As the same five sons of liang generals, Zhang Liao and Zhang Gao, who is more powerful? Look at the different treatment given by Cao Cao when they surrendered, and you will understand!
Zhang Liao
In Zhang Liao's lifetime, the changed lord is actually no less than Lü Bu, even more than Lü Bu! Zhang Liao was born in Yanmen County, Hezhou, which belonged to the border counties of the Eastern Han Dynasty at that time, and the people's customs were fierce, and it was under the influence of this environment that Zhang Liao trained a strong skill and fought very bravely. In the fifth year of Zhongping (188), the former Hezhou Assassin Was defeated and killed in a battle with the Hu people, and the imperial court sent a new Hezhou Assassin, and this person was Ding Yuan. Ding Yuan felt that Zhang Liao was powerful and a talented person, so he promoted him to the capital and asked him to lead his troops to the capital to accept He Jin's leadership, and in this way, Zhang Liao became a subordinate of the general He Jin.
Later, He Jin and the eunuchs attacked and killed each other, resulting in a great disturbance in Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo took the opportunity to enter Luoyang and absorbEd He Jin's men, and Zhang Liao became Dong Zhuo's subordinates. Later, Lü Bu killed Dong Zhuo, and Zhang Liao became Lü Bu's subordinate. When Li Daiguo attacked Chang'an, Lü Bu was defeated, so Zhang Liao followed Lü Bu out of Chang'an and began to fight in the Central Plains. Eventually, when Lü Bu was killed at the White Gate Tower, Zhang Liao decided to surrender to Cao Cao. Note that the plot in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is that Zhang Liao and Lü Bu were captured together in Xia Pi City, but in fact, Zhang Liao was not captured!
When Lü Bu was captured, Zhang Liao was still fighting in the field, still in an independent state, he was a colleague who saw the surrender in Xia Pi City, most of them were treated well by Cao Cao, so they decided to surrender!
"Zizhi Tongjian": The former Shangshu ordered Chen Ji and Ji Ziqun to use them in the army. Zhang Liao lowered his people and worshiped General Zhonglang.
Zhang Liao led his people to surrender voluntarily, and was treated with courtesy by Cao Cao, so he was made a general of Zhonglang by Cao Cao and given the title of Marquis of Guannei.
Zhang Gao
Zhang Gao was born in Hejian County, Jizhou, and in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zhang Guo joined the army to fight against the Yellow Turban Army and threw himself into Han Fu's hands. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion was put down, Zhang Gao led an army to defect to Yuan Shao and became a general under Yuan Shao. During the Southern Expedition and the Northern War, Zhang Gao made great contributions to Yuan Shao many times, and was made a general of the NingGuo Middle Lang by Yuan Shao. From here, it can actually be seen that Zhang Gao's position in Yuan Shao's camp was far higher than Zhang Liao's position in Lü Bu's camp, because Zhang Liao was only made a general of Zhonglang when he surrendered to Cao Cao.
At the Battle of Guandu, Xu You rebelled, told Cao Cao about Yuan Shao's grain reserves, and planned a sneak attack on Yuan Shao's grain camp for Cao Cao, resulting in the attack of Wuchao granary. Faced with such a situation, Zhang Gao suggested that Yuan Shao should immediately personally lead his troops to the rescue, because grain is the basis for the stable existence of an army, and if the grain is gone, the army will be in chaos. However, Yuan Shao did not heed Zhang Gao's advice, but instead ordered Zhang Gao and Gao Lan to lead an army to attack The Cao army camp and force Cao Cao to return to the rescue. However, where did Cao Cao's camp have such a good fight? No matter how strong Zhang Gao's ability was, he could not break through the Cao Army's camp in a short period of time. In the end, Zhang Hao, worried about going back to be punished, directly led his army to surrender to Cao Cao, which surprised everyone in Cao Ying!
At that time, Cao Hong did not believe that Zhang Guo, who had been desperately attacking Cao Ying a second ago, would take the initiative to surrender at this time, only Xun You saw through Zhang Guo, believed that Zhang Gao was sincerely surrendering, and successfully persuaded Cao Hong, and finally Cao Hong opened the gate and expressed his willingness to accept Zhang Gao's surrender.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms": When Guo Zhi came, Hong Doubt did not dare to accept it, and it was said that Hong Yue said: "Guo Ji does not need to use it, and when he comes in anger, why should he be suspicious?" "But it is received."
