The Three Kingdoms Little People's Magistrate 0056: The overly straightforward think tank - Tian Feng
If he doesn't die Yuan Shao can defeat Cao Cao ? Tian Feng, a famous think tank who cannot be an official and is too straightforward and overly upright
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Tian Feng, whose courtesy name is Yuanhao, was a strategist under Yuan Shao's command in the Three Kingdoms era. He is also a legendary and respectable figure.
Especially in " Romance of the Three Kingdoms ", in Luo Guanzhong's writing, Tian Feng is one of the most wisest strategists in Yuan Shao's tent, as famous as Jushu . Not only did he repeatedly make extraordinary suggestions in the "Fight of the Northern Overlords" between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, he made great contributions to Yuan Shao's unification of the four northern states. On the eve of Guandu later, he proposed the correct strategic policy of "protracted war + harassing war" for Yuan Shao.
However, Tian Feng's correct suggestion was not adopted by his lord Yuan Shao. Instead, he was imprisoned by Yuan Shao on the excuse and sent to prison... As a result, the disastrous defeat of Yuan Shao's group was indeed as Tian Feng expected. Moreover, Tian Feng had long expected his ending at this time. He was ordered to be executed in prison by Yuan Shao who fled...
It should be said that the character Tian Feng left the impression of "respect" + "regret" in the minds of future generations. What he respects is that he has extraordinary strategies and is as good as a god. He deserves the title of "Great Sage"; what he regrets is that he has not met a wise master, and has only a brilliant plan but is not adopted, and he was eventually killed by Yuan Shao...
Some people also commented that Tian Feng is a typical "high IQ, low EQ". He has talent and strategy, but he does not understand the way of being a minister, and cannot figure out the minds of the monarch... so he speaks bluntly everywhere, and inadvertently puts himself on the opposition of Yuan Shao, which leads to being alienated by Yuan Shao and is eventually punished for it. Finally, even though he knew that he was bound to die, he did not escape and did not hide, which also showed his loyalty. He would rather die generously than serve the second master...
Is this really the case? It should be said that Tian Feng’s true deeds in history are generally consistent with the situation written in the novel. However, Tian Feng's emotional intelligence is low and his way of being a minister is true, but it may not be possible to say that he cannot see through the monarch's mind and cannot figure out the monarch's meaning. Objectively speaking, there are certainly problems with his own personality, as well as factors such as Yuan Shao’s lenient externally and stubbornness and self-righteousness.
Let’s open the relevant historical records to explore the true face of Tian Feng and give him an objective historical evaluation.
First of all, in " Three Kingdoms " written by Chen Shou , there is no independent biography of Tian Feng. This seems to be somewhat inconsistent with his identity as a "Hebei Daxian"... In fact, this is because the book "The Three Kingdoms" mainly records the deeds of the Wei, Shu and Wu Kingdoms, and people outside these three camps are often ignored.
Take Yuan Shao's command as an example. In addition to Tian Feng, there are also heavyweight figures such as Ju Su, Ju Yi, Chunyu Qiong (loyal and brave in official history, not alcoholic) who failed to get the qualification to "story of independent biography" under Chen Shou's pen.
Therefore, we can only explore the historical deeds of Tian Feng in the biographies of other characters in the book, as well as in the historical materials such as "The Province of the Sages" and "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty".
In "The Province of the Sages", Tian Feng's name and origin are recorded. He was from Julu (now Julu area in Hebei), or from Bohai County (Feng’s name is Yuanhao, from Julu, or from Yunbohai); he was smart since childhood, had a reputation as virtuous and filial, and was knowledgeable and talented, and was very famous in the area of Jizhou .
However, according to the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", Tian Feng's career was not smooth. Although he was first recruited by the Taiwei Mansion and recommended as Maocai, and later he was elected as a censor and was able to become an official in the court... However, Tian Feng was stubborn and tough in his character. Seeing that the eunuchs in the court were in power and monopolize the power, the wise ministers who were truly capable were repeatedly excluded and even persecuted to death... He was angry at the darkness of the court and the corruption of the officialdom, so he angrily resigned and returned to his hometown, and became an official under the command of the Jizhou Mu Han Fu .
However, even after reaching Han Fu's account, Tian Feng still cannot reuse it. The reason is that his tough personality is that he is too self-righteous in speaking and doing things, which makes Han Fu, as his superior, feels very dissatisfied.
