During the Three Kingdoms period, was Jiang Gan a clown or a hero? What do you think?

Jiang Qian is famous. He is a lobbyist who volunteered and performed vividly in the "Meeting of Heroes" in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but his image is not very glorious.

But on the eve of the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao personally led a million troops and stationed himself on the north bank, intending to cross the Yangtze River and take Soochow directly. Zhou Yu, the governor of Eastern Wu, also led troops to confront Cao Jun across the river. The two sides were at war with each other, and a war was imminent. At that time, Jiang Qian was a disciple of Cao Cao. Since he had studied with Zhou Yu as a child, he recommended himself to Cao Cao and wanted to cross the river. He was willing to use his sharp tongue to tell Soochow that this person was coming to surrender. , Cao Cao knew that Zhou Yu was young and talented, and if he recruited him, he would be like a tiger with more wings, and he could defeat others without fighting, so he was overjoyed and bought wine to see Jiang Qian off. Unexpectedly, Jiang Gan walked step by step into the "deep pit" dug by Zhou Yu without any defense.

Zhou Yu was delighted to see Jiang Qian and was ready to talk about the friendship between classmates, which was so close that Jiang Qian almost couldn't find him. Then he and Jiang Gan ate together. Three days later, Zhou Yu invited Jiang Qian to visit the military camp to show his military power. During the banquet, he also asked the waiters to display clothing and treasures to show his wealth. He said to Jiang Qian: When a husband is in the world, when he meets a confidant, he upholds the righteousness of the monarch and his subjects externally, and maintains the righteousness between the monarch and his subjects internally. The kindness of the flesh and blood is followed by words and deeds, and misfortunes and blessings are inevitable. If Su Zhang is reborn or Li Sou comes back, he still strokes his back and breaks his words. How can a young child be able to move it? ?Jiang Gan smiled but never said anything, feeling that Zhou Lang was indeed a genius of praise and self-praise. At that time, the northern troops led by Cao Cao were not used to water warfare. Fortunately, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, the surrendered generals of Jingzhou, were appointed as naval commanders. These two men have lived in the east of the Yangtze River for a long time and are well versed in water warfare. They are the powerful enemies of Soochow. In the meantime, Zhou Yu took advantage of his plan and arranged a "Gathering of Heroes" to induce Jiang Gan to jump into the trap. Jiang Gan did not persuade Zhou Yu, but stole the "letters of surrender" from Zhang Yun and Cai Mao, causing the suspicious Cao Cao to kill the two naval commanders by mistake. Jiang Qian made people laugh because of this.

The second time, Huang Gai and Gan Ning wanted to pretend to surrender to Cao Cao, and Jiang Gan volunteered to go to Soochow to find out the true situation of the military. Zhou Yu put him under house arrest and took him to a hermitage where the master Pang Tong lived. Jiang Gan brought Pang Tong, who had taken refuge in Jiangdong, to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was overjoyed and listened to Fengchu Pang Tong's plan to connect the warships with iron ropes so that the northern soldiers would not get seasick. The plan of "fire attack" was implemented. Jiang Qian's brain was short-circuited again. He never thought about how he met Pang Tong by such a coincidence? So you returned to Jiangbei smoothly?

There are many reasons for Cao Cao's failure, but it has a lot to do with Jiang Qian, a corrupt scholar who crossed Jiangdong for the second time. Not only were Cao Wei's more than 800,000 troops destroyed, but Cao Cao was also almost killed on Huarong Road. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" uses fictional methods to make Jiang Qian a darkly humorous character and a wise foil for Zhou Yu. Most people don't understand Jiang Gan's tragic role, so those who treat him as a joke are themselves ridiculous!

Jiang Gan should be a handsome and extraordinary Confucian scholar, he is indeed respectable. If he is an ugly and unknown person, how can the arrogant Zhou Yu be regarded as a brother from the same hometown? Mr. Yi Zhongtian once said that Jiang Qian had a "lovely bookish temperament", and because of this pedantic and cleverness of a scholar, he wanted to show his nose in the treacherous historical stage, but in the end he was not as smart as others and became a laughing stock. However, there is nothing wrong with wisdom being shallow or deep, capable of being superior or inferior, succeeding or failing. Jiang Qian came from a poor family when he was young. He determined to study since he was young, and later pursued a prosperous official career. The dream of a scholar to "cultivate Qi Zhiping" was always in his mind. Lobbying Zhou Yu was a good opportunity for him. If he dares to go, he will be a strong man with his arms cut off, a hundred times stronger than Mi Heng who scolds anyone who catches him. So, what is so ugly about the upright Mr. Jiang?

If Jiang Gan was not a well-educated man and had the courage to step forward, how could Cao Cao send him as an envoy? Jiang Qian and Zhou Yu were classmates since childhood. They knew everything about music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and they were already familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics. He was quite courageous. In the midst of the confrontation between the two armies and the flash of swords and swords, he took a tassel, rode a small boat, wore commoner clothes and a turban, and entered the tiger's den alone to persuade the governor of Soochow to surrender tens of thousands of troops. This kind of courage is comparable to Guan Yu who went to the meeting alone! Especially when he crossed the river for the second time, facing the narrow-minded and treacherous Zhou Yu, he put his life and death at risk, argued with reason, and dared to point out Zhou Yu's insidiousness and personality flaws. What kind of magnanimity is this? Heroic bearing and scholarly backbone! Jiang Qian did not receive Cao Wei's salary in vain. He dared to take on his responsibilities and ignored all the insults and ridicules. His posture as a noble scholar stood out from the clusters of swords and arrows. Excuse me, what are all the counselors and counselors in Cao Wei doing?!

"Three Kingdoms? Jiang Biao Biography" records that Jiang Qian: "He has good appearance and is famous for his talent and eloquence. He is the only one between Jiang and Huai." , don’t do anything wrong?

There are very few records about Jiang Qian in other historical materials, which gave Luo Guanzhong the space to exaggerate and vilify Jiang Qian to show Zhou Yu's resourcefulness. This made the famous scholar Jiang Qian permanently wronged and his life was determined by his ugliness. In fact, Jiang Gan was just a fig leaf for Cao Cao, a silly scapegoat. Jiang Qian fell into the trap and was laughed at by everyone. Why didn't anyone laugh at Cao Cao? The main person who fell into the trap twice was Cao Cao. Sending Jiang Gan to persuade Zhou Yu to surrender was a big mistake, and the Battle of Chibi was a big strategic mistake. If we say it's ugly, is that big white face of Cao Cao's face on the stage of the drama real? Ugly? Na!