The story of the famous general Yang Hu winning people's hearts

> Yang Hu In 263 AD, the state of Wei pacified the Shu-Han Dynasty, and the world was divided into three parts for decades, which evolved into a pattern of confrontation between the north and the south between Wei and Wu. Two years later, the state of Jin was established instead of the state of Wei. Sima Yanxu balanced the world, looked south to the Yangtze River, and set his grand ambition to unify the world. Sima Yan made corresponding strategic arrangements and transferred the Chinese Army General Yang Hu to oversee the military affairs in Jingzhou. Yang Hu was born into a famous family, and his ancestors served as officials for nine generations, all of whom were known for their integrity. >>After Yang Hu arrived at the Jingzhou front line, he carefully analyzed the political and military situation of the Soochow regime. From a political point of view, the heroic leader of the Soochow Kingdom has passed away. After Sun Hao succeeded, politics gradually became corrupt; from a military point of view, the famous Soochow generals Lu Xun and Cheng Pu all passed away one after another, but Lu Xun's son Lu Kang He still has the legacy of his father, and his talents are not inferior to those of his predecessors. Soochow has an army of 200,000, and is good at water warfare. It relies on the natural dangers of the Yangtze River to compete with the Jin State. It is a force that cannot be underestimated. Taking this into consideration, Yang Hu secretly formulated a strategy to win the hearts and minds of the people. > > Yang Hu came out of the town of Nanxia, ??reclaimed land, opened schools, visited the poor and asked about their hardships, and provided relief to those in need. He did many good deeds that benefited the people and made them convenient, and won the heart of Jiang ***. Yang Hu also attacked Soochow. Every time he fought with the Soochow army, he informed the opponent in advance and never made a sneak attack to cover up the killing. After the soldiers of Wu State surrendered to Jin State, if they were willing to return to their hometowns, Yang Hu would let them go back to their hometowns at any time. One day, Jin army soldiers captured two prisoners. Yang Hu learned that they were a pair of brothers and had an elderly father at home, so he immediately released them. Soon, Wu army generals Xia Xiang and Shao Kai led their men to surrender. The pair The father of the released brother led the whole clan to surrender to the Jin Kingdom with the surrendering army. > > Autumn is coming. In order to store grain and grass for winter, the Jin army entered the territory of Wu to harvest grain and cut grass. Yang Hu required the entire army to strictly abide by discipline when harvesting grain and grass, carefully calculate the amount of grain and grass, and use silk of equal value to Repay farmers. At that time, food was very scarce, and the generals of the Jin army often led their soldiers to hunt. Yang Hu strictly ordered all troops to hunt only on Jin territory and were not allowed to enter Wu territory without permission. Sometimes, the soldiers watched helplessly as injured prey escaped into the territory of Wu, but they had to stop the pursuit. However, Yang Hu stipulated that the animals wounded by Wu soldiers and fled into Jin territory must be returned to Wu soldiers. As a result, the people of Wu State were sincerely convinced and grateful. The people in Jianghan area all called Yang Hu "Yang Gong", but they forgot his name. > > Lu Kang was a rare outstanding general in the late Eastern Wu Dynasty. Although he and Yang Hu faced each other across the border and fought each other, he admired Yang Hu very much in his heart. He secretly admired: "Yang Gong's virtue is even greater than that of Le Yi, It may not be able to exceed that." Once, Lu Kang fell ill. When Yang Hu found out, he sent someone to visit him and sent him a can of medicine. Lu Kang picked up the medicine and was about to drink it. The people around him stopped him and said, "This is a gift from the people of Jin. How can you drink the medicine casually?" Lu Kang said, "How could Yanggong poison the medicine?" So he drank the medicine in one gulp. > > At this time, the Soochow regime was becoming increasingly corrupt. Sun Haohuang was licentious, arrogant, cruel, cruel to the loyal, and extorted money and taxes, making the people miserable. Lu Kang felt that the country's affairs were deteriorating, but he had no power to turn things around. Sun Hao issued many edicts urging