Zhang Gao (?) –231), courtesy name jùn yì, was a native of Mao (鄚, Inzhou, Renqiu, Hebei).
During the Three Kingdoms period, the famous general was one of the five sons of Cao Cao, who made great contributions to Cao Cao, but eventually died under sima Yi's conspiracy.
During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zhang Gao enlisted in the army and participated in the suppression of the rebellion as a military commander under Han Fu.
In 191, Zhang Gao led an army to defect to Yuan Shao in Jizhou, initially serving as a lieutenant, and later having made military achievements during Yuan Shao's battle against Gongsun Zhan, and was promoted to the rank of General of Ningguo Zhonglang.
During the Battle of Guandu, upon learning that Cao Cao had sent troops to attack Wuchao, Zhang Gao immediately suggested to Yuan Shao: "Cao Cao's resourcefulness and resourcefulness are certainly not an opponent, and once Wuchao is lost, then we will not be able to sustain it.
However, Yuan Shao did not heed Zhang Jaw's correct advice, but heeded the advice of the strategist Guo Tu and sent troops to attack Cao Cao's camp in an attempt to encircle Wei and save Zhao, thinking that Chun Yuqiong's danger would not be saved.
As a result, as Zhang Jaw had predicted, not only did Cao Cao's camp not fall, but Chun Yuqiong's Wuchao was robbed and the grain and grass were burned down.
After Guo Tu saw that his plan had failed, he was afraid that Yuan Shao would punish him, so he falsely accused Zhang Gao of being inferior after the failure, and complained to the lord Yuan Shao.
Zhang Gao and other generals knew that Yuan Shao was too small and afraid that he would blame himself for the failure, so he surrendered to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was very happy to learn of Zhang Hao's surrender, and personally went out of the camp to greet him and said: "I got you zhenru weizi to go to Yin Shang, and Han Xin returned to Han", so he ordered Zhang Jaw to serve as a partial general and the Marquis of Fengduting.
Zhang Gao was highly valued by Cao Cao and followed Cao Cao to the Bohai Sea to attack Yuan Tan, and he alone led an army to surround Yongnu and defeat the Yuan army.
During Cao Cao's conquest of Liucheng, Zhang Gao and Zhang Liao served as the vanguard, and Zhang Gao was promoted to the rank of general of Pingdi because of his repeated military achievements.
Zhang Gao accompanied Cao Cao in pacifying Weinan, defeating Ma Chao and Han Sui, and then besieging Anding, and Yang Qiu surrendered.
Later, Zhang Gao and Xiahou Yuan sent troops together to recruit the thieves Kou Liangxing and the Wudu rebels who were entrenched in The City of Wudu, defeated Ma Chao's forces again, and completely pacified the area.
In the twentieth year of Jian'an (215), Cao Cao marched west to Zhang Lu, arrived at Chencang, and prepared to enter the Qi tribe from Wudu County, but was blocked by the Qi people.
Cao Cao sent Zhang Gao to command a large army to attack the Hu people and enter Hanzhong from Sanguan, fighting until Yangping forced Zhang Lu to surrender.
After Cao Cao returned to the army, he left Zhang Gao, Xiahou Yuan, Xu Huang, and others to defend Hanzhong to defend Liu Bei. In the same year, Zhang Gao led his army south to attack Badong and The two counties of Batu to Tangqu, and Zhang Fei refused for more than fifty days, and Zhang Fei led more than 10,000 elite troops to attack Zhang Gao from the trail, because the mountain road was narrow, and could not be saved from end to end.
Zhang Gao was defeated, and only took more than a dozen people to abandon their horses and climb the mountain to escape, and then gathered the defeated soldiers and withdrew to Southern Zheng, Cao Cao did not blame Zhang Guo, but promoted him to the rank of general of Lang Kou.
Following Xiahou Yuan and Liu Bei in a major battle at Dingjun Mountain, when Xiahou Yuan was killed in battle and the whole army was in danger of no marshal, Zhang Gao ordered people to erect a large banner of Zhang Zi to protect The Banner of Shuai as a command, and after leading the troops to retreat safely, they were ordered to garrison Chen Cang.
Cao Pi was proclaimed empress dowager, and Zhang Gao was promoted to the rank of General of the Left and made the Marquis of Juan. In 228, cao zhenxi resisted Zhuge Liang, defeated the Shu army at jieting, and forced him to return to Hanzhong. He was promoted to the rank of General of the West Riders.
After Cao Pi summoned Zhang Gao and Cao Zhen at Xuchang Palace, he sent Zhang Gao south to attack The Eastern Wu dynasty's Jiangxia Commandery with Xiahou Shang.
Zhang Gao alone led several large armies across the Yangtze River and captured the Wu army fortress on BailiZhou.
In the second year of Taihe (228), Zhuge Liang, the chancellor of the Shu Han Dynasty, launched a large-scale invasion of the three counties of Tianshui, Nan'an, and Anding, and instigated the local officials to rebel against Zhuge Liang's army.
Emperor Cao Rui of Wei sent his most trusted veteran general, Zhang Guo, to have him governor of all armies and horses, and led troops to pacify the rebel forces in the three counties of Nan'an, Tianshui, and Anding, forcing Zhuge Liang to retreat.
Cao Rui issued an edict saying: "The thief Zhuge Liang led the rabble-rousers of Ba and Shu, met General Zhang, who was cloaked in armor and armor, and led me like a tiger to attack invincible and invincible. I want to reward you greatly. ”
Subsequently, Emperor Wei rewarded Zhang Jaw with 1,000 households, adding up to a total of 4,300 households.
In 229 (the third year of Taihe), Zhuge Liang once again went out of Qishan and launched a fierce attack on Chen Cang. Cao Rui sent Yima to summon Zhang Guo, who was assisting Sima Yi in Jingzhou in supervising the training of the water army, to the Capital Division, and also personally went to the county seat of Henan to set up a banquet for Zhang Gao to send him off.
Cao Rui sent 30,000 soldiers and warriors from the wuwei and huben battalions to guard Zhang Guo, who knew that Zhuge Liang's lone army was deep and would not carry too much grain and grass, and it was impossible to fight for a long time.
So he comforted Emperor Wei and said, "It is estimated that Zhuge Liang has already withdrawn before he reaches the front line." According to the calculations of the chancellor, Zhuge Liang's grain and grass could not support ten days. Zhang Hao marched day and night to reach Southern Zheng, and Zhuge Liang did retreat.
Cao Rui ordered Zhang Guo to return to the capital and appointed him as the general of the Zhenxi Che Riding Army. From this, an idiom was born - pinch your fingers (just a few).
In the fifth year of Taihe (231), Zhuge Liang's fourth Northern Expedition ordered Zhang Gao to lead the generals to Luoyang to meet the attack, Zhuge Liang retreated to Qishan, set up an ambush, and Zhang Gao stopped the troops.
However, at this time, Sima Yi had already started to do everything in his power to get rid of Cao Wei's hardcore loyal generals and clear the way for future usurpation of power, so how could he miss this opportunity to frame Zhang Jaw?
Therefore, he strictly ordered Zhang Jaw to lead the troops to chase.
When Zhuge Liang learned that Sima Yi forced Zhang Hao to march, he couldn't help but laugh: "Finally, you can avenge the revenge of the street pavilion!" Horsemon underground knows can also be blinded! ”
Zhang Gao had no choice but to chase after him, and just broke into the ambush circle set up by Zhuge Liang, and died of random arrows in his body.