One day, Cao Cao drank with Zhang Xiu , and was a little drunk. When I returned to my residence, my heart suddenly burst into tears and I wanted to find a woman to have fun.
Someone said that yesterday, I saw a woman next to the museum. She was very beautiful. When I asked, she turned out to be Zhang Ji's wife. When Cao Cao heard this, he felt very thirsty and immediately asked someone to bring Zhang Ji's wife over. After a while, he brought it to him. When Cao Cao saw it, he was indeed beautiful and charming. After asking for his name, Cao Cao said, "Does Madam know who I am?"
replied, "I have heard of the reputation of the prime minister for a long time. It is a blessing for me to be able to pay homage tonight."
greed for beauty and planted the root of disaster
00 in the first month of the second year of Jian'an (197 AD), Cao Cao personally led 150,000 troops to attack Zhang Xiu.
Cao's army divided into three groups, using Xiahou Dun as the vanguard, and set out from Xudu (now Xuchang, Henan). Cao Pi , elder brother Cao Ang and cousin Cao Anmin follow the battle.
Zhang Xiu is from Zuli, Wuwei (now northwest of Huining, Gansu), and is the nephew of Zhang Ji, the general of Dong Zhuo, . He raised an army with Zhang Ji, made military achievements, became General Jianzhong, and was granted the title of Marquis of Xuanwei. Zhang Ji led his troops from Guanzhong to attack Nanyang , but was shot in a wandering arrow and died. After Zhang Ji's death, Zhang Xiu took over Zhang Ji's team, took Jia Xu as a counselor, joined forces with Liu Biao to station troops in Wancheng (i.e. Nanyang, Henan), and was ready to commit a prison sentence at any time.
Cao Cao got the news and personally led a large army to attack Zhang Xiu. Cao Cao's identity at this time was Sikong, General of the Cavalry. Cao Cao's army arrived at the village of Qingshui.
Qingshui, also known as Yushui, is the Baihe River in Henan, located in the southwest of Henan Province. Zhang Xiu had already reached Cao's army, so he discussed with the adviser Jia Xu. Jia Xu advised Zhang Xiu, "Cao Cao has many troops and it is difficult for us to fight against him. It is better to lead the crowd to surrender for the time being and then make a long-term plan." When Zhang Xiu heard that it was reasonable, he sent Jia Xu to Cao Cao's camp to report.
Cao Cao met him and asked many questions, and Jia Xu could answer them all. Cao Cao was very satisfied and thought that if he had the chance in the future, he would definitely let Jia Xu be his adviser. Especially when Jia Xu explained his purpose, Cao Cao was even more happy. Without bloodshed, Cao Cao surrendered the famous general Zhang Xiu and his army. How could Cao Cao be unhappy?
Cao Cao sent Jia Xu back to the camp and asked him to notify Zhang Xiu and make an appointment to come to the camp to meet tomorrow. The next day, Jia Xu led Zhang Xiu to see Cao Cao, and Cao Cao treated him very favorably. A banquet was held to entertain Zhang Xiu.
Zhang Xiu asked Cao Cao to lead some troops to the camp in Wancheng City, and the rest were stationed outside the city. From a distance, the army camp and shed were connected for more than ten miles. For several days, Zhang Xiu held a banquet every day to entertain Cao Cao in return. Every time Cao Cao was drinking, the captain under the tent would hold a big axe and follow Cao Cao, keeping an inch behind him. This is his duty. Because Zhang Xiu was newly surrendered and his background is unknown, he must be alert and absolutely guaranteed Cao Cao's safety.
The big axe blade in Dian Wei's hand is one foot long. Dian Wei himself is extremely brave, so he looks particularly majestic. Whenever Cao Cao went to someone to drink, Dian Wei would raise his axe, with his tiger's eyes wide open, which was extremely shocking, which made Zhang Xiu and his generals scared. They avoided his gaze and did not dare to look up at him easily.
That's it, Cao Cao drank and had fun with Zhang Xiu every day, and there was a joyful atmosphere.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiu had only been surrendering for more than ten days, and suddenly surrendered and rebelled again, causing Cao Cao to pay a heavy price.
It turns out that Zhang Ji's wife is a beauty. After Zhang Ji's death, he remained in Zhang Xiu's army.
