Cheng Pu of the Twelve Tigers of the Three Kingdoms of Jiangdong

Cheng Pu (?) –215), courtesy name Demou, was a native of Pingtuyan (present-day Eastern Fengrun County, Hebei), a famous general in Jiangdong at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, known as the Third Tiger Minister.

In his early years, he served as an official in the state and county, and he had a good appearance, a strategic strategy, and was good at responding to the right theory. Later, he followed Sun Jian around in battle, attacking the Yellow Turban Army in Wanxian and Deng County, defeating Dong Zhuo at Yangren, besieging the city and fighting in the field, with several battle achievements and many wounds on his body.

From the first year of Xingping to the second year of Xingping (194-195), after Sun Jian's death, he followed Sun Ce in Huainan, followed him to attack the Lujiang River, and after breaking the city, returned to the division to cross the Yangtze River in the east.

In the first year of Jian'an (196), Sun Ce led an army to Hengjiang and Dangli, defeated Zhang Ying, Yu Elk, and others, and instead attacked Moling, Huyi, Jurong, and Qu'a, and Cheng Pudu made battle achievements, and Sun Ce added 2,000 soldiers and 50 warhorses to him. Further, he attacked Wucheng, Shimu, Bomen, Lingchuan, and Yu Kang, and Cheng Puli had the most battle achievements.

From the second year of Jian'an to the fourth year of Jian'an (197-199), Sun Ce entered the huijian and appointed Cheng Pu as the governor of Wu County, and the administrative office was located in Qiantang. Later, he was transferred to the post of Danyang Duwei (丹阳都尉), and according to Shicheng, he also attacked Xuancheng, Jing County, An Wu, Lingyang, Chungu and other thieves, and defeated them all.

Sun Ce once attacked Zu Lang and was surrounded by Zu Lang's army, Cheng Pu and a cavalry guarded Sun Ce together, drove their horses to roar and stabbed the enemy with spears, Zu Lang's army separated on both sides, and Sun Ce was able to rush out of the siege with Cheng Pu. Later, Cheng Pu was appointed as the general of Lang Kou Zhonglang and concurrently served as the Taishou of Lingling, and accompanied Sun Ce to Xunyang to attack Liu Xun, attacking Huang Zu at ShaXian and still defending Shicheng after returning to the division.

In the fifth year of Jian'an (200), Sun Ce died, rebellions broke out, and Cheng Pu and Zhang Zhao jointly assisted Sun Quan and moved to the land of the three counties to pacify various forces that did not return.

In the eighth year of Jian'an (203), he accompanied Sun Quan on a campaign against Jiangxia, returned to his division and passed through Yuzhang, and led a single crusade against Le'an, which was soon pacified.

In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), he replaced Tai Shi Ci in defending Haifu, and was appointed as the left and right governors with Zhou Yu, defeating Cao Cao at Wulin.

In the fourteenth year of Jian'an (209), Cheng Pu, the governor of the left capital, followed the right governor Zhou Yu to attack Nan Commandery and take cao Ren. Bai wei is a general of Pei, leading Jiang Xia Taishou, Zhisha County, and Eating Four Counties.

In the fifteenth year of Jian'an (210), Zhou Yu died, and Cheng Pudai led the Southern Commandery Taishou. After Sun Quan divided Jingzhou and Liu Bei, Cheng Pufu also led Jiangxia and moved the general Kou.

According to the "Genealogy of the Cheng Clan" and the Local Chronicle of Ruichang, Cheng Pu died of illness in the winter of the 20th year of Jian'an (215) and was buried in Guilin Gang after his death. According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, after Sun Quan moved the capital to Jianye in 229 AD, when sun Deng, the crown prince Sun Deng, was guarding Wuchang, Sun Deng wrote to Eastern Wu's heavy minister Bu Qi, asking for instructions. Bu Qi then listed eleven officials who held important positions in the Jingzhou border at that time, including the Shu Han vassals Pan Mao and Cheng Pu.

However, Pan Mao defected to Eastern Wu in 219 AD, while Sun Quan declared himself empress in 229 AD, and posthumously discussed cheng Pu's achievements before his death, and made his son Cheng Zhi the Marquis of Ting. And in 215 AD, Sun Quan appointed Jiang Qin as the general of Lang Kou, so this Cheng Pu was not Cheng Pu, the elder of the Three Dynasties, but only the same name. Therefore, it is speculated that the veteran Cheng Pu died in 215.