Cao Cao, small characters Meng De. Born into a family of eunuchs, his father Cao Song was the adopted son of the eunuch Cao Teng at the time. Cao Teng experienced four generations of emperors in the Eastern Han Dynasty and was quite famous in the government and the opposition. When he was young, Cao Cao was witty and very intelligent, but he was debauched, so many people at that time thought that Cao Cao should be a person with no ability. But Maxima always had Bole acquaintances. Cao Cao showed his love and talent for martial arts in his early years, and he read a wide range of books, especially books within the art of war, which laid a solid foundation for his future military career.
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In 174 AD, Cao Cao was promoted to filial piety and went to the capital Luoyang as an official, but when he was young, Cao Cao was full of enthusiasm and eager to make meritorious achievements and get the emperor's appreciation, but the emperor at that time was also very dim-witted, and the power in the court was controlled by various factions, Cao Cao just became an official not long ago, he declared a ban, strict law and discipline, offended many powerful people, but hindered the face of his father Cao Song, or transferred Cao Cao away from the capital. At that time, the great general Dou Wu and others plotted to kill the eunuchs, but the matter was revealed, Dou Wu and other people implicated were all killed, and Cao Cao wrote to the people that Dou Wu and others were upright and were framed, resulting in the situation that the traitors and evil people in the dprk were in charge, and the loyal ministers could not be reused, but his opinion was not adopted by the Han Ling Emperor, and then Cao Cao wrote to the emperor many times, although the emperor occasionally adopted it, but the eastern Han Dynasty government was already corrupt, and this had no effect at all.
When the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, Cao Cao was made a lieutenant and was ordered to attack the Yellow Turban Army together with the general Emperor Fusong and others. As a result, the Yellow Turban Army was defeated, Cao Cao won the battle merits, and was awarded the title of Minister of Jinan, during Cao Cao's reign, the politics were clear, and the corrupt officials and corrupt officials all fled in the wind. At that time, there was also the phenomenon of buying and selling officials, and Cao Cao refused to cater to the magnates, so he dragged his illness home and lived in seclusion. At that time, the world was in turmoil, and rebellions occurred in many places. Emperor Ling of Han established the Eight Lieutenants of Xiyuan in order to consolidate his rule, and Cao Cao was appointed as a lieutenant of the Military Academy because of his family lineage.
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In 196 AD, emperor Ling of Han died, the crown prince Liu Wei took the throne, the general He Jin wanted to kill the eunuchs, He Jin recruited Dong Zhuo, who was in Hedong, into the capital, but did not expect the matter to be revealed, He Jin was instead killed by the eunuch clique, Dong Zhuo took the opportunity to enter the city, killed the eunuchs to control the capital, abolished Liu Jin, and established his younger brother Chen Liuwang as Emperor Xian of Han. Claiming to be a taishi and controlling the government, Cao Cao saw that Dong Zhuo had acted perversely and did not want to join him, so he fled the capital. And used his own family's property to recruit troops, and called on the heroes of the world to fight against Dong Zhuo, and soon Dong Jianjun was established, when Yuan Shao was the most powerful, he elected Yuan Shao as the leader of the coalition army. Cao Cao was also among them, and Dong Zhuo was defeated by the Jianjun and coerced Emperor Xian of Han to flee to Chang'an, where he burned Luoyang to the ground. None of the Liangzhou soldiers who were afraid of Dong Zhuo dared to pursue, and only Cao Cao alone led the army to pursue Dong Zhuo, but because of the disparity in strength, he was defeated by Dong Zhuo's generals. Fortunately, he was saved by his cousin to retrieve a life.
In 192 AD, the power of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army was greatly developed, conquering many counties and counties in Yanzhou, and the History of Yanzhou Assassination was killed, so Jibei Xiang and others welcomed Cao Cao as the History of Yanzhou Assassination, and Cao Cao finally defeated the Qingzhou soldiers after several months of conquest, and obtained 300,000 troops from Qingzhou and a population of more than one million. The following year Cao Cao led the army to defeat Yuan Shu, Tao Qian, etc., because Cao Cao's father Cao Songbei Tao Qian sent troops to capture and kill, Cao Cao in order to avenge his father's revenge, so he led the army to attack Tao Qian, but did not expect to start a fire behind him, Chen Gong and others openly rebelled against Cao Cao to welcome Lü Bu as Yanzhou Mu, Cao Cao was anxious to rescue, and fought with Lü Bu, but the grain and grass had been consumed, Yuan Shao sent people to persuade Cao Cao to surrender, Cao Cao really had no way to want to agree, thanks to Cheng Yu, Cao Cao dispelled this idea. In 195 AD, Cao Cao again reorganized his army to fight Lü Bu, Lü Bu was defeated, and in the same year, Emperor Xian of Han returned from Chang'an to the east, and ordered all the princes to serve as kings, and Emperor Xian of Han officially made Cao Cao the pastor of Yanzhou. Cao Cao then moved Emperor Xian of Han to Xu County, and Cao Cao was made a general and Marquis of Wuping. Cao Cao's power also grew, gradually expanding his sphere of influence to the north of the Yellow River.
