Chapter 505: Try your best to recommend, the suspicious Sun Zhongmou
Quan Cong smiled and nodded and said: "General Dong is determined. After I return to the court, I will try my best to recommend General Dong to Your Majesty. But whether it succeeds or not depends on Your Majesty."
But the ones mentioned above are not the most meritorious among the generals who were demoted during the Jian'an period. The most famous figures are Zhang Wenyuan and Ma Chao!
After hearing this, Dong Fang thought about expressing his ambition, which might not be possible in the stingy Wu State. Sun Quan was so suspicious of his own people.
Not to mention being suspicious of a surrendered general. He is much worse than Cao Mengde, and even much worse than Liu Xuande.
Dong Fang clasped his fists and said, "This will save Sima Duo from having to worry about the servants."
Zhang Liao was a native of Mayi (now Shuozhou, Shanxi), Yanmen County. His ancestor was Nie Yi, who proposed the Mayi plan. His family changed their surname to Zhang to avoid disaster.
Zhang Liao served as a county official when he was young. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou, recognized Zhang Liao's bravery and called him to serve. He then sent him to lead troops to Kyoto (today's Luoyang, Henan).
General He Jin sent him to Hebei (the area north of the Yellow River today) to recruit soldiers. Zhang Liao returned with more than a thousand people. Just when He Jin was killed, Zhang Liao took his soldiers and surrendered to Grand Master Dong Zhuo.
After Dong Zhuo was assassinated, Zhang Liao led his army to join Lu Bu, Marquis of Wen, and was promoted to Cavalry Commander.
After Lü Bu was defeated by Li Jue, the remnant of Dong Zhuo, Zhang Liao followed Lü Bu and fled to Xuzhou (the area today in southeastern Shandong and north of the Yangtze River in Jiangsu) and served as the Prime Minister of the State of Lu (now in Qufu, Shandong). He was only 28 years old at the time.
In the third year of Jian'an (198), Lu Bu sent people to Hanoi County (today's Henan Province) to buy horses, but Liu Bei's soldiers from Xuzhou snatched the horses away.
In April of the same year, Lu Bu sent Zhang Liao and Zhonglang general Gao Shun to attack Liu Bei. Cao Cao sent general Xiahou Dun to support. Zhang Liao and Gao Shun defeated Xiahou Dun. In September of the same year, they captured Peicheng (now Peixian County, Jiangsu Province) and captured Liu Bei's army.
Wife and children.
In December of the same year, Cao Cao defeated Lu Bu in Xiapi (now Suining, Jiangsu). Zhang Liao led his troops to surrender to Cao Cao. Cao Cao appointed him Zhonglang General and gave him the title of Marquis of Guannei.
In the Battle of Baima in the fifth year of Jian'an (200), Zhang Liao and Guan Yu fought against the Taiwei Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang and defeated him.
After that, Zhang Liao made several military exploits and was promoted to General Pi. After Yuan Shao was defeated, Zhang Liao was ordered to attack the subordinate counties of Lu.
In September of the sixth year of Jian'an (201), Zhang Liao and Xia Houyuan surrounded the Taishan bandit Chang Xi in Donghai County (today's Tancheng, Shandong). The siege lasted for several months. The army was about to run out of food, and the generals all discussed returning.
Zhang Liao expressed to Xia Houyuan that Chang Xi was in a state of hesitation and that he planned to personally persuade him to surrender.
Then Zhang Liao sent someone to deliver the message, pretending that Cao Cao had an order for Zhang Liao to announce.
After hearing this, Chang Xi came down from the city to meet with Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao told him that there would be a big reward for those who surrendered to Cao Cao first. Chang Xi expressed his willingness to surrender.
Then Zhang Liao climbed Sangong Mountain alone and went to Chang Xi's home to visit his wife and children. Chang Xi was very happy to see this and went with Zhang Liao to see Cao Cao.
Cao Cao asked Chang Xi to go back first. After Chang Xi left, Cao Cao blamed Zhang Liao for his behavior, thinking that a general should not behave like this.
Zhang Liao expressed his apology and said that if he used Cao Cao's prestige, Chang Xi would not harm him.
In the seventh year of Jian'an (202), Zhang Liao attacked Yuan Tan in Liyang (now Junxian County, Henan). Yuan Shang had meritorious service, and Cao Cao appointed him as a backbone general.
Afterwards, Zhang Liao followed Cao Cao to attack Yuan Shang who was defending Yecheng (now Linzhang, Hebei Province), but could not capture it for a long time.
Cao Cao led his army back to Xuchang (now Xuchang, Henan), and Zhang Liao and his general Le Jin were ordered to attack Yin'an (now Qingfeng, Henan). After conquering Yin'an, Zhang Liao moved the local people to the area south of the Yellow River.
In the ninth year of Jian'an (204), Zhang Liao followed Cao Cao to attack Ye County again and defeated Ye County.
Zhang Liao was sent alone to the area of Zhao State (now Xingtai, Hebei Province) and Changshan (now Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province) to recruit and surrender the Taihang Mountain bandits and Sun Qing and others from the Black Mountain Army.
The next year, Zhang Liao followed Cao Cao to attack Yuan Tan. After defeating Yuan Tan, Zhang Liao was ordered to go to the seaside and defeat Liu Yi, the governor of Yingzhou (today's Hebei and Liaoning) appointed by Gongsundu of Liaodong. After that, he joined forces with He, the prefect of Guangping (today's Jize, Hebei).
