Speaking of the brave generals of the Three Kingdoms, most people may first think of Zhang Feiguanyu Ma Chao and others, thanks to the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but also let many readers better understand the history of the late Han Dynasty, but in the north of China, there is also a great general, once swept across the Korean Peninsula, but 10 people, 9 people do not read his surname, this is the famous general Of Cao Wei period Yiqiu Jian.
"毌" is a very rare surname, pronounced "guàn", if the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is based on Cao Wei as the main plot, I am afraid that the story of Wu Qiu Jian will not be much inferior to Kong Ming, in the Wei state at that time, Wu Qiu Jian can be said to be a model of both culture and martial arts.
During Cao Cao's reign, Wuqiu Jian was born in Wenxi County, Shanxi, he grew up poor, but he loved to read, he could only borrow books from others, and when his father joined the army and was elected as The Taishou of Wuwei, the family's situation improved, because of his outstanding reputation and achievements, Wuqiu Jian was selected by Cao Pi as the companion of his eldest son Cao Rui from childhood, and the two accompanied each other for six years, and in 226, with Cao Rui taking the throne, Qiu Jian was also able to move in peace.
At that time, the northern part of the State of Wei, the Liaodong Generation, was actually guarded by Gongsun Yuan's father and son, and they openly claimed subjection to the State of Wei, but in the local area, they had become a general presence of the Tu Emperor, and the exchanges between Gongsun Yuan and Eastern Wu were also very close, which made Cao Wei very jealous.
At that time, because the State of Wei was facing a two-front battle, Liaodong had been preserved, and by 235, with the death of Zhuge Liang of the Shu State, the pressure on the State of Wei finally began to ease, and at this time, Wu Qiujian, who was serving as the Assassin of Jingzhou, immediately made a request to attack Liaodong, and Cao Rui agreed.
In 236, Wuqiu Jian led his troops on a campaign, he first used diplomatic means to recruit allies around the Gongsun family, such as Wuhuan Danyu of Beiping, and then led the combined forces of Youzhou and Xianbei to attack Xiangping, but this time the war was fiercely resisted by Liaodong, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, and Wuqiu Jian was also recalled to China.
However, Wuqiu Jian did not give up, he and Sima Yi attacked again, preparing for the second conquest, and finally after a year of bitter fighting, completely crushed the Power of the Gongsun family, Gongsun Yuan was also beheaded by Sima Yi, and Qiu Jian was also rewarded by Cao Wei Ming's 4,000 households of An Yi Marquis.
Although Liaodong had been pacified, there were still many dangers in the north, and the demise of Gongsun, the land snake, led to a power vacuum in the vast Liaodong, and the Wei army was also unable to reach too far away, and as a result, in 244, the resurgent Goguryeo began to invade the border, and as a general of Duliao, youzhou assassin Shi Yiqiu Jian once again embarked on a journey.
In 244, Wuqiu Jian led more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry, and twice defeated The Goguryeo troops at the crossing of Xuanju County, killing more than 18,000 Goguryeo troops with an outnumbered army, and then Wuqiu Jian attacked his capital Marudu Mountain Castle, destroying the center of rule. The prestige of Wuqiu Jian also began to make a name for himself on the Korean Peninsula.
In 245, the exiled Goguryeo once again moved the capital to rebel, Wuqiu Jian's second western expedition, the Wei army crushed the Goguryeo troops in the territory of Dong wo frustrated, beheaded more than 3,000, due to the huge force of Wuqiu Jian, the remaining princely states on the peninsula were terrified and launched a rebellion, but under the leadership of Wuqiu Jian, gathered the strength of the Far Eastern Wei army, destroyed the Chen Han in the Three Han Kingdoms in one go, and suppressed the Korean uprising, at this time, the actual ruling territory of the Central Plains Dynasty over the peninsula also reached an unprecedented scale.
Unfortunately, although Qiu Qiu was very successful in battle, in the process of Sima Shi's usurpation, this general who was loyal to Cao Wei chose to raise an army, and finally at the Battle of Chenglejia, he was defeated by the combined forces of Sima Shi and others, and was finally killed on the way to escape.