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Zhang Liao, whose courtesy name was Wenyuan, was a native of Mayi in Yanmen County. His ancestor was Nie Yi, who proposed the Mayi conspiracy. In order to avoid disaster, his family changed their surname to Zhang.

When Zhang Liao was young, he worked as a county official. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou, summoned Zhang Liao to serve as an official because of his bravery. Later, he sent him to lead troops to the capital.

General He Jin sent him to Hebei to recruit soldiers. Zhang Liao returned with more than a thousand people, just as He Jin was killed. Zhang Liao then took his soldiers and defected to Grand Tutor Dong Zhuo.

"After Dong Zhuo was assassinated, Zhang Liao led his army to join Wenhou Lu Bu and was promoted to Cavalry Commander."

"After Lü Bu was defeated by Li Jue, a remnant of Dong Zhuo's army, Zhang Liao fled with Lü Bu to Xuzhou and served as the prime minister of Lu. He was only 28 years old at the time."

"In the third year of Jian'an, Lü Bu sent people to Henei County to buy horses, but the soldiers of Liu Bei, the governor of Xuzhou, snatched the horses away."

"In April of the same year, Lu Bu sent Zhang Liao and General Gao Shun to attack Liu Bei. Cao Cao sent General Xiahou Dun to support him. Zhang Liao and Gao Shun defeated Xiahou Dun and captured Pei City in September of the same year, capturing Liu Bei's wife and children."

"In December of the same year, Cao Cao defeated Lu Bu in Xiapi, and Zhang Liao led his people to surrender to Cao Cao. Cao Cao appointed him as General of the Central Army and granted him the title of Marquis of Guannei."

"In the Battle of Bai Ma in the fifth year of Jian'an, Zhang Liao and Guan Yu fought against Yan Liang, a general of Yuan Shao, and defeated him."

"After this, Zhang Liao made several more military achievements and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General."

"After Yuan Shao was defeated, Zhang Liao was ordered to attack the counties under the jurisdiction of Lu."

"In September of the sixth year of Jian'an, Zhang Liao and Xiahou Yuan surrounded the Taishan bandit Chang Xi in Donghai County. After several months of siege, the army's food was about to run out, and the generals discussed returning."

"Zhang Liao told Xiahou Yuan that Chang Xi was in a state of hesitation and that he planned to persuade him to surrender personally."

"Zhang Liao then sent someone to pass on the message, falsely claiming that Cao Cao had an order for Zhang Liao to announce."

"After hearing this, Chang Xi came down from the city wall to meet Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao told him that there would be a great reward for those who surrendered to Cao Cao first. Chang Xi said that he was willing to surrender."

"Then Zhang Liao climbed up Sangong Mountain alone and went to Chang Xi's home to meet his wife and children."

"Chang Xi was very happy to see this, so he went with Zhang Liao to see Cao Cao."

"Cao Cao asked Chang Xi to go back first. After Chang Xi left, Cao Cao blamed Zhang Liao for his behavior, saying that a general should not behave in such a way."

"Zhang Liao expressed his apology and said that he was using Cao Cao's prestige to persuade Chang Xi not to harm him."

"In the seventh year of Jian'an, Zhang Liao made great contributions in the campaign against Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang in Liyang, and Cao Cao appointed him as a core general."

"After that, Zhang Liao followed Cao Cao to attack Yuan Shang who was defending Yecheng, but failed to capture the city after a long siege."

"Cao Cao led his army back to Xuchang, and Zhang Liao and General Yue Jin were ordered to attack Yin'an. After conquering Yin'an, Zhang Liao relocated the local people to the area south of the Yellow River."

"In the ninth year of Jian'an, Zhang Liao once again followed Cao Cao to attack Ye County and conquered it."

"Zhang Liao was sent alone to the Zhao State and Changshan area to persuade the Taihang Mountain bandits and Sun Qing and others from the Black Mountain Army to surrender."

"The following year, Zhang Liao followed Cao Cao to attack Yuan Tan. After defeating Yuan Tan, Zhang Liao was ordered to go to the coast and defeated Liu Yi, the governor of Yingzhou appointed by Gongsun Du of Liaodong. After that, he joined forces with Guangping prefect He Kui to pacify Cong Qian and others in Yiping."

