Cao Zhen

Cao Zhen

Cao Zhen? He was born in Qiaoxian county (now Bozhou City, Anhui Province) of Pei state. He was a famous general of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period.

Cao Zhen lost his father when he was young and was adopted by Cao Cao. The Lingqiu pavilion was granted the title of the bandit's longevity. He successively served as the partial general, the leader of the central army, the guard of the expedition to Shu, etc., and participated in the battle of Hanzhong. After succeeding to the throne, Cao Pi became the general of Zhenxi and the military commander of Yongliang. He was responsible for guarding the northwest border and became the Marquis of Dongxiang. He moved his envoy to Chijie and became a general of the Cao Wei army. He was in charge of all the Chinese and foreign military affairs and became one of the highest commanders of the Cao Wei army. The United Army of Qiang and Hu was defeated and the Hexi area was pacified. He led the army to encircle Jiangling, defeated Sun Sheng, the general of the state of Wu, and moved to the general of the Chinese army. When Cao Pi was seriously ill, he accepted the imperial edict and became one of the assistant ministers. After Wei Ming emperor Cao Rui ascended the throne, he worshipped the great general and became the Marquis of Shaoling. Later, he led the army to resist the attack of Zhuge Liang of Shu and moved to Da Sima.

In 231, Cao Zhen died of illness. His posthumous title is yuan, and he is entitled to the temple of Taizu (Cao Cao).

Life of the characters

Early experience

Cao Zhen, Zi Dan, is the adopted son of Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei Dynasty. According to the annals of the Three Kingdoms, when Cao Cao launched a campaign against Dong Zhuo, Qin Shao, Cao Zhen's father, recruited soldiers for Cao Cao. Later, he was killed by Mu Huang Wan in Yuzhou. Cao Cao mourned Cao Zhen's loneliness and adopted Cao Zhen, who lost his father. However, according to Pei Songzhi's annotation of Wei Lue, Cao Zhen was originally named Qin, and his father Qin Shao was always good with Cao Cao. In the last years of Xingping, Yuan Shu's Bu Qu was at war with Cao Cao in Yuzhou. When Cao Cao went out for reconnaissance, he was chased and killed by Yuan Shu's Bu qu. fortunately, Cao Zhen's father took the place of Cao Zhen. Yuan Shu's Bu Qu mistakenly thought that he was Cao Cao, so he killed Cao Cao and escaped. Thus Cao Cao thought of Qin Shao Ende, so Cao Cao adopted Cao Zhen, changed his surname, and then changed his surname to Cao. There is no agreement between the two views.

Cao Cao adopted Cao Zhen and let him live with Cao Pi. Cao Zhenli is very brave. Once he was chased by a tiger when shooting. Cao Zhenli shot the tiger back, and the tiger fell down. Cao Cao strengthened his courage and let him lead the tiger and leopard riding. Cao Zhen was a bandit who attacked Lingqiu. He was named Marquis of Lingshou Pavilion.

The battle of Hanzhong

In 218, the 23rd year of Jian'an, Liu Bei led his generals to attack Hanzhong. Cao Zhen led his headquarters with general Pian, and defeated Liu Bei's general WU LAN with general Cao Hong, commander Cao Xiu and Yongzhou's governor Zhang Ji. He was worshipped as the backbone general. In September, with Cao Cao's personal expedition to Chang'an, he was awarded the post of leader of China.

In 219, Liu Bei went south to Mianyang and killed Xia Houyuan, the commander of Cao army in Dingjun mountain. Cao Cao was very worried about the war in Hanzhong, so he appointed Cao Zhen as the guard of the expedition to Shu. Xu Huang, the later governor, was equal to Yangping pass and defeated Liu Bei's farewell General Gao Xiang. Cao Cao led his army into Hanzhong from Chang'an, but he was unable to defeat Liu Bei, so he decided to give up Hanzhong. Cao Cao ordered all the troops to withdraw from Hanzhong one after another, and Cao Zhen went to Wudu to welcome Cao Hong's troops back to Chencang.

