Zhu Ran of the Three Kingdoms Series (Part 2)
Cooking wine on heroes, but also about the characters of the Three Kingdoms.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > Zhu Ran's seventh major event - the attack on Fancheng</h1>
In the fourth year of Chiwu (241), Zhu Ran and Sun Lun led an army of 50,000 to northernize Fancheng. At the same time, Quan Chun attacked Qianpi, Zhuge Jin and Bu Qi attacked Zhongzhong, Eastern Wu Sanlu attacked Wei, and Zhu Ran was the Middle Route Army. Zhu Ran's opponent was Sima Yi.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms of Qi says: In May of Xia, Wu besieged Fancheng in Xiangyang with Zhu Ran and others, and Sima Xuan, the Prince of Taifu, led the crowd to refuse.
At that time, Quan Chun's Eastern Route Army had been repulsed, and whether Zhuge Jin's Western Route Army could achieve results depended on the victory or defeat of the Battle of Fancheng, so the key was to see the duel between Zhu Ran and Sima Yi.
"Wei Luo" said: In the first two years, Zhu Ran besieged Fancheng, and the defender of the city, Yi Xiu, was in a hurry to ask for help.
From this historical data, it can be seen that Zhu Ran's initial offensive was quite fierce, and wei Guoshou asked Yi Jun for help "very urgently", which made Sima Yi lead troops to rescue him.
The "Jin Dynasty" says: King Xuan used the heat in the south to be wet, and it was not suitable for a long time, so that the light horse picked it, but did not dare to move. Therefore, he ordered the armies to rest and wash their baths, and the elite were simple, recruited first, and ordered to be ordered, showing the momentum of the attack. But when you hear it, it is night. Chased to the mouth of the three states, a big kill.
According to the above records, Sima Yi led his troops to the front line of Fancheng and first challenged Zhu Ran with light cavalry, and Zhu Ran shrank in the camp and did not dare to fight. Sima Yi won a while in morale, and then let the generals rest well, selected the elite as the vanguard troops, and posed as a general attack that was about to be launched. Zhu Ran took advantage of the situation to flee in the night, and Sima Yi sent troops to pursue and kill, and the Wei army won a complete victory.
Considering that the Jin Ji is a history book written for the Jin Dynasty, the results of the battle may be exaggerated due to the influence of the position, but it seems that Zhu Ran is indeed not Sima Yi's opponent. In addition to Zhu Ran's defeat at Fancheng, there was actually another Wei general who also played an important role, that is, Xiahou Ru.
Xiahou Ru was Xiahou Shang's younger brother, and during Zhu Ran's Northern Expedition, it was Xiahou Ru's governor Jing and Yu Erzhou who served in the military. Zhu Ran led an attack of 50,000 troops, and Xiahou Ru could not gather too many troops for a while, and did not dare to confront Zhu Ran, so he sent a small number of troops to patrol back and forth six or seven miles away from Zhu Ran. The purpose of this was to let the defenders in Fancheng see and know that there were reinforcements on the periphery, and at the same time to maintain a certain amount of containment against Zhu Ran. After more than a month, Sima Yi's army arrived, and Xiahou Ru marched together to fight.
Of course, there can be two explanations for this matter, positive explanation: Xiahou Ru still did his best to support and boost the morale of the defenders in the city despite the lack of troops, and to contain the Eastern Wu army, which bought time for Sima Yi. Negative explanation: The governor of the two states of Tangtang Jingyu did not dare to face a strong enemy, and such a cowardly person was not worthy of a heavy responsibility.
These two diametrically opposed views are clearly recorded in the Wei Luo, which indicates that there was a great controversy over Xiahou Ru's performance within the Cao Wei court at that time. As long as public opinion is favorable to Xiahou Ru, it is resourceful; public opinion is unfavorable to Xiahou Ru, that is cowardice in battle. Interestingly, after the battle, Xiahou Ru was transferred from his post and was recalled to serve as a servant with little real power, and his successor was Wang Chang of Taiyuan, who was promoted by Sima Yi. Considering the identity labels of Xiahou Ru and Wang Chang, one was The Cao Wei Sect And the other was a disciple of Sima Yi, he had to admire Sima Yi's old scheming.
To tell a cold joke: Zhu Ran's northern expedition to Fancheng caused Xiahou Ru to be overthrown by Sima Yi, and then the governor of Jingyu became a close associate of Sima Yi from the emperor's clan office, and concluded that Zhu Ran helped Sima Yi rise.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > Zhu Ran Major Event VIII - Two Wars</h1>
In the fifth year of Chiwu (242), the second year after the failure of the Northern Expedition to Xiangyang, Zhu Ran again sent troops to attack Wei. This time Zhu Ran's target was one hundred and fifty miles west of Xiangyang. It's not a major transportation route, not even a city, but a settlement that thrives on the fertile land.
