It seems that under the influence of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, later generations may know more about the situation of Cao Wei and Shu Han. One is the "protagonist" of the Three Kingdoms period, and the other is the "boss" that is benchmarked against the protagonist. Sun Wu' sense of existence in a regime that was originally larger than that of Shu Han was not as good as that of Shu Han, and in addition to famous figures such as Sun Quan and Zhou Yu, the popularity of other figures was not high and was often ignored. The following small editor introduces a Jiangdong old minister - Jiang Qin, the name Jiang Qin may not be unfamiliar, in various novels, games are also more common, but often underestimated. In fact, Jiang Qin was an important general of the Jiangdong clique, and his status could be matched with That of Lü Meng.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Jiang Qin's position in the Jiangdong Group</h1>
As we all know, Shu Han had "Five Tiger Generals" and Cao Wei had "Five Sons and Good Generals", which is based on Chen Shou's biography and evaluation. Chen Shou put them all together in one biography. The "Five Tiger Generals" and "Five Sons of Liang Generals" should be the "Twelve Tiger Ministers of Jiangdong", who are also fierce generals who can fight well, and Chen Shou has listed the twelve of them together. Although these people must have similarities in a row, this does not mean that their abilities, status, and achievements are comparable, and their five fingers are not on the same side. Zhao Yun in the "Five Tiger Generals" is inferior to Guan, Zhang, Ma, and Huang. This situation also exists in the "Twelve Tiger Ministers".
For example, Gan Ning and Ling Tong, who are more famous and popular in the "Twelve Tiger Ministers of Jiangdong", are actually not very high in status; for example, Ding Feng, who was active in the same period as Gan Ning and others, but did not appear at that time, as a subordinate of Gan Ning and others. After Sun Quan's death, Ding Feng gradually came to prominence, and later helped Sun Xiu eliminate the powerful minister Sun Qi and become the top level of the Eastern Wu military attaché.
Jiang Qin's status was higher than his fame. Jiang Qin is an old man who joined the Jiangdong Group during the Sun Ce period. When Sun Ce crossed the river, Jiang Qin, as sima of the other department, led an army to follow Sun Ce to pacify the four counties of Danyang, Wu, Huiji, and Yuzhang. Jiang Qin was appointed as a lieutenant of Geyang, which was a county lieutenant; and then from a county lieutenant to a county magistrate, because of the merit of pingqi thief Kou you had merit to become a western lieutenant. This western lieutenant has always been controversial, but in short, he was already a military attaché at the county level and had the ability to stand alone; then because of his meritorious service in fighting with Shanyue, he was moved to the general of the Yue Zhonglang and had the experience of the governor of ten thousand people; then Jiang Qin was moved to the general of Langkou because he blocked Zhang Liao's meritorious service in the "Battle of Xiaoyaojin"; later he was transferred back to the right guard army.
The Water is a very important area for the Koto Group. Troops from Chaohu Lake can enter the Yangtze River through the Shuishu Water, so the Shuishu Water has become a barrier to the Yangtze River and an area that Cao Cao and Sun Quan have repeatedly fought over. Jiang Qin's role as the governor of Shushu, the military commander of this important town, shows the importance that Sun Quan attached to Jiang Qin; and then Jiang Qin became the right protector, which further proved Jiang Qin's status. At that time, the left and right guards should be regarded as the highest-ranking military attaché in the Jiangdong Group's central army after Sun Jiao, and we can see that the left guard army at that time was Lü Meng, who was alongside Zhou Yu and Lu Su; and the person who succeeded Jiang Qin as the right guard was Lu Xun, who was treated separately. From these characters, we can more intuitively see what level Jiang Qin's position in the Jiangdong Group is.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Jiang Qin's military resume</h1>
Although Jiang Qin's status was very high, his military resume was somewhat thin, at least compared with the left guard Lü Meng. Jiang Qin's most valuable military resume in the early days was the war with the Shanyue forces, and as mentioned above, he was mixed with general Zhonglang in the military feats he brushed on the mountain. The first was the rebellion of Lü He, Qin Wolf and others in Huiji County, which affected the five counties, and Jiang Qin and Lü Dai together quelled the Shanyue rebellion, and after the war, both of them were promoted to zhonglang generals.
