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[The strongest lord in the late Eastern Han Dynasty turned into a super otaku? Historical trivia: Gongsun Zan]

He is handsome and has super strong fighting power. He swept across the northern barbarians and was the White Horse General with the strongest cavalry regiment in BJ. However, he was a veteran of many battles, but he was defeated by Yuan Shao, who was leading an army in battle for the first time.

After being defeated in the later period, he simply laid down to build tall buildings and store grain, and eventually burned himself to death. Let's take a look at the life of Gongsun Zan, a vassal of the late Han Dynasty, who lived a life of half cheating and half showing off.

Gongsun Zan was born in the Lingzhi branch of Liaoxi. His family had been officials for generations. However, because Gongsun Zan, the second-generation official, was born out of wedlock, he did not benefit much from his family's fame and could only work as a minor official in the county.

However, Gongsun Zan was handsome, smart, and reliable, so he was appreciated by the county magistrate, who married his daughter to him.

Gongsun Zan not only won the beauty, but also improved his social status, going directly from a non-staff member to a formal official.

With the introduction of his father-in-law, he studied under the famous teacher Lu Zhi, which helped him gain a lot of fame. With his own talents and super high military power, Gongsun Zan was quickly promoted to become the chief historian of the Liaodong vassal state.

Liaodong was located on the border of the Eastern Han Dynasty and often had to fight with ethnic minorities.

Once, Gongsun Zan led a dozen cavalrymen to patrol the border and encountered hundreds of Xianbei cavalrymen. He said to the cavalrymen around him: "If we don't break through the enemy's formation now, we will all die."

Then he rushed towards the Xianbei army with two sharp spears, killing and wounding dozens of Xianbei people, and finally escaped. After this battle, the Xianbei did not dare to attempt to provoke again.

In 185 AD, there was a rebellion in Liang Province. The imperial court ordered the tough man Gongsun Zan to lead 3000 Wuhuan soldiers to provide support. However, due to lack of food and fodder, the Wuhuan people gave up their efforts one after another on the way.

At this time, the two local officials, former Zhongshan prefect Zhang Chun and Taishan prefect Zhang Ju, thought that the Eastern Han Dynasty would not last long, so they instigated the Wuhuan people to rebel and attack Gongsun Zan.

When the news reached Emperor Ling of Han, the fearful Emperor simply handed the mess over to Liu Yu, a relative of the Han Dynasty, and asked Liu Yu to take over Youzhou. Now Liu Yu became Gongsun Zan's boss.

Immediately after Liu Yu took office, he expressed that he would forgive the Wuhuan people who participated in the riot, and offered a reward for the wanted bandit leaders such as Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, thus resolving the crisis without bloodshed.

At this time, Gongsun Zan was besieged in Guanzi City in western Liaoning because of his pursuit of Wuhuan. He held out for more than 200 days. When the military rations were finished, he ate the war horses. When the war horses were finished, he ate the bowstrings. When he saw that he could not hold on any longer, he said goodbye to his subordinates and broke out in different directions.

As a result, when Gongsun Zan returned home in a miserable state, he found that Zhang Chun and others had been executed. Gongsun Zan was very upset that he had been fighting for nothing outside for so long.

Although Liu Yu advocated a conciliatory policy towards the Wuhuan, Gongsun Zan would become extremely angry every time he met the Wuhuan, making the Wuhuan people extremely terrified.

Because he always rode a white horse, he was called the White Horse General, and his elite troops were called the White Horse Volunteers. The Wuhuan people spread the word that if they met the White Horse General, they should retreat quickly because saving their lives was the most important thing.

Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu's different opinions also deepened the conflict between the two. At this time, Yuan Shao asked Gongsun Zan to help attack Jizhou Mu Han Fu in order to seize Jizhou, thus diverting Gongsun Zan's attention.

