In the fifth year of The Shu Han Dynasty, that is, in 227 AD, Zhuge Liang had already quelled the rebellion in the counties of Southern Central and had also prepared armaments, grain and grass, so Tun Bing Hanzhong decided to start the Northern Expedition against Cao Wei. When the army was about to leave, Zhuge Liang wrote to the rear lord Liu Chan, which was the famous "Table of Teachers". In the "Table of Renunciation", Zhuge Liang mentions the names of four people, all of whom make positive evaluations, namely Guo Youzhi, Fei Yi, Dong Yun, and Xiang Pet. Among them, Guo Youzhi had some good old and good feelings; Dong Yun suppressed Huang Hao as a servant; Fei Yi later took over the work of Zhuge Liang and Jiang Huan and took over the military and political power of Shu Han. So as the only warrior's favorite, what is his life trajectory? Xiaobian will talk to you below.
Speaking of Xiang Pet, in fact, his uncle is more famous than him, that is, Xiang Lang. Xiang Lang paid homage to sima Hui, a famous scholar, befriended Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Han Song, and others, and was appointed by Liu Biao as the governor of Linfeng County, Nan County. From this point of view, Xiang Lang is also one of the Jingxiang Shilin, and the Xiang clan may have a certain influence in Xiangyang.
Xiang Lang was a cultural man, and after being dismissed from office for harboring Ma Mo, he immersed himself in correcting books and talking about articles. His nephew Xiang Yu, on the other hand, embarked on the path of military attaché, and as Liu Bei's tooth general, he was a relatively low-ranking partial general. The specific time of serving as a tooth goalkeeper is not very clear, and it may not have been promoted. And when he showed his ability to favor, it was Liu Bei's biggest fiasco, the "Battle of Yiling".
If Liu Bei's biggest fiasco is to be said, it must be the "Battle of Yiling.". Liu Bei and Eastern Wu were engaged in a head-on battle, and the strength of the two sides was similar (in the "Battle of Yiling", Liu Bei's troop input was controversial, one said about 50,000, one said 80,000, and the small editor temporarily used 50,000), but due to topographical reasons, Liu Bei's army was blocked by Lu Xun at Yidao and Xiaoting, and set up a long company camp; and Liu Bei gave up the cover of the water army, and made the water army in Jiangdong easily run rampant on the Yangtze River, landing at any time and penetrating the middle and rear of the Shu Han army. The final result, of course, was a fiasco for Liu Bei, and Lu Xun won a complete victory.
In the "Battle of Yiling", Liu Bei lost a large number of Shu Han soldiers, and the company battalion was forced to more than forty people, Du Lu and Liu Ning fell to Jiangdong; Huang Quan surrendered to Cao Wei; Zhang Nan, Feng Xi, Fu Wei, Cheng Qi, Ma Liang, Sha Moke and a large number of other talents died in this battle. However, Xiang Pet's part was well preserved and followed Liu Bei's whole body. This battle can be said to be a shining point for Xiang Pet. The "Table of Teachers" says that Liu Bei "called it Neng", probably because of this matter.
In the first year of Jianxing, that is, in 223 AD, Liu Chan was the first year of his reign. Xiang Yu was appointed Governor of the Central Regions and belonged to the generals in the Forbidden Army. Zhuge Liang's reign was a period when shu Han was more active in the Northern Expedition against Cao Wei, but Xiang Yu remained in Chengdu and did not follow Zhuge Liang in the Northern Expedition, so there are not many records.
Although Zhuge Liang did not use Xiang Pet, he still praised Xiang Pet in the "Table of Renunciation". From Zhuge Liang's words, we can see a vague image of Xiang Pet: good character and smooth conduct, with certain military ability, able to line up troops. Later, Xiang Yu moved from the Central Governor to the Central Leader. The specific time is unknown.
For a military general, the happiest ending is of course to make meritorious achievements and spend his old age in peace; and the most glorious ending should be to die on the battlefield and bury his bones in the green mountains. Just like Zhang Ling, one of the few main war factions in the late Shu Han Dynasty, who had been sitting outside for more than ten years and suffered from severe rheumatism, but when Jiang Wei wanted to go on the Northern Expedition, Zhang Ling still took the initiative to obey, and finally died in battle. Xiang Yu also ended up dying in battle, but it was not a war against Cao Wei, but a quelling of internal rebellions.
As we all know, Zhuge Liang had quelled the rebellion in the southern central region before starting the Northern Expedition. In fact, the Shu Han's control over parts of the state was less solid. Rebellions are frequent. Like Zhang Ling, who took the initiative to kill the enemy above, his greatest achievement was to pacify Yuewei County in the southern central region, and it was the rebellion of Hanjia County that was put to rest.
There are many ethnic minorities living in the Hanjia County area, and it is recorded in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Shu, Zhang Ling Biography" that there are more than 4,000 households living in Hanjia County, known as the "Xu Niuyi". However, whether the "Han Jiayi" who went to Pingding xiang was "旄牛夷", this small editor is not known (the "Three Kingdoms Chronicle, Shu Shu, Zhang Ling's Biography" records that the leader of the "旄牛夷" Wolf Lu wanted to avenge the death of his uncle Dong Feng at the hands of Zhang Ling, and let his uncle Wolf Leave lead the army to temporarily observe the situation, Zhang Ling bribed Wolf Li, and then let Wolf Li buy his sister, that is, Dong Feng's wife, so this rebellion was resolved by Zhang Ling, and there is no direct record of the war, "Xu Niu Yi" also returned to Shu Han. Therefore, it is not easy for Xiaobian to judge whether Xiang Pet is at war with "Xu Niuyi").
The rebellion in Hanjia Commandery occurred in the third year of the Shu Han Dynasty, that is, in 240 AD. At that time, the Shu Han Grand Sima Jiang Huan was in Hanzhong, and it is estimated that he was thinking about shipbuilding and fighting the "Three Eastern Counties". Therefore, Xiang Yu led the Forbidden Army to quell the rebellion in Hanjia County. It is worth mentioning that in the same year, there was also a rebellion in Yuewei County, and Yuewei County was similar to Hanjia County, and it is not known what the rebellion of the two counties was related to, whether it was the same rebellion. In short, the final result was that Xiang Yu was killed in battle, and Zhang Ling successfully pacified YueWei County.
Due to the special historical status of Zhuge Liang and the "Table of Teachers", the Table of Teachers has been passed down for thousands of years and is well known to many people. The same is true of what's inside. Due to the "Table of Teachers", Xiang Pet's name was widely circulated, but there are not many records of his achievements, one is that the "Battle of Yiling" was completely retreated, and the other was killed in battle during the suppression of the rebellion in Hanjia County. This may be because the Shu Han did not put the historical officials, and the historical materials are relatively small, which has to be said to be very regrettable.
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chronicle of the State of Huayang