卢龙道 / Lulong Road (Late Han)

Overview

卢龙道 / Lulong Road is the difficult northern route that Hanji 1110 identifies as the approach 田畴 proposed for 曹操’s surprise movement against 乌桓.

Current Profile

The current source does not reconstruct the road’s full geography or the entire campaign. Its role is causal and commemorative: Tian Chou’s route knowledge helps turn a dangerous northern expedition into victory, and the value of that guidance later grounds Cao Cao’s repeated attempt to enfeoff him.

Key Characteristics

• Difficult northern approach associated with the Wuhuan campaign.
• Local-route knowledge supplied by Tian Chou.
• Surprise axis presented as an important cause of Cao Cao’s victory.
• Campaign contribution later converted into a disputed merit-reward claim.

Evidence

• Route and guide: Hanji 1110 says Tian Chou advises Cao Cao to lead the army through Lulong Road for a surprise attack.
• Reward consequence: Hanji 1110 makes this route advice the principal merit behind Cao Cao’s repeated enfeoffment orders.

Qualifications

Hanji 1110 recalls the campaign only to explain the later reward dispute. Exact geography, march conditions, chronology, and the contribution of other commanders remain outside the source’s short treatment.

What Changed

• Established Lulong Road as the route connecting Tian Chou’s frontier knowledge to Cao Cao’s Wuhuan victory and later reward dispute.

Relationships

• 田畴 - guide whose route proposal gives the road its episode significance.
• 曹操 - commander who uses the route and later tries to reward Tian Chou.
• 乌桓 - campaign opponent reached through the surprise approach.
• 有功辞赏 - later reward conflict grounded in the route contribution.