(The Book of the Later Han Dynasty records: Tian Feng of Julu and was unsuccessful to Han Fu for his integrity)
It can be seen that Tian Feng is indeed worthy of the evaluation of the four words "strong and offend" given to him by Xun Yu later. Although he is knowledgeable and talented, his personality is too "upright" and he sticks too much to the "principles" he agrees with in everything. Even in front of his lord, he never cares about any occasion and makes no concealment, saying whatever he wants...
Just imagine it is like in a company, although an employee is very strong in business, he is also very upright. But he is straightforward, stubborn, straightforward, speaks without any politeness, and even the boss is not ashamed... Such a thorny person, even if he has outstanding personal abilities, is unlikely to be liked and respected by his leaders...
According to historical records, Tian Feng was very worthy of his use when he first joined Yuan Shao. Not only was he appointed as the important position of "Don't Driver", but Yuan Shao also treated him very humble at the beginning. He personally brought generous gifts to his door, and asked him to serve in his office with respect.
Not only that, Yuan Shao also valued Tian Feng very much, and discussed matters in the state with him and followed his advice. The monarch and ministers were in a harmonious atmosphere... (The "Proverbs of the Sages" records: Yuan Shao's uprising was humble and generous to attract wealth. Feng was difficult for the royal family, and he was determined to save him, so he responded to Shao's orders and thought he was a different person.)
As for Tian Feng, he did not disappoint his lord Yuan Shao's trust and respect for him. Not only did he do his best to Yuan Shao in internal affairs, security and other matters, he managed the internal and external affairs of Jizhou in an orderly manner. Even when he was sending troops to fight, he followed Yuan Shao at any time as a strategist.
We know that Yuan Shao’s biggest enemy in the north is Gongsun Zan, who occupies Youzhou . The Gongsun Zan group is mainly cavalry and has very strong combat effectiveness. Therefore, in the early stages of fighting with him, Yuan Shao often faced unfavorable situations on the battlefield, and even took risks several times.
According to the "Three Kingdoms", in the Battle of Jieqiao, Gongsun Zan's vanguard troops surrounded Yuan Shao once, and the arrows shot were as dense as rain. At this time, the person around Yuan Shao was Tian Feng. He also ignored his safety and helped Yuan Shao to hide behind a low wall. He calmly commanded with Yuan Shao, and finally repelled the attack of Gongsun Zan's army...
(The Three Kingdoms - Book of Wei - Biography of Yuan Shao" records: Zan scattered soldiers and more than 2,000 cavalrymen arrived, surrounded Shao several heavy, and shot arrows and rained. Tian Feng helped Shao, but he entered the empty wall. Shao took off his siege and arrived at the ground, saying, "A real man is fighting to death, but fleeing against the wall?" It prompted the crossbows to compete for the attack, and many of them injured Zan's cavalry. People didn't know it was Shao, so they were quite a little bit. When Qu Yi came to welcome him, the cavalry scattered and retreated)
It can be seen that Tian Feng was indeed one of the confidants around Yuan Shao. With his assistance from all aspects, Yuan Shao also gradually turned defeat into victory in various battles with Gongsun Zan. In the end, he trapped him in Yijing and set him on fire and burned himself... (The "Proverbs of the Sages" records: Shao Hou used Feng's plan to pacify Gongsun Zan)
However, although Yuan Shao's group won successive battles in the north, although Tian Feng also made outstanding contributions in this series of processes. But it still cannot cover up the gradually conflicts and differences between him and Yuan Shao. Among them, although Yuan Shao was very fond of merit and arbitrary, on the other hand, there were also reasons why Tian Feng was upright and unrestrained...
According to historical records, the earliest differences between Tian Feng and Yuan Shao appeared in the "Welcome Emperor Xian". At first, Yuan Shao did not follow the advice of his advisers and sent troops to welcome Emperor Xian of Han. This led to Cao Cao taking the lead and taking Emperor Xian to Xuchang, and from then on he took the emperor to order the princes.It also made Yuan Shao, who was originally more prestige and stronger, lose his advantage in "political legitimacy" and is controlled by Cao Cao in propaganda tone...
In the first year of Jian'an (196 AD), Tian Feng offered Yuan Shao a plan, suggesting that Yuan Shao send troops to raid Xuchang, which not only could expand the territory, but also rob the emperor. From then on, he would be under the control of the Yuan clan and occupy a political advantage...
However, since Gongsun Zan had not yet been destroyed and the four northern prefectures were not completely pacified, Yuan Shao, who had other considerations in his heart, did not adopt Tian Feng's suggestions. Of course, historical books do not record what unpleasant things happened between Tian Feng and Yuan Shao because of different opinions...
