In August 215, Eastern Wu attacked Hefei, which Cao Wei was defending, which can be said to be inevitable, a "first brother" Sun Quan's personal conquest; secondly, compared with chibi and Yiling, which decided life and death, only 30,000 and 50,000 troops were dispatched, respectively, and this time Eastern Wu poured out of the nest and used 100,000 soldiers and horses.
After Cao Cao launched a "blitzkrieg" against Wuhuan and unified the north, he had planned to take advantage of the heat to go south and annex Liu Bei and Sun Quan, but unexpectedly planted a heel in Chibi, and after several times he used troops in the Jianghuai region, he was attacked by Sun Quan's powerful counterattack, and returned without success, so he set his sights on Zhang Lu and personally led a large army to the west.
Cao Cao expected that Sun Quan would most likely take the opportunity to attack the important town of Hefei in northern Jiangsu, so before leaving, he made careful arrangements, with Zhang Liao as the chief officer and Li Dian and Le Jin as his deputy generals; the operation established the operational policy of "using Zhang Liao and Li Dian to go out of the city to meet the enemy and Le Jin to stay behind."
If zhang fei once scolded Lü Bu for being a "family slave with three surnames" when The Three Ying fought Lü Bu, then Zhang Liao was even worse, following Ding Yuan, He Jin, Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu, the four proprietors, so someone reminded Cao Cao to beware of the capricious Zhang Liao, and Cao Cao already had a thorough understanding of this.
In 201 AD, Cao Cao rebelled against the repeated rebellion of Xuzhou Taishou Changfeng, and the two sides were deadlocked for several months, and the Cao army that came from afar caused great problems.
Faced with such a grim situation, Zhang Liao took the initiative to ask for help and went to persuade Chang Feng to surrender, but Cao Cao did not value his origins, and in the spirit of "employing people without doubt, suspecting people do not use", fully delegated power to Zhang Liao, and used him as a special envoy for negotiations.
Zhang Liao did not fail to live up to Cao Cao, went alone, and also visited Chang Feng's family; seeing Zhang Liao's sincerity, Chang Feng let go of his hanging heart and surrendered to Cao Cao.
Afterwards, Cao Cao saw the triumphant Zhang Liao and said with a hint of reproach: "How can it be the work of a great general to go deep into the enemy camp alone?" ”
Zhang Liao smiled and replied, "With the prestige of Ming Gong in the four seas, I was ordered to go, and Chang Feng would certainly not dare to do harm." ”
From this, he saw zhang Liao, who had courage and strategy, and also saw that Cao Cao cherished talents and was afraid that Zhang Liao would encounter unexpected worries, and naturally Zhang Liao became the best candidate for the town to guard Hefei.
In the face of the menacing Sun Quan, Li Dian and Le Jin both believed that with a mere 7,000 soldiers and horses, the disparity in strength was too great, and there was basically no chance of victory.
Zhang Liao did not think so, and said loudly: "Ming Gong is far away in Kansai, even if he returns to help, it will take time, the distant water cannot save the near fire, and I am afraid that Hefei will already be destroyed by then." Instead of this, it is better to take the initiative to attack in order to thwart the sharpness of Eastern Wu and defend the city of Hefei. ”
Isn't this looking for death? After nine deaths, the generals really did not dare to speak lightly and go to war. At the time of the cold field, it shows Cao Cao's employment level, and his preference for Li Dian, who acts steadily and can see the overall situation, puts aside his personal grievances and instead supports Zhang Liao to go out of the city to meet the enemy.
It was night that 800 people were recruited in the army, and cattle were slaughtered for wine rewards, and on top of the banquet, Zhang Liao made an impassioned pre-war mobilization, and all the daredevils screamed and swore to drive Sun Quan back to Jiangdong.
No, at dawn, Zhang Liao, who was wearing armor and holding a sword, led the death squad out of the city, rushed all the way to kill, caught Eastern Wu's army by surprise, and after killing Chen Wu and two other generals, he directly approached Sun Quan's Chinese army camp tent, and in a hurry, the pro-army desperately protected Sun Quan to climb the mound.
The Eastern Wu army, which had slowed down, saw that Cao's army was not numerous and quickly surrounded Zhang Liao several times. Zhang Liao was not afraid of danger, led his troops to kill a bloody road, Li Dian also led people from the periphery to attack inside, the two converged to break the encirclement, after seeing and injuring the enemy, to achieve the purpose of frustrating the morale of Eastern Wu, Zhang Liao did not love war, and returned to the city to strengthen the defense of the city.
Perhaps it was frustrated by the sharp qi, or perhaps it was Cao Cao's unique vision, the "shoucheng leadership team" had the sake of good shou lejin, the Eastern Wu side continued to attack the city for more than ten days, with little effect, in desperation, Sun Quan ordered the withdrawal of the army and returned to Jiangdong.
Perhaps unwillingly, on the way to withdraw, Sun Quan boarded the north bank of Xiaoyaojin to make a tour, and as a result, he was detected by the Cao army, and Zhang Liao immediately led his troops out of the city to pursue, and gave Sun Quan a surprise.
Fortunately, under the desperate resistance of Lü Meng, Gan Ning and other generals, Sun Quan escaped from the siege, and his gray face had to run wildly all the way to the Xiaoyaojin Bridge, which was not over, and God made a joke again, not knowing that the lack of morality took away the wooden planks of Zhangyu, Sun Quan, who had never been so embarrassed, presumably had a dead heart.
Gu Li, who had followed Sun Quan all the way, was clear-headed at this time, and facing Sun Quan's mount was to whip him fiercely and jump the horse, which lifted Sun Quan's alarm. In this battle, Zhang Liao was "mighty and powerful", so that in the later Jiangdong region, whenever Zhang Liao was mentioned, children did not dare to cry at night.
It can be said that Cao Cao's western expedition and leaving Zhang Liao to guard it was a good move, but he certainly did not expect Sun Quan's "stud", gambled his life, and poured out of the nest.
Those who are rare and easy to lose, the time is also, and the time is not returned, and the opportunity is also. In the face of such a dangerous situation, Zhang Liao was not afraid of danger, accurately grasped the battle situation, led the army to take the initiative to attack, killed and wounded a large number of enemies, and also dampened the morale of Eastern Wu, gained a glimmer of life, and also saved this important town in northern Jiangsu for Cao Cao.
After the war, Zhang Liao was defeated by the feared Eastern Wu because of his meritorious title of General of Zhengdong, the official Zhi Erpin, and the only general of the Three Expeditions with a foreign surname (Xiahou Yuan, the general of Zhengnan, Cao Ren), and then changed the previous "Lian Liu Resist Cao", and with no intention of going north, began to covet Jingzhou, who let Cao Wei have Zhang Liao, a general.
