Cao Bin

Cao Bin

Cao Bin (931-999) was born in Lingshou County, Hebei Province. He was a famous general of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Cao Bin was the nephew of Zhang family, the concubine of Guowei, the Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty. He once served as a general of the German army in the later Han Dynasty. After Zhou Shizong, he sent envoys to Wu and Yue, tired officials to introduce envoys. Cao Bin was strict in running the army, especially in military discipline. He was trusted by Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, and made great contributions to the unification war of the Northern Song Dynasty. In the second year of Qiande (964), he took part in the attack of houshu. He was famous for not killing indiscriminately and was promoted to the South court envoy of xuanhui. In the seventh year of Kaibao (974), he led the army to attack and destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty. The next year, he conquered Jinling. He also decided to attack the northern Han Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty to promote the secret envoys. In the third year of Yongxi's reign (986), Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty divided his troops into three routes to attack Liao, and Cao Bin was the chief General of the East Route Army. He was defeated in the battle of qigouguan because of his advancing alone and withdrawing from the army. As a result, the song army retreated and was demoted to general youxiaowei. Later, he returned to serve as the minister and the governor of Wuning. After emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty ascended the throne, Cao Bin became the Privy envoy.

In the second year of Xianping (999), Cao Bin died in 1969. As a posthumous title of "Wu Hui", he was awarded to zhongshuling and the king of Jiyang. Because her granddaughter was empress Renzong of Song Dynasty (empress cishengguangxian), she was bestowed as Taishi, shangshuling and King Lu.

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Life of the characters

Modesty and reverence

Cao Yun, Cao Bin's father, was a military envoy of the German army. When Cao Bin was one year old, his parents put all kinds of toys on the table to see what he took. Cao Bin's left hand holds the dagger, his right hand grabs the zudou, and after a while he takes another seal. People are surprised that others are dismissive. When Cao Bin was older, he had a good nature.

During the reign of Qianyou in the later Han Dynasty, he served as a general of the German army. Seeing that he was cautious, he pointed to him and said to the people around him, "this man has great ambition and talent, not ordinary people."

Cao Bin's Aunt Zhang was married to Guo Wei, a secret envoy of the later Han Dynasty (Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty). In the first year of Guangshun (951), Guo Wei became emperor and established the political power of the Later Zhou Dynasty. Guo Wei called Cao Bin back to the capital city, under the army of his adopted son Chai Rong (Later Zhou Shizong), and followed him to guard Chanyuan, where he was promoted to the capital of Hezhong. Wang Renhao, the governor of the river, treated Cao Bin with special courtesy because of his special status. Instead of being arrogant, Cao Bin became more respectful. When the government held a banquet, he had a heavy attitude and never looked at him. Wang Renhao said to his subordinates, "I think I've never been able to be lax until I see that the guards are strict and serious, so I feel like I'm lax."

In the third year of Xiande (956), Cao Bin was changed to Tongguan Jianjun and promoted to xishanggemen envoy.

In the fifth year of Xiande (958), Cao Bin was appointed as an envoy to the state of Wu and Yue. He returned to Korea immediately after completing his mission and did not accept the gift from the Lord of Wu and Yue. Cao Qingzhou still sent people to send him money. After a while, he said, "I finally turned them down. It's close to being invited." So I accepted. After returning to Beijing, he registered the property one by one and gave it to the government. Chai Rong forced to give it back to him. Cao Bincai accepted it and gave it to his relatives and friends, leaving no money for himself.

Later, Cao Bin went out to serve as the commander of the army and horse capital of Jinzhou. One day, Cao Bin, the general and his guests were sitting around in the field. When they met the guard General of the neighboring road, they came on horseback with letters. The emissary never knew Cao Bin and secretly asked, "who is Cao Jianjun?" Someone pointed out Cao Bin to him. The emissary thought that he was cheating himself. He said with a smile, "where are the relatives and close ministers, and the people who wear robes and sit on plain Hu beds?" Half a day later, the emissary believed it was Cao Bin. Later, he was promoted to the post of introduction envoy.

