Huang Zhong won only one victory in his life and was praised to the sky. What is his strength?

Thirty years, old friends, poor and disloyal to Cao. This is a poem inserted by Mao Zonggang when he revised the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which satirizes the prohibition of infidelity and reveals his status as a minister. Yujin defected to Cao Cao as early as 192 when Yanzhou was pacified. In the past thirty years, the Wei family has made great achievements in conquering the north and the south. Because of Guan Yu's Northern Expedition, when Yu Ban was ordered to help Fan Cheng, he was defeated and went to Guan Yu, which was repeatedly called disloyalty by later generations.

The fame of the ages should be preserved, and the long moon shines in Xiangtan. This is Luo Guanzhong's evaluation of Huang Zhong, which is famous throughout the ages, showing his admiration for Huang Zhong. Huang zhong ranks among the five tiger generals and is brave and good at fighting. Although he was unknown in the early stage, he was shocked after Dingjunshan killed Xia and was appointed as a post-general by Liu Bei. Some people lamented that Huang Zhong was immortal because of a victory, but Yu Jin was said to be disloyal because of a surrender. Personally, there are profound reasons for this. The following is a brief analysis based on relevant information.

First of all, Yujin is called disloyal by the world for two reasons.

One is that Yujin surrendered when he shouldn't, in sharp contrast to Pound. In the twenty-four years of Jian 'an, Jingzhou Army led the Northern Expedition to Fancheng, which was invincible. Coss knew that he was no match for Guan Yu, so he turned to Cao Cao for help. However, no one under Cao Cao dared to compete with Guan Yu at that time. After all, Guan Yu and Bai Mapo are famous for beheading Yan Liang and Wen Chou. Cao Cao personally went to ban support, indicating that this is Cao Cao's order and must be carried out.

Cao Cao also asked who was willing to help Yu Ban. At this time, a man volunteered. This man was beaten. Cao Cao was ordered to be the general to levy the south, and Pound was ordered to be the pioneer to levy the western commander-in-chief. Romance once recorded:

One person replied, I am willing to go, but it is pounds. Cao Cao was overjoyed and said, "Guan Mou had a great influence on China. He didn't meet his opponent, and now he meets your name. He is really an opponent. "

This shows that Cao Cao also has high hopes for Pound. However, Yu Jin did something that made people laugh and cry. He listened to rumors and went to Cao Cao's house to slander Pound, saying that Pound was a subordinate of Ma Chao, and he had no choice but to surrender to Cao Wei. Ma Chao once defected to Liu Bei and was named General Five Tigers. If pound is reappointed this time, I'm afraid it's not good for the army.

Cao Cao suddenly realized that he could summon Pound and make people accept his title. Pound was shocked. When he learned the reason, the questioner stamped his foot with blood all over his face and cried, "I am grateful, but dare to be different?" Cao Cao didn't doubt Pound at that time. And warned pound: Qing can make every effort to govern, Qing will not be lonely, and loneliness will not be lonely.

In fact, Pound immediately prepared a coffin, went to fight Guan Yu with mortal determination and shot Guan Yu. Unexpectedly, Guan Yu flooded the seventh army, was captured in the ban and had to surrender to Guan Yu. Pound was also captured by Zhou Cang in the water and killed by Guan Yu for refusing to surrender. This is a sharp contrast. The main commander is forbidden to surrender, and the deputy commander Pound can fight to the death. What a moral integrity this is. It was Pound's loyalty that made Yujin look even smaller, and the world saw it and recorded it. This contrast is too strong. In other words, Yujin should not surrender at this juncture, one step away, and regret a thousand miles away.

Secondly, he switched to Wu Dong after being suspended. He didn't have any military exploits in his later years, and was once rejected by Cao Cao and Cao Pi. Surrender to Guan Yu is indeed a helpless move, but it is a wrong step. After Lv Meng attacked Jingzhou, Guan Yu suffered a crushing defeat, and Lv Meng went to Wu Dong again. Maybe once he was forced, but he couldn't go to Cao Wei. But when Liu Bei attacked Wu Zhi, Sun Quan surrendered to Cao Pi under the pressure of Liu Bei, and then Sun Quan returned Yu Jin to Wei. Although Wei Wendi Cao Pi comforted Yu Jin, he hated it. The reflection once recorded that:

The Emperor (Wei Wendi) painted Guan Yu's anger and forbidding surrender in Yuling Palace, Henan Province. Forbidden to see, ashamed to get sick.

Because Cao Pi hated the Forbidden City, he deliberately let people carve the picture of Pound's desperate battle and surrender to the Forbidden City in the mausoleum. After seeing it in the Forbidden City, he was so ashamed that he soon died of depression. Cao Cao also hated Forbidden, claiming that Forbidden had followed him for decades, and it was not as good as Pound who had just surrendered to the enemy in times of crisis. The two emperors had such an evaluation of Yujin, and the world's impression of him went with the flow.