"Xiahou and Cao, the world is a marriage, so Huan, Yuan, Ren, Hong, Xiu, Shang, Zhen, etc. and pro-old heart", as Cao Cao's clan siblings, Cao Chun is not as famous as Cao Ren, Xiahou Huan, Xiahou Yuan and others and is well known to posterity, and because of the extremely poor performance in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it has become a green leaf that sets off others. However, Cao Chun was by no means an inactive person, and in addition to the erroneous records in the interpretation, the main reason for Cao Chun's infamy was that he died young when Cao Cao needed talent the most. Being able to control the world's elite tiger and leopard riding, what outstanding battle achievements has Cao Chun built?
First, praise from near and far, abandon literature and follow the martial arts
Cao Chun lost his father at the age of fourteen and lived separately from his elder brother Cao Ren. Unlike his brother, who only liked bows and horses, Cao Chun preferred to study and study, and he respected the learned Confucians, often sitting with them, and many Confucians came to him. Although he lost his father at an early age, but fortunately, his family was well-off, "inheriting his father's business, rich in wealth, and having hundreds of servants and guests", Cao Chun was able to run the family with Discipline at a young age, supervise the imperial servants, and the great family business was well taken care of by Cao Chun alone, so the townspeople thought that Cao Chun was very talented. Under the propaganda of the townspeople and Confucian disciples, Cao Chun's reputation soon spread and was praised by near and far.
In the fourth year of Zhongping (187), "in the eighteenth year, he was a yellow door attendant", and before he was weakly crowned, Cao Chun was able to enter the dynasty as an official. But at this time, the Number of Eastern Han Qi will be exhausted. Only two years later, Dong Zhuo was in Cholera, and his cousin Cao Cao escaped after failing to assassinate him, "scattering his family wealth and joining the righteous soldiers", recruiting troops at Chen Liu, with the intention of uniting the righteous soldiers of the world to fight against Dong Zhuo. At this time, Cao Chun, who was only twenty years old, gave up an official uniform and the Confucian classics that he loved, followed Cao Cao to Xiangyi to recruit soldiers, and began his career of fighting horses in all directions.
Second, the elite commander, the battle achievements are outstanding
In Cao Cao's hands, there was such an ace army, called "Tiger and Leopard", "Pure Supervision Tiger and Leopard Riding, all the world is sharp, or from a hundred people will make up for it, Taizu is difficult to command." In order to conquer the world, Cao Cao created such an elite cavalry, but it was difficult for Cao Cao to be selected by whom to command. All along, Cao Cao had held this elite in his hands, but as his power grew, Cao Cao needed a son of his own family who could take on great responsibilities to lead. However, the tiger and leopard were all hundred generals inside the horse, and it was normal for anyone to disobey anyone, except for their lord Cao Cao, who could convince them? "Pure selection as the governor, fu xun is very popular", But Cao Chun did it, from the time he took over this army until his death, Cao Chun controlled this "ace army" for five years, in addition to being extremely talented, it also shows that Cao Chun belongs to one of Cao Cao's most trusted generals.
It has always been a huge cost to build cavalry, not to mention that the person who can serve as a general in the ordinary army is only an ordinary soldier in the "Tiger and Panther Horse", which is enough to see its importance in Cao Cao's mind. Although there are very few records about tiger and leopard riding, every game is a difficult and hard battle, and it is also a trump card that Cao Cao only invested in the most critical moments of the battle. In the tenth year of Jian'an (205), Cao Cao attacked Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan, who was unwilling to sit still and fight at Nanpi City. The battle was extremely difficult, in the face of Yuan Tan, who was trapped in the beast, Cao Tan suffered heavy losses, and even Cao Cao almost gave up, only Cao Chun strongly dissuaded Cao Cao from attacking with his division, "Attack quickly, Tan lost." Chun's subordinates beheaded Tan". In the twelfth year of Jian'an (207), Cao Chun followed Cao Cao on a northern expedition against Wuhuan and met the Wuhuan army on the White Wolf Mountain. At this time, Cao Cao only had a small number of troops around him, and both sides were very frightened, but Cao Cao resolutely ordered an attack, "thinking that he was holding the Liao", Cao Chun and the tiger and leopard rode under the command of Zhang Liao, and defeated Wu Huan, "Beheading Dun and the famous king have been down, and Hu and Han have surrendered more than 200,000 mouths." "
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Third, from the conquest of the south, long-distance attack
After defeating Yuan Shao, surrendering Wu Huan, and basically pacifying the north, Cao Cao sent his troops straight to Jingzhou and Jiangdong on fang. In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Cao Cao personally led a large army to march south to Liu Biao, and Liu Biao died of illness during the march, and his son Liu Chun thought that it was impossible to resist, and the people of Jingzhou surrendered to Cao Cao. However, Liu Bei, who had defected to Liu Biao, did not choose to surrender, but led his army to retreat to Jiangling City. Jiangling was a major town in Jingzhou, and a large number of materials were stockpiled, and Cao Cao was afraid that Liu Bei's strength would increase greatly, so he personally led 5,000 elite cavalry to pursue, and Cao Chun and Tiger and Leopard were in the army.
The tiger and leopard not only caught up with Liu Bei at a speed of "more than three hundred miles a day and one night", but also defeated Liu Bei's army with the impossible combat strength of a tired division, "preparing to abandon his wife and ride away with Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and dozens of others." In this battle, Cao Chun fought bravely, captured Liu Bei's two daughters, and harvested a large number of heavy weights and pawns. Cao Chun then occupied Jiangling City, and after the defeat at the Battle of Chibi, Cao Chun escorted Cao Cao back to Tan Commandery.