Chapter 5 5. Sun Jian Xiaogan

In the coalition of princes, besides Cao Cao, there is another hero who actively fought against Dong Zhuo.And this person is really feared by Dong Zhuo. It was under the persecution of this person that Dong Zhuo ran from Luoyang to Chang'an in a hurry. Also. But Sun Jian is a small fool who is very good at employing people, and he speaks well to the generals, making him jealous." All the generals in the Kanto region are no problem, only Sun Jian is a small fool who is very good at employing people, everyone should be careful about him. That's right, this person is Sun Jian, the father of Sun Ce, the overlord of Soochow in the future. "Xiao Gan" is a local dialect of Wu, meaning "fool", but Dong Zhuo gave Sun Jian this nickname, not to ridicule him for being stupid. From the following sentence "quite employable", it can be seen that Dong Zhuo is quite capable of Sun Jian. appreciated.At that time, not only Dong Zhuo, but even Dong Zhuo's subordinates such as Lu Bu and Hua Xiong were not Sun Jian's opponents. Therefore, Dong Zhuo used the word "little stupid" to lament Sun Jian's fearlessness, bravery and near stupidity.

In fact, this little boy has been a sensation in the states and counties since he was a boy, and he is famous outside, and the camera is pulled back to Sun Jian's childhood to see how Xiao Gan was trained. In 155 AD, Sun Jian was born, and Cao Cao was also born in this year.Sun Jian, styled Wentai, was born in Fuchun, Wujun (now Fuyang, Zhejiang).There are records that Sun Jian is a descendant of Sun Wu, a famous military strategist in the Spring and Autumn Period. If you believe that Liu Bei's ancestor was Liu Sheng, the son of King Jing of Zhongshan, the son of Emperor Jing of Han, then you can also believe this record.

However, according to Mr. Chen Yinke's textual research, the Sun family in Fuchun was actually a second-class noble family not known for its culture.Sun Jian's father, Sun Zhong, grew melons for a living.According to legend, Sun Zhong was kind and generous, and gave four melons to a "mysterious man". Regardless of whether the legend is true or not, let's say that since Sun Zhong thought he was Sun Wu, he especially advocated martial arts and asked his children to practice martial arts since childhood.According to "Three Kingdoms", Sun Jian has "extraordinary appearance, generous personality, and curiosity", so he must be very talented and suitable for martial arts.Therefore, Sun Jian in his youth did not read poetry and books like Cao Cao, but focused on practicing boxing and kicking, rushing around with a stick.

Over time, Sun Jian developed a good kung fu, and also developed a heroic character of being brave, victorious, faithful, and fighting against injustice. He gradually became famous in the local area and became the big brother among the rural youths in Wu County.This group of wild and unruly young people willingly served Sun Jian, and later followed him to fight in the north and south, tossing around for a lifetime, and their loyalty is comparable to "my regiment leader, my regiment". Sun Jian really lived up to expectations. When he was only 17 years old, he showed people in Wu County what is the embodiment of justice and courage.

That year, Sun Jian followed his father to Qiantang County (now at the foot of Lingyin Mountain in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province) to do business.When the boat arrived at Qiantang, it happened that the pirate Hu Yu and his gang were robbing people and property by the river.There were so many thieves, all of them with shining knives, no one dared to step forward to meddle in their own affairs, and no ships dared to dock. Sun Jian observed for a while calmly, and said to his father: "These guys are not difficult to deal with, let me show them some color." He didn't stop him, and the tall son jumped onto the shore in one stride.

Hu Yu and his gang were packing up the stolen goods when they suddenly saw a handsome young man holding a knife, making gestures in his hand, and muttering something in his mouth. Outflank and cut off the enemy's back, three consecutive follow me to kill the enemy head-on" and other "spells". Thieves are not without guilt, Hu Yu and his gang panicked when they heard this, it's broken, officers and soldiers are here, and there are still a lot of them, so hurry up and talk about it!He didn't bother to take the stolen goods, so he ran wildly, only hating his parents for losing a pair of legs.Sun Jian refused to let go, and even chased after him and knocked over a few.

People watching from both sides of the strait had never seen such a scene before, they were all dumbfounded, unable to recover for a long time.Since then, the story of the little hero Sun Jian outwitting the pirate Hu Yu has spread from folk to official, and spread to every corner of Wu County.Sun Jian himself also became a well-known local figure of the year, and was officially awarded the official title of "false captain". The fake captain is a low-level military attache in the state government office, whose duty is to catch thieves and maintain local law and order.Although his official position is not high, Sun Jian finally got his first pot of gold for his life by virtue of a comedy performance "made out of nothing", and he can justifiably develop his troupe.

