PersonAD 229

Zhao Yun

Also called: Zhao Zilong

Liu Bei’s general (courtesy name Zilong), who saved Liu Bei’s infant son Liu Shan and Lady Gan at Changban in 208

Where they went

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AD 208Battle of Changbancommander
Cao Cao’s cavalry, come south into Jing Province, caught the fleeing Liu Bei at Changban in Dangyang. Liu Bei abandoned his family and fled while Zhang Fei cut the bridge and held the rear.
AD 208Zhao Yun Rides Alone at ChangbanFictionleader
A scene from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in which Zhao Yun rides alone through Cao Cao’s army to rescue the infant Adou. The history records only that he protected the child.

Zhang FeiAD 221
Liu Bei’s general from Zhuo Commandery, who held off Cao Cao’s cavalry at the bridge at Changban in 208; murdered by his own men in 221
Liu ShanAD 207 – AD 271
Second and last emperor of Shu Han, who surrendered when Wei’s Deng Ai reached Chengdu in 263
Cao CaoAD 155 – AD 220
Chancellor and King of Wei in the late Han, who controlled Emperor Xian, defeated Yuan Shao at Guandu and unified the north, laying the foundation of Wei
Liu BeiAD 161 – AD 223
Founding emperor of Shu Han (Emperor Zhaolie), who claimed descent from the Han house and became emperor at Chengdu in 221

The Three KingdomsAD 184 – AD 280
From the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the Jin reunification — a century of Wei, Shu and Wu, the age of Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan