Ji Chuanshu history books usually arrange people with similar status and deeds in the same biography, so in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, The founding generals of Wei Shu, Zhang Leyu, and Guan Zhang Ma HuangZhao are established as one biography, which is the origin of the Five Sons and the Five Tigers. Correspondingly, there are also biographies of the founding generals in the Book of Wu, among which a total of twelve people are recorded, namely Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Chen Wu, Dong Xian, Gan Ning, Ling Tong, Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang, and Ding Feng, known as the Twelve Tiger Ministers of Jiangbiao. This article analyzes these twelve people in terms of deeds and abilities.
Twelve Tiger Lords
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > Chengpu</h1>
Cheng Puzi Demou, Right Beiping Tuyuan people. He was the most senior of the Sun family's generals, and he had already served as a state official before the Outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, so it was not too young. Historical records record that Cheng Pu's appearance and strategy are outstanding, and from this point of view, he is quite similar to Zhou Yu, but in the history books, Cheng Pu behaves more like a fierce general. When Cheng Pu accompanied Sun Jian in his conquest, he had the experience of being a pioneer and a soldier, and when he accompanied Sun Ce to fight Zulang, he also rescued the besieged Sun Ce alone, which showed that Cheng Pu was strong in martial arts and had a tough fighting style.
Cheng Pu has always been used by Sun Ce, and at the beginning of Sun Ce's army, he was awarded two thousand troops and fifty horses, which was the standard equipment of Sun Ce's close generals at that time, such as Zhou Yu, Han Dang, and Lü Fan. After Sun Cedang ping Wu Commandery and Huiji, Cheng Pu served as a lieutenant and began to defend the side, and was soon worshipped as a general of Lang Kou Zhonglang, who was also a general of Zhonglang at that time, including the general Zhang Zhao of Fujun Zhonglang, the general of Jianwei Zhonglang, the general of Tai Shi Ci, the general of Zhonglang of Zhengchong, the general Lü Fan of Zhonglang, and the general Xu Kun of the Overseer Zhonglang, all of whom were the most core members of Sun Ce's army.
Later, in the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu were worshipped as left and right governors, with the same authority, which shows the high status of Cheng Pu. When the Battle of Nan County attacked Cao Ren, it was also such a configuration. After the war, Zhou Yu was worshipped as a partial general for his merits, leading Nan Commandery Taishou, Cheng Pu was worshipped as a general of Qi, leading Jiang Xia Taishou, and after Zhou Yu's death, Cheng Pu was transferred to Nan Commandery Taishou. From this, it can be seen that after Chibi, Zhou Yu vaguely overpowered Cheng Pu. During the Battle of Nan County, Zhou Yu could not suppress Cheng Pu because of his official position and seniority, and when the two were at odds, Zhou Yu could not order Cheng Pu, but fortunately, Zhou Yu put the overall situation first, tolerated everywhere, and finally defeated Cao Ren with Cheng Pu. If "both Shengyu, He Shengliang" is Luo Guanzhong's fictitious exclamation, then "Both Shengpu, He Shengyu" is used to describe Zhou Yu chengpu and the two people is more appropriate.
Similar to Zhang Fei, Cheng Pu likes to make friends with scholars, but one of the things that Cheng Pu is better than Zhang Fei is that he is from a civilian background. Zhang Fei's friendship with Liu Ba was considered to be a vassal of Feng Ya and eating a closed door soup, in contrast, Cheng Pu's presence in the scholar's office would probably not be so rejected.
Cheng Pu also died shortly after Zhou Yu's death.
Cheng Pu
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > yellow cover</h1>
Huang Gai character gong cover, Lingling Quanling people. Huang Gai's seniority was lower than Cheng Pu's, and it was Sun Jian who followed him after he served as the Taishou of Changsha. Huang Gai and Cheng Pu are quite similar, he is also a county official, the same extraordinary appearance, but also the type of wisdom and courage. At the same time, not only is it a military general, but also the historical records also record that Huang Gai has his own set of methods when governing the localities, which is considered to be an all-round talent.
During the Sun Ce period, Huang Gai served as a lieutenant and began to guard the side. In the Battle of Chibi, he offered Zhou Yu a fire attack strategy, and sent a letter to Cao Cao to personally carry out the fire attack, and finally won a complete victory, but the historical records do not record a bitter meat plan. After the successful fire attack on Chibi, Huang Gaizhong's arrow fell into the water, and finally Han Dang saved his life, which shows the high danger of this strategy.
