Wu Ban
When it comes to Mr. Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the famous generals in the early stage are well known, but when it comes to famous generals in the middle and late periods, there are few famous people who are so famous.
Today, let's talk about the golden supporting role in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the famous Shu Han general Wu Ban.
In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wu Ban initially served as Zhang Fei's general, and after Zhang Fei was killed, Wu Ban published Liu Bei's recitation.
Liu Bei raised an army of 700,000 (fictional, in fact, about 50,000) to attack Wu, Wu Ban was the vanguard of the army, Sun Quan commanded the Wu army with Lu Xun as the governor, Wu Ban led troops to lure the enemy, and led his elite troops to ambush in the valley, but was seen by Lu Xun.
After Lu Xun burned the camp, Wu Ban barely managed to break out of the siege and was saved by Zhao Yun.
Zhuge Liang
Later, Zhuge Liang went out to the Northern Expedition, and Wu Ban followed him as a general and Marquis of Anle.
Zhuge Liang's sixth northern expedition against Cao Wei led the generals to attack Northern Yuan, ordering Wu Ban and Wu Yi to lead raft troops to burn the pontoon bridge of the Wei army, and Wei sent Zhang Liao's son Zhang Hu and Le Jin's son Le Qi to shoot arrows on the shore, and Wu Ban died by an arrow.
In the rendition, Wu Ban did not have any impressive achievements, and was relatively mediocre.
But in the main history, Wu Banke is not like this.
Wu Ban in the main history was a native of Chen Liu County, and his father Wu Kuang was an official under the Eastern Han general He Jin.
His brother was Wu Yi, an important general of the Shu Han Dynasty, who made a great contribution to Liu Bei's entry into Chuan.
Liu Bei attacked Liu Zhang in order to enter Sichuan, although Liu Bei had many generals, but Liu Zhang's people's desire was the people of Sichuan and Shu, and Liu Bei was difficult to conquer for a while.
The turning point was that Wu Yi defected before the battle and surrendered to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei was able to enter Sichuan and win.
With such a prominent family, Wu Ban was naturally valued by Liu Bei.
Wu Ban was a man of great heroism and chivalry, famous at that time, and later followed Liu Bei as the leading general.
Later, Wu Ban was the vanguard, leading wanyu Shu troops and Feng Xi to meet the Wu general Li Yi at Wushan.
Wu Ban personally led three hundred generals to attack Li Yi's left side and disperse the Wu army camp, Feng Xi led a large army to attack in one fell swoop to defeat Li Yi, and Wu Ban's troops went to the city of Zigui to wait for battle, opening up obstacles for Liu Bei's army to smoothly enter Wu Territory.
Liu Bei commanded a large army to Zigui County, and Wu Ban and Chen Shi led the water army to advance to the Yiling line, defeated the Jiangdong water army and occupied both sides of the Yangtze River.
Liu Bei
Later, Liu Bei ordered Wu Ban to lead thousands of elites to challenge the Wu army led by Lu Xun, and he personally led eight thousand elite soldiers to ambush, but lu Xun saw through it and the plan failed, and the two armies were in a confrontation thereafter.
It is worth mentioning that in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in order to beautify Liu Bei, this failed plan was attributed to Wu Ban.
In the main history, after the great defeat of Yiling, Wu Ban was not saved by Zhao Yun, but he personally guarded Liu Bei, personally cut off, beheaded several Jiangdong generals, and personally led dozens of pro-soldiers to kill the siege.
It can be said that without Wu Ban, it would be difficult for Liu Bei to retreat completely.
In the later period of the Shu Han Dynasty, Wu Ban became an important general of the Shu Han Dynasty, promoted to the rank of Hou General, and was given the title of Marquis of Anle Ting.
The Shu Han chancellor Zhuge Liang made the Fourth Northern Expedition to Cao Wei, and Wu Ban followed him as the rear admiral.
Cao Wei sent Sima Yi to command the Wei army against the Han army.
This is also the most exciting moment in Wu Ban's career.
He attacked with Wei Yan and Gao Xiang in three lines.
Wu Ban suddenly appeared in a valley less than twenty miles away from Sima Yi's camp with a surprise soldier, and rushed into Sima Yi's camp with a gun first, beheaded three Wei generals in a row, and took Sima Yi directly, frightening Sima Yi to flee on horse before he had time to put on armor.
Later, he was attacked by Wei Yan and Gao Xiang, and Sima Yi was defeated.
Sima Yi
Later, the Shu Han army was unable to transport grain and grass, and the Han army returned to Shuzhong.
It's just that Wu Ban's ending is not fully explained.
In the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, it is recorded that Wu Ban was seriously relieved of his illness and returned to the field, and was able to die well.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms does not record Wu Ban's whereabouts at the end, but it is not the Wu Ban described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms who was shot by a random arrow by the Wei army.
Therefore, Wu Ban is not as ordinary as in the interpretation, on the contrary, in the middle and late Shu Han Dynasty, especially during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, it can be said that it is the pillar of the Shu Han army.
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