Guard Hexi

In the first year of Yankang (220), Cao Pi became the king of Wei. Cao Zhen was the general of Zhenxi and the commander of Yongzhou and Liangzhou. He made great contributions and became the Marquis of Dongxiang. At that time, Cao Pi began to appoint Zou Qi, the governor of Anding, as the governor of Liangzhou. Zhang Jin, a member of Zhangye County, led the army to prevent Zou Qi from going to Jiuquan. Cao Zhen sent Fei Yao to fight against Zhang Jin's rebellion. Later, he returned to Luoyang and rose to the top general of the Shang army. He was in charge of all the Chinese and foreign military affairs and became one of the highest commanders of the Cao Wei army.

In November 221, in Xinwei, the second year of Huangchu (221), zhiyuanduo, Lushui, Fengshang and other Hu formed a coalition army to make trouble in Hexi. Cao Zhen, the then Zhenxi general, led many generals to fight against Hu's coalition army and won a complete victory. According to the book of Wei, this war "decapitated more than 50000 people, gained 100000 people, 110000 sheep and 80000 cattle" Chang was very happy and said with a laugh: "I plan strategies within the curtain, and the generals will fight bravely from thousands of miles away, which is in line with the law. There are not so many captured in the front and back wars. " In February of the next year, the kings of Shanshan, kuci and Khotan sent envoys to make contributions, and Cao Wei restored the rule of the Han Dynasty in the western regions.

Defeat Wu

In 222, Cao Pi's troops were divided into three groups. He ordered Cao Zhen and general Xia HOUSHANG, left General Zhang Ying and right General Xu Huang to attack Jiangling County. Cao Zhen first defeated Wu general Sun Sheng, and then beat back Zhuge Jin with Xia Hou Shang, who came to reinforce him. He seized Zhongzhou of Jiangling and completely surrounded Jiangling city. Cao Zhen ordered his soldiers to build earth mountains, dig tunnels, erect sculls on the edge of the city and shoot arrows into the city. However, Wu's General Zhu ran had broken two barracks. After six months of siege, the grain of Wu army was about to run out, and the city was in sight of destruction. However, the epidemic broke out, Sun Quan sent his envoys to pay tribute again, and the Wei army retreated. After that, Cao Zhen became a general of the Chinese army and gave it to Shizhong.

To receive an imperial edict to assist the government

In 226, Cao Pi died. Cao Zhen, Chen Qun, Cao Xiu, and Sima Yi, four generals of Zhenjun, Zhengdong, and Fujun, were appointed by the imperial edict. After Wei Ming emperor Cao Rui ascended the throne, he was granted Shaoling Marquis and moved to be a great general.

Defeat Zhuge

In the second year of Taihe (228), Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shuhan, made a northern expedition. Nanan, Tianshui and anding all surrendered to Shuhan. Cao Rui went to Chang'an personally and sent Cao Zhen to supervise the troops stationed in he. Cao Zhen sent Zhang Ying, the right general of Cao Zhen, to rescue and defeat Ma Su in the battle of Jieting. At the same time, Cao Zhen defeated Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi in Jigu. Reinforcement troops into Longyou, Zhuge Liang in order to avoid being attacked, so retreat. At first, Yang Tiao, an anding man, and others hijacked officials to defend Yuezhi city in response to Zhuge Liang. Cao Zhenjun arrived in Anding, and Yang Tiao said to them, "the general has come by himself. I am willing to surrender as soon as possible." Then he bound himself and came down. So the three counties were recovered one after another.

After the war, Cao Zhen thought Zhuge Liang would attack Chencang, so he ordered general Hao Zhao and Wang Sheng to guard Chencang and build the city.

In the spring of the next year, Zhuge Liang attacked Chencang as expected. Hao Zhao was already prepared for the battle, but Zhuge Liang could not conquer it. At the same time, the army of the Shu Han Dynasty was short of soldiers and food, which made Zhuge Liang return in vain. Cao Zhen was added to the city of food for his service, and the first 2900 households were occupied.

