During the Eastern Han Dynasty, eunuchs interfered in the government affairs, resulting in chaos in the government's principles and decline in the world. By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the court was no longer able to control the entire country, and the era of heroic separatism began. At that time, people with great ambitions such as Cao Cao , Liu Bei took this opportunity to develop their power and achieved great hegemony.
There is a man who claims to be a tiger in Jiangdong but does not stand on his own, but instead surrenders to the extremely ignorant Yuan Shu . He is the father of Sun Quan .
Logically speaking, Sun Jian had already had tens of thousands of troops at that time, and his courage was so powerful that he did not stand on the mountain like Liu Bei, but instead wanted to rely on Yuan Shu?
Sun Jian, who was humble from a background,
In ancient times, people had a strong sense of class. If a person had a noble background, then someone would look at him wherever he went. But if a person comes from a humble background, he will usually be despised even if he becomes bigger and stronger in the future. Sun Jian has no doubt about his ability and can be regarded as a powerful general.
When Dong Zhuo entered the capital and established a new emperor, people in the world were indignant. Yuan Shao Yuan Shu and others gathered the eighteen princes to fight against Dong Zhuo.
Sun Jian once led a team to fight Dong Zhuo's subordinates Xu Rong . Unfortunately, the other side has a large number of people and powerful people surrounded Sun Jian and his subordinates. In order to break through the siege, Sun Jian took the lead in fighting in bloody battles and finally successfully escaped.
From this we can see that Sun Jian is very skilled in martial arts and can turn bad luck into good fortune in such a dangerous situation. Later, he regrouped and fought with Dong Zhuo's subordinate Lu Bu and did not end up at a disadvantage. He later killed Hua Xiong in the battle with Hua Xiong. Who is Lu Bu? Known as the most powerful general of the Three Kingdoms, fighting with him without losing his advantage shows that Sun Jian has outstanding abilities.
may be able to rely on abilities, but identity cannot be changed. From the perspective of the time, Sun Jian was born into a poor family, and few people were willing to join him.
Sun Jian's father held the position of county magistrate, and he was a small official who was the size of sesame and mung beans. It is difficult to have appeal with such a life experience, and Sun Jian also knows it well. If he had stood up as a mountain in such a humble identity at that time, he would undoubtedly have been ridiculed by everyone.
You may say that during the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei's family weaving mats and selling shoes for a living, but he was just a civilian. Why can Liu Bei call on so many people by relying on his identity? Sun Jian's father is an official at least, can't he be as high as Liu Bei's status?
On today's perspective, Liu Bei's identity is far less than Sun Jian's. But at that time, Liu Bei had a special identity, that was a relative of the Han Dynasty, and the blood of the royal family flowed in his body.
is many times higher than that of the county magistrate. Although Liu Bei's family is in a poor state, Sun Jian is far from being able to do his bloodline.
How noble is Liu Bei's bloodline? It can be seen from Liu Bei's resignation to Yuan Shao. At that time, Liu Bei was just living under someone else's roof. Yuan Shao was overjoyed to learn that Liu Bei was going to surrender to him and took his son out of the city to greet him.
You should know that Yuan Shao had a very powerful force at that time, and he was the Three Dukes of the Four Generations. Such an identity has to go out to welcome him, which shows how deeply rooted the concept of class is.
Relying on Yuan Shu's power
Since such a humble background is not suitable for self-esteem, if you want to develop, you must rely on powerful people. It is said that in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there were many people with strong power, such as Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and , Liu Biao and , who could all be ranked. These people are also above Yuan Shu’s abilities. Why did Sun Jian turn to the ignorant Yuan Shu?
In fact, in the early stages of the separatist rule of the heroes, Yuan Shu's power was second to none. Yuan Shao's strong army and strong horses developed in the later stages. At the beginning, Yuan Shao's power was not as strong as Yuan Shu.
From the map, Yuan Shu occupied Yangzhou , Yuzhou , Sili, Jingzhou at his heyday. The total force reached 170,000. What is this?
Let’s compare it with Cao Cao in of the Battle of Guandu. During the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao collected many soldiers with only 40,000 to 50,000.At its peak, Yuan Shu's military strength was three times that of Cao Cao. Even compared with the 70,000 troops of Liu Bei and Sun Quan Alliance in , the number of troops was more than twice that of , Sun Liu Alliance.
had such a powerful force. What reason did Sun Jian, who was relatively weak at that time, not consider joining Yuan Shu's camp?
There is another reason, which forced Sun Jian to join Yuan Shu. Sun Jian's troops were in the south, and Yuan Shu's troops were in the south. The two were close to each other, and the arrogant Yuan Shu had always wanted to annex the surrounding forces.
