The real Jiang Gan is actually one of the three most underestimated celebrities in the past thousands of years.

Although Jiang Qian in history was entrusted by Cao Cao, he still retained his reputation. Falsely accusing Jiang Gan of stealing books and portraying him as a clown being teased. Although it increased the literary effect, it made him lose his dignity. It was really a great injustice that affected thousands of years.

In the first year of AD, Jiang Qian was a guest in Cao Cao's tent. Not a big man, but important in the Battle of Chibi. Before the war, he volunteered to cross the river to lobby Zhou Yu and find out the truth. Zhou Yu used it cleverly twice: the first time was to surrender to Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu designed it to deliberately let Jiang Qian discover the forged letters between Cai Hao and Zhang _ and Wu Dong, so that Jiang Qian After reporting the stolen book to Cao Cao, Cao Cao was anxious and fell into Zhou Yu's trick, accidentally killing navy generals Cai Mao and Zhang Li. The second time, Jiang Gan volunteered to cross the river to find out whether Gan Ning and Huang Gai wanted to surrender. Zhou Yu planned it again to let Jiang Qian and Pang Tong meet by chance. Jiang Gan invited Pang Tong to defect to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao accepted Pang Tong's deadly chain of tactics. Therefore, Cao Cao was defeated in Chibi, and Jiang was not immune.

There was indeed Jiang Qian in the Three Kingdoms, and Jiang Qian did meet Zhou Yu. However, there is a huge difference between the historical works of Jiang Qian and the works of Jiang Qian in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Jiang Qianjian and Zhou Yu, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" does not record the exact time of this incident. Looking at "Jiang Biao Zhuan", it is tied to the 14th year of Jian'an. In other words, Jiang Gan met Zhou Yu not before the Battle of Chibi broke out, but in the second year after the Battle of Chibi. Moreover, Jiang Gan only visited Zhou Yu once, not twice as mentioned in "Jiang Biao Biography".

It is said that Zhou Yu defeated Cao Jun in the Battle of Chibi, which made Cao Cao admire Zhou Yu very much and said: "Don't be ashamed to be left alone." That is, there is no shame in losing to Zhou Yu. The next year, Zhou Yu defeated Cao Ren again and captured Jiangling, which made Cao Cao look at Zhou Yu with more awe. Therefore, Cao Cao thought that Zhou Yu was young and could be easily impressed with words, so he secretly sent people to Yangzhou and asked Jiang Gan to go out and lobby Zhou Yu to surrender.

Jiang Qian, a native of Jiujiang, has outstanding appearance and especially outstanding eloquence, but he cannot compete with him in the Jianghuai area. Jiang Gan was ordered to bring cloth and towels to see Zhou Yu. When Zhou Yu heard about Jiang Qian's visit, he guessed his purpose, went out to greet him, and said preemptively: "Ziyi is working hard! Are you Cao Shi's lobbyist?" Jiang Qianjian was told by Zhou Yu, and he quickly denied it: "It's been a long time. I saw you in my hometown. I heard that you have outstanding military achievements, so I came here to see the military. Why do you suspect that I am a lobbyist?" Zhou Yu said with a smile, "Although I am not as smart as Shi Kuang, I can listen to music. "If you appreciate music, you will know elegant music." Therefore, Zhou Yu led to visit Jiang Gan's barracks, warehouses, military ration stores, etc. Then a banquet was held to entertain Jiang Qian. During the banquet, Zhou Yu showed off the waiters, clothing, rare treasures, etc. Sun Quan gave it to Jiang Qian, and then said, "A gentleman behaves in the world. If he meets a close friend, he should be loyal to the king and his ministers, and they should be bound by flesh and blood. He will be consistent in his words and deeds, honor and disgrace. If Su Qin and Zhang Yi are reborn, I will still I will touch their backs and bend their words. Is it possible to change my mind with the first step?" Jiang Gan just smiled, but never said a word for Cao Cao.

Jiang Gan rewarded Cao Cao and said that Zhou Yu's magnanimity was beyond words. Cao Cao was a scholar in the Central Plains, so he looked up to Zhou Yu. Seeing that there was no hope of surrendering to Zhou Yu, Cao Cao instead wrote to Sun Quan and belittled Zhou Yu. This is something to talk about later. Cao Cao's decision was really helpless.