However, in the fifth year of Jian'an (200 AD), there was a very fierce conflict between Tian Feng and Yuan Shao on whether to send troops to attack Cao Cao.
At that time, Liu Bei took advantage of Cao Cao's opportunity to lead his army to fight to intercept Yuan Shu , and cleverly took the help of Dong Cheng and took away his old subordinates and returned to Xuzhou . Moreover, as soon as Liu Bei arrived in Xuzhou, he killed Xuzhou appointed by Cao Cao, at this time, and established himself as the governor of Xuzhou, which made Cao Cao very angry.
On the eve of the battle with Yuan Shao's main force, Cao Cao was of course the last thing he wanted to see was that such a backyard fire occurred. So, he took all his main forces to attack Liu Bei in Xuzhou. This will inevitably lead to the emptiness of Xuchang, the base camp. At this time, Tian Feng offered another suggestion to Yuan Shao, suggesting that he take this opportunity to send troops to cross the Yellow River south, and take advantage of Cao Cao's head and tail that he could not take care of each other, and attack Huanglong and take Xuchang. In this way, the general trend of the world can be determined by a battle...
However, what was surprising was that Yuan Shao once again rejected the clever plan offered by Tian Feng on the grounds that his youngest son was sick and had no intention of expedition... At this time, Tian Feng really couldn't control his emotions. After he repeatedly persuaded Yuan Shao that he was ineffective, he pounded the ground with a crutch in public and complained loudly: "This is such a wonderful opportunity to send troops, but he gave up because of the child's illness. What a pity! If this continues, we will all be done!"
("Book of the Later Han" records: In the fifth year, the left general Liu Bei killed Che Zhou, the governor of Xuzhou, and occupied Pei to bear Cao Cao's back. Cao Cao was afraid, so he was going to seize the prefectures. Tian Feng said, "Those who compete with the public for the world. , Cao Cao. Cao attacked Liu Bei in the east, and the army was not yet broken. Now he raised his army and attacked him, so he could go and settle down. The soldiers moved a few times, which was the time. "Shao Ci was sick because his son was sick, but he was not able to do it. Feng raised his staff and hit the ground and said, "Alas, the matter has been gone! The few days of the hardships, but the baby lost his meeting because of his illness. What a pity! ")
This is a famous allusion in history, " because of the illness of a child." In the eyes of most people in later generations, Yuan Shao delayed military and national affairs because of small matters at home, and missed the best opportunity to attack Cao. It was extremely stupid...
In fact, according to historical records, when Cao Cao sent troops to Xuzhou, his advisers all advised him, worried that Yuan Shao would take the opportunity to be pushed in by troops. At that time, he would be entangled with Liu Bei and not be able to return to the rescue. Instead, he would lose Yanzhou and Xuchang... This also proves from the side that for Yuan Shao, it was indeed a good opportunity to attack Cao Cao, but he inexplicably missed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...
However, let's not discuss what is right or wrong in this matter. Regardless of whether Tian Feng’s suggestions are correct or wrong. Whether the Yuan group will send troops or not, whether to fight or not, should be decided by Yuan Shao in the end. In other words, Yuan Shao's identity is the lord, so he naturally has the highest decision-making power. No matter what the reason he was, and missed this rare opportunity, and in the end, the person who should be responsible for it, is naturally him...
To put it bluntly, since Yuan Shao himself has made the decision, his ministers can only obey orders.And how did Tian Feng do it at this time? Seeing that Yuan Shao ignored his suggestion, he was so angry that he jumped up and down, furious, and loudly scolded Yuan Shao for disregarding the overall situation and delaying the military aircraft...
There is no doubt that Tian Feng's actions were no different from "crossing the line". Yuan Shao is the king, he is the minister, and it is his business to make suggestions, but the decision-making decisions is indeed Yuan Shao. This is the most basic rule between the king and the minister. The consequence of his doing so was that he greatly exceeded the boundaries between the king and the ministers, and also greatly damaged Yuan Shao's face in front of everyone.
The result is that Tian Feng’s complaints and reprimands not only failed to change Yuan Shao’s decision, but also laid the hidden danger of the breakdown of the relationship between him and Yuan Shao. But Tian Feng did not realize this and still did his own thing and confronted Yuan Shao. This eventually led to the defeat of Yuan Jun in Guandu, which also lost his own life...
Let's interpret Tian Feng's performance before and after the Battle of Guandu, as well as the story of his death by Yuan Shao.
