Zhang Shao (張绍), a native of Zhuo Commandery (涿郡, in present-day Zhuozhou, Hebei), was a Shu Han Taishou (蜀汉) Taishou (太守), a che cavalry general, a lieutenant colonel, and a marquis of Xixiang Huan. He is the second son of the famous Zhang Fei. As a famous general of the Shu Han Dynasty, Zhang Fei made great contributions to the establishment of the Shu Han Dynasty, but he failed to die well. Zhang Fei has always been a rough figure of jealousy and hatred in his rendition, and his martial arts are strong. And from the perspective of Zhang Fei's personality, he hated traitors very much, but to his surprise, just after his death, his son actually surrendered to the State of Wei.
Zhang Fei died early, so he only had four children, just two sons and two daughters. Both daughters later married Liu Chan and became empresses. Zhang Fei's two sons are named Zhang Bao and Zhang Shao, of which Zhang Bao should be small and famous, and there are many appearances in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and he is also called Xiao Guan Zhang with Guan Yu's son Guan Xing, which makes people sigh "Tiger father has no dog son".
Zhang Bao was the eldest son of Zhang Fei, and after Zhang Bao was Zhang Shao, he was Zhang Fei's second son and the only son who lived after Zhang Fei's death, and he later inherited Zhang Fei's title and became the Marquis of Xixiang.
Liu Bei and Zhang Fei are brothers and sisters, so Zhang Shao's relationship with Liu Chan is also very good. In addition, Zhang Shao's two sisters were married to Liu Chan as his wife, so Zhang Shao himself became an uncle. In the late Shu Han Dynasty, there was no one available, so Liu Chan was very important to Zhang Shao, and once made him a servant of The Shang Shu, and held a high position of power in the middle of the dynasty. But unfortunately, Zhang Shao does not seem to have made any achievements, because his records in the canonical history are only a few words that we still do not know.
At that time, Deng Ai smuggled into Yinping and went straight to Chengdu, at this time the Shu general Jiang Wei was far away, and the internal emptiness of the Shu state was difficult to support. Liu Chan had no choice but to send Zhuge Liang's son Zhuge Zhan to the front line to resist. However, he was besieged by a large army, and Zhuge Zhan was unable to turn the tide and eventually died in battle. In the face of Deng Ai's army approaching the city, Liu Chan knew that the Strength of the Shu State would be exhausted, so he had to choose to surrender, so as to save the people of Chengdu from being destroyed. I had to find someone to surrender. But who to send is a big question. Must be a person of noble status, otherwise it is not taken seriously by others. The heavy responsibility of surrender was entrusted to Zhang Fei's son Zhang Shao.
Why he was chosen, not because he was as brave as Zhang Fei, but because of his special status. What's going on here, let's take a closer look.
Zhang Fei's wife was Xiahou Yuan's adopted daughter Xiahou Shi, who later gave birth to Zhang Shao, who was also a relative of the Xiahou family. Moreover, when Shu Han surrendered, Zhang Bao had already died of illness, and Zhang Shao's nephew Zhang Zun was also killed in battle, and Zhang Shao became the only male in Zhang Fei's vein. As the old saying goes, there are three filial pieties, no queen is greater, if Zhang Shao dies in battle again, Zhang Fei will be the queen.
In addition, in order to avoid the destruction of life, although the chance of turning the tables with Deng Aishu is very small, there is also a possibility of winning. But even if deng Ai could be defeated, the bell would not be a nameless person. If you continue to fight, the most bitter is still those people, Zhang Shao also knows that it is useless to resist again, it is better to directly obey, which did not dissuade Liu Chan, but this did indeed lose Zhang Fei's face.
After Liu Chan surrendered, Zhang Shao also followed him to Luoyang, and he also received a reward from a marquis, and there was no detailed written record in his later years, but he thought that he should have a good life.