A Study of Well-known General CHENG Pu in East Wu: A Brave Courtier in Foundation of the Kingdom East Wu

CHENG Pu once followed SUN Jian and defeated Yellow Scarf Army, and then started to fight against DONG Zhuo. He was quite brave in fighting. And later, he followed SUN Ce and quelled the area of low reach of Yangtze River. Due to his battle achievements, he was appointed an important official. Afterwards, he participated in the battles against LIU Xun and HUANG Zu. He helped SUN Quan quell the riot, and became Duwei of Jianchang. In famous Chibi Battle and Jiangling Battle, both CHENG and ZHOU Yu were commanders. And he successively was appointed prefects of Jiangxia and Nanjun, and was an important figure who helped SUN Quan guard the garrison Jingzhou. From his grand father on, his family had been brave courtiers. And in the foundation of Wu Kingdom, CHENG played an important role and was one of the most experienced and qualified generals.