Xiahou Yuan (夏侯元), courtesy name Miaocai, was a general of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, and was one of the few generals who was beheaded before the battle.
Xiahou Yuan was a descendant of Xiahou Bao, the founding hero of the Western Han Dynasty, and his wife was the sister of Cao Cao's wife, who was close to Cao Cao. Regarding Cao Cao, there is a saying that Cao Cao's original surname is Xiahou, because his father Cao Teng recognized a eunuch as a dry father, and that eunuch's surname is Cao, so Cao Cao is surnamed Cao, this statement I think is not very reliable, because Cao Cao is very inferior to his own birth, the son of the eunuch's adopted son, if he really has the surname Xiahou, then Cao Cao can not be so inferior, Lao Tzu is also a descendant of Xiahou Baby!
In the early years, Cao Cao committed an accident in his hometown, at this time, Xiahou Yuan stepped forward and carried this pot for Cao Cao, but fortunately Cao Cao managed to rescue him and was saved from this disaster. Therefore, to make friends, you have to make Friends with Xiahou Yuan! It can also help you block the knife at key moments! It can also be seen from this that Cao Cao and xiahou yuan brothers should be fellow villagers and have known each other since childhood.
At that time, the world was in chaos, and the people were often hungry, and Xiahou Yuan was no exception, but Xiahou Yuan actually starved his own son to death in order to let his brother's orphan daughter, that is, his niece, survive! Therefore, Xiahou Yuan is definitely a good friend!
Here's a sentence, this niece, that is, Xiahou Shi, when she went out to cut firewood in her teens, met Zhang Fei, and Zhang Fei simply carried her home, and Xiahou Shi became Zhang Fei's wife. Poor Xiahou Yuan's brothers, who worked so hard to pull big, finally made a dowry for others. Although it is a niece, but it is brought up in one hand, it can be counted as a father, so Zhang Fei's little brother, if he meets Xiahou Yuan in the prefectural government, remember to call his father-in-law.
In 189, Cao Cao left an army in his hometown of Chen, Xiahou Yuan naturally defected to Cao Cao at the first time, because of the previous sword blocking behavior, Cao Cao must have used Xiahou Yuan very much in the early stage of entrepreneurship.
In 200, the Battle of Guandu broke out, Cao Cao was in a weak position, but finally defeated Yuan Shao, and Xiahou Yuan oversaw the transportation of grain and grass at that time, which also played a certain role in stabilizing morale. Moreover, in the same year, Xiahou Yuan transformed into Zhang Fei's old man. Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan, you actually let a little girl go out of the city to cut firewood, you are not a little bold!
In the five years of 201, 206, 207, 209, and 211, there were a total of five rebellions in Cao Cao's territory, and Xiahou Yuan defeated the enemy every time, and there was nothing to say, it was a small role rebellion. Anyway, Xiahou Yuan's dispatch of troops lies in a "fast" word, the world's martial arts, only fast is not broken, which can also represent Xiahou Yuan's combat characteristics, at that time left behind "Xiahou Yuan, a lieutenant of the military academy, can walk five hundred miles in three days, and can go to a thousand miles in six days" good results.
In 212, Ma Chao led a crowd to attack Cao Cao's territory, and Zhang Lu, the king of Hanzhong, also sent personnel to assist. The defender sent Yan Wen to Xiahou Yuan for help, only to be caught by Ma Chao, Ma Chao persuaded him to surrender, Yan Wen also "promised" to surrender, Ma Chao let Yan Wen go to the city gate to shout, probably meaning that there are no reinforcements, you surrender, as a result, Yan Wen went to the city gate, shouted inside, the brothers resisted, the reinforcements came immediately, angry Ma Chao stomped his feet, the consequences needless to say, Yan Wen was cut by Ma Chao.
Later, Xiahou Yuan also got the news, led his troops to PK Ma Chao, and the result was a defeat in the battle, after all, Ma Chao was also a good general, and the northwestern people were brave and good at fighting, the house leaked in the overnight rain, and some people surrendered to Ma Chao, Xiahou Yuan's good man did not eat the immediate loss, and withdrew first.
In 214, Ma Chao defected to Zhang Lu and led his troops to find Cao Cao in trouble. Wei sent Jiang Shu to Xiahou Yuan for help, and everyone felt that they should obey the dispatches of the boss Cao Cao, after all, Cao Cao attached great importance to this place. Xiahou Yuan thought that Cao Cao was now thousands of miles away, how long would it take to exchange information? When he received Cao Cao's order, he couldn't even collect Jiang Xu's body. So decided to attack, do not know what reason, Ma Chao withdrew.
Xiahou Yuan turned to attack Han Sui again, but Han Sui was defeated and defeated, and Xiahou Yuan pursued him. Some people think that Han Sui should continue to pursue, some people think that they should attack other towns, Xiahou Yuan said, Han Sui can not hold out, it is not easy to attack, it is better to attack some small tribes of ethnic minorities, because most of the soldiers under Han Sui are ethnic minorities, to attack these small troops, Han Sui's soldiers' hometown is attacked, they will not be able to sit still, come back to rescue, so at least to create some chaos. Sure enough, as soon as he heard that his hometown was beaten, the Qiang soldiers under Han Sui came back to help, and Han Sui saw that it was not a solution, if he ordered them not to be rescued, he would lose the hearts of the army, and the bottom might not listen to you.
Han Sui finally decided to attack and ran into Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan's people saw Han Sui's large army coming, and their hearts were a little timid, after all, the people were Brave and good at fighting in the Western Liang, so they dug trenches and planned to fight a protracted war, Xiahou Yuan said that this would affect the hearts of the army, and the enemy seemed to be strong, but it was actually a paper tiger. So the drumming marched, and Han Was defeated.
