Yuan Shao With Hebei Four Courts and , he can stabilize the four prefectures in Hebei, and with a group of planners, he can become the world's number one overlord. Although it is inseparable from the halo of the three dukes of the four generations, it is difficult to hide the numerous talents under his command. Then what about Cao Cao , who later occupied the eight northern states, wiped out Wuheng, and shocked the outside world, and was known as the overlord? In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it was said that Cao Cao had many generals and his advisers were like rain. I think it was exaggerated, but if you want to talk about Cao Cao's talents, there were indeed many talents. Cao alone, Xiahou , the two major clans had Eight Tiger Generals , and Cao Cao was respectful to the wise and humble, recruiting talents everywhere. Not to mention Li Dian , Wenpeng , the five good generals alone were all famous generals with both civil and military power. One of them entered the Wu Temple, who once defeated Wuheng in Bailang Mountain, and later defeated 800 in Hefei Sun Quan 100,000 in Yanmen Zhang Wenyuan .
Zhang Liao , whose courtesy name is Wenyuan, was a native of Yanmen. At that time, he was a general under Ding Yuan . He often experienced the plunder of the Hu people when he was young, so he accumulated rich battlefield experience early in the army. Later, because of his extraordinary force, he was valued by Ding Yuan, who had just become the governor of Bingzhou . In the meantime, after Ding Yuan was summoned to the capital, Zhang Liao was sent to Hebei to recruit soldiers. As a result, He Jin died when he returned. The soldiers broke through the palace gate and killed eunuchs, but the young emperor was robbed by eunuchs. He was in charge and eventually made a mess. He was led by Dong Zhuo and helped the king and protect him. He made great contributions. As a direct army under He Jin, Zhang Liao was under the command of Dong Zhuo, who was monopolized by power. Later, Dong Zhuo was killed by Lu Bu. As a Bingzhou person, Zhang Liao didn't know where to go, so he followed Lu Bu. However, although he maintained a certain independent position under Lu Bu, he had his own official position. The prefect of the Northern Territory was not much lower than Lu Bu. The two were more similar to a brief alliance. Afterwards, Li Jue Guo Si made a comeback, and Lu Bu could only withdraw from Chang'an . Zhang Liao followed him and absorbed Chen Gong and others to gain a foothold in Gunzhou. After the war with Cao Cao was defeated by Cao Cao (after all, it was Cao Cao's territory, and it was not quickly defeated Cao Cao to relieve him). Then he ran to Xuzhou and defected to Liu Bei . Soon after, he took advantage of Liu Bei's absence, and added Zhang Fei and Cao Bao to seize Xuzhou. Zhang Liao was appointed as the Prime Minister of Lu. Later, Lu Bu's army bought a horse and was kidnapped by Zhang Fei. Zhang Liao was ordered to attack Liu Bei with Gao Shun , and defeated the supportive Xiahou Dun , which eventually led to the overwhelming defeat of Cao Cao. Lu Bu trapped Xia Pi City and was finally flooded by Guo Jia . Lu Bu's army had a long time ago, and he united to tie up Lu Bu and surrendered to Cao Cao. Zhang Liao and Guan Yu had an old age. He was persuaded by Guan Yu and Cao Cao's courtesy and wise men. In the end, Zhang Liao surrendered to Cao Cao. It can be said that Cao Cao It was his third lord. Cao Cao treated him very well. Although he deprived him of the Prime Minister of Lu, he was given the position of General of the Central Army, and he was directly granted the title of Guannei Marquis, which shows that he was valued. Later, Liu Bei fled and Guan Yu was persuaded to surrender by Zhang Liao. The two of them were also considerate. In the subsequent battle of Guandu, Zhang Liao made his mark and followed Guan Yu to lead elite cavalry to raid Yan Liang and killed him. In October of the same year, Zhang Liao was sent to Anding many territories that were surrendered by Yuan Shao. Zhang Liao had an old age with these people, plus Yuan Shao Guandu was defeated, and these fencemen did not think about continuing to persist. So the two sides reached an agreement by taking advantage of the situation. Zhang Liao surrendered these people again. After these areas were stabilized, Cao Cao had the energy to attack the northern expedition and completely pacify the Jizhou. In 202, Zhang Liao followed Cao Cao to attack the Yuan Tan . In 204, after resting, Cao's army attacked the northern expedition again. This time, not only did he capture the Yecheng , but Zhang Liao also patrolled Zhao State, Changshan and other places to surrender those bandits and bandits to stabilize the place. In 205, he continued to go north and defeated Gongsun Du. Later, he went south and defeated Jiangxia. He was relied on by Cao Cao to report to the emperor as the Duting Hou and the general of the bandit.
