Sima Zhen's "History of Suoyin": "Ben, renunciation, three generations without a name." This means that after three generations, a family will not have a famous general. Counting Wang Qi, Wang Ben, and Wang Li, the three generations of the Wang family are all famous generals, and the fourth generation has not seen anyone famous. There are indeed not many families in history that have been famous for three generations, that is, there are so many pairs.
Meng Xiao, Meng Wu, Meng Tian, three generations of grandchildren, the Meng family is very powerful. Meng Xiao ( 孟骜 ) was a famous general during the reign of King Zhaoxiang of Qin , King Xiaowen of Qin , Xiang of Qin Zhuang , and King Ying of Qin , who assisted four kings and had distinguished himself in battle. In terms of attacking the city strategically, Meng Xiao seized more than ten Korean cities, more than thirty cities and pools of the Zhao state, and more than fifty cities and pools of the Wei state, so that the territory of the Qin state bordered the state of Qi, laying the foundation for the unification of the six kingdoms by Qin Shi Huang.
Meng Wu, the son of Meng Xiao and the father of Meng Tian. In 224 BC, Wang Qi and Meng Wu led an army of 600,000 to attack the State of Chu, defeating the Chu army and killing Xiang Yan. In 223 BC, Wang Qi and Meng Wu took advantage of the victory to pursue, won consecutive battles, captured the king of Chu and destroyed the State of Chu. Meng Tian, a famous general of the Qin Dynasty, led an army of 300,000 to conquer the Xiongnu, pursuing more than 700 miles, and the Xiongnu did not dare to easily go south for decades. Unfortunately, Qin II destroyed the Great Wall and killed Meng Tian, otherwise Xiang Yu and Liu Bang would not have been able to jump up.
Wang Qi, Wang Ben, and Wang Li, the three famous generals of the Wang family, have very strong combat effectiveness. Wang Qi, along with Bai Qi, Lian Po, and Li Mu, was called the "Four Famous Generals" of the Warring States, and his son Wang Ben was also invincible. In 236 BC, Qin Shi Huang began to destroy the Six Kingdoms, and the destruction of the Korean Wang Qi did not participate, and the destruction of the Zhao Kingdom, the State of Wei, the State of Yan, the State of Chu, and the State of Qi were all commanded by Wang Qi and Wang Ben' father and son. Qin Shi Huang destroyed the Six Kingdoms, and Wang Qi's father and son destroyed the Five Kingdoms, making great achievements for the unification of the Central Plains by the Qin State.
Compared with his grandfather Wang Qi and his father Wang Ben, Wang Li's combat effectiveness was slightly weaker, but it was not ordinary. When Meng Tian conquered the Xiongnu, Wang Li was a deputy general and made a military achievement in killing the Xiongnu. During the peasant revolt at the end of Qin, Wang Li led 200,000 troops to the south, swept through the rebel army all the way, and surrounded more than 100,000 "Zhao troops". Unfortunately, Wang Li met Xiang Yu and was defeated in the Battle of the Giant Deer, not knowing the end. Wang Li's descendants broke through, and the Taiyuan Wang clan and the Langya Wang clan were his descendants, influencing the history of Wei and Jin for hundreds of years.
Lu Xun, Lu Kang, Lu Yan, the three generations of famous generals of the Lu family, have a fierce fighting force. After Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Lü Meng died of illness, Lu Xun took over as the governor of Dadu and led an army of 60,000 to resist Liu Bei. Guan Yu was killed, and Liu Bei was very angry and led 100,000 soldiers and horses from Sichuan to avenge Guan Yu and retake the Jingzhou base. At this time, Liu Bei fought with Yu Wei, who had won the Battle of Hanzhong, and marched all the way, only to be burned by Lu Xun's "a fire" in Yiling. Liu Bei was defeated, retreated to the White Emperor City, and returned to Chengdu without a face, and soon died of depression.
