During the Three Kingdoms period, the official positions of military generals were mainly divided into two types: heavy generals and miscellaneous generals. Among them, the heavy generals include the generals of the generals, the generals of the hussars, the generals of the cheri, the generals of the Wei, the generals of the four sides and other military generals. Although the status of the heavy general is very prominent, the number of these official positions is relatively limited, and it is difficult to be crowned to many military generals who have made military achievements. Therefore, the establishment of relatively flexible miscellaneous generals was widely canonized during the Three Kingdoms period. For example, Guan Yu's general Lang Kou, Zhang Fei's general Zheng Yu, and Zhao Yun's General Of Yijun all belong to the scope of miscellaneous generals.
For the general An Han that I want to talk about today, it began in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and was a miscellaneous general set up by Liu Bei. In the history of the Shu Han Dynasty, there were four "An Han generals", three of whom died of illness and one of whom was killed by Liu Chan!
1. Mi Zhu
First of all, the first Anhan general of the Shu Han Dynasty was Mi Zhu. Mi Zhu came from the land of Xuzhou, and in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Mi Zhu was a subordinate of Tao Qian. In 194 AD, after the death of Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, Mi Zhu assisted Liu Bei in taking charge of Xuzhou. In 196, Liu Bei took Lü Bu in, but the latter took revenge and chose to sneak into Xuzhou. After Liu Bei was defeated by Lü Bu, Mi Zhu married his sister to him and helped Liu Bei recruit soldiers to buy horses, which can be said to be a charcoal in the snow. To a certain extent, without mi Zhu's help, it was difficult for Liu Bei to regain his strength.
In the sixth year of Jian'an (201), Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao and prepared to surrender to Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and sent Lu Zhu and others to meet Liu Biao first, and to serve as the left general Zhonglang with Jian Yong and Sun Qian. In 211, Mi Zhu followed Liu Bei to Yizhou. A year later, the Battle of Yizhou officially broke out. In 214, Liu Bei defeated Liu Zhang and captured the land of Yizhou. On this basis, Liu Bei made Mi Zhu a general of An Han, second only to Zhuge Liang. In the 24th year of Jian'an (219), Sun Quan's general Lü Meng attacked Jingzhou, and the city of Lufang Xiancheng, who was then the Taishou of Nan Commandery, surrendered, and the former general Guan Yu was defeated and killed. Lu Zhu tied himself up and went to ask Liu Bei for his sins, and Liu Bei in turn comforted him, believing that his brother's sins had nothing to do with his brother and treating him as he had always been.
In the first year of Zhang Wu's reign (221), Mi Zhu, Zhuge Liang and other courtiers joined forces to persuade Liu Bei to ascend the throne as emperor. Later, Lu Zhu was still ashamed of Mi Fang's rebellion and died soon after. Elk Zhu is graceful and generous, and Dun Hou is elegant. But not good at strategizing. Liu Bei had always treated him as a guest of honor and had never tried to put him in charge of the soldiers and horses. But Liu Bei rewarded him with great rewards and doubly favored him, and no one could compare with him.
2. Li Miao
Secondly, the second Anhan general was Li Mi. Li Mi (李邈), courtesy name Hannan, was a native of Guanghan County (present-day Santai County, Sichuan), and Was a brother of Li Chao, Li Shao, and others. Li Mi had another younger brother who died early. Both Li Chao and Li Shao had talent and prestige, and at that time people called Li Chao, Li Shao, and Li Miao's brother who died early as "Li Shi Sanlong". However, Li Mi was not in the ranks of the "Three Dragons of Li" because of his loose and straightforward personality.
In 214, after Liu Bei pacified Yizhou, he appointed Li Mi as the governor of Yizhou. After Liu Chan ascended the throne, Li Mi was crowned as a general of An Han. In 228 (the sixth year of Jianxing of the Shu Han Dynasty), Zhuge Liang, the chancellor, marched west to Cao Wei, and Li Mi was in his entourage. Zhuge Liang appointed Ma Mo to command the armies, and the Wei general Zhang Guo defeated Ma Chen, and Ma Mo fled. Liang was about to kill Ma Mo, and Li Mi advised Zhuge Liang: "The State of Qin pardoned Meng Ming, so that he could subdue more than twenty states of Xi Rong and be called Bo; the State of Chu killed Ziyu, and it declined in less than two generations." As a result, Li Mi was sent back to Shu because he did not conform to Zhuge Liang's wishes.
