Is “Killed by the barbarian general Sha Moke during the Battle of Yiling” true?

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According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wu, Biography of Gan Ning, Gan Ning had already died of illness in the 24th year of Jian'an, and did not participate in the Battle of Yiling in 222 AD. The original text in the Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wu, Biographies of Cheng, Huang, Han, Jiang, Zhou, Chen, Dong, Gan, Ling, Xu, Pan, and Ding states: 「甘宁卒,又并其军。」

Gan Ning

A fierce general of the Wu state who, according to official history, rose from a wandering knight to lead a hundred cavalry in raiding a Wei camp.

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