1. Ran Min: courtesy name Yongzeng, nicknamed Jinu, a native of Neihuang, Wei County (now Neihuang County, Henan Province), the founder of the Ran Wei regime during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, and the son of Xihua Hou Ran Liang . Determined and sharp, he is known for his bravery. After becoming an official in Zhao, he was awarded the title of guerrilla general and the title of Xiu Chenghou. He went on several conquests and made many military exploits. After Shi Hu died, he supported Shi Jian and then slaughtered Hu and destroyed Shi. In the first year of Yongxing (350), he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor and established Ran Wei.

2. Wu Qi: Jiang’s surname is Wu’s family name, and he is from the Zuo family of Wei State (now Caoxian County, Shandong Province). In the early Warring States Period, he was a military strategist, politician, reformer and representative figure of military strategists. He lived in the three kingdoms of Lu, Wei and Chu throughout his life, was proficient in the three schools of thought of military strategism, Legalism and Confucianism, and made very high achievements in internal affairs and military affairs. When he was in Chu State, he assisted King Chu Dao in presiding over the reform. Because the reform offended the conservative nobles, he was brutally killed.

3. Huang Chao: A native of Caozhou Yuanju (now southwest of Heze, Shandong), the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Tang Dynasty. Born into a family of salt merchants, Huang Chao was good at riding and shooting, proficient in pen and ink, and had little poetic talent. Huang Chao could compose poems at the age of five, but failed in many attempts as an adult. Under the fierce attack of Tang Dynasty generals Li Keyong, Wang Chongrong and others, on June 15, the fourth year of Zhonghe (884), Huangchao was defeated in Langhu Valley (in the southwest of Laiwu, Shandong today).

4. Qin Qiong: named Shubao, a native of Licheng, Qizhou (now Jinan City, Shandong), a famous general in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties. He was a general of the Sui Dynasty at first, and served under Lai Hu'er, Zhang Xutuo and Pei Renji successively. He was famous far and wide for his bravery. Later, Pei Renji defected to Li Mi, the leader of the Wagang army. After the defeat of Wagang, he turned to Wang Shichong. Seeing that Wang Shichong was treacherous, he defected to Li Tang together with Cheng Yaojin and others.

5. Sun Bin: a military strategist during the Warring States Period in China, a member of the Huaxia ethnic group. Born between A and Juan, he is a descendant of Sun Wu. Sun Bin was once a classmate of Pang Juan. He was tortured and physically disabled because of Pang Juan's persecution. Later, with the help of Qi envoys, he defected to Qi. He was appointed as a military advisor by King Wei of Qi. He assisted Qi general Tian Ji to defeat Pang Juan twice and won the victory. The victories in the Battle of Guiling and the Battle of Maling established Qi's hegemony.

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