Cao Chun

Cao Chun

Cao Chun (170-210), Zihe, was born in Qiaojun (now Bozhou, Anhui Province). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao was a famous general, the son of Cao Chi and the younger brother of Cao Ren.

Cao Chunya attaches great importance to discipline and courtesy. Zhongping four years (187), started huangmenlang. After the rebellion, Dong Zhuo followed Cao Cao to recruit soldiers and began his military career. During Jian'an period, he was granted the title of Yilang, moved to Sikong to join the army, and was appointed the Marquis of Gaoling Pavilion. In the 13th year of Jian'an (208), he followed Cao Cao to the south of Jingzhou, pursued and killed Liu Bei, a herdsman in Yuzhou, and occupied Jiangling. He took part in the battle of Chibi and led his troops back to Qiaojun.

In 210, Cao Chun passed away. His posthumous title was Wei, and he was entitled to Cao Cao temple.

Life of the characters

Advocating learning

Cao Chun is Cao Cao's cousin. At the age of 14, he lost his father and lived separately with Cao Ren, the elder brother of his mother's compatriots. He inherited his father's family business and was quite rich. There were hundreds of servants and guests in his family. However, at a young age, Cao Chun was able to manage his family with discipline and discipline, supervise his servants and manage his family without losing order. Therefore, people in the countryside thought that he was very talented. Cao Chun advocated learning and respected learned scholars, so many scholars came to take refuge in him, which made Cao Chun's reputation praised far and near. In 187, Cao Chunnian was only 18 years old and entered the imperial court as the Minister of Huangmen.

In the sixth year of Zhongping (189), Dong Zhuo brought disaster to the capital, and Cao Cao fled to Chenliu. At the age of 20, Cao Chun followed Cao Cao to Xiangyi to recruit troops, and from then on began his military career of following Cao Cao.

Nanpi chop Tan

In the 10th year of Jian'an (205), Cao Chun joined the army as Sikong Cao in the capacity of Yilang. Cao Cao led the army to attack Nanpi city under Yuan Tan's control in the name of Yuan Tan's breaking the contract. In this battle, Cao Chun's commander, hubaoqi, followed him. Yuan Tan didn't want to wait to die, so he sent troops to meet the enemy. Cao Cao's army suffered a lot of casualties and losses after the war, so Cao Cao intended to postpone the attack. Cao Chun advised: "today, we are rushing to attack the enemy for thousands of miles. If we can't wipe out the enemy completely and withdraw our troops in a hurry, we will certainly lose our military prestige. Moreover, we are already alone and deep, and it's difficult for us to fight for a long time. Now the enemy is beginning to be arrogant because of the temporary victory, while our army is becoming cautious because of the setback in the attack. We can certainly win if our army is cautious and careful against the arrogant and careless enemy. " Cao Cao obeyed his advice, so the governor stepped up his attack. Finally, Yuan Tan was defeated and killed by Cao Chun's subordinates.

White Wolf captured Hu

The tiger and leopard cavalry under Cao Chun's command is known as "the world's valiant". Some of them were selected from a hundred people and then incorporated. At the beginning, Cao Cao didn't even know who should be the commander of this elite cavalry. After Cao Chun was appointed as the riding supervisor of tiger and leopard, he was very popular among the riding Department of tiger and leopard because he was good at appeasing the compassionate soldiers. In the 12th year of Jian'an (207), Cao Cao made a northern expedition to Wuhuan, where he met tens of thousands of elite cavalry in Bailang mountain. Cao Cao decisively ordered to fight and appointed Zhang Liao to lead the vanguard to attack Wuhuan. In the battle of Bailang mountain, Cao Chun was under the command of Zhang Liao and followed Zhang Liao to attack the Wuhuan army. Wuhuan cavalry was unable to resist and fled after being defeated. The tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers in Cao Chun's Department captured Shan Yu. Cao's army pursued the subjugation and forced Hu and Han people to surrender.

Later, after recording the contributions of Cao Chun, he was granted the title of Marquis of Gaoling Pavilion and 300 households in the city.

Changban baibei

In the 13th year of Jian'an (208), Cao Chun followed Cao Cao to Jingzhou, and Liu Cong was forced to surrender. Later, Cao Cao heard that Liu Beinan was leaving, and he was afraid that he would get the military reality of Jiangling. So, Cao Cao led 5000 elite cavalry to pursue, and Cao Chun's tiger and leopard cavalry also pursued. Cao Cao ran 300 Li a day to catch up with Liu Bei in changban. Liu Bei's army was defeated in the battle of Changbanpo. Cao Chun catches Liu Bei's two daughters, seizes the baggage, and brings down Liu Bei's scattered soldiers. After that, Cao Chun followed Cao Cao to occupy Jiangling. After the battle of Chibi, he followed Cao Cao back to Qiaojun.

Death

In 210, Cao Chun died. At that time, some officials asked Cao Cao to choose anyone to replace Cao Chun. Cao Cao said, "a person like Cao Chun can't be obtained again. Who can compare with him! Can't I be the commander of hubaoqi directly? " Therefore, the tiger and leopard riding was led by Cao Cao. Later, Cao Cao praised Cao Zhen's bravery and made him lead the riding of tigers and leopards.

After Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of Wei, ascended the throne, Cao Chun was named Marquis Wei. His son, Cao Yan, succeeded him and became the leader of the army.

Historical evaluation

Cao Cao: "pure ratio, how can we get it back! I'm not alone in duxie? "

Wang can's "Heroes" said: "the pure discipline of the imperial governor, without losing its reason, the village thought it could. He is good at learning. He respects and loves his students, and many of them go back to school

Wang Shen's book of Wei states: "all the tiger and leopard riders under the supervision of the emperor are valiant and sharp in the world, or they will be supplemented by hundreds of people, but Taizu can't be handsome. It's very popular to take election as governor

According to Chen Shou's Three Kingdoms annals, "Xia Hou and Cao Shi were married in the world, so Dun, yuan, Ren, Hong, Xiu, Shang, Zhen and so on were close to the old heart. They were valuable to the time, controlled the meritorious service, and had service."

Jiang Chenying: "Chun, Zhen and Xiu all ride the tiger and leopard to guard the troops. They have to be parents and children. When Cao Chun died, he would have no children to take charge of. He is not Cao Chun himself. "

Family members

grandfather

father

Elder brother

Brothers of the same race

descendants

Historical records

Notes to the annals of the Three Kingdoms Volume 9 Wei Shu Jiu Zhu Xia Hou Cao Chuan No.9

Artistic image

Literary image

In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Chun appeared in the 51st chapter of Cao Ren's battle against the eastern Wu soldier Kong Ming. As Cao Ren's general, he followed Cao Ren to defend Nanjun and was sent to rescue Cao Hong with Niu Jin. He successfully besieged Wu general Gan Ning in Yiling until Zhou Yu came to rescue him. Later, Cao Ren's whole army attacked Zhou Yu's camp secretly. After Cao Chun and Cao Hong joined forces, they were defeated by Zhongji and fled.

Film and television image

The 1994 TV series romance of the Three Kingdoms: Chi chonggen plays Cao Chun;

In 1996, Xiao Yulong played Cao Chun in the TV series the legend of the heroes of the Three Kingdoms.

Chinese PinYin : Cao Chun