Born in a poor family in Xie Xian County, Hedong, he went through a period of exile in his early years, during which he was bullied and oppressed by the literati. As a result, he has developed a character of "being kind to soldiers and arrogant to literati", and his own ability is extraordinary, so he despises and despises those literati who are in high positions. Among them, what he despises most is the generals of Wu Dong Group, who often regard Sun Wu's generals as nothing.
-But there is a general Wu Dong who can make Guan Yu feel scared and even make Guan Yu's place name!
This man's name is Gan Ning, and he is a famous Wu Dong. In his early years, he ran a bandit business in Ba County for more than 20 years. Later, he turned over a new leaf and joined Sun Wu. Gan Ning's military career is very short. He joined Wu Dong for only a few years. This shows that Gan Ning was a bandit in Jiang for more than 20 years in his early years. Even if he started to be a bandit at the age of 20, he was already in his forties when he joined the army. When Ada was alive, he joined the Ada Group. In A.D. 194, Liu Zhang ascended the throne, and Gan Ning led the troops to revolt. He didn't join Dongwu until around 207 AD. This military career lasted 12 years.
That is to say, Gan Ning joined the army in his 40 s and Wu Dong in his 50 s. After the Second World War, Gan Ning never appeared again. He probably died of illness, or he was too old and weak to lead the army. He should have only stayed in Wu Dong for eight years, or at least his main time in Wu Dong was only eight years. However, in a short period of time, he was among the "Twelve Tiger Generals" and achieved no less achievements than the old generals such as Cheng Pu. It can be seen that his ability is outstanding and he is a rare figure in Sun Wu Group.
Among them, Gan Ning's most classic record is the famous "Hundred Riders Robbed Cao Camp" in history, which only led more than 100 relatives to raid Cao Camp, seriously damaging Cao Jun's spirit and causing Cao Cao's 400,000 troops to return in vain. In this respect! Sun Quan also said: "Meng De has Zhang Liao, who is willing to prosper the country alone and has made many enemies!" Highly praised. It shows that Gan Ning is a valiant soldier, and his ability is no less than that of Zhang Liao, and he should be among the best in the whole Three Kingdoms period.
-The game between Gan Ning and Guan Yu began with the battle between Sun and Liu in the three counties of Jingnan.
In the twentieth year of Jian 'an (AD 2 15), Sun Quan thought that Liu Bei had occupied Yizhou and should be returned to Jingzhou counties, so he sent envoys to Jingzhou to claim Jingzhou counties. Although Liu Bei promised to return it on the surface, he was extremely unwilling, so he shirked that he was plotting Liangzhou. If Liangzhou is taken, Jingzhou will be returned. Sun Quan saw that Liu Bei was prevaricating with empty words, so he asked him to return the three counties of Changsha, Lingling and Guiyang first, and appointed the prefect of the three counties to cross the river and take office. I don't want to be deported by Guan Yu. Sun Quan was furious and sent Lv Meng to attack the three counties in Jingnan.
Jingzhou is Liu Bei's hometown of Longxing, and Longxing occupies an important position in Han Shu Group. Liu Bei immediately gave up the battle of Hanzhong when he learned that the three counties had been lost. At that time, Cao Cao was attacking Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. He personally took 50,000 troops to the public security and asked Guan Yu to lead 5,000 troops across the river to attack Yiyang. Guan Yu threw something to block the upper reaches of Yiyang and planned to wade across the river at night. At that time, Lu Su was ordered to be stationed in Yiyang and hurriedly called everyone to discuss. Gan Ning had only 300 relatives, so he said to Lu Su, "You can use 500 people to benefit me, and I will go to the right place, so that my feathers can be protected from spitting, and I dare not wade. If I wade, I will catch it! " Lu Su sent more than 1000 troops to Ganning. Guan Yu heard that Gan Ning was on the other side and did not dare to cross the river. He only ordered to camp on the other side. Since then, this place has been named Guan Yu Temple.
Gan Ning, with more than 1,000 military forces, let Guan Yu's 5,000 soldiers retreat one after another, which not only bought Lu Su time to attend the meeting, but also avoided a war for Wu Dong. -Then what? Why did Guan Yu dare not cross the river that day? See what Wuqi says.
Wu Qi was a saint in the Warring States period and the author's favorite strategist. He integrated the thoughts of militarists, legalists and Confucianists all his life, wrote countless military miracles, and achieved brilliant results of 72 wars and 64 victories. Combined with his lifelong military philosophy, he wrote Woods Art of War, which is called Sun Wu Art of War together with Sun Wu Art of War. It is a treasure in the cultural history of chinese military history and China.
In the Art of War by Woods, most military concepts have become the wisdom of military strategists in the cold weapon era, which has been widely praised and used for reference by future generations. Among them, his research on water warfare should have a say. For example, in the article "Looking forward to the enemy", he mentioned that you can attack halfway through the water! In the contingency article, he also mentioned that if the enemy comes out of the water, it will be half-crossing! Wu Qi repeatedly emphasized the importance of giving up halfway in his book. Because when there are more opponents than yourself, the formation is the most dispersed only in the case of semi-crossing. As long as a small number of soldiers and horses landed are defeated in one fell swoop, the morale of the whole team will be severely hit and the formation will be completely disrupted. People in the water can't go ashore There is no advantage in numbers.
Wu Qi's tactical thought of wading halfway and hitting if he can, has been used in actual combat for many times by later generations. There was also such a case during the Three Kingdoms period, that is, the battle between Cao Cao and Ma Chao in Weinan. At that time, Cao Cao organized tens of thousands of troops to cross the Weihe River. When the troops crossed the middle road, Ma Chao suddenly led the battle, which not only breached Cao Jun, but also almost captured Cao Cao alive. Thanks to Chu Xu and others, Cao Cao was spared.
So is the battle of Yiyang. Although Guan Yu has 5,000 elite soldiers, he has an absolute advantage in numbers. But Gan Ning is also an experienced veteran who is proficient in the art of war. If Guan knew that Gan Ning was lying in ambush on the other side and dared to wade across the river, then Gan Ning would probably lead an army to raid and defeat him halfway across the river.
So! If Guan Yu forcibly crosses the river, the result will not be what Gan Ning expected, and he will be captured alive by Gan Ning. This is the main reason why Guan Yu didn't cross the river.
Guan Yu, who spent his whole life reading the Art of War, not only has rich combat experience, but also has a unique tactical vision. When he is considering whether to cross the river, he will of course consider his opponent's tactics. Although he often looked down on General Sun Wu, this phenomenon was mainly reflected during the Battle of Fancheng. Some of Wu Dong's early valiant generals, such as Zhou Yu, Lv Meng, Gan Ning and others, were not below him in military level, but Guan Yu still had some scruples. At least not as lightly as the battle of Fancheng. Moreover, after Fancheng's war, Lv Meng pretended to be ill and retired to the second line, and Guan Yu withdrew the garrison in Jingzhou.
-So! It is not so much that Gan Ning scared Guan Yu away, but rather that Gan Ning's strategy was used properly, which exposed the signal that he was lying in ambush on the other side in advance. Guan Yu backed away from difficulties and avoided the war between the two families.