杨奉 / Yang Feng (late Han)

Overview

杨奉 / Yang Feng is a late-Han military actor whose path runs from 李傕’s camp to emperor escort, route-control bargaining, failed resistance to 曹操, coalition switching under 袁术, and death at 刘备’s hands. He is one of the clearest examples of mobile armed power that can matter briefly because it controls troops and routes, but cannot stabilize itself once food, legitimacy, and patronage shift.

Current Profile

Yang Feng’s profile is built around tactical usefulness without durable political settlement. He weakens Li Jue, helps move 汉献帝, and controls the route Cao Cao needs before 董昭 reframes Cao as a grain-backed ally. That same route-control value disappears after the Xu relocation: Yang Feng tries to block Cao too late, flees to Yuan Shu, switches with 韩暹 when 吕布 offers legitimacy and spoils, and finally becomes a food-short remnant near the Xu-Yang border before Liu Bei kills him at Pei.

Key Characteristics

• Former Li Jue-side commander whose defection weakens the Chang’an power field.
• Emperor-escort actor whose protection is inseparable from armed self-interest.
• Route-control obstacle temporarily converted by Dong Zhao’s grain-and-troops persuasion.
• Failed resistor to Cao Cao’s Xu relocation order who loses his Liang-area camps.
• Coalition-switching actor who follows legitimacy and material incentives away from Yuan Shu.
• Final remnant whose lack of food and durable base makes him vulnerable to Liu Bei’s trap.

Evidence

• Break from Li Jue: Hanji 985, Hanji 986, and Hanji 988 show Yang Feng first in Li Jue’s defense field, then as an invoked pressure point, and finally as a failed anti-Li Jue plotter who leaves with troops.
• Escort and contested court protection: Hanji 989, Hanji 990, Hanji 991, Hanji 999, and Hanji 1000 place Yang Feng in the Emperor Xian flight, Huayin suspicion, Luoyang-return, and protector self-interest field.
• Route-control conversion and later rupture: Hanji 1003 shows Dong Zhao converting Yang Feng with praise, grain, and title logic, while Hanji 1004 and Hanji 1005 show the Xu relocation and Cao Cao’s later attack on Yang Feng after the relationship breaks.
• Coalition switch: Hanji 1018 shows Yang Feng and Han Xian turning against Yuan Shu’s commander 张勋 after Lü Bu joins Han-court legitimacy language to promised supplies.
• Final trap and death: Hanji 1021 says Yang Feng is stuck near the Xu-Yang border, short of food, blocked by Lü Bu from leaving, and then lured by Liu Bei to Pei, where Liu Bei kills him.

Qualifications

The page normalizes the transcript’s occasional “杨凤” form to Yang Feng because the surrounding chronology matches the same late-Han actor. Yang Feng is not treated as uniquely irrational: his moves often follow immediate force, food, and safety incentives, but those incentives never become a durable political architecture.

What Changed

• Converted the page from source-append format to synthesis-v1.
• Added Hanji 1021’s final food-short remnant setting and Liu Bei killing.
• Consolidated the long escort and route-control chain into current characteristics around mobility, legitimacy, and supply.

Relationships

• 韩暹 - paired Baibo-linked commander through escort, coalition switch, and final dispersal.
• 白波军 - armed network context behind Yang Feng’s troop base.
• 李傕 - former camp patron weakened by Yang Feng’s break.
• 汉献帝 - legitimacy source whom Yang Feng helps escort and later invokes.
• 董昭 - adviser who temporarily converts Yang Feng’s route control into cooperation with Cao Cao.
• 曹操 - powerholder who first benefits from Yang Feng’s memorial and later defeats him.
• 袁术 - temporary patron after Yang Feng flees Cao Cao.
• 吕布 - persuader who turns Yang Feng against Yuan Shu’s coalition.
• 刘备 - actor who lures and kills Yang Feng at Pei.
• 利益重构式说服 - concept grounded by Dong Zhao’s and Lü Bu’s successful reframings.
• 利益结构式联盟脆弱性 - concept exposed by Yang Feng’s Yuan Shu coalition switch.
• 护驾与挟持模糊性 - broader frame for Yang Feng’s emperor-escort self-interest.