First, the famous generals
Although the Three Kingdoms were in turmoil, they created a large number of famous generals, and what kind of historical environment they said existed, what kind of talents appeared.
The reason why Guan Yu was admired by later generations as a martial saint, in addition to his own quality and unique personality, he also benefited from the special historical environment of the Three Kingdoms.
Because the Three Kingdoms is a period of history with great "personality", nature summons people with personality, and Guan Yu came into being.
The same is true of the famous general I want to talk about today, he is Gan Ning, the "famous general of the jianghu" of Eastern Wu.
The reason why Gan Ning is a famous general in the jianghu is because few generals in the Three Kingdoms period had the nickname of jianghu.
Even if it is like Guan Yu, Gan Ning has long been given a jianghu nickname, called: Jin Fan Thief.
This is because when Gan Ning was a teenager, he had a great style of "good man of Liangshan", gathering a puppy man and horse to run amok in all directions.
As long as you give Gan Ning face, then Gan Ning will "do heroic deeds" for you, if you dare to belittle him, then I'm sorry, even if it is a local official, it is not wrong to kill him.
Therefore, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", gan ning was given an eight-word evaluation at this moment: light heroes kill people, and hide their lives!
Isn't this the style of "good man of Liangshan"?
But Ganning Cattle is there, and he not only likes a refreshing "jianghu career", but also likes to read.
So when he was in his twenties, he realized that such a "good man's life" was not the work of a real big husband.
Therefore, the good Han Jinfan thief who was running rampant in the rivers and lakes disappeared, and a "fighting general" who ran amok in the Three Kingdoms appeared in the sky.
In 194 AD, Liu Yan of Yizhou died of illness, and Gan Ning rebelled against Yizhou and submitted to Liu Biao.
However, Liu Biao could not tolerate Gan Ning, because the reason why Liu Biao ruled Jingzhou was because he joined hands with the powerful forces in Jingzhou.
Although Gan Ning aspires to be a big husband, the jianghu qi on his body is very heavy, and the temperament of the two parties is different.
And Liu Biao had already lost his enterprising heart, and Gan Ning soon discovered this, so Gan Ning relied on Huang Zu.
But it is still a tragedy, because Huang Zu was born in The Yellow Gate of Jingzhou, representing a powerful force, how can he look at Gan Ning, who is highly habitual in the jianghu, even if Gan Ning defeats Sun Quan.
Therefore, in the end, Gan Ning chose to submit to Sun Quan.
Due to the arrival of Gan Ning, two factions appeared under The descendants of Sun Quan.
One faction is led by Lü Meng, who supports Gan Ning, and it must be known that Lü Meng was once a figure of the Gan Ning class, and naturally liked Gan Ning, so he said to Sun Quan: The world is undecided, and the fighting general is rare and should be tolerated.
Zhang Zhao, on the other hand, thought that Gan Ning's quality was too poor to be used.
Fortunately, Sun Quan admired Gan Ning more, so Gan Ning finally found a satisfactory platform!
Ganning soon showed his amazing talent and has since swept through the Three Kingdoms.
Second, Guan Yu did not dare to fight
In 213, Cao Cao attacked Shukou, and Sun Quan personally marched, giving Gan Ning 3,000 men as the vanguard.
As a result, Gan Ning personally selected a hundred soldiers to form a "death squad", came to attack the Cao camp at night, and rampaged through the Cao camp like a whirlwind, and no one dared to stop it.
Then he retreated without any damage, and Sun Quan shouted in joy: Cao Cao has Zhang Liao, I have Gan Xingba.
Using Gan Ning to Zhang Liao, this evaluation is almost the top of the sky for Gan Ning.
Because for Sun Quan, Zhang Liao was probably the fiercest general he had ever seen, and almost captured him alive. But for Gan Ning, what is Zhang Liao?
He wants to challenge Guan Yu, the most famous player.
Guan Yu's position in the Three Kingdoms was clear to everyone, so much so that many famous generals beat drums when they heard Guan Yu's name.
Not to mention, he dared to underestimate Guan Yu, but Gan Ning said boldly: "What is Guan Yu?" I coughed, and it scared him so much that he didn't dare to cross the river! ”
This happened in 215 AD.
Guan Yu attacked Yiyang, which was guarded by Lu Su, when Eastern Wu received a terrible message that Guan Yu was going to personally take 5,000 soldiers and horses to cross the river from shallow water.
Anxious, Lu Su immediately discussed with the generals what to do?
In fact, where is the discussion, because the reason is very simple, Guan Yu crossed the river and you blocked.
But the question is, the person leading the river crossing is Guan Yu, who dares to block it?
This is the point, you can't always assign a general who wants to escape as soon as he hears Guan Yu's name.
It is conceivable that at that time, Lu Su's subordinates had expressions, no one took the stubble, and no one wanted to face Guan Yu.
But at this time, the "famous general of the jianghu" Gan Ning stood up and easily ridiculed Guan Yu: I Gan Ning coughed, Guan Yu did not dare to cross the river, if he really dared to do this, I Gan Ning would catch him alive!
The warrior who dared to look down on Guan Yu so slightly, in the entire Three Kingdoms period, I am afraid that there was only Gan Ning!
The reason for this is that Gan Ning was once a "good man in the jianghu", the so-called duel in the jianghu, and the courage to shine the sword!
There is this kind of arrogance in Gan Ning.
This is where he differs from other famous players. Therefore, from this point of view, it is not that Gan Ning underestimates Guan Yu, but that his temperament and personality determine all this.
So did Guan Yu play against Gan Ning?
No!
When Guan Yu heard that Gan Ning had come to block his crossing of the river, he canceled the river crossing operation and confronted Gan Ning at the river until he withdrew.
No matter what reason Guan Yu thought about it and changed his mind, it was obvious that from the result, Guan Yu was a bit intimidated and did not dare to fight with him.
Therefore, the legend of Gan Ning's rampage of the Three Kingdoms continues: attacking Sun Quan, defeating Cao Cao, and "scaring" Guan Yu.
Whoever is strong will have to "break the wrist" with whom. Personality generals such as Gan Ning are actually doomed to continue to be "legendary" even after his death.
III. Becoming a "God" After Death
With the end of the Three Kingdoms era, many famous generals of the Three Kingdoms gradually became gods due to their outstanding merits, in fact, the most cattle were still Guan Yu, until the martial saint was knighted.
What about Ganning?
Gan Ning's path to becoming a god was also very smooth, and during the Song Dynasty (the fifth year of Xuanhe), Emperor Huizong of Song posthumously named Gan Ning the King of Wuhui.
From then on, he began to enjoy the "treatment of the gods", and in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Gan Ning was further named: King Wuhui Zhaoyi, and then posthumously named "Zhaoyi Wuhui Left Behind Love Spirit King".
Apparently, Gan Ning became a god after his death at the turn of the two Song Dynasties, especially the Southern Song Dynasty.
The reason why this happened is actually created by the historical environment.
After all, the main territory of the Southern Song Dynasty was south of the Yangtze River, and at this time, the famous generals of Eastern Wu would naturally be paid special attention to.
But no matter what, Gan Ning became a god after death, it is completely affordable, Gan Ning with the "jianghu arrogance" as the background, a lifetime of courage to shine the sword, before the death of the three kingdoms, after death to become a god name to the real!