Although Jiang Qian in history was entrusted by Cao Cao, he still retained his reputation. It describes Jiang Qian's affair with Zhou Yu, and describes this person as living alone in Jianghuai and visiting Cao Cao's tent. He changed from being entrusted by Cao Cao to volunteering, raising the time from the war of Chibi to before the war, and turning one romance into two, and everything was fine. But falsely accusing Jiang Gan of stealing books and portraying him as a clown being teased increased the literary effect, but it was really a joke to Jiang Gan.

Little is known about Jiang Qian in history, but Jiang Qian

Jiang Qian, named Ziyi, was a native of Jiujiang during the Three Kingdoms period. Describes Jiang Gan acting as Cao Cao's lobbyist before the Battle of Chibi, trying to persuade Zhou Yu to surrender. At that time, Zhou did not want to worry about Cai Mao and helped Cao's army train the navy. He took advantage of his plan and established a "Group of Heroes" to induce them to steal Zhang and Cai's fake "letter of surrender" and counterattack and get rid of them. But later he thought he had made a meritorious service and became a laughing stock.

The Battle of Chibi ended the situation of constant disputes since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and laid the foundation for the three-legged alliance. Regarding this war, many people could not have imagined at the time that in the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao defeated a large number with a small number, and then the fierce general Cao Cao who captured Jingzhou was defeated by Huangkou's son Zhou Lang.

The reasons for Cao Cao's failure are many, but they have a lot to do with Jiang Qian, a corrupt scholar who was weak and could not afford to lose.

Cao Cao's northern soldiers did not learn to fight in the water, but due to Jingzhou, Cai Mao and Zhang _ were appointed as commanders of the water army. The two have lived in Jiangdong for a long time and are very familiar with the art of water warfare. Zhou Yu has always regarded them as a serious problem and has been unable to get rid of them for a long time. Jiang Gan, who happened to surrender to Zhou Yu, came across the river. As a prank, Zhou Yu asked Jiang Qian to steal a secret letter written to him by Cai and Zhang, causing Cao Cao to accidentally kill the second general. However, Cao's heart was broken, but he couldn't get his wish. Although Pang Tong, who had taken refuge in Jiangdong, came up with a series of schemes, how could Pang Tong cross the river safely, and how could Cao Cao not be suspicious? Just when Zhou Yu was worried, Jiang Gan came again. It was he who introduced Pang Tong to Cao Cao. Cao Cao believed the famous scholar Pang Tongxian's conspiracy, which led to the failure of the war.

Jiang Gan crossed the river twice and was arrested twice. Not only did Cao Wei's 830,000 army die, Cao Cao himself almost died. No wonder later generations commented that Jiang Gan was a corrupt scholar who failed again and again. In fact, Jiang Gan didn't know. He and Zhou Yu have been classmates since they were young. They are good at everything from chess to calligraphy, and they have long been familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics. He is not without courage. During the confrontation between the two armies, Zhou Yu volunteered under the swords of Cao Wei's envoys and took a boat to tell Governor Wu Dong to surrender tens of thousands of troops. Especially when crossing the river for the second time, Commander-in-Chief Wu Dong, who was not good at words and narrow-minded, ignored life and death and argued for reason. Yet he really is a no-nonsense fool, a two-legged bookcase fool. Although he was full of knowledge, he did not use the idea at all. When others are sleepy, he can only do stupid things. He panicked and finally ruined the Cao Wei army for which he was loyal. It seems that whether a person has knowledge is one thing, and whether a person can do things is another thing. Although the Western Han Dynasty generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were from humble backgrounds and had little knowledge, they became famous generals and defeated the Xiongnu. But Jiang Qian, who was full of knowledge, did one thing and another bad thing, which became the material of ridicule and scolding by future generations.

Although the thrilling Battle of Chibi has long been swallowed up by the water of the Yangtze River rolling eastward, Jiang Qian-like characters have not disappeared in real life. This kind of person may be a well-versed scholar who will make various comments and even quote scriptures. However, when faced with a specific problem, not only was he unable to come up with an effective solution, he even messed up a very small thing. For this kind of fool who can only talk but not do, and can't tell right from wrong at critical moments, the best way is to let him go to the front line to practice, learn some real skills in practice, and become a truly talented person. people.