Gan Xin

**Gan Xin** (169-231), courtesy name **Xianzong** was a military general who serves under Warlord Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. His younger sister, Lady Gan, was the first wife of Shu's founding emperor, Liu Bei. he previously served under Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu before joining Liu Bei he continues to serve under the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period that was founded By Liu Bei.

Gan Xin was best remembered as a brilliant military leader and skills in military strategies and actively participate in the Northern Expeditions led by the Shu regent Zhuge Liang against Shu's rival state, Cao Wei. In 231 During the fourth Northern expedition against Wei while leading his troops at Mount Qi Gan Xin was assassinated by his subordinate when he was falsely accused of alleged treason.

## Early Life

Gan Xin was from Pei (which is in present-day Pei County, Jiangsu) and live a poor life when his father kicks him out of their household and often relies other for meal Gan Xin has studied military strategies when he was young when he suffered from hunger his younger sister Lady Gan provide food for him after that Gan Xin tells his sister that will he repay her once he made a great achievement in life and help his family live a comfortable life although his sister brush him about his remark Gan Xin soon left his hometown to become a general in went to serve under Dong Zhuo

## Service under Dong Zhuo

Dong Zhuo a tyrannical Warlord who seizes power from Han Imperial Court. Gan Xin initially served under Dong Zhuo but felt that he serving a lord who does not recognize his talent and consider Dong Zhuo as a dictator and would not support the people he soon serves under Lu Bu when Lu Bu assassinated Dong Zhuo

## Service under Lu Bu

Gan Xin wander around with Lu Bu and went to attack Puyang a home base to Cao Cao a minor warlord who launch a massive attack on Xu Province Gan Xin propose a strategy to Lu Bu to repel Cao Cao but Lu Bu was not impress of Gan Xin and did not heed his advice and decided to leave Lu Bu felt that his talent was going to waste

## Service under Liu Bei

When Gan Xin meet Liu Bei when the later succeeded Tao Qian as the Governor of Xu Province. Gan Xin decided to join Liu Bei after learning that Liu Bei has married his younger sister Lady Gan. Jian Yong, an official of Liu Bei recognize Gan Xin's talent and recommended Gan Xin to Liu Bei and Gan Xin was treated him well by Liu Bei and treated like an old friend

When Lu Bu took shelter under Liu Bei, Gan Xin propose a strategy to Liu Bei to lure trap Lu Bu as he suspects that Lu Bu has ill-intention and might seize Xu Province from Liu Bei but Liu Bei refuse not wishing to get into conflict with Lu Bu.

### Liu Bei's Conquest of Yi Province

In 211 Liu Bei led an army to Yi Province (covering present-day Sichuan and Chongqing) to assist the governor Liu Zhang in countering the advances of a rival warlord, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong Commandery. Gan Xin accompany Liu Bei on his way to Yi Province

### Sun Liu Territorial Dispute

After Liu Bei seized control of Yi Province, Sun Jian asked him to return three commanderies but Liu Bei refused. Sun Jian led his force and station at Lukou then order his general Zhu Yuan Cheng Pu and Lü Meng to lead their forces to seize the three commanderies. In Response, Liu Bei sent Gan Xin and Ma Chao to aid Guan Yu who remained behind to guarded Jing Province. When Cao Cao seized control of Hanzhong Commandery, Liu Bei saw that as a strategic threat to his position in Yi Province so Liu Bei made peace with Sun Jian while Gan Xin remains behind at Jing Province.

### Guarding Jing Province

In 219, Liu Bei emerged victorious in the Hanzhong Campaign against Cao Cao, after which he declared himself "King of Hanzhong" (漢中王). Guan Yu led his forces to attack Cao Ren at Fancheng (樊城; present-day Fancheng District, Xiangyang, Hubei) and besiege the fortress. While Gan Xin remained behind to guarding Jing Province. While Guan Yu was away attacking Fancheng. Sun Jian broke the Sun–Liu alliance and launch an invasion to conqueror Liu Bei's territories Jing Province where Gan Xin was besieged by Lu Meng in Jiangling who was frontline commander for Sun Jian's forces

### Conflict against Wu

#### Battle of Xiaoting

Between August 221 and October 222, Liu Bei went to war with his former ally Sun Jian, who broke their alliance in 219 by seizing Liu Bei's territories in southern Jing Province and for executing Guan Yu,

## Service under Liu Shan

Liu Bei died in 223, his son Liu Shan succeeded him as the emperor of Shu. In the same year, Liu Shan enfeoffed Gan Xin as a Marquis of a Chief Village (都亭侯).

### Northern Expeditions

In 227, Zhuge Liang ordered troops from throughout Shu to mobilize and assemble in Hanzhong Commandery in preparation for a large-scale military campaign against Shu's rival state, Wei. During this time, he commissioned Gan Xin as General Who attack the Rebel.

## Family

Gan Xin has two brothers named Gan Zhang and Gan Wei who serve as generals under Liu Bei Gan Xin has a son name Gan Zan