Yuan Shao was the largest force in the north at that time, and also the biggest enemy of Cao Cao's unification of the north. Yuan Shiyimen, starting from Yuan Shao's great-grandfather Yuan An, "the fourth generation occupies the third public position", protégés are all over the world, the strength is originally very large, and after Yuan Shao has achieved Jizhou, Andzhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou four major places, the power has been unprecedentedly expanded, the army is known as a million, he does not pay attention to Cao Cao at all, he led more than 100,000 elite soldiers to eliminate Cao Cao in one fell swoop. Yuan Shao ordered his general Yan Liang, Wen Ugly led the army as the vanguard, he led a large army to launch an attack on Cao Cao, Yuan Shao's army came to attack, Xu Du was shaken, Cao Cao comforted them that Yuan Shao seemed to be menacing, the soldiers were many generals, in fact, he Yuan Shao was just a strong outsider, no great ambition, everyone did not have to panic. Cao Cao personally led an army to block Yuan Shao, adopting the strategy of the strategist Xun You, and attacking the east and west to attract Yuan Shao's troops. Then he beat Yuan Shao by surprise, and the generals Yan Liang and Wen Ugly were all killed. At this time, Yuan Shao's adviser Xu You offered Yuan Shao a plan to sneak up on Xu Du but was not accepted by Yuan Shao, but his own family members were arrested, Xu You ran to Cao Cao with resentment and surrendered to Cao Cao, Xu You told Cao Cao the location of Yuan Shao's grain and grass camp, Cao Cao sent people to burn Yuan Shao's grain and grass, Yuan Shao's army saw that the grain and grass were burned out, and morale was immediately low, Cao Cao led the army to a complete victory, killing more than 70,000 yuan Shao's army. Yuan Shao died of illness soon after, and the two sons fought for power and profit, and finally surrendered to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao began to unify the northern lands.
In 207 AD, in order to sweep away Yuan's forces, and also in order to completely solve the problem of Wuhuan's invasion of the Central Plains, Cao Cao decided to expedition to Wuhuan, the leader of Wuhuan was Jiandun, his relationship with Yuan Shao has always been very good, repeatedly harassing the border, plundering people and property, in August, Cao Cao personally led a large army to Jixian County, Cao Cao's army arrived at Liucheng when he found out, so he began to send troops to confront Cao Cao, the Wuhuan army looked very strong, but the battle front was not set up, Cao Cao decisively launched an attack, and defeated the Wuhuan army. Wu Huan's leader, Jian Dun, was also beheaded on the spot, and Cao Cao won a great victory. As many as 200,000 people surrendered, and from then on, the problem of Wuhuan's continuous invasion of the Central Plains was solved, and generals were sent to guard the frontier.
In 208, Cao Cao trained a water army to prepare for the unification of Jingzhou, and Cao Cao's army soon reached the vicinity of Jingzhou, and Liu Biao's son Liu Chun, believing that he could not resist, surrendered to Cao Cao. After Liu Bei, who defected to Liu Biao after the Battle of Guandu, heard that Liu Chun had surrendered to Cao Cao, he led his army to retreat to Jiangling, and cao Cao heard that and caught up with Liu Bei at Changbanpo in Dangyang, defeated Liu Bei, and entered Jiangling. After defeating Liu Bei, Cao Cao wanted to annex Jiangdong in one fell swoop, but with the efforts of Zhuge Liang and Lu Su, Sun Liu's two families formed an alliance and jointly fought against Cao Cao at Chibi, Cao Cao's army was mostly northerners, unfamiliar with water, and many people fell ill because of water and soil disobedience before they began to fight. Zhou Yu ordered Huang Gai to lead small warships loaded with firewood and grass by means of deception, took anointing oil and pretended to surrender to the direction of Cao Cao's army, and when he reached a place not far from Cao Cao's army, he ignited fire and rushed to Cao Cao's warships, cao's army was impacted, the warships were burned, Cao's army was defeated, and the army withdrew to the north. After this war, the situation of the three kingdoms was established. After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao took some measures to stabilize the interior and began to collect talents on a large scale, after several years of cultivation, Cao Cao prepared to use troops against Guanzhong, Cao Cao led a large army to personally conquer Guanzhong, defeated the Guanzhong coalition army, and within two years chased Ma Chao, broke Han Sui, destroyed Song Jian, expelled some ethnic minorities such as Qiang and Qiang, and the Liangzhou region was basically pacified.
In the first month of 220 AD, Cao Cao was still in Luoyang, and died of illness in Luoyang at the age of sixty-six, the King of Wu. In October, Cao Cao's son Cao Pi forced Emperor Xian of Han to abdicate the throne and changed his position to Wei, posthumously honoring Cao Cao as Emperor Wu and giving him the temple name Taizu. During his lifetime, Cao Cao implemented a series of policies to restore the economy and stabilize the situation, and his performance in all aspects of politics, economy, and military played a positive role in the recovery and development of the social economy at that time, and the expedition to Wuhuan promoted the gradual integration between ethnic minorities such as Wuhuan and the Han nationality, which had a positive effect on consolidating the social order in the north and making the people's production and life stable, and Cao Cao could be said to have made a very great contribution to the society at that time. Played a very crucial role.