One day, Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu drank again, and they drank a lot, and were a little drunk. When I returned to my residence, my heart suddenly burst into tears and I wanted to find a woman to have fun. Some people say that yesterday, I saw a woman next to the museum. She was very beautiful. When I asked, it turned out to be Zhang Ji's wife Zou. When Cao Cao heard this, he felt very thirsty and immediately asked someone to bring Zou over. After a while, he brought it to him. When Cao Cao saw it, he was indeed beautiful and charming. After asking for his name, Cao Cao said, "Does Madam know who I am?"
replied, "I have heard of the reputation of the prime minister for a long time. It is a blessing for me to be able to pay homage tonight."
Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this and further sold his personal favors.
"Does Madam know? It's because of you that I'm willing to accept Zhang Xiu's surrender, otherwise he would have destroyed the nine clans long ago."
Madam bowed with a slender waist, with a charming charm, thanked him and said, "I'm grateful for the Prime Minister's rebirth." With a look, she was charming and charming.
Cao Cao was drunk and said, "Why should I repay me?"
Mrs. said, "I have nothing else to do. If the prime minister doesn't dislike you, I would like to be a slave to you for life." After that, he bowed to the ground.
Cao Cao hurriedly helped him up with his hands and said, "Okay! OK! Good! It's God's will to meet your wife today. Are you willing to go back to Capital with me to enjoy wealth and glory?"
What is unwilling to do; you have to be willing to do it even if you don't want it. In this way, that night, the wife lived in Cao Cao.
For the beauty, the child lost her child,
Someone reported this to Zhang Xiu secretly, and Zhang Xiu secretly hated Cao Cao and had made up his mind. But he did not show any expression in advance. He discussed with the counselor Jia Xu, so he went to find Cao Cao and said to Cao Cao: "Many soldiers fled. Please allow us to station in the central army."
Cao Cao didn't know Zhang Xiu's intention at this time, and thought that putting Zhang Xiu in the central army would facilitate surveillance and management, so he agreed. In fact, Zhang Xiu wanted to approach the central army and Cao Cao's camp in order to operate.
Zhang Xiu said again: "My military vehicles are few and heavy, please allow them to send them armor."
Cao Cao also agreed. In this way, Zhang Xiu also equipped his army. The troops will be divided into four camps and the matter will be initiated.
One night, Zhang Xiu invited Cao Cao and his soldiers to come back drunk and his guards to relax naturally. Until late at night, Zhang Xiu sent a signal to launch an attack on Cao Cao's residence. Cao Cao was startled and called Cao Ang, Cao Pi and Cao Anmin to get up quickly and prepare for the battle. However, Zhang Xiu had prepared in advance and quickly approached Cao Cao's camp and arrived at the gate soon. Seeing that the incident was hasty, Cao Cao was no longer interested in fighting, so he ordered Dian Wei to fight desperately and lead his nephews to escape from the rear of the village.
Dianwei's wine is completely eliminated, hold the middle gate and block the enemy. Zhang Xiu's men couldn't rush in from the middle door, so he rushed in from the side door. At this time, Dian Wei had only more than ten people, but they were well-trained and extremely brave. They fought a hand-to-hand battle with Zhang Xiu's army soldiers who had surrounded him, and they all took one as ten.
Helplessly, the enemy troops gathered more and more. Dian Wei made a long halberd rush left and right, and a halberd was swung out, and the guns and swords of the surrounding enemy soldiers fell to the ground one after another, just like the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves. But his men had been killed or injured, and Dian Wei was stabbed dozens of times, gradually losing his support. At this time, the enemy was approaching, and the long halberd could no longer play its role. Dian Wei had to throw the long halberd to the ground, grab two enemy soldiers rushing up, swing them, and kill seven or eight enemy troops. He could no longer support him, opened his eyes wide and scolded Zhang Xiu for death, but the man did not fall down, and leaned against the pillar.
Zhang Xiu's army soldier didn't know that he was dead. He was so shocked by Dian Wei that he was so scared that he was scared. Although Dian Wei was dead, he still did not dare to approach immediately. After a while, seeing that Dian Wei was not moving any more, he realized that he was dead. He stepped forward and chopped off Dian Wei's head, but admired the hero in his heart.
As soon as Cao Cao and others escaped from the back of the village, they were discovered by Zhang Xiu's people, chased after him from behind and shot arrows at the same time. Cao Cao's mount neighed, and the horse's head and feet were shot by an arrow, and he staggered, causing Cao Cao to fall. Cao Cao's mount is a good horse, and it runs very fast, so it is named " Jueying ", which means that you can run without a trace in the blink of an eye.
