Those of Cao Cao's sons of the same ethnic group were often reused, but their performance was not satisfactory, so who were they?
First, Cao Shuang Cao Shuang is definitely a big straw bag like a fake bag, since he inherited the title of his father Cao Zhen, he has achieved nothing, and with the care of Cao Rui, he is worshiped as a great general. On cao rui's deathbed, Cao Shuang and Sima Yi were both appointed as entrusted to the throne.
Soon, Cao Shuang listened to Ding Mo's words, set up Sima Yi, promoted his own cronies, and gradually fell into power.
In 244 AD, Cao Shuang listened to Li Sheng and others and led a large army to cut down Shu. However, the Shu Road was difficult, and the supply of grain in Cao Wei was not good. At this time, Shu blocked Fei Yi's way forward, and Cao Shuang's generals were persuaded to enter, some were persuaded to retreat, and quarreled endlessly. When Cao Shuang decided to retreat, the rear road was cut off by the Shu army. Cao Shuang was able to escape after a bloody battle, and the dead and injured were numerous, and Guanzhong yu was full of complaints.
However, Cao Shuang did not inherit the glorious traditions of his father's generation, and ended up in shame, but indulged in pleasure and occupied the harem. Sima Yi remained silent, Taoguang cultivated obscurity, and finally launched the Gaopingling Rebellion in 249 AD, and the three tribes of Cao Shuang were slaughtered.
Cao Shuang has not made any achievements in his life, and he is even more sorry for Cao Rui's dying instructions, and destroying Cao Weijiangshan, he can be said to be the great sinner of the Cao clan throughout the ages.
Second, Cao Xiu Cao Xiu, although a hundred times stronger than Cao Shuang, but compared with those famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, it is really unspeakable.
However, as a descendant of cao, Cao Xiu was still highly valued by Cao Wei, and was made the leader of the central army by Cao Cao, promoted by Cao Pi to the general of Zhengdong, and later promoted by Cao Rui to the position of Grand Sima and became the supreme commander of Cao Wei's army.
However, Cao Xiu's military exploits were not enough to support him.
Cao Xiu was worshiped as the leader of the Central Army because of the Battle of Hanzhong. At that time, Liu Bei attacked Hanzhong, Cao Cao's army came to support, and Zhang Fei was ordered to garrison Gushan, threatening to cut off Cao's army's retreat. Cao Xiu saw through Zhang Fei's suspicious tactics and advocated attacking the Shu general Wu Lan. Cao Hong took his word, Wu Lan was broken, and Zhang Fei withdrew. However, it was not Cao Jun who really killed Wu Lan, but Qiangrui, the king of Yinping. As we all know, the Battle of Guanzhong ended with Cao Wei's defeat, but Cao Cao still rewarded his soldiers heavily, and Cao Xiu was one of them.
In 220, Cao Xiu was appointed general of Zhennan and succeeded Xiahou Huantun in Zhaoling County, Runan, to defend Against Eastern Wu. After Cao Xiu's arrival, he broke through the Eastern Wu Garrison and burned thousands of Wuhu military camps, thus being promoted to the rank of General of Zhengdong. However, it is interesting that there is no relevant record of Cao Xiu's achievements in the Book of Wu, which shows that the scale of the battle is very small.
Two years later, Cao Xiu ushered in the highest point of his life. In the same year, Cao Pi's army attacked Eastern Wu in three ways. Among them, Cao Xiu was the general of the Eastern Expedition, leading Zhang Liao, Zang Ba, Jia Kui and other generals to attack the capital (present-day Zhenjiang) from the eastern front, Cao Ren attacked Wuxukou from the middle line, and Cao Zhen led Xu Huang, Zhang Hao and others to attack Jiangling from the western front.
In the end, under the desperate struggle of wu jun, the tens of thousands of troops of Cao Ren in the middle line were crushed by Zhu Huan's 5,000 men, and they ended up with hatred. The Cao Wei Tiantuan regiment led by Cao Zhen on the western front also failed to capture Jiangling, which Zhu Ran was defending. On the eastern front, Cao Xiu actually killed thousands of Wu troops. However, it is not so much Cao Xiu's military feats as Zhang Liao's last battle and The help of Heaven. At that time, when Sun Quan heard that Zhang Liao was leading an army, he was very worried and specially warned the generals: "Although Zhang Liao is ill, he should not be treated as well, so be careful!" It can be seen that what made Eastern Wu jealous was not Cao Xiu, but Zhang Liao. After Zhang Liao's death, the military merit was recorded again on the commander Cao Xiu, and he was worshipped as the pastor of Yangzhou.
In 228 AD, Cao Xiu, who lost Zhang Liao's help, played his true level. Eastern Wu Zhou Said that he wanted to abandon Wu and surrender to Wei, and Cao Xiu was overjoyed when he learned of this, and he sent 100,000 troops to meet Zhou Qu. Cao Xiu made a great contribution, and the lone army went deep into Shiting, encountered the attack of The main force of Eastern Wu, Lu Xun, Zhu Huan and others, was beheaded by more than 10,000 people and horses, and collapsed into an army, fortunately, Jia Kui arrived in time to save him, otherwise Cao Xiu would definitely be completely annihilated. Cao Xiu was therefore remorseful, and like Cao Ren, he fell ill and died of illness.
It is said that the Cao family army is powerful, and Zhu Huan of Eastern Wu single-handedly killed Cao Ren and Cao Xiu, but Cao Ren's overall performance was stronger than Cao Xiu.'s
Conclusion: The famous generals of the Three Kingdoms are like clouds, and there are many famous generals such as Zhang Gao, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Yu Ban, and Le Jin in the Cao Wei camp, although Cao Cao lixian corporals, they are not Cao Shi after all, Cao Cao is still the general of the Cao clan and Xiahou clan.
Cao Xiu used the strength of Zhang Liao and others to build military merits, and when Zhang Liao died, Cao Xiu was beaten back to his original form, and almost all the army was destroyed in the Battle of Shiting, just like Cao Ren, who lost the cover of the Thousand Mile Horse, and the mule was just a mule after all.
As for Cao Shuang, the sinner of the Cao clan, he is like a fake straw bag, you say?