Zhang Te, a General of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms Period, was unremarkable in his early days, and neither had military feats worthy of boasting, nor did he show a talent that could win the appreciation of his superiors. He was appointed as the defender of Hefei New City, and at that time it can be said that he was only an unknown general.
In 253 AD, Wu and Wei exchanged troops, and Eastern Wu Quanchen and Taifu Zhuge Ke personally led heavy troops to surround the new city of the State of Wei, thinking that they could conquer it in one fell swoop, but they encountered the stubborn resistance of the xincheng soldiers and civilians under Zhang Te's command, and could not attack for a long time. The battle lasted for more than three months, and the losses on both sides were heavy.
Zhuge Ke was bound to win, and he relied on the large number of people, ordered the soldiers to build a high earthen mountain outside the city, invested more troops, and intensified the siege of the city. In the face of Wu Jun's wave of attacks higher than waves, Wei Jun was tired of coping.
Zhang Te's men originally had only three thousand troops, and in the past three months, the casualties had exceeded half, the number of sick numbers was increasing day by day, the combat effectiveness was weakening, and there were several places in the city wall that were about to be opened. The new city is in danger, and the situation is very urgent.
Under such circumstances, Zhang Te had to send a special envoy to ask Ge Kegao to raise his hand and suspend the siege.
This afternoon, he personally walked to the head of the city and shouted to Zhuge Ke in the enemy camp: "General Zhuge Ge, the grain and grass in our city have been exhausted, and more than half of the officers and men have been killed and wounded. I have no intention of resisting any longer, there is only one way to surrender. ”
Zhuge Ke was already a well-known Eastern Wu minister at that time, and he felt that Zhang Te, a nameless man, must have been unable to defeat himself, and when he heard these words, he couldn't help but laugh triumphantly: "Haha, it seems that General Zhang is very knowledgeable about current affairs!" ”
Zhang Te added: "But General Zhuge also knows that our Wei state has a law -- the enemy will attack, the officers and soldiers defending the city can hold out for a hundred days, and if there is no reinforcement of troops arriving, even if they surrender, the relatives of the general's parents, wives, children and other relatives can be exempted from punishment." Now that you have been attacking and defending, you have been holding each other for more than ninety days, and I ask you to postpone your favor for a few more days, and after a hundred days, I will hand over the new city in order to save the lives of my relatives. When I returned, I made a roster of officers and men in the city and sent them to me. ”
In order to show his sincerity and never repent, Zhang Te threw his official seal from a high place to Zhuge Ke as a proof of surrender.
Zhang Te's confession seemed to be sincere and touched Zhuge Ke and other officers and soldiers of Eastern Wu. They stopped the siege and waited only for the time to accept the surrender of the Wei army.
What the generals of the Wu Army did not expect was that Zhang Te actually had no intention of surrendering and sacrificing the city, he was just playing tricks to let the Wu Army be deceived, so as to win a chance to breathe.
Sure enough, on the night after the armistice, Zhang Te mobilized the entire city's soldiers and civilians overnight, and he ordered the soldiers to tear down the wood and bricks of the houses, quickly repair the city walls that would be breached, and also made new arrangements for the troops. The walls were reinforced, morale was boosted, troops were rationally deployed, and the Wei army showed anger again.
After a few days of rectification, Zhang Te thought that he had the certainty of continuing to hold on until victory, so he once again ascended to the head of the city, facing the Wu military camp, and shouted loudly: "My great general Wei, how can I surrender, and today I vow to fight you to the end in blood!" ”
Zhuge Ke saw Zhang Te's plan and was furious, and the commanders launched another attack.
But at this time, the Wei army was already a different look, and after they had rested, they appeared to be more tenacious, and the Wu army's attack could not work. In addition, the Wu army had been fighting outside the city for a long time, without rest, fatigue, heavy casualties, and increasingly difficult to receive grain and grass.
Zhuge Ke saw that he could no longer hold on, so he had to retreat from the army and leave, working hard to no avail.
Zhang Te fought bravely and won the battle, was praised by the imperial court, and was soon made a marquis and promoted to Anfeng Taishou.
However, Zhuge Ke was mistakenly hit by the enemy's plan, lost his troops, and returned without success, and was beheaded by the imperial sun jun.