Later, when Huang Gai was serving as a taishou, Wuling barbarians attacked the city, and Huang Gai only had five hundred soldiers in his hands, and the difference between the enemy and us was huge. So Huang Gai opened the city gate, closed it halfway when the enemy entered, closed the door and beat the dogs, and finally defeated Wuling Man and quelled the rebellion. Combined with the fire attack on Chibi, Huang Gai is indeed a brilliant strategist, using troops to win a strange victory, and at the same time daring to take risks with his own life, which is a rare talent.
Huang Gai's death time should be similar to Cheng Pu.
Yellow lid
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" > Han Dang</h1>
Han Dang character Yigong, Liaoxi Lingzhi people. Han Dang and Cheng Pu are all Youzhou people, the Eastern Han Dynasty is here on the northern border, Youzhou people are known for being good at bow horses, in history also rich in strong combat soldiers, Cheng Pu Handang are good at bow horses martial arts strong people. And why Cheng Pu and Han Dang followed Sun Jian, a Yangzhou man thousands of kilometers away, is not recorded in detail in the history books, leaving a lot of room for people's imagination.
Unlike Cheng Puhuanggai, Han Dang's origin was not high, so his status in the military was relatively low. Although Sun Ce was also one of the important ministers who gave 2,000 troops and 50 horses in the early days of his founding, the speed of promotion was quite slow, and he was not appointed as the defender of the town of Duwei. At the same time, Han Dang lacked military performance, and for a long time he was eating seniority, and his official position was surpassed by his juniors. However, Sun Quan also did not intend to suppress Han Dang, and it is recorded that Sun Quan ordered Han Dang to lead troops to respond to the rebellion of Chen Lan and others on Tianzhu Mountain, but Han Dang was defeated by Zang Ba, which shows that Han Dang's ability is indeed not outstanding.
Han Dang was active for a long time, following the Sun family father and son for forty years, and also participated in the Battle of Yiling, living until his death in the same year as Cao Pi. In his later years, he commanded the death soldiers of the Wu Kingdom to reconcile the troublesome soldiers, and it is estimated that Han Dang has always been the style of death squad charging. After Han Dang's death, his son Han Zong led his family to defect to the State of Wei, an event that shocked both Wei and Wu, and later Han Zong was killed by Ding Feng at the Battle of Dongguan.
Han Dang
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > Jiang Qin</h1>
Jiang Qinzi Gongyi, Jiujiang Shouchun people. Jiang Qin is an often underrated general, influenced by novels and games, Jiang Qin is always considered to be only a warrior, in fact, Jiang Qin's status is higher than imagined. Jiang Qin was a general whom Sun Ce had attached to him when he was under Yuan Shu, and was considered a general promoted by Sun Ce himself.
Later, Jiang Qin became one of Sun Ce's lieutenants by virtue of his military achievements, began to defend one side, and later became effective in courting thieves in the territory. By the time of the Battle of Chibi, Jiang Qin was already a general with the power to oversee ten thousand people. Later, Lü Meng was reused by Sun Quan for his military achievements and talents, and was quickly promoted to a position comparable to Jiang Qin. The famous story of Sun Quan's persuasion is to tell that when Lü Meng's position was prominent, Sun Quan hoped that he could read more books to improve himself, but in fact, the protagonists of this story were three people, Sun Quan taught Lü Meng and Jiang Qin at the same time, and later he also praised the progress of Lü Meng and Jiang Qin.
During the Third Battle of Fusu, Jiang Qin and Lü Meng were appointed as the Governor of Shushu, leading troops to resist Cao Cao's army, and after the war, they were appointed as the left and right protectors. The two were of equal stature, both senior generals under Sun Quan. It was not until the attack on Jingzhou that Lü Meng became Jiang Qin's superior, and unfortunately, both of them were infected with the plague during this battle, and finally both died.
Jiang Qin
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="14" > Zhou Tai</h1>
Zhou Taizi Youping, Jiujiang Xia Cai ren. If Jiang Qin is often underestimated, then Zhou Tai belongs to the overrated generals. Zhou Tai was also sent by Sun Ce to defect when he was attached to Yuan Shu, and because he was favored by Sun Quan, he was appointed by Sun Ce as Sun Quan's subordinate. Zhou Tai was not from a high birth, but he fought bravely, and once suffered twelve wounds to save Sun Quan while begging for thieves in Xuancheng. However, during Sun Ce's time, his official position was only that of county magistrate.
After the First Battle of Fusu, Sun Quan appointed Zhou Tai as the Governor of Shushu and the general of Baipingfu. Faced with the soaring of Zhou Tai's official position, Zhu Ran and Xu Sheng were very unconvinced, so Sun Quan asked Zhou Tai to show the scars on his body, and finally the two of them obeyed.