Good luck comes from bad luck

At the beginning, Zhao Kuangyin (Taizu of Song Dynasty) was in charge of the forbidden army, and he was very powerful. Cao Bin was impartial, never visited in public affairs, and rarely participated in social banquets, so he was highly valued.

In the second year of Jianlong (961), Cao Bin was recalled from Pingyang. Zhao Kuangyin said to him, "in the past, I always wanted to be close to you. Why did you always alienate me?" Cao Bin kowtowed and said, "I'm a close relative of Zhou Shi, and I'm in the palace. I'm a good official. I'm afraid of making mistakes. How dare I make friends with myself?" Zhao Kuangyin appointed him as a provincial envoy. He and Wang Quanbin and Guo Jin led cavalry to attack Leping county (now Xiyang, Shanxi Province) in the northern Han Dynasty. They fought against 1800 enemy generals, such as Wang Chao and Hou Barong, and captured more than 1000 of them. Soon the thief will lead the army to reinforce and defeat the enemy in three battles. So the Court changed lepingjian into a Pingjin army.

In the first year of Qiande (963), Cao Bin was changed to Zuo Shenwu general. The next year, the song army conquered liaozhou. The northern Han Dynasty wanted to take advantage of the Liao troops to recover liaozhou, and attracted 60000 cavalry of the Liao army to attack the Pingjin army. Cao Bin and Li Jixun, the Jiedu emissary of the Zhao Yi army, led 60000 troops to fight against the Han and Liao allied forces under the city. Soon, Cao Bin was also the Privy minister.

Even discuss the two countries

In the winter of the second year of Qiande (964), Zhao Kuangyin issued an imperial edict to attack houshu and appointed Liu Guangyi (i.e. Liu tingrang) as the deputy commander of the army before the camp in Guizhou. All the prefectures and counties in the gorge were conquered, and all the generals wanted to kill the city. Only Cao Bin ordered his subordinates to be subdued, and all the places they went felt happy and obedient. When Zhao Kuangyin heard about it, he issued a special imperial edict to praise him.

After the fall of the late Shu Dynasty, the army of Xichuan deployed Wang Quanbin and others to feast around the clock. They did not sympathize with the soldiers, and their subordinates kept fishing and seizing the common people, which made the Shu people feel deeply distressed. Cao Bin repeatedly asked the head teacher, Wang Quanbin and others did not listen. Soon after, the old general Quan Shixiong and others in the later Shu Dynasty made a disturbance and gathered 100000 troops. Cao Bin and Liu Guangyi defeated the enemy in Xinfan and finally put an end to the Shu chaos.

At that time, most of the generals took jade and silk from their sons and daughters, while Cao Bin only had books and clothes in his luggage. After returning to the court, Zhao Kuangyin handed Wang Quanbin and others over to the Justice Department for punishment. In his opinion, Cao binqing, Jie Lianjin, was appointed xuanhui South court envoy and Yicheng army Jiedu envoy. Cao Bin went to the palace to see Zhao Kuangyin, declined and said, "all the soldiers and men who have been recruited to the West have been punished. I'm afraid I can't be encouraged by the reward alone." Zhao Kuangyin said: "you have made great contributions, but you don't boast about your contributions. Even if you make a little mistake, where is Wang Renwei (one of the generals who destroyed Shu) worth mentioning? I carry out the regular Dictionary of exhorting the minister to be loyal to his country. You don't have to give in. "

In the sixth year of Qiande (968), Zhao Kuangyin sent Li Jixun and his bodyguard Bu Jun to command Dangjin to lead the army to attack the northern Han Dynasty. Cao Bin was the former military commander. Cao Bin defeated the northern Han Army in Dongwo River, beheaded more than 2000 soldiers and captured many northern Han soldiers.

