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Today's Three Kingdoms idiom story is found in the 33rd episode of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which took place during Cao Cao's unification of Hebei, and the relevant characters were Cao Cao, Xun You, and Gao Gan. The original text is as follows:
Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi knew that Cao's soldiers were coming, and it was difficult to meet the enemy, so they abandoned the city to attract troops, and the starry night rushed to the west of Liao to surrender to Wuhuan. Youzhou stabbed Shi Wuhuan, gathered the officials of Youzhou, made an alliance of blood, and discussed the matter of betraying Yuan Xiangcao... Wu Huan touched nai out of the city to meet the three route army horses, and came to descend to the exercise. Fu Daxi, added to the Zhenbei general. Suddenly, Ma Lai reported: "Le Jin, Li Dian, and Zhang Yan attacked and stated, and Gao Gan guarded the huguan pass and could not go down." yourself to the soldiers. The three generals then said that it was difficult to resist the pass. The crowd will discuss a plan to break the dry. Xun You said, "If it is broken, it must be calculated by deception." it. Summoning Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang, he whispered in his ear that this was so and so. Lü Kuang and others led dozens of troops and reached Guanxia.
(Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang) said: "Cao Jun's new arrival can take advantage of the undecided heart of his army and rob the village tonight." So and so will be the first. Yu Xi, from his words, was the night to teach Erlu to be the first to lead more than ten thousand troops forward. Coming to Cao Zhai, there was a loud shout behind him, and the ambush troops were everywhere. Gao Gan knew that he was the middle plan, and rushed back to Huguan City, Le Jin and Li Dian had already taken the pass, and they were higher than taking the road and getting rid of it, and they threw themselves into the single Yu. The operator refused to hold the pass, causing people to pursue Gao Gan. Dry to the single boundary, is greeting the Northern Fan ZuoXian King... King Zuo Xian said, "I have no enmity with Cao Cao, so why did I invade my land?" Lust makes me resentful of Cao Shiye! "Back off. There was no way out, so he had to go to Liu Biao. Xingzhi Shangluo was killed by the capital Wang Yan and sent his head to Cao Cao.
According to the plot development of the novel, Cao Cao launched the war to unify Hebei, the brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Yan left Wuhuan, and the Youzhou Assassin Shi Wuhuan touched Cao Cao, and the situation was very good. However, Le Jin and Li Dian were fiercely blocked by Shi Gaogan, the assassin of Hezhou, during the battle to attack and state, and the progress was not smooth. Therefore, Cao Cao personally led a large army to recruit Gao Gan. The strategist Xun You offered a strategy of surrender, and ordered Yuan Shao to send Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang to surrender Gao Gan. Gao Gan, believing Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang's words, secretly attacked Cao Jun and was severely damaged by Cao Cao. In the end, Gao Gan was killed by the capital Wang Yan during his escape, and the prefecture finally fell into cao Cao's hands.
The idiom to be introduced in this article is the "blood for the alliance" mentioned in the text, the blood: the ancient alliance, the blood of the animals is smeared on the lips, indicating sincerity; the alliance: the oath of contract. Generally refers to the oath of covenant. The earliest source of this idiom is suan heng's "Please restore the crown prince's second sparse" in the Tang Dynasty:"Blood is an alliance, referring to the river is an oath, not a li clan is not a king, and no meritorious person is not sealed." ”
The battle of Cao Cao's capture and occupation of Hezhou mentioned in the novel did happen in history. According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Yuan Shao's biography: "Gao Gan rebelled, insisted on the party too much, and raised troops to guard Hukou Pass." Shu Lejin and Li Dian struck it, but they were not pulled. Eleven years, Taizu zhenggan. Gan Nai left his generals Xia Zhao and Deng Sheng to defend the city, and the Xiongnu claimed that they were only asking for help, and they could not, and they rode alone and died, and wanted to run south to Jingzhou, and Shangluo Du was captured and beheaded. The commentary also quotes the "Canon" as saying: "Wang Yan, the lieutenant of Shangluodu, was awarded the title of Marquis of Shangluodu and was given the title of Marquis of Shangluodu. Being able to push Cao Jun's fierce generals Le Jin and Li Dian's advance and retreat also shows the fierceness of this battle.
The author of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has little introduction to the character of Gao Gan, and in the eyes of ordinary enthusiasts, he is just an ordinary general in Yuan Shao's camp. But in real history, Gao Gan was not only born into a famous family, but also a nephew of Yuan Shao, but also a very important figure in Yuan Shao's camp.
According to the Book of later Han written by Xie Cheng, quoted in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and the Biography of Gao Rou, Gao Gan was born into a family of eunuchs at the end of the Han Dynasty, and his grandfather was named Gao Ci and was a lieutenant colonel. Gao Gan's father was named Gao Gong (高伏), and he also served as the Taishou of Shu Commandery (蜀郡太守). The people of Gaogan also had such famous people as Gao Gu, Gao Shen, and Gao Chang, who had a certain influence in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Gao Gan was known for his "talent and martial arts" since childhood, and after joining Yuan Shao's clique, he was quickly reused, and was entrusted by Yuan Shao with the heavy responsibility of assassinating shi shi in the prefecture, sitting on the border for seven years. During Cao Cao's campaign to unify Hebei, Gao Gan repeatedly repelled Cao's attacks, causing Le Jin, one of the "Five Sons of Liang Generals" of cao's army, to return home. However, with the defeat of Yuan Shao's remnants in other battlefields, the situation faced by Gao Gan became more and more difficult. After that, Cao Cao personally conquered and annexed the prefecture and defeated Gao Gan. On the way to escape, Gao Gan was captured and killed by wang Yan, a nameless Shangluodu lieutenant, and bid farewell to the historical stage of the late Han Dynasty.
Reference Books: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the Three Kingdoms