Since Cao Cao advanced westward and the main force reached the boundary of Xuzhou, Liu Bei, who seemed to be very popular, was almost defeated by the attack of Cao's army. Whether it was the newly recruited Xuzhou soldiers under his command, or the anti-Cao uprising army known as tens of thousands of people in the East China Sea ("Three Kingdoms-Shu Book-Biography of the First Lord" records: Changba in the East China Sea rebelled, and many counties rebelled Cao Gong as the First Lord, with tens of thousands of people), or the troops that had previously recruited Yuan Shu, they were all vulnerable in front of the elite Cao army...
Only one month, Liu Bei lost Xuzhou again, and even his personal guards were disbanded, almost single-handedly fled to Yuan Shao camp in Hebei.
("Three Kingdoms-Book of Shu-Biography of the First Lord" records: Cao Gong fought in the east, and the First Lord was defeated. Cao Gong collected all his people, captured the wife of the First Lord, and returned to Guan Yu . "Three Kingdoms-Book of Wei-Biography of Emperor Wu" records: Then he attacked Bei in the east, defeated him, and fled to his general Xiahou Bo. Bei ran to Shao)
until this time, Yuan Shao began to send troops south, confronting Cao Cao in Guandu... and Tian Feng at this time, he sang an inappropriate rebellion with Yuan Shao again. He believed that since Cao Cao had quickly defeated Liu Bei, it would be equivalent to Yuan Shao losing the best offensive opportunity. At this time, Cao Cao had already returned to the military officer's ferry, and the rear was no longer empty. Fighting with him would be like head-on...
Moreover, although Cao Cao's military strength was weaker than Yuan Shao's side, he was good at planning and using troops, and he was unpredictable. He also had many generals and advisers who were good at fighting. Instead of fighting head-on, it is better to play "defensive counterattack + side harassment", so that Yuan Shao can have the advantages of many soldiers and abundant food and supplies.
To put it bluntly, Yuan Shao has occupied the four prefectures of Hebei, and his territory is stable and he has no worries. Yanzhou and Xuzhou occupied by Cao Cao were in the four battles of the Central Plains. There were strong enemy Yuan Shao in the north and Sun Ce in the south. They were surrounded by enemies on all sides. Moreover, Cao Cao has been fighting for many years, and Yanzhou and other places have been plagued by war for a long time. The population is lost and the farming is not prosperous, and the logistics of food and grass have been insufficient...
Under such circumstances, Cao's army is naturally conducive to quick battles, so that it can give full play to its greatest advantages such as its excellent military skills and outstanding combat power. Yuan Shao's side was obviously conducive to a protracted war, and he could not defend himself, leaving Cao Cao nowhere to go, and had strong soldiers and brave generals but no suitable place to use his skills... In this way, only a year or two stalemate would be necessary, Cao's army would definitely not be able to afford such a tug-of-war, and sooner or later it would retreat due to food, grass, logistics and other reasons.
At that time, Yuan Shao will accumulate energy and drive his troops directly to Yanzhou, taking advantage of his military strength to strangle Cao's army, who has lost its spirit. Then the world's general situation can be decided. Even if Cao Mengde has the ability to dominate the world, he is unable to turn things around...
Not only that, Tian Feng also suggested that Yuan Shao concentrate the elite troops under his command, divide them into several routes led by the generals, and harass Cao Cao's rear from multiple directions in turn.Anyway, he plundered the whole place when he arrived, and all the things that could be destroyed were destroyed, which greatly affected various production activities behind Cao Cao and worsened his shortage of food and grass.
Moreover, this can continue to consume Cao Cao's troops and combat power. Cao Cao sent troops to rescue the east, and Yuan Shao attacked from the west; Cao Cao transferred troops to the west, and Yuan Shao returned to the east... In short, he led the enemy's nose, fought if he could win, and ran away if he couldn't win. When he encountered a small army of Cao's army, he could eat it if he could not eat it, and he would not eat it if he could not eat it. If he could continue this, Cao Cao would be tired of dealing with it and there was no other way except surrendering and making peace...
