In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo was in turmoil, and various princes rose up to fight, and a military general who liked to wear a red turban not only defeated one of Dong Zhuo's Taishou and killed one of Dong Zhuo's governors, but even beat away Lü Bu, the first fierce general under Dong Zhuo's command, and Dong Zhuo personally led an army to fight with him, and was also defeated and fled! When Yuan Shu, who had joined forces against Dong Zhuo, heard about this, he was shocked, and one of Yuan Shu's subordinates said that if this person attacked Luoyang, it would be equivalent to removing the wolf (Dong Zhuo) and getting the tiger, which was even more terrifying!
The hero who is likened to a fierce tiger is Sun Jian, who often appears in the shape of a red turban, as recorded in the original text of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", although Sun Jian is also a general with outstanding martial courage, his performance is obviously inferior to That of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others in the Shu Han camp, nor is he as good as his son Sun Ce, the "Little Overlord", who was also defeated by Hua Xiong's hands. Today, I will tell you about Sun Jian in real history.
Sun Jian, also spelled Wentai, was a native of Fuchun, Wu County (present-day Fuyang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang), born in the first year of the Eastern Han Dynasty (155 AD), and was a contemporary of another great figure, Cao Cao, who unfortunately failed to establish a brilliant hegemony like Cao Cao for various reasons.
It is said that Sun Jian was a soldier of the Spring and Autumn Period, after Sun Wu, who had "an extraordinary appearance, open-mindedness, and curiosity" since childhood, and served as a county official when he was a teenager. When he was 17 years old, Sun Jian and his father took a boat to Qiantang, and when they approached the shore, they suddenly found a group of pirates robbing and sharing the booty. Passing caravans and boats were too frightened to move. The young Sun Jian said to his father, "This thief can be attacked!" Please! Father Sun was startled and said, "You can't deal with this!" Sun Jian didn't care, only to see him draw his knife and go ashore, and use his hand to make a command letter to the west, as if he had been assigned to deploy soldiers and horses to encircle him. Where did the pirates know that this knife-wielding man was just pretending to command the encirclement and suppression, and they were frightened to throw down their belongings and scatter and flee, Sun Jian was willing to give up, he flew and cut off the head of a pirate with a knife! From then on, the reputation of this wise and courageous teenager was greatly shocked, and the county government named him the acting lieutenant
Soon, a "demon thief" named Xu Chang (the term "demon thief" is the original text of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms) claimed to be "Emperor Yangming" and gathered with his son Xu Shao to cause trouble. Sun Jian recruited more than a thousand elite warriors in the name of Sima Jun, and quickly swept them away. This was Sun Jian's first military exploit for the imperial court, and he was successively made the county magistrate (deputy county magistrate) of three counties. During his tenure in the three counties, Sun Jian was deeply loved by the officials and praised by the people, which showed that his administrative ability was not ordinary.
In the first year of Zhongping (184), the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, the imperial court was shocked, and the right lieutenant General Zhu Juan was ordered to suppress it, and asked Sun Jian to be sima (a low-ranking officer) of the Zuo Army, and ordered him to follow him on the expedition. Sun Jian gathered all the young fans who worshipped him in Xia Pi County (in present-day Pizhou, Jiangsu), and recruited more than a thousand elite soldiers from the past caravans and the Huaishui Surabaya area to kill the battlefield. After that, Sun Jian wore a red scarf on his head, and even if he was injured and fell on his horse, it was a short recuperation, and the injury was slightly better to fight again. The Yellow Turban Army in Runan County and Yingchuan County was beaten by him and forced to besiege Wancheng. Sun Jian personally risked the yashi and took the lead in entering the city. Soon he was promoted to Sima of another department for his merits. Three years later, Sun Jian, the new Taishou of Changsha, took the changsha rebel leader Ou Xingdang to the throne within a month and was given the title of Marquis of Wucheng.
In the sixth year of Zhongping (189), Dong Zhuo entered luoyang, the capital of the capital, and dominated the imperial gang. The following year, the princes of the world rose up and pushed Yuan Shao, the Taishou of Bohai, to be the leader of the alliance to fight against Dong Zhuo. Sun Jian also responded by raising troops in Changsha. In fact, as early as three years ago in Chang'an, Sun Jian had suggested that Sikong Zhang Wen get rid of Dong Zhuo, when Dong Zhuo was arrogant and domineering, and after receiving the Holy Will, he was still arrogant and late, and he also had an arrogant attitude towards Zhang Wen. Sun Jian was very upset with Dong Zhuo, and he secretly told Zhang Wen that he should behead Dong Zhuo according to military law for the crime of not coming in time. However, Zhang Wen considered that he would have to rely on Dong Zhuo in the future and did not approve. Sun Jian also tried his best to persuade Zhang Wen to hurry up, Zhang Wen just did not dare, Sun Jian was helpless, and left in anger.
