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This man is one of the hero from the history of ancient China that I like so much,well I am kinda fanatic of him (because this man has so much similar in personality with me : 3). His name is Gan Ning -Admiral Gan Ning,later when he got rank promotion in Wu Navy- .

His complete biodata is provided below :


Name : Gan Ning
Birthplace : Lin Jiang, Ba Prefecture(Presently Zhong County in Sichuan Province)
Served under : Sun Quan (Kingdom of Wu)
Rank and Titles : Chief of the Zhu Prefecture; Grand Administrator of Xiling; Rank-breaking General
Old past : Pirate Bandit
Military Rank: Admiral
Personality :
Doesn't like to adjust to proper etiquette,Wild,fearless,satisfied with a good brawl in battle,confident,has a good head on his shoulders,knows when to rely on teamwork,acts as though he doesn't care and often shrugs off the strategist's concerns
Biography :
Gan Ning hailed from Nanyang commandery in Jing and became a famous commander of Wu during the Three Kingdoms era. Initially, Gan Ning was a bandit and outlaw. Eventually, Gan Ning entered the service of Liu Yan, a warlord established in the Riverlands (the Han province of ‘Yizhou’). Following Liu Yan’s death, Gan Ning revolted against Yan’s successor Liu Zhang. When the rebellion failed, Gan Ning went back to Jing province and sought employment with Liu Biao, another lord. Gan Ning came to serve Huang Zu.

Huang Zu forced Gan Ning to stay in his service, but Huang Zu treated Gan Ning like a common soldier. In one instance, Gan Ning shot and killed Ling Cao, a general of Sun Quan’s. Even after this incident, Gan Ning was still treated poorly. At the urgings of Su Fei, an advisor of Huang Zu’s, Gan Ning was finally promoted to Chief of Zhu. Luckily for Gan Ning, Zhu happened to be located close to Sun Quan’s territories, and so Gan Ning was able to escape. Zhou Yu and Lü Meng, two generals under Sun Quan, entreated Sun Quan to allow Gan Ning into service. In AD 208, Xiakou was at last subjugated, and Huang Zu was finally slain. Sun Quan had made two boxes prior to this victory: One for the head of Huang Zu, and one for the head of his strategist, Su Fei. Gan Ning pleaded with Sun Quan to allow Su Fei, who had always been generous to Gan Ning in the past, amnesty. Because of this, Su Fei was let off scot-free. Gan Ning then obtained military command, but was moved to a distant commandery.

After the battle of Chi Bi, Gan Ning was ordered to besiege and capture the city of Yiling. Although Gan Ning easily took the city, he was immediately surrounded and hard-pressed by the troops of Cao Ren. Despite the fact that his army was outnumbered and bombarded by siege towers, Gan Ning held Yiling long enough for Zhou Yu to repulse Cao Ren’s forces. Some tales allege that Guan Yu contemplated an attack on Wu’s holdings in Jing, but was so scared of Gan Ning that he aborted his plans.

Gan Ning would later distinguish himself during Sun Quan’s attack on Huan by scaling the walls of Huan city with a silken rope. At the Battle of Ruxu some time later, Gan Ning raided the camp of Cao Ren. Finally, during one engagement at Hefei, Gan Ning would defend Sun Quan’s carriage. If not for the valiant efforts of Gan Ning, Ling Tong and Lü Meng, Sun Quan’s life would have been jeopardized in that battle.

Sun Quan praised Gan Ning for his ability. On one occasion, Sun Quan said, “Cao Cao may have Zhang Liao, but I have Gan Ning! Thus we are evenly matched.”

Heroic Story :
Gan Ning, although of all his weakness as harsh-bad guy and dislike of any useless rules ,can prove his valor by doing night raid with minimum troops as well as equipments,here is the story

Night raid with 100 riders

Sun Quan was held off by Cao Cao's general, Zhang Liao when attacking Hefei from Ruxu, and, hearing that Cao had personally come to the city's aid with a 400,000 strong army (Cao Cao's claim), Zhang Zhao, the chief staff of Sun, proposed raiding the camps of Cao's army in order to lower their morale. Gan then volunteered to perform a night raid with only 100 horsemen. Covered by the night, Gan sneaked into Cao's camp, set fire everywhere, and attacked randomly. In chaos, Cao's soldiers were not sure the size and location of their opponent, so the defenders were unable to perform an effective couterattack. After generating a great chaos in Cao's main camp, Gan then returned to the camp with all 100 men. Sun Quan, pleased with his exceptional success, granted him one thousand pieces of silk and a hundred sharp swords for his 100 horsemen, and exclaimed,

"Mengde (Cao Cao's style name) has Zhang Liao, and I have Xingba (Gan Ning's style name)!"

Appraisals :
Gan Ning was rough and murderous, but open-minded, valorous and skilled in tactics. His lack of respect for discipline was balanced by his value for skillful warriors. He was extravagant and often covered his traveling quarters in silk only to cut the cloth up when he left, he used to travel with his gangs by carriages and steeds on land, and by galleys or light ships on water. He also committed murders both in public and in secret.


Moral from this man's biography :
Be brave,have true gallantry but dont forget to be discipline and humble.