"Chinese Celebrity List" of the Western Jin Dynasty. Wang Mao(329)

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Wang Mao (jùn) (206 – January 18, 286 CE), courtesy name Shizhi, was a native of Hu County, Hongnong County (present-day Lingbaoxi, Henan), a famous general during the Western Jin Dynasty, a famous military commander and strategist of the water army. Wang Mao was born in a family of officials with two thousand stones, erudite, beautiful and good at war, and was initially engaged in Hedong, and in the eighth year of the Western Jin Dynasty (272 AD), he was appointed as the Prince of Guanghan, sent troops to destroy the Yizhou rebels, and was promoted to the yizhou assassin. Later, because of his good governance of the border, he was conscripted into the dynasty as a right guard general and a great sinong. Emperor Wu of Jin conspired with Yang Hu to cut down Wu and recommended him to stay in the town of Yizhou. Wang Mao was ordered to take advantage of the terrain in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to govern the water army, and to combine more than 10,000 troops with tuntian soldiers and various counties to build a large-scale boat and ship battle, prepare for the attack on Wu, and build a powerful water army after seven years. In the fifth year of Xianning (279 AD), He wrote a letter asking for a quick attack on Wu, prompting Emperor Wu of Jin to send an army to attack Wu in November. In the first month of the first year of Taikang (280 AD), he set out from Chengdu and led the water and army down the river. In February, he crossed Jianping (建平, in modern Wushan, Sichuan), took the iron cone that Wu army had placed in the middle of the river with a raft, melted down its chains with a torch, and conquered Danyang (present-day southeast of Zigui, Hubei), and continued to advance. With the support and strategy of Du Pre and others, xiling, Yidao, Lexiang, and Wuchang were successfully captured. In March, together with two other Jin forces, he forced the Wu capital Jianye (present-day Nanjing). He also took the opportunity to be decisive, took the lead in entering the West Stone City of Jianye, accepted the surrender of the Wu lord Sun Hao, and realized the great cause of the unification of the Western Jin Dynasty. After the war, Wang Jun was distinguished in the destruction of Wu, and was appointed as a general and infantry lieutenant of the auxiliary state, and was made the Marquis of Xiangyang County. After that, he indulged in extravagance and enjoyment, and was no longer frugal. Tired officers and generals of the Fu Army, Kaifu Yi Tongsan Division, Scattered Horse Chang Shi, Rear Army Generals, etc. In December of the sixth year of Taikang (January 286), Wang Jun died at the age of eighty. He was buried in Mount Kashiwagu with the nickname "Wu".

Main achievements: The creation of a water army in Yizhou, the first to enter Jianye in the Battle of Wu.