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In the Battle of Hanzhong, The Cao Wei commander Xiahou Yuan was beheaded by the Shu Han general Huang Zhong, the marshal was lost, the generals lost their color, and the military situation on the front line of the Wei army was very critical. At the critical juncture, the generals promoted Zhang Gao as the chief of the army and commanded the whole army, and Zhang Gao did not live up to the expectations of the people, went out to "lead the troops to settle the front", and finally calmed the hearts of the army, and waited until Cao Cao's arrival, withdrew the Wei army from Hanzhong, and avoided greater losses for the Wei army. It is generally believed that it was Sima Guohuai of Xiahou Yuan who proposed to put Zhang Gao in command of the whole army, but there was another person who played a greater role in letting Zhang Gao temporarily command the whole army, and this person was Du Xun, the governor of the XiangFu Andi, who stayed in charge of the Hanzhong military.
In the process of electing Zhang Gao to lead the whole army, why did Du Raid play a greater role?
Du Raid, Zi Xu, a native of Dingling County, Yingchuan County. During the great chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, He took refuge in Jingzhou, and although Liu Biao treated him with the courtesy of a guest, he thought that Liu Biao was not a figure who calmed the chaotic world, so he traveled south to Changsha. When Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian of Han to move the capital to Xu County, Du Xun fled back to his hometown and was appointed by Cao Cao as the governor of Xi'e County. At that time, The southern border area of Western Hubei was Cao Wei, with constant military frictions, barren countryside, poor people, and empty warehouses. Du Raid organized the people and let the old and infirm people disperse outside the city to cultivate the land, leaving the young and middle-aged to stick to the city, which won the support of officials and the people. Soon, Jingzhou sent more than 10,000 cavalry to attack the city, but Du Xun only had more than 50 officials and civilians to defend the city. Du Raid organized them and swore an oath with them, so that some of these people had relatives who wanted to go outside the city on their own, but none of these people left, and they were willing to fight to the death to defend the city. Du Raid personally released arrows and stones, led everyone to fight against the enemy, and the officials and people also went all out, and finally because they died more than half of them, they were attacked by the enemy army. During the breakout, all these people were wounded, almost all of them were killed, but none of them rebelled and surrendered. Du Raid regrouped the scattered people and moved to Mopi to set up camp, and the officials and people followed him because they trusted him.
Si Li Zhong Recommended Du Raid as a Counselor, Xun Yu recommended Du Raid, and Cao Cao appointed Du Raid as a sacrifice for the Xiang Army. After the establishment of the State of Wei, Du raided as a servant and later concurrently served as the governor of Changshi, following Cao Cao to Hanzhong to fight Zhang Lu. Cao Cao returned and appointed Du Xun as the Commander of the Imperial Guard, leaving him to oversee the hanzhong military. After his appeasement and enlightenment, more than 80,000 people among the common people voluntarily moved from Hanzhong to Luoyang and Yecheng.
In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), the two armies of Wei and Shu had been facing each other in Hanzhong for more than a year, but Liu Bei suddenly crossed the river from Yangping to the south, advanced along the foothills of the mountain, and then camped at Dingjun Mountain. Xiahou Yuan, the commander of the Wei army, led his troops to seize it, but he did not want to be burned by Liu Beijun at night. Liu Bei personally led a large army to attack Zhang Guo, Xiahou Yuan divided his troops to help Zhang Gao, the Shu Han general Huang Zhong attacked in chaos, xiahou Yuan was killed, and Yizhou assassin Zhao Yuan was also killed. Zhang Gao led his troops back to Yangping. This Cao Army had just lost its commander, and it was chaotic and overwhelmed. The overseers Du Xun and Sima Guohuai of Xiahou Yuan gathered their scattered troops and ordered the various armies: "General Zhang is a famous general of the country, even Liu Bei is afraid of him, and now the situation is critical, without General Zhang, it is impossible to turn the crisis into safety." Therefore, Zhang Gao was temporarily elected as the commander of the whole army. Zhang Gao came out to preside over military affairs, restrain soldiers and horses, and inspect the army position, and all the generals accepted Zhang Gao's command, and the military's heart was settled. The next day Liu Bei led his army to prepare to cross the Han River to attack, but seeing that the Wei army was waiting in a strict position, he finally stopped moving.
Later, this Du Raid also served as a military division of Cao Zhen and Sima Yi, but left the army due to illness.
As far as the situation at that time was concerned, although it was generally believed that Guo Huai had proposed that Zhang Gao command the whole army, it should be said that Du Raid had a greater role, because Du Raid was a long history of Cheng Xiang, in a sense, it represented Cao Cao, and his opinions and generals should be more focused on it. This is like Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition and his death in Wuzhangyuan, and his will allowed Yang Yi to bring back the army, rather than Wei Yan, who had a higher official title, which shows the importance of the long history of the chancellor at this critical time. As for why it is generally believed that Guo Huai's proposal is, I am afraid that it is related to Guo Huai's later high official position and high military achievements!
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