Cao Wei Group can be said to be a group of talents, and the stars will be dazzling. In the Battle of Hanzhong, Huang Zhong killed Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Cao certainly had many famous generals in his hands. Therefore, I think this question should refer to those generals who are equivalent to Xiahou Yuan's seniority.
Xiahou Yuan is a team figure who started from Cao Cao, so I will focus on the team figures at the beginning of Cao Cao's entrepreneurship today.
Cao Cao was originally a knight lieutenant under the general He Jin, and was deeply appreciated by He Jin for his meritorious service in the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Later, the contradiction between He Jin and the Ten Permanent Attendants intensified, and He Jin summoned various assassins from all over the county to enter the capital to kill the Ten Permanent Attendants. As a result, the news leaked, and He Jin was killed by the Ten Constant Attendants. Cao Cao, together with Yuan Shao, killed the Ten Constant Attendants. Dong Zhuo was summoned to Beijing by He Jinzhi, and Cao Cao was appreciated by Dong Zhuo and could enter and leave Dong Zhuo's Xiang Mansion at will.
Later, Dong Zhuo acted perversely in the capital, brutalizing the people, oppressing hundreds of officials, and arbitrarily abolishing the establishment, which caused dissatisfaction among many ministers loyal to the Han dynasty. Situ Wang Yun organized an event to prepare to kill Dong Zhuo. Cao Cao volunteered to assassinate Dong Zhuo. Wang Yun gave Cao Cao the "Seven Star Sword" passed down from his family and asked him to complete the arduous task of killing Dong Zhuo.
Cao Cao went to Dong Zhuo's Xiang Mansion to wait for the opportunity to attack, and waited until noon for Dong Zhuo to take a nap, and Lü Bu was not around, before Cao Cao took out his sword and prepared to assassinate. As a result, Dong Zhuo just turned over and woke up, and was shocked to see Cao Cao holding a sword. Cao Cao saw that the opportunity was lost, so he changed his mouth and said that he had obtained a sword, and came to offer it to Taishi, asking Taishi to smile.
Dong Zhuo received the sword, Lü Bu also came to admire it, and Cao Cao took the opportunity to retreat. After Cao Cao left, Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu sensed that something was wrong. Cao Cao said that he had come to offer the treasure sword, why didn't he take it out at the beginning, and it took so much trouble, waiting for Dong Zhuo to take it out when he was napping?
Lü Bu said:
"If Cao Cao escapes, it means that he is weak in heart and has come to assassinate; If Cao Cao was the same as always, it would mean that he had come to offer the sword. ”
It seems that Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu did not understand: it is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to miss the truth of killing one person! Otherwise, what illusions do you still have about Cao Cao? Start hunting Down Cao Cao.
Dong Zhuo's hesitation gave Cao Cao plenty of time to escape. In order to avoid Dong Zhuo's pursuit, Cao Cao ran back to his hometown of Chen Liu County. Cao Cao knew very well that Dong Zhuo was unpopular and was already the target of everyone. Therefore, in the name of crusading against Dong Zhuo, he recruited troops and prepared to create his own foundation.
As the saying goes: put up the recruitment flag, there will be people who eat grain.
Cao Cao gathered volunteer soldiers in the name of punishing evil and adultery, and within a few days, the recruited heroes gathered like Yu Biao. Let's look at the fifth time in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Sending Corrections to the Towns Ying Cao Gong, Breaking the Pass Soldiers Three Ying Battle Lü Bu":
One day, there was a Yangping Weiguo man, Ying Le Mingjin, the character Wen Qian, to throw Cao Cao. Another Shanyang Julu man, Ying Li's canonical character Mancheng, also came to vote for Cao Cao. The operators are left as the front officials of the account. There was also Xiahou Huan (夏侯惇), a native of Peiguo County, who was a xiahou infant, who had been practicing guns and sticks since he was a child, and learned martial arts from his teacher at the age of fourteen, and some people insulted his teacher, killed him, and fled to the outside world. Hearing that Cao Cao had raised an army, he and his brother Xiahou Yuan, each of whom had attracted more than a thousand people from Zhuang Ding, came to the meeting. These two are brothers in this world. Cao Song's father, Cao Song, was originally the son of the Xiahou clan, and he was of the same clan as the Cao family.
Within a few days, Cao Pi's brothers Cao Ren and Cao Hong each attracted more than a thousand people to help. Cao Ren zi filial piety, Cao Hong character zi lian. The two were skilled in soldiers and horses and proficient in martial arts. Cao Daxi trained military horses in the village. Wei Hong gave up his furniture and bought a banner of armor. There are countless people who deliver food from all sides.
From the original work, we can see that Lejin was the first general to defect to Cao Cao; This was followed by Li Dian; Then there are the old general Xiahou Huan and Xiahou Yuan; Then there are the two brothers Cao Ren and Cao Hong. These six men formed the army that Cao Cao started. Therefore, I think what this topic asks, after Xiahou Yuan's death, what are Cao Cao's veteran generals? Which of these six people are left? These six people were the oldest qualified people in the Cao Cao Group. If this is not the case, then the problem will never be solved. Because, the number of generals who will continue to join Cao Ying in the future is really innumerable.
So, Le Jin, Li Dian, Xiahou Huan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong, when Xiahou Yuan was killed by Huang Zhong, did they all come unharmed or did they scatter their ways?
Lejin, the first and first person to defect to Cao Cao, was also the first person to leave him.
Together, Le Jin and Li Dian assisted Zhang Liao in defending Hefei. Sun Quan led an army of 100,000 to attack Hefei, and Zhang Liao persuaded Le Jin and Li Dian to fight Sun Quan. They broke Sun Quan in Xiaoyaojin and killed Dongwu Xiao'er who did not dare to cry at night. Zhang Liaowei zhen Xiaoyaojin, the military merit medal actually has a third of Lejin.
Immediately after, LeJin fought against the famous Eastern Wu general Ling Tong, and the two fought for more than thirty times without winning or losing. Cao Cao ordered Cao Xiu to shoot Ling Tong with an arrow, hitting Ling Tong's mount, and Ling Tong declined under his horse. Le jin stepped forward and stabbed Ling Tong with a shot, but was shot in the forehead by the Eastern Wu general Gan Ning, who died.
Second, Xiahou Huan was now in charge of supervising the transportation of grain and grass.
Xiahou Huan later died.
Third, Cao Ren and Cao Hong fought at Cao Cao's side.
In the end, it is also the end of life.
Fourth, Li Dian continued to stay in Hefei.
Finally, the end of life.
Fifth, let's briefly introduce Cao Cao's powerful senior generals Dianwei, Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, and Zhang Gao.
Dianwei was killed by Zhang Xiu's rebels in the Battle of Wancheng in order to protect Cao Cao.
Xu Chu was sad because of Cao Cao's death, and he also died.
Zhang Liao, who launched a war against Eastern Wu after Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, was shot in the waist by an arrow from the Eastern Wu veteran Ding Feng, and died.
Xu Huang, on the other hand, acted as a vanguard for Sima Yi to capture Meng Da, and was shot in the forehead by Meng Da with an arrow, and he died.
Zhang Gao was in the later Three Kingdoms period, when Zhuge Liang was retreating, he pursued him relentlessly and was killed by Zhuge Liang's ambush and arrows at the Sword Pavilion.