Zhang Wen did not dare to kill Dong Zhuo, but after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, he killed Zhang Wen. In the first year of Chuping (190), Sun Jian led cheng pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao, four major confidants and elite soldiers and horses to formally negotiate with Dong. On the way to the conquest, Jingzhou Assassin Shi Wang Rui despised Sun Jian and spoke softly, and was forced to drink gold crumb wine by Sun Jian and died, Nanyang Taishou Zhang Zhi refused to provide military food, and Sun Jian lured him out of the city and beheaded him!
Sun Jian's army marched to Luyang (鲁阳, in modern Lushan, Henan) and made an alliance with another prince, Yuan Shu, who had known that Sun Jian was powerful, and made him a general who also led the history of Yu Prefecture. Since then, Sun Jian has been revered as "Sun Breaker". The title of "Sun Jian's Biography" in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and book of Wu is "Sun Jian's Rebellion" ("Rebellion" refers to "Rebellion General" Sun Ce, and in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Sun Jian's father and son are two people's joint biography).
When Sun Jian was training in Luyang City, Dong Zhuojun suddenly drove outside Luyang City on tens of thousands of steps! At that time, Sun Jian was setting up an account outside the east gate of Luyang City, in order to return to honshu to supervise the long history of grain and grass. Dozens of light cavalry in the front of Dong Zhuo's army were killed, and Sun Jian was calm and self-assured, while persuading wine and laughter, while rectifying the lineup and not allowing light movement, until Dong Zhuo's cavalry gradually increased, Sun Jian led his army into the city. When he got to the city, Sun Jian said to the generals, "The reason why I didn't get up immediately was because I was worried that the troops would be crowding and trampling on each other in a panic, so that you would not be able to enter the city." Dong Zhuojun saw that Sun Jianru was so strict and orderly, and did not dare to easily attack the city, so they withdrew one after another.
Soon, Sun Jian was stationed in the east of Liang County (梁县, in present-day Linru, Henan), and another group of Dong Zhuo's army encountered Sun Jian, and the commander of the army was named Xu Rong, who had beaten Cao Cao to the point of defeating his soldiers and fleeing with an arrow, thanks to his brother Cao Hong's rescue. This time, Xu Rong took advantage of Sun Jianjun's temporary lack of preparation and quickly surrounded it. Sun Jian killed a bloody road, and dozens of horses broke through the siege. Xu Rongjun chased after him, and shouted while chasing: "The one who wears the red turban is the anti-thief Sun Jian!" Kill the raw catch, there is a heavy reward! At the critical moment, Sun Jian gave birth to a plan, let Ai change Zu Mao into his own red turban, let him lead the pursuing soldiers, and escape from the danger of the path himself. Zu Mao took off his red turban and put it on a blackened pillar between the graves, hiding himself in the grass.
This was a rather demoralized performance in Sun Jian's career, but victory and defeat were commonplace, and Soon Sun Jian saved face. He reorganized his troops and moved to YangrenCheng (陽人城, in modern Ruyang, Henan) the following year. Not long after, Dong Zhuo's Eastern Commandery Taishou Hu Yun led a step and rode five thousand people to kill, and there was another person in his company, named Lü Bu! The large army of Hu and Lü Er generals seemed to be fierce, but in fact, the two generals were discordant and unstable, which gave Sun Jian an opportunity to take advantage. Dong's army attacked the city, but there was no progress, Sun Jian suddenly killed, Hu Yi was defeated, Lü Bu, who was known as the "flying general", also fled in a daze, and a governor named Huaxiong under Hu Yun was directly killed by Sun Jian! In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, this Huaxiong defeated Sun Jian and killed Sun Jian's beloved general Zu Mao, who was later beheaded by Guan Yu "Wen Jiu". This is really unjust for Sun Jian in history!
