Sun–Liu allied armyHuang (Wu)
Huang Gai
黄蓋
“The Ruse of Self-Injury”
dates unknown
- Rank / office
- General of the Household Who Breaks the Front
- Domain / base
- Jiangdong (Wu)
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
Later imagined depiction · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
An old general of Jiangdong who served three generations: Sun Jian, Sun Ce and Sun Quan. At Red Cliffs he proposed the fire attack and deceived Cao Cao with the "ruse of self-injury," having himself flogged in public. Approaching under a false surrender, his ships set fire to the chained armada and decided the victory. He is also said to have governed well as a local official.
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- 208Jian'an 13
The Ruse of Self-Injury
Took a public beating to make his feigned surrender convincing and deceived Cao Cao's side.
- 208Jian'an 13
The Fire Ships at Red Cliffs
Set fire to a squadron loaded with oil and burned the chained armada to nothing.
Battle of Red Cliffs 2,000 troops Watch in 3D › The old Wu general who had served three generations. He sailed into the enemy under a feigned surrender and set fire to the chained fleet with his twenty fire ships.
