Yan Baihu: Wu County's Hao clan, hidden in the mountains and forests

The south came to fly yan and the north returned to Hong, met occasionally, and looked miserable. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the various forces were busy seizing the prefectures and counties, and among the many obstacles they had to face were thieves or thieves who were entrenched in various places. This article is about Yan Baihu.

Yan Baihu was a native of Wucheng, Wu County, Yangzhou, and his family lineage was not bad, in the case of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms , Lü Fan Biography "Yan Baihu" was called the "Strong Clan", and Chen Yu had joined forces with him to rebel against Sun Ce. Yan Baihu, as a Hao clan of Wucheng County, once built a city on Shicheng Mountain, which is similar to the dock wall that the Hao clan often built, and when the war raged, the local haoqiang would spontaneously build the dock and wall, a typical example is Xu Chu to resist the Ge Pi thieves.

"It is the current Pi Chen Yu who calls himself Wu Juntaishou, lives in Haixi, and communicates with the strong Yan White Tiger" - "Romance of the Three Kingdoms Lü Fan Biography"

"Thirty miles southwest of Wucheng County, Huzhou, there is Shicheng Mountain, and the Yan Baihu of the Wucheng Hao clan built a stone at the bottom of the mountain as a city and fought with Lü Meng." - "The Universe"

In addition, the case "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Biography of Sun Ce" notes that Pei Songzhi's evaluation of Yan Baihu, Zu Lang and others is "strong Emperor Xiao Shuai", which also shows that Yan Baihu's power is very strong. Note that Pei Songzhi's name is "Yan Hu", and most people in the late Han Dynasty were single names, even if they seemed to be three-character names, most of them were compound surnames.

"Yu Shiqiangzong Xiao Shuai, Zu Lang, Yan Hu's disciples, the birds have been destroyed, the remaining mountains are more, gai He is worried" - Pei Song's commentary in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms And Sun Ce Biography

"Yan Hu" is more like the real name than "Yan White Tiger", and this phenomenon appears in historical records, either because of the appearance of the text in the process of copying, or "Yan White Tiger" belongs to the nickname, such as Zhang Yan is known as "Flying Yan". In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Biography of Sun Ce", "Yan Baihu" was written first, and when it was mentioned later, it was a separate "tiger" character, so the name "Yan Hu" was more in line with the background at that time.

As a local Hao clan of Wu County, Yan Baihu should not be just a "mountain thief" image, he used his influence to occupy Wu County for a long time, and the forces that deliberately occupied Wu County could not avoid him. By the time Sun Ce attacked Jiangdong, Yan Baihu had gathered tens of thousands of people and joined forces with Zu Lang, Chen Yu yǔ and others to obstruct Sun Ce, a war that took place in the second year of Jian'an (197).

Yan Baihu did not intend to break the net at first, and he sent his younger brother Yan Yu yú to ask for surrender. Sun Ce first teased Yan You, drawing his sword and slashing at the seat, frightening Yan You to prepare to dodge, Sun Ce's explanation for this was that he heard that Yan You could sit and jump up and want to see it. There are examples of Wucheng people Zou Zōu and Qian Tong rebelling, Sun Ce himself has a teasing mind, the result is that Yan You was killed by Sun Ce, Yan Baihu was defeated, and Xu Gong, who was attached to Yan Baihu, may have died at this time.

And Yan Baihu still had a way to retreat, he ran to his friend Xu Zhao, Xu Zhao was also a former official of Wu County's Taishou Shengxian, who hid in his house when he was persecuted by Xu Gong. Originally, Cheng Pu suggested that Sun Ce continue to pursue, and even Xu Zhao and Yan Baihu were in a nest, but Sun Ce said that "Xu Zhao was loyal to the old lord and angry with his old friends", so he let Xu Zhao and Yan Baihu go.

"Cheng Pu asked Zhao to strike at Zhao, and he said: 'Xu Zhao has righteousness for the old king, sincerity for his old friends, and the aspirations of this husband.'" Naishezhi" - "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Biography of Sun Ce" Notes on "Wu Lu"

After that, there was no trace of Yan Baihu, but Chen Deng later united the remnants of Yan Baihu, after all, his uncle Chen Yu was defeated by Sun Ce, and so was Yan Baihu. At this time, only the remnants of Yan Baihu could be contacted, indicating that Yan Baihu had died at this time, or there was no way to contact him.

"The Western Expedition before the strategy, dengyin and the re-dispatch of envoys, with the Yin Silk and Yan White Tiger Remnant Party, the picture is the aftermath, in order to repay the humiliation of seeing the broken" - "Three Kingdoms Chronicles of Sun Ce" Notes "Jiang Biao Biography"

After the will be out of nowhere, the smoke waves are far away, and the twilight clouds are heavy.