From ancient times to the present, even if the relationship between the two families that have been married to each other is not good, there is rarely a situation where swords and soldiers meet, but Cao Cao's relatives Zhang Xiu did such a thing, and even killed Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang.
In the novels "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the description of Zhang Xiu's deeds is generally no difference, from childhood to follow his uncle Zhang Ji to fight in all directions, until his uncle was shot by flying arrows, Zhang Xiu began to lead the army alone.
At that time, Zhang Xiu was known as the "Gun King of the Northern Lands" because he was born in Xiliang and had both martial arts, and his troops were stationed in Wancheng, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou were at odds with each other, in preparation for the attack of the four strong enemies, but Cao Cao at that time already had a strong military strength and was ready to march south.
Zhang Xiu, fearful of Cao Cao's strength, had no choice but to surrender, but Cao Cao seemed to be a little overwhelmed in the face of successive victories, and even took Zhang Xiu's aunt Zou Shi as a concubine.
This greatly angered Zhang Xiu, who rebelled while Cao Cao was defenseless in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao took the initiative to attack when he learned of Zhang Xiu's anger, but was counterattacked by Zhang Xiu's troops, damaging his eldest son Cao Ang and the general Dianwei.
From this point of view, Zhang Xiu's military strength was a force that could not be ignored at that time, and even Cao Cao's army was helpless.
However, Zhang Xiu's situation has always been like Lü Bu, although he has strong military strength, he has always been in a stable place, so when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were vying for the supremacy of the north, Zhang Xiu listened to Jia Xu's advice and decided to turn to Cao Cao and seek a way back for himself in advance.
In fact, just as Zhang Xiu expected, Cao Cao, instead of pursuing Zhang Xiu's revenge for killing his son, personally took Zhang Xiu's hand and invited him to the banquet together.
Not only that, Cao Cao also made the decision to let his son Cao Jun marry Zhang Xiu's daughter, and the two families reconciled and formed a family.
Such a thing is something that ordinary people dare not think, kill other people's sons, and can also form a family, so Zhang Xiu is very grateful to Dai De and made great contributions to Cao Cao in the Battle of Guandu.
In 207 AD, Zhang Xiu followed Cao Cao in his conquest of Karasuma, but died of illness before he reached the battlefield, and zhang Xiu, the gun king of the Northern Lands, ended his life.
In the folk commentaries on the history of the Three Kingdoms, Zhang Xiu was the eldest disciple of the martial arts master Tong Yuan, and the disciple was Xichuan Zhang Ren, who said that Zhang Ren was shooting General Xichuan of Pang Tong at Luofengpo.
Zhang Xiu and Zhang Ren learned Tong Yuan's Hundred Birds And Phoenix Gun, one known as the Northern Gun King, the other known as the Xichuan Gun King, both of them had the courage of ten thousand men, after which Zhao Yun threw himself into Tong Yuan's men and learned the Seven Detective Snake Pan Guns, since then, Zhang Xiu, Zhang Ren and Zhao Yun have become the three good gunsmen who shocked the world in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
However, these are the storylines of folk commentaries, and zhang xiu and the three people have not met in history, but their marksmanship is indeed more famous at that time.
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