#头条创作挑战赛 #
During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao established a powerful Cao Wei by eliminating princes such as Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Lü Bu, Ma Chao, and Liu Biao. For the rise of Cao Cao, it not only relied on Xun Yu, Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Zhang Liao, Zhang Hao and other military generals, but also had a close relationship with the support of his own clan forces. As we all know, Cao Wei's clan generals included both Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Wei, as well as Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen and other Cao clans.
Among them, Cao Hong, who the author wants to talk about today, once saved Cao Cao's life and also paid hard for the establishment of Cao Wei. However, after Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi wanted to kill Cao Hong, why?
One
Specifically, Cao Hong was Cao Cao's junior brother, and as early as the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Hong followed Cao Cao to fight against Dong Zhuo. In February of the first year of Chuping (190), Cao Cao raised troops against Dong Zhuo, and when he arrived in Xingyang, he was defeated by Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong. During this period, Cao Cao lost his mount, and the soldiers on Dong Zhuo's side pursued him urgently, Cao Hong saw this and jumped off his horse and gave up his mount to Cao Cao, Cao Cao refused, Cao Hong said: "The world can do without me Cao Hong, but not without you!" So he walked with Cao Cao to the edge of Bianshui, the water was too deep and fast to wade across the river, Cao Hong searched along the river, and finally found a ferry, so Cao Cao was able to cross the river and return to Gu County.
Chen Wen and Cao Hong were friends of Yangzhou, and Cao Hong led more than 1,000 soldiers with Chen Wen to recruit soldiers, raising 2,000 soldiers from the upper ranks of Lujiang, and as far east as Danyang, he raised thousands of people, and with this team, he joined Cao Cao in Longqi. As a result, Cao Hong not only saved Cao Cao's life, but also helped him recover after failure.
Since then, Cao Hong has been valued and trusted by Cao Cao even more. In the battles of pacifying Yanzhou and conquering Zhang Xiu, Cao Hong accompanied the army many times. Especially in the Battle of Guandu, Cao Hong stayed in the camp and repelled the onslaught of Zhang Hao and Gao Yan, contributing to Cao Cao's final victory over Yuan Shao.
From 217 to 219, Cao Cao and Liu Bei fought the Battle of Hanzhong. In the early days of the Battle of Hanzhong, Cao Hong and Cao Xiu defended against Liu Bei in Xia, killing Wu Lan, Ren Kui and other generals on Liu Bei's side, forcing Zhang Fei and Ma Chao to retreat.
Two
In the first year of Yankang (220), when Cao Pi ascended the throne, Cao Hong served as a Wei general. He was transferred to the general of the hussars, entered the prince of Fengye, entered the thousand households of Yiyi, and the first 2,100 households. Later moved to the capital Yanghou. According to the official positions of military generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty, hussar generals were second only to great generals and great simas, and higher than official positions such as horse generals, Wei generals, and left and right generals, that is, their status was very prominent, for example, after the establishment of Shu Han, Ma Chao was canonized as a hussar general by Liu Bei.
However, Cao Hong's career not only failed to go further, but was imprisoned by Cao Pi because of things such as breaking the law by the doorman. At that time, Cao Pi originally wanted to execute Cao Hong, but because Empress Dowager Bian, Empress Guo and others interceded, he was spared death and demoted to a commoner. Cao Pi did this because Cao Hong was wealthier but more stingy. When Cao Pi was young, he once borrowed money from Cao Hong, but Cao Hong refused. For Cao Pi, who has a forgiving personality, he has hated Cao Hongji since then.
When he had just ascended the throne as emperor, Cao Pi promoted Cao Hong to hussar general because he wanted to secure his position. However, by 226, Cao Pi, because he was already in power, found an excuse to deal with Cao Hong. Of course, Cao Pi's move was unpopular, which prompted him not to actually execute Cao Hong. However, Cao Hong, who survived by chance, was deposed as a civilian, which made it impossible for him to continue serving Cao Wei.
Three
Finally, after Cao Hong was deposed as a commoner, Empress Dowager Bian again petitioned Cao Hong, and Cao Pi returned Cao Hong's family wealth. At that time, Empress Dowager Bian was angry at Cao Pi's behavior and said: "Between Liang and Pei, there is no such thing as Zi Lian. She said to Empress Guo, "If Cao Hong dies today, tomorrow I will have the emperor depose you." Empress Guo wept bitterly and repeatedly asked Cao Pi to pardon Cao Hong.
In this regard, in the author's opinion, compared to Cao Cao, Cao Pi obviously lacks magnanimity. For example, Yu Ban, one of the five generals of Cao Wei, surrendered to Guan Yu in the Battle of Xiangfan. After Guan Yu was killed, Yu was forbidden to Eastern Wu and eventually sent back to Cao Wei. After Yu Ban returned to Luoyang, he died of illness because he was humiliated by Cao Pi. If Cao Cao were still alive, he would obviously not be so mean. In 226, after Cao Pi's death, Cao Ying ascended the throne.
Considering Cao Hong's previous battle exploits, Emperor Wei Ming canonized Cao Hong as a later general and gave him the title of Marquis of Lecheng. By 230, Cao Hong had resumed his official post as a hussar general. However, after such a toss, Cao Hong no longer dared to ask about the imperial government. In 232, Cao Hong died. He was posthumously honored as Marquis of Gong. His son Marquis Cao Fu. In the fourth year (243), Cao Hong was enshrined in the ancestral temple of Cao Cao.