In ancient China, due to poor medical conditions, people's life expectancy was relatively short, and it was already "ancient rare years" to live to the age of seventy. During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, the life expectancy of The Eastern Wu Emperor Sun Quan was relatively long, and he died of illness at the age of 71. However, there was also a military general in Eastern Wu, who was born in the same year as Liu Bei, but died later than Sun Quan, and was arguably the longest-lived military general in the Three Kingdoms period, so who was he?
This person's name was Lü Dai, the character Dinggong, was a native of Rugao, Jiangsu, and was born in the fourth year of the Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, in 161 AD. In this year, Zhuozhou, Hebei province, also gave birth to an extraordinary figure, he was liu bei, the founding emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty. Lü Dai initially served as a small official in the county, but due to the chaos in the world, Lü Dai left his hometown, crossed the Yangtze River, and took refuge in the Jiangdong region. In 200, Sun Quan took charge of political affairs, and Lü Dai came to defect and was appointed as the county magistrate of Wu County.
Sun Quan often personally inquired about the warehouses and cases in various counties, and county officials and county clerks were questioned. Sun Quan was very satisfied when he found out that Lü Dai "should be asked about the law" and immediately appointed Lü Dai as the governor of Yuyao. After Lü Dai arrived, he recruited elites and formed an army of more than a thousand people. Later, Lü Dai served as a lieutenant of the Inspector Military Academy, led the army to quell the rebellion in the five counties of Dongye, and served as a general of Zhaoxin Zhonglang because of his military achievements. In the process of capturing Jingzhou, Lü Dai made another battle merit and was promoted to Luling Taishou.
In 220, Sun Quan transferred the Jiaozhou Assassin Shi Buqiu back, and at the same time appointed Lü Dai as the Jiaozhou Assassin History, sitting in the south. At that time, the Jiaozhou area was not calm, and thieves swarmed. Lü Dai led his army into battle, and in one fell swoop, he tied up wang Jin, a thief in The Yang Dynasty, "teleported to the capital, and beheaded more than 10,000 people." Sun Quan was overjoyed, and lü dai was made a general of Annam and a false festival. In 226, Shi Xie fell ill and died, and his son Shi Hui refused to accept Sun Quan's appointment, intending to raise an army to rebel.
Shi Xie has been sitting in Lingnan for more than 40 years and has a strong influence in the local area. However, Lü Dai had a very good idea, he "supervised the three thousand soldiers floating in the sea in the morning and at night", and unexpectedly arrived at the city. Shi Hui was stunned, and in a hurry, he actually "led the six brothers to meet Dai with flesh", and as a result, he was killed by Lü Dai on the spot. After that, Lü Dai marched to Jiuzhen and "won tens of thousands". When Lü Dai was in the south, he sent many emissaries out, so the "kings of Funan, Linyi, and Tangming" paid tribute to the Eastern Wu Dynasty.
After this, Lü Dai quelled many rebellions, which can be said to be a threat to the south. It was not until 239 that Lü Dai left Jiaozhou, when he was 78 years old, and Liu Bei, who was born in the same year, had already died of illness, and even Zhuge Liang had died of illness five years earlier. Don't look at Lü Dai's old age, but he is energetic and must be personal, Zhang Zhao's son Zhang Cheng praised Lü Dai for being better than Lianpo. In 245, Lu Xun fell ill and died, and Lü Dai was promoted to the position of Shangda General, in charge of the military from Wuchang to Puxi.
Don't look at Lü Dai's long time as an official, but he is a clean official. When he first arrived in Jiaozhou, Lü Dai did not send money to his family, resulting in "wife hunger". After hearing the news, Sun Quan sighed: "Lü Dai was born in wanli, worked for the country, and was trapped inside the door of the family, and he did not know it early. The humerus is the ear and ear, and its responsibility lies? "Ordained to give money and rice cloth silk." In 252, sun Quan died of illness at the age of 71, but Lu Dai was still in good health, at the age of 92. In the same year, Sun Liang, the lord of Wu, appointed Lü Dai as the Grand Sima (大司馬).
It was not until October 256 that Lü Dai completed his life path and died at the age of ninety-six. Lü Dai was born in the same year as Liu Bei, 18 years older than Sima Yi, 20 years older than Zhuge Liang, 21 years older than Sun Quan, and 22 years older than Lu Xun, but they all died in front of Lü Dai. But at that time, there was an unknown figure, he was a few years younger than Lu Dai, but also lived to be more than ninety years old, do you know who he is?
References: 1. Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms; 2. Zizhi Tongjian