Speaking of Cao Cao's five sons, if you talk about the great fame, Zhang Liao should be the first. And being able to rank in the list of Yan Zhenqing's sixty-four generals in ancient and modern times shows that Zhang Liao was also a top-notch general during the Three Kingdoms period when the stars were shining. At the same time, only Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhou Yu, Lü Meng, Lu Xun, Deng Ai, and Lu Kang were included in the temple list.
Zhang Liao game image
Various historical celebrities also have a high evaluation of Zhang Liao,
For example, Cao Cao: both force and strength, strategic preparation, quality loyalty one, keeping discipline and righteousness, every time the battle is attacked, often as a supervisor, strong and strong, no strong and not falling, self-support drumming, hands tireless. He also dispatched a farewell expedition, commanded the division and brigade, and took care of the people and peace, and was ordered not to commit a crime, and when the enemy made a decision, there was a loss. On the use of merit and discipline, it is advisable to show favor to each other.
Another example is Zhu Yuanzhang: Wang Baobao rode a strong army with iron horses, the tiger was in the Central Plains, and his ambition was not under Cao Cao, so that there were scheming ministers such as You and Yu, and fierce generals such as Liao and Guo, so that the two could sit back and relax.
Zhang Liao showed sufficient wisdom and bravery in the process of serving as a general, and showed it in his lifelong conquest, and the last thing that appeared in front of our eyes was a famous general of thousands of ages, Zhang Liao can be said to be a relatively perfect warrior. Zhang Liao's most courageous battle was not to slash Shan Yu, and it was also Zhang Liao's battle of fame.
It should be known that in ancient times, there were very few generals who could really kill the enemy generals. However, Zhang Liao did.
Zhang Liao's three kingdoms speech image
That's the famous Battle of White Wolf Mountain. In the summer of 207, when Zhang Liao was thirty-eight years old, he accompanied Cao Cao on an expedition to Liucheng to suppress Yuan Shang, the son of Yuan Shao, who had surrendered to Karasuma. You must know that there is a vast desert in the north of Saibei, autumn is gradually coming, dry and cold, Cao Jun is more than two hundred miles deep into the desert, grain and grass are cut off and water shortage.
Cao Cao had to order the excavation of water for more than thirty years and kill thousands of warhorses for food. Faced with such a dilemma, Cao Cao once had to retreat.
At this time, Guo Jia, in a critical condition of illness, dispelled Cao Cao's idea of retreating, and Cao Cao ordered the whole army to abandon the weight and send light cavalry from Lulongkou across the Great Wall, through the Han Dynasty Liaoxi Official Road, to raid Liucheng on the Bohai Sea.
This was the most dangerous battle in Cao Cao's life, and when he finally arrived successfully after all kinds of hardships, an even greater accident occurred.
When he came to the foot of the White Wolf Mountain, which was still more than a hundred miles away from Liucheng, The army led by Gandun Shan Yu suddenly appeared. At this time, Cao Jun's army had traveled a long way, was very tired, and the number did not prevail, morale was very low, Cao Cao was also a little helpless, and the situation was extremely critical.
However, at this extremely critical moment, the opportunity to show Zhang Liao's talent came, and Zhang Liao knew that he must not let his opponent see the flaws, and immediately asked for the initiative to attack. Cao Cao was inspired by his arrogance, and the record in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was "Zhuangzhi", so he handed him the banner of the commander and ordered him to be the vanguard.
Zhang Liao led his army to ascend to a high height, and found that the enemy's ranks were not in order, so he immediately made a decision, swung a large knife and rushed down the mountain first, and the generals followed Zhang Liao's direct insertion into the Chinese army of Dan Yu. The Wuhuan legion collapsed, and When Zhang Liao slashed at his horse, the Karasuma crowd was intimidated by his overwhelming momentum and asked to surrender. This battle showed Zhang Liao's bravery to the fullest, karasuma has been devastated ever since, and Zhang Liao's great name has since shaken karasuma.
At this point, the legendary expedition to the Battle of Wuhuan was a complete victory. It can be said that it is a narrow victory, and this battle of the White Wolf Mountain has also achieved Zhang Liao's great name, and it is also Zhang Liao's battle of the gods. This battle also cleared the last obstacle to Cao Cao's unification of the north, and Zhang Liao was slowly promoted by Cao Cao and embarked on a long road of famous generals.
The image of Zhang Liao in the New Three Kingdoms