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Eight of the most famous in the Three Kingdoms"Cavalry general": Ma Chao is on the list, do you know anything else?
According to the Book of the Later Han Dynasty - Hundred Official Chronicles, in the Han Dynasty, the generals, cavalry generals, Che generals, and Wei generals followed each other in turn, and the status of cavalry generals was lower than that of generals. The main tasks of the cavalry archery general are:"The soldiers of the Beijing Division, the enemy of the Quartet", not only to be responsible for the defense of the capital, but also to calm the unrest in the border areas. This position required him to be both an excellent defender and a good defender of the challenges of frontier warfare. During the Three Kingdoms period, the status of cavalry generals was still important. Below, we will take a look at the eight most outstanding light cavalry generals of the Three Kingdoms period, whose fame and fortune made the legends of their time.
i.Ma Chao. Ma Chao was originally an independent prince who experienced turmoil after Cao Cao's defeat and suffered a fate similar to that of Lü Bu. In 214 AD, Ma Chao decided to surrender to Liu Bei and led a large army to surround Liu Zhang, quelling the unrest in Yizhou for Liu Bei. After the founding of the Shu Han Dynasty, Ma Chaoguan became the first cavalry lieutenant in the history of Shu and Han. However, in the third year of Jingyao (260), Ma Chao, who was only forty-seven years old, died of illness and was posthumously named Marquis of Wei.
li yan ii.
Li Yan was an important minister of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period, and one of Liu Bei's most trusted advisors during his lifetime, along with Zhuge Liang. In the eighth year of Jianxing (230 AD), Cao Zhen, the great Sima of Cao Wei, prepared to organize three lines of soldiers and horses to attack Hanzhong. Faced with the threat of Cao Wei, Zhuge Liang asked Liu Chan, the commander of the Shu Han army, to promote Li Yan to the rank of light cavalry general and transfer him to Hanzhong to strengthen the defensive line. However, in 231 AD (the ninth year of Jianxing), due to the untimely transportation of grain and grass, coupled with the false accusation of Zhuge Liang's withdrawal, Liu Chan, the queen of Shu Han, unfortunately demoted the general Li Yan to a commoner, and he had to move to Zitong County (present-day Zitong, Sichuan Province).
iii.Cao Hong, a famous general of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, and the younger brother of Emperor Cao Wu. As a member of the Cao Wei clan, Cao Hong was appointed as a light cavalry general in the early years of Emperor Wen and Huang, becoming the first light cavalry general in the history of Wei. However, due to a dispute with Cao Pi, Cao Hong had to face the fate of being removed from office. However, during the reign of Emperor Ming of Wei, Cao Hong was reinstated as a light cavalry general. Cao Hong thus became the only general of Wei to serve as a light cavalry general twice. However, Cao Hong's death in the sixth year of Taihe (232) ended his military career.
iv.Sima Yi.
Sima Yi was a powerful minister of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period and the founder of the Western Jin Dynasty. In the seventh year of the early Huang dynasty (226 AD), he served as a regular attendant of the scattered cavalry. In the seventh year of the early Huang dynasty (226 AD), Sima Yi was promoted to the rank of general of the light cavalry. In the fourth year of Taihe (230 AD), the great general Cao Zhen was promoted to the position of Great Sima, and Sima Yi succeeded the Great Sima, creating favorable conditions for Cao Wei to usurp power. In 249 AD, Sima Yi launched the Gaopingling Rebellion, which completely changed the course of Cao Wei's history.
v.Wang Chang.
Wang Chang was an outstanding general of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. He was born in the Eastern Han Dynasty in the family of Taishou Wang Ze. In the second year of Zhenyuan (255), Wang Chang was appointed as a light cavalry general for his meritorious service in quelling the three rebellions in Huainan. This means that Wang Chang became the right-hand man of the Sima Yi family, thus rising to the top in the later period of Cao Wei. In the third year of Ganlu (258), Wang Chang was appointed as the Great Sima, but unfortunately died in the fourth year of Ganlu (259), ending his political career.
Sima Family VI
Sima Wang was a famous general of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period and an important minister of the imperial court during the Western Jin Dynasty. He was the adopted son of Sima Lang (originally Sima Fu's second son) and the nephew of Sima Yi, Emperor Xuan of the Jin Dynasty. In 264 AD, Sima Wang was appointed general of light cavalry. In the same year, Sima Zhao, who had made meritorious contributions to the destruction of Shu, was named the king of Jin. In the second year of Xianxi (265), Sima Yan completed the surrender between Wei and Jin, and Sima Wang was promoted to Sikong. In the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty, he was elected as the king of Yiyang, and repeatedly commanded the Chinese army to resist the invasion of the Wu army, and finally became the official of Da Sima.
7. Sun Quan. In 219 AD, Guan Yu defended Jingzhou and launched the Battle of Xiangfan. Sun Quan secretly sent Lü Meng to attack Jingzhou and successfully killed Guan Yu. In order to avoid fighting on two fronts, Sun Quan captured Jingzhou and surrendered Cao Wei at the same time. In the same year, Cao Cao appointed Sun Quan as the general of the chariot cavalry, the assassin of Jingzhou and the marquis of Nanchang. Therefore, it can be said that Sun Quan's appointment as the general of the light cavalry was actually the work of Cao Cao. Some time later, in 222 AD, Cao Wei again appointed Sun Quan as king of Wu. However, Sun Quan eventually ascended the throne as emperor and got rid of his status as king of Wu in Wei.
viii.Zhu Zhu.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhu Yi, a famous minister and general of Wu State, was a descendant of Zhu Huan, a pastor of Qingzhou and a former governor of the state, and Zhu Yi, the governor of the capital, was a cousin. In the first year of Huanglong (229), Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor, married his daughter Sun Lucao to Zhu Yi, and named him General Zuo and Marquis of Yunyang. He was a modest man, fond of dealing with the literati, indifferent to money, and generous in his charity. Although he was rich, he often felt that it was not enough. In the ninth year of Chiwu (246), Zhu Di was promoted to the rank of light cavalry general. But in the thirteenth year of Chiwu (250), he became involved in a dispute with the second palace, which eventually led to Zhu Di's death.
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