Is “Rode alone into Yicheng to pacify Jingzhou” true?
attested in history
The Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, Biography of Liu Biao records that Liu Biao rode alone into Yicheng, allied with the Kuai brothers and Cai Mao to pacify Jingzhou, and established schools to attract refugees. (Original text: 「吴人苏代领长沙太守，具羽为华容长，各阻兵作乱。表初到，单马入宜城，而延中庐人蒯良、蒯越、襄阳人蔡瑁与谋。表曰：“宗贼甚盛，而众不附，袁术因之，祸今至矣！”——Source: data/raw/sanguozhi/魏书·董二袁刘传.txt)
Liu Biao
In official history, Liu Biao was one of the Eight Worthies who rode alone into Yicheng and secured the region of Jianghan, but in fiction he is often depicted as an indecisive coward.
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