Kuiping settled Yeping's Congqian and others.
In the 11th year of Jian'an (206 years), when Zhang Liao returned to Yecheng, Cao Cao personally came out to greet him and rode back with him in a carriage. After that, he appointed Zhang Liao as the general of the gangsters.
In the same year, Zhang Liao followed Cao Cao to attack Jingzhou (today's Hunan and Hubei). Zhang Liao successively pacified the counties of Jiangxia (today's Xinzhou, Hubei), returned to the army and stationed in Linying (today's Linying, Henan), and was named Dutinghou.
In the twelfth year of Jian'an (207), Cao Cao planned to conquer Liucheng (today's Chaoyang, Liaoning), and Zhang Liao gave Cao Cao advice.
Cao Cao led his army in the Northern Expedition, and Xudu (now Xuchang, Henan) was empty. If Liu Biao, the pastor of Jingzhou, sent Liu Bei to lead his army to attack Xudu, things would be dangerous.
Cao Cao told Zhang Liao that Liu Biao could not appoint Liu Bei, so he led his army to the expedition.
In August of the same year, Cao Cao climbed Bailang Mountain and encountered the Wuhuan people.
At that time, most of the troops were in the rear, and there were very few people around Cao Cao, so everyone was panicked.
Zhang Liao persuaded Cao Cao to attack, and Cao Cao handed Zhang Liao the flag he was holding.
Afterwards, Zhang Liao led his army to attack and killed the Wuhuan Chan Yu Tadun, and surrendered more than 200,000 people.
In June of the 13th year of Jian'an (208 years), when Jingzhou had not yet been pacified, Zhang Liao was ordered to garrison in Changshe (now Changge, Henan Province). When he was about to set off, there were rebels in the army who set fire to the camp at night.
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Zhang Liao told the guards around him not to move, saying that it was not the whole rebellion, but only some of the rebels who wanted to cause chaos.
Then Zhang Liao ordered the soldiers who did not want to rebel to sit quietly in peace. Zhang Liao personally led dozens of soldiers and stood in the middle of the military camp.
Soon after, the person who caused the chaos was captured and Zhang Liao killed him.
In December of the 14th year of Jian'an (209), Chen Lan and Meicheng, the remnants of Yuan Shu, incited the people of Diliu County (today's Liu'an, Anhui Province) to rebel. Cao Cao sent Yu Jin, Zang Ba and others to lead troops to conquer Meicheng, and ordered Governor Zhang Liao to lead the army.
Zhang He, Niu Gai and others conquered Chen Lan. Mei
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There is a Tianzhu Mountain in Lushan Mountain, which is twenty miles high. The mountain is steep and the road is narrow and dangerous. It is only wide enough for one person to pass. Chen Lan and others built a fort on it to defend it.
Zhang Liao planned to march, but the generals persuaded him because the road was difficult, and Zhang Liao said that whoever is brave can seize the opportunity.
Zhang Liao then went to camp at the foot of the mountain, and then led his army to attack, killing Chen Lan and Mei Cheng, and capturing all their tribesmen.
Cao Cao commended Zhang Liao for his contribution in this battle, increased his food supply, and granted him a holiday.
In May of the 19th year of Jian'an (213 years), Sun Quan led his army to attack Wancheng (now Lujiang, Anhui). Zhang Liao led his army from Hefei (now Hefei, Anhui) to help. When he arrived at Xiashi, he heard that the city had been breached, so he built something south of Xiashi.
The fortress is called Nanxia garrison.
In the 20th year of Jian'an (215 years), after Cao Cao returned from conquering Sun Quan, Zhang Liao, Tong Lejin, Li Dian and others led more than 7,000 soldiers to station in Hefei.
Later, when Cao Cao was conquering Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, he left a letter to the guard Xue Ti and wrote the four words "The thief will be sent to the end".
In August of the same year, Sun Quan led more than 100,000 troops to besiege Hefei. Everyone opened the letter. In the letter, Cao Cao ordered Zhang Liao and Li Dian to attack Sun Quan and Lejin to defend the city. Xue Ti was not allowed to participate in the battle.
Everyone was confused, and Zhang Liao told everyone that Cao Cao meant to take advantage of the enemy's unsteady footing to attack to defeat his momentum and stabilize the morale of the army, so that they could defend better.
Then Zhang Liao spent the night recruiting men who dared to die, and he summoned 800 people. Zhang Liao killed cattle to reward the soldiers, and planned to go to war tomorrow.
At dawn, Zhang Liao took the lead in attacking the enemy camp, killing two generals and more than ten soldiers. After that, shouting his name loudly, he rushed into Sun Quan's camp and reached Sun Quan's commanding banner.
Sun Quan and his men retreated to higher ground. Later, they saw that Zhang Liao led fewer soldiers and surrounded him again. Zhang Liao broke through the encirclement twice. The battle lasted from morning to noon. The morale of the Wu army was completely lost and they retreated to build fortifications.
Seeing the Wu army retreating in Hefei City, they felt relieved and all the generals admired Zhang Liao very much.
After that, Sun Quan besieged Hefei for more than ten days. Seeing that it could not be conquered, he led his army back.
At that time, Sun Quan was in the north of Xiaoyao Jin. Zhang Liao led an army to make a surprise attack. Wu army generals Gan Ning, Lu Meng, and Ling Tong fought against him.
Seeing that Sun Quan had fled, Zhang Liao led his army back. Cao Cao admired Zhang Liao's bravery and awarded him the post of general for the Eastern Conquest.