Earlier, the three Yiren tribal leaders Meishi brothers led tens of thousands of tribes to live in the valley of the Yan and Erhe rivers, the land in this area was gentle and fertile, suitable for planting cash crops such as mulberry and hemp, and continued to develop after the surrender to the Wei state, and the population was also increasing, Zhu Ran came to plunder this anointed land.
That is to say, the scale of Zhu Ran's attack this time is not too large, not a strategic level, but a tactical level. On the Wei side, Pu Zhong and Hu Qian each led thousands of people to meet the battle, and Pu Zhong first seized the dangerous terrain and planned to cut off Zhu Zai's road, while Hu Qian supported in the rear.
The "Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and The Biography of Zhu Ran" says: Shi Ran's overseers will go out first, and when they hear about it, they will see eight hundred soldiers under the tent. The loyal battle is unfavorable, and the quality is withdrawn.
Again, this is a very interesting account. A careful reading will reveal that Zhu Ran's generals actually "went out first" and scattered to attack everywhere, and when they heard that the Wei army was coming, they could not quickly assemble their troops, and they actually only had eight hundred people in their hands. This confirms what the author said earlier, zhu Ran's current attack was to plunder and sabotage, not to attack the city and land. The Eastern Wu generals were scattered in the fields in the middle of the mountains, behind the houses in front of the houses, and went to rob, so they could not quickly assemble to meet the Wei army.
The second half of the sentence is also very interesting, saying that the Wei general Pu Zhong did not defeat Zhu Ran, and the Hu Qian in the back also retreated. As mentioned earlier, Pu Zhong and Hu Zhi each led thousands of people and occupied the terrain advantage, Zhu Ran only had eight hundred people in his hands, but Zhu Ran won the battle. This is really unreasonable, after all, the generals of the three countries are not zhang Liao per capita.
Sure enough, Pei Songzhi's note quoted the "Sun's Similarities and Differences" in Zhu Ran's biography to make doubts:
"Wei Zhi inherited the Book of Wei, and according to the violation of the question, he was broken, and Zhi Yunran retreated." This means that the historical records of the State of Wei are diametrically opposed, and it is Zhu Ran who "retired". The retirees, in any case, can not be called victorious, but the strange thing is that the Wei State History Books do not say that Pu Zhong and Hu Zhi were victorious, and it seems that they still have some weakness.
According to comprehensive analysis, the situation at that time should be that Zhu Ran led eight hundred people to resist Pu Zhong's attack, and then the Wu generals who scattered and plundered were gathered one after another to break through the obstacles arranged by Pu Zhong and return to Eastern Wu safely. Since the Wu army's retreat was not cut off, Pu Zhong and Hu Zhi could not claim victory, and Zhu Ran was not really only eight hundred people, as for the property plundered by the Wu army, most of it should have been taken away in a hasty assembly, so no one took much advantage of this battle between the two sides.
In the ninth year of Chi Wu (246), Zhu Ran may have felt that after several years of recuperation and fattening, he should harvest a wave, so he attacked again. The Wei general Li Xing learned that Zhu Ran had penetrated deep into the territory and led a horse infantry army of 6,000 to raid Zhu Andi's road. With the lessons learned from the last time, Zhu Ran strengthened the military discipline at the time of the robbery this time, prepared for the Wei army's action long ago, took advantage of the cover of night to quickly counterattack, and hit the Wei army on the wei territory by surprise, and won a big victory.
The "Spring and Autumn of the Han Dynasty" says: In the same year, Wu put Zhu Ran into the Tangzhong and won thousands; the people of the Han Dynasty crossed the Wanjia Family. King Sima Xuan said of Cao Shuang: "If you order it to return, you will restore it to Kou, and it is expedient to stay with it." ”
This second attack on Zhu Ran was fruitful, killing and capturing thousands of prisoners, and forcing tens of thousands of local officials and civilians to flee to the north bank of the shuishui. Sima Yi also suggested to Cao Shuang: "If people are immediately allowed to return to The Mountains, they will certainly attract Eastern Wu to invade, or temporarily place them on the other side." ”
This time, Zhu Ran's tactical objectives were successfully achieved, successfully destroying Cao Wei's economic town in Jingzhou, destroying a Cao Wei's sangma production base, forcing tens of thousands of people to be displaced, and changing from a thriving area to a barren land. This is the cruelty of war, the trade-off of strength between the two countries, not only on the frontal battlefield, but also in the comparison of economic strength. Wei and Wu plundered and harassed each other along the Yangtze River, and even formed many no-man's lands.