In 234, after Zhuge Liang died of illness, Li Mi wrote a letter slandering Zhuge Liang, and when Liu Chan learned of this situation, he was very angry and directly ordered Li Mi to be killed. In this regard, in the author's opinion, Li Mi's ending can only be said to be self-inflicted, after all, Zhuge Liang bowed down for Shu Han and died later. After his death, Liu Chan was already very sad, and naturally could not tolerate Li Mi, who was not inferior.
3. Li Hui
Moreover, the third Anhan general was Li Hui. Li Hui was from the Southern Central Region, and was initially named Yizhou Commandery (renamed Jianning County after three years of Jianxing in shu Han) as the governor of the post. Li Hui's uncle Cuan Xi was the county magistrate of Jianling County, Yizhou County, and had violated the law, and Li Hui was also implicated and dismissed from office. At that time, Yizhou County's Taishou Donghe considered that Cuan Xi was a local powerful surname, so he did not promise to remove Li Hui from his official position.
In the eighteenth year of Jian'an (213), Dong He recommended Li Hui to serve in the state capital, and while Li Hui was on the road, he heard the news that Liu Bei was attacking Liu Zhang from the south of Ye Meng. Li Hui believed that Liu Zhang was bound to fail, and Liu Bei was bound to succeed, so he pretended to be an emissary of Yizhou County and went north to meet Liu Bei. Li Hui met Liu Bei at Mianzhu, and Liu Bei admired Li Hui very much, so he asked Li Hui to stay in the army and attack Luocheng together.
In 221, Liu Bei ascended the throne as empress dowager and made Li Hui the governor of Yu Prefecture. In 225, Li Hui and Zhuge Liang together quelled a rebellion in the southern central region. Because of his military exploits, Li Hui was made a general of An Han by the later lord Liu Chan and given the title of Marquis of Hanxingting. In 231 AD, Li Hui died of illness.
4. Wang Ping
Finally, the fourth Anhan general was Wang Ping. Wang Ping was a native of Yizhou, and in 215 AD, Cao Cao personally conquered Hanzhong and obtained Zhang Lu's surrender. As far as Wang Ping was concerned, he also became a subordinate of Cao Cao in this year. In 217 AD, Liu Bei launched the Battle of Hanzhong. In 219, Liu Bei repelled Cao Cao and captured the land of Hanzhong, while Wang Ping surrendered to Liu Bei.
In 228 AD, Zhuge Liang made his first Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. In the Battle of Jieting, Ma Mo did not listen to Wang Ping's advice, so he was defeated by Zhang Gao. Therefore, in this battle, Wang Ping was appreciated by Zhuge Liang and was crowned as a general of qiukou. In 234, after Zhuge Liang's death, Wang Ping was made a general of An Han and assisted Wu Yizhen in defending Hanzhong. In 237, after Wu Yi's death, Wang Ping became the third governor of Hanzhong in Shu Han. In the first year of Yanxi (238 AD), the general Jiang Ping was stationed in Qiuyang, and Wang Ping was summoned to the Great Sima Mansion, and Jiang Ping appointed Wang Ping as the former protector.
In 244, the Cao Wei general Cao Shuang mobilized an army of 100,000 to attack the Hanzhong region of Shu Han. In this battle, Wang Ping led tens of thousands of troops to seize the dangerous terrain and successfully blocked Cao Wei's army. After waiting for Fei Yi and others to come to support, the large army led by Cao Shuang was caught in the bag, so the losses were heavy. As a result, during the period when Wang Pingzhen was guarding Hanzhong, he ensured the tranquility of the northern gate of Shu Han. On this basis, Wang Ping, like Liao Hua, Zhang Yi and others, became a major general in the middle and late Shu Han Dynasty. In the eleventh year of Yanxi (248 AD), Wang Ping died and his son Wang Xun inherited the title.