When it comes to the Three Kingdoms, there are a lot of impressive characters. Probably most people have begun to understand the Three Kingdoms, lupine scarves, and strategize because of Zhuge Liang. But the heroes are not only Wolong Zhuge Ge, there are many names that we are familiar with, and there are also many stories that we are well-known.
Every generation looks at the Three Kingdoms with the ideological views of each generation, some people like the hair public relations Cloud Chief, some people admire Changshan Zhao Zilong, who rides the savior of Nagasaka Slope, or Sun Zhongmou who occupies Jiangdong. But few people care about such a military general, who has hunted down cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and the top protagonist of the Three Kingdoms has almost died in him, and this military general is Zhang Liao.
First into the jianghu
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Liao was born in that era and was also successful in that era. Although he was young and learned martial arts, he was not favored in the early days, but only worked as a nameless official in the local area, but how could the dust and sand of the world cover up the light of gold.
By chance, Zhang Liao was promoted to a mansion. Subsequently, in 189, Zhang Liao, who had originally followed Ding Yuan, went to the capital, but unexpectedly the capital was already occupied by Dong Zhuo, and Ding Yuan was also killed by Dong Zhuo, and Zhang Liao at this time could only submit to Dong Zhuo.
Everyone knows that at this time, Dong Zhuo had a very powerful military general, that is, Lü Bu. At that time, Zhang Liao was already well known for his strength and bravery, dong Zhuo thought that he had gained Zhang Liao, and with the righteous son Lü Bu fighting for himself, his ambition to dominate was even more rampant.
But the good times did not last long, and soon after, Situ Wang Yun used his righteous daughter Sable Cicada to provoke the direct relationship between Lü Bu and Dong Zhuo with a beauty plan, which made Lü Bu completely hate Dong Zhuo in his heart, and then the major generals rebelled, Lü Bu was also among them, and stabbed Dong Zhuo with the Fang Tian Painting Blade.
As a result, Dong Zhuo was killed, and Lü Bu also escaped from the capital, and Zhang Liao, who was originally Dong Zhuo's general, had no place to return. So Zhang Liao decided to escape from Guanzhong with Lü Bu.
Submit to Cao Cao
During Zhang Liao's period of following Lü Bu, Lü Bu has always been a big figure he reveres. Zhang Liao was also involved in Lü Bu's subsequent attack on Cao Cao, and this war was the Battle of Yanzhou, especially in the Puyang area, and Cao Cao first had a slight advantage and achieved a small victory.
Then Zhang Liao defeated Cao Cao in battle, and on Lü Bu's orders, Zhang Liao quickly pursued the fleeing Cao Cao, at this time Zhang Liao was only 26 years old. After this battle, Cao Cao suffered heavy losses, and he himself was lucky to retrieve a life. Cao Cao then regained his strength and launched an attack on Lü Bu, who was in Xuzhou at the time.
At that time, Lü Bu was provoked by the villains to provoke his relationship with the military Chen Palace, without the Chen Palace, Xuzhou had already fallen under the attack of the Cao Army. Lü Bu was also unable to escape Cao Cao's capture and killing, and Zhang Liao was also a prisoner because of xuzhou's defeat.
However, at this time, Cao Cao was thirsty for talent, and was deeply impressed by Zhang Liao in the last battlefield, so he decided to subdue Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao did not follow at first, but seeing Cao Cao's sincere statement, and not wanting to go early in his life, and wanting to establish a meritorious heart on the battlefield, Zhang Liao finally submitted to Cao Cao.
In order to thank Cao Cao, Zhang Liao also desperately served his life on the battlefield and made great contributions to Cao Cao. In the subsequent Battles of Guandu and Wuhuan, Zhang Liao was able to defend and be bold and careful in military decisions, and these were all seen by Cao Cao and admired in his heart.
Pursued Liu Bei and severely defeated Sun Quan
After Zhang Liao's return to Cao Cao, the strength of Cao Cao's army was greatly improved, and soon Cao Cao understood that if he wanted to avoid being destroyed, he had to eliminate others, and the biggest threat to Cao Cao at that time was Liu Bei and Sun Quan.
However, for Sun Quan's many years of foundation in Jiangdong, it was not that he could be attacked, so Cao Cao set his sights on Liu Bei, who did not have a very large military capital at this time, and decisively ordered an attack on Liu Bei to prevent future troubles.
In this battle, Cao Cao naturally sent Zhang Liao. Liu Bei learned that Cao Cao was going to attack him, and learned that he was not Cao Cao's opponent, so he had to temporarily withdraw to Chuanzhong and use the terrain to guard against Cao's army.
However, when evacuating to Changshanpo, Liu Bei was chased by the Cao army because he could not let go of the people of Xinye, and it was guan Yu Zhang Fei Zhao Yun and many other military generals who barely resisted the Cao army's attack, and the savior of Zhao Yun who was passed down by later generations also occurred at this time.
Seeing Cao Jun approaching, 29-year-old Zhang Liao also pursued Liu Bei with a spear. Thanks to the cover of Yu Zhangfei, Liu Bei was able to evacuate safely. Subsequently, in 208, Liu Bei and Sun Quan joined forces to make a comeback against Cao Cao's army, defeating Cao Cao in the Chibi area, which was also later known as the "Battle of Chibi", which is a typical battle in history with few victories and more victories.
However, after Cao Cao's defeat, the generals around Lujiang had the intention of rebellion, and this idea was seen through by Zhang Liao, who pacified Lujiang in time, and this move also made Cao Cao deeply pleased and decided to let Zhang Liao defend the most important Hefei at that time.
It is also with Zhang Liao's town guard that the Hefei area has always been safe and sound. However, in 215 AD, Cao Cao attacked Zhang Lu in Hanzhong with a large army, leaving only 7,000 soldiers of Zhang Liao to garrison Hefei.
Eastern Wu Sun Quan took advantage of this opportunity to raise all the generals of Eastern Wu to attack Hefei and expand the territory in order to consolidate his Eastern Wu foundation. However, it was also Zhang Liao's seven thousand soldiers, who were not inferior to Sun Quan's 100,000 soldiers and horses.
Before the war, he first killed pigs and sheep in the army to boost morale, rewarding the three armies, and then Zhang Liao led eight hundred warriors to meet Sun Quan, did not expect that this momentum shocked the Eastern Wu soldiers, Zhang Liao also held a spear directly at Sun Quan, asking Sun Quan to come to the battle. As a result, the Wu army's heart had collapsed, and Sun Quan could only withdraw his army.
Unexpectedly, however, Sun Quan was ambushed by Zhang Liao on the way to withdraw his troops, and Sun Quan himself was behind a large army, and Zhang Liao's ambush left Sun Quan helpless.
At this time, the 46-year-old Zhang Liao took advantage of the victory to pursue and directly pursued Sun Quan, while Lü Meng and other generals saw the situation and immediately supported Sun Quan, and Sun Quan was able to get rid of Zhang Liao's pursuit. After returning to Eastern Wu Jianye, Wu Jun heard that Zhang Liao was afraid, and even the young children in Jiangdong would be too frightened to cry when they heard Zhang Liao's name.
brief summary:
Zhang Liao was on horseback, and eventually served Cao Cao and died for Wei. Zhang Liao's fame is not as good as Zhuge Liang's, but his meritorious achievements are engraved in history. Even before his death, he personally led the troops to command the battlefield.
Such heroism was comparable to that of ordinary people during the Three Kingdoms period. In the end, Zhang Liao was also one of the generals under Cao Cao who was rated as a martial artist. His bravery and heroic achievements have been recognized by the people of the world and recognized by history.