After Cao Cao returned from sneaking into the Wuchao granary, he heard that Zhang Gao had surrendered, and it was estimated that he did not believe it, but after thinking about it, he figured out Zhang Gao's purpose, so he gladly accepted Zhang Gao's surrender, compared Zhang Gao to Han Xin, praised Zhang Gao's surrender, and made him a partial general and gave him the title of Marquis of Duting!
When Zhang Liao surrendered, Cao Cao gave him the title of General of Zhonglang and the title of Marquis of Guannei, while when Zhang Gao surrendered, Cao Cao gave him the title of General of partiality, and the title was Marquis of Duting. The military rank of the general was higher than that of the General Zhonglang, and the Marquis of Duting belonged to the Marquis of Liehou, one rank higher than the Marquis of Guannei, so Zhang Gao's treatment when he surrendered was better than that of Zhang Liao! Judging from this treatment given by Cao Cao, Zhang Gao was even more powerful than Zhang Liao at that time! However, after joining Cao Cao's camp, the development trajectory has changed dramatically!
Different trajectories
According to normal reasoning, Zhang Gao's status was higher than Zhang Liao's when he surrendered, then his development in Cao Ying was definitely better than Zhang Liao's, and in the future ranking of the Five Sons of Liang, Zhang Gao should also be higher than Zhang Liao's rank, but this was not the case, on the contrary, in the evaluation of everyone, in fact, Zhang Liao's evaluation was far better than Zhang Liao's, why is this?
In fact, when Zhang Guo and Zhang Liao defected to Cao Cao, although the treatment was different, they had one identity that was exactly the same, and it was this identity that limited the development of the two of them, and this identity was the demotion general! Since ancient times, in fact, surrender has been a despicable act, and few people are people who can afford to surrender in their hearts! A typical example is The Ganning of Eastern Wu!
Originally a man under Liu Zhang's rule, Gan Ning, dissatisfied with Liu Zhang, fled to Huang Zu's men and helped Huang Zu defeat the Wu army, shooting the famous general Ling Cao of Jiangdong and making a great contribution. However, Huang Zu's reward and punishment were unfair, so Gan Ning turned to Sun Quan again, and proposed the famous strategy of occupying Jingzhou and seizing Yizhou, which, throughout Eastern Wu, as Lu Su and Zhou Yu said, shows that Gan Ning is completely a handsome man, and he is a brave and strategic person. How this kind of person looks should also be important, but Gan Ning's life in Eastern Wu is very difficult, because he is a general and once killed Ling Cao, so he can't integrate into the circle of Eastern Wu generals at all, not only can't be effectively displayed, but also is always used as a "fighting general", and even when eating, there are colleagues who cut him with knives, which shows how embarrassing Gan Ning's position in Eastern Wu is!
Judging from Gan Ning's true ability, in fact, he was not inferior to a handsome talent like Lü Meng, but as a result, he was rejected by the Eastern Wu generals, unable to do the work of planning and planning, but was often arranged to do the dirty work of fighting on the front line, which was very embarrassing. And all this is brought by the identity of the descendant!
Similar to Gan Ning, Zhang Gao and Zhang Liao's situation in Cao Ying was also very embarrassing! When they first surrendered, Cao Cao's attitude towards them was very good, but that was all, after which they returned to their normal track and were arranged to do dirty work. In fact, the reason why this situation occurs is also very easy to understand! Zhang Liao, Zhang Gao, and Cao Jun were originally enemies, and the two sides would certainly not be able to avoid casualties in battle, and they would certainly form a lot of hatred.
Lü Bu had secretly attacked Cao Cao's Yanzhou, and cao cao had only three counties left, which was very embarrassing, during this battle, it is not known how many cao jun's family members were hurt, and after the deaths of Lü Bu, Gao Shun and others, Zhang Liao, as the original Lü Bu's subordinates, naturally became the target of Cao Jun's venting. Therefore, Zhang Liao's situation in Cao Ying is very bad, basically it is difficult to mix his head, but Zhang Liao has built a way for himself with the spirit of daring to fight and rush, and he has to be impressed!
