Note that the author only used the name "big family" from beginning to end, and never used "famous family", because in the late Han and Three Kingdoms period, the Jiangdong family represented by Wu Jun's four surnames was only a big family in Jiangdong, and the family in the real world was still a big family in the Central Plains. Noble families should pay attention to political influence and "rich family background", which are lacking in Jiangdong clan. To realize the qualitative change from local tyrants to giants, we must expand our influence. How to expand? The Northern War, of course, extended the family power to the Central Plains.

The inheritance system of private soldiers in Soochow has always been criticized. It is believed that this wonderful system has doubled the combat effectiveness of soldiers in defending the country and reduced the combat effectiveness by half when expanding overseas. This is also wrong. Because the private army system started from Sun Jian in Wu Dong, if this system is not conducive to foreign wars, how can we explain that the Sun family laid the foundation of Jiangdong, Jingzhou and Jiaozhou? So this military system is wonderful, but it is not the reason why Soochow's foreign war is weak. On the contrary, the private soldier system gave Wu Dong generals enough motivation to expand overseas, because only by making the cake bigger would their soldiers be more and their families stronger.

In fact, the local clans in Soochow never opposed external expansion, but only opposed the war of attrition of militarism, which was very obvious in the middle and late period of Soochow, but this problem did not exist when Sun Quan was in power.

I have already talked about the process and result of the Battle of Shi Ting in Cao Xiu and Jia Kui, so I won't go into details here.

Unfortunately, Huan Zhu's adowa strategy in Cao Xiu was too radical and not safe enough. After consulting with Lu Xun, Sun Quan was rejected by Lu Xun. The author thinks the reason is also obvious. Lu Xun has always been cautious in using troops, with a general strength of 90,000 equal to10,000, but it is true that Cao Jun is more capable on land. Lu Xun's 30,000, Quan Cong's 30,000 and Huan Zhu's 30,000 troops are divided into 10,000, which is a bit risky. After all, Cao Xiu already knew the trend of Wu Jun, and Lu Xun didn't know what Cao Xiu would do. Maybe Lu Xun thought Cao Xiu was too complicated, and no one thought that Cao Xiu would be unprepared, so he really rushed into the encirclement of Shi Ting.

As a result, Cao Xiu was rescued by Jia Kui at the expense of more than 10,000 soldiers and all the weapons of cattle and horses.

This decisive battle between Wei and Wu produced two important consequences: First, Cao Xiu, the top military figure of Wei and the pillar of Cao Shi family, died shortly after the defeat, which was a great loss to Wei, especially the family power. Secondly, Sun Quan's confidence exploded because of his great victory in this confrontation, and he finally proclaimed himself emperor in the second year (229), and the tripartite confrontation in a strict sense began.

In the first year of Huanglong (229), Rising Sun promoted Huan Zhu as a former general and led Qingzhou to take a pastoral vacation.

Huan Zhu, as a leading player who defeated Coss and participated in the defeat of Cao Xiu, is a household name in Wei, and Wei Jun soldiers are also quite afraid.

In the sixth year of Jiahe (237), Wei Lujiang secretly contacted Soochow and expressed his willingness to meet Wu Jun in Kaesong. Huan Zhu, a former general, and Quan Cong, a general of Wei, sent troops according to the agreement. As a result, the news leaked out and Wei Jun was ready for war.

Wu Jun can only retreat, but there is a small river in the inner city, which is more than 30 feet wide and 89 feet deep. Wu Jun needs to cross the river, so we can't retreat too fast. Huan Zhu led the troops and let the other troops go first.

At that time, Mars, the satrap of Wei Lujiang, was ready to attack, just waiting for Wu Jun to cross the river. But when Mars saw the flag of Huan Zhu, he never made up his mind to pursue it. As a result, Wu Jun retreated safely.

It is said that Zhang Liao stopped crying, and World War I in Hefei cast a psychological shadow on Sun Quan. It seems that Huan Zhu defeated Coss and Cao Xiu, which also made Wei Jun in Jiangbei terrified. This kind of record is very rare among General Wu Dong.

However, it was such a general who shocked Wei Jun very much, but his later years were very strange. Yes, it can only be described as weird.

It is mentioned above that Huan Zhu is a former general and Quan Cong is General Wei. Anyone with historical knowledge knows that General Wei is above the former generals, so Quan Cong is the boss of Huan Zhu. According to the ranking of Lu Xun, Quan Cong and Huan Zhu before Shi Tingzhi's war, Quan Cong has always been higher than Huan Zhu, which is no problem.

What is problematic is Huan Zhu's attitude towards Quan Cong. Wei Lujiang surrendered, but Quan Cong and Huan Zhu returned in vain. Sun Quan was somewhat dissatisfied and thought that he should not send troops so rashly. Therefore, Sun Quan sent a partial general named Hu Yan to the Quancong Army as a staff officer to actually supervise Quancong and Huan Zhu.

Quan Cong was eager to get back some face after the Lujiang incident, so he ordered people to split up and wait for an opportunity to attack Wei. As the second in command, Huan Zhu is now a 6 1 year-old veteran. Veterans often have a big temper, but Huan Zhu has a big temper. He felt that it was a shame for Lujiang to return without success. He was embarrassed to see his men, so he went to Quan Cong first and asked him what was the intention of ordering separate attacks.

Huan Zhu thought this sneak attack was meaningless, so he argued with Quan Cong. The more he said, the more excited he became, and a quarrel broke out between them. Quan Cong was eager to get rid of Huan Zhu's entanglement, so he pushed the idea of sneak attack on Hu Yan, saying that Hu Yan had come on orders from Sun Quan.

