When it comes to generals who have been defeated repeatedly, we often dismiss them, because frequent defeats on the battlefield seem to indicate that there is a serious problem with their abilities. However, during the Three Kingdoms period, there was a general who was often defeated, and although he was defeated repeatedly, each defeat was accompanied by the feat of killing one of the opponent's generals, which was really surprising. Who is this often defeated general?How good is he?
He is Huang Zu under Liu Biao during the Three Kingdoms period. Huang Zu was promoted by his connections in the officialdom, which led people to mistakenly believe that he was not a strong martial artist. When fighting others, he always ends in defeat, but in every battle, he can kill the enemy's general, which is truly breathtaking. Let's take a look at the bizarre achievements of Huang Zu, a general.
In 192 AD, Yuan Shu sent Sun Jian to attack Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and Liu Biao sent Huang Zu to meet him. In the battle with Sun Jian, Huang Zu was repeatedly defeated, causing Sun Jian to drive straight into the army, and finally besieged Xiangyang. Faced with the crisis of Liu Biao's lord being trapped, Huang Zu once again led his army to the rescue, but was defeated by Sun Jian again. However, at the moment when everyone thought that Jingzhou was difficult to protect, Huang Zu ambushed and killed Sun Jian on the battlefield with a small strategy, which surprised everyone. Obviously, Huang Zu has been dealing with Sun Jian, but in the end, Sun Jian died in battle, and Huang Zu won, which is really incredible.
After Sun Jian was shot by Huang Zu, the Sun family was torn apart. However, with the rise of Sun Ce, the Sun family's power re-emerged. After the re-emergence of the Sun family, crusading against Huang Zu became the top priority of the Sun family, and avenging Sun Jian became the most important goal. However, even if Sun Ce was known as the little overlord of Jiangdong, even if he easily swept Jiangdong and made everyone in Jiangdong embarrassed, he was never able to effectively deal with Huang Zu. According to the records of the historical books, Huang Zu has always been at a disadvantage when he fought against Sun Ce and was repeatedly beaten, but the Jiangxia he held on to was never captured by Sun Ce. Even in the battle, Huang Zu shot Ling Cao, Xu Kun and other generals. Although Sun Ce attacked Huang Zu many times and gained the upper hand each time, he was unable to defeat him completely, which is quite curious. What is Huang Zu's ability to make him stand firm under the attack of Sun Jian and Sun Ce?
With Sun Ce's death, Sun Quan took over the task of attacking Huang Zu. However, although Huang Zu was defeated repeatedly, Sun Quan was still unable to deal with him effectively. It was not until 208 AD that Sun Quan once again led his army to attack Huangzu. In this battle, Zhou Yu personally led a large army to attack Huang Zu, but lost his troops under Huang Zu's ambush. At the critical moment, Lü Meng successfully killed Chen Qi, the leader of Huang Zu's army, in close combat, causing Huang Zu's army to lose command and finally be completely defeated. Huang Zu was also fatally killed in the process of fleeing, ending his fighting career.
From Sun Jian's killing to Huang Zu's final death, 16 years have passed. I have to admit that Huang Zu really has the ability to persist in Sun Wu's encirclement and interception for so long. The bizarre fate of this general is breathtaking. (This article mainly refers to the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms").