Cao Ren is Cao Cao's younger brother, one of Cao Wei's famous generals, he has been in Cao Cao and Cao Pi under the command of a lot of heavy use, a lot of military achievements, after Cao Pi ascended the throne, Cao Ren's official position and even the general, the great Sima. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the third year of the early Huang Dynasty (222), Cao Pi attacked Sun Quan in the south, and the three-way army attacked Wu, Cao Ren commanded the middle route troops, and in the later period, the command was wrong, and the soldiers were lost, and Cao Ren was hit hard because of the defeat and died soon after.

【Conquest for a lifetime】

In history, Cao Ren had followed Cao Cao for a long time, and then began to lead the troops alone, and during the Cao Pi period, Cao Ren had become one of Cao Wei's several generals.

Earlier, Cao Ren followed Cao Cao and fought against Yuan Shu, Tao Qian, Lü Bu, Zhang Xiu, Yuan Shao, Gao Gan, and Sun Quan.

During the early peace period, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Chan and Tao Qian united against Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others, first Gongsun Chan sent Tian Kai and Liu Bei to join Tao Qian to attack Yuan Shao, but was repulsed, and then Yuan Shu sent troops to join the Yanzhou assassin appointed by the imperial court Shi Jinshang to capture Yanzhou, Cao Ren fought with Cao Cao at this time, and won a lot in the battle against Yuan Shu.

After Cao Cao's father Cao Song died in Xuzhou, Cao Cao invaded in order to take revenge. Don't attack Xuzhou to assassinate Shi Taoqian's general Lu You, break the enemy's army, and then join the army in Pengcheng, defeating Tao Qian's army. Later, from the attack on Fei County, Hua County, Jimo, Kaiyang, Tao Qian sent his subordinates to first aid the counties, but they were all broken by Cao Ren.

During the battle of Cao Lu Yanzhou, Cao Cao sent Cao Ren to attack Juyang, successfully pulled out the city, and captured Liu He, the general under Lu Bu. After Cao Cao pacified the Yellow Turban Thieves in Yuzhou, moved the capital to Xuchang, and Cao Ren made many achievements.

When Cao Cao attacked Zhang Xiu for the third time, he sent Cao Ren to attack the surrounding counties, and the city captured more than 3,000 people. When Cao Cao's army returned, Zhang Xiu sent an army to pursue, Cao's army was unfavorable, the soldiers were demoralized, Cao Ren rose up and exacerbated the soldiers, the army was very excited, Cao Cao Zhuang did what he did, and finally broke Zhang Xiu. (The time is not indicated in the information, but judging from the records, only Cao Cao's last crusade against Zhang Xiu is consistent)

After Cao Cao eliminated Lü Bu, there was a rebellion in Hanoi, Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang was killed by the general Yang Chou, Yang Chou was killed by Zheng Gu, Zheng Gu wanted to take refuge in Yuan Shao, Cao Ren and Shi Jian crossed the river to attack it, the two sides met and fought in Dog City, Cao Jun won a big victory, and beheaded Zheng Gu.

During the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao first divided his troops and sent Liu Bei into Yuzhou to unite with the Yellow Turban thief Liu Pi and others to disturb Cao Cao's rear. After that, Yuan Shao again divided his troops and sent Han Xun to cut off Cao's army's western road, but Cao Ren broke it in Jiluo Mountain, and Yuan Shao did not dare to send the army again. Cao Ren and Shi Jian intercepted the grain truck and burned all its grain.

After the rebellion of Gao Gan, he was defeated by Le Jin and Li Dian, resisted in Huguan, Le Jin and Li Dian failed to conquer, and then Cao Cao personally led his troops to come, preparing to slaughter the city, Gao Gan asked for reinforcements and did not leave, as a result, the Huguan defenders swore to fight to the death, Cao Cao could not conquer for a long time, Cao Ren then persuaded Cao Cao to give him a way to live, and the Huguan defenders immediately surrendered without a fight.

Cao Cao went south to seize Jingzhou, crusading against Sun Quan, Cao Ren also followed, after the battle of Chibi, Cao Cao with Cao Ren to guard Jiangling, Zhou Yu and others attacked, and Cao Ren fought fiercely in Jiangling for a long time, Zhou Yu was even wounded for a time, and then Cao Ren took the opportunity to fight back, and found that Zhou Yu forcibly got up and marched to the military camp to boost morale, so Cao Ren retreated.

After the rebellion of Ma Chao, Han Sui Guanzhong, and the princes of Liangzhou, Cao Cao took Cao Ren as the general of Anxi, and the governors and generals refused to defend Tongguan.

After Liu Bei launched the Battle of Hanzhong, Cao Cao once sent Cao Ren south to attack Guan Yu in an attempt to capture Jingzhou. But Cao Ren has not yet sent troops, Wancheng Hou Yin rebelled, plundered thousands of people in nearby counties, Cao Ren led the army to break the rebels, beheaded Hou Yin, and returned to Fancheng.