In any case, it was a great victory for Eastern Wu in terms of the outcome of the battle alone, so Sun Quan sent emissaries to worship Zhu Ran as the Left Grand Sima and the Right Army Division.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > Zhu Ran Major Event Nine - Finally the Governor</h1>
In the tenth year of Chiwu (247), Zhu Ran was appointed by Sun Quan as the governor of the whole army. It is very common for Eastern Wu officials to inherit their father's business, which does not mean that they enter the dynasty as officials by virtue of the influence of the previous generation, but that the heirs of meritorious servants and large families will often directly inherit the authority of their fathers. During his lifetime, Lu Xun's position was superior, and there was no one to compete with in the Eastern Wu Wenwu. However, the power vacuum that appeared after Lu Xun's death should be remembered by many people, and the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms clearly records that Zhuge Rong, the son of Zhuge Jin, and Bu Xie, the son of Bu Qi, have both inherited the authority of their respective fathers, and now they want to go further. However, Sun Quan finally chose Zhu Ran.
On the one hand, Zhu Ran accompanied Sun Quan to study when he was young, the two are decades of old acquaintances, after a long time, the old ministers of Eastern Wu entrepreneurship have basically withered away, Zhu Ran can be described as the only fruit left, Sun Quan's feelings for Zhu Ran are naturally far from being comparable to others. On the other hand, Zhu Ran had made many achievements in battle, whether it was Lu Xun who assisted Lu Xun in the Battle of Yiling, or zhenshou Jiangling Wei Zhen Wei Army, Zhu Ran was worthy of being a famous general in the world, and in terms of seniority, military merit, and fame, there was no one in Eastern Wu who could be compared with Zhu Ran.
The "Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and the Biography of Zhu Ran" says: Ran is not seven feet long, the climate is clear, the cultivation is clean, and its literary style is only the use of weapons, and the rest are of quality.
According to relevant research, Zhu Ran is less than one meter sixty-five in height, whether it was then or now belongs to small people, and the selection of ancient generals pays more attention to whether the external image is tall and mighty, and there are not many short generals like Zhu Ran. Although his appearance is limited, Zhu Ran is very self-disciplined in doing things, and his expenses are also very economical on weekdays, eating and wearing are as simple as possible, and the money saved is invested in the army.
In combat, Zhu Ran always came to the front line to command, and even in a critical situation, he could make a decision immediately and never feared. When there was no war, Zhu Ran also strictly trained soldiers, requiring soldiers to wear good equipment and form a formation in the battalion, looking like they would go out at any time. Because Zhu Ran's battalion was always such a scene, the enemy did not know when Zhu Ran would send troops, so Zhu Ran made meritorious contributions by surprise attacks many times.
However, Zhu Ran was very old when he became the governor of dadu, and soon he became ill and bedridden, so Zhu Ran's metropolitan governor was more of an honor, and he no longer had the energy to command the army.
In the twelfth year of Chi Wu (249), Zhu Ran, who had been bedridden for two years, finally could not support it, and his condition quickly worsened. As a classmate and old friend who has been with him for decades, Sun Quan's mood is also sad and anxious. Sun Quan could not eat during the day and could not sleep at night, constantly sending emissaries to send medicine and food to Zhu Ran, while he always stood by the side of the road and looked out. Seeing the returning emissaries, Sun Quan quickly summoned zhu Ran to inquire about zhu Ran's situation, and as long as the emissaries came, they would reward wine and meat, and when they went out, they would send cloth veils, just so that the emissaries could do their best and run faster.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhu Ran's Biography" contains: Self-founding hero disease, the bell of power and intention, Lü Meng and Ling Tong are the heaviest, but second.
Sun Quan likes to show the grace of his subordinates with all kinds of grand and exaggerated performances, some of which we usually think are "acting", and some of which are really sincere. Including Lü Meng and Ling Tong, their deaths made Sun Quan the most saddened, and so was Zhu Ran. As for why Chen Shou evaluates Zhu Ran a little "inferior", the author believes that it is difficult to compare people's feelings, let alone make a ranking between three people. How can outsiders know what is more important than Sun Quan's heart, let alone the outsider Chen Shou.
The author personally believes that Zhu Ran's death also made Sun Quan very sad, but the death of Lü Meng and Ling Tong was more than twenty years earlier, and sun Quan at that time was accompanied by many old ministers, so there were many characters to refer to. When Zhu Ran died, Sun Quan was already surrounded by a new generation of figures, and there was no way to compare, and Zhu Ran died at the age of sixty-eight, compared with Lü Meng and Ling Tong, who died young, which are even more regrettable.
After a long time, it was updated again, and finally Zhu Ran's deeds were finished. Which Eastern Wu general should be the turn of the next issue? If you are interested, please like and pay attention to it, but also welcome to read the past Three Kingdoms character articles, your support is my continuous update of the biggest motivation, thank you!