So when Huang Gai was young, he was also quite lonely. At that time, his family had no money or food, only ancient books and scrolls. Huang Gai, who knows a little about personnel, made a wish to rebuild his family. To this end, he read the classics all night. In order to make his emaciated body strong, Huang Gai tied a bundle of firewood on his back, and while reading and exercising, he taught himself to ride horses and shoot arrows and learn ancient strategies. At this age, 20 years old, Huang Gai is already a burly man. Huang Gai, who learned to become a monk, was promoted to county magistrate in Lingling County because of his benevolence, righteousness and shame, and was quite famous in the county seat. In 190, the first year of Chuping, Sun Jian, the secretariat of Yuzhou, raised rural courage in Luyangguang and prepared to go to Luoyang to crusade against Dong Zhuo. When Huang Gai heard the news, he immediately went to defect. When the two sides met, Sun Jian led the troops to destroy Hu Zhen, the magistrate of Dong Jun, and beheaded Hua Xiong, which greatly destroyed Dong Zhuo's department and became the only warlord who defeated Dong Zhuo in the 18 route led by Yuan Shao.
Huang Gai, who came to vote soon, was promoted to "other Sima" because he was brave and good at fighting. A.D. 19 1 year, in the second year of Chuping, Sun Jian was ordered by Yuan Shu to lead a crusade against Jingzhou, with Huang Gai as the pioneer, rushing ahead and surrounding Xiangyang. When Huang Gai was in full swing, Sun Jian was shot by an arrow and died in Xiangyang. After Sun Jian's death, Yuan Shu joined all over the country, including Huang Gai. Later, Sun Jian's son Sun Ce took Jiangdong. After Sun Ce's early death, Huang Gai took charge of Sun Quan again, and served as the magistrate of 9 counties, including Chungu and Xunyang. At that time, Huang Gai was already an old minister of Sun Wu in Jiangdong, but his position was not prominent, just "a captain in Danyang". Old Huang Gai is really famous in Wu Dong because of Battle of Red Cliffs. In the 13th year of Jian 'an, in 208 AD, Cao Cao led 20 troops down the river to take Sun Wu directly. Sun Quansui joined forces with Liu Bei, who led the troops to Fankou to meet Zhou Yu's army.
In 65438+ February, Zhou Yu Huang Gai led 30,000 water troops to the south bank of the Yangtze River. When people were observing the situation in Cao Jun, Huang Gai suddenly had a brainwave and put forward a "fire attack plan" on board. Zhou Yu was impressed and immediately promised to prepare. In order to make sure the plan was foolproof, Huang Gai personally boarded the steamboat to cross the river and pretended to surrender. He believed that Cao Cao led the crowd and waited for Huang Gai on the other side. Unexpectedly, when the ship approached, it suddenly caught fire, and Cao Cao's camp burst into flames instantly. During this period, veteran Huang Gai's arrow fell into the river and almost died in the water. After Battle of Red Cliffs's victory, Huang Gai was promoted to "Commander of Five Peaks". After that, Huang Gai traveled all over the kingdom of Wu, relieved Sun Quan of his worries and died many years later. After Huang Gai's death, Sun Quannian and his life's meritorious service made Huang Gai's son become the Hou of Shanhaiguan Pass, and Huang Gai's long-cherished wish to revitalize his family business in his early years finally came true.
After his death, Huang Gai was buried in Chungu, Danyang County, and his home was in Nanling, Wuhu, Anhui Province. According to local county records, Huang Gai's tomb is five or six meters high and not very conspicuous. There are ancient trees planted around the grave. The local villagers call the town where the tomb is located "Huangmu Town", and the estuary on the side is called "Huangmudu". Huang Gai is famous for his benevolence and righteousness in Wudi. He was a captain in Danyang before his death, so he has been sacrificed for thousands of years. Archaeologists in Nanling County introduced that in the spring of 1972, a canal was dug locally, and the brick wall of the ancient tomb was accidentally dug not far from Huanggai Tomb. After the archaeologists learned about it, they immediately went to clean up and dig. During the cleaning process, people found several stolen holes in the tomb, and the soil layer of the tomb collapsed from time to time. The archaeological process can be described as very thrilling.
Due to the existence of stolen holes in the tomb, water seeps all the year round and silt is deposited several meters deep, so it is impossible to directly carry out archaeology. People had to put up boards and clean up the mud with buckets. In this process, exquisite pottery tools such as pottery figurines, pottery carts, pottery pots and so on. They were discovered one after another, and the skull community was found in the corner of the tomb. It is worth mentioning that archaeologists who personally explored this bone colonization area were scared, because the bone colonization area turned red and suddenly emerged from the mud inadvertently.
In addition, there are no other relics in the whole tomb, and the wood has already rotted into mud. After the excavation of the tomb was completed, the archaeological team deliberately preserved the soil above the tomb. After studying and analyzing the shape, scale and funerary objects of the tomb, the archaeological community thinks that this tomb should be the real tomb of Huang Gai, but it is a pity that the tomb has been excavated many times and many funerals have been lost, which really makes archaeologists feel sorry.