In the era of cold weapons in the Three Kingdoms, military generals were crucial to every group at that time. In Liu Bei's clique, there is the saying of the Five Tigers. The strongest general was named the 5 Tiger General, and the Cao Cao clique was not far behind, and he also had five sons under his command. So who will Cao Cao's five sons be? What is their respective fame battle?
We have read history and know that Cao Cao's men were full of talents. And his five sons, Liang Generals, were not to be outdone, all of them were great generals who could fight good battles, and their strength was comparable to Liu Bei's Five Tiger Generals, they were Zhang Liao, Yu Ban, Zhang Gao, Xu Huang and Le Jin.
Among them, the first place is Zhang Liao
Zhang Liao was the head of the five sons of Cao Cao, and also a famous general with both wisdom and courage. In his early years, he worked under Ding Yuan Dong Zhuo, Lü Bu and others. Since the Battle of Xia Pi, he has submitted to Cao Cao and has since followed Cao Cao in his southern expedition to the north, with great achievements. Among them, his main exploits were to relieve the White Horse Siege with Guan Yu, surrender Chang Feng to the East China Sea, attack Yuan Shang at Yicheng, lead the vanguard to kill Wu Huandan at the White Wolf Mountain, and pacify Liaodong Liu Yi, Huainan Meicheng, Chen Lan, and so on. In the Battle of Hefei, he led 800 soldiers to attack Sun Quan's 100,000 troops and hit Sun Quan's commander-in-chief, which made the Wu army feel frightened. Later, with 7,000 soldiers and horses, Sun Quan's 100,000 troops were almost captured alive. He became famous in the first battle, and since then he has become famous, and was later revered as one of the 64 generals of ancient and modern times.
In second place is Xu Huang
Xu Huang was one of the famous generals of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, and he served as a knight lieutenant under Yang Feng in his early years, and later after Yang Feng was defeated by Cao Cao, he switched to Cao Cao and made countless contributions under Cao Cao. During his military career, he participated in many major battles such as the Battle of Xuzhou, the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Jizhou, the Battle of White Wolf Mountain, the Battle of Nan County, the Conquest of Guanzhong, the Battle of Xiahouyuan Pingliangzhou, and the Battle of Hanzhong. Especially in the Battle of Fancheng, he led his army to repulse, and Guan Yu, the head of Liu Bei's five tiger generals, completely lifted the siege of Fancheng.
In third place is Lejin
Le Jin was first a civilian official under Cao Cao, and later became a military general. Throughout his life, he followed Cao Cao in his southern conquest of the northern war, and made countless achievements. The more famous battle was in the Battle of Guandu, where he fought bravely and beheaded Yuan Shao's general Chun Yuqiong. Later, he attacked Yuan Tan, who was still in Liyang and beheaded his general Yan Jing.
In 4th place is Zhang Gao
Zhang Gao was originally a general of Yuan Shao, and he surrendered to Cao Cao in the Battle of Guandu, and from then on he followed Cao Cao in his southern expedition to the northern war, breaking Ma Chao, demoting Zhang Lu, and repeatedly building Qigong. At the Battle of Jieting, he defeated the Shu army and forced it to retreat to Hanzhong, where he was promoted to general of cheqi for his merits.
The last in line is Yu Ban
Yu Ban was a famous general of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. He spent his early years under Bao Xin, and later after Bao Xinzhan's death, he was introduced to Cao Cao by Wang Lang. Since then, he has followed Cao Cao in his southern conquest of the northern war and made countless military achievements. However, this man's greatest strength was his ability to train troops, and he once fought against the Qingzhou soldiers who did not observe military discipline during Zhang Xiu's rebellion, and at the same time held the camp to meet the enemy. Later, in the Battle of Xiangfan, he lost to Guan Yu, resulting in the late festival being unsafe, so he ranked last.
The above 5 are the five sons of Cao Cao, what are the different views of everyone on this, welcome to leave comments below.