Cao Cao, Sun Quan and Liu Bei were the three tyrants of the Three Kingdoms, very heroic and strategic, in the chaotic struggle of the crowd, they defeated strong enemies one after another and became the three major winners of the Three Kingdoms period, but Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan all lost to a famous general, and they lost very badly.
This famous player is Zhang Liao.
1. The 26-year-old pursued and killed Cao Cao.
Zhang Liao was originally Ding Yuan's general, and after Ding Yuan was killed by Lü Bu and Dong Zhuo, he attached himself to Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo was a dimwitted and cruel man, and after he controlled the court, for the sake of Shu wei, he actually deposed Emperor Shao of Han, supported Emperor Xian of Han as emperor, and poisoned Emperor Shao of Han and Empress He. This was a crime of great rebellion, and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao and other princes formed a coalition of princes to jointly attack Dong Zhuo.
Among the eighteen princes, many of them did not contribute to the work, gathered together to eat and drink all day, and did not seriously attack Dong Zhuo, but Sun Jian and Cao Cao did their best. Sun Jian led his troops to scare off Hu Yun and killed Hua Xiong, but Sun Jian was defeated by Dong Zhuo's subordinate Xu Rong.
Xu Rong is a very good general. When Dong Zhuo faced the threat of the combined forces of the princes, he decided to move the capital to avoid the front for the time being. At that time, the combined forces of the princes were fighting separately and stagnating, and Cao Cao was very anxious, so he led 5,000 soldiers and horses to pursue Dong Zhuo. On the way, Cao Cao was ambushed by Xu Rong again and suffered a crushing defeat to Xu Rong. Subsequently, Zhang Liao followed Lü Bu and the others out, and Cao Cao fled in a panic, very embarrassed.
Second, the 29-year-old hunted down and killed Liu Bei
After Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and others were repelled by Dong Zhuo, the combined forces of the princes against Dong Zhuo also failed. Subsequently, Wang Yun used the beauty plan to make Lü Bu and Dong Zhuo turn against each other, resulting in Dong Zhuo being killed by Lü Bu. After Dong Zhuo's death, Zhang Liao became a general of Lü Bu.
After Dong Zhuo was killed, his generals scattered like birds and beasts and prepared to disband their troops and flee back to Xiliang, but Jia Xu persuaded them to counterattack Chang'an. Lü Bu led their Hezhou army and lost to the Xiangzhou army led by Li Dai, Guo Feng and others. Zhang Liao followed Lü Bu to escape from Chang'an and began to wander. Lü Bu defected to Yuan Shao and Zhang Yang, but because Lü Bu had a bad deed of killing the lord, the two did not trust Lü Bu, and Lü Bu could only leave them. Soon after, Lü Bu had great luck, and Cao Cao was dissatisfied with Chen Gong because he killed Bian Rang and other famous soldiers, and he chose to submit to Lü Bu.
With the help of Chen Gong, Lü Bu obtained Yanzhou, but because Xun Yu and Cheng Yu helped Cao Cao defend Juancheng, Fancheng, and Dong'a, which gave Cao Cao a chance to turn the tables, he gave up attacking Tao Qian, led his troops to withdraw, defeated Lü Bu, and recaptured his own Yanzhou.
After Lü Bu was defeated by Cao Cao, he went to cao cao's rival Liu Bei. Liu Bei took Lü Bu in, but Lü Bu was ungrateful and took Advantage of Liu Bei's attack on Yuan Shu to capture Liu Bei's Xuzhou. Faced with the threat of two powerful enemies, Yuan Shu and Cao Cao, Liu Bei chose to endure humiliation and bear the burden of humiliation for the sake of the great cause of "Kuang Fu Han Room" and took the initiative to reconcile with Lü Bu. Liu Bei led his troops to garrison Xia Pi. Soon after, Lü Bu sent Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to lead an army to attack Liu Bei. Liu Bei's subordinates, such as Yu yu and Zhang Fei, were defeated by Gao Shun and Zhang Liao.
After being defeated by Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, Liu Bei asked Cao Cao for help. Cao Cao sent Xiahou Huan to lead troops to rescue Liu Bei, but was also defeated by Zhang Liao and Gao Shun.
Third, the 46-year-old hunted down sun quan
After xiahou's army was defeated, Cao Cao personally led troops to recruit Lü Bu. Cao Cao had many military generals under him, and he also took in Liu Bei's three brothers, which made his strength far above Lü Bu. Chen Gong suggested that Lü Bu lead his troops out of the city and garrison, and when the Cao army attacked Xia Pi, Lü Bu could take the opportunity to attack the Cao army from the rear, so that Cao Cao would be attacked on both sides and it would be difficult to attack Xia Pi City. Lü Bu's wife felt that Chen Gong and Gao Shun were at odds, and after Lü Bu left, there might be changes in Xia Pi City, especially when Chen Gong had betrayed her lord Cao Cao, which also worried her.
Lü Bu listened to his wife's words and did not want to go out of the city to garrison, which also led him to the road of destruction. Cao Cao flooded Picheng and captured Lü Bu, Zhang Liao, and others. After being captured, Lü Bu wanted to surrender to Cao Cao, Cao Cao did not want to take in people who were not loyal to the lord, and killed Lü Bu, although Zhang Liao followed many lords, but did not do anything to betray the lord, and was highly skilled, Cao Cao recruited him to his command.
After arriving under Cao Cao's tent, Zhang Liao was like an eagle flying into the blue sky, a fish entering the sea, and a stage for him to show his skills. Zhang Liao followed Cao Cao and made great achievements. While Zhang Liao was defending Hefei for Cao Cao, Sun Quan led an army of 100,000 to attack Hefei, but was defeated by Zhang Liao, who had only 7,000 soldiers and horses. Subsequently, Zhang Liao detected that Sun Quan only took more than a thousand people to stay in Xiaoyaojin, and he immediately led 800 cavalry to kill Sun Quan. Sun Quan panicked, instead of Gan Ning, Zhou Tai and others fighting to the death, he might have become Zhang Liao's captive.
Zhang Liao was a very brave and good general, he not only achieved excellent results in the civil war, but also achieved outstanding results in foreign wars, and he once followed Cao Cao on an expedition to Wuhuan. Zhang Liao led his troops to destroy Wuhuan at the White Wolf Mountain, and also killed Wuhuan Shan Yu Jiandun, so that Wuhuan no longer dared to easily invade the Central Plains. Zhang Liao, with the great feat of breaking wuhuan, became a national hero comparable to Wei Qing and Huo Qi, and he was also the most outstanding military general in the Three Kingdoms.