His son Lu Kang and grandson Lu Yan were also very powerful. Yang Hu, the chief famous general of the Western Jin Dynasty, was ranked as one of the "Sixty-Four Generals" of the Wu Temple, but he was always beaten by Lu Kang and had no temper at all. When Lu Kangzhen defended Jingzhou, the Jin army did not dare to march east to the state of Wu. Lu Xun, Lu Kang, father and son are all one of the "Sixty-Four Generals" of the Martial Temple, which is indeed not simple. Lu Yan was also very powerful, fighting bravely and invinciblely, but the general trend of the State of Wu was gone, and Lu Yan was killed on the battlefield when he fought with the Jin army.
Xue Rengui, Xue Chuyu, xue Song, the three famous generals of the Xue family, are also very strong in combat effectiveness. Xue Rengui, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, followed Li Shimin on his eastern crusade in his early years, and was still only a small soldier. In the Liaodong battlefield, Li Shimin encountered setbacks, but Xue Rengui's performance was unusually eye-catching, and Li Shimin decided to focus on cultivating him. Later, Xue Rengui swept through Liaodong, Khitan, Turkic, Xue Yantuo, Tuguhun, Wei Zhen Biansai, and the story of "Three Arrows Fixing the Heavenly Mountain" has been passed down to this day.
His son Xue Chuyu was brave and good at war, and once defeated Tubo and Turks, and was an envoy to Fanyang Jiedushi. Unfortunately, during the Battle of Dadushan, Xue Chuyu's light enemy ventured forward, and the 6,000 elites of the Tang army were completely annihilated by the combined forces of the Khitan and Xi tribes. Xue Song, Xue Chuyu's son, can be described as the tiger son of the gate. Xue Song's arm strength was superior, and he was good at riding and shooting, but unfortunately he followed An Lushan and Shi Siming to resist the Tang Dynasty, and lianke more than thirty cities and pools, which made Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi very headache. In 763, Xue Song returned to the Shun imperial court, paid homage to Zhaoyi Junjie, and was crowned the King of Pingyang County.
Subutai, Wulianghetai, Ashu, the three famous generals of the Wuliangha tribe, the combat effectiveness has nothing to say. Three generations of famous grandchildren in Chinese history, from the perspective of building meritorious deeds and sweeping away strong enemies, no one can compare with the three grandchildren who are too fast. The Mongol cavalry swept through all corners of Europe and Asia, claiming to be able to penetrate the earth, and Subutai and Wulianghetai were witnesses. From the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk in the east to the Adriatic Sea in the west; from the coast of the Arctic Ocean in the north, all the way to Jiaotong and the South China Sea, the father and son of Subutai and Wulianghetai can be called through Eurasia.
The scope of conquest is wide, and he is good at large detours, which is the characteristic of the father and son of Subutai and Wulianghetai. The Battle of the Calgarh River, the Battle of the Sayo River, the conquest of Tubo, the pacification of Dali, and the roundabout encirclement of the Southern Song Dynasty are all classic battles. Wuliang Hetai's son Ah Shu was also very strong in combat effectiveness, and the Battle of Xiangyang, the Battle of Dingjiazhou, and the Battle of Jiaoshan, which suppressed the Southern Song Dynasty, were the vanguard generals of Kublai Khan's destruction of the Southern Song Dynasty. It can be said that half of the country and mountains of the Mongol Khanate were fought down by the three generations of Subutai's ancestors.
Li Guang, Li Gan, and Li Ling are also three generations of grandchildren, but they are not directly related, so they are not elaborated. Three generations of grandchildren are famous generals, if you count the God King, there are the following:
Genghis Khan, Shuchi, Batu; Genghis Khan, Shuchi, Berego; Genghis Khan, Tuolei, Möngke; Genghis Khan, Tuolei, Hulagu; Genghis Khan, Tuolei, Ali Bu brother; Genghis Khan, Tuolei, Kublai Khan; Genghis Khan, Wokoutai, Guiyou; Genghis Khan, Wokoutai, Kuotai, Kuotai; Genghis Khan, Wokoutai, Kuoduan.
Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, Zhu Gaoxu; Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, Zhu Gaoxuan. Nurhaci, Huang Taiji, Hauge; Nurhaci, Daishan, Yuetuo. In this way, it is still the Genghis Khan family that is powerful, and it can list many famous generals of three generations of grandchildren, and it is no wonder that the Mongol cavalry can sweep through Eurasia and make the opponent feel frightened.