Kuai Yue

Kuai Yue

Kuai Yue? He was born in Zhonglu, Xiangyang (now southwest Xiangyang, Hubei). In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, he was Kuai Liang's younger brother. Liu Biao was originally a subordinate of Mu Liu Biao in Jingzhou. When Liu Biao took office, he helped Liu Biao eradicate the clan Thieves (an armed group formed by clan and village relations) in Jingzhou. After Liu Biao died of illness, he surrendered to Cao Cao with Liu Cong, and later became an official to guangluxun.

Life of the characters

Expect the result

Kuai Yue is one of the famous families in South County of Jingzhou and the representative of the Kuai family. He was famous when he was young. General He Jin, who had heard that he was good at stratagem, hired him to be the chief commander of the East army. Kuai Yue once advised he Jin to preempt and kill the eunuch as soon as possible, but he Jin hesitated. Kuai Yue expected that he Jin would be defeated, so he applied to He Jin for Ruyang order. Sure enough, he Jin was finally harmed by the eunuch, but Kuai Yue turned the corner.

Zuoping Jingzhou

In 190 A.D. (the first year of Chuping), Liu Biao, the Marquis of the northern army, went to Jingzhou to serve as a governor. However, he was perplexed by the situation at that time, so he invited Kuai Yue and his elder brother Kuai Liang in Yicheng to conspire with CAI Mao.

Liu Biao asked: "at this time, the bandits were rampant and the people didn't attach themselves. Yuan Shu was ready to move again in Nanyang. The trouble has been difficult to solve up to now. I also hope to recruit here, but I'm afraid the people won't join the army. What are your countermeasures? "

Kuai Liang first proposed that as long as the rulers can be benevolent and righteous, the people will naturally be willing to submit, and conscription will no longer be a problem.

However, Kuai Yue did not agree with Kuai Liang's view, and said: "rulers in peaceful and prosperous times attach importance to benevolence and justice, while rulers in troubled times attach importance to power and stratagem. Soldiers are also more valuable than good. The key is to get their loyalty and support. Yuan Shu is brave but not resourceful. Su Dai and Bei Yu are both martial men and need not worry at all. However, most of the leaders of the clan thieves are greedy and cruel, and their subordinates are worried about them. There are some people with cultivation and ability under my command. As long as they are sent to the leader of the sect thief to lure them, the leader of the sect thief will lead the crowd. Then you just need to seize the opportunity to kill those who are cruel and unruly, and then appease the people who have incorporated them. In this way, the army and the people of this state will help the elderly and bring the weak because of your kindness. At that time, you will occupy Jiangling in the South and Xiangyang in the north, so the eight counties of Jingzhou can be pacified as long as they pass the declaration. After that, even if Yuan Shu and others came again, there was nothing they could do! "

After hearing this, Liu Biao greatly appreciated Kuai Yue's strategy, which was like the strategy of a mortgagor, and adopted his strategy.

After that, Kuai Yue lured a total of 55 sect leaders (about 15 people). Liu Biao followed Kuai Yue's previous suggestions, killed them all and annexed their followers. However, Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng were still in Xiangyang. Liu Biao sent Kuai Yue and Pang Ji to lobby. Zhang and Chen were convinced and agreed to surrender. Therefore, Liu Biao got the control of Jingzhou, and he was in charge of Xiangyang since then. Kuai Yue was also worshipped as governor of Zhangling and Marquis of Fanting.

Prestige

After Cao Cao gradually became powerful, Kuai Yue and Cai Mao became the famous Pro Cao faction at that time. In 200 A.D. (the fifth year of Jian'an), when yuan and Cao confronted each other in Guandu, Kuai Yue advised Liu Biao not to support Yuan Shao, but to make friends with Cao Cao. Although Liu Biao did not help Cao Cao in the end, he did not respond to Yuan Shao's request to discuss Cao Cao, which indirectly contributed to Cao Cao's victory in the Guandu war.

At first, Huang Zu was the most powerful anti Cao faction in Liu Biao's camp. Because Huang Zu had always been relied on by Liu Biao and had a large family background in Jingzhou, Huang Zu and others were able to compete with the pro Cao faction and contain the influence of Kuai Yue. However, Sun Quan attacked Huang Zu in the spring of 208 A.D. (the 13th year of Jian'an), and Huang was defeated and killed. The representative of anti Cao faction in Jingzhou died unexpectedly. The strength of the pro Cao faction headed by Kuai Yue increased greatly.

In the autumn of the same year, Cao Cao was leading 130000 troops to the south of Jingzhou. In August, Liu Biao died of illness, so Kuai Yue and Cai Mao and others embraced Liu Biao's second son Liu Cong as their successor. When Cao Cao moved to Xinye, Liu Cong intended to join forces with Liu Qi and Liu Bei to fight against Cao Cao, but was opposed by Kuai Yue and Fu Xun. Finally, Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao only to comply with the wishes of the powerful officials. Later, when Cao Cao heard of Kuai Yue's surrender, he was so happy that he wrote to Xun Yu immediately and said, "I'm not happy to get Jingzhou, but happy to get another degree (Kuai Yue)" Thus we can see Kuai Yue's reputation and talent, as well as the influence of Jingxiang. After Cao Cao settled down in Jiangling, he was granted a lot of awards to those who were close to Cao, while Kuai Yue was granted the title of Guanglu Xun, one of the nine ministers.

Home care after death

Since he surrendered to Cao Cao, Kuai Yue had no significant performance.

In 214 A.D. (the 19th year of Jian'an), Kuai Yue was critically ill, so he wrote to Cao Cao and asked him to take care of his family. Cao Cao replied: "I will live up to your trust, take good care of your family and have a clear conscience. You can rest assured that the orphan king used to be entrusted. Kuai Yue, you have spirit in heaven. You must know what I mean. "

Family members

Ancestor: Kuai Tong

Brother: Kuai Liang

Historical evaluation

Artistic image

Literary image

In the novel the romance of the Three Kingdoms, Kuai Yue is from Yanping, the younger brother of Kuai Liang. He is a man of profound wisdom. The two brothers assist Liu Biao in his career. After the dissolution of the alliance, Sun Jian secretly got the national seal to return to the south. Liu Biao sent Kuai Yue to intercept Sun Jian and defeat his army because Yuan Shao informed him of this. Later, Liu Bei attached himself to Jingzhou and sent Lu Ma and Liu Biao to him. Kuai Yue knew that Lu was a fierce horse and advised Liu Biao to return it. Cai Mao deeply disliked Liu Bei and wanted to kill him at the banquet. Kuai Yue used a trick to get rid of Zhao Yun and made Liu Bei suffer a lot. After Liu Biao's death, his second son Liu Cong succeeded him, and Kuai Yue and Fu Xun urged him to surrender to Cao Cao. After Cao Cao pacified Jingzhou, Kuai Yue came down with Liu Cong and was granted the title of marquis fan Ting, the governor of Jiangling. Cao Cao comforted him and said, "I'm not happy to get Jingzhou, but I'm happy to get Kuai Yidu's ear."

Film and television image

1994 TV drama romance of the Three Kingdoms: Ma Jichun plays Kuai Yue.