Zhao Yun, whose courtesy name is Zilong, is a rare "perfect man" in the Three Kingdoms and a victorious general. In his early years, he followed Gongsun Zan and served as his master. After his defeat, he turned to Liu Bei and was a loyal savior. He saved his young master Adou twice and his master Liu Bei many times. It can be said that without Zhao Yun, there would be no future for Liu Bei, without Liu Bei's little Adou, and without the country of Shu Han.
According to legend, after Zhao Yun passed away, he entrusted Zhuge Liang with a dream and said nine words: Prime Minister, Zilong will never rest in peace! ?. Is this true? The answer is naturally no. According to the romance, the analysis is as follows.
The Life of Zhao Yun
In the seventh chapter of the novel, Zhao Yun and Wen Chou fought for fifty rounds without deciding the outcome, and rescued General White Horse Gongsun Zan. He defected to General White Horse, but was not reused. Later, Gongsun Zan was defeated in the struggle for hegemony with Yuan Shao and defected to Liu Huangshu. After Zhao Yun followed Liu Bei, he was reused by Liu Bei to protect his family because of his carefulness and general knowledge. The role of Zhao Yun is the same as that of Dian Wei and Xu Chu. He is loyal and dedicated to protecting the safety of his lord and his family. Since Zhao Yun escorted Liu Bei, Liu Bei broke the curse of losing countless legitimate wives.
As the commander-in-chief of Liu Bei's imperial army, Zhao Yun rarely needs to go to the battlefield, so it is considered a leisurely position. Only when the entire army was defeated and strategic shifts were implemented, Zhao Yun came to the battlefield in person. At this time, Zhao Yun's importance was revealed, especially at a critical moment related to the life and death of Liu Bei's family. For example, in the Battle of Changbanpo, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang and others all fled in panic. At this critical moment, it was Changshan Zhao Zilong who rode into Cao's camp alone and rescued Mrs. Gan and little Adou from the rebellious army. Without Zhao Yun, Liu Bei would have lost his wife and son again, nearly half a century old. What a huge loss this would be. Liu Bei had worked so hard for half his life. Who should he give it to? Should he give it to his adopted son? Liu Feng? The relevant description in the novel is as follows:
Then I looked at it and found out that Adou was sleeping but not awake. Yunxi said: "Fortunately, the young master is fine!" ?Hand it to Xuande with both hands.
On another occasion, Sun Quan used a strategy to trick Mrs. Sun Shangxiang and young Adou back to Jiangdong, in order to blackmail Liu Bei and let him return to Jingzhou. At the critical moment, Zhao Yun, as the head of internal affairs, stepped forward and argued with his mistress Sun Shangxiang until Zhang Fei arrived and forcibly kept Liu Bei's only flesh-and-blood young Adou. This time is of great significance. If little Adou is tricked into returning to Jiangdong, Liu Bei will have to return Jingzhou to Sun Quan in exchange for Adou. Without the Jingzhou base, there is nothing left to do to rob Yizhou, divide the world, and fight against Cao Cao. The relevant description in the novel is as follows:
It says: If you don’t keep the little master, even if you die, you won’t dare to let the lady go! The lady asked her maid to push him forward, but was pushed down by Zhao Yun, so she snatched Adou from her arms and carried him out of the bow of the boat. I want to go to the shore, but there is no helper; I want to commit evil, but I am afraid that the truth will hinder me, and I can't advance or retreat. The lady asked the maid to snatch Adou. Zhao Yun held Adou in one hand and held a sword in the other. No one dared to come close.
Zhao Yun passed away
When Zhuge Liang first attacked Wei, Zhao Yun fought on the battlefield at the age of seventy. He and Deng Zhi marched out of Xiegu to cooperate with Zhuge Liang's army in attacking Wei. Because Ma Su lost Jieting, a military important place, Zhuge Liang had to withdraw his troops and return to Chengdu. On the eve of the second attack on the Wei Dynasty, a strong wind blew from the northeast corner and broke the pine trees in front of the courtyard. Zhuge Liang learned a lesson and calculated that one of his generals was dead. At this time,
Zhao Yun’s eldest son Zhao Tong and second son Zhao Guang reported to Prime Minister Zhuge Liang that their father had died of a serious illness last night. Zhuge Liang stumbled and cried: "Zilong died, the country lost one general, and I lost one arm." ?The relevant description in the novel is as follows:
Zhao Yun’s eldest son Zhao Tong and second son Zhao Guang came to see the prime minister. Kongming was shocked, threw his cup to the ground and said: "Zilong is gone!" The second son came in, bowed and cried and said: "A certain father died of serious illness in the middle of the night last night." Kongming stumbled and cried: "Zilong died, the country lost a beam, I only lost an arm!" ?
When Zhuge Liang heard the news that Zhao Yun had died of illness, he cried bitterly. There are rumors that Zhuge Liang dreamed of Zhao Yun that night, and he dreamed that Zhao Yun said to him: Prime Minister, Zilong will never rest in peace! ?This is most likely a pretext made by later generations. There is no corresponding record in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and there is no relevant description in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
Therefore, Zhuge Liang may only dream of his old comrade and subordinate Zhao Yun.