The second time was in the thirteenth year of Jian'an (that is, in 208 AD), the leaders of Shanyue in Danyang County, Yi and She, Jin Qi, Mao Gan, Chen Shu, Zu Shan and others rebelled against Sun Quan, a total of 40,000 households, which was not a small scale. Jiang Qin led ten thousand people to cooperate with He Qi to eliminate Shanyue in Yi and She counties, and he Qi seemed to perform better in this battle, and was promoted to a partial general, and Jiang Qin did not receive a reward. In addition, regarding this battle, the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wushu He Qi" is far more detailed than the "Biography of Jiang Qin".
In addition, Jiang Qin also participated in several important battles. The first was the second "Battle of Hefei", which took place in the 20th year of Jian'an (i.e. 215 AD). The "Battle of Xiaoyaojin" mentioned above is a local battle of the second "Battle of Hefei". Sun Quan took advantage of Cao Cao's expedition to fight Zhang Lu and led an army of 100,000 to attack Hefei, only to be stopped by 7,000 defenders. At the time of the withdrawal, most of the army withdrew to the south of Xiaoyaojin, and Sun Quan, along with Lü Meng, Jiang Qin, Gan Ning, and Ling Tong, remained behind the northern part of Xiaoyaojin. Zhang Liao led the army to suddenly kill, and also broke the bridge, making Sun Quan very embarrassed. Although this was a defeat, Jiang Qin was successful in battle, so he was promoted to the rank of miscellaneous general.
In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (that is, in 219 AD), Guan Yu led a large army to northern Expedition Toxiang and Fan, and Sun Quan's Northern Expedition to Hefei was unsuccessful, and finally chose to attack his allies and secretly attack Jingzhou. The Jiangdong clique ordered Lü Meng to take Gong'an and Jiangling as the main attacker; Lu Xun and others went west deep into the gorge to block Guan Yu's entry into the river; Zhu Ran and Pan Zhang secretly weave pockets to encircle and suppress Guan Yu; Jiang Qin also participated in the battle, and he led the water army to blockade The Water. However, there is no record of a war with Guan Yu.
In addition, Jiang Qin also participated in the "Battle of Wusu" with Cao Cao, and served with Lü Meng as the main general. However, Cao Cao and Sun Quan fought many times in the "Battle of The Beard", and the editor was not quite sure which one. Judging from the records of the Biography of Lü Meng, it may have been the third "Battle of Wusu" that took place in the twenty-first year of Jian'an (that is, 216 AD). On the face of it, the battle was still a defeat, but there were no real losses other than verbal submission.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Why is Jiang Qin not worthy of the name? </h1>
Jiang Qin's status in the Jiangdong Group is very high. It can be said that Sun Jiao, Lü Meng, and Jiang Qin are Zhou Yu's successors, and Lu Xun is the successor of these three people. In various novels, games and the impressions of posterity, Jiang Qin's fame is far from catching up with his actual status, on the same level as Gan Ning, Ling Tong, Zhou Tai, and Xu Sheng. So what is the reason for this?
In fact, the reason is very simple, because Jiang Qin really does not have a strong record. There are no bright performances in the "Battle of Xiaoyaojin", "The Battle of Jingzhou", and even the war with Shanyue is not as bright as He Qi's eyes, almost in a flash. We look at Lü Meng, who was of equal status to Jiang Qin, and his successor, Lu Xun, lü Meng conquered the city of Anhui and obtained the bridgehead of the Jiangdong clique in Jiangbei; twice captured Jingzhou occupied by Liu Bei and built a complete Yangtze River defense line. Lu Xun won two important battles, the "Battle of Yiling" and the "Battle of Shiting", and sat in the old capital Wuchang as a chancellor in Eastern Wu, and his historical status was higher than that of Lü Meng.
Historians often write biographies based on the historical contributions of the characters rather than their status, Lü Meng and Zhou Yu and Lu Su are listed together, and Lu Xun is even more self-contained. Although Jiang Qin had a very high status, his military resume was not conspicuous, so he was included in the "Twelve Tiger Ministers", alongside Gan Ning and others. Gan Ning still has the performance of "Hundred Horsemen and Robbery Camp", and his fame is even higher than That of Jiang Qin. Moreover, novelists also describe them according to the deeds of historical figures. Therefore, Jiang Qin's fame is not high, in the final analysis, it is because of Jiang Qin's own problems.
Reference: "Three Kingdoms"