Guan Yu took advantage of Cao Ren's unpreparedness because of the Wancheng Rebellion, and attacked from the north, Cao Cao sent Yu Ban to support, but was flooded by Guan Yu's Seventh Army, Cao Ren barely held Fancheng, and then Xu Huang and others continued to come to support, and Guan Yu's rear was attacked by Lu Meng, so he repelled it.

After Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi once ordered to abandon Xiangfan and other places, Sun Quan sent the general Chen Shao to occupy Xiangyang, Cao Ren was ordered to crusade, and Xu Huang defeated Chen Shao and became the master of Xiangyang. Soon Zheng Gan rebelled, and Cao Ren led his troops to defeat him.

Cao Ren's last battle was to go south to capture the beard, Cao Ren first lured the general of Wu Zhu Heng to divide his troops when he attacked the east and the west, and was able to concentrate his forces to attack the beard and gain the upper hand, but then Cao Ren made a series of command mistakes, and he sat in the rear, sent troops to his son Cao Tai, and sent troops deep behind the enemy, but suffered a heavy defeat. Cao Ren died of illness soon after.

At the beginning of Cao Ren's defection to Cao Cao, he was appointed as Sima of other departments, and he was the captain of the school; After Cao Cao moved the capital to Xuchang, he took him as the Taishou of Guangyang, and later asked him to supervise the army as a councilor, so that he did not have to guard the county; After occupying Huguan, Cao Cao named Cao Ren as the Marquis of Duting; After Cao Cao pacified Jingzhou, he used Cao Ren as the acting general of Zhengnan, and during the battle of Jiangling, he was renamed the Marquis of Anping Pavilion; When fighting against Ma Chao and others, Cao Ren was used as the acting general of Anxi, and when he was crusading against Su Bo and Tian Yin, he was asked to act as the general of Xiaocai, and after that, Cao Cao again used Cao Ren as the acting general of Zhengnan, and took a fake festival to guard Jingzhou; After Cao Ren pacified the Wancheng Rebellion, he was officially the general of Zhengnan;

After Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi ascended the throne and became the new king of Wei, he worshiped Cao Ren as the general of the chariot cavalry, commanded the military of Jing, Yang, and Yizhou, entered the title of Chen Hou, increased the number of Yi by 2,000, and the total number of households in front of him was 3,500; Soon after Cao Pi became emperor, he worshiped Cao Ren as a general, and then Cao Ren crusaded against Zheng Gan and moved to Sima.

Cao Ren participated in a lot of battles in the official history, and the overall record was not bad, but the most important three solo combat performances of leading troops alone can only be said to be average, losing to Zhou Yu in the Battle of Jiangling, and being beaten by Guan Yu in the early stage of the Battle of Xiangfan, and almost annihilating the whole army.

【Aftermath】

Cao Ren was also frivolous and graceful when he was young, and he was only a general, so he behaved carefully and strictly obeyed the law, and often kept the rules by his side to act according to the rules. When Cao Zhang, the Marquis of Yanling, went north to conquer Karasuma, Emperor Wen wrote to him in the East Palace, admonishing him: "In order for the general to obey the law, shouldn't he be like the general of the southern expedition?" ”

In the fourth year of the early Huang dynasty (223), Cao Ren died, and he was nicknamed Zhonghou. His son Cao Tai inherited the title, and the official became the general of Zhendong, and then he was named the Marquis of Ningling. Cao Tai died, and his son Cao Chu inherited the title. He also divided Cao Tai's younger brothers Cao Kai and Cao Fan as liehous, and Niu Jin was the last official to be the general.

On the fifth day of the first year of Qinglong (233), Cao Ren, Xiahoudun and Cheng Yu were courteous to Cao Rong in Cao Cao's temple court because of their merits.

【Cao Zixiao in History】

Name: Ren Cao

Attributes: Commander (B+) Cao Ren is a battle-hardened veteran, although the odds of victory are not low, but the record of leading troops alone is average

Strategy (b) Although Cao Ren is a military general, his strategy is not low, and he once advised Cao Cao to break Liu Bei and get the pot pass

General comment (B+) Cao Wei is one of the generals, and he has a lot of achievements

Alias (title): Cao Zixiao

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: Han

Official position: General, Great Sima

Profession: General

Nickname: Zhonghou

Family background: Eunuch family

Born and died: 168--223

Place of birth: Peiguo County

Main social relations: Sons (Cao Tai, Cao Kai, Cao Fan)

Major Experiences:

From 168 to 208, he followed Cao Cao and fought against Yuan Shu, Tao Qian, Lü Bu, Zhang Xiu, Yuan Shao, Gao Gan and Sun Quan

From 208 to 223, he successively fought against Zhou Yu in Jiangling, resisted Guan Yu in Xiangfan, and sent troops south to fight against Zhu Heng, which was quite hard

Summary: Cao Ren's ability to lead troops alone is not strong, and his military ability is generally okay.