There were many fierce generals under Cao Cao, among them, in Cao Cao's time, three fierce generals died on the battlefield, and Cao Cao only cried two of them, and after the death of the other fierce general, Cao Cao did not cry, so why did Cao Cao only cry two of them?
Let's first look at who were the three fierce generals who died in battle in the Cao Cao era? In order of death.
First, Dianwei.
Dianwei was the first-rate military general under Cao Cao, on a par with Xu Chu, and Dianwei was killed in battle to protect Cao Cao when Cao Cao was fighting Zhang Xiu.
At that time, Zhang Xiu had already surrendered to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao saw that Zhang Xiu's aunt was very beautiful, so he took it for himself, Zhang Xiu felt humiliated, so he suddenly defected and attacked Cao Cao, Cao Cao was caught off guard, and the flowers fell and flowed. At the critical moment, Dianwei protected Cao Cao, stubbornly guarded the gate of the village, and blocked the enemy army for Cao Cao, and in the end, Cao Cao fled, while Dianwei suffered dozens of serious injuries and died in battle.
The "Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms" records: embroidery rebellion, attack taizu camp, Taizu out of the battle unfavorable, light riding lead. Wei Zhan was in the middle of the door, and the thieves were not allowed to enter. The soldiers dispersed and merged in through his door. There were still more than ten people in the School of Shiwei, all of whom fought to the death, and all of them were ten. When the thief came and went, Wei struck it left and right with a long halberd, and once he forked in, he destroyed more than ten spears. Left and right dead and wounded are slightly exhausted. Wei was wounded by dozens of times, and the short soldiers engaged in battle, and the thieves fought forward. Wei Shuang threatened the two thieves to kill them, but the remaining thieves did not dare to move forward. Wei Fu was a thief, killed several people, wounded and re-fired, and died of glare and scolding. The thief dares to go forward, takes his head, and looks at it, and the overthrowing army looks at his body.
It can be said that this time, if it were not for Dianwei desperately protecting Cao Cao, Cao Cao would undoubtedly die, and Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang and nephew Cao Anmin would not be so lucky, they were all killed in this battle.
The second place, Xiahou Yuan.
In the first month of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Xiahou Yuan and Liu Bei launched a fierce battle at Dingjun Mountain, Liu Bei led more than 10,000 elite troops to attack Zhang Guo, Zhang Gao was frustrated, Xiahou Yuan divided half of his troops to rescue Zhang Gao, and Xiahou Yuan was killed by Liu Bei's general Huang Zhong because of his light enemy.
The "Biography of Xiahou Yuan of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms" records that in the first month of the twenty-fourth year, the antlers of the deer were burned at night. Yuan sent Zhang Hao to protect the eastern encirclement, and he sent his light troops to protect the southern encirclement. Prepared to provoke a battle, the Gao army is unfavorable. The general of the Yuan Branch office was half-assisted, and in order to prepare for the attack, Yuan Sui was killed in battle.
Xiahou Yuan was one of Cao Cao's most trusted generals, Xiahou Yuan was not only Cao Cao's brother, but also a brother-in-law, Xiahou Yuan was also the military commander of Cao Cao's western military front, Xiahou Yuan was killed, and Cao Cao broke an arm.
Third place, Pound.
After Ma Chao surrendered to Liu Bei, Pound surrendered to Cao Cao in Hanzhong, and Cao Cao heard that Pound was very brave and made Pound a general of Liyi.
In the autumn of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), the Battle of Xiangfan began, Yu Ban and Pound De rescued Fancheng Cao Ren, only to encounter a continuous autumn rain, the Han River soared, Yu Ban and Pound were flooded, and Guan Yusheng captured Yu Ban and Pound.
Yu Ban surrendered to Guan Yu after being captured, and Pound de was scolded in the face of Guan Yu's persuasion to surrender, preferring to die rather than surrender, and was finally beheaded by Guan Yu.
The "Biography of The Three Kingdoms Chronicle of Pound" records that de and his generals, two of the five uncles, bent their bows and fu ya, took a small boat to return to The Ren camp. The water is covered by the boat, the bow is lost, and the boat is covered in the water alone, and the feather is obtained, standing without kneeling. Yu Yu said, "Brother Qing is in Hanzhong, and I want to take Qing as a general, so why don't I surrender early?" Tokugawa scolded Yu Yue: "Shuzi, what is descending!" The King of Wei brought a million armor and vied the world. Ru Liu Beiyong is only an ear, how can he be an enemy of evil! I would rather be a ghost of the country than a thief. "So he was killed by Yu."
Pound is very brave and would rather die than surrender, which is in stark contrast to Yu Ban.
The above three fierce generals, Dianwei was killed in battle, and Cao Cao cried. See the "Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms Chronicle of Wei" records: Taizu retired to Wuyin, smelled Wei's death, for the sake of drooling, collected his mourning, personally wept, sent back to bury Xiangyi, and worshiped Zi man as Langzhong.
Pound was killed in battle, and Cao Cao cried. See the "Biography of Pound De in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms" records that Taizu heard and mourned, wept for it, and named his second son a marquis.
However, Xiahou Yuan died in battle, but Cao Cao did not cry, and it was strange that Xiahou Yuan was Cao Cao's most trusted general, so why did Cao Cao not cry xiahou Yuan?
This was because Cao Cao had already anticipated Xiahou Yuan's death, and he knew Xiahou Yuan's end very well in his heart.
Xiahou Yuan swept through Qiangxi, the tiger stepped on the right, always showed people with bravery, every time he fought, he showed very strong, Cao Cao had repeatedly advised Xiahou Yuan that for the generals, they could not rely solely on bravery, could not fight brute force, they must know how to use their minds, if only by brute force, a strong man can knock you down.
The "Biography of Xiahou Yuan of the Three Kingdoms" records that in the beginning, although Yuan was victorious several times, Taizu often warned: "For when there is cowardice, it is not necessary to be brave." It will be based on courage and wisdom in action; but it will be brave to know and be brave, and a pawn will be an enemy ear. ”
It was Xiahou Yuan who fought wildly and did not know how to use wisdom and strategy, which led to the death of the battlefield. It is said that Xiahou Yuan was killed by Huang Zhong's attack because he took three hundred soldiers to repair the antlers, and a military commander actually went to repair the antlers with the soldiers, which was simply too light an enemy, and Xiahou Yuan was also the most unfortunate of the three people to die.
Therefore, in Xiahou Yuan's death, it was also very normal for Cao Cao not to cry, and it was good not to be angry to death.