Xu Sheng of the Twelve Tigers of the Three Kingdoms of Jiangdong

Xu Sheng (born and died unknown), courtesy name Wenxiang, was a native of Langxian Ju County (琅邪莒县, in modern Juxian County, Shandong), and a famous general of the State of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.

When he was young, due to the war, he moved from his hometown of Juxian to Wu County (present-day Suzhou, Jiangsu), where he was known for his courage. After the death of Sun Ce the Marquis of Wu, his younger brother Sun Quan succeeded him, appointed Xu Sheng as Sima of another department, led an army of 500 men to guard Chaisang (柴桑, in present-day southwest of Jiujiang, Jiangxi), and served as the commander of Chaisang County to defend against Huang Zu's invasion.

Huang Zu sent his son Huang She to lead thousands of people to attack Xu Sheng, and Xu Sheng resisted with less than two hundred troops, killing and wounding more than a thousand of Huang Zhao's troops. After that, he opened the door and took the initiative to fight, and he lost the yellow shot, and the yellow shot was repelled and never dared to come to invade again.

Later, Sun Quan made Xu Sheng a lieutenant and a county commander of Wuhu (present-day Anhui), and because of Xu Sheng's meritorious campaign against mountain thieves in the area of Lincheng Nan'a (present-day Qingyang South, Anhui), Xu Sheng was made a lieutenant general and a superintendent of the school soldiers.

In August 215 (the 20th year of Jian'an), Xu Sheng attacked Hefei with Sun Quan. At that time, Sun Quan and several generals had just arrived on the battlefield as the vanguard troops, and set up camp outside the city, just as it was getting dark, the Wei general Zhang Liao led 800 people from the city to attack the vanguard of Sun Quan's army, which had just arrived. Sun Quan's generals were defenseless, Chen Wu fought until he died of exhaustion, Xu Sheng was wounded and lost his military flag, Xu Sheng and Song Qian's troops deserted, at this time Pan Zhang and He Qi came to the rescue from the rear as follow-up troops, and Pan Zhang rushed forward and killed two deserters in Xu Sheng's and Song Qian's army. The soldiers who had originally fled backwards were shocked by Pan Zhang's severe punishment methods, and all of them returned to the battlefield to fight. He Qi led the central soldiers and horses to resist Zhang Liao's army and recovered xu Sheng's spear that had been lost due to his wounds. (The Biography of Gan Ning has "only" and "none", etc.), and Xu Sheng is not in Northern Jinbei.) "Pan Zhang's biography", "Chen Wu's biography", and "He Qi's biography" have no "Che", no "return", and "Hefei" and no "Jinbei". He Qi only participated in the war outside the "Hefei" city relative to the "city", but did not participate in the war in "Jinnan" when the "return" army was returned)

In 217 (the twenty-second year of Jian'an), Cao Cao sent an army to Fuxukou (濡妃口, in present-day southeastern Wuwei, Anhui), and Xu Sheng followed Sun Quan in attacking it. At that time, the Wei army was unable to conquer the Wushuwu at the mouth of the Wusu Pass, so they took the Liyang land route to try to attack Hengjiang in a big way (but did not attack the Hengjiang), and Xu Sheng and the Eastern Wu generals went to meet the battle. Unexpectedly, suddenly encountered a strong wind, the Wu army's Mengchong warship was blown to the enemy's shore, the Eastern Wu generals were afraid in their hearts, no one dared to fight, only Xu Sheng alone led the soldiers to the shore to slash and kill the enemy, the enemy army was frightened by Xu Sheng and fled, with great casualties. After the wind stopped, Xu Sheng led his army back. Sun Quan attached great importance to Xu Sheng's major contributions in this battle, and the history records that "power is great and strong". The word "Dazhuang" is only used twice in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely in the Biography of Zhang Liao and the Biography of Xu Sheng, which shows the weight of its weight.

In 221 (the second year of the first year of The Reign of Wei), Sun Quan declared himself a vassal to Cao Wei as a prince, and Cao Wei sent Xing Zhen to Eastern Wu to worship Sun Quan as the prince of Wu. Sun Quan went out of the capital pavilion to wait for Xing Zhen, and Xing Zhen's face showed an arrogant look. Wu Chen Zhang Zhao was furious when he saw this, and Xu Sheng was also very angry, saying to his colleagues around him: "We can't fight to swallow Xuchang, Luoyang, and Bashu for the country, but let the lord and this Xing Zhen make an alliance, and we simply can't bear such a shame!" As he spoke, he couldn't help but burst into tears. After Xing Zhen heard about it, she said to her entourage, "Jiangdong has such a general, I'm afraid he won't live under the people for a long time!" ”

Later, he was promoted to the rank of Jianwu general, the Marquis of Fengduting, the Leader of Lujiang (in present-day Qianshan, Anhui), and received Fengyi as a reward from Lincheng County.