After Zhang Liao surrendered to Cao Cao, he was arranged to do a lot of dirty work, but he did not complain, on the contrary, he seemed to enjoy the freedom of fighting on the battlefield, and every battle was a pioneer, whether it was going to Sangong Mountain alone to persuade Chang Feng to surrender, or the White Wolf Mountain to defeat Wu Huan with less attack, or the battle of Hefei eight hundred cavalry rushing to the camp of 100,000 Wu troops, these battles were completely desperate fighting, and it was estimated that a general with bad luck would have died a long time ago. There were so many people in Lü Bu's camp who surrendered to Cao Cao, why was only Zhang Liao mixed up? Isn't it because Zhang Liao didn't want to die?
To put it bluntly, Zhang Liao completely relied on his lifeless playing style, coupled with his good luck, he successfully survived from the pile of dead people, so he was respected by everyone, washed away the shame on his body, and won a place in the Cao Wei camp! Compared with Zhang Liao, Zhang Gao was not so smooth.
Although Zhang Gao's treatment at the beginning was better than Zhang Liao's, his situation in Cao Ying was similar to Zhang Liao's, and he did not have Zhang Liao's spirit of daring to fight and not to die, so we can see that Zhang Gao's reputation was not obvious for a long time after surrendering to Cao Cao, and his name was "from the four sides". In the Battle of Hanzhong, Xiahou Yuan was killed, causing the morale of the Cao army in Hanzhong to be turbulent, fortunately, Zhang Gao stepped forward and stabilized the cao army, and this time he did not surrender to Liu Bei, so Cao Cao began to look at Zhang Gao and prepare to reuse Zhang Gao. It didn't take long for Cao Cao to die.
As soon as Cao Cao died and Cao Pi ascended the throne, he would naturally promote many second-generation figures, so Zhang Gao was killed again. It was not until Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition that Zhang Gao was reused again, achieving his reputation as "the first general in the world"! To put it bluntly, the main reason why Zhang Gao was able to shock the world was that he lived a relatively long time, if he had not lived a long time and met Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, he would not have had such a high status! If he had died a little earlier, it is estimated that he would not have been able to enter the ranking of the Five Sons of Liangjun!
Generally speaking, before Zhang Liao and Zhang Gao surrendered to Cao Cao, Zhang Gao's status was higher than Zhang Liao's, and this continued until they surrendered to Cao Cao. However, when they joined Cao Ying, in fact, the situation of the two was similar, they were both demoted generals, they were very embarrassed, and finally Zhang Liao took the lead in justifying his own name, and won the respect of the people of Cao Ying and even the people of the world, while Zhang Gao did not wait until the northern expedition of Zhuge Liang, who survived the death of a large number of contemporaries, and waited for the opportunity to prove himself and win the respect of everyone, which shows that Zhang Liao behaved more powerfully than Zhang Gao after surrendering to Cao Ying! And this, mainly because Zhang Liao has the spirit of not being afraid of death, brave and daring to fight, compared to Zhang Liao, Zhang Gao is much weaker in this regard!
epilogue
Who is more powerful, Zhang Liao or Zhang Gao? Look at the different treatment given by Cao Cao when they surrendered! When Zhang Liao surrendered to Cao Cao, he was made a general of Zhonglang by Cao Cao, the Marquis of Guannei, and when Zhang Gao surrendered, he was made a partial general by Cao Cao, the Marquis of Duting, and from this treatment, it is obvious that Zhang Gao is more powerful! However, after joining Cao Ying, Zhang Liao's development was smoother, he relied on his own characteristics of daring to fight and dare to rush, he quickly justified his own name, got rid of the discrimination of the people against him, and won everyone's respect, while Zhang Gao did not justify his name until the northern expedition of Zhuge Liang, from the perspective of the development trajectory of the two, it is obvious that Zhang Liao is more powerful!
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(This article mainly refers to the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Zizhi Tongjian")