Just when he was preparing for a big move, news came from the front that Han Fu had given up his throne to Yuan Shao. Gongsun Zan was furious. They had agreed to attack Jizhou together, but Yuan Shao ended up taking all the spoils.

In addition, Gongsun Zan's younger brother Gongsun Yue was shot and killed during the war between Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Zan blamed Yuan Shao for this.

So Gongsun Zan decided to start a war, and Yuan Shao was forced to go to war with Gongsun Zan. However, Gongsun Zan, a battle-hardened tiger, was defeated by Yuan Shao, who was leading an army into battle for the first time.

Gongsun Zan led 3 infantrymen against Yuan Shao's 800 elite soldiers. Seeing that Yuan Shao had fewer soldiers, Gongsun Zan ordered his cavalry to charge. Yuan Shao's soldiers were shocked and lay under their shields. When they were about ten steps away, they jumped up together and hacked at them.

At the same time, thousands of crossbows were fired at the same time, causing Gongsun Zan's army to panic, while Yuan Shao's army became more and more courageous and won the victory.

Gongsun Zan was not convinced. After the defeat, he looted the people everywhere to replenish his troops and equip himself with supplies for another battle. His superior Liu Yu, who could not stand it any longer, prepared to send troops to destroy Gongsun Zan.

In 193 AD, Gongsun Zan simply killed his former leader Liu Yu, obtained the authorization to govern the four northern states, and became one of the most powerful princes in the north.

But this led to a fire in the backyard. Because of his high reputation in Youzhou and among ethnic minorities, the ethnic minorities all rose up to attack Gongsun Zan.

When the country was besieged both internally and externally, Gongsun Zan accidentally heard a nursery rhyme: "From here, one can escape from the world and escape to Yan in the south and Zhao in the north." Gongsun Zan thought this was talking about Yizhou, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and where he could lie down and enjoy his retirement. So he moved the capital to Yizhou and named it Yijing.

He built fortifications on a large scale and built a Yijing Tower in the city, storing 300 million hu of grain. He never went out of the main gate or the second gate, and became a complete stay-at-home.

In 199 AD, Yuan Shao launched a massive attack on Gongsun Zan, who hid in Yijing and refused to leave. When the enemy was at the gates of the city, he knew he could not escape, so he hanged his wife and children, and then set himself on fire.

——"Baima Yicong, when I played the Three Kingdoms, I liked Gongsun Zan's opening."

——"He is also a tough guy of his generation."

——"There's nothing I can do. There were too many strong men in the Three Kingdoms era. They were all outstanding people."

[Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang's history and Cao Cao's trivia]

He was Cao Cao's eldest son and had been expected to succeed Boss Cao as the ruler of the world, but he died young in a meaningless and absurd battle.

Cao's first wife, Mrs. Ding, resented Cao, and the two eventually broke up, which became a pain point in Cao's life. Today we will take a look at the life of Cao Ang, Cao's son.

Cao Ang, courtesy name Zixiu, was from Qiao County, Pei State. He was Cao Cao's eldest son and was born to his concubine Liu. However, his mother died early, so Cao Ang was adopted by his first wife, Madam Ding, to be raised.

Mrs. Ding had no children of her own, so she treated Cao Ang as her own son and was very happy. As Cao Ang had the status of a legitimate son, he was also highly valued by Boss Cao. He was trained by Boss Cao as his successor since he was a child, and he often took Cao Ang with him when he went to war.

Cao Ang did not bring shame to his boss Cao and was selected as a filial and incorrupt official at the age of 20.

It was originally a scene of loving father and filial son, until 197 AD, when Cao Ang followed Cao Boss to attack Zhang Xiu. When the army arrived at Wancheng, Zhang Xiu surrendered the city, seemingly without any effort.

But Cao took Zhang Xiu's aunt, Madam Zou, as his wife, which made Zhang Xiu very angry. Cao heard that Zhang Xiu had some complaints against him and decided to kill him, but the plan was leaked and Zhang Xiu attacked him overnight.

