During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, the official positions of military generals were mainly divided into two types: miscellaneous generals and heavy generals. Among them, although the heavy generals have a higher status, they are limited in number, mainly for the generals, the generals of the hussars, the generals of the car, the generals of the Guards, and the generals of the four sides of the front and back. Therefore, from the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, the imperial court has appointed a large number of miscellaneous generals, which are awarded to military generals who have made military achievements. By the end of the Han Dynasty, during the Three Kingdoms period, the miscellaneous generals were more widely used. For example, Guan Yu's general Dangkou and Lü Bu's general Fenwu are common miscellaneous generals.
Among them, the "General Zhenwu" mentioned in this article is naturally also a miscellaneous general. It is worth noting that during the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, General Zhenwu was a relatively rare miscellaneous general, that is, only two people held this official position, namely Liu Sui who divided Yangzhou and Sun Li from Cao Wei.
1. Liu Xuan
First of all, Liu Xuan (156-197), the character Zhengli. A native of Muping County, Donglai County (around present-day Muping District, Yantai, Shandong Province). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was a chancellor and one of the heroes of the late Han Dynasty, and the nephew of Liu Fei, the Prince of Qi, after liu fei, the prince of Qi. As early as the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xuan was elevated to filial piety and worship Langzhong. In the first year of Xingping (194), the imperial court ordered Liu Xuan to succeed Chen Wen as the Assassin of Yangzhou. The garrison of Yangzhou was originally in Shouchun, jiangbei, but at that time, there was constant war and chaos, and the huainan area was already Yuan Shu's sphere of influence, and the generals Wu Jing and Sun Ben welcomed Liu Sui to Qu'a (present-day Danyang, Jiangsu Province) in Jiangnan, which enabled him to gain a foothold in Yangzhou.
Therefore, it is very obvious that just as Liu Biao divided Jingzhou and Liu Zhang divided Yizhou, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Miao, a descendant of the Han Dynasty, also owned the territory of Yangzhou. At that time, Yuan Shu already had the ambition to usurp the title of emperor. In this regard, Yuan Shu himself set up the Yangzhou Assassination History, and together with Wu Jing and Sun Ben attacked Zhang Ying and Fan Neng, the two sides were inseparable from each other, in a state of stalemate, and failed to capture for more than a year. In order to encourage Liu Shu to oppose Yuan Shu, the Eastern Han Court awarded Liu Sui the title of General of Yangzhou Mu and Zhenwu, with tens of thousands of troops.
According to historical records such as the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, in the first year of Jian'an (196), Liu Sui ordered Zhang Ying and Fan Neng to confront Sun Ce's army, but was defeated by Sun Ce's army. Later, Liu Xuan led his fellow villager Tai Shi Ci to confront Sun Ce, but was also defeated due to the plan, and Tai Shi Ci was captured by Sun Ce and eventually defected to Sun Ce. In this regard, in the author's opinion, although yangzhou has been divided very early. However, Liu Xuan was not Sun Ce's opponent, which became the main reason why he eventually lost territory.
After being defeated by Sun Ce, Liu Xuan accepted the advice of the famous scholar Xu Shao and fled to Yuzhang (豫章, in present-day Nanchang County, Jiangxi Province) to join Liu Biao. In the second year of Jian'an (197), the Zhenwu general Liu Xuan died of illness at the age of forty-two. In addition, according to historical records such as the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Sun Ce later buried Liu Xuan in his hometown of Muping, Donglai County, and brought him back to his orphans. Later generations believe that this is because Liu Sui is a descendant of the Han Dynasty, and Sun Ce deliberately did this to attract his power, but some people believe that this is because of Liu Sui's prestige during his lifetime.
2. Sun Li
Sun Li (?) –250), courtesy name Deda, was a native of Rongcheng County, Zhuo Commandery (涿郡郡, in present-day Rongcheng County, Baoding, Hebei). Cao Wei general during the Three Kingdoms period. As early as the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao pacified Youzhou, because he heard about Sun Li's talent, so he recruited Sun Li as his subordinate. Soon after, Sun Li was promoted to Hejian Commandery (河間郡丞), and then moved to xingyang du (荥陽都尉). After that, Sun Li successively served as a taishou in Shanyang, Pingyuan, Pyeongchang, and Langya, and then followed Cao Wei's grand sima Cao Xiu in attacking Eastern Wu.
In 228 AD, Cao Xiu's army came to the Jiashi area, and Sun Li advised Cao Xiu that he should not go deep into the heavy land, but Cao Xiu did not listen to the advice and insisted on marching, and indeed suffered defeat. Later, Sun Li was again moved to the post of Taishou of Yangping Commandery, after which Sun Li returned to the imperial court to take up the official position of Shangshu. In this regard, in the author's opinion, Sun Li's qualifications in Cao Wei are actually relatively deep. Of course, because there was no long-term conquest of the battlefield, this prompted Sun Li's fame not to be too high.
According to historical records such as the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, when Emperor Ming of Wei was dying, he appointed Cao Shuang as a general. Of course, for Cao Shuang, who was not senior enough, the Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui believed that there should be good future assistance, and let Cao Shuang accept the edict at the bedside, appoint Sun Li as the general of the history, and grant the title of General Chang shi. Sun Li was honest and honest, and he was upright, and Cao Shuang thought that he had a disadvantage in assisting him, so he asked Sun Li to be reappointed as the Assassin of Yangzhou, and awarded the general Fubo the title of Marquis of Guannei. In this regard, in the author's opinion, Cao Shuang's pro-villain and Yuan Xianchen's behavior naturally laid the groundwork for his defeat to Sima Yi. In other words, if Cao Shuang could reuse Sun Li and other sages, Sima Yi would not have the opportunity to launch the Gaopingling Rebellion.
During Cao Fang's reign, the Xiongnu king Liu Jing's power grew stronger, and the Xianbei clan repeatedly violated the border, so the imperial court also named Sun Li as the Assassin of Hezhou, the general of Jia Zhenwu, holding the festival, and was made a general who protected the Xiongnu. Therefore, like Liu Sui of Yangzhou, Sun Li was also given the official position of General Zhenwu.
In 249, Sima Yi launched the Gaopingling Rebellion and successfully killed Cao Shuang and his henchmen. After the gaopingling rebellion, Sun Li was able to re-serve as an official in the imperial court and was recruited by Sima Yi to be a lieutenant colonel. In the seven counties and five states in which he served, Sun Li was able to establish prestige and achieved remarkable results. On this basis, Sun Li moved to Sikong and was given the title of Marquis of Daliting, and was given a hundred households. In the second year of Jiaping (250), Sun Li died of illness and was posthumously honored as the Marquis of Jing. After Sun Li's death, his descendant Sun Yuan succeeded him as a knight.