However, it is not possible now. Cao Cao couldn't care about it anymore, and he himself was shot and blood flowed. Zhang Xiu's army was getting closer and closer, and he was still shouting to capture him alive. However, without a mount, the speed of escape will be greatly slowed down. At this time, Cao Ang hurried over and asked Cao Cao to ride his horse because his riding skills were not very good. Now the situation is critical, so it is better to let the horse be with Cao Cao to escape, otherwise no one can escape.
Cao Cao knew that if he rode Cao Ang's mount and threw Cao Ang away, he would undoubtedly be a group of sheep falling into tigers and would never have been born. But reality no longer allows him to think too much, and he was helped by Cao Ang on the back. Cao Ang swung his knife and slapped the horse's butt. The horse was shocked and rushed forward, shouting behind him to kill him.
Cao Cao endured the pain and ran for dozens of miles in one breath. He found that his nephew An Min did not follow, while his youngest son Cao Pi, who was only ten years old, was always following him. He was heartbroken and comforted. What was heartbreaking was that Cao Ang and An Min must have died in battle; there was also a little comforting that his youngest son Cao Pi was still by his side.
It turns out that when Cao Pi was five years old, Cao Cao asked him to learn how to shoot archery. This is mainly because of the social environment at that time, with chaos and everyone is in danger, so we need to practice martial arts. The traditional procedure starts with bow and horse.
Cao Pi is talented, diligent and studious, so his academic progress is rapid. After a year of study, the six-year-old Cao Pi basically mastered the skill of archery. Cao Cao also taught him to ride a horse and shoot archery on horseback, that is, ride and shoot. In this way, when Cao Pi was eight years old, he had learned to ride and shoot arrows. He was also very accurate and could even go to war with the army. Therefore, every time Cao Cao went to war, Cao Pi often followed him and gained a lot of knowledge. In Cao Pi's own words, it is "born in the middle of the lunar calendar and grew up between the Rong and the brigade."
This time, Cao Pi survived with his good riding skills, and he was only ten years old this year.
In this battle, Cao Cao suffered losses in his troops and his beloved general Dian Wei was also killed in battle. He was also injured. If his son had not asked his horse to him, he would not only be shot to death, but also captured alive, and his eldest son Cao Ang and his nephew An Min were also killed by the rebel army. This was a great shame for Cao Cao.
The newly-developed beauty has nowhere to go, and she must have been killed by Zhang Xiu on the charge of being unconfident.
Cao Cao took away the remaining soldiers and returned to Wuyin. Hearing that Dian Wei died in battle, he couldn't help but cry. Later, Cao Cao fought with Zhang Xiu several times, with more victory than defeat, probably because he learned the lessons of this battle and was extremely cautious. In November of the fourth year of Jian'an, when Cao Cao was conquering Yuan Shao, Zhang Xiu once again led the crowd to surrender to Cao Cao. Cao Cao personally welcomed him, and held Zhang Xiu's hand and had a banquet with Zhang Xiu, as if he had forgotten the revenge of killing his son. Not only that, he also let his son, Cao Jun, marry Zhang Xiu's daughter.
Cao Cao is such a politician and he is indeed a bit graceful in hiring people. The Battle of Guandu , Zhang Xiu made great contributions to the battle and defeated the Qiang General. Later, he followed the Wuhuan to conquer Wuhuan and died on the way. According to historical records, Cao Pi has always been unable to let go of Zhang Xiu. He once hated and said, "I will never forget Zhang Xiu killed my brother." He did not even see Zhang Xiu's face.
Zhang Xiu was very uneasy and committed suicide. After Zhang Xiu died, he was posthumously named Dinghou. His son Zhang Quan inherited his status, but was killed and his title was abolished because of his participation in the plot of Wei Feng's rebellion.
Cao Cao seems to have a special preference for other people's wives, as long as he is a beauty, he can just like it. In addition to Zhang Ji's wife, Cao Cao also adopted He Jin's daughter-in-law Yin (the mother of He Yan and Qin Yilu's wife, which shows this. Not only did he do this himself, he also accepted Zhen, the wife of Yuan Xi, for his son Cao Pi.
Luo Guanzhong In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhang Ji's wife is Zou, but I don't know what to do. What is her surname? Because Shi Wumingwen doesn't know her yet. However, she must have been killed by Zhang Xiu, because since then, she has never been recorded again.