He Qi (?-227), a famous general of Eastern Wu, was a native of Huiji Shanyin (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang).

He Qi served as the magistrate of Yan County in his early years. At that time, there was a county official in the county (equivalent to the person in charge of the current Public Security Bureau) named Si Cong, who colluded with the local underworld to poison the people, and the people were extremely angry. He Qi wanted to punish this man, so he summoned him to court. Who knew that this Si Cong arrived in the hall, his face was fearless, and he didn't care.

The deputy county magistrate persuaded: "County magistrate He, it is said that this Si has never only hooked up with the underworld in the county, but also colluded with the bandits outside Shanyin City, if you punish him today, someone will stand up for him tomorrow." ”

He Qi was furious, drew his sword at his waist, and swung Si Cong into two pieces.

The next day, Si Cong's relatives gathered more than 2,000 bandits and launched an attack on Yan County, vowing to kill He Qi.

He Qi led the local officials and the people to resist together, and beat the bandits to the point of fleeing in disarray, with countless casualties.

"Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" recorded his incident and said: "The county officials are traitors from the light chivalry, and they want to govern it, and the main book advises 'from, the county clan, the mountain and the more attached, govern it today, and tomorrow Kou Zhi." When they heard this, they were furious, and they immediately obeyed. The subordinate party then became entangled with each other, and more than 1,000 people raised troops to attack the county. Qi led the people, opened the city gate and assaulted, broke it, and shocked the mountain. ”

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When Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong, he heard about He Qi's deeds and admired him very much, so he said to him: "I also have good men like you, such as Lü Meng and Jiang Qin, would you like to know them?" ”

He Qi arched his hand and said: "I want it!" ”

So he joined Sun Ce.

Later, riots broke out in Taimo and Fengpu, with nearly 10,000 thieves defending the territory and killing two local county magistrates. He Qi led only 300 infantry, put down the rebellion in one day and one night, and killed more than 2,000 bandits.

In 203 A.D., Sun Quan had just ascended the throne, and the people were not convinced, and the seven local snakes such as Hong Jin, Yuan Yu, and Wu Fu revolted in the local area, proclaimed themselves kings, and established a separatist regime, with great momentum.

Sun Quan successively sent three generals and led 10,000 troops to go to the conquest, but they all lost troops and lost generals, and they worked in vain.

At that time, Sun Quan was just sixteen or seventeen years old, and he was a little flustered, so he consulted Yu Xuan, "It seems that only by calling Zhou Yu back can we calm them!" ”

Yu Xuan said: "Don't bother Gong Jin, He Qi can do it." ”

He Qi then led 8,000 troops to crusade against the thieves, and in less than seven days, it was effective. In this battle, nearly 10,000 bandits were killed, and all the enemy generals were captured alive.

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At that time, the two warlords, Zhang Ya and Shang Sheng, had disturbed Fujian and were the one to blame. Jiangdong was deeply worried, so he sent He Qi to investigate. Shang Sheng was afraid of He Qi's reputation and asked for Zhao'an. He Qi saw that this Shang Sheng was very familiar with current affairs, so he played the imperial court and prepared to give Shang Sheng the title of local county guard. Who knew that Zhang Ya and the others were not convinced, and actually poisoned Shang Sheng at night.

He Qi's subordinates believed that Zhang Ya and others poisoned Shang Sheng, ostensibly because of personal grudges, but in fact to demonstrate to Jiangdong! Troops should be sent immediately to exterminate it.

He Qi said, "Zhang Ya has experienced a hundred battles and is not easy to deal with, not to mention that he also has a son-in-law, He Xiong, who is extremely tough. These two people are horns of each other, and they can be called a strong team. Dahan** has sent troops to fight thieves four times, but they have all returned in vain, and it is not easy for us to come hard! ”

He Qi then began to use a divisive strategy, he bribed He Xiong's close people, asked them to imitate He Xiong's handwriting, wrote a letter to himself, and deliberately let the letter fall into Zhang Ya's hands.

The meaning of this letter is, "I, He Xiong, have long known that your Jiangdong Sun clan has done a great job, and my subordinates are like clouds, and my ministers are like rain, so I have long wanted to take refuge in you." However, I have a concern, that is, I am afraid that you will charge me with the crimes of 'disturbing the place' and 'oppressing the people'. I'll tell you two words of truth now, I didn't think of anything bad, my father-in-law Zhang Ya forced me to do it. Shang Sheng was also killed by him. As long as you don't blame me and let me make meritorious contributions, I am willing to cooperate with you inside and out. ”

After Zhang Ya saw it, she was very annoyed and said to his son-in-law, "I said, what's going on?" Are you still feeling out of the way? I'm good for you! ”

He Xiong hurriedly explained, "I said father-in-law, our son-in-law has been for so many years, you know what I am like, don't doubt me!" Zhang Ya didn't believe it and quarreled with him.

