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Good morning, friends! Ziyuan has introduced many martial generals of the Three Kingdoms to you before, which has aroused the warm interest of readers, and today we will talk about the seven fierce generals under the command of Liu Biao of Jingzhou. Speaking of which, these seven people all have the level of first-class martial generals, and some can even rank among the top martial generals in the Three Kingdoms period. After Liu Biao's death and Liu Chun's surrender, Liu Bei and Cao Cao each recruited three military generals from these seven men, but the most famous one defected to Sun Quan.
▲ Jingzhou Mu Liu table stills
In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Biao, as the Jingzhou Mu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although he divided one side and occupied Jingzhou, a strategic and rich place, but he himself was determined to defend himself and did not have the ambition of the four sides, and was doomed to become a chaotic tyrant, Zhuge Liang also used "his lord cannot keep" to comment, encouraging Liu Bei to occupy the key land of Jingzhou, which shows the weakness of Liu Biao's family's ability. However, even Liu Bei, a tyrant, could not completely capture Jingzhou in the end, and was finally divided up by the three kingdoms of Wei Shu and Wu. After Cao Cao unified the north, he constantly reorganized his armaments and wars, intending to move his division south and unify the country and mountains. On the way south of the Cao army, Liu Biao died of illness, and Cai Mao and others deposed Chang Liyou and succeeded his young son Liu Chun as Jingzhou Mu. Seeing that Cao Cao easily defeated Liu Bei, who was stationed in Xinye, Liu Chun and other Jingzhou rulers decided to lead their troops to surrender. After Liu Chun surrendered, the seven military generals under Liu Biao also surrendered to the new lord, and although these seven people were not famous at this time, they were famous in the world soon after.
▲ Stills of Cai Mao and the young lord Liu Chun
First, let's talk about Wei Yan, Huo Jun, and Huang Zhong, who defected to Shu Han. Wei Yan (魏延), a native of the Ping clan of Yiyang (present-day Tongbai County, Henan), was the most powerful general in the middle and late Shu Han Dynasty, and although he did not enter the ranks of the "Five Tiger Generals", his status in the Shu Han regime was no less than that of Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and others, and his "Meridian Valley Conspiracy" had always been regretted by the world because it was not adopted by Zhuge Liang. After Liu Chun surrendered to Cao Cao, Wei Yan turned to Liu Bei, and because of his superb martial arts, even though Zhuge Liang repeatedly advised Wei Yan to have a backbone, Liu Bei trusted him. During Liu Bei's Battle of Sichuan, Wei Yan served as a vanguard and made great contributions; during the Great Battle of Hanzhong, Wei Yan helped Liu Bei take Hanzhong, the gateway to Yizhou. Liu Bei later appointed Hanzhong to be too punctual, and instead of letting his third brother Zhang Fei take on this heavy responsibility, he ordered Wei Yan to be appointed, assisted by Fa Zheng, which showed that Wei Yan's ability was not weak, and he was deeply trusted by Liu Bei.
▲ Statue of Huo Jun
Huo Jun , courtesy name Zhongmiao , was a native of Zhijiang , Nan Commandery ( present-day Zhijiang , Hubei ) . Huo Jun was from the Jingzhou Wang clan, and in his early years he accompanied his brother Huo Du to gather hundreds of township heroes to defect to Liu Biao. After Huo Du's death, Huo Jun inherited his brother Buqu, and after Liu Biao's death, Huo Jun followed Liu Qi to Liu Bei. During the Battle of Jinchuan, Huo Jun had achieved great feats of resisting tens of thousands of enemy attacks with hundreds of soldiers and holding chengguan for a year, and he was also awarded the title of Zitong Taishou and General of Zitong by Liu Bei. It should be pointed out that Huo Jun's son Huo Yi also made great contributions to Shu Han. Huo Yi was a general from Shu Han to Annan, leading Jianning Taishou and ruling over the southern central counties. After the surrender of the later lord Liu Chan, Huo Yicai led the six counties of Nanzhong to surrender, and thereafter pacified the three counties of Jiaolan, Nichinan, and Jiuzhen, and was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Lie.
▲Veteran Huang Zhong stills
Huang Zhong (黄忠), courtesy name Hansheng ,, was a native of Nanyang , Nanyang Commandery ( present-day Nanyang , Henan ) , one of the "Five Tiger Generals" of the Shu Han Dynasty, a general of the Later Emperor of Guanbai , and the Marquis of Guannei. At the Battle of Changsha, Huang Zhongnian was close to the flower armor, but he was still able to fight with Guan Yu, who was the most powerful at that time, for dozens of rounds without being defeated, and the Battle of Dingjun Mountain was even more decapitated by the Cao Wei general Xiahou Yuan, which shocked the world, which was enough to prove that Huang Zhong's martial arts were superior. With his outstanding achievements, Huang Zhong has also become a representative figure of "old age and strong".
▲Literary stills
Next came Wen Ping, Cai Mao, and Zhang Yun, who surrendered to Cao Wei. Wen Ping ,字仲業), a native of Nanyang Wan (南阳, in modern Nanyang, Henan), was a general under Liu Biao's command, who had always been trusted by Liu Biao and was responsible for garrisoning the northern region of Jingzhou, in addition to defending Cao Cao's army to the south, and also monitoring Liu Bei's movements in Xinye. After Wen Ping followed Liu Chun in surrendering to Cao Cao, Cao Cao took advantage of the former Jingzhou general and ordered him to guard Jiangxia. In his later years, Wen Ping led his troops to repel Guan Yu and Sun Quan many times, and made great contributions to Cao Wei's stabilization of the south, and he was made a general of the Hou Dynasty and paid homage to the Marquis of Xinye.
▲ Cai Mao stills
As for Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, they were the world-famous Jingzhou Water Division Governors. In particular, Cai Mao, because he was not only in charge of the Jingzhou Water Division, but also the younger brother of Liu Biao's wife Cai Shi, he was a veritable real power faction in Jingzhou, with a high position of authority. It was under his support that Liu Chun was able to succeed to the throne as Jingzhou Pastor, and it was also under his persuasion that Liu Chun took the initiative to sacrifice Jingzhou. After defecting to Cao Cao, the two were the strongest forces in Jingzhou and were proficient in water warfare, and were able to continue to take charge of the water army. Regarding their final fate, historical records are unknown, and in the rendition, Cao Cao killed the two after being caught in Zhou Yu's "divisive plan", which also laid the groundwork for his great defeat at Chibi.
▲ Stills of Gan Ning and Wu Lord Sun Quan
Finally, there was Gan Ning, the most powerful of the seven warriors. Gan Ning was superior in force, born as a bandit in his early years, nicknamed "Jin fan thief", and then defected to Liu Biao, Liu Biao did not like to fight, Gan Ning had no choice but to turn to Jiangxia Taishou Huangzu, who knew that Huang Zu hated his origin and did not entrust him with a heavy responsibility, Gan Ning crossed the river to Sun Quan in a rage. Under Sun Quan, Gan Ning was reused, and according to historical records, Gan Ning was able to fight with Guan Yu for hundreds of rounds without losing; when Sun Cao fought for Hefei, he repeatedly saved his master, and also shocked the world with the name of the Hundred HorseMen Raiding Camp, calling him "the first fierce general of Eastern Wu" without exaggeration. When Chen Shou was revising the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, he also listed it as the "Tiger Minister of the River Table".
bibliography:
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Xiangyang Qi Old Record"
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