Since ancient times, heroes love beauties, and Sun Jian is no exception.There is a girl surnamed Wu in the local area, originally a daughter of an aristocratic family, but because her parents died early, she lived with relatives in Qiantang.When Sun Jian heard that there was such a good girl, he was tempted, and immediately ran to Wu's house to ask for a marriage.Unexpectedly, the Wu family didn't buy into this young hero at all, it's because of Sun Xiaogan's stupidity. Sun Xiaogan must have never heard of the saying "one step forward from the truth is a fallacy".A certain amount of heroism is admirable, but excessive heroism will be lost in recklessness.Sun Jian is a man of temperament, he can do whatever he wants, and he is overindulgent in caring for his subordinates, so he will inevitably be suspected of running amok in the countryside.All this led the locals to add the word "Qing" to Sun Jian's "Xia" name, calling him "Qing Xia", which means lightly and recklessly, which is actually similar to what Dong Zhuo later called "Xiao Dao".

The Wu family despised Sun Jian for being frivolous and cunning, and were unwilling to betroth Miss Wu to him, so they rejected the matter on the spot.In a fit of anger, Sun Xiaozhen lost his temper, threw a few jingle words to the Wu family, and left.The meaning of these few sentences can be refined into one sentence: "Do you want to marry, do you want to marry, or do you want to marry?" There is no second choice, if you don't make friends, don't blame me for being rude! The talented Sun Xiaogan left with a wave of his sleeves, but the dark clouds he left surrounded the Wu family.What can I do?Marry, isn't this pushing the girl into the fire pit?If you don't marry, that kid surnamed Sun can do anything!Just when everyone was full of worries, Miss Wu stood up gracefully and said: "Why do you have to let the whole family suffer blood and light for me? Why don't you agree to marry him now, and you have to leave it to fate as for the ending."

In this way, Sun Jian finally got his wish and embraced the beauty.Mrs. Wu originally married Sun Jian with the mentality of "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell", she didn't expect to give birth to four sons. The eldest son, Sun Ce, and the second son, Sun Quan, became the overlord of Jiangdong. ", enjoy the glory all your life.It seems that marrying Sun Jian did not go to hell, but went to heaven. In 172, Xu Chang of Kuaiji County proclaimed himself Emperor Yangming in Juzhang and gathered a crowd to rebel.Sun Jian recruited warriors as the commander of the county, defeated Xuchang together with the prefecture and county, and was promoted to the county magistrate of Yandu County (now Yancheng, Jiangsu).

