Later general, an ancient official position, began in the Warring States period. For the later generals, the status was second only to that of Shangqing, and the position included guarding the Beijing Division and garrisoning the border. According to the official system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the later general was second only to the official positions of the Great Sima (大司馬), the Great General (大將軍), the Hun Cavalry General (骠骠兵將軍), the Che Riding General (車骠軍將軍), and the Wei General (衛將軍) among the military generals, which was a medium-to-high military general official position. During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, many military generals and even princes were given the title of hou generals.
For example, in Cao Wei, Cao Hong, Wen Ping, and others held the official position of Hou General. For example, in the Shu Han Dynasty, Huang Zhong, Jiang Wei and other famous generals also served as the post of rear general. Of course, for the Eastern Wu that I want to talk about today, there are also two post-generals in history. For the two later generals of Eastern Wu, one was to quell the rebellion and the other was Ding Feng's brother!
First, He qi
First of all, Heqi (?) –227), courtesy name Gongmiao, was a native of Shanyin County, Huiji Commandery (会稽郡, in present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang). A famous general of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. As early as the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, He Qi served as a county official of Huijian County. In the first year of The Han Dynasty (196), Sun Ce came to Huijian Commandery. Because of Sun Ce's appreciation, He Qi was promoted to the rank of Southern Governor and Lieutenant of Pingdong. In 200 AD, after Sun Ce's death, Sun Quan took power in Jiangdong. On this basis, He Qi naturally became Sun Quan's subordinate.
In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), He Qi was made a mighty general by Sun Quan. In the same year, He Qi was sent by Sun Quan to attack Danyang County, Yi, She, and other places. In this battle, He Qi's army gradually went up, and the four townships of Fengpu, Dongyang, Wuqiang, and Yexiang fell first. He Qi's cousin Sun Quan set up Shixin County in Dongzhiye Township ,located in she County (around present-day Huangshan City, Anhui Province), which was the beginning of Chun Resettlement County. Later, He Qi conquered the whole territory of Yi and She, and then analyzed the three counties of Liyang, Xiuyang and Xinding, and merged the counties of Yi, She, and Shixin, and set up another xindu county, with He Qi as the taishou, and the county was set up as Xindingli (present-day Weiping Town, Chun'an County).
In the following year, He Qi built another county castle (i.e., "He Cheng" or "Chun Cheng" by later generations) and moved the county rule from Xindingli to Hecheng. In this regard, in the author's opinion, during the Three Kingdoms period, Shanyue became a major problem for Eastern Wu. On this basis, He Qi was able to quell the rebellions of Shanyue and increase the number of counties in Eastern Wu, which was naturally a great achievement. And this, of course, is also an important reason why He Qi was able to be promoted to the rank of rear general.
In 211 AD (the sixteenth year of Jian'an), the people of Yuhang County, Wu County, Lang Zhi, gathered clan rebellions, and then thousands of people joined in, He Qi sent troops to conquest, and soon suppressed Lang Zhi, which stated that Yuhang County was added to Linshui County. In 213 (the eighteenth year of Jian'an), the eastern people of Yuzhang County, such as Peng Cai, Li Yu, and Wang Hai, rebelled against thieves and gathered more than 10,000 people. He Qi crusaded to pacify and killed the leader of the rebels, and the rest of the rebels all surrendered. Because of the many times to quell the rebellion, He Qi was promoted to Sun Quanjin as a general of Fenwu.
According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and other historical sources, in 216 AD (the twenty-first year of Jian'an), the people of Poyang County, Youtu, accepted the seal given by Cao Cao and led the people to rebel against Eastern Wu, and Lingyang, Shi'an, and Jing Counties all echoed Youtu. After learning this news, Sun Quan naturally attached great importance to it. Therefore, He Qi and Lu Xun conquered and defeated Youtu, killing thousands of people, the remaining rebels were shocked and subdued, and all the thieves in the three counties of Danyang County surrendered, and He Qi selected 8,000 elite soldiers. On this basis, He Qi was awarded the title of General of Andong and was knighted as the Marquis of Shanyin. In this regard, in the author's opinion, as a county marquis, the Marquis of Shanyin is already a very high-status title. During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, marquises were mainly divided into four grades: county marquis, township marquis, Tinghou hou, and Guannei hou. For example, Guan Yu's Hanshou Tinghou is a Tinghou. As far as Lü Bu's Wen Hou was concerned, he was a county marquis.
In the early years of Wu Huangwu (222), Sun Quan became the queen of Wu, and He Qi was promoted to the post of general and appointed Xu Zhoumu. During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan ordered He Qi to leave the Zhenjiang River, and the He Qi army was mighty and strong, waiting in a strict position, and crossing the river with the Wei state Cao Xiu's army to defend. In the sixth year of Huang Wu (227), the general He Qi died. In this regard, in the author's opinion, although He Qi made great achievements for Eastern Wu, but because he rarely participated in the battles between Eastern Wu and Cao Wei and Shu Han, this prompted He Qi's popularity was not too high.
2. Ding Feng
According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and other historical records, Ding Feng was a general of the State of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. In this regard, in the author's opinion, Ding Feng's name should be relatively unfamiliar to many people. However, Ding Feng's elder brother Ding Feng was a famous general of the Three Kingdoms that everyone was familiar with. For Ding Feng, in the Eastern Wu official to the rear general, this is already a relatively high status military general official position.
In the winter and October of 263 AD, the State of Shu sent emissaries to inform the State of Wu because the State of Wei was going to conquer it. On October 22, 263, Emperor Wu jing sent the general Ding Fengdu to lead various armies to advance towards shouchun in the Wei state, and the general Liu Ping went to Nan Commandery to see Shi Ji and discuss the direction of the advance, and ordered the generals Ding Feng and Sun Yi to go to Chuzhong to rescue the Shu state. However, soon after, Liu Chan, the lord of the Shu Han Dynasty, surrendered to the State of Wei, and when the news came, Emperor Wu Jing's Sun Xiu stopped the rescue operation. After this, in historical materials such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there are no records related to Ding Feng. In this regard, in the view of many historians, the time of Ding Feng's death should be before his brother Ding Feng.