An unforgettable Night of Cao Cao
Three Kingdoms 19
Spring 197,AD,Cao Cao personally led an army to conquer Zhang Xiu张绣 in Wancheng宛城,Zhang Xiu knew that he couldn’t match for Cao Cao, so he led his men to surrender.
Seeing Zhang Xiu being so good,Cao Cao was proud and in a good mood. He banqueted Zhang Xiu and his generals in the battalion. During the banquet, Cao Cao talked and laughed loudly with everyone,Cheers to others with pleasant,But the personal guard Dian Wei典韦 always held a big axe Standing behind Cao Cao and glaring angrily. At this meal, Zhang Xiu was so Nervous and scared.
Later, Cao Cao took a fancy to Zhang Xiu's henchman Hu Che'er胡车儿,By sending him a lot of gold and silver. Cao Cao had always loved talent,the move was likely to be a whim,But he ignored Zhang Xiu, who had just joined him at this time. Until Cao Cao couldn't wait,After winning over his generals,Zhang Xiu's heart was even more uneasy.
At that time, there was a beautiful and sexy widow,Lady Zou in the city. Cao Cao had always liked wives of other people,when he heard about this,he was impatient. That night, he brought Lady Zou to his camp,having sex all night. Excitement,He had forgotten the identity of Lady Zou,this Lady Zou was Zhang Ji's张济 widow,and Zhang Ji was Zhang Xiu's uncle. Speaking of which, Zhang Xiu could dominate Wancheng to become a warlord,It is still the power of his uncle Zhang Ji who inherits it.
Objectively,The hungry-tiger-like Cao Cao was too hungry,as soon as Zhang Xiu surrendered, you took his aunt to bed,What do you think about him? Sure enough, Zhang Xiu was furious when he heard this and cursed. At this situation,Cao Cao learned that Zhang Xiu was not happy,he did not go to appease,Instead, he even secretly prepared to kill Zhang Xiu.
As a result,the plan was leaked. Things had come to this,Zhang Xiu could no longer be indifferent,he immediately called his strategist,Jia Xu贾诩,after deliberating, the two decided to rebel.
That night, Zhang Xiu suddenly led troops to attack Cao's battalion, Cao's army was caught off guard and suffered deep casualties. Fortunately, Dian Wei led a dozen people to block the door and fight to the death. Cao Cao then was able to escape by a horse.
Later, Zhang Xiu's military gathered more and more,All the people around Dian Wei died in battle,Dian Wei himself was wounded,But he was still fighting. Zhang Xiu originally wanted to capture him alive,but the two soldiers who went up just near him,they were pinched alive by Dian Wei with both arms,the crowd was terrified,no one dares to move in anymore. Dian Wei rushed forward again and killed several enemies alone,but in the end, due to excessive blood loss, he died with angry cursing.
Cao Cao’s horse also died during his escapein the chaos,his eldest son, Cao Ang曹昂,saw this,he voluntarily gave up his horse to his father. Eventually, Cao Ang and Cao Cao's nephew Cao Anmin曹安民 both died in the fight.
Cao Cao retreated to Wuyin舞阴 before stabilizing his position,Yu Jin于禁 and other generals also came to rendezvous one after another,Zhang Xiu then pursued him to there but was defeated. After returning, Zhang Xiu again allied with Liu Biao刘表 in Jingzhou and held on to Rangcheng穰城,Cao Cao withdrew to Xuchang许昌 with the remnants of his army. Then his First Battle with Zhang Xiu ended.
The battle was a small one,to the chaotic situation in the Central Plains at that time,It also did not produce much shock. But for Cao Cao personally and the family of Cao, the impact was extremely far-reaching.
First of all, at the time,Dian Wei was one of Cao Cao's favorite generals,his death distressed Cao Cao,crying Several times. Soon he then sent someone to retrieve Dianwei's body from the trail, burying thickly. Every time Cao Cao passed his tomb later, he would stop to mourn.
If Cao Cao remembers the death of Dian Wei, from the point of Cao Cao standing to gather people's hearts and minds, he can still do so with honour. While the death of Cao Ang,became the biggest hidden pain in Cao Cao's heart.
Soon,Cao Cao's wife, Lady Ding, broke up with him because of this,and Cao Cao himself couldn't let it go until his dying day. On his deathbed, Cao Cao sighed and said, "I have never regretted anything I have done in my life, and if there is still a soul after death, and Cao Ang asks me where his mother is, what shall I answer?"
Cao Ang's death even more profoundly affected the political situation after the State of Cao Wei. Although Cao Ang is the son of a concubine,but he was raised by Cao Cao’s legal wife - Lady Ding,he was Cao Cao's nominal eldest legitimate son,he was Cao Cao's undisputed successor. And Cao Ang has a humble personality,Both good at civil and military,deeply loved by Cao Cao. Cao Ang has been fighting with his father since he was a teenager,of all Cao Cao's sons,only Cao Ang had enough prestige in the army. The death of Cao Ang made it inevitable that the Cao family would be followed by a serious internal conflict over the throne.