The "Five Sons of Liang" are Zhang Liao, Le Jin, Yu Ban, Xu Huang, and Zhang Gao. Among the five sons of Cao Wei, Zhang Liao had such a famous battle as the Battle of Xiaoyaojin, Xu Huang once repelled Guan Yu in the Battle of Xiangfan, and Zhang Gao broke the horse during the Northern Expedition of Zhuge Liang, the shu Han chancellor, and even if it was forbidden, it was also known to people because it became the background board of Guan Yu's Wei Zhen Huaxia, so it was well known and could be described as a well-known figure. Correspondingly, this general, Lejin, was the one with the lowest sense of existence among the five sons of Cao Wei.
Lejin (?) –218), courtesy name Wenqian, was a native of Weiguo,Yangping Commandery (present-day Qingfeng, Henan). A famous general at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Although the sense of existence is low, among the five good generals of Cao Wei, LeJin is the only one who has always followed Cao Cao in Lejin, while Zhang Liao, Yu Ban, Xu Huang, Zhang Guo and others have followed other lords.
One
First of all, among the five sons of Cao Wei, Xu Huang followed the che general Yang Feng, Zhang Liao followed Lü Bu, Zhang Gao followed Yuan Shao, and Yu Ban followed Bao Xin. Correspondingly, Lejin was born in Yangping County, Weiguo, and had the courage to follow Cao Cao as an official. That is, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Lejin did not follow other lords, and began to follow Cao Cao since his debut. Lejin's sense of existence is relatively low, and it is likely to have a certain relationship with his appearance. As far as Lejin is concerned, historical materials such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms record that he is not good-looking and not tall.
Although during the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, the status of a military general depended on his strategy and commanding ability, but in the context of other aspects of the difference, Lejin's appearance may be a minus. For example, among Liu Bei's men, historical records record that Zhao Yun was "eight feet long and majestic", which was obviously a plus for Zhao Yun's fame. Although the sense of existence is relatively low, the real strength of Lejin cannot be underestimated.
Two
In the first year of Xingping (194), Le Jin attacked Lü Bu in Puyang, Zhang Chao in Yongqiu, and Qiaorui in Ku County, all of whom were first to ascend to the battlefield and had meritorious service, and were enfeoffed as marquis of Guangchangting. In the battle with Lü Bu's forces, Lejin did not sit in the rear to command, but charged into the battlefield, which was a very brave embodiment. In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), he attacked Jian Guyu and Attacked Liu Beiyu Xiaopei, both of which won victories. Before Zhang Gao had followed Cao Cao, Le Jin had already made many military achievements.
At the Battle of Guandu, Zhang Gao submitted to Cao Cao, while Le Jin fought bravely and beheaded Yuan Shao's general Chun Yu Qiong. Chun Yu Qiong, in the fifth year of the Han Ling Emperor Zhongping (188), was appointed as one of the eight lieutenants of the West Garden, along with Jian Shuo, Yuan Shao, Bao Hong, Cao Cao, Zhao Rong, Feng Fang, and Xia Mu. He was a general of Yuan Shao, and was equally famous as Zhang Gao, Gao Lan and others. In this regard, in the author's opinion, Lejin's battle achievements in killing Chun Yuqiong are not inferior to Guan Yu's killing of Yuan Shao's general Wen Ugly.
Three
In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), when Jingzhou had not yet been annexed, Le Jin was sent to The Tun Army at Yang Zhai. Later, Le Jin followed Cao Cao in Jingzhou and stayed in Xiangyang. Just as Cao Cao made Zhang Gaozhen guard Hanzhong and Zhang Liaozhen guard Hefei, Lejin also gave Zhen the task of guarding Xiangyang. Among the counties of Jingzhou, Xiangyang County can be said to be the most important county. For example, the current xiangyang city is known as "the first city in China, the iron Xiangyang, and the place where soldiers and families must fight".
In the first month of the eighteenth year of Jian'an (213), Le Jin and Guan Yu fought at Qingni (青泥, located east of Zhongxiang, Hubei Province). There is no detailed record of the course of this battle, but the final result was that Le Jin repelled Guan Yu and Sufi. In this regard, the "Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Shu II, The Biography of the Ancestors" records: "Cao Gong marched on Wu, and Wu was in danger. Sun Shi and Gu Ben are lips and teeth, and Lejin and Guan Yu reject in Qingni, and now they do not go to save Yu, and they will enter The Great Ke. That is, in Liu Bei's view, if he did not support Guan Yu, Lejin would inevitably win a big victory.
Four
Finally, in the nineteenth year of Jian'an (214), Cao Cao returned from Hefei and stayed in Hefei with Zhang Liao and Li Diantun. Although Le Jin and Zhang Liao and others jointly defended Hefei, the most brilliant was Zhang Liao, who broke Sun Quan's power in the Battle of Xiaoyaojin. In the twenty-third year of Jian'an (218), Lejin died, and he was known as the Marquis of Wei. In summary, among the five sons of Cao Wei, Lejin's strength was not at all inferior to that of the others, although Lejin had repeatedly made battle achievements, but because there was no widely spread battle such as Zhang Liao's great breaking of Sun Quan and Zhang Guo's great breaking of horse rumors, Lejin's popularity was relatively low.
Correspondingly, among the five sons of Cao Wei, if Yu Ban had not been captured by Guan Yu, his fame might have been similar to that of Lejin, that is, Lejin's experience was relatively flat, and there was no such ups and downs as Yu Ban. In other words, just as tragedies are more impressive, among the well-known historical figures of the Three Kingdoms, they often have big ups and downs, or end in tragedies, such as Zhuge Liang's death before he left the division, such as Liu Beibing's defeat at Yiling, and Guan Yu's beheading by Eastern Wu. Therefore, Lejin's relatively flat ending is also one of the reasons why he is relatively low-key among the five sons of Cao Wei.