Is “Initially served as Yuan Shu's general, guarding Shouchun, was captured alive and beheaded” true?
This is Yuan Shu's general Li Feng. According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu, Biography of Emperor Wu, when Yuan Shu fled to Huainan, he left Li Feng and others, and Cao Cao 'attacked and defeated Rui and others, and beheaded them all.' In Chapter 017 of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there is also a description of his defending Shouchun to the death and being captured and beheaded after the city fell, which is consistent with historical facts.
The candidate confused three same-named figures from the Three Kingdoms period (Yuan Shu's general, Shu Han's Li Yan's son, and Cao Wei's Zhongshu Ling), whose deeds are recorded in both history and the novel, but they are actually three different people.
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