Zhang Xiu – General of the Broken Qiang (?) –207) a native of Hongzuizi, Jingyuan County. The nephew of the hussar general Zhang Ji, emperor Guanghe of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was an official of Zuli County.
In the first year of Emperor Xian's reign (190), the Jincheng Qiang chieftain Ju Sheng attacked and killed Liu Jun, the head of Zu Li, and Zhang Xiu summoned the young man to kill Ju Sheng, that is, to join the army with Zhang Ji, and to move the general Jianzhong with merit, the marquis of Xuanwei, and the tun Hongnong.
After Zhang Ji's death in the first year of Jian'an (196), Zhang Xiu led his Zhongtun Wancheng to attach to Liu Biao. In January of the second year of Jian'an, Cao Cao attacked Zhang Xiu from Xu Du and fought at Shuishui, zhang Xiu from the counselor Jia Xueyan, the crowd surrendered to Cao, Cao Daxi, and treated each other with wine and banquets. Later, because Cao Naxiu's aunt (Zhang Ji's wife) was a concubine, he was afraid of embroidery, that is, he sent the guard Dianwei to ask the embroidery subordinate Xiao to drink alcohol, bribe money, and lure Hu to wait for the opportunity to kill Xiu, and Xiu and Hu had already noticed, Hu would calculate, drink a few cups, pretend to be drunk, dian was very proud, and left Hu to unload his armor and go to bed. However, Hu and Xiu took advantage of their lack of preparation, and they attacked Cao Ying, Cao Ying, who escaped with an arrow in his left arm, the eldest son Cao Ang, his nephew Cao An, and Dianwei all died, and his aunt also died in the rebellion, and Cao defeated and danced.
Xiu went to Yongcheng to restore Liu Biaohe, and recaptured Nanyang and Zhangling (in present-day zaoyang County, Hubei Province), and Cao Cao sent Cao Hong to attack unfavorably, and returned Tunye, and the number was defeated by Xiu. In September of the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Cao Cao, in order to achieve the goal of "holding the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes", wanted to defeat the most powerful Yuan Shao, and strategically joined Zhang Xiu, that is, sent emissaries to Zhao Xiu, just in time for Shao Yi to send envoys to Fu Xiu, Zhang Xiu wanted to attach Shao to Shao's strength and weakness, and had a vendetta against him. However, Jia Xu explained that there are three advantages in descending Cao, namely: "Cao FengTianzi orders the world to be righteous; Shao is strong and prosperous, I will not take me as the most important, Cao is weak, and I will be happy; Cao has the ambition of overlordship, and will release his personal grievances, and use virtue in the four seas." Zhang Xiu then attached Cao To Cao from Jia Xu in November, Cao Cao was very happy, thick knot Zhang Xiu, for his son Cao Jun married Zhang Xiu's daughter, became a child and daughter, and introduced Emperor Xian of Han to Xiu Xiu as the general of Yang Wu, the Marquis of Li, Xiu that is, loyal to Cao, led the infantry to ride 5,000, Tun Ji wu, Chen Liu, and in the Guandu force to fight meritorious service, moved the Qiang general. After increasing the number of households in the world, when the world's household registration is reduced, there will be no more than a thousand households, and the embroidery will be more.
In the twelfth year of Jian'an (207), on the way to attack Wuhuan, Cao Zipi was angry that he had killed his brother before him, and Zhang Xiu hanged himself instead of himself. The grave is in the village of Hongzui at present-day Jingyuan West Railway Station.