Subsequently, Xiahou Yuan rested for a moment, and then began to attack, destroying several local ethnic minority tribes, just as the so-called soldiers are fast, Xiahou Yuan is really worthy of the first second of the Three Kingdoms, and the marching battle firmly grasps the three words of "fast, accurate, and fierce".
Cao Cao also ordered Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Guo to go on a crusade against Song Jian, who claimed the title of king of Longxi, far away from Emperor Tiangao, for more than thirty years, and successive imperial courts also sent people to conquest, but they all died without any problems. There is nothing to talk about in specific wars, anyway, as long as you know the characteristics of Xiahou Yuan, it is fast! In the end, Song Jian was pacified. Since then, Xiahou Yuan has made great achievements, and Cao Cao likes it very much, saying that he is like a beast that is rampage and invincible.
In 215, Cao Cao attacked Zhang Lu in the west, and not long after, Zhang Lu was defeated and Hanzhong was pacified, so Cao Cao returned to the base camp and handed over Hanzhong to Xiahou Yuan.
Whenever a person reaches the peak of his life, believe me, the next step is like a parabola, until it falls to the bottom, and even a life whining, whining and mourning, ancient and modern, ancient and modern, the characters of the ages, all the same. And Xiahou Yuan's downward speed, God still gave him an appropriate explanation, that is, a word, fast!
In 218, Liu Bei was so anxious that he put the capture of Hanzhong on his schedule. So he led the army to go out, and at first it was okay, Liu Bei did not immediately conquer it, Xiahou Yuan was not alone, there were Zhang Hao and Xu Huang. The two sides were deadlocked until the following year.
The record in the yanyi is more interesting, Cao Cao heard that Liu Bei had arrived in Hanzhong, so he sent a four-word bag to Xiahou Yuan: Don't insult Miaocai. Originally, Xiahou Yuan was still guarding the headquarters, as soon as he received Cao Cao's tips, he was complacent, it turned out that the prime minister looked up to me so much, I was now shrinking in the city pool, like a shrunken-headed turtle, the prime minister was to give me encouragement, let me not be afraid, he believed me. So Xiahou Yuan went out of the city, Zhang Gao dissuaded, Xiahou Yuan slapped those four words on Zhang Gao's face, see no, this is the Minister gave me, don't let Liu Bei's little boy look down on me!
Xiahou Yuan came out, at this time to change Huang Zhong and others as turtles, Huang Zhong listened to Fazheng's advice, the Tun army occupied a high point on the Dingjun Mountain, let Xiahou Yuan shout and scold at the bottom of the mountain, pretending to be deaf, not looking or listening. Xiahou Yuan called for half a day, the weather was also hot, a little tired, just rested at the bottom of the mountain, drank water and brushed a Microblog and then continued to scold. Xiahou Yuan and the others got off their horses, dragged their shirts and bragged to each other, just at this moment, Huang Zhong and the others rushed down from the top of the mountain at once, with the help of potential energy into kinetic energy, Xiahou Yuan was caught off guard, just stood up and wanted to get on the horse to meet the enemy, and his head flew first.
However, this is not the case. Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Gao, and Xu Huang each held one side, forming a corner, Liu Bei sent troops to attack Zhang Gao to the death, Zhang Gao could not eat it, Xiahou Yuan saw that this was not ok, and had to pull the brothers, so Xiahou Yuan personally led half of the army to the rescue. Liu Bei set fire on the way, trying to burn down the Wei army's defensive base, and while Xiahou Yuan was fighting the fire, Huang Zhong suddenly appeared and cut off Xiahou Yuan's head. Of course, in fact, it is not as wonderful as what Yanyi wrote, after all, Yanyi is the word of the novel, using a lot of preparation and climax, so it is wonderful to read, in fact, it is actually not much different. When Huang Zhong threw Xiahou Yuan's head at Liu Bei's feet, Liu Bei rolled his eyes, Xiahou Yuan had something to kill, if he wanted to kill, he would kill Zhang Guo! I also talked about this when I talked about Zhang Gao before, don't think Liu Bei despises Xiahou Yuan, this kind of psychology I will make an analogy, when I was studying, someone asked me how many points you took this exam, I shook my head, said, not good, full score of 150, I only took the exam 149, too bad, in fact, the heart is happy. You can understand this.
After Cao Cao heard about Xiahou Yuan's death, he said that Xiahou Yuan was indeed fierce in battle, but he had no brains. How to say, for Xiahou Yuan himself, I think he is a general, not a handsome talent. Including his rescue of Zhang Guo, he personally went out on the horse, repaired the antlers, personally went out of the horse, and did not have the demeanor of a big handsome. Xiahou Yuan was a very brave man, able to lead the way, but like his brother Xiahou Yuan, he was slightly inferior in strategy.
Another very interesting place is that one of Xiahou Yuan's sons was called Xiahou Ba, and in the later period when Sima Yi and Cao Shuang fought for power, Cao Shuang lost to Sima Yi, and Sima Yi began a great purge. This is very interesting, his father was killed by the Shu generals, but he defected to the Shu kingdom.
But what is more interesting is that I heard that Xiahou Ba came to surrender, Emperor Liu Chan himself, brought a lot of people out to greet, as soon as they met, they were pulling relatives, heck, your father's niece, that is, the adopted daughter, is the wife of our three generals Zhang Fei, so Zhang Fei is your cousin-in-law, and my empress is the daughter of your brother-in-law Zhang Fei, so we are also relatives, Barabala, I guess Xiahou Ba fainted on the spot, big brother, I came to surrender, not to search for relatives.
The question is, what should Xiahou Ba call Liu Chan?