Cao was caught off guard, Cao's army was defeated, and Cao was shot in the right arm by an arrow. At this time, Cao had only one word in his mind - escape, but his horse was also shot.

At the critical moment, Cao Ang stood up, gave his mount to his father, mounted his horse and fled, leaving Cao Ang to die in the chaos.

After Cao Ang's death, Boss Cao was naturally sad, and Mrs. Dante was grief-stricken. After the Battle of Wancheng, she often complained to Boss Cao, saying that you killed my son, and from now on I have nothing to miss.

Mrs. Ding then returned to her hometown in anger. Later, Cao Cao personally went back to Mrs. Ding's hometown to find her, stroked her back and said, "Let's go home together by car, okay?"

But Mrs. Ding remained silent. Cao Cao walked to the door and asked, "Will you come back with me?" Mrs. Ding remained silent, and the relationship between the two was severed from then on.

Later, Cao Cao became seriously ill and thought that he didn't have much time left. He sighed and said, "I have done nothing in my life that I regret. If there is still a spirit after death, and Zixiu asks me where his mother is, how will I answer?"

——"He would only say that if the person was dead. If he were really alive, he would not be happy about it."

——"That can't be said. If he were really alive, Cao Pi would have no chance to survive."

——"It's a pity that there is no if. With Cao Cao's personality, he can't trust anyone. The dead Bai Yueguang is the Bai Yueguang. If she is still alive, they may be tired of each other."

——"It shouldn't be the case. Boss Cao is really good to Cao Ang."

After Cao Pi ascended the throne, he often said that if his brother Cao Ang were still alive, the position would belong to Cao Ang.

In 221 AD, Cao Pi mourned Cao Ang and posthumously conferred him the title of Duke Fengdao. In 224 AD, he was further posthumously conferred the title of King Fengdao. In 229 AD, his posthumous title was changed to King Fengmin.

——"What a pity! Boss Cao really suffered a great loss from this shot."

——"This is Jia Xu."

【Historical knowledge about Liu Yuan, the first person to invade China by the Five Barbarians】

He was a descendant of the Xiongnu Khan, but his surname was Liu. He founded a country in the Central Plains and proclaimed himself emperor, named the country Han. He respected Liu Chan as his elder brother and vowed to polish the golden signboard of the Han Dynasty again. He was Liu Yuan, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty during the Five Barbarians Invasion period.

Liu Yuan was a Xiongnu who was born in Xinxing County. In his early years, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, sent a princess to marry the Xiongnu in order to maintain peace between the two sides, and he also became a brother to the Chanyu Maodun.

Therefore, some descendants of Maodun Chanyu simply changed their surname to Liu, and Liu Yuan was one of them.

However, by the time Liu Yuan was born, the Xiongnu Chanyu had been detained by Cao Cao, who disrupted the internal tribal structure of the Xiongnu and turned the Xiongnu into his own employees. Liu Yuan's father, Liu Bao, the Left Xian King of the Southern Xiongnu, was such an employee.

Before Liu Yuan was born, his mother, Huyan, once offered sacrifices to the gods at Longmen to pray for a child. She saw a huge fish with two legs on its head swimming to the place where the sacrifices were offered and stayed there for a long time before swimming away.

That night, Huyan dreamed that the fish turned into a human and handed her a glittering object. It also said that it was the essence of the sun and that if she ate it she would give birth to a son.

When Huyan told Liu Yuan about this, Liu Yuan remembered that the fortune teller had also said that he would have noble descendants and that his family would be very prosperous in three generations.

Not long after that, Liu Yuan was born. Because there was a pattern of the Chinese character "Yuan" on his left hand, his father named him "Yuan".

As a Xiongnu noble, Liu Yuan received a good education since childhood. He was a child of other families, well-read, skilled in archery and horse riding, and a man of both civil and military talents.

Moreover, he is 1 meters tall, has a handsome big beard, and three red hairs on his chest. At first glance, his style is unique and different.