In 184, Sun Jian followed Zhu Jun to suppress the Yellow Turban Uprising and fought hard, risking his life.In a battle, he was injured and fell off his horse, lying in the grass and unable to move. The troops searched everywhere and did not know where he was.It was Sun Jian's blue and white horse that ran back to the camp, pawing and neighing sharply, and everyone followed the horse to find Sun Jian.After resting for more than ten days, Sun Jian's injury improved slightly, and he immediately went into battle. In the first battle of Wanping, Sun Jian was not afraid of bows and arrows, and took the lead in climbing the city. Under his leadership, his subordinates stepped forward bravely like a chicken blood needle, and broke through Wancheng in one fell swoop.Because of this small stupid spirit that is not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice, Sun Jian was promoted to Sima of the other ministry. The first encounter between Sun Jian and Dong Zhuo dates back to 186, the year when Dong Zhuo pretended to be fishing and crossed the river under the eyes of the Qiang enemies.The Qiang people rebelled, and the imperial court sent Sikong and Zhang Wen to challenge the rebellion. Sun Jian was Zhang Wen's subordinate at that time.Zhang Wen was stationed in Chang'an, and summoned Dong Zhuo first. Unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo delayed his arrival for a long time, and was reprimanded by Zhang Wen, who even spoke rudely.Sun Jian happened to be there too, and he couldn't get used to Dong Zhuo's domineering, so he whispered to Zhang Wen that keeping Dong Zhuo would be a disaster, it would be better to kill him.But Zhang Wen hesitated for a while, and let Dong Zhuo go.Later, when Dong Zhuo was in chaos, Sun Jian sighed and said: "Mr. Zhang used to follow my words, and the court has no such difficulties today." Although Sun Jian could not foresee Dong Zhuo's later wolfish ambitions at that time, his good knowledge of people alone was enough to amaze the historians of later generations. . The Kwantung princes raised troops to attack Dong Zhuo, and Sun Jian responded positively.Sun Jian is not a man who just talks and doesn't do anything. He quickly rectified his troops and arrived in Luyang.While Luyang was waiting for food, Dong Zhuo sent General Hu Zhen to intercept Sun Jian. When Hu Zhen's troops arrived, Sun Jian was drinking and laughing with his generals outside the city of Luyang.After discovering the enemy, Sun Jian did not panic, and immediately ordered the troops to reorganize their lineup and not to move rashly, while he continued to drink and laugh, with a calm expression.It was not until there were more and more enemy cavalry that Sun Jian slowly got up and left his seat, leading the soldiers into the city in an orderly manner.Later, Sun Jian said to the general: "I didn't get up immediately at first, because I was worried that the soldiers would trample on each other, and you would not be able to enter the city." Seeing that Sun Jian's troops were neat and disciplined, Hu Zhen did not dare to advance rashly, so he withdrew his troops and left.In terms of courage and talent, Sun Jian deserves to be the descendant of Sun Tzu's legend. In 191, Sun Jian moved to Liang County (now Linruxi, Henan), and Dong Zhuo sent general Xu Rong to fight.Xu Rong was the one who almost killed Cao Cao in the last quarter. It seems that this person is really good, and the two sides defeated Sun Jian after the first encounter. Sun Jian was trapped in the forest and rushed from left to right, but it was difficult to break out, because the red turban on his head was very eye-catching, and the enemy would chase him wherever he went.His confidant Zu Mao asked Sun Jian to take off his turban and let him put it on, which attracted the enemy's attention and allowed Sun Jian to escape.Zu Mao was smart, he took off his scarf and hung it on the tree stump when he was chased urgently, and made himself a golden cicada that shed its shell.Xu Rong's cavalry gathered around and saw that there was a wooden stake under the turban, they were dumbfounded. Soon, Sun Jian regrouped and stationed in Yangren (now northeast of Ruyang, Henan), defeated the troops of Dong Zhuo's generals Lv Bu and Hu Zhen, and beheaded Hua Xiong.What is wronged is that in Zhong Zhong, Luo Guanzhong generously gave Guan Yu the credit for "Warming Wine and Killing Hua Xiong", but Sun Jian became Hua Xiong's defeated opponent instead. Seeing that Lu Bu and Hu Zhen were no match for Sun Jian, Dong Zhuo became frightened.Dong Zhuo sent Li Jue to ask Sun Jian for peace and marriage, and asked him to make a list of his children in the family, and he wanted to add officials and promote them one by one. It is no wonder that in "Three Kingdoms", Chen Shoudu alone gave Sun Jian a high evaluation of "loyal and strong".Faced with Dong Zhuo's seduction, Sun Jian was so angry that his face was redder than a red turban: "Dong Zhuo is against the sky, I will not punish his three clans, and if his head is hung up in the whole country, he will die in peace. How could he make peace with him?" Sun Jian continued to march into Dagu (now south of Luoyang, Henan). Dong Zhuo had no choice but to go into battle in person and fought fiercely with Sun Jian.Rao is Dong Zhuo's unique skill of shooting left and right, and he is not Sun Jian's opponent.Dong Zhuo was defeated and fled, Sun Jian followed up, and defeated Lu Bu again in Luoyang.Seeing that Sun Jian was so brave, Dong Zhuo gave Sun Jian the nickname "Little Stupid" when he was terrified, and then fled to Chang'an without stopping. When he came to Luoyang, facing the tragic situation of "no fireworks in hundreds of miles", Sun Jian, a tough man, couldn't help but "melancholy and shed tears".He stopped chasing after Dong Zhuo, repaired the imperial tombs that Dong Zhuo had destroyed one by one, cleaned the ancestral temple of the Han family, and performed sacrifices with the ceremony of a prison. According to Zhongyan, Sun Jian discovered the Jade Seal of Chuanguo in the outskirts of Luoyang, and became greedy suddenly, so he breached the contract and withdrew his troops.There is no evidence for this statement, and it is not in line with Sun Jian's character.Some people speculate that the Wu people invented this statement in order to show that they were orthodox in the Han Dynasty. This kind of fallacy is not found in "Three Kingdoms". So, why did Sun Jian, who was so powerful, retreat halfway?History once again proves that the most vicious arrows do not come from the enemy, but from the allies behind.The notorious Dong Zhuo failed to defeat Sun Jian, but the "famous" Yuan Shao managed to dampen Sun Jian's fighting spirit. While Sun Xiaozhen was playing with his life to kill the enemy, the Kwantung Allied Forces were vying for territory. Yuan Shao, the boss of the Allied Forces, was even more ruthless. While Sun Jian was away, he sent his generals to rob Sun Jian's headquarters in Yuzhou. When Sun Jian heard the news, he was greatly shocked, and wept sadly: "The purpose of our volunteer soldiers is to save the country, and now the traitors will be wiped out, but the internal struggle is like this. What about?" So disheartened, powerless and unwilling to fight Dong Zhuo again, he pulled his troops back to attack Yuan Shao, regained Yuzhou, and the matter of attacking Dong Zhuo ended like this. In the third year of Chuping, Yuan Shu sent Sun Jian to conquer Jingzhou and attack Liu Biao.Liu Biao sent Huang Zu to fight between Fancheng and Deng County. Sun Jian defeated Huang Zu, took advantage of the victory and pursued, crossed the Han River, besieged Xiangyang, and defeated Huang Zu again.Huang Zu fled to Mount Xian, Sun Jian pursued him closely, and without warning, a hidden arrow shot quietly from the forest behind him.The ever-victorious general Sun Jian did not die in the hands of Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, but died under the arrow of an unknown soldier under Huang Zu. In this battle to capture Jingzhou, Sun Jian was victorious, but because he chased the enemy alone, he was killed by an arrow in the back. It seemed accidental, but this accident implied inevitability.As the commander-in-chief of the whole army, it is more important to strategize and command to kill the enemy. This behavior of "chasing the enemy alone" is really inconsistent with the identity of the commander. However, fighting with all his strength and not hesitating to take risks alone is Sun Jian's "small" style. "Xiao Gan" won a series of victories for him, but ruined his life at an unexpected moment. What happened to Sun Jian was a tragedy of fate, and even more a tragedy of character.