Among the twelve tiger officials in Wujiang East, the oldest are Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang. They are the old officials of Sun Jian in the twelve. Among the three are Cheng Pu, Huang Gai. They are similar to Han Dang, except for the three of them, Zhou Tai, Chen Wu, Dong Xi, and Jiang Qin were joined by Sun Ceshi; Gan Ning, Ling Tong, Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang, and Ding Feng were five of them. After Sun Ce died, Sun Quan joined when he was in charge of Jiangdong. In other words, among the Jiangdong generals, Huang Gai is quite veteran.
In the Battle of Chibi, in addition to Zhou Yu and Lu Su, Huang Gai was the most credited in the army. He was the first to propose the fire attack, and he was the one who implemented it. Soochow won the battle of Chibi. Huang Gai can be said to be Contributed. But what is strange is that such a qualified veteran with great credit seems to disappear from sight after the Battle of Chibi, and he is rarely seen playing.
At the same time looking at other people, whether it was Zhou Yu attacking Cao Ren’s Nanjun, or Sun Quan’s two battles in Hefei, apart from Huang Gai, all the twelve tiger subjects played, some made great contributions and quickly promoted, and some died in the war. In, Huang Gai was the only one missing. You have to say that he is older, not all, because Cheng Pu looks a little older than him. After careful analysis, the reason is actually very simple. There should be the following aspects.
(Explanation, the analysis is based on Kingdoms)
First of all, Huang Gai was over 50 years old at the time of the Battle of Chibi. This veteran general also worked hard to break the enemy. In order to make the surrender more realistic, Cao Cao was convinced that he and Zhou Yu Performed a bitter trick and was fought by Zhou Yu for fifty spine battles. You must know that this was a real fight. The story is written like this: "The officials lifted up Huang Gai, beaten to the skin, blood flowed in, and returned to the village. Several times." No matter how good an old man in his fifties is, he was beaten fifty times alive, and it was no problem. The more important thing is that there is no time to recuperate, because it was a surrender, Huang Gai needed to play in person, so the first fire that burned Chibi was started by Huang Gai.
That's not even counted. Huang Gai chased and killed Cao Cao after setting fire. Zhang Liao shot him in the shoulder and turned over and fell into the water. It was the cold and midwinter at the time. Huang Gai's back was beaten and wounded, but now he has an arrow wound. It was still soaking in the biting river water for some time. If Han Dang hadn't rescued him in time, Huang Gai would have died in the river.
Although Huang Gai saved his life, but with continuous injuries and staying in the cold water for so long, an old man in his 50s would definitely have serious sequelae. In fact, he is no longer suitable for severe battlefields. Because of the fight against each other, Huang Gai is more responsible for the relatively easy work of taking charge of the place and destroying the bandits. This is also an important reason why Huang Gai did not show up on the frontal battlefield after the Battle of Chibi.
After the Battle of Chibi, Huang Gai only showed his face once and incidentally mentioned: The time he showed his face was Liu Bei who was chasing and escaping on the river," under the banner of Shuai, Zhou Yu is used to fighting the navy, with Huang Gai on the left and right. With Han Dang, the momentum is like a flying horse, and the disease is like a meteor.” By the way, Sun Quan attacked Hefei for the second time in 215. “Shi Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang were guarding everywhere, but they did not follow.” It shows that Huang Gai has lived for at least 215 years.