one has reached the highest rank open to a subject

In the fourth year of Taihe (230), Cao Zhen entered the court, replaced Cao Xiu, and moved to be the great Sima. He gave his sword and shoes to the palace, but he did not move to the court. Cao Zhen said that Shu Han had broken the border many times and suggested that several armies attack Shu Han. Cao Rui adopted it, but Sikong and Chen Qun opposed the plan of marching from xiegu. Cao Zhen wrote again to attack Hanzhong from Ziwu road. Chen Qun stated the reason why he could not send troops, and thought that the military cost of large-scale campaign was huge. Cao Rui issued an imperial edict to provide Cao Zhen with Chen Qun's opinions for reference, but Cao Zhen immediately set out according to the Edict and changed to enter from Ziwu road; another general Sima Yi was sent to march through the Han River, and Guo Huai and Fei Yao entered from xiegu or Wuwei. Later, due to the difficulties and dangers of Hanzhong, the plank road was cut off by rain in rainy season. It took Cao Zhen a month to walk half the way. Ministers Hua Xin, Yang Fu and Wang Su all advised the emperor to withdraw. In September, Cao Zhen had to withdraw.

After Cao Zhen returned to Luoyang due to illness, Cao Rui visited his residence in person.

In 231, Cao Zhen passed away and became Marquis of the Yuan Dynasty. His eldest son, Cao Shuang, inherited the title. Cao Rui, the emperor of the Wei and Ming Dynasties, recalled Cao Zhen's achievements and issued an imperial edict, saying: "Da Sima was loyal, dutiful and righteous all his life, and helped his second ancestor. Internally, he didn't invite favors because he was a royal relative; externally, he didn't despise poor people. He was really a man of high morality who was loyal to his career and duty! The five sons of Cao Zhen, Xi, Xun, Ze, Yan and AI, were appointed as marquis

When Cao Zhen was young, he became an official of Cao Cao with his fellow ancestor Cao Zun and fellow countryman Zhu Zan. Cao Zun and Zhu Zan died early. Cao Zhen sympathized with them and granted their son their food city. Cao Zhen was able to share weal and woe with his soldiers in every expedition. When he was short of military expenditure, he used his family's money to reward him, so the soldiers were willing to serve him.

In the fourth year of Zhengshi (243), in July, Emperor Cao Fang of Wei Dynasty issued an imperial edict to offer sacrifices to Cao Zhen and 20 distinguished ministers of Wei Dynasty, including Cao Xiu, Xia Hou Shang, Huan Jie, Chen Qun, Zhong Yao, Zhang Ying, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, le Jin, Hua Xin, Wang Lang, Cao Hong, Xia Hou yuan, Zhu Ling, Wen pin, Zang Ba, Li Dian, Pang de and Dian Wei.

Character evaluation

Cao Rui: Da Sima has the benevolence of Uncle Fu Gu and Yan pingjiu wants it. ② Da Sima was loyal to his second ancestor. He didn't rely on his relatives' favor at home, and he didn't arrogant to the White House people outside. He could be said to be able to hold on to his position, and he was modest and virtuous.

Cao Zhi: knowing and thinking is profound and unpredictable. Holding the section to level the enemy, the middle table Wei Fan. Offer with respect and accept with love. He was the mouthpiece of the emperor. So is general Cao.

Yang Tiao: since the great general came, I have heard of him.

Huan fan: Miss Cao Zidan!

Jiang Ji: Cao zhenzhixun must be worshipped.

Chen Shou: Xia Hou and Cao Shi were married. Therefore, dun, yuan, Ren, Hong, Xiu, Shang, Zhen and so on combined with the old heart, valuable in the time, about the meritorious service, salt have service.

"Caozhenbei": Shi Luyi in severe frost, Zhu ran in thunder.

Li Zhi: what is it that Confucius and Ming knew that the future master would perish, and he wanted to fight quickly so that he would not perish? Does it mean that although the disease can't be treated with medicine, the medicine can't be stopped at last, so you still want to get away with it? I'm afraid Sima Yi and Cao Zhen are still here, so I can't get away with it.

Anecdotes and allusions

Startling sail horse

Cao Zhen has a famous horse named Jingfan. It is said that when it runs, it is like a sailboat rolled up by a fierce wind. In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Zhen used this horse to bet with Sima Yi.

Butcher some meat

In 224, the fifth year of Huangchu, Emperor Wen of Wei Dynasty, Wu Zhi, a general of Zhenwei, entered the court. Emperor Wen ordered Cao Zhen and his ministers to dine at Wu Zhi's home.

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