However, in fact, after Zhou Tai became the Governor of Shusu, no performance was recorded, but Zhu Ran was recorded to have Tun troops to prepare for the enemy, and Xu Sheng was recorded to have sent troops to capture. During the Third Battle of Wushu, in the face of cao Cao's army, Sun Quan temporarily replaced Zhou Tai and made Lü Meng and Jiang Qin the governor of Fusu to deal with Cao Cao. It can be seen that Zhou Tai belonged to the general who was entrusted with a heavy responsibility because of Sun Quan's personal feelings, in fact, in addition to fighting hard, there was no eye-catching point in battle achievements, even in Sun Quan's own eyes, Zhou Tai's ability and prestige were inferior to Lü Meng and Jiang Qin.
Zhou Tai
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="17" > Chen Wu</h1>
Chen Wuzi Zi Lie, Lujiang Songziren. There are not many records of Chen Wu's military achievements, but he is a figure that Sun Wu cannot ignore. Chen Wu's time in favor of Sun Ce was similar to that of Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, but his origin should be very good. Chen Wu was a very young of Sun Ce's generals, only 18 years old when he defected to Sun Ce, but he was quite influential, and Sun Ce listed the Lujiang people as one of the generals and handed them over to Chen Wu. After Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, he also asked Chen to supervise the five colonels, and the five schools of the Northern Army during the Han Dynasty were the elite troops guarding the capital, and the five colonels under Sun Quan are not recorded much, but it can be speculated that they should be one of Sun Quan's Su Wei troops.
Because of Chen Wu's benevolence and kindness, many people went to defect, and combined with Sun Ce's command of the Lujiang people's troops, it can be seen that Chen Wu's family should have a lot of influence in Lujiang, more similar to Li Dian under Cao Cao. Later, Chen Wu was killed in battle in Hefei, and Sun Quan personally went to his funeral. Sun Quan was proclaimed empress dowager, and Chen Wu's son Chen Biao, along with Zhuge Ke, Gu Tan, and Zhang Xiu, was known as the Four Friends of the Crown Prince, which shows that the political influence of the Chen Wu family in Eastern Wu was still very high after Chen Wu's death.
Chen Wu
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="21" > Dong raid</h1>
Dong raided the Yuan Dynasty and would audit the Yu Yao people. Dong Raider defected to Sun Ce a little later than the previous ones, and sun Ce defeated Wang Lang at Huiji after crossing the river, so Dong Raid led the crowd to defect. Dong Xun was tall and brave in battle, and once personally killed an enemy general when he was begging for thieves. Dong Xun was very loyal to the Sun family, and after Sun Ce's death, he openly supported the Sun family's regime as a local person in the guild, which was appreciated by everyone.
When Hou Sun Quan attacked Huang Zu, Dong Xun and Ling Tong led the death squad to launch a charge in the rain of arrows, and Dong Raid personally cut off the reins of Huang Zumeng's ship, allowing Sun Quan's ships to advance. Later, in the First Battle of Fusu, due to a storm attack, Dong Raid's ship was about to capsize, and Dong Raid ordered everyone not to flee, and finally died because of the ship. It seems that Dong Xun is more similar to Zhou Tai, although brave and fierce, but not a great general.
Dong Raid
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="24" > Ganning</h1>
Ganning character Xingba, Ba County Linjiang people. Gan Ning's early experience was quite bumpy, he was originally from Nanyang, living in Ba County, serving as a county official in Shu County, and later united with others to launch a rebellion against Liu Zhang, and after failing, he recruited a group of young people to become water thieves. For a while, I felt that such a life was not interesting, and I wanted to achieve something, so I defected to Liu Biao. As a result, Liu Biao did not have any enterprising spirit, he wanted to defect to Sun Wu, and was detained by Liu Biao's subordinate Huang Zu, although he made the merit of shooting Sun Quan's military academy lieutenant Ling Cao under Huang Zu, but it was still not reused, but Huang Zu also tried to divide Gan Ning's subordinates, and finally Gan Ning came to Sun Wu with the help of his friend Su Fei.
Gan Ning had rich experience, coupled with strong martial arts, and was an excellent general, who was soon appreciated by Zhou Yu and Lü Meng and recommended to Sun Quan. With his knowledge of Yizhou and Jingzhou over the years, Gan Ning planned a grand plan for Sun Quan to unify the south, plus he knew Huang Zu's situation in Jiangxia very well and carried a lot of military intelligence, so Sun Quan immediately launched the Third Battle of Jiangxia, and finally succeeded in killing Huang Zu and revenge his father.
