Speaking of the history of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, many people will think of Zhao Yun, the "general who always won.". Zhao Yun (赵云; Zi Long) was a general of the Shu Han Dynasty, who had been following Liu Bei since he had supported the young lord twice, and had also been from Dingjing Prefecture; at the Battle of Jinchuan, he was a hero; at the Battle of Hanshui, he was wise and courageous; and with the Northern Expedition, he was able to turn the tide under Cao Zhen. Although he was not undefeated, he was still praised. However, what few people know is that the Three Kingdoms not only have a general who always wins, but also a general who is always defeated- as a general, he is almost defeated in every battle. However, this often defeated general is very magical, although his military ability is mediocre, the "battle results" are very fruitful, and he has left the Jiangdong Sun clan and two generations of three people helpless. What's going on? Who is this person?
The Sun clan of Jiangdong, two generations of three people, refers to Sun Jian, who is known as the "Tiger of Jiangdong", Sun Ce, the "Little Overlord", and Sun Quan, who made Cao Cao sigh that "having a son should be like Sun Zhongmou". Among these three people, Sun Jian was the main force against Dong Zhuo, and defeated Lü Bu twice, which made Dong Zhuo feel frightened; Sun Ce turned to thousands of miles in just a few years to pacify more than eighty counties in Jiangdong; Sun Quan took over Jiangdong before he was weak, and competed with Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who were equivalent to his father's generation, for many years. But such three people, facing the protagonist we are going to talk about today, a general who has always failed, it took eighteen years to take it down, and each of them paid a terrible price. So who is this often defeated general? What kind of price did he make Sun Jian's father and son pay?
First, let Sun Jian die
As we all know, Sun Jian raised a volunteer army because of the crusade against Dong Zhuo, became a prince of the road, and also became the main force of the crusade against Dong Zhuo, and his ultimate goal has always been the Kuangfu Han Room. However, just after he expelled Dong Zhuo from Luoyang and wanted to fight with other princes for thieves, he learned that Yuan Shao was going to attack his rear, so he reluctantly joined the ranks of the princes in the struggle for hegemony, and was ordered by Yuan Shu to attack Liu Biao in Jingzhou. At this time, our protagonist appeared, he was the general Huang Zu sent by Liu Biao to meet Sun Jian. Of course, Huang Zu was not Sun Jian's opponent, so he was defeated, fled in a daze, and ran all the way to Xiangyang, where Liu Biao was located, almost leaving Liu Biao in a desperate situation.
Later, Liu Biao sent Huang Zu out of the city secretly, mobilized soldiers, and fought Sun Jian again, and he was once again defeated without accident, but this time he changed the direction of his escape and went to Da Nang Mountain, and Sun Jian pursued him in the future. At this time, no matter how you look at it, the one who is in a desperate situation should be Huang Zu, but Huang Zu is fine, and sun Jian was shot by a stream of arrows one day when he was patrolling the mountains alone, and finally died. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Sun Shaoyu's Tale of Rebellion, records: "(Sun Jian) marched alone on Da Nang Mountain and was shot and killed by Zu Junshi.
Second, let Sun Ce lose his beloved general
After Sun Jian's death, Huang Zu began to garrison Jiangxia, during which time he again took revenge on Sun Jian's son Sun Ce. This is not because Sun Ce took the initiative to avenge his father's murder. In 199 AD, Sun Ce's power was already very impressive, so after the defeat of Yuan Shu, his remnants planned to defect to Sun Ce, and Sun Ce also wanted to continue to grow and develop. However, at this time, someone intervened horizontally, that is, Liu Xun, the Taishou of Lujiang—Liu Xun detained the people and horses who wanted to defect to Sun Ce. Of course, Sun Ce could not bear it, so he sent an army to Lujiang to attack Liu Xun. At this time, Liu Xun took the initiative to ask Huang Zu for help, so Huang Zu was also involved.
Huang Zu was not Sun Jian's opponent, nor was he Sun Ce's opponent, so he could not help Liu Xun and retreated. At this time, Liu Biao may have felt that Huang Zu was too humiliated, so he sent reinforcements to him, but Huang Zu was still defeated. However, he did not lose this defeat--his men shot and killed One of Sun Ce's generals, Xu Kun. Although this Xu Kun was not well-known, he was also a famous general, who accompanied Sun Ce in his southern expedition to the north and made great achievements. As the saying goes, a thousand armies are easy to obtain, and one will be difficult to find, so although Sun Ce won this battle, he suffered heavy losses.
Third, let Sun Quan lose a major general
After Sun Quan took over Jiangdong, he always had an inevitable advantage for Jiangxia, so he sent troops to conquer Huang Zu three times, and when he first went out on the expedition, he repeated the mistakes of his father and brother- the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" records: "Ling Cao, a native of Yuhang, Wu County. When Sun Cefeng raised Huainan, Ling Cao was more from the conquest, and Chang Deng was crowned in the army to perform the vanguard duties. After keeping Yongping long and pingzhi shanyue, the adulterers took their hands and moved to the rank of lieutenant of the thief. After Sun Quan unified the army, Ling Cao was subordinate to Jiang Xia Huangzu. The army entered xiakou, Ling Cao boarded first, broke its forwards, and the light boat advanced alone, and died in the middle of the stream. That is to say, a member of the general Ling Cao, who had come to defect during Sun Ce's time, was brave and good at war, and had great achievements in battle, but when he accompanied Sun Quan in his crusade against Huang Zu, he was also shot by Huang Zu's people.
However, Huang Zu's good luck was also exhausted, and in 207 and 208 AD, Sun Quan sent troops to Jiangxia twice, once capturing the local people, and the other time taking Huang Zu's life, so that the life of the often defeated general Huang Jun finally came to an end. Throughout Huang Zu's life, from 191 AD, when he shot sun Jian to his own defeat and death in 208 AD, it lasted eighteen years, during which time he was defeated many times, but he never let Jiangxia lose. The people who can make the three generations of the Sun clan so helpless, except for Cao Cao, Liu Bei and other tyrants, who else is comparable to him? Xiaobian believes that in addition to his influence in Jiangxia and Liu Biao's support, it is probably related to his luck, right?
All the information in this article comes from books such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and the editor guarantees the authenticity of the content, without any innuendo or politics.