In 222 (the third year of the wei dynasty), Liu Bei led an army to Xiling (present-day Yiling, Hubei), and Xu Sheng captured many of Liu Bei's camps, made meritorious achievements, and destroyed Liu Bei's Yiling. When Liu Bei fled to the White Emperor's City in a big defeat, Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang, Song Qian, and others who continued to attack the Shu state would inevitably capture Liu Bei, but Lu Xun, Zhu Ran, Luo Tong, and others believed that Cao Pi, although he said that he supported, actually took the opportunity to sneak attack, and suggested that he should not pursue it again. Sun Quan judged according to the situation and accepted the proposal of Lu Xun and others to order the pursuit of the White Emperor City to be stopped.

In the autumn of the same year, the Wei general Cao Xiu led more than 20 armies from five prefectures, including Zhang Liao and Zang Ba, and sent troops to Dongkou (now part of Jiangsu). Lü Fan led the Fifth Army to lead Xu Sheng, Quan Chun, Sun Shao and others to resist the enemy by boat. After the Eastern Wu Water Division encountered strong winds, it was attacked by Zhang Liao, Wang Ling and others. The Wu army suffered heavy casualties. Xu Sheng collected the remnants of the soldiers and joined Quan Chun in attacking Cao Xiu and the others. Cao Xiu ordered Zang Ba and others to attack Xuling County, and Xu Sheng and Quan Chun defeated Zang Ba and the others with fewer victories. Xu Sheng and Quan Chun launched a pursuit and beheaded Zang Ba's general Yin Lu. Sun Ren retreated in violation of military orders, and the Wu army took Xu Sheng and Quan Chun to defeat Cao Xiu and Zhang Liao, and Wei led the army to retreat. After that, Xu Sheng was made a general of Andong and given the title of Marquis of Wuhu. (The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms does not have a record similar to the Jiankang Shilu, and Lu Bi's "Collected Interpretations of the Three Kingdoms" explains that the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is from the history books of the victors of Wei and Jin, and the defeat of The Victors of the Wei and Jin Dynasties often occurs in the book, and the accounts of the defeat of Wei and Jin by Wu and Shu are carried out in a vague or even unrecorded form, which must be cited by consulting other historical books.) However, the Qing Dynasty historian Wang Mingsheng, because the "Jiankang Shilu" is rich and complex, and has not studied the Jiankang Shilu in depth, completely rejects the account of this book on the grounds that "it is sloppy and flawless, and it is invincible". The Qianlong Emperor Hongli specially ordered Yongyao, Ji Yun and other courtiers to compile and supervise the revision, and classified the Jiankang Shilu into the other historical categories of the "Four Libraries Quanshu", and personally proposed poems for this book to affirm the historical nature of the Jiankang Shilu. The Qing historian Huang Tingjian wrote in the "Sixth String Xi Wen Banknote": "The book "Jiankang Shilu" slightly imitates the general history style, including the rise and fall of the Six Dynasties, and the concise and detailed canon. "Acceptance of sexual evaluation. Since the Tang and Song dynasties, all scholars who have examined the history and relics of the Six Dynasties have all taken this book as the basis. For example, Zhang Yanyuan's "Records of Famous Paintings of Past Dynasties", Zheng Wenbao's "Recent Events of the Southern Tang Dynasty", Wang Gong's "Jiashen Miscellaneous Records", and Yao Kuan's "Xixi Congyu" and other books are all. The "Compilation of The Deeds of the Six Dynasties" compiled by Zhang Dunyi, a Song Dynasty, was basically based entirely on the contents contained in the "Jiankang Shilu" and classified and arranged, so that it was already in the middle of nowhere. ）

In 224 (the third year of Wu Huangwu), the Wei Emperor Cao Pi led a large army to the south in an attempt to cross the Yangtze River. Xu Shengxian planned to build a fence and make fences for hundreds of miles around Jianye (Wuguo Capital, present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu), set up false building scarecrows on the fence, and set up floating boats on the river. The generals thought that there was no point in doing so, but Xu Sheng insisted on his own opinion, Sun Quan adopted Xu Sheng, and the Hundred Mile Pseudo Great Wall was built overnight. Cao Pi's army arrived at Guangling (present-day Yangzhou, Jiangsu), saw the fence that stretched for hundreds of miles, and was shocked, Cao Pi sighed: "Although Wei has a thousand groups of cavalry, but there is no use", and then the dragon boat cao Pi rode on encountered storms and waves, and the hull of the ship was almost completely destroyed. The people of the State of Wei looked west from the middle of the river and were very afraid. In September of the same year, Cao Pi came out of Guangling, looked at the Yangtze River and did not dare to cross the river, and once again lamented that Cangtian really wanted to separate Wei and Wu, saying: "Sun Quan really has talent, and now he can't try to annex Eastern Wu", so he led the army to retreat. Only then did the generals understand that Xu Sheng had foresight and worshipped one after another.

Xu Sheng died during the Reign of Huang Wu (222-229) and was succeeded by his son Xu Kai.