Cao Cao presented the emperor of the Han Dynasty, called Zhang Liao, Yu Ban, and Le Jin and said: "The force is strong, the strategy is thorough, the character is loyal, the ethics are noble, every time you fight, you take the lead, you are brave and tenacious, and you are invincible; Beat the drums of war yourself and forget about your tiredness. They led the army alone, commanded the whole army, comforted the soldiers, were disciplined, and did not commit any crimes in the autumn; Decision-making in the face of the enemy, no mistakes. In terms of meritorious service, prominent honors should be given. ”

After recovering Donglai County, Zhang Liao led his army back to Ye (yè) City, and Cao Cao personally went out of the city to greet him, invited him to ride in a car, and appointed him as the general of Dangkou.

In the eleventh year of Jian'an (206), Zhang Liao led the army to attack Jingzhou, pacified Jiangxia counties, and was named the Marquis of Duting.

Cao Cao wanted to conquer Yuan Shang in Liucheng, and Zhang Liao admonished: "Xudu is the place where the Son of Heaven is. Now that the son is in Xudu, Cao Gong's expedition to the north is far away, if Liu Biao sends Liu Bei to attack Xudu, occupy it, and command the Quartet, your situation will be greater. ”

Cao Cao judged that Liu Biao would not be able to appoint Liu Bei, so he continued his expedition.

Encounter the enemy in the middle of the march.

Zhang Liao was full of vigor and urged Cao Cao to engage in the battle, Cao Cao admired Zhang Liao's fighting spirit very much, and saw that Wuhuan's army had not yet formed a formation, so he awarded his banner to Zhang Liao for temporary use, and appointed Zhang Liao as the vanguard to fight, so Zhang Liao led the army to assault, broke Wuhuan, and cut off the order in front of the battle.

At that time, Jingzhou had not yet stabilized, and Cao Cao ordered Zhang Liaotun to join the army in Changshe.

When the army was about to set out, there was a sudden commotion among the rebels, and a fire broke out in the middle of the night, and the whole army was disturbed.

At this time, Zhang Liao said to the left and right: "Don't move. This must not be a rebellion of the whole camp, but must be a person who caused a rebellion and wanted to confuse others. ”

Therefore, the herald ordered the army, as long as it is not a rebel, sit still. And Zhang Liao led dozens of his own soldiers to stand in the formation. Soon the situation stabilized, and the army captured and killed the mastermind, and the unrest was quelled. If it weren't for Zhang Liao's calmness and calmness, he would have almost caused a riot.

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At the time of the Battle of Chibi. Cao Cao Xi and Zhao Yan were the capital governors and guarded the seven armies of Yu Ban, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Zhu Ling, Li Dian, Lu Zhao, and Feng Kai.

Lujiang people Chen Lan and Mei Cheng occupied six counties such as Di to rebel, so Cao Cao sent Yu Ban, Zang Ba and others to crusade against Mei Cheng, and ordered Zhang Liao to lead Zhang He, Niu Gai and others to crusade against Chen Lan.

At that time, Mei Cheng surrendered to the ban, and the ban led the army back.

Unexpectedly, Mei Cheng took the opportunity to take his army to Chen Lan, and the two moved to the hidden mountain to defend themselves.

There is Tianzhu Mountain in Qianshan Mountain (now Qianshan County, Anhui Province), it is about more than 20 miles high, the road is dangerous and narrow, Chen Lan and others avoid it, and it is difficult to enter the mountain down.

Zhang Liao wanted to climb the mountain and march into the army, but his generals all said: "This mountain road is treacherous, and our army has few soldiers, so it is difficult to use troops in depth." ”

Zhang Liao said: "This is the so-called 'one and one, the brave have the front ear' (only the brave can advance)." ”

So he entered the camp at the foot of the mountain, raised troops to attack the mountain, and finally beheaded Chen Lan and Mei Cheng, and captured all of them.

Cao Cao commented on the merits of the generals and said: "Climbing the Tianshan Mountain, stepping through the steep slopes, and successfully winning Chen Lan and Mei Cheng are all the merits of General Dangkou (Zhang Liao)." ”

So Zhang Liao's food was added, and the fake festival (the ancient envoys traveled, and the festival was a letter, so it was called. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the officials in charge of local military and political affairs often added the title of envoy holding a festival, holding a festival, or holding a false festival. The envoy may kill the officials below the intermediate level; The unofficial shall be killed; Those who have violated the military order on the false festival, that is, those who hold the false festival have the power of life and death).

