Liu Bei's armyHuang (Shu Han)
Huang Zhong
黄忠
“Vigorous in Old Age”
birth unknown–220
- Rank / office
- General of the Rear / Marquis Within the Passes
- Domain / base
- Shu Han
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
Later imagined depiction · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
A native of Nanyang. He served Liu Biao and held Changsha; after Liu Biao's death he belonged to Cao Cao, but followed Liu Bei when he took Changsha after Red Cliffs. In the conquest of Yi Province he always led the vanguard, and his valour was praised as first in the three armies. At the battle of Mount Dingjun in the 24th year of Jian'an, in the struggle for Hanzhong, he thundered down the mountain with drums beating at Fa Zheng's signal and cut down the Wei commander Xiahou Yuan at a stroke as he repaired the palisades. For this he was made General Who Conquers the West, and when Liu Bei became King of Hanzhong he was promoted to General of the Rear, on a level with Guan Yu; it was then that Guan Yu complained at being ranked with "an old soldier." He died of illness the following year. In the Romance he is an archer who never misses.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 209Jian'an 14
Follows Liu Bei
Entered the service of Liu Bei, who took Changsha after Red Cliffs, and joined the campaign into Yi Province.
- 214Jian'an 19
Conquest of Yi Province
Always led the vanguard and was praised as "first in valour among the three armies."
- 219Jian'an 24
Battle of Mount Dingjun
Charged down Mount Dingjun and cut down Xiahou Yuan, deciding the struggle for Hanzhong.
Battle of Mount Dingjun 8,000 troops Watch in 3D › A general past sixty. At Fa Zheng's signal he thundered down Mount Dingjun with drums beating and cut down Xiahou Yuan at a stroke as he repaired the palisades. For this he was made General Who Conquers the West, and the next year General of the Rear. - 219Jian'an 24
General of the Rear
Made General of the Rear and Marquis Within the Passes on Liu Bei's accession as King of Hanzhong.
- 220Jian'an 25
Death from illness
Died of illness the following year, with the posthumous title Marquis Gang.
