Cao Ren

Cao Ren

Cao Ren (168-223, May 6), whose name is Zixiao, was born in Qiaoxian County of Pei state (now Bozhou City, Anhui Province). He was a famous general of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of Han Dynasty, the younger brother of Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei Dynasty, and the son of Cao Chi, Marquis of Chen mu.

When Cao Ren was young, he was fond of hunting with a bow and a horse. After leading the army, he obeyed the law. Following Cao Cao, he fought in all directions, breaking Yuan Shu, attacking Tao Qian, capturing Lu Bu, defeating Liu Bei, and taking part in the battle of Guandu. After the battle of Chibi, he guarded Jiangling, resisted Zhou Yu's attack, and finally abandoned the city. Defeated horse in Weinan, broken Su Bo, Tian Yin in Hejian, destroyed Hou Yin in Wancheng. In the battle of Xiangfan, he swore to defend Fancheng and block Guan Yu's siege. After Cao Pi became a successor, Cao Ren worshipped the general of chariots and cavalry, the governor of Jingyang, the military officers of Yizhou, the governor of Jingzhou, and the Marquis of Chen in Jin Dynasty. In the second year of the Yellow Emperor's reign, he took charge of military power by worshipping the great general and the great Sima.

In the fourth year of the early Huang Dynasty, Cao Ren led his troops to attack ruxukou. He didn't listen to Jiang Ji's advice. He was defeated by Wu General Zhu Huan. He died in depression. He was fifty-six years old, and his posthumous title was Zhong. He was worthy of Cao Cao's temple.

(source: ye Xiong's biography of characters in the romance of the Three Kingdoms)

Life of the characters

Fighting for Heroes

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the world was in chaos, Cao Ren secretly gathered thousands of young people to swim between the Huaihe River and the Surabaya river. Later, he led a team to follow Cao Cao, and served as the commander of other departments.

In 193, Cao Ren made great achievements in the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu. When he was in Xuzhou, Cao Ren often led the cavalry and served as the vanguard. Don't attack LV you, the commander of Xuzhou governor Tao Qian, to defeat the enemy, and then join the army in Pengcheng to defeat Tao Qian's army. Later, from attacking Fei County, Hua county, Jimo county and Kaiyang County (all of the above are counties under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou), Tao Qian sent his subordinates to give first aid to all counties, all of which were defeated by Cao Ren.

In the second year of Xingping (195), Cao Cao conquered Lv Bu and sent Cao Ren to attack Gouyang. He succeeded in pulling out the city and recaptured Lv Bu's General Liu He.

In the first year of Jian'an (196), after Cao Caoping the yellow scarf, he welcomed Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty to set his capital in Xu county, and worshipped Cao Renshu as the governor of Guangyang. Cao Cao attached great importance to his bravery and military strategy, so he didn't let Cao Ren guard the county, but let him be an official. The establishment of the Qin Dynasty is discussed by Zhang The governor.

In the third year of Jian'an (198), he enlisted Zhang Xiu and Cao Ren to attack the surrounding counties. When Cao Cao's army returned, Zhang Xiu sent his army to pursue him. Cao's army was disadvantageous and his soldiers were demoralized. Cao Renqi raised his morale and inspired his soldiers. Cao Cao strengthened what he had done and finally defeated Zhang Xiu.

In February of the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Zhang Yang was killed by Yang Chou, and Yang Chou was killed by Sui Gu. Sui Gu invited people to vote for Yuan Shao and set up to shoot dogs. In April, Cao Jun marched into Linhe. Cao Ren crossed the river with Shi Huan, Le Jin, Yu ban, Xu Huang and others to attack Sui Gu. Sui Gu's envoys Zhang Yang and Shi Xuehong and Miao Shang, the prefect of Hanoi, left behind to shoot dogs. They led their troops north to Yuan Shao for help. However, they met Cao Ren and others in the dog city. When the two armies fought, Cao's army won, and Shi Huan killed Sui Gu.

