蔡阳 / Cai Yang (late Han)

Overview

蔡阳 / Cai Yang is a Cao-side commander in the Hanji 1047 Guandu prelude. The episode introduces him when 曹操 sends him against 刘备 after Liu Bei returns to 汝南 and joins 龚都.

Current Profile

Cai Yang’s current wiki role is a narrow campaign marker. His defeat by Liu Bei shows that Cao Cao’s side can beat Liu Bei through 曹仁 in the first Runan/Yingchuan movement, yet still faces continuing local pressure after Liu Bei leaves 袁绍 and rebuilds through Gong Du.

Key Characteristics

• Cao-side military actor sent to suppress Liu Bei’s renewed Runan activity.
• Appears after Liu Bei has left Yuan Shao and joined Gong Du.
• Killed by Liu Bei in the source’s brief Runan branch.
• Functions as evidence that the southern flank remains active before the main Guandu camp standoff.

Evidence

• Suppression mission: Hanji 1047 says Cao Cao sends Cai Yang against Liu Bei after Liu Bei joins Gong Du in Runan.
• Defeat marker: Hanji 1047 reports that Cai Yang is killed by Liu Bei.

Qualifications

This page is source-scoped to Cai Yang’s Hanji 1047 appearance. It does not yet evaluate his rank, prior service, or independent biography outside this episode.

What Changed

• Created this entity page to preserve Cai Yang’s role in Liu Bei’s post-Yuan-Shao Runan movement.

Relationships

• 曹操 - sends Cai Yang against Liu Bei.
• 刘备 - kills Cai Yang during the Runan branch.
• 龚都 - Liu Bei’s local partner before Cai Yang is sent.
• 汝南郡 - local theater for the confrontation.
• 官渡之战 - larger campaign setting in which Cai Yang’s defeat keeps Cao Cao’s southern flank active.