Zou Dan

Zou Dan (onyomi Sū Tan) is a general under Gongsun Zan during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Gongsun Zan made him prefect of Yuyang, but was slain shortly afterwards.

Roles in Games
Zou Dan appears in Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends at the battle of Jieqiao, where he serves as part of the secondary unit attacking on the east side of the battlefield, alongside Guan Jing. He reappears in Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends at Changshan, where he and Gongsun Fan act as the second wave of reinforcements, right behind Zhao Yun's initial charge.

Zou Dan is featured as one of Gongsun Zan's generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. His stats mirror many of Gongsun Zan's other generals with his War and Leadership being his best but average stats, ranging fom the lows 60s. His other stats are mediocre and leave a lot to be desired ranging from the mid to high 30s. Overall, Zou Dan is at best an average military commander but terrible in other areas.

Historical Information
Little information is known about Zou Dan. He is only mentioned after Gongsun Zan killed his lord, Liu Yu, and took his lands. Zan appointed Zou Dan as Prefect of Yuyang to help control the lands he'd just taken from Liu Yu. Many of Liu Yu's former subordinates, however, did not submit to Gongsun Zan. They instead gathered to resist the new warlord. Men like Xianyu Fu, Qi Zhou, Xianyu Yin and others formed a coalition against Gongsun Zan and appointed Yan Rou as the leader of said coalition. Zou Dan learned of these former Liu Yu officers elements gathering, he moved out to engage Yan Rou in Lubei. However, Zou Dan did not prove to be up to the challenge, both losing the battle and losing 4,000 men, including his own life.