Gan Ning was proficient in military affairs and familiar with geography, and during the Battle of Nan County, he offered Zhou Yu a plan to take Yiling first, and led a thousand people to defend Against Cao Ren's 6,000 people to attack, and he talked and laughed freely during the battle. In the twenty-year Battle for Jingzhou in Jian'an, he led more than a thousand men and horses to guard Asase, so that Guan Yu's 5,000 men and horses could not cross the river. In the Battle of Anhui City, Gan Ning climbed the city wall with an iron rope, made a great contribution to the destruction of the city, and led a hundred horsemen to rob the camp during the Second Battle of Wushu, which surprised Cao Cao. He has a very outstanding performance in both aspects of wisdom and courage, and belongs to first-class talents.
However, Gan Ning's shortcomings are also very prominent, and many years of bandit life have made Gan Ning contaminated with a lot of jianghu habits, not only full of dirty words, but also do not listen to military orders, like to kill, often provoke Lü Meng and Sun Quan to lose their temper, but because Gan Ning is capable, the two have to endure. The Ganning official Bai Zhichong, the former governor of the ministry, led the Xiling Taishou, but did not have the title of Marquis.
Ganning
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="37" > Lingtong</h1>
Ling Tong zi gong ji, Wu County YuHang people. Ling Tong's father, Ling Cao, was a general under Sun Ce, who fought bravely and fiercely, was a pioneer soldier, and was a lieutenant who worshiped thieves, and was finally shot by Gan Ning during his crusade against Jiangxia Huangzu. Ling Tong was only 15 years old when Ling Cao died, so the young Ling Tong took command of his father's old department and began to fight.
During the Battle of Houjiangxia, Ling Tong and Dong Xun served together as vanguard death squads, beheaded Huang Zu's general Zhang Shuo, and was awarded the title of Lieutenant of Chenglie for his merits, at this time Ling Tong was 20 years old. In the same year, Ling Tong made meritorious contributions in the Battle of Chibi, and was appreciated by Lü Meng, in the Battle of Jiangling, Gan Ning was surrounded by Cao Ren's troops at Yiling, Zhou Yu Lü Meng went to rescue, and Ling Tong was ordered to stay in Zhou Yu's home front.
Twenty years after Jian'an, Sun Quan's army was defeated, and Ling Tong led three hundred people to rescue Sun Quan, killing dozens of people. In the end, Sun Quan was able to escape, but Ling Tong's men were killed in battle. Ling Tong was overwhelmed with grief, and Sun Quan personally comforted him. After the war, Ling Tong's official position was partial general, right governor, and ling Pei Xiang, which had surpassed the veteran general Han Dang, at this time Ling Tong was 27 years old.
Two years later, Ling Tong died prematurely due to illness. Although Ling Tong is young, he has the style of a national soldier, pro-virtuous and pro-scholar, light on wealth and righteousness. As mentioned above, Sun Quan attaches great importance to such people, for example, Zhou Yu Chen Wudu was treated by Sun Quan, and Sun Quan also personally taught Lü Meng Jiang Qin, and he could only be angry and useful for people like Gan Ning. And Ling Tong, as a descendant of the martyrs, has made great achievements many times, and also has the style of a national soldier, which naturally makes Sun Quan very fond of him, if he can live to the time when Sun Quan is called emperor, Ling Tong's status should not be under Quan Zhen. After Ling Tong's death, Sun Quan was deeply saddened, and accepted Ling Tong's two sons as adopted sons and personally raised them. In addition, although there is a story of Ling Tong and Gan Ning Bing's release of the former suspicions in the rendition, there is no such thing in history.
Ling Tong
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="28" > Xu Sheng</h1>
Xu Sheng character Wen Xiang, Lang evil Ju people. Xu Sheng and Zhou Tai are somewhat similar, both are generals who have soared in popularity in recent years because of the promotion of various games, which is actually a bit exaggerated. Xu Sheng, a native of Xuzhou, took refuge in Jiangdong and was promoted by Sun Quan. Xu Sheng was good at defense, and when he was the governor of Chaisang County, he led less than two hundred people to defeat thousands of men and horses led by Huang Zhao, huang Zu's son. In the Battle of Fusu and the Battle of Dongkou, Xu Sheng also had the record of defending and counterattacking and collecting pawns.
In contrast, Xu Sheng was not so good at attacking, and during the Battle of Hefei, Xu Sheng's troops were scattered by the death squad led by Zhang Liao, and Xu Sheng even lost his weapons on the way to escape, which was more ugly.