Then came Zhang Liao's highlight moment, Battle of Bailang Mountain . In 207, in order to clear Yuan Shang , Cao Cao decided to continue the northern expedition in order to clear Yuan Shang and stabilize the northern border. Just then, Liu Biao was indecisive, making Cao Cao think he could send troops, so he marched all the way. Cao Cao led the leading troops to encounter the main force of the enemy's army in the Bailang Mountain area. At that time, the enemy was numerous and we were few, and the soldiers were afraid. Only Zhang Liao suggested that he would send troops while the enemy was not stable and he would win. Cao Cao admired Zhang Liao's courage very much, so he handed over the command of the three armies to Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao led the Cao army to launch a charge, and accidentally defeated Wuheng, and even killed Wuheng Shanyu, who was famous for his bravery, and Zhang Liao became famous in one battle. After that, the northern border was stable, and more than 200,000 surrendered (most of them were tribal civilians). In 208, after surrendering the Jingzhou army, there was a night when someone rebelled in the army. Everyone was very panicked and didn't know how to deal with it. Zhang Liao remained calm in the face of danger and ordered the entire army to remain silent because he understood that only a few people rebelled, as long as most of the soldiers were not in chaos, the rest would be easy to distinguish. Then he led more than a dozen confidants to patrol and executed dozens of people who mutinied. He was not afraid of Cao Cao's trust in the face of danger. Therefore, when he went south to Chibi, Zhang Liao was one of the commanders of the Seven Army. In 209, Chen Lan, a powerful man in Jianghuai, rebelled and repeatedly deceived him. He was encountered by Zhang Liao. He was not afraid of the enemy occupying the dangerous terrain and marched. Finally, he killed the enemy generals and suppressed the rebellion. This shows Zhang Liao's courage. Later, he stationed in Hefei, Jianghuai, to guard against Sun Quan, which was another battle for Zhang Liao to become famous. In 213, Cao Cao's main force attacked Sun Quan, defeated his Jiangxi camp, and captured the governor, Gongsun Yang, and later saw that the enemy had water conservancy. Cao Cao left behind " to have a son like Sun Zhongmou" and withdrew his troops. Later, Cao Cao's main force attacked Hanzhong . At that time, Cao Cao took away most of the troops guarding Sun Quan and gave only Li Dian, Lejin , and Zhang Liao left 77,000 people. After Sun Quan learned the news, he thought this was a good time to seize Hefei. He randomly led the army of Sun Wu . As a result, Zhang Liao had already made preparations for the precautions. Sun Quan's surprise attack turned into a strong attack. Later, they opened the treasure left by Cao Cao, and Sun Quan attacked, Zhang Liao and Li Dian sent troops to defend. Because Li Dian and Zhang Liao had a grudge, Le Jin would not be unable to save the city. In the end, Zhang Liao recruited 800 elite soldiers late at night (I usually like to say that these 800 were Gao Shun's army that year). After drinking and eating, he went out to attack the camp and raided. When Sun Wu discovered it, Zhang Liao had already killed many Wu troops, and then led his soldiers to rush in and killed everyone he saw, making Sun Quan very scared. From the raid to the next day, he even rushed out and rushed in to rescue the besieged friendly troops. Sun Quan directly attacked without temper and withdrew his troops. Hefei was stable at this point. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was called "Zhang Liao's might as well as Xiaoyaojin". In the middle, Sun Quan made a lot of embarrassment to escape, so that Zhang Liao's name could stop the waiter from crying. After that, Zhang Liao took charge of Hefei. In 219, in order to allow Sun Quan to attack Jingzhou with peace of mind, Cao Cao ordered the recall of Zhang Liao. As a result, before Zhang Liao arrived, Xu Huang defeated Guan Yu. In 220, Cao Cao died, and Cao Pi made Zhang Liao the former general. He was originally the General of the East and later stationed in Hefei. Later, Cao Pi became emperor and the Marquis of Zhang Liao was also promoted. However, he had never left Hefei. He defeated Lu Fan when he was seriously ill. Later, he died of illness and buried with Cao Wei ancestral temple.
It can be said that Zhang Liao had a very high status. As one of the few people who entered the Wu Temple during the Three Kingdoms period and were listed as the 64 generals in ancient and modern times, I think it was mainly because he made outstanding achievements in the Battle of Bailang Mountain. Following Lu Bu, he was probably unknown all his life, and Cao Cao made this famous general and his five sons and good generals, and Zhang Liao should be the leader. Although he was a surrendered general, he was deeply trusted by the Cao family. I think this is the loyal general.