Huan Zhu is even more angry. That is to say, Quan Cong is led by himself, and he also plays big and small battles together; What is this Hu Yan, just a general, a nobody who has never heard of it, who dares to come to the army to dictate?

More think more angry Huan Zhu sent someone to call Hu Yan out to meet. Hu Yan came to the military gate and Huan Zhu came out to meet him. He secretly said to the left and right: "When I wave, you will spread out." It is obvious that Huan Zhu intends to vent his anger by laying hands on Hu Yan. Never thought, after one of the left and right entourage dispersed to one side, I secretly found Hu Yan's entourage and revealed the news. Results Huan Zhu closed on empty air and didn't see Hu Yan. So investigate immediately, find the mole, and cut it off immediately.

Killing his entourage, one Huan Zhu joined the army to persuade, and Huan Zhu killed the army. This is really "crazy". Huan Zhu's strange behavior can only be regarded as a psychopath, so he returned to Jianye for treatment. Sun Quan cherished Huan Zhu's talent and contribution and didn't punish him.

Huan Zhu came back from patrol in Lujiang, and his mental state seemed unstable. From quarreling with Quan Cong, trying to kill Hu Yan who joined the army, and then killing two subordinates, the whole performance is indeed beyond the scope of normal people.

So, is there room for conspiracy theories?

I don't think so.

Peter said Huan Zhu returned to Jianye for illness. According to the inheritance system of private soldiers in Dongwu, his son yi zhu temporarily acted as his agent. After several months of treatment, Huan Zhu's condition improved and he returned to the front.

Before he left, Sun Quan said to Huan Zhu, "Now the enemy is still there, and the world has not been unified. I'm counting on settling down with you. In order to make progress, I'm going to give you 50,000 people a chance to be alone. I hope your illness will not recur. " Huan Zhu said, "Your Majesty will rule the four seas by God's will. Since your majesty has entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, I will eradicate treachery and my illness will naturally be cured. "

Before leaving, Huan Zhu had a whim and touched Sun Quan's beard. As the saying goes, companions are like tigers, but Huan Zhu wants to touch the tiger's beard. Sun Quan readily satisfied, take the initiative to let Huan Zhu touch, and then laughed.

Is there room for conspiracy theories here? Obviously not. I know many people will say that Huan Zhu belongs to a local clan, especially Wu Jun, one of the four most famous surnames, which is the force that Sun Quan tried to suppress. The person who said this didn't know much about this period of history, but parrot-learned. As the author said before, the local clan is not a force limiting the expansion of Soochow at all, and people who hold this view know too little about the history of Soochow.

First of all, Sun Quan's concept of suppressing local clans is inaccurate. Sun Quan suppressed not only clans, but also the descendants of foreign veteran generals. Sun Quan suppressed all forces, whether local or foreign, that posed a potential threat to Sun's exclusive power.

Secondly, Sun Quan did not suppress Huan Zhu. Apart from others, Sun Quan is really good to Huan Zhu. Huan Zhu killed his men and even planned to attack Sun Quan's cronies Hu Yan. This is a felony, but Sun Quan didn't blame him. Huan Zhu's condition is stable, Sun Quan is reinstated, and he is ready to take charge of himself. Huan Zhu tried to touch Sun Quan's beard, and Sun Quan was also very cooperative and laughed. Looking at the above items separately, it can be said that Sun Quan is putting on a show, but is it necessary for Sun Quan to accompany a Huan Zhu for so many performances? That's not necessary.

Finally, Sun Quan's temperament changed greatly in his later years, and his brutality far exceeded the necessity of suppressing aristocratic families. However, there was a definite time when Sun Quan's temperament changed greatly, which was four years after the death of Prince Sun Deng (24 1). Before that, Sun Quan was normal. Huan Zhu's madness was several years earlier than Sun Quan's, and it was not directly related to the cruel political situation in Soochow. This article can be used as the most powerful evidence to refute conspiracy theories.

In fact, this record clearly shows that there are signs of madness in Huan Zhu. Huan Zhu thinks highly of himself and will never be worse than others. Whenever you are at war with the enemy, you must get free command, and if you are not free, you will be extremely angry. This is an aspect of extreme personality. At the same time, Huan Zhu is generous in aiding needy people and good at trilogy, which is his advantage. And he is especially good at remembering people. The people he has met will not be forgotten for decades. He knows thousands of people and all the soldiers' wives and children.

If the historical records are true, this special ability to recognize people may also reveal the potential factors of Huan Zhu's madness. The more talented people are, the more likely they are to be different from ordinary people in character. For example, many artists can't understand the spiritual world. If Huan Zhu's personality is extreme, coupled with his super ability to remember people, he is likely to have mental defects. When he is older, this defect will be magnified and lead to madness.

Regrettably, Huan Zhu died at the age of 62 in the second year after his madness, in the first year of Chiwu (238). Huan Zhu usually likes to share property with his subordinates, so there is not much savings at home. It was Sun Quan who paid fifty yuan for the funeral, and yi zhu, the son of Huan Zhu, inherited it.

By the way, there is also the most powerful evidence that Sun Quan did not murder or suppress Huan Zhu, that is, Zhu Yi. Yi zhu is also a general of Wu Dong, and he has a biography in The Three Kingdoms. Although Zhu Yi died in the end, it was twenty years after Huan Zhu's death. The emperor was not Sun Quan, but Sun Liang, and Sun Chen killed Zhu Yi. Twenty years later, it was not Sun Quan's turn, and what Sun Chen did had nothing to do with tide suppression. Therefore, at least during the reign of Sun Quan, Zhu Hengjia was not persecuted, but received considerable attention.

In other words, it is easy to jump out of the simple and rude understanding of "suppressing big families" by rationalizing the time relationship. There are many behind-the-scenes stories in history, but conspiracy theories do not exist everywhere.