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In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Guan Yu was attacked by Cao Cao and Sun Quan at the Battle of Fancheng, and had to defeat Maicheng, and was finally captured by Pan Zhang. Pan Zhang was one of the Twelve Tiger Ministers of Jiangdong and made many contributions to Eastern Wu, but he was also a scoundrel who took advantage of it. What kind of a complicated person is Pan Zhang, the captain explained it to you.
First, turn to Sun Wu
Pan Zhang
Pan Zhang was born into poverty, but he was a brash and debauched person, and he liked to drink, so he often bought wine on credit. The creditors came to collect debts, and Pan Zhang was not in a hurry, but advised them not to be in a hurry, because they would definitely become rich and wealthy in the future, and they would naturally repay the money at that time. Sun Quan always admired the bravery of his subordinate Pan Zhang, so he helped him pay off his wine debt and asked him to recruit soldiers and prepare to make a meritorious career.
Pan Zhang recruited more than a hundred people and was promoted to general. Pan Zhang then led his troops to conquer Shanyue and was promoted to Sima of the other departments. Later, Pan Zhang was promoted to the position of assassin (law enforcement officer) in the big city of Wu County, severely cracking down on crime, making the thieves extinct, so his reputation became increasingly prominent, and he was promoted to the county commander of Xi'an County, Yuzhang County.
Liu Table
The Liu Biao clique had always had a vendetta against the Sun Quan clique, so he sent people to harass Xi'an County many times. Since Pan Zhang's arrival, the people of Jingzhou were afraid of his bravery and did not dare to invade again. When unrest broke out in neighboring Jianchang County, Sun Quan appointed Pan Zhang as the commander of Jianchang County and the lieutenant of Wu Meng, asking him to quell the rebellion. As a result, Pan Zhang quelled the riot in only one month, and recruited eight hundred soldiers and soldiers to take them to see Sun Quan to perform his feats.
Second, be brave and good at war
Zhang Liao
In the twentieth year of Jian'an (215), Sun Quan led Pan Zhang and others to attack Hefei, and the Battle of Xiaoyaojin broke out with Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao took advantage of Sun Quan's lack of preparation and launched a surprise attack. Wu killed Chen Wu, and Song Qian and Xu Sheng were defeated. Pan Zhang then caught up with Song Qian and Xu Sheng's troops and killed the fleeing soldiers, which stabilized the army and returned to the battlefield to fight. Sun Quan listened and praised Pan Zhang's bravery, so he promoted him to a partial general and asked him to command hundreds of lieutenants in the army to resist the Cao army.
Sun quan
Pan Zhang was rough and brave, strict in governing the army, and liked to make meritorious achievements, so Pan Zhang's soldiers and horses were not more than a few thousand, but they were very brave and fierce in the war, like tens of thousands. Whenever the fighting stopped, Pan Zhang set up a market in the army to exchange items with other troops.
Third, fight against the Shu Han
Guan yu
In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Sun Quan sent troops to sneak into Jingzhou, and Pan Zhang and Zhu Ran were responsible for cutting off Guan Yu's retreat. Pan Zhang garrisoned the first line from Linfeng to Jiashi to prevent the Shu army from escaping. In the end, Pan Zhang and his subordinate Ma Zhong captured Guan Yu and his son Guan Pingren and presented them to Sun Quan. Sun Quan was overjoyed, and Made Pan Zhang the Taishou of Guling Commandery, the General of Zhenwei, and the Marquis of Liyang. After Gan Ning's death, Pan Zhang was again ordered to command the rest of the army.
Liu Bei
In the first year of Zhang Wu (221), Liu Bei avenged his brother Guan Yu and attacked Wu, triggering the Battle of Yiling. Pan Zhang then accompanied Lu Xun to resist the Shu army, beheaded the Shu protector Feng Xi and a large number of Shu troops, and made great contributions to the victory of Yiling, so he was awarded the title of General of Pingbei and Taishou of Xiangyang.
Fourth, repel Cao Wei
Cao Pi
In the first year of Huang Wu's reign (222), Cao Pi sent an army to attack Wu because Sun Quan refused to send his son as a hostage. The Wei general Xiahou Shang besieged Nan Commandery and sent 30,000 soldiers to build a pontoon bridge and climb the Baili Continent. Zhuge Jin and Yang Yue led an army to rescue Nan County, but seeing that the Wei army was crossing the bridge day and night, they were afraid and did not dare to attack for a while.
Pan Zhang advised Zhuge Jin: "The morale of the Wei army is high, and the river is not deep, so it is temporarily impossible to engage them. Then Pan Zhang led his army to a place fifty miles upstream of the Wei army, cut down millions of bundles of reeds, made a raft, and wanted to go down the water and set fire to the Wei army's pontoon bridge. However, soon after Pan Zhang had finished the raft, the Wei army withdrew, so he went to guard Lukou.
Three kingdoms
In the first year of the Huanglong Dynasty (229), Sun Quan declared himself emperor and made Pan Zhang a right general. Pan Zhang lived in luxury, and at this time in his old age, he was even more impoverished and extravagant, so the items he wore exceeded the regulations. To this end, Pan Zhang did not hesitate to kill wealthy officials and soldiers many times and rob them of their belongings. The relevant departments told Sun Quan about this matter, but he was concerned about Pan Zhang's meritorious service and always refused to pursue the matter. In the third year of Jiahe (234), Pan Zhang died of illness.
Fifth, the image of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Huang Zhong
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, because the Shu Han was respected as orthodox, the Eastern Wu generals were more or less scandalized, so there was a big gap between Pan Zhang's deeds in the book and the real him. In the book, Pan Zhang damaged Guan Yu and Huang Zhong, two Shu Han generals, and finally killed Guan Yu's son Guan Xing. But in fact, Huang Zhong had died of illness long before the Battle of Yiling, and Pan Zhang was not killed by Guan Xing.
In general, Pan Zhang was one of the Twelve Tiger Ministers of Jiangdong, stabilizing the hearts of the army at the Battle of Xiaoyaojin, and capturing Guan Yu at the Battle of Maicheng, which can be said to be a famous general of Eastern Wu. But he is extravagant, for the sake of his own selfish desires, he does not hesitate to rob and rob, indiscriminately kill innocents, can be said to be shameless.