When we praise some famous players of the Three Kingdoms, when we mention their achievements, we always can't help but praise them for creating a legend, which no one can match and so on. For example, Zhang Liao, the head of Cao Wei's five sons, received such an evaluation with eight hundred thousand yuan, wei zhen Xiaoyaojin; Huo Jun, a famous General of the Shu Han Dynasty, with hundreds of people guarding Yemeng Pass, held out for a year in the face of the attack of more than 10,000 people, and killed an enemy general, and received such an evaluation; the Wu general Zhu Ran, with five thousand men and horses, with the helplessness of the reinforcements, the grain and grass cut off, and the plague was rampant, he held out for half a year in the face of Cao Zhen, Zhang Gao, Xiahou Shang, and other famous generals, and also received such an evaluation. However, compared with the protagonists we are going to talk about today, they are simply "weak and explosive", why do you say so?
Zhang Liao broke through 100,000 with 8,000, and the gap between the strength of the two sides was only about ten times; Huo Jun's strength gap of hundreds of people against more than 10,000 people was also more than ten times; Zhu Ran's strength gap against the enemy army with 5,000 soldiers and horses may be less than ten times. However, the protagonist we want to talk about today, in the face of Cao Cao's 400,000 troops, dared to lead only a few hundred people to attack it, and won a complete victory. Who is this person?
Speaking of this person, I believe that no one will feel strange, he is no one else, it is the famous Eastern Wu general Gan Ning, who is deeply relied on by Sun Quan. Gan ning Zi Xingba, originally a Shudi person, and a complete bully, was later expelled from Yizhou because of rebellion, went to Jingzhou, and while serving Huang Zu, shot the famous Jiangdong general Ling Cao. However, because of his excellent ability, he later switched to Jiangdong, not only got the recommendation of Zhou Yu and others, but also got the dependence of Sun Quan, and Jiangdong can be said to be reckless with him. And he is indeed worthy of Sun Quan's kindness.
At the beginning of the Battle of Wusu, Cao Cao sent a large army of 400,000 people, but Sun Quan only fought the enemy with 70,000 people, and the vanguard army led by Gan Ning was only 3,000 people. In this case, Sun Quan not only did not order Gan Ning to be careful in defense, but secretly ordered Gan Ning to launch a night attack on the other side. So how did Ganning face it? In his own part, he carefully selected hundreds of people, shared with them the wine and dishes given by Sun Quan, and set out for Wei Ying. Along the way, they pulled out their antlers, broke into the enemy camp, attacked and killed dozens of people, which frightened the Cao army, and retreated in time before the enemy could react, without breaking a single soldier.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms quotes the "Biography of Jiang Biao" as saying: "Cao Gong came out of his beard, rode 400,000 horses, and drank horses along the river. Quan led the crowd of seventy thousand to respond, so that Ning Ling 3,000 people were the former governors. Quan Mi Ning, so that the night into the Wei army. Ning Nai was a contestant under the athletes more than a hundred people, and under the Cao Gong camp, he pulled out the antlers, overtook the fort, and cut dozens of levels. The Northern Army was horrified and roared, and raised fire like a star, and Ning had already returned to the camp to make a trumpet, saying long live. "This battle is the most valuable blitzkrieg and is also famous throughout the ages. Although this battle is suspected of being a trick, we still can't deny that Gan Ning's strength is strong, after all, such a task is not something that anyone can accomplish. In addition, his courage and madness cannot be ignored.
In fact, Gan Ning's madness is not only reflected in this one thing, when Liu Bei had just taken Yizhou, Jiangdong planned to ask for a return to Jingzhou, and just when the two sides confronted each other, Guan Yu blocked the river and planned to lead five thousand soldiers and horses to cross the river at night. At this time, there were only three hundred people under Gan Ning's command, and he said to the main general Lu Su, as long as I give me five hundred more people, I will dare to intercept Guan Yu and ensure that he will not dare to act rashly when he hears my coughing. If he doesn't know where to go, I'll be able to catch him alive. Later, Guan Yu did not dare to cross the river.
After the analysis, we have to admit that Gan Ning is a real famous player, he has not only strength, but also extraordinary courage, as well as extraordinary self-confidence and madness, which may be related to his experience as a bully when he was young. However, it is precisely because of these characteristics of his personality that his strength has been raised, helping him to create glory again and again, and helping him to establish a great achievement of "completely defeating" the 400,000 army with hundreds of people, so that almost no one has ever come after him. After being frightened by Zhang Liao, Sun Quan still dared to confidently say that "Meng De has Zhang Liao, lonely and prosperous, and the enemy is also enough."
All the information in this article comes from books such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Notes on the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms", and the editor guarantees the authenticity of the content, without any innuendo or politics.