("Three Kingdoms-Book of Wei-Biography of Yuan Shao" records: At first, when Shao was in the south, Tian Feng said Shao: "Cao Gong is good at using troops, and there is no way to change. Although there are few people, it is not easy to be careless. It is better to hold on for a long time. The general occupied the mountains and rivers. It is solid, and it is supported by the people of the four states, and the heroes are formed outside and the farmers are fighting inside. Then it is reduced to the elite troops, divided into surprise soldiers, taking advantage of the situation to disturb Henan, and if you save the right, you will hit the left, and if you save the left, you will hit the right, so that the enemy is exhausted and runs, and the people will not be able to maintain their careers. I have not worked hard and he is trapped, and it is less than two years old, so I can defeat him. Now I will explain the strategy of the temple victory and decide success or failure in a battle. If it is not as good as ambition, I will regret it. ")
However, this time, Yuan Shao not only did not adopt Tian Feng's advice, but instead punished him in the name of "disturbing the morale of the army." Then he issued a manifesto, leading the main force to go south and head-on with Cao Cao's army...
Although the historical books do not record the details, we can imagine that Tian Feng's conflict with Yuan Shao this time must be more intense than the last time. Even Tian Feng's attitude of advocating this time has reached the point where he is unwilling to let Yuan Shao accept it and will never give up... As a result, not only did he fail to persuade Yuan Shao, but he made the latter angry and brought himself to prison...
("The Romance of the Three Kingdoms - Book of Wei - Biography of Yuan Shao" records: Shao refused to obey. Feng begged for advice, Shao was very angry, thinking that he was discouraged and was in charge of the masses)
In this way, we can roughly outline a clear face to the character Tian Feng. He is a very smart person, outstanding talent, but he is more upright and overly persistent. People like him are almost born with a pride, and they will never stick to their own opinions and will never succumb to others.
Therefore, Tian Feng first entered the court as an official, but was not tolerated by the court; later he returned to Jizhou and served under Han Fu, but not tolerated by his superiors and colleagues; later under Yuan Shao, although Tian Feng was highly valued at the beginning, he got along in harmony with Yuan Shao. But later, he couldn't help but be jealous and hated by Yuan Shao because of his upright personality and outspokenness.
Not only that, according to some historical records, when Yuan Shao was defeated by Guandu, his colleagues such as Zheng Ji and Guo Tu also took the opportunity to frame Tian Feng. They slandered Yuan Shao that Tian Feng heard of Guandu's great defeat in prison, and not only clapped and laughed, but also scolded his lord for not listening to him at the beginning, which led to today's defeat...
Although, these records from historical materials such as "The Province of the Sages" are questionable. But we can imagine that it is normal for a thorny person who has just reached such a state of being so straightforward and has a bad relationship with his colleagues. This is probably one of the reasons for his later tragedy...
It is not necessarily true to say that Tian Feng is completely ignorant of the world, does not understand politics, and cannot figure out the king's heart. After all, even he could have predicted that Yuan Shao would kill him in prison after his defeat. This shows that he has a good understanding of Yuan Shao’s thoughts.
However, even though he knew what the king was thinking, Tian Feng still insisted on his "righteousness", which may only be explained as "consequentiality"... He ignored the hierarchy between the king and the ministers, and often made suggestions, and spoke out bluntly. It is naturally not wise to clean up the king's face. It can be said that Tian Feng still lacks the "way to be a minister".
Yes, under the "rule of man" culture of the Chinese Confucian system, those who are subjects must always learn to consider the "way of getting along with the king and the minister".It is not enough to have talent and ability alone. You must also be good at guessing the monarch's mind and understanding the monarch's mind. Only by knowing when and what to say to the king can you be accepted by the king and will not damage the relationship between the king and his subjects.
Look at Zhuge Liang , who is known for his political level, on the eve of the Battle of Yiling, he knew that Liu Bei's move to launch an army to attack Wu was wrong. But since he knew that Liu Bei had made up his mind, he didn't say too much to persuade him, but instead he couldn't get out of his illness. It perfectly avoided the possibility of conflict with Liu Bei at the forefront of this kind.
Let’s look at Jian Yong, who is also a staff member of Liu Bei. Seeing that Liu Bei enforced the law too strictly, even if the people found wine making equipment at home, they would still be punished for the crime of "making wine privately". He did not speak out in a blunt manner, but instead gave an example of indirect criticism such as "if you have tools, you will commit adultery." The humorous method has the effect of admonition, which has also made Liu Bei understand the implication and laughed out loud to relieve the people of their crimes.
So, the so-called way of getting along with the king and his subjects is not to let people learn to flatter and flatter. Instead, teach the ministers how to live with the king, especially when there are differences in opinions between the two sides, learn how to deal with differences and maintain the unity and harmony of a team at the same time, so that the strongest combat power can be gathered...