At this time, Zhang Ya's strategist Zhan Qiang came out to persuade:

"I think this matter must be Heqi's divisive plan! I think that although He Qi is smart, he is not sophisticated enough after all, and he has revealed two flaws. First, since this letter is a secret letter written by General He Xiong to He Qi, with the intention of surrendering sincerity, it must be extremely confidential, and the person who sent the letter must also be a confidant, in this case, why did this letter fall into your hands? Now, where is the messenger?

"Second, if General He Xiong really wants to change jobs for the sake of fame and fortune, why didn't he put forward any conditions in the letter? Not even the most basic treatment! Is there such a hasty job hop in the world? ”

When Zhang Ya heard this, she did have some truth, although she was still suspicious, she reluctantly restrained it. This matter is over.

When He Qi's brothers heard this, they said to He Qi with a helpless face, "Your plan has failed, what should I do now?" ”

He Qi smiled calmly and said, "Weng and son-in-law are like father and son, how can they be separated so easily?" Today is just the beginning, the work of separation must be carried out for a long time, just like ants moving mountains, you have to be a little patient and persist for a long time in order to have an effect. ”

After that, every ten days and half a month, He Qi sent someone to send a gift box to He Xiong, and there were at least two or three hundred taels of gold in the box. At first, He Xiong didn't know what He Qi was going to do, so he didn't dare to accept it. Later, He Qi showed his intentions, just to let He Xiong stay in Nanping obediently and not cross the line. You are in the area of Nanping, you burn, kill and loot, I don't care about you, as long as you don't get out of this range.

He Xiong looked at it and pondered in his heart, I didn't want to cross the line, I also knew that He Qi was not easy to mess with, such a simple request, of course I could agree, so I accepted the gold.

He Qi's wife, who was said to be able to write and martial arts, saw that her husband had done this for a while, but to no avail, so she said to him, "You can't do this blindly, and you still have to exchange letters: in the end, don't you have to use letters to achieve your purpose?" It's better to include gifts, money, and letters. ”

He Qi took his wife's suggestion and attached a letter to the next gift box. The content of the letter is also relatively simple, all of them ask about the situation of He Xiong's family, ask him how his parents are, and whether his wife and children are okay? He Xiong saw that He Qi was enthusiastic and not easy to refute people's face, so he also replied positively. In this way, in the next half a year, He Xiong and He Qi will defend their territories and be safe with each other.

Suddenly, one day, He Qi wrote a secret letter to He Xiong, deliberately letting the letter fall into the hands of He Xiong's wife, the general meaning of the letter is, Brother He Xiong, your reputation is very big in the local area, and it is very appealing. However, you must know the current affairs, know how to advance and retreat, and look at the overall situation! How can you compete with Jiangdong? I believe you understand this truth, but your father-in-law is confused, does not know how to obey and disobey, and does all the bad things! A few days ago, you wrote to me, saying that you want to kill your relatives in righteousness, but until now, you have been dragging it out and not doing it! I understand what you mean, you are afraid that after you are done, it will not be good for you! You can rest assured, I will now make a wish for you to be an official on behalf of the imperial court, so that you can enjoy endless glory and wealth!

He Xiong's wife saw that it was He Qi who instigated He Xiong to murder his father, whether it was true or not, and hurriedly informed Zhang Ya. Zhang Ya was furious and asked He Xiong: "What is your relationship with He Qi, how can He Qi write you such a letter!" ”

He Xiong was very aggrieved and explained: "I don't know! ”

At this time, a few soldiers came to report with a few large boxes in their arms: "These are several wooden boxes found from General He Xiong's mansion, which contain 5,000 taels of gold!" On the seal of the box, the words 'Southern Governor Heqi' are written! ”

He Xiong did accept He Qi's money in private before, but out of selfishness, he didn't tell his father-in-law. He himself thought it was no big deal, and He Qi didn't let me do anything out of the ordinary anyway, so he was at ease.

Zhang Ya didn't know the reason for the internal reason, and scolded He Xiong for being a vertical son and a puppet. He Xiong was also annoyed that Zhang Ya went to his house to search without permission, and the two had a grudge.

He Qi took advantage of the friction between the two of them to send troops to fight and break the enemy in one fell swoop!