Sun Jian broke Hu Yun, defeated Lü Bu, and beheaded Huaxiong, threatening the world, at this time someone said to Yuan Shu: Sun Jian is too fierce, if he takes Luoyang, it is equivalent to winning a tiger in addition to wolves! Yuan Shu was not at ease, and after hearing this, he directly cut off Sun Jian's military food. Sun Jian was anxious, and immediately rushed back to Luyang City overnight, broke into Yuan Shu's mansion, and while drawing a map on the ground, said: "The reason why I fought hard to avenge the rebellion of the country and avenge the general (the Yuan family was destroyed by Dong Zhuo) is not that I and Dong Zhuo have a personal grudge. And general, you listen to the provocations of outsiders to suspect me, but why?! Yuan Shu was very ashamed and immediately dispatched military food to Sun Jian. Sun Jian was relieved and returned to Yangren City.
Sun Jian had just returned to his garrison when Li Dai, a general under Dong Zhuo, suddenly came to see him. It turned out that Dong Zhuo had thoroughly grasped Sun Jian's strength and wanted to change his strategy and play soft--he sent Li Dai to persuade Sun Jian to marry Sun Jian and to make Sun Jian's son and brother an assassin and a county guard. Sun Jian directly scolded Li Dai and ran away, and then continued to march and kill Ben Luoyang! In the big valley ten miles from Luoyang. Dong Zhuo personally led a large army and Sun Jian's army to fight at the royal cemetery, but was defeated by Sun Jian, Dong Zhuo fled in a hurry, and was forced to retreat to Shichi (渑池, in modern Shichi, Henan), Lü Bu also ran away, and Sun Jian finally stepped into Luoyang City.
After entering Luoyang, Sun Jian cleaned the Han Dynasty Emperor's Temple, worshipped heaven and earth, and repaired the mausoleum. Suddenly someone came to report that he had found that there were colorful clouds in a well in the Southern Zhen Palace in Luoyang City, sun Jian was particularly curious, ordered people to find out, and finally found a treasure that was unparalleled in the world--the former Qin Shi Huang who had carved the chuanguo jade seal carved by a skilled craftsman after he seized the Warring States and the Clan Bi (that is, the treasure that Lin Xiang returned to Zhao), and the missing horn on it was broken by Empress Xiaoyuan of the Western Han Dynasty when Wang Mang forced the palace.
The jade seal of the country symbolizes the supreme power, and no one can resist this fatal temptation, including Sun Jian. Sun Jian took the Chuanguo Seal into his private pocket and handed it over to his wife for safekeeping, and his wife, Miss Wu Jia, was the Wu Guotai mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The historical Sun Jian's wife Wu was a famous lady of Qiantang, with both talents and complete looks, and when he was young, Sun Jian heard of his name for a long time and wanted to marry him, but unexpectedly, the Wu family thought that Sun Jian was a light and cunning person, and strongly opposed it. At the critical moment, Aunt Wu said to them: Don't invite disaster to the family because you don't want me. She resolutely married Sun Jian, and after marriage gave birth to four men and a daughter, namely: Sun Ce, Sun Quan, Sun Yi, and Sun Kuang, and her daughter was called Sun Shangxiang in folklore, and Zhengshi had no name.
Although Sun Jian invaded Luoyang, Dong Zhuo did not perish, he ran to Chang'an, and the princes who rebelled against Dong began to be pregnant with ghosts and deceitful, and they all did not move, and all wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. Sun Jian was alone, did not get any support, and could only end the war against Dong depressedly. Of course, Sun Jian himself actually has ambitions.
Yuan Shu, who had a scheming belly, felt that Sun Jian was idle and idle, so it was better for him to attack Liu Biao of Jingzhou, who was against him, and Sun Jian killed Jingzhou in the second year of Chuping (191). In this battle, Sun Jian defeated Liu Biao's military general Huang Zu, who fled to Da Nang Mountain (present-day Xiangyang) and hid. But Sun Jian continued to pursue and kill, and Huang Zu, who was hiding in the bamboo forest of Da Nang Mountain, ordered the archers to shoot arrows in unison, and Sun Jian died in the dark arrows of the little man, only thirty-seven years old! But the hero of the first generation, but ended up like this. Shortly after his death, his eldest son, Sun Ce, developed his troops and swept through Jiangdong, creating the Foundation of Eastern Wu. Secondly, Sun Ziquan inherited the inheritance of his father and brother, destroyed Huang Zu, destroyed Cao Cao, defeated Liu Bei, and finally achieved the imperial cause, and after formally establishing the state of Wu, he posthumously honored Sun Jian as Emperor Wulie.
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