But when he heard about Zhang Bao's death, Zhuge Liang cried until he vomited blood and fainted. Why is this? In Zhuge Liang's eyes, Zhao Yun, who had been with him for more than 20 years, could not compare to a small Zhang Bao?

The Five Tigers Generals Zhao Yun After the death of Zhuge Liang , Zhuge Liang just cried twice.

But when he heard the news of Zhang Bao's death, Zhuge Liang cried until he vomited blood and fainted. Why is this?

Is it impossible for Zhao Yun, who has been with him for more than 20 years, to compare with a small Zhang Bao?

There is actually a lot of mystery in it.

In the ninth month of the lunar calendar in 228 AD, Zhuge Liang received a letter from Dongwu, asking Shu to jointly attack Cao Wei .

Zhuge Liang was planning to fight again. He was really dozing off and someone came to the pillow. So he summoned the generals and planned to hold a mobilization meeting first.

At this moment, a gust of wind blew, and the pine trees in front of the door were blown off. Everyone was about to laugh and scold the wind, but turned around but saw Zhuge Liang's face solemn, so they didn't dare to smile anymore.

I saw Zhuge Liang divination and divination for a long time came to a result: I will lose another general, I don’t know who it should be!

Those generals were muttering: The Prime Minister is pretending to be a ghost again, I don’t believe he is so smart!

Everyone continued to drink, and suddenly, the guard came in to report that it was Zhao Yun's two sons asking for a meeting. Zhuge Liang was shocked: Could it be Zilong ?

Zhao Yun's son cried when he came in and said: His father passed away from illness at the third update last night.

Everyone will cry bitterly when they hear it. But Zhuge Liang cried a few times and asked Zhao Yun's two sons to go to Chengdu to report the funeral.

When Zhang Bao died, Zhuge Liang's performance was very exaggerated.

At that time, the Shu army defeated the Wei army, and suddenly an envoy came from Chengdu and said that Zhang Bao was dead. After hearing this, Zhuge Liang burst into tears, crying so hard that he vomited blood. He even fainted because of excessive sadness.

After he woke up, Zhuge Liang was also ill.

When Liu Bei started his business, Guan, Zhang, Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang were all veterans of the group. They established the foundation of Shu Han from scratch, which was a friendship of living and dying together.

Guan, Zhang and Liu died one after another. The only old brothers back then were Zhao Yun.

Regularly, Zhuge Liang should be even more sad. Why is Zhang Bao even more sad when he passed away?

even cried harder than when Liu Bei died? In fact, the reason lies in a poem in the original work.

In the previous article, we talked about the situation when the two died. When Zhao Yun died, it was the beginning of the second Northern Expedition of . Shu Han was strong and had sufficient food and grass. What was the most important thing at this time?

That must be the morale of the army. The five tiger generals were once famous. During the first Northern Expedition, all the people suffered losses. Only Zhao Yun did not lose one person or one horse in the unfavorable situation and retreated unscathed from the main force of the Wei army.

Although Guan, Zhang, Huang and Ma have all died, the ever-winning general Zhao Yun is still there, and the generals have a clear mind. They believe that even if the Northern Expedition fails and the veteran Zhao Yun leads him, everyone can retreat safely.

Now that Zhao Yun is dead, Shu Han will inevitably be unstable in the morale of the army. It is precisely because of this that Zhuge Liang cannot be too sad.

If he cried too badly, then the generals would definitely think: General Zhao Yun has passed away. Is the Prime Minister unsure? Otherwise, why would he cry so sadly?

Zhuge Liang was not very sad, and only followed the normal steps to deal with Zhao Yun's funeral, the generals would calm down a lot, thinking that Zhuge Liang was very sure that even without Zhao Yun, the Northern Expedition could win.

But Zhang Bao passed away, why was Zhuge Liang so sad? Luo Guanzhong borrowed a poem to explain the reason.

Zhang Bao wants to make achievements, but he is pitiful to God and does not help the hero. Wu Hou shed tears to the west wind, bowing for no one to accompany him.

Zhang Bao is the son of Zhang Fei . After the death of the first generation of famous generals, few of their heirs could be seen, but Zhang Bao was different. He inherited his father's courage and toughness. The most important thing is that he is young and has strong plasticity.

If Zhuge Liang had trained more, Zhang Bao would be a famous general in the future. Not to mention the future, Zhang Bao's role should not be ignored in the Northern Expedition at that time.

So the poem says "no one bows with you". Bow refers to what Zhuge Liang said about dedicating his whole life, which means that Zhang Bao passed away and Zhuge Liang's great cause of the Northern Expedition was basically difficult to complete.

It is precisely because of this that Zhuge Liang cried and vomited blood. He cried not only for Zhang Bao, but also for the shattering of his ideals and for the inability to fulfill his promise to the first lord.

Of course, there is another reason in the end, that is, the causes of death of Zhao Yun and Zhang Bao are different.

When the first Northern Expedition, Zhao Yun was already in his early 70s. Zhuge Liang was only in his 50s at that time, so he felt that he had not had much time. Zhao Yun had been in his military life and had many secret injuries in his body. He was in his 70s and had not had long lived.

So Zhuge Liang was mentally prepared for Zhao Yun's death. Before Zhao Yun's son reported his death, Zhuge Liang made a fortune and roughly calculated that Zhao Yun was about to die.

So Zhuge Liang had several buffers in his heart, and his life was exhausted and his life was over. It was the best ending for Zhao Yun.

So when I really heard that Zhao Yun died, I didn’t act so sad.

Zhang Bao is different. He is in his prime and his life is still decades long.

However, during the second Northern Expedition, he and Guan Xing , Wang Ping and others went to chase and kill Guo Huai , Sun Li . When Guo Huai saw Zhang Bao arrive, he quickly abandoned his horse and climbed the mountain and fled. Zhang Bao was eager to make contributions and wanted to abandon his horse and chase him, but he was worried that he would not be able to catch up without a horse, so he took the risk of riding his horse on the mountain road, not wanting to fall into the mountain stream.

Fortunately, he was lucky, but he broke his head and just went back to recuperate. Zhuge Liang also thought so, thinking that it was normal for the general to be injured, so he asked someone to send Zhang Bao back to Chengdu to recuperate. After healed, he came to the front line.

But no one expected that Zhang Bao would die because of this. Zhuge Liang was caught off guard and suddenly heard the bad news, so he must have been heartbroken.

Zhuge Liang, a genius, ran all his life to revive the Han Dynasty, and died of exhaustion during the Northern Expedition.

It’s a pity that the talents in the later period of Shu Han were declining. Otherwise, with Zhuge Liang’s strategy, it is still unknown who will be unified in the Three Kingdoms. However, there is no if in history. When future generations think of this famous prime minister for generations, they can only "make the hero's tears in his heart."

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