Is “His subordinate ambushed and shot Sun Jian at Xianshan” true?
attested in history
The Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wu, Biography of Sun Jian, records that when Sun Jian raised troops to attack Huang Zu, he was shot and killed by an ambush set by Huang Zu's general Lü Gong while pursuing the enemy by night to Xian Mountain. (Original text: 「祖败走,窜岘山中。坚乘胜夜追祖,祖部兵从竹木间暗射坚,杀之。」 Wu Lu says: 「坚时年三十七。」 — Source: data/raw/sanguozhi/吴书·孙破虏讨逆传.txt)
Huang Zu
In official history, he was the general under Liu Biao who held Xiakou and shot Sun Jian.
Other claims about Huang Zu
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