However, Liu Yuan's talent was not fully utilized at the beginning. In the late Three Kingdoms period, in order to prevent the Xiongnu from rebellion, Cao Wei asked the Xiongnu to send the teenage Liu Yuan to Luoyang as a hostage.

However, Liu Yuan's life as a hostage was quite comfortable, just like an overseas student. Not only did he fully learn Chinese culture, he also displayed his social talents and got along well with the dignitaries in the court.

He was appreciated by the powerful minister Sima Zhao, and Sima Yan, the founding emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty, also favored Liu Yuan. However, Sima Yan ultimately failed to use Liu Yuan because he was a Xiongnu and was afraid that he would be suspicious.

Liu Yuan never had a chance to make a name for himself and wasted nearly 30 years of his life.

In 279 AD, Liu Bao died, and Liu Yuan succeeded his father as acting commander-in-chief.

In 300 AD, after King Sima Ying of Chengdu guarded Yecheng, he recommended Liu Yuan as General Ningshuo, who was also in charge of the military affairs of the five Xiongnu tribes.

At this time, he had already established a certain prestige among the five Xiongnu tribes. After Sima Yan's death, under the rule of Sima Zhong, Emperor Hui of Jin, the Jin Dynasty experienced the most serious royal civil strife in Chinese history - the Rebellion of the Eight Princes.

Liu Yuan took advantage of the infighting among the Sima family and took advantage of the weakness of the Western Jin Dynasty's national strength. In the name of recruiting soldiers for his superior Sima Ying, he threw Sima Ying himself into the battlefield and started his own business.

At this time, the leaders of various Xiongnu tribes all recommended Liu Yuan as the Xiongnu Great Khan.

Liu Yuan pretended to decline several times before accepting the offer. He said, "The emperors of the world are not fixed. Dayu was from the Dongyi tribe, and King Wen of Zhou was born in the Xiyi tribe. Who should be the emperor depends on one's virtue."

So Liu Yuan made Zuoguo City his capital. Because the Han Dynasty had ruled for a long time and its grace was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Liu Yuan wanted to take advantage of the aura of the Han Dynasty to win the hearts of the people.

So he named his country Han, proclaimed himself the King of Han, posthumously recognized Liu Chan, the last ruler of Shu Han, as Emperor Xiaohuai, and offered sacrifices to the gods of the three ancestors and five ancestors from Emperor Gaozu of Han, thus marking the beginning of the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China.

After that, Liu Yuan fought wars in the south and the north to expand the territory. In 308 AD, Liu Yuan proclaimed himself emperor and changed the reign title to Yongfeng.

Liu Yuan was very brave on the battlefield, but very kind to the people. He always wanted to win the hearts of the people and would never tolerate the atrocities of his subordinates. When Liu Yuan's general Liu Jing was attacking Liyang, he defeated the Jin general Wang Zan in Yanjin and drowned more than 3 people in the Yellow River.

When Liu Yuan heard about this, he was furious and said, "How dare Liu Jing come to see me? How can the heaven tolerate such a thing? I only want to destroy the Sima family, what crime have the common people committed?"

After that, Liu Jing was dismissed from his post. Another time, when his subordinate Qiao Xi attacked Xihe County, because the county magistrate of Jiexiu, Jia Hun, refused to surrender, Jia Hun's wife cried and cursed Qiao Xi, Qiao Xi was so angry that he killed Jia Hun and his wife.

When Liu Yuan found out about this, he became furious again and ordered that the treasure be kept for Jia Hun and that Qiao Xi be demoted.

In August 310 AD, Liu Yuan died of illness and his eldest son Liu He succeeded him. But unexpectedly, before Liu Yuan was completely dead, his sons began to kill each other. In September of the same year, the fourth son Liu Cong killed his eldest brother Liu He and seized the throne.

He also inherited his father's will and eventually captured the Western Jin capital Luoyang in 311.