Cheng Pu previously served under Sun Quan's predecessors: Sun Jian and Sun Ce.
27 Facts About Cheng Pu
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Cheng Pu was from Tuyin County, Youbeiping Commandery, which is located east of present-day Fengrun District, Tangshan, Hebei.
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Cheng Pu initially served as a minor official in the local commandery office.
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Cheng Pu was good-looking, resourceful, and well versed in military strategy.
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Cheng Pu later came to serve Sun Jian and joined him in suppressing the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the 180s, defeating the rebels at Wan and Deng.
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Cheng Pu fought in several battles and had been wounded many times.
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Cheng Pu continued serving under Sun Ce and accompanied him on his conquests in the Jiangdong region.
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Cheng Pu aided Sun Ce in conquering Lujiang Commandery before they crossed the Yangtze River and attacked Hengjiang and Dangli, where they defeated Zhang Ying and Yu Mi, the subordinates of a rival warlord Liu Yao.
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Cheng Pu participated in the conquests of Moling, Hushu, Jurong and Qu'e.
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Cheng Pu made many achievements in battle in the subsequent conquests of Wucheng, Shimu, Bomen, Lingchuan and Yuhang.
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Cheng Pu was later reassigned as the Commandant of Danyang Commandery and he moved to Shicheng County.
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Cheng Pu participated in the campaigns at Xuancheng and Jing, and helped to pacify rebellions in Wu, Lingyang and Chungu counties.
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When Sun Ce was attacking the bandits led by Zu Lang, he was surrounded by the enemy, but Cheng Pu, accompanied by only one horseman, charged into the encirclement to rescue his lord.
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Cheng Pu fought fiercely and the bandits withdrew in fear, allowing Sun Ce to escape.
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Cheng Pu was later appointed as General of the Household Who Defeats Bandits and the Administrator of Lingling Commandery.
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Cheng Pu followed Sun Ce in the campaigns against Liu Xun and Huang Zu at Xunyang and Shaxian respectively, before returning to his garrison at Shicheng.
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Under Sun Quan, Cheng Pu fought at the Battle of Jiangxia in 208 and aided in the conquest of Le'an when he passed by Yuzhang.
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Cheng Pu later replaced Taishi Ci as the commander of a garrison at Haihun.
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Cheng Pu was the eldest among all the senior military officers under Sun Quan, so the others often addressed him as "Elder Cheng" to show their respect towards him.
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Cheng Pu was known to be a generous man who enjoyed mingling with the scholar-gentry.
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When Zhou Yu died, Cheng Pu was assigned to replace him as the Administrator of Nan Commandery.
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Cheng Pu was promoted to General Who Defeats Bandits.
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However, the Wu Shu, written by Wei Zhao, mentioned that Cheng Pu killed hundreds of traitors and had their bodies thrown into a fire.
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Cheng Pu became ill after that incident and died after more than 100 days later.
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Cheng Pu became a playable character in Koei's Dynasty Warriors 9.
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Cheng Pu is a character in Total War: Three Kingdoms.