Who is Gan Ning? Where does his martial arts rank among the Three Kingdoms? What are the achievements? In this article, the author will talk to you about Gan Ning.
Gan Ning is from Linjiang, Ba County. He has had a difficult life. In terms of martial arts and abilities, at least in the Soochow camp, Gan Ning is a leader. It's a pity that I feel aggrieved everywhere. Maybe the feng shui of the ancestral grave is not very good, and it is a land of crouching tigers and dragons. Just in line with the saying, "If it's a tiger, you have to lie down; if it's a dragon, you have to coil up."
From the time of Sun Jian, to Sun Ce, and then to Sun Quan, among the generals of Soochow, Gan Ning had the best record, and his killing rate ranked among the top five in the entire Three Kingdoms era. .
Let’s understand Gan Ning’s rough and tortuous life through his combat experience.
When Gan Ning was young, he led a group of water bandits to rob merchant ships on the river. His fleet used the stolen brocade silk as sails, so it was called "Jin Sail". thief". Huang Zu, a general under Liu Biao, took Gan Ning in and took him to station in Xiakou, mainly to defend against Soochow's attack. Gan Ning began his military career filled with guns and arrows.
1. Shooting Ling Cao (bow and arrow)
This was during the battle of Xiaguo. Soochow attacked Huang Zu, but Huang Zu was defeated. Ling Cao was the first to pursue him. Gan Ning, who served under Huang Zu, shot Ling Cao to death with an arrow. This arrow caused Gan Ning to go through many twists and turns in the years to come.
2. Chop Deng Long with a sword (short sword)
This was in the Battle of Miangkou. At this time, Gan Ning had surrendered to Soochow under Lu Meng's persuasion, and was appointed as the vanguard captain, leading the men who dared to die to attack Huang Zu. During this battle, Gan Ning jumped onto the enemy ship and killed Huang Zu's general Deng Long.
3. Shoot Huang Zu (bow and arrow)
Huang Zu was defeated and panicked. He was intercepted by Gan Ning outside the east gate of the city. Huang Zu returned to his horse and fled, but was chased by Gan Ning. The arrow was shot under the horse, beheading him.
4. Shooting Cai Si (bow and arrow)
This was during the battle of Sanjiangkou on the eve of the Battle of Chibi. During Cao Cao's southern expedition, Liu Cong surrendered. Cao Cao conquered all parts of Xiangfan. Cao Cao ordered Cai Mao's younger brother Cai Yi (xūn) to lead the navy to attack Soochow. Gan Ning fought and shot Cai Si down with one arrow.
5. Sudden killing of Cai Zhong (big sword)
Before burning Red Cliff, Gan Ning led his troops to sneak into Cao's camp on Zhou Yu's order, killed Cai Zhong who was pretending to surrender, and burned Cao's camp. .
6. Kill Ma Yan (broad sword)
After entering Cao’s camp, Gan Ning led his troops to pursue Cao Cao’s defeated troops. Cao’s army general Ma Yan came to fight, but he was killed by Gan Ning. .
7. Kill Zhang Wei (yǐ) (broad sword)
Cao Jun’s general Zhang Wei intercepted Gan Ning’s pursuit, and Gan Ning killed him off his horse with a single blow of his sword.
8. Chain smashing Zhu Guang (iron chain)
Sun Quan led his troops to attack Wancheng. Gan Ning climbed up first, waved the iron chain to block the rain of arrows, and took the lead to climb the tower. After smashing the guard Zhu Guang over, his men rushed forward and hacked him to death.
9. Defeat Cao Hong (Big Sword)
In the battle for Yiling, Gan Ning led his troops to attack Yiling and met Cao Hong. The two generals fought for more than 20 times, but Cao Hong pretended to be defeated. And go.
10. Retire Lejin (Broad Sword)
This is in the battle of Hefei. Gan Ning followed Sun Quan into Hefei, and Cao General Lejin met the enemy. The two generals did not fight. After counting, Le Jin pretended to be defeated and left.
11. Hundreds of cavalry rob Cao’s camp (big sword)
Cao Cao personally led the army to reinforce Hefei. Gan Ning led a hundred cavalry to bravely attack the camp. They killed indiscriminately and retreated calmly without anyone. casualties.
12. An arrow injured Le Jin (bow and arrow)
In the battle of Ruxukou, Cao Jiang Lejin and Dongwu Lingtong clashed. There was no winner at fifty, but Cao Xiu shot him down with an arrow from behind. Ling Tong's war horse, Gan Ning returned the favor and shot Le Jin in the cheek with an arrow, causing him to fall from his horse.
13. Death at Fuchikou (End)
During the Battle of Xiaoting, Gan Ning fell ill, and the Shu army suddenly attacked. Gan Ning's sick horse was killed by the enemy general Shamo. Ke was shot in the head with an arrow and fled to the entrance of Fuchi. He sat under a big tree and bled to death.
Looking at Gan Ning's record, the General Secretary killed 8 enemy generals and seriously injured 1 more.
This kind of record ranks first among the generals of Soochow, even surpassing the little overlord Sun Ce, and far better than Tai Shi Ci. In terms of performance alone, Gan Ning is the number one general in Soochow.
But because Gan Ning was a river thief when he was young, he offended many powerful nobles in Soochow. In the Battle of Xiakou, Ling Cao, the fierce general of Soochow, was shot to death, and he offended the general group of Soochow. Gan Ning had an overly upright character and was unwilling to show weakness when aggrieved. Therefore, Gan Ning was always ostracized by everyone in Soochow. Only Lu Meng took good care of him.
Zhou Tai, who was also a Jiang bandit like him, was more recognized and trusted than Gan Ning when he came to rescue Sun Quan twice. From ancient times to the present, no matter in any era, those who know how to do things are not as good as those who know how to mess around.
It is generally believed that the strongest martial artist in this area of ??Jiangdong is still the "little overlord" Sun Ce. During the battle of Shenting, Taishi Cineng Baihe and Sun Ce were evenly matched. Gan Ning's force value should not be higher than these two. Based on this standard, it is difficult for Gan Ning's force value to enter the top fifteen in the entire three-point era. There are at least the following generals who are more skilled than Gan Ning: Lu Bu, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Yan Liang, Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Huang Zhong, Wen Chou, Pang De, Xu Huang, Cao Zhang , Xiahou Dun, Li Yan, etc.
There are at least the following generals who are comparable in martial arts to Gan Ning:
Sun Ce, Taishi Ci, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Wen Yang, Guan Ping, Xia Houyuan, etc.
From this point of view, in the ranking of the Three Kingdoms' military strength, it is considered good for Gan Ning to rank eighteen or nine.