The description of Zhao Yun in the History of the Three Kingdoms can be summarized by four words: wit and loyalty, but there is not a word in the book that Zhao Yun is a military commander.
On the other hand, in Chengdu Wuhou Temple, Zhao Yun is also among the civil servants.
Nowadays, people think that Zhao Yun is a military commander, mostly because Zhao Yun saved A Dou twice, captured Xia Houlan alive, and defeated Cao Jun in the battle of Dingjun Mountain. In fact, these reasons are debatable.
Changbanpo saved Adou, but the History of the Three Kingdoms did not introduce it in detail. Only that Zhao Yun found out that Mrs. Gan and Mrs. Gan were missing, so he turned his horse's head to look for them. Soon, Zhao Yun supported and protected Mrs. Gan and went back to camp.
The second rescue was that Sun Quan sent a large number of ships to pick up Mrs. Sun and return to Soochow. Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei led the troops to intercept and successfully recaptured Adou.
The former is purely seeking, and has nothing to do with the status of military commanders; The latter is with Zhang Fei, and it is hard to say how much role Zhao Yun played.
As for the capture of Xia Houlan, it is even more worthy of scrutiny.
Xia Houlan is a lawyer, not a military commander. Maybe Zhao Yun is braver than him, so he became a prisoner.
Zhao Yun played the role of a wise man when he defeated Cao Jun in Dingjun Mountain.
Huang Zhong went to grab Cao Jun's hay, but Zhao Yun didn't go. Later, Huang Zhong didn't return, and Zhao Yunling came to rescue him.
Later, facing the siege of Cao Jun, Zhao Yun brought the Shu army to a standstill. Cao Jun suspected an ambush, so he retreated. Zhaoyun took the opportunity to make the sergeant shoot Cao Jun with a bolt, and Cao Jun was frightened. Many people fell into the water and drowned.
Judging from Liu Bei's use of Zhao Yun, we can also find that Zhao Yun's real talent is just a think tank and housekeeper.
Zhao Yun tried his best not to cut an enemy general, not to pull a plug, and not to break an enemy; As a pioneer commander or a government official, his life has never ended.
Many people say that Liu Bei is blind and does not value Zhao Yun, but it is not.
Liu Bei's ability of employing people is far better than Zhuge Liang's, even if it is not as good as Cao Cao's, it is not far behind.
Liu Bei can never ignore Zhao Yun who followed him all the year round. There is only one reason not to reuse Zhao Yun: Zhao Yun is not a military commander, but he has more courage and strength, and management work is enough.
Liu Bei didn't let Zhao Yun master the heavy forces, but just stayed with him. It is precisely because he wants him to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses and give play to his foresight.
Zhao Yun does have superhuman political vision and overall situation.
Liu Bei got Chengdu, and some people demanded that the famous fields and good houses in Chengdu be distributed to the generals.
Zhao Yun, on the other hand, thinks: "The world is not yet stable. We should not seize the land and houses of the people, but return the land to gather people's hearts.
After Guan Yu's death, Liu Bei was determined to take revenge on Wu Dong.
Zhao Yun added: "The traitor is Cao Cao, not Sun Quan.
If Wei is destroyed first, Sun Quan will naturally submit.
Now Cao Pi of Wei usurps the throne of Han and calls himself emperor, which is unpopular. It is not a good policy to fight Wu without cutting Wei.
"Zhao Yunjun has surplus capital, and Zhuge Liang asked him to distribute it to the soldiers, but he thought that the soldiers' contribution did not need to be rewarded, and things should be kept for the winter.
As can be seen from the above facts, Zhao Yun, as a civil servant, has the overall situation and political judgment, which is exactly what the four generals of Shu lack.
Chengdu Wuhou Temple's classification of Zhao Yun's status as a civil servant is by no means confusing by the founder.
Therefore, Zhao Yun is a military commander, rather than the bravest, most attractive and most military commander.
Source: Huaxia attention