In the second year of Kaibao (969), Zhao Kuangyin prepared to fight for the northern Han Dynasty, and appointed Cao Bin as the former military commander, leading the army first. Cao Bin stationed in Baigu (now the southeast of Qixian County in Shanxi Province) of the Legion and subdued Chen Tingshan, the general of the northern Han Dynasty. He fought with the northern Han Army in the south of Taiyuan City, approached haoqiao and won more than 1000 horses. When Zhao Kuangyin arrived, Cao Bin had set up barracks on all sides, and he was in charge of the north.

In the sixth year of Kaibao (973), Cao binjin was promoted to be the chief inspector.

South of the Yangtze River

In the seventh year of Kaibao (974), the imperial court prepared to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty. In September, Cao Bin, Li Hanqiong and Tian qinzuo first went to Jingnan to collect warships, and pan Mei led the infantry to set out. In October, the imperial edict appointed Cao Bin to camp on the Southwest Road of Shengzhou. All the Sabu warships were deployed. They divided their troops from the south of Jingzhou to the east to conquer Xiakou village, Chizhou, Dangtu and Wuhu counties, and stationed in Caishiji. In November, a floating bridge was built across the river to cross the army. In December, the army of the Southern Tang Dynasty was defeated in Bailuzhou (now Shuiximen, Nanjing, Jiangsu).

In the first month of the eighth year of Kaibao (975), the army of the Southern Tang Dynasty was defeated in Xinlin harbor. In February, the army entered Qinhuai. More than 100000 people of the army of the Southern Tang Dynasty were in the battle below the city. The song army defeated the army of the Southern Tang Dynasty and killed and captured more than 10000 enemies. After the floating bridge was built, the Southern Tang Dynasty sent troops to resist, and the song army defeated the Southern Tang Dynasty in Bailuzhou. From March to August, they defeated the enemy and conquered Runzhou. Jinling City was besieged for three hours. The way for the residents to cut firewood was cut off, and the army of the Southern Tang Dynasty was defeated many times. Li Yu, the leader of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was extremely critical. He sent his Minister Xu Xuan to the imperial court to beg for a truce. Zhao Kuangyin did not agree.

Before that, the song army arranged into three villages, and pan Mei guarded the northern part of the country, drawing a picture of the war situation and sending it to Zhao Kuangyin. Zhao Kuangyin pointed to the North Village and said to the emissary, "the Southern Tang Dynasty must send troops to attack at night. Go back quickly and order Cao Bin to dig a ditch quickly to consolidate his position. Don't fall into the enemy's trap." After digging the deep ditch, the army of the Southern Tang Dynasty raided at night. Pan Mei led his troops to resist by relying on Xingou, and the Southern Tang Dynasty was defeated. When the war report came to the imperial court, Zhao Kuangyin said with a smile: "sure."

In the long siege, Cao Bin often eased the attack, hoping Li Yu would surrender. In November, Cao Bin sent someone to tell him: "the situation has been like this, but it's a pity that the people of a city, if you can surrender, it's really the best policy." When Jinling City was about to be conquered, Cao Bin suddenly said that he was ill and did not deal with affairs. All the generals came to see him. Cao Bin said: "my disease can not be cured by medicine and stone. As long as you sincerely swear that on the day of conquering the city, if you don't kill one person rashly, you will be cured automatically." The generals agreed to come down and burn incense together. The next day, he claimed to be slightly better. Another day later, Jinling City was captured. Li Yu and more than 100 of his ministers went to the barracks to plead guilty. Cao Bin comforted him, received him with a VIP gift, and asked Li Yu to come into the palace to change his clothes. Cao Bin only sent a few cavalry to wait outside the palace. His subordinates secretly said to Cao Bin, "if something happens to Li Yu when he enters the palace, what should he do?" Cao Bin said with a smile: "Li Yu has always been weak and can not be decisive, since he has surrendered, he will not commit suicide." In the end, Li Yu's monarchs and ministers depended on his survival. From his graduation to his triumphant return, the soldiers were afraid to obey him and did not dare to act rashly. When he came to the court, the placard said that he was "ordered to come back to Jiangnan for business". His humility was like this.

At the beginning, Cao Bin led the army, and Zhao Kuangyin said to him:“

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