When it comes to who is the general of the First Water Army of the Three Kingdoms, there will be a lot of controversy, some people may say zhou Yu, some people may say lu xun, some people may say that it is Gan Ning, Huang Gai, and even some people may vote for Cai Mao Zhang Yun.
Hey hey, I said, vote for Cai Mao Zhang Yun's brother, please respect the judges, vote with your brain, don't vote with your feet!
The person we want to talk about today, he is the first person of the water army in the Three Kingdoms era, before telling his story, you will certainly not agree that he is the first general of the water army, this person is called Huang Zu.
The name Huang Zu may be a little unfamiliar to people who are not fans of the Three Kingdoms, but people familiar with the Three Kingdoms know one thing: Huang Zu's men shot sun Jian.
After Sun Jian's death, his son Sun Ce went to Yuan Shu to ask for his father's old department after burying his father's body, and then followed Yuan Shu on a campaign for several years. Subsequently, this man known as the "Little Overlord" got rid of Yuan Shu's control and used 5 years to lay down the five counties of Yangzhou.
In 5 years, Sun Ce laid the same size as Cao Cao Yuan Shao's 10 years of land, and one of them, Yuzhang County, was equal to the entire Jiangxi Province today.
Sure enough, the men who dare to call "Overlord" and the women who dare to call "Overlord Flower" are unworthy!
After laying the foundation of Jiangdong, Sun Ce began to set his sights on Jingzhou.
In fact, at this time, Sun Ce has nothing to choose from, Yangzhou is the sea to the east, and he can't always cross the sea to fight with One Piece. To the north is Cao Cao's territory, at this time Cao Cao is "blackmailing the Son of Heaven to order the princes", beating him is basically equivalent to declaring a rebellion.
To the south, the south is also the sea!
To the southwest, from Guangdong Guangxi to Vietnam, that was a desolate and barren land at that time, sparsely populated and not worth wasting energy on long-distance expeditions.
To the west, it is the territory of Liu Biao in Jingzhou.
It should be said that Liu Biao was also a person with a dream, and he thought that at the beginning, he single-handedly fixed Jingzhou, repaired water conservancy and built schools, and did a lot of things that were beneficial to the people. Therefore, like Zhuge Liang, Sima Hui, Mr. Shuijing, and Xu Shu Xu Yuanzhi, these Central Plains elites fled to Jingzhou when they escaped from war.
However, the years are a pig killing knife, black fungus, purple grapes, soft bananas...
Now Liu Biao, long lost his original ambition, he just wanted to guard his Jingzhou acre and three points of land, honestly stay, wait until the day when the world chaos ended.
Liu Biao did not have an enterprising heart, Sun Ce did not think so, in the chaotic world, but all those who had the ability or felt that they were capable wanted to unify the world by themselves, not to mention that Liu Biao's subordinate Huang Zu shot and killed his father Sun Jian.
There is both a vendetta against the father and a struggle for interests.
In 199 AD, after sun ce defeated Liu Xun, the taishou of Lujiang, he struck Jingzhou by the way, and his opponent was Huang Zu, who killed his father's enemy, because he was guarding Jiangxia County, the easternmost part of Jingzhou.
In fact, as early as when Sun Ce attacked Liu Xun, Liu Xun could not help but ask Liu Biao and Huang Zu for help, and Huang Zu sent 5,000 water troops (boat troops) to support Liu Xun, and the leading general was his eldest son Huang Xun (note, it is yellow shooting, not yellow, we do not engage in yellow Oh).
However, the battle strength of the little overlord Sun Ce was not blown up, the invincible was still affordable, and Liu Xun's Huangzu coalition army could not withstand Sun Ce's attack.
After the defeat, Liu Xun fled north and defected to Cao Cao, and Huang Jie was defeated and returned to Jiangxia.
Sun Ce then continued to march west with a single blow and formally attacked Jiangxia. At this time, just in time for Liu Biao to send his nephew Liu Hu and the general Han Xi with 5,000 spearmen to support Jiangxia.
In this battle, Liu Hu Han Xi's spearmen and Huang Zu's men were beheaded by Sun Ce by more than 20,000 people, more than 10,000 people fled into the river and drowned, and Huang Zu's wife and children were captured 7 people, which shows Huang Zu's miserably defeated and fled.
Some people may say that Huang Zu was so defeated, how can he bear the title of the first general of the Three Kingdoms Water Army?
Don't worry, let's elaborate slowly.
First of all, Sun Ce's combat effectiveness was naturally not comparable to That of Huang Zu. Secondly, Sun Ce led the elite troops of the entire Jiangdong Province, and it was not something that Huang Zu could resist as a Jiangxia County.
Just like when Liu Bei sent Wei Yanzhen to guard Hanzhong, he asked him, now that you have been entrusted with a heavy responsibility, what are your plans. Wei Yan said, "If Cao Cao leads all the great armies to come, I will keep him outside of Hanzhong for the Lord." If Cao Cao sends a general with an army of 100,000 men, I will break and swallow them up for the Lord! ”
Huang Zu was the same, Sun Ce led the entire Jiangdong army to come, although Huang Zu was defeated, but he was able to keep Jiangxia from losing, which was already valuable.
Sun Ce's army returned victoriously, but did not take Jiangxia County, and then Sun Ce was assassinated the following year.