Congping Hebei

In the fifth year of Jian'an (200 years), Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were locked up in Guandu. In response to Yuan Shao's rebellion, Liu PI, a thief from Runan, invaded xudi. Yuan Shao sent Liu Bei to attack Cuan and other counties. To the south of Zixu County, the officials and the people were very uneasy, and Cao Cao also worried about it. At this time, Cao Ren said: "the southern counties think that our army is in urgent need of Guandu and can't rescue them, but Liu Bei is pressing the border with a large army. Their betrayal is normal. But Liu Bei had just led Yuan Shao's troops, but they could not be used. They could be broken with one blow. " Cao Cao agreed, so he ordered Cao Renqi to attack Liu Bei and drive him away. Cao Ren finally recovered all the rebellious counties. Later, Yuan Shao sent Han Xun's money to the west of Cao's army, but Cao Ren broke it in jiluo mountain. Yuan Shao did not dare to send any more troops. Cao Ren and Shi Huan cut off Shao's grain trucks and burned their grain.

In the 10th year of Jian'an (205), Hebei Province was established, and Cao Ren moved from the surrounding area to Huguan. At that time, Cao Cao ordered: "after the city is sunk, the enemy will be pit." It turned out to be a month in a row. Cao Ren admonished Cao Cao: "when besieging a city and attacking a country, we must declare to the enemy that this is to open up a way for them. Now the Lord declares to the enemy that the city will fall and die, and the enemy will be determined to defend it. Moreover, the city is solid and has a lot of food. If you want to attack, the soldiers will be tired and injured, and if you want to defend, you will delay for a long time. It is not a good plan to attack and defend the soldiers under the strong city. " Cao Cao obeyed his advice, and sure enough, the city fell. Therefore, Cao Ren's military achievements before and after were included and he was granted the title of Marquis of Pavilion.

Jiangling Zhanyu

In 208, Cao Cao conquered Jingzhou, and Cao Ren became a general in the south. After the battle of Chibi, Cao Cao left Cao Ren in Nanjun (Jiangling).

Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu led tens of thousands of people to have a stalemate with Cao Ren across the river. Before the two armies met, Zhou Yu sent Ganning to occupy Yiling. There were no Cao Ren's troops in Yiling City, so Ganning got Yiling as soon as he got there. Cao Ren had to send some troops to attack Yiling. Gan Ning is in a hurry to Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu adopted LV Meng's stratagem and left Lingtong to guard the rear. He personally led the troops to save Ganning. He broke Cao Ren in Yiling and lifted the siege of Ganning. Taking advantage of the situation, Zhou Yu crossed the Yangtze River, stationed his troops on the north bank, and had a stalemate with Cao Ren.

In the 14th year of Jian'an (209), Zhou Yu led tens of thousands of troops to attack Nanjun, and thousands of his vanguards had arrived. Cao Ren ascended the city and looked far away, and raised 300 people, which made the trilogy meet the challenge of the army. However, there were many Wu troops and few cattle and gold, so they were surrounded. When Cao Ren and Chen Jiao were in the city, they were shocked to see Niu Jin and other 300 people dying. However, Cao Ren was angry and called for horses. Chen Jiao and others knew that Cao Ren wanted to go down to the city to save the cattle, so they pulled Cao Ren together and said, "the thieves are powerful, and they can't do it. Why don't you give up these hundreds of people, and the general will go with his body! " Cao Ren should not, put on his horse in armor, and led dozens of his heroes to ride out of the city. More than a hundred paces away from the Wu army, Chen Jiao and others thought that Cao Ren was just pawning in the ditch to support Niu Jin. Unexpectedly, Cao Ren crossed the ditch and rushed into the enemy's encirclement. Niu Jin and others were rescued. However, there were still many people in the enemy's encirclement, but Cao Renfu broke in again. He pulled the remaining soldiers out of the encirclement, killed several people of the Wu army, and repulsed the Wu army. When Chen Jiao and others saw Cao Ren rush out, they were all terrified. Until they saw Cao Ren return to the city, they had to sigh: "the general is really heaven and man!" The three armies all admired his bravery, and Cao Cao valued him even more, and turned him into Marquis of Anping Pavilion.

