Song, Liao, and Jin · General

Gan 幹

Attested AD 1122

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gan was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1122 延慶營于盧溝南
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passages 263-265

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Song 357, passage 263

Works and attributed material

Spoken words · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Song 357, passages 263-264

Events and relationships

Captured
AD 1122 延慶營于盧溝南 · Military · Captor · With Wang Yuan (王淵)
Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 263
Cut supply route
AD 1122 延慶營于盧溝南 · Military · Commander · At Lu Gou 盧溝
Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 263
Feigned conversation and let one captive escape to report
AD 1122 延慶營于盧溝南 · Military · Deceiver
Directly stated · History of Song 357, passages 263-265

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 357Volume 357 Biographies 116: He Guan, Li Xijing, Wang Yun, Tan Shiji, Mei Zhili, Cheng Zhen, Liu Yanqing · 1 passage

延慶營于盧溝南，幹分兵斷餉道，擒護糧將王淵，得漢軍二人，蔽其目，留帳中，夜半偽相語曰：「聞漢軍十萬壓吾境，吾師三倍，敵之有餘。 Yanqing encamped south of the Lu Gou. Gan divided his forces to cut the supply route, captured the grain escort general Wang Yuan, and took two Han soldiers. He blindfolded them and kept them in his tent. At midnight he feigned conversation: "I hear a hundred thousand Han troops press our border. Our army is triple theirs—more than enough to handle the enemy.