Gongsun Zan

Personality
Gongsun Zan was a militaristic person. But he did not have any plans for further advancement.

History
The invaders from beyond the Great Wall were pushed back by General Gongsun Zan. This place is south of Huainan. The living in frontier, near the Great Wall, must withstand famine and invasion from those beyond the Great Wall. Invasion from the outsiders can only bring the Han people sadness, pain, and endless death. But Gongsun Zan's appearance actually gave those frontier people a glimmer of hope. Gongsun Zan used his blood and iron, and with his cavalry trampled upon those outsiders as a warning to get out of the Central Plains. Gongsun Zan was fond of white horses. Therefore when outsiders saw the Han army riding white horses, they withdrew immediately. This is the origin of his nickname The White Horse General.

After Yellow Turban Rebellion and Dong Zhuo’s uprising, he occupied the northernmost part of this nation which is Liaodong. With 100,000 soldiers and innumerable warhorses, he led to the creation of the very first white horse cavalry called Penetrating White Horsemen of You Province, he was able to pacify all of Hebei. But he was muddleheaded and killed Liu Yu, throwing all You Province into chaos.

His Penetrating White Horsemen with Zhao Yun as the leader was able to destroy any opposition. After that, Zhao Yun was transferred by Gongsun Zan to Qing Province in order to help Tian Kai. With Zhao Yun’s departure, the Penetrating White Horsemen lost an able leader and when they were fighting with Yuan Shao’s Great Halberd Soldiers of the Ji Province and Skirmishers of the Ji Province, they were quickly beaten and never recovered again; resulting in Gongsun Zan’s death.

During the Battle of Longcou, against Yuan Shao, initially he had a big advantage to Yuan Shao. However, due to his foolishness, he let Yuan Shao take a breath, to recuperate his forces rather than keeping pressure and annihilate Yuan Shao in one blow. He did not use the advantage he had to press further, instead he kept maintaining his defense, being a goddamn turtle. By doing that, he had dug his own grave and was later defeated in two more battles. He lost the battle of Jieqiao and as a final result, he burned himself in his home at the end Battle of Yijing.