Xu Sheng's most famous deed was to build hundreds of miles of false walls (actually fences) along the river to Sun Quan in the Battle of Guangling, and when Cao Pi looked at the other side of the Yangtze River, he thought it was a real wall, and sighed: Although Wei had thousands of armed horses, it was useless. He gave up crossing the river. Therefore, Xu Sheng is also a strategic general. However, judging by his actions, his ability was not the top among the Eastern Wu generals.
Xu Sheng
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="31" > Panzhang</h1>
Pan Zhangzi Wen Jue, East County Hair Dry People. Pan Zhang, like Zhou Tai, was an old subordinate who followed Sun Quan when he was the county magistrate, and his personality was quite similar to That of Gan Ning, and he was a person who did not follow discipline and law. When Pan Zhang was young, he liked to drink alcohol, often borrowed money to buy alcohol, and later became a general, he also opened a market in the army, and when he was short of money, he found an excuse to kill several rich subordinates and take away his belongings, which can be said to be a personal scum.
But on the other hand, Pan Zhang is very capable. During the Battle of Hefei, in the face of Zhang Liao's attack, the forwards Chen Wu, Song Qian, and Xu Sheng were all embarrassed, but fortunately Pan Zhang did not mess up after them, so that the Wu army slightly eased up. Later, during the attacks on Jingzhou and the Battle of Yiling, Pan Zhang's troops successively captured Guan Yu and killed Feng Xi, making great achievements. In the Battle of Jiangling, Pan Zhang, facing the attack of the Wei army, did not go directly to the rescue, but planned to use the reeds upstream to attack Xiahou Shang and others, successfully repelling them.
Although Pan Zhang had a strategy and was quite good at using soldiers, after all, the defects in personality were too great, and in the end, he was promoted to the right general, and his status was below Quan Chun, Zhu Huan and others.
Pan Zhang
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="34" > Ding Feng</h1>
Ding Fengzi Chengyuan, Lujiang Anfeng people. Ding Feng was the strangest of these twelve, he was not suitable to pass on with these people, regardless of seniority or status, he was more suitable for other biographies, the only similarity was probably that he belonged to a brave and resourceful general like the eleven people before him.
Ding Feng was a general who rose from the grass-roots level step by step by relying on his military achievements, and was subordinate to Gan Ning, Lu Xun, Pan Zhang, and others, with rich experience and bravery in battle. Until Sun Quan's death, he was only a miscellaneous general. However, the Battle of Dongguan, the year after Sun Quan's death, became one of the turning points in Ding Feng's fate. In this battle, the Wei army went up the mountain to attack the city built by the Wu army, and Ding Feng led 3,000 people to rush to the rescue, and before the battle began, Ding Feng ordered the soldiers to undo their armor and fight for short troops, and launched a fierce attack in the snow when the enemy's will was lax. In the end, the Wei army collapsed and suffered heavy losses, and when it fled, the pontoon bridge was broken by the Wu army, and countless people and horses jumped into the water and froze to death.
The political significance of this battle was so great that Zhuge Ke, who had just assisted the government, was able to successfully establish his power, and at the same time killed Han Zong, who defected more than twenty years ago, which was the biggest victory since the Battle of Shiting, and the whole country of Wu celebrated. On the Wei side, because of the excessive number of casualties, even the coffin was not enough, and the system of mourning was changed for a while. Ding Feng became one of the main generals of the State of Wu from then on, and was promoted all the way to the rank of General Zuo by virtue of his military merits.
After Sun Xiu succeeded to the throne, he conspired with his subordinate Zhang Bu to kill the powerful minister Sun Qi, which was the second turning point in Ding Feng's fate. It is also considered that Ding Feng's luck is better, because he has no culture, but he has skipped people, he was selected by the two, and finally successfully killed Sun Qiang. With this great merit, Ding Feng's status was far beyond the ordinary generals, and he became a close associate of Sun Xiu, entered the inner circle, and the official worshiped the general, plus the left and right capital protection, and his position among the military generals was second only to Zhu Ran's son Shi Ji.
After this, Ding Feng did not see much in the military field, but suffered a lot of defeats, and he was probably not suitable for participating in the battle as a commander. After Sun Hao succeeded to the throne, he purged a wave of central government, but Ding Feng, as a general who relied on military merit, was not affected. At that time, he was promoted to the Right Grand Sima and the Left Army Division, and became the highest-ranking general in the State of Wu after Shi Ji's death, but only a year later he also died of illness.
Ding Feng
Looking at these twelve people, they are all soldiers who can fight a good war. Among them, there are Huang Gai who have made high achievements in hard work, those who are loyal and loyal, Gan Ning who have experienced legends, and those who have been young and talented, who have made great military achievements for Sun Wu's regime, which is a major pillar of Sun Wu's regime.