When it comes to the famous generals under Cao Cao, some people will first think of the five sons of liang, and some people will first think of the Xiahou family and the Cao family, those Cao Cao's concubine generals. Indeed, these people have their own strengths, and their achievements are remarkable, and they all live up to the reputation of famous generals. However, when it comes to the military generals who have the most food under Cao Cao' command, they are not ranked. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records: "(Zhang Xiu) from the destruction of Yuan Tan to Nanpi, the restoration of Yifan 2,000 households, is the time when the world's household registration is reduced, ten cuts are one, the generals have not yet completed a thousand households, and embroidery is particularly large." In other words, the military general who ate the most under Cao Cao was actually Zhang Xiu.
As we all know, Zhang Xiu was not Cao Cao's concubine force, nor was he a rising star promoted by Cao Cao, on the contrary, he and Cao Cao had a deep grudge. In 197, Cao Cao went to Wancheng to accept his surrender, but forcibly seized his widowed aunt Zou Shi, and even when he learned that he was dissatisfied with this, he had the idea of eradicating him. In this short confrontation, Cao Cao's confidant Dianwei suffered more than ten wounds, tragically died in battle, and was cut off from the first rank; Cao Cao's most favored eldest son, Cao Ang, also died in the rebellion, in addition, Cao Cao's nephew Cao Anmin was not spared.
Not only cao cao's sons and nephews and confidants could not escape, but even Cao Cao himself was injured by liuya and almost died on the spot. That is to say, Zhang Xiu not only seriously injured Cao Cao's vitality, but also almost put Cao Cao himself to death. It is reasonable to say that after Zhang Xiu surrendered again, Cao Cao did not retaliate against him and put on small shoes for him, even if he was worthy of him, but why did Zhang Xiu not only not be retaliated against, but became the most military general in The Food Yi, and even married Cao Cao as a relative?
First of all, Cao Cao himself is a very good at forbearance, even if he is dissatisfied with a person, he will not directly show it, but is more inclined to kill. For example, Xu You, who helped him win the Battle of Guandu, often asked Cao Cao, "Ah Qi, is it that without me there would be no you today", such remarks, it is easy to affect Cao Cao's WeChat, another person may have been mad on the spot, but Cao Cao, although he was very irritable in his heart, on the surface he could still laugh and giggle in response, saying, Yes, yes, what you said is right, so that Xu You is more and more floating, talking more and more without the brain, and being directly executed.
Therefore, Cao Cao's reuse of Zhang Xiu is likely to be deliberately killed, after all, he did so, after killing Zhang Xiu, he could easily use his power for his own use. Moreover, Zhang Xiu, as a latecomer, and his ability cannot kill everyone in a second, but the latecomer who comes to the top is easy to cause dissatisfaction and exclusion from other military generals, in this case, without Cao Cao's hands, there are many people who take the initiative to wear small shoes for him, and it is not painful to find. Doing so not only allowed Cao Cao to achieve the goal of revenge, but also gained a generous reputation, so why not?
Secondly, Zhang Xiu's strength is indeed not able to kill the five sons of liang generals, as well as Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan and others, but his ability should not be underestimated, the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" records that when Zhang Xiu was young, he was a famous local Haojie, who was excellent in martial arts, the Battle of Guandu, and the Battle of Nanpi, he made battle merits, so he was rewarded, all of which were exchanged for strength, and he deserved it. Therefore, the military generals he was able to eat the most under Cao Cao were not only because of Cao Cao's operations.
Moreover, zhang Xiu's Western Liang Iron Horse was very important to Cao Jun, not to mention that there was also a poison warrior Jia Xu, who brought it, in this case, even if he didn't have much ability, Cao Cao still needed to try his best to win him over, right? Unfortunately, in the Cao camp, Zhang Xiu, who seemed to be very well mixed, ended up lamentable - in 207 AD, when Cao Cao was pacifying wuhuan in the three counties, Zhang Xiu met Cao Pi and was questioned: "You killed my brother, what face do you have to live in the world!" Zhang Xiu, who was originally uneasy, was so frightened that he directly committed suicide. What is even more tragic is that the son Zhang Quan, who inherited his title, was later reassigned in the Wei Irony case, and died as a result, and the fief was also taken back.
All the information in this article comes from books such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Notes on the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms", and the editor guarantees the authenticity of the content, without any innuendo or politics.