If Sun Jian stood up at this time, he would inevitably attract Yuan Shu's attack. Although Sun Jian claimed to be a tiger in Jiangdong, he could fight with Lu Bu at the same time. But Sun Jian's troops were only tens of thousands, and the territory he occupied was far less than that of Yuan Shu.
War was not only brave, but logistics support was also very important. Yuan Shu has a large territory and high grain output, which provides a good guarantee for his logistics.
Sun Jian is a small territory and cannot engage in large-scale battles. Being an enemy of Yuan Shu is like hitting a stone with an egg. Instead of waiting to be annexed by Yuan Shu, it is better to take the initiative to show kindness to join Yuan Shu. In this way, Yuan Shu also accepted Sun Jian. In the days that followed Yuan Shu's order, he could also get some money and food support.
Another reason Sun Jian defected to Yuan Shu, that is, Yuan Shu was a disciple of the four generations and three officials, and was born in the world. Most of the wealthy families and prominent families made friends with Yuan Shu would not take a poor family like Sun Jian seriously on weekdays.
But after joining Yuan Shu, Sun Jian became Yuan Shu's right-hand assistant, and he will have more opportunities to come into contact with wealthy families in the future. Like , Zhou Yu, and Zhang Zhao all belong to this category. If Sun Jian had not joined Yuan Shu's array, , Sun Ce, , would have been difficult to get to know them.
lacks right-hand man
Sun Jian did not stand on his own and went to surrender to Yuan Shu. Another reason is that Sun Jian lacked a capable assistant. Whether in ancient times or modern times, a person who wants to stand on his own is indispensable for help from a right-hand man.
As the saying goes, a hero three helps one fence and three stakes. Looking at Sun Jian himself is brave and good at fighting, and has made a name for himself as the Jiangdong Tiger. But none of his subordinates is famous. Even if a person is capable, he will be as difficult as a commander without many right-hand assistants.
Compared with Liu Bei at the same time, Sun Jian is much inferior. Liu Bei was sworn in the beginning. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had nothing but three people in the entire team, but you should know that both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have the title of enemy of ten thousand people, and their martial arts are far beyond ordinary people.
Anyone who calls out can stand alone, Guan Yu can pass five levels and kill six generals. Zhang Fei stood alone on the opposite side of the bridge, and Cao Cao's army was so scared that he dared not move forward. Looking at Sun Jian again, no one of his subordinates can match him.
In addition to having a capable general, you also need a military advisor with outstanding intelligence. Sun Jian was even worse than Liu Bei. Liu Bei visited his thatched cottage three times to ask Zhuge Liang to go down the mountain. Zhuge Liang was resourceful and assisted Liu Bei as the overlord in the situation where the enemy was strong and we were weak.
Sun Jian’s subordinate advisers are not only compared with Zhuge Liang, but no one can surpass them even in the previous , Xu Shu, and . Although Liu Bei's wisdom is not as good as Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei can also be regarded as having super intelligence.
When Liu Bei saw Ma Su , he decided that this person could not be reused. Later, as Liu Bei said, Ma Su really had no talent. shows how strong Liu Bei's ability to recognize people is. If Liu Bei had his own territory in the early years, I would have probably rewritten the history of the Three Kingdoms.
is far inferior to Liu Bei and Sun Jian’s intelligence, and the analysis of the situation on the battlefield is not accurate. Later, he easily fell into the Huang Zu's plan to die on the battlefield. Liu Bei was also in a dangerous place like Sun Jian.
For example, during the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao learned that his general Yan Liang and Wen Chou were beheaded by Liu Bei's second brother and wanted to send someone to drag Liu Bei out and behead him.
Liu Bei calmly said that if he found his second brother and was willing to be loyal to Yuan Shao, it would be like losing two wolves, and getting Guan Yu was like getting a tiger.How cost-effective it is to trade a tiger for two wolves!
Yuan Shao was secretly happy after hearing this, and his anger disappeared. He let Liu Bei go and apologized to him. We know that Liu Bei is eloquent and can guess people's hearts in this matter.
Sun Jian's own intelligence is not as good as Liu Bei, and he has no one under his command who can stand alone. In addition, he was humble and naturally did not dare to stand on his own. After thinking about it, he could only rely on Yuan Shu.
This does not mean that Sun Jian has no ambitions, but rather that he wants to find an opportunity to slowly develop himself. In the end, after Sun Jian's death, his son became a overlord based on the foundation he laid, writing a wonderful chapter in the Three Kingdoms.
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