Later, Xu Huang arrived in Jiangling to attack Zhou Yu with Cao Ren. Zhou Yu and Cao Ren also agreed a date to fight. Zhou Yu was injured by liuya. He was seriously injured and led the army back to battle. When Cao Ren heard that Zhou Yu was too injured to get up, he personally supervised the army to the front of Zhou Yu's battle. Zhou Yu got up and went to the barracks to boost his morale. Seeing this, Cao Ren withdrew. During the year long war, Zhou Yu "killed a lot" Cao Ren. Cao Ren abandoned the city after suffering heavy losses. Sun Quan appointed Zhou Yu as the prefect of Nanjun, and stationed him in Jiangling.

Refuse to surpass and counter rebellion

In the 16th year of Jian'an (211), Xia Houyuan, the general of the west, went out of Hedong, and all the generals in Guanzhong turned against him. Cao Ren was the general of Anxi. He led the generals to defend Tongguan and defeated Ma Chao in Weinan. In Hejian, Su Bo and Tian Yinfan, Cao Ren carried out a valiant cavalry general and supervised seven armies to defeat Tian Yinfan and others.

In the 18th year of Jian'an (213), the officials urged Cao Cao to be granted the title of Duke of Wei and the title of Jiuxi. Cao Ren, the general of xingxiaoqi and Marquis of Anping Pavilion, was also on the list of those who encouraged Cao Cao.

In October of the 21th year of Jian'an (216), Cao Ren followed Cao Cao to pursue Sun Quan.

In February of the 22nd year of Jian'an (217), under the attack of Cao Jun, Sun Quan's army retreated. In March, Sun Quan sent his envoy Xu Xiang to ask for peace. Therefore, Cao Cao took the lead in returning to the capital, leaving behind Xia Houdun, Cao Ren, Zhang Liao and others who settled in Yangzhou.

Return to Jingzhou

Later, Cao Ren left his home in Yangzhou, and went on another expedition to the South general. During the holiday, he settled in Fancheng and took the responsibility of guarding Jingzhou.

In the 23rd year of Jian'an (218), when Cao Zhang, the Marquis of Yanling, went to wuwan in the north, his brother Cao Pi wrote to Cao Zhang and admonished him: "those who are generals should abide by the law, shouldn't they be like general Cao Ren who went to wuwan in the South?"

Cao Ren was ordered to beg Guan Yu (either for attack or defense). Therefore, Cao Ren imposed a large number of Yao service in Jingzhou. In October of the same year, Wancheng officials in Jingzhou finally could not bear a large number of Yao soldiers. As a result, Hou Yin, the general of Wancheng, rebelled with the officials and people, plundered thousands of people in the nearby counties, and made peace with Guan Yu. Cao Ren rushed to the battle and began to besiege Wancheng that month.

In the first month of the 24th year of Jian'an (219), Cao Ren led the troops to besiege Wancheng for four months. Finally, he slaughtered Wancheng and killed houyin. Cao Ren returned to Fancheng and was officially appointed general of the South expedition.

In the same year, Sun Quan attacked Hefei, and all the prefectures dispatched troops to settle in Yangzhou. Cao Cao's army was far away from Chang'an, suffering from the war in Hanzhong. After the rainy season in the Han River Basin of Jingzhou, Cao Ren did not make long-term preparations. Guan Yu took advantage to attack Xiangyang and Fancheng.

Cao Ren ordered Pound's troops to garrison in the north of Fancheng. However, the terrain in the north of Fancheng is relatively low, so it is easier to be flooded in rainy season, while the chief General Cao Ren only prepared "small boats" in the north of Fancheng (the enemy has "big boats").

After Guan Yu's army arrived in Fancheng, Cao Cao planned to send Cao Zhi and his army to rescue Cao Ren. However, because Cao Zhi was drunk, Cao Cao no longer sent Cao Zhi to lead the reinforcements. Cao Cao sent Yu Jin and led a total of 30000 troops to rescue Fancheng. At this time, Fancheng had not been surrounded, and there was no "cut off from outside and inside". Cao Ren still ordered the 30000 troops under the supervision of the ban to settle in the north of Fancheng.

In autumn and August, it rained heavily for more than ten days, and the Han River surged

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