Lu Kang to send troops to attack Jin. Lu Kang wrote: "Even in a small town, we have to be kind to the people, let alone a big country. If I work hard to raise the army, I will treat Yang Hu In fact, it would not cause any harm, but it would show his kindness." Lu Kang insisted on recruiting troops to defend himself, and the armies of Wu and Jin were in peace. > > In 277 AD, Yang Hu fell seriously ill. He felt that time was running out, so he requested to go to the court to see Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, to discuss his plan to defeat Wu. Sima Yan was not suitable to enter the palace due to Yang Hu's illness, so he specially sent Zhongshu Ling Zhang Hua to Nanxia to listen to suggestions. >> At that time, many officials in the imperial court were opposed to the invasion of Jiangnan. Yang Hu said to Zhang Hua: "Unsatisfactory things in the world account for only eight out of ten, and there are not many opportunities. Now the tyranny of Wu State is getting worse day by day. , and Lu Kang has been dead for three years. This is really a God-given opportunity. If we send troops, we can defeat it without fighting. God has given it but we don’t take it. We will regret it in the future if Sun Hao dies unfortunately. The people of Wu will establish a new master. By that time, even if there are millions of soldiers, it will be difficult to cross the Yangtze River, and it will leave consequences for future generations." Zhang Hua agreed deeply and said to Yang Hu: "The Lord has made up his mind to march to the south of the Yangtze River, and has decided that you will be responsible for the expedition. As the commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, you can sit and lie on the chariots and ships to command the armies in battle.

"Yang Hu replied: "I don't have to do it personally to take over Jiangnan. I don't dare to claim to be something that makes me famous. He recommended Du Yu to be the commander-in-chief, and repeatedly warned Zhang Hua: "It is easy to pacify Jiangnan. Your Majesty does not need to worry about this matter." But after pacifying Wu, the generals may compete for credit, and this matter must be handled properly. For the long-term stability of the country, we must carefully select talents to assist the country. These are all considered. >> >The next year, Yang Hu died of illness, and the entire Jin State mourned. On the day of the funeral, Sima Yan dressed in plain clothes and personally delivered the funeral. It was the severe cold winter, and Sima Yan refused to leave for a long time, and shed tears of sadness on his face. Everything on their beard and hair condensed into ice particles. When the people of Jianghan learned the news of Yang Hu's death, they were immersed in grief. People going to the market voluntarily went on strike and cried loudly. Even the soldiers guarding the border of Wu State shed sad tears. . >> In order to commemorate Yang Hu, the people built a monument and a temple for him on Yanshan Mountain. During the Qingming Festival, thousands of people came to Yanshan to commemorate Yang Hu. Therefore, everyone shed tears when they saw the Yanggong monument. , later generations renamed the Yanggong Monument "The Falling Tears Monument" >>After Yang Hu's death, Sima Yan appointed Du Yu as the general of Zhennan and the commander of the military affairs of Jingzhou. In 279 AD, one year after Yang Hu's death, the Jin Dynasty. The Chinese army divided into three groups to attack Wu. Du Yu captured Dongxiang (today's east of Songzi County, Hubei). More than 10,000 Wu soldiers and civilians surrendered. Then, Du Yu captured Jiangling (today's Zhijiang and Qianjiang counties in Hubei). , so from the south of the Xiangjiang and Yuanjiang rivers to Jiaozhou and Guangzhou (which is equivalent to most of today's Guangdong, part of Guangxi, and the northeastern part of Vietnam), all the large and small counties in the Wu Kingdom surrendered and surrendered, and the situation soon deteriorated. Stabilized. In the second year, General Wang of the Jin State commanded the navy to conquer Stone City (now Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province), Sun Hao surrendered, and Soochow, which had been founded for fifty-seven years, was destroyed. All the ministers came to congratulate Sima Yan. Sima Yan held a wine glass in his hand and said to the ministers with tears: "This is all the result of General Yang!" "Then, Sima Yan led the civil and military ministers to pay homage to Yang Hu's tomb, and comforted Yang Hu with the good news of victory.