. Like Tian Feng, who does not know how to take into account the face of the king and thinks that his views are correct (later facts prove that they are indeed correct), he makes straightforward suggestions and ignores the identities of the king and his subjects. What are the benefits of even pestering and speaking without any restraint in the end?
Of course, all this has nothing to do with the lord Yuan Shao. The evaluation that Yuan Shao left in history is "limited outside and taboo inside, and stubborn and self-righteous" is not a false reputation. A monarch like him is a bit different in mind and demeanor. At least, he is not as good as a first-class outstanding monarch like Cao Cao and Liu Bei.
Especially after defeating Gongsun Zan and unifying the four northern states, Yuan Shao's mentality also under the stimulation of victory, many subtle changes have taken place. He began to become ethereal, no longer satisfied with his identity as a prince, but planned to be the king and even become the emperor.
So, at this time, Yuan Shao cared most about his reputation and authority. The most unbearable thing is that someone will violate his authority at this time. However, Tian Feng was still as blunt as ever. If he was straightforward, he would undoubtedly violate Yuan Shao's "reverse scale", which made the latter furious...
In contrast, Liu Bei's command also appeared such a thorny figure later. When they first joined his team, they were all doing nothing in office, expressing their dissatisfaction and their thoughts of being promoted quickly in the form of passive slacking off. After learning about their true talents and abilities, Liu Bei not only did not blame them, but instead promoted them and took good care of others. Later, Pang Tong helped Liu Bei take down Xichuan and made great contributions; Jiang Wan also became an important minister of Shu Han, and was in charge of the rear when he was in the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. After Zhuge Liang's death, he succeeded as prime minister and presided over the overall situation of Shu Han...
As for Cao Cao's command, there were also people like Cheng Yu who were tough by nature, disagree with others, and would always speak out against each other. Cao Cao not only used Cheng Yu, but also treated him more and more. Later, Cheng Yu not only made many contributions, but also became one of the founding fathers of Cao Wei. After his death, he was able to worship Cao Cao's temple...
This is the difference between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao and Liu Bei in terms of "tolerating people". This is also one of the main reasons why he seemed powerful, but he was eventually defeated by Cao Cao and eventually died of depression and illness.
Finally, let’s talk about Tian Feng’s death. Many people think that this is a manifestation of Tian Feng's "fool loyalty". Since Yuan Shao did not listen to his advice before, he led to Guandu's defeat, and now the situation is over. Moreover, he also saw through Yuan Shao's thoughts of killing him after he withdrew from the army.Why didn't he take the opportunity to escape quickly and vote for his boss? Instead, he is willing to stay and die generously. Is it just to fulfill his last reputation as a "loyal minister and not a two-lord"?
In fact, Tian Feng is not so noble. The real reason is that when he was a famous official in Jizhou, when he decided to take over Yuan Shao, he had already put his entire life, including the family interests behind him, on the Yuan Group.
And according to Yuan Shao's "control" policy, all the people under his command who hold real power will supervise their families to a certain extent, using this as hostages and bargaining chips to prevent them from rebelling. Therefore, it is impossible for Tian Feng to escape alone for his career regardless of the lives of his family and clan.
What's more, although Yuan Shao was defeated in Guandu, he has not yet reached the point of falling a thousand miles away. At least in the Hebei border of the rear base camp, it is still stable. Tian Feng was locked in the prison in the rear as a prisoner, with many prisoners and strict guards. He doesn't know how to penetrate the wall, even if he really wants to escape, he can't do it...
So, in the end, Tian Feng chose to "go to die generously". This is the same as Chen Gong, who was under the command of Lu Bu, who knew he would die. Instead of trying to find a way to escape, it's better to be generous and be willing to put on his head and protect things outside the body. Use your own sacrifice to protect your relatives and family...
By the way, this will also leave a good impression of "loyalty and death as if you are home" in the evaluation of future generations. Leave a monument to oneself in history...
PS: In fact, people like Tian Feng have been strong in all dynasties. This type of people are generally talented and talented, but their integrity and persistence are often even more outstanding. So in the end, these people who do not understand "softness on the outside but hard on the inside" generally do not have any good endings (the famous direct critic of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng , were destroyed by Li Shimin after his death).
Personally think that the word "over" is a derogatory term, so since their integrity and persistence have reached the point of "over", it will inevitably become a thorn, offend many people, and affect the relationship between the king and the minister, and are even regarded as a thorn in the eyes by the king...
After all, it is said that accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger. Doing things under the king's hands can't handle even the necessary relationship between the king and the minister, and even lose your own life... How can you talk about assisting the king and using your talents?
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