龚都 / Gong Du (late Han)

Overview

龚都 / Gong Du is a Runan rebel leader in the Hanji 1047 Guandu prelude. The episode introduces him as the local partner Liu Bei joins after leaving Yuan Shao’s camp and returning to 汝南.

Current Profile

Gong Du currently functions as a local-force node rather than an independently developed strategist. His importance is that he gives 刘备 a foothold after Liu Bei exits 袁绍’s orbit, allowing Liu Bei to convert a diplomatic departure into renewed armed pressure on 曹操’s southern side.

Key Characteristics

• Runan-based rebel or bandit leader active during the Guandu prelude.
• Serves as Liu Bei’s local partner after Liu Bei leaves Yuan Shao.
• Helps turn Runan into a recurring Cao-Yuan pressure theater rather than a cleared rear.
• Known here through source-scoped campaign function, not a broad biography.

Evidence

• Runan partnership: Hanji 1047 states that Liu Bei returns to Runan, joins Gong Du, and gathers more than a thousand troops.
• Campaign pressure: Hanji 1047 places the Gong Du connection immediately after Cao Ren’s counterattack and before Cai Yang is sent and killed.

Qualifications

The page is limited to Gong Du’s role in Hanji 1047. It does not yet establish his wider origins, organization, or later fate beyond Liu Bei’s Runan partnership.

What Changed

• Created this entity page to capture Gong Du as Liu Bei’s Runan partner during the Guandu prelude.

Relationships

• 刘备 - joins Gong Du after using the Liu Biao alliance proposal to leave Yuan Shao.
• 汝南郡 - local theater where Gong Du’s force is active.
• 袁绍 - upstream patron whose dispatch of Liu Bei enables the later Runan branch.
• 曹操 - opposing power whose local position is pressured by Liu Bei and Gong Du.
• 蔡阳 - Cao-side commander sent against Liu Bei after the Gong Du connection.
• 主公前途与安全退出判断 - concept for Liu Bei’s move from Yuan Shao’s camp to a local foothold.
• 官渡之战 - larger campaign context for Gong Du’s source role.