Gossip, Sun Ce got Big Qiao when he attacked Liu Xun, but he died the next year, that is to say, Big Qiao and Sun Ce were widows less than a year after their marriage, and it is likely that the two are childless, so it can be basically concluded that Sun Ce's son Sun Shao was not born to Big Qiao.
Then again, after Sun Ce's death, Sun Quan took over the foundation created by his brother and secured his position, and from 203 onwards, Sun Quan began a routine expedition to Jingzhou almost once a year, practicing with Huang Zu.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and the Biography of Wu Lord records that in 203 AD, Sun Quan's western conquest of Huang zu "eight years, Quan Xifa Huangzu, broke his boat army, but the city was not conquered." ”
In 204 AD, the "Biography of Lord Wu" does not record Sun Quan's western expedition, only that Sun Quan's third brother Sun Yi was killed, "In the ninth year, Quan's brother Danyang Taishouyi was killed by the left and right, in order to follow his brother Yu to Yi. ”
However, in the "Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and the Biography of Sun Shao", it is recorded that when Sun Yi was killed, Sun Quanzheng led an army in Yuzhang County, which was next to Jiangxia, "Quan Wen was in turmoil, returned from Jiaoqiu, passed through Danyang, and led the army back to Wu." ”
The location through which Sun Quan's hui army passed was Jiaoqiu (jiaoqiu, northeast of present-day Xinjian County, Jiangxi Province), was next to the county seat of Nanchang (present-day Nanchang, Jiangxi Province) in Yuzhang County.
Obviously, this is another western expedition, but the "Biography of Wu Lord" has omitted the record, and it can only be speculated from the "Biography of Sun Shao" that Sun Quan retreated because his third brother was killed, and Sun Quan led a large army to the west before it reached Jiangxia County.
Interestingly, as the second brother, Sun Quan seems to be in a very good mood after the death of the third brother Sun Yi. When he led a large army to the capital city (present-day Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province) guarded by his nephew Sun Shao at night, he actually ordered the army to pretend to attack the city and test Sun Shao's combat command ability and adaptability.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, The Biography of Sun Shao records that Sun Quan "went to the capital at night to camp, tried to attack and frighten him, and the soldiers all took advantage of the city to spread the alarm, and they were very happy, shooting at outsiders, and the power made Xiao Yu stop." ”
It seems that the death of the third brother did not affect Sun Quan's Yaxing in the slightest, and even he was glad that his brother was dead, and there was one less person fighting with him for power.
Of course, Sun Quan's move can also be regarded as testing his nephew Sun Shao's ability to defend the city and respond to crises.
After the trial, Sun Quan was satisfied with Sun Shao's performance and asked him to take over Sun He's men and horses, and then withdrew his army back to his base camp, Wu County (present-day Suzhou, Jiangsu Province). This western expedition was terminated because of the murder of the third brother Sun Yi in the outbreak of an internal rebellion, which is probably not recorded in the history books.
In 205 AD, only one sentence was recorded in the Biography of Lord Wu, "Ten years later, the envoy He Qi asked for Shangrao and divided it into Jianping County." Probably this year, because of the intensification of internal rebellion, Sun Quan did not care about the Western Expedition, and this year there was only one major event in sending He Qi to fight against the Shangrao rebels.
In 206 AD, the Biography of Lord Wu directly recorded nothing.
However, in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Zhou Yu's biography records that after Zhou Yu's rebellion against mabao Ertun in that year, he returned to the area around Gongting Lake (present-day Poyang Lake). Huang Zu took the initiative to attack and send troops to invade Chaisang (in present-day southwest of Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province), and was captured alive by Zhou Yu, the commander of Huang Zu's army, Deng Long, and sent to Wu County to hand over to Sun Quan.
In 207 AD, the Biography of Lord Wu records that Sun Quan once again marched west, "In the twelfth year, he marched west to Huang Zu and returned his people. ”
In 208 AD, the year of the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan once again marched west, with Zhou Yu as the forward commander, poured out all the main forces in Jiangdong, and finally defeated and killed Huang Zu. However, Jiangxia Commandery remained in Liu Biao's hands, and Liu Biao then sent his eldest son Liu Qi to serve as Jiangxia Taishou.
It can be said that from a comprehensive historical source, from 203 to 208, Sun Quan only did not attack Huang Zu in the year of 205 AD.
However, until Huang Zu was killed in battle in 208 AD, jiangxia county, which he swore to defend to the death, was still the territory of Jingzhou. People are in the city, people are not in the city, Huang Zu used his life to explain what a general should do, that is: it is better to die on the battlefield than to give up an inch of frontier.
With his own strength and the capital of a county, he resisted the indiscriminate bombardment of the Sun brothers in Jiangdong for many years, and did not let the territory be lost until he died in battle.
It can be said that Huang Zu was one of the most dignified generals in the Three Kingdoms era, and also a model for military personnel in previous generations. Unfortunately, he chose to be loyal to Liu Biao, who had no enterprising heart. If his allegiance was to Cao Cao, Liu Bei, or Sun Quan, his achievements and achievements would have been even more brilliant.
The pearl is secretly cast, which is really regrettable!
However, if every one of us and every soldier can serve the country loyally and dedicate his life like Huang Zu, then I will not worry about the world and let foreigners look at it with astonishment.
(Author Jiang Xuanju, a chef who is intoxicated with historical research, thanks to the attention will not be disappointed, each article is very exciting, like the collection and forwarding to let the knowledge flow, click my avatar to view the wonderful content of previous issues)