During the Three Kingdoms period, there were many famous battles, and many capable generals gave full play to their strength in these battles, so these generals can pass through the ages in history. Among them, the battle of winning more with less is the most unforgettable, such as the famous Battle of Chibi, and what we want to talk about today is another famous battle with less victory, which is the Battle of Hefei, which not only made a general, but also turned history.
When Liu Bei was very weak, he once borrowed Jingzhou from Sun Quan, but as Liu Bei's power grew, he felt more and more that Jingzhou was a treasure land that could be attacked and reaped, so he was unwilling to return Jingzhou, and this kind of remorse was also common in the chaotic world of the Three Kingdoms, but during the negotiations between Sun Quan and Liu Bei, Cao Cao led the army to attack the rear abdomen of the Shu state, and Liu Bei could only divide Jingzhou in half to the State of Wu and bring his troops back to defend.
Wu saw this and thought that Cao Cao of Wei had taken most of his troops out to fight and that the interior was empty, so Wu gathered a large number of troops to attack Wei. At this time, the State of Wei heard the news, and the city was guarded by the general Zhang Liao, so Zhang Liao and his subordinates discussed countermeasures, and Zhang Liao believed that although Eastern Wu had a lot of troops, but after a long journey, it was very tired, and it was better to take the initiative to attack and hit the other side by surprise.
So Zhang Liao led a force of 800 people and General Li Dian to a surprise attack on the Wu army, Zhang Liao left and right killed, unmatched, and even killed in front of Sun Quan at one time, many generals protected Sun Quan, Zhang Liao went deep into the abdomen of the Wu army, and more and more people surrounded him, so Zhang Liao suddenly killed again. This battle greatly reduced Wu's morale, and many of his generals were wounded, but Wu was strong enough to surround the city of Hefei.
Zhang Liao's morale was raised outside, so the soldiers were very motivated to defend the city, which also led to Wu attacking for many days without being able to fight. However, at this time, it was not a coincidence that there was another epidemic in the Wu army, many people were infected with this disease, Sun Quan could only order a retreat, Zhang Liao heard that Wu was going to retreat, so he regrouped and re-pursued the past. Sun Quan let the army retreat first, and he and his generals led thousands of troops to break the rear. However, Zhang Liao's troops saw the period when Sun Quan's army crossed the river and pursued them, sun Quan was surrounded by hundreds of people, and the generals had to go back to rescue Sun Quan.
In this way, Zhang Liao broke Sun Quan's 100,000 male soldiers with a lone army of 800 people, and almost captured Sun Quan alive. This battle made Zhang Liao famous, threatening Jiangdong, and children did not dare to cry when they heard Zhang Liao's name. In the ensuing war, sun Wu had to fight with twelve points of spirit as long as he heard Zhang Liao's name.
Although Zhang Liao's reputation grew with this battle, it also caused Wu to change his war strategy, and Wu believed that The Wei state had Zhang Liao's guard and could not be easily breached, so they turned their target to Jingzhou. At that time, Jingzhou was guarded by Guan Yu, so this can be said to be a turning point in Guan Yu's life, and then it is the well-known Guan Gong defeated Maicheng, Zhang Liao's victory was like a butterfly effect, so that Guan Yu's life trajectory changed, it can be said that the Battle of Hefei, zhang Liao, but hurt Guan Yu, it is really lamentable!