During the Three Kingdoms period, there were many "special soldiers", such as Gongsun Zhan's white horse Yicong, Cao Cao's tiger and leopard riding, Gao Shun's trapped camp, and Shu Han Zhuge Liang's Wudang Flying Army. This article talks to you about the Shu Han's Wudang Flying Army. The Wudang Flying Army was a special force established by Zhuge Liang after conquering Nanzhong and recruiting local barbarian soldiers and undergoing strict military training. The soldiers of this unit are all clad in iron armor, can cross mountains and mountains, and are especially good at using crossbows and poisoned arrows, and can attack and defend.
According to the "Huayang Guozhi", Zhuge Liang moved "Nanzhong Jinjian, Qingqiang Wanyu family in Shu, for the five parts, so that the front is invincible, the number is the flying army." "This is the origin of the Wudang Flying Army, the number is very small, about 5,000 or so, all of them are warriors who are one to ten." Zhuge Liang recruited the young and middle-aged people of these ethnic minorities into the army, which not only weakened the source of troops in the south, but also expanded his own army, which was a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.
The first commander of the Wudang Flying Army was Wang Ping, who led this unit to participate in the Battle of Jieting, and when the main general Ma Mo was defeated and the people were panicked, he covered the smooth retreat of Ma Mo and others, preserving the living strength of the Shu army. During Zhuge Liang's Fourth Northern Expedition, the Wudang Flying Army led by Wang Ping resisted the offensive of The Famous Cao Wei general Zhang Guo and made a great contribution. However, zhang Ling, the last commander of this army, was killed on the battlefield, and the Wudang Flying Army also died out. Then, who was the cao wei general who killed the famous Shu Han general Zhang Ling and annihilated the Wudang Flying Army?
Zhang Ling,Zi Boqi,a native of Nanchong, Ba County. He was born poor, open-minded and strong from an early age, and was a county gongcao in his twenties. When the mountain thieves attacked, Zhang Ling protected the county magistrate's wife, killed a bloody road, and escaped from the encirclement. He also became famous and was drafted as a state. After that, Zhang Ling attacked the mountain thieves, appeased Nanyi, and developed Yuewei, especially in the fifteenth year of Nanzhong, and governed it to Taimin'an.
Because of Zhang Ling's outstanding achievements, the Shu Han court recruited Zhang Ling back to Chengdu, and Liu Chan made him a general of Lang Kou. In 248, Wang Ping died of illness, and Zhang Ling became the second and last commander of the Wudang Flying Army. He was also an excellent commander and did not disgrace this special forces.
In 254, a major event occurred in Cao Wei, and Li Feng and Zhang Ji and others believed that Sima Shi was becoming more and more arrogant, so they waited for the opportunity to get rid of Sima Shi at the secret instructions of The Wei Emperor Cao Fang. However, the plan was revealed, and Li Feng, Xiahou Xuan, and Zhang Ji were all killed, and even Emperor Cao Fang was deposed. The murder of Li Feng and others and the abolition of Cao Fang caused dissatisfaction among the ministers loyal to Cao Wei's clan, such as Li Jian, the governor of Wei Di, who was very panicked, so he asked Shu Han to surrender, hoping to borrow Shu Han's strength to avenge Cao Wei's clan.
At that time, most of the ministers of the Shu Han Dynasty believed that Li Jian was a fraudulent surrender, and only Zhang Ling believed that he was really surrendered. Therefore, Jiang Wei led Zhang Ling and others to the Northern Expedition. However, at this time, Zhang Ling was suffering from rheumatism, and it was difficult to even walk around. At that time, some people suggested that Zhang Ling stay in the rear, but Zhang Ling insisted on following the northern expedition of the large army and wanted to exert his residual heat. Before setting out, Zhang Ling wrote to the Lord:
"When a subject is a saint, he is overdose, and he is sick, and he is often afraid that he will perish and live up to his honor." Heaven does not violate the original, but to be yu rong. If Liangzhou is steadfast, the subject is a watchman; if there is a failure, kill himself in return. ”
It turned out that before Zhang Ling set out, he had made ideological preparations for the shroud of Ma Ge, wanting to take advantage of the fact that he was still alive and make a modest contribution to Shu Han, if he could win, he would guard the frontier for the country, and if he failed, then he would be loyal to the country. Even the Later Lord Liu Chan was deeply moved when he saw this letter, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.
After Zhang Ling came to the battlefield, he met the Wei general Xu Qian, and the two of them met their opponents and met Liangcai. However, due to the small number of Troops of the Shu Han Dynasty, Zhang Ling personally went into battle to kill the enemy, and because he was outnumbered, he died on the battlefield and died at the hands of the Wei general Xu Qian, realizing his long-cherished wish of killing himself and serving the country. At the same time, the Shu Han "special forces" led by Zhang Ling were also completely destroyed. I think that in that year, zhuge Liang created a special force of "Wudang Flying Army" after countless hardships, but it was planted in Xu Qian's hands, sad.
Now, the great general Of Cao Wei, who had killed the famous General of the Shu Han Dynasty and annihilated the Wudang Flying Army, also came out, and he was Xu Qian. Xu Zhi was a general of the Auxiliary State of Cao Wei and a vanguard general of Sima Zhao, who was good at making a "mountain-opening axe". At that time, Sima Yi had a very high opinion of Xu Qian's Martial Courage, believing that he was one of the most fierce generals in the State of Wei. Xu Zhi also lived up to expectations, and was called the nemesis of the Shu generals, who had defeated Zhang Yi and Liao Hua and killed Zhang Ling, causing a lot of trouble to Shu Han.
However, it was Xu Qian, a brave general of the three armies, who passed away in a flash during the Three Kingdoms period. He beheaded the Shu general Zhang Ling and reached the peak of his personal career. However, soon after, Xu Zhi and Jiang Wei fought a battle at Tielong Mountain, defeated Jiang Wei, and were subsequently killed by the Shu army. "I often walk by the river, where there are not wet shoes", I did not expect the retribution to come so quickly. Xu Qian's death, like a meteor, was short-lived, mournful and mournful.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and the Biography of Jiang Wei contains: In the seventeenth year of Yanxi, (Jiang Wei) entered Xiangwu, confronted the Wei general Xu Qian, beheaded and broke the enemy, and the Wei army was defeated and retreated.