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When Cao Cao conquered Sun Quan in vain, he appointed Zhang Liao, Le Jin, Li Dian and other troops to lead more than 7,000 men to guard Hefei.

At this time, Zhang Liao did not have a woman with the army, so he temporarily requisitioned a girl from the Changchang Pavilion (equivalent to the current brothel in the Han Dynasty) in Hefei City, accompanied him, this girl later became pregnant and gave birth to a girl, Zhang Liao obtained the consent of the girl, and sent their mother and son back to their home in Luoyang together, and did not leave the girl's name in history.

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In the eighteenth year of Jian'an (213), he was the vanguard of the conquest of Xukou with Zang Ba, broke through Sun Quan's Jiangxi camp, and captured Sun Yang, the governor of Sun Quan.

Sun Quan's general Lü Mengqi attacked and captured the city of Anhui in Lujiang, and Zhang Liao learned that the city of Anhui was lost on the way to reinforcements, and was forced to retreat.

Cao Cao went to conquer Zhang Lu, first taught the protector Xue Yi, and paid him a book to sign an urgent letter to Hefei to Zhang Liao, with the words "thief to naifa" (the thief army came to open the letter and read it).

Soon Sun Quan of Eastern Wu led an army of 100,000 into Hefei to besiege Hefei, and the generals of Hefei jointly opened the letter to see what Cao Cao taught, and the letter said: "If Sun Quan's army comes, General Zhang and Li will go to war; General Le guards the army and is not allowed to fight. ”

The generals were puzzled by this.

At this time, Zhang Liao said: "Cao Gong is on an expedition, and when his rescue comes, the enemy army will definitely have broken us." Therefore, Cao Gong taught me and other generals to attack the enemy army against it when it did not meet, destroy the enemy's sharpness, and calm the hearts of everyone, and then hold on. The opportunity of success or failure, in this battle, why should you wonder? ”

Li Dian also held the same opinion as Zhang Liao.

Therefore, Zhang Liao recruited soldiers who dared to counterattack the enemy at night, and obtained a total of 800 people, so he opened the cattle branch to feed the soldiers and prepare for tomorrow's battle.

Before dawn, Zhang Liao was armed with a halberd, climbed alone, fell into the enemy formation, personally killed dozens of Sun Quan's army and two generals, and shouted his name in the formation, and then rushed into the heavy fortress until Sun Quan's banner was under the banner.

Sun Quan was shocked when he saw this, and his people were at a loss, and they didn't know what to do, so they had to flee to the high hill, only to defend themselves with a halberd.

Zhang Liao saw that the enemy army was retreating, so he shouted at Sun Quan and provoked him to come down to fight, but Sun Quan was afraid and did not dare to move; Seeing that Zhang Liao's troops were very few, he suddenly gathered several troops to besiege Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao broke through the siege on the left and right of the Wu formation, and attacked sharply forward, and his encirclement couldn't help but rush away, and dozens of people under the command of Zhang Liao's generals were able to escape. But there were still the remnants of the formation, and they all called out to Zhang Liao: "Has the general abandoned us?" ”

Zhang Liaofu returned to the siege and rescued the trapped remnants. Sun Quan's people were invincible, and no one dared to resist Zhang Liao.

In the morning of the battle to the middle of the day, the Wu army was captured by Zhang Liao, and the Cao army returned to the city to repair the garrison at this time, and the hearts of the people settled down, and the generals expressed their admiration for what Zhang Liao did.

Sun Quan attacked Hefei for more than ten days, but could not be attacked, so the army retreated, Zhang Liao led the army to pursue and almost captured Sun Quan, and the famous Jiangdong general Chen Wu was also killed in this battle.

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When Cao Cao heard this, he praised Zhang Liao's performance and worshiped Zhang Liao as the general of the expedition.

Zhang Liao's defeat of Sun Quan shocked Sun Wu, and there are seven biographies about this incident in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms • Book of Wu" and Pei's notes. According to the record of "Wei Luo", after this battle, Jiangdong children who refused to stop crying, their parents only scared and said: "Zhang Liao is here, Zhang Liao is here!" "No child will dare to cry. This is the origin of "Zhang Liaozhi".