The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was written at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and although it describes the turbulent history of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, it is interspersed with too many vivid warriors, each with its own characteristics. Combined with its grand war scenes and cloudy schemes and strategies, people can't help but be addicted. Even after the Qing Taizu Nurhaci first saw it, he called it a divine book and used it as a strategy textbook for the Qing army.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms tells the story of nearly a hundred years of strife from 184 AD to 280 AD. In addition to the three regimes of Wei Shu and Wu, there were also many feudal towns, such as Yuan Shao of the Fourth Dynasty and the Third Duke, Liu Biao of the Eight Juns of Jingzhou, Gongsun Du of the Tiger Liaodong, and gongsun Zhan of the White Horse General. Among these princes, the reputation of Baima Gongsun Zhan can be said to be far away from home and abroad, because in addition to competing with Yuan Shao for the north, he often led his "White Horse Yicong" to resist foreign invaders, and he had three generals under him, do you know who they are?
Gongsun Zhan was in northern China, with the strongest light cavalry under his command, "White Horse Yicong", and at the same time there were three generals under his command, one of whom was acquired by Cao Cao, one belonged to Liu Bei, and the remaining one was the most important, but no one could descend, why was this?
First of all, let's look at the first general, the white horse and silver gun Zhao Zilong. Zhao Yun's name is also known to many people who do not know the history of the Three Kingdoms. Seven in and seven out on the slope of Nagasaka, Zilong robbed the river to save Ah Dou, and in the novel, he is even portrayed as the most perfect warrior. In 191 AD, Zhao Yun defected to Gongsun Zhan, and for such a fierce general, Gongsun Zhan also admired him and incorporated him into the White Horse Yizhong.
From 175, Liu Bei studied under Lu Zhimen, and Gongsun Zhan was the same window, and the two had a very good relationship. With the Battle of Jieqiao in 198, Gongsun Zhan was gradually no match for Yuan Shao. The following year, Gongsun Zhan set himself on fire in Yijinglou, and Zhao Yun began to wander in all directions. It was not until 200 AD that he joined Liu Bei's command and became his personal bodyguard.
The second grand will be Tian Yu, the word Guorang. The general, who was also valued by Liu Bei, also followed Liu Bei for a while, but when Liu Bei went to Yuzhou to serve as an assassin, he left Liu Bei because he wanted to go home to take care of his old mother. Later, in 218 AD, he assisted Cao Zhang in attacking Wuhuan, defeated Wuhuan with a chariot array, and was given the title of Geyang Taishou (Geyang Taishou) and became a general of Cao Cao's town of Liaodong. This general was acquired by Cao Cao from then on.
The last person, although his skills were not as good as the first two, he was more trusted and reused by Gongsun Zhan. He is the commander of Baima Yicong, Yan Gang. As early as when Gongsun Zhan raised an army, Yan Gang followed him, and Bai ma Yicong's establishment of Yan Gang made great efforts. But in 191 AD, Yan Gang was saved and died on the battlefield. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that Gongsun Zhan and Yuan Shao fought against Guangchuan, and Yan Gang led Baima Yicong as the vanguard, but was ambushed by Ju Yi and shot by the first dead soldiers.
After Yan Gang's death, Bai Ma Yi's morale plummeted, and he no longer had the momentum of "where righteousness comes, there is death and no life". From then on, Gongsun Zhan was even weaker and no longer an opponent of Yuan Shao. Therefore, the reason why Yan Gang was not recruited by Liu Bei Cao Cao was not for other reasons, but only because he died young and did not last until Liu Bei or Cao Cao came to recruit him.
We can imagine that Zhao Yuntian Yu shined in the future, so if Yan Gang, who was the commander of Baima Yicong, did not die, whether he joined Cao Cao's camp or followed Liu Bei in the future, he would leave a strong mark. As Yang Shen wrote in "Linjiang Immortals": "When the great river goes east, the waves exhaust the heroes." "Too many heroes have been drowned in the great waves of history, and those who have not been able to come and show their skills are to pass away." This is both their regret and the luck of other heroes.