Among these heroes, we are familiar with Guan Yu, a hero in China, Zhao Yun, a courageous man, Zhang Fei and Zhang Liao, who threatened to cry when they attacked Jiangdong children at night, and Lu Bu, a hero in the world, and so on. These heroes, they either died in battle or died in battle; Still a good beginning and a good end, died in bed; Or destroyed or beheaded. No matter what the final result is, people still know the end of their lives.
However, not all heroes in history can be so "lucky" to be recorded by historians. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, heroes came forth in large numbers, and the final result was that their whereabouts were unknown. No one knows how their lives will end. The following three characters belong to the missing generals!
Guan Yu who shocked China!
1. Gao Lan, a famous soldier in Hebei Province, was originally a subordinate of Yuan Shao, who played an important role in the process of Yuan Shao's unification of Hebei Province and was an outstanding general under Yuan Shao's account.
In the fifth year of Jian 'an (200 BC), Gao Lan followed the master Yuan Shao in Guandu. In the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao attacked the Wu Dynasty. After Yuan Shao learned that Cao Cao was leading an army to attack the Wu Dynasty, he decided to encircle Wei to save Zhao, that is, Yuan Shao did not organize troops to rescue the defenders of the Wu Dynasty, but assembled heavy troops to storm the empty Cao Cao camp, with the intention of exchanging the Wu Dynasty for Cao Cao's stronghold. The generals who led the troops to attack Cao Junying were Zhang He and Gao Lan.
Gao Lan, a famous Hebei soldier, turned out to be a subordinate of Yuan Shao!
Zhang He and Gao Lan were dissatisfied with the headstrong Yuan Shaozao. Now they hear that the Wu Dynasty was destroyed, but they are even more disheartened about Yuan Shao. Finally, Zhang He defected with Gao Lan and surrendered to Cao Cao.
After Zhang He surrendered to Cao Cao, he was appointed as a partial general and conferred the title of Hou Ting, while after Gao Lan surrendered to Cao Cao, he was also appointed as a partial general and conferred the title of Donglai Hou.
Unlike Zhang He, who was highly regarded and eventually became one of the five outstanding figures of Cao Cao, Gao Lan disappeared from the history books after surrendering to Cao Cao. Since then, the history books have not recorded any deeds about Gao Lan, and Gao Lan has since "disappeared".
In the popular novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong invented a life ending for Gao Lan, that is, in the battle of Jingzhou, Gao Lan was ordered to pursue Liu Bei and was stabbed to death by Zhao Yun on the way.
Gao Lan has since "disappeared".
Second, Yan, a famous Yizhou star, was originally a subordinate of Liu Zhang. In the 18th year of Jian 'an (2 13), Yan Yan was appointed as the magistrate of Ba County in Yizhou, and led the troops to guard Jiangzhou (now Yuzhong District of Chongqing) to guard against Liu Bei's attack.
In the 19th year of Jian 'an (2 14), Liu Bei led the troops to attack Yizhou, and his subordinate Zhang Fei led the troops to attack Jiangzhou. After fierce fighting, Yan Yan was defeated and captured alive by Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei angrily rebuked Yan Yan and said, "How dare you refuse to fight without surrendering?" Yan Yan replied: "Your Majesty and others invaded our state, but there were beheaded generals in our state, and none of them surrendered." Zhang Fei asked angrily, "My army is coming. Why don't you surrender and dare to resist?" Yan Yan replied, "You invaded my country for no reason. I have only beheaded generals here, but no surrendered generals. "
Zhang Fei was furious and ordered his men to pull Yan Yan down and behead her. Yan Yan said with a straight face, "If you behead, you behead. What are you angry about! " At this time, Zhang Fei was deeply shocked by Yan Yan's integrity. He not only untied Yan Yan personally, but also treated him with courtesy. This is the story of "Zhang Fang". Only since then, there has never been any record of Yan Yan's deeds in the history books.
Veteran Yan Yan!
In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong fictionalized the ending of Yan Yan's life, that is, Yan Yan felt Liu Bei's loyalty and completely surrendered to Liu Bei. Since then, Yan Yan actively persuaded Liu Bei to surrender to Yizhou Shoujiang and made suggestions for Liu Bei's attack on Chengdu.
However, according to the limited records in the History of the Three Kingdoms, Yan Yan may not have surrendered to Liu Bei from beginning to end, let alone made suggestions for Liu Bei, and Yan Yan may have committed suicide after being broken in Chengdu. Because of the loyalty of General Ba and General Yan, Emperor Taizong specially renamed Linjiang as "Zhongzhou" (now Zhongxian, Chongqing) and posthumous title as "Hero General". In Song Zhengqi, Wen Tianxiang once sang, "The four ministers of the ancient times will be the first to serve the blood of Master Ji". For Zhang Suiyang's teeth, for Yan Changshan's tongue. "Judging from Wen Tianxiang's praise, at least in the late Song Dynasty, it is generally believed that Yan Yan committed suicide for Liu Zhang.