Dong Fang let out a sigh of relief and quickly kowtowed and said thanks: "Great Sima Renyi, I would like to thank you for not killing me!"
Another governor of a thousand people held a military salute and continued to persuade: "Da Sima, don't believe those nonsense. People in the world say that you must not break your oaths, and those who violate them will be punished by heaven. These are all spread by ignorant people, and they should not be taken seriously."
Really!"
Quan Cong looked at the setting sun on the horizon, stroked his beard and smiled calmly: "I have lived so many years longer than you, don't you know the importance of oaths? You don't need to say anything more about this matter.
I decided to give them a way out. You must remember not to disobey the general's orders for the sake of merit and personal vendetta. If you really do that, it will really be a shame to our Jiangdong soldiers."
The two thousand-man governors blushed with shame and saluted the army: "Promise, Da Sima's generals and servants will definitely obey!"
Quan Cong nodded, then waved his hand and said: "Okay, you can go to other doors to help other brothers. There is no need to stay here to accompany me."
The two thousand-man governors took the order and left. Quan Cong immediately stepped forward and kowtowed to the ground. Dong Fang held up his forearms and raised the cake and said: "General Dong, please get up quickly. As long as General Dong and all the brothers can do it for me in the future,
For any meritorious service in Jiangdong, your Majesty and I will be generous in rewarding the general."
Dong Fang clasped his fists in joy and said: "General, on behalf of my brothers, thank you, Great Sima!" Dong Fang was previously worried that he would be left out because he was a surrendered general.
He will not be reused or promoted in the future. A moment later, Quan Cong made him a good promise, but it was only in words and had not yet been implemented. You have to listen to his words and watch his actions!
Without thinking, Dong Fang clasped his fists again and said: "Only His Majesty and Da Sima are willing to give me this opportunity. I am willing to make contributions to Jiangdong and become Jiangdong's Zhang Wenyuan!"
Dong Fang knew that even if he expressed his position like this, it would be difficult to win the trust of the suspicious Jiangdong leader Sun Zhongmou. After all, Sun Quan was very suspicious of his own people, even people like Lu Boyan.
Although he also knew that among the military generals of Wei, Shu and Wu, there were many surrendered generals who were defeated and surrendered from the enemy's country, and there were also many highly regarded surrendered generals. He just didn't know if he would have the luck to be one who was highly regarded.
The general was surrendered,
During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, surrendered generals were a common group. That is to say, there were many generals who surrendered among the generals of the Wei, Shu, and Wu kingdoms.
For example, among the generals of the Shu Han Dynasty, Wang Ping, Jiang Wei and others were descended from Cao Wei.
Another example is that among the five good generals of Cao Wei, Zhang Liao was once Lu Bu's subordinate, and Zhang He was once Yuan Shao's subordinate. As for Guan Yu's carelessness and loss of Jingzhou, Fu Shiren, Mi Fang and others surrendered to Sun Quan and came to Soochow as surrendered generals.
Of course, for the same demoted generals, their final treatment and achievements will naturally be different. For example, after Fu Shiren and Mi Fang came to Soochow, they were hardly reused.
Another example is that after Yu Jin returned to Cao Wei, he was humiliated by Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi.
Jiang Wei is the son of Cao Jiangjie, Cao Wei's Tianshui Gong. Jiang Wei lost his father when he was young. He served his mother and worshiped the Confucian master Zheng Xuan.
After entering the Three Kingdoms period, Jiang Wei became an official in Wei State.
In 228 AD, when Ge Liang, Prime Minister of the Shu Han Dynasty, was on his northern expedition to the Central Plains, Jiang Wei was jealous and had no choice but to surrender to the Shu Han Dynasty. He was reused by the Prime Minister of Shu, Zhuge Liang, and was nurtured and carefully trained by Zhuge Liang.
In 234 AD, after Zhuge Liang's death, Jiang Wei began to rise to prominence in the Shu army.
Zhang He participated in quelling the Yellow Turban Uprising at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. After surrendering to Yuan Shao, Zhang He was instrumental in defeating Gongsun Zan and moved to the Ning Kingdom as Zhonglang General.
He participated in the Battle of Guandu and was repulsed by Cao Hong. He then surrendered to Cao Cao and was awarded the title of "General of the Side". He was a surrendered general who surrendered many times.
From then on, Zhang He followed Cao Cao to conquer Hebei, followed Zhang Liao to conquer Huainan, followed Xiahou Yuan to pacify Liangzhou, followed Cao Cao to capture Hanzhong, and made many military exploits.
After Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, Zhang He moved to the left as a general and was granted the title of Marquis of Min County. He followed Cao Zhen to attack and pacify the Qiang and Hu, and then followed Xia Houshang to besiege Jiangling.
In the second year of Taihe (228), Zhang He was transferred to the right general, and he followed Cao Zhen to resist Zhuge Liang, and defeated the Shu Kingdom Ma Su in the Battle of Jieting, forcing Zhuge Liang to retreat to Hanzhong and move to conquer the Western Chariot General.
In the fifth year of Taihe (231 years), he was forced by Sima Yi to lead troops to pursue the Shu army. He pursued them to Mumen and was killed by an arrow. He was posthumously named Zhuanghou. He was killed by Sima Yi because he excluded dissidents.
Therefore, as a surrendered general, Zhang He eventually rose to the rank of general of chariots and cavalry in Cao Wei, thus outperforming Jin, Zhang Liao, Le Jin, Xu Huang and other five good generals of Cao Wei in terms of official positions.
To a certain extent, if he had not been killed in battle in 231 AD, Zhang He's official position in Cao Wei might have been further promoted. This was of course something Sima Yi did not want to see.
During the Chuping period, Pang De followed Ma Teng to fight against the rebellion and was promoted to captain;
During the Jian'an period, Cao Cao marched against Yuan Shao's sons Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang. Yuan Tan sent his generals Guo Yuan and Gao Gan to capture Hedong County. Pang De followed Ma Chao and led an army to resist. Pang De served as the vanguard and killed Guo Yuan. He was promoted to Zhonglang General for his merit.
Fengdu Tinghou.
In the 16th year of Jian'an (AD 211), Ma Chao rebelled and was defeated by Cao Cao. Ma Chao led his troops to attach themselves to Zhang Lu; later, Ma Chao defected to Liu Bei, and Pang De stayed in Zhang Lu's tent.
In the 20th year of Jian'an (AD 215), Cao Cao pacified Hanzhong, and Pang De and others surrendered with Zhang Lu.
Cao Cao heard about Pang De's bravery and appointed him as General Liyi and granted him the title of Marquis of Guanmenting. The guards of Wancheng, Hou Yin and Wei Kai, rebelled. Pang De led his troops and Cao Ren to conquer Wancheng, killed Hou Yin and Wei Kai, and then garrisoned the city.
Fancheng.
In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (AD 219), Guan Yu attacked Cao Ren of Fan City, and Pang De and Yu Jin stationed troops in the north of Fan City.
It rained heavily and Fancheng was flooded by the Han River. Guan Yu took the opportunity to launch an attack and surrounded Pang De and Yu Jin.
Yu Jin surrendered to Guan Yu, but Pang De fought desperately, but was captured by Guan Yu when his boat capsized and fell into the water. Guan Yu persuaded him to surrender, but Pang De refused and was killed by Guan Yu. When Cao Cao heard that Pang De had been killed, he shed tears of grief and named his two sons as Lieutenants.
Hou.
After Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, he issued an edict to posthumously confer Pang De the title of Zhuanghou.
The last one was Huang Gongheng, who surrendered to the Shu Han. He was originally from Langzhong County, Brazil County (now Langzhong, Sichuan).
Huang Quan was a county official when he was young, and was later summoned by Liu Zhang, the shepherd of Yizhou, to be the chief administrator.
As Liu Zhang's subordinate, Huang Quan advised Liu Zhang not to welcome Liu Bei before Liu Bei entered Sichuan, so he was released as the magistrate of Guanghan County.
After Liu Zhang was defeated, Huang Quan surrendered to Liu Bei and was worshiped as a partial general by the latter. On this basis, Huang Quan planned to capture Hanzhong and worship the protective army.
Liu Bei was the king of Hanzhong and still led Yizhou as a pastoralist, with Huang Quan in charge of governing the country.
In 221 AD, Liu Bei ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Chengdu, officially establishing the Shu Han Dynasty.
Before the Battle of Yiling, Huang Quan refused to accept his advice, so Liu Bei took him as the general to control the north and supervise the Jiangbei army to prevent the Wei army from attacking.
Judging from the magnanimity of the Three Kingdoms in the past, both Cao Wei and Shu Han could accept surrendered generals and let them show their talents, but there is no such precedent in Jiangdong. It is a bit petty, so Dong Fang cannot help but suspect that Jiangdong will neglect him in the future.