"In the 11th year of Jian'an, when Zhang Liao returned to Yecheng, Cao Cao personally came out to greet him and rode back with him in the carriage. After that, he appointed Zhang Liao as the General of Suppressing Bandits."

"In the same year, Zhang Liao followed Cao Cao to attack Jingzhou. Zhang Liao successively pacified the counties of Jiangxia, returned to station his troops in Linying, and was granted the title of Marquis of Duting."

Li Bai: In the 12th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao planned to attack Liucheng, and Zhang Liao gave advice to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao led his army to the north and Xu Du was left empty. If Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, sent Liu Bei to lead his army to attack Xu Du, things would be dangerous.

Cao Cao told Zhang Liao that Liu Biao was not capable of employing Liu Bei, and so he led his army to war.

In August of the same year, Cao Cao climbed Bailang Mountain and encountered the Wuhuan people.

At that time, most of the troops were in the rear, and there were very few people around Cao Cao, which made everyone panic.

Zhang Liao advised Cao Cao to attack, and Cao Cao handed him the flag he was holding.

Afterwards, Zhang Liao led his army to attack, killed the Wuhuan Chanyu Tadun, and subdued more than 200,000 people.

In June of the 13th year of Jian'an, when Jingzhou had not yet been pacified, Zhang Liao was ordered to station in Changsha. When he was about to set out, some rebellious people in the army set fire and shouted at night, disrupting the military camp.

Zhang Liao told the guards around him not to move, indicating that not all of them were rebelling, only some of them were rebelling and were planning to create chaos.

Zhang Liao then issued an order to the army, asking the soldiers who did not want to rebel to sit still and wait.

Zhang Liao personally led dozens of his personal soldiers and stood in the middle of the military camp.

Soon after, the person who caused the chaos was captured and Zhang Liao killed him.

In December of the 14th year of Jian'an, Chen Lan and Mei Cheng, two remnants of Yuan Shu's army, instigated the people of the six Di counties to revolt. Cao Cao sent Yu Jin, Zang Ba and others to lead troops to attack Mei Cheng, and ordered Zhang Liao to lead Zhang He, Niu Gai and others to attack Chen Lan.

Mei Cheng pretended to surrender to Yu Jin, and after Yu Jin withdrew his troops, Mei Cheng ran to Chen Lan to meet up with his troops, and together they fled into the Qiongshan Mountain.

There is a Tianzhu Mountain in the Qiang Mountain, which is twenty miles high. The mountain is steep and the road is narrow and dangerous, with a width only enough for one person to pass. Chen Lan and others built a camp on it and defended it.

Zhang Liao was planning to march, but his generals tried to dissuade him by saying that the journey was dangerous. Zhang Liao replied that whoever was brave would be able to seize the initiative.

Zhang Liao then went to the foot of the mountain to set up camp, and then led his troops to attack, killing Chen Lan and Mei Cheng and capturing all of their followers.

Cao Cao rewarded Zhang Liao for his contribution in this battle, increased his fiefdom, and granted him temporary authority.

In May of the 19th year of Jian'an, Sun Quan led his army to attack Wancheng. Zhang Liao led his army from Hefei to support. When he arrived in Xishi and heard that the city had been breached, he built a fortress south of Xishi and called it Nanxishu.

In the 20th year of Jian'an, after Cao Cao returned from his expedition against Sun Quan, Zhang Liao, Le Jin, Li Dian and others led more than 7,000 soldiers to station in Hefei.

Later, when Cao Cao was conquering Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, he left a letter to the guard Xue Ti, with the four words "open the letter only when the enemy arrives" written on it.

In August of the same year, Sun Quan led an army of more than 100,000 to besiege Hefei. Everyone opened the letter and saw that Cao Cao ordered Zhang Liao and Li Dian to attack Sun Quan, Le Jin to defend the city, and Xue Ti was not allowed to participate in the battle.

Everyone was confused, and Zhang Liao told them that Cao Cao meant to attack while the enemy was still unstable, to crush his momentum and stabilize the army's morale, so that they could defend better.

Afterwards, Zhang Liao recruited brave warriors overnight and gathered 800 people in total. Zhang Liao killed cattle to reward the soldiers and planned to go into battle the next day.

"At dawn, Zhang Liao was the first to charge into the enemy camp, killing two generals and more than ten soldiers. He then shouted his name loudly and rushed into Sun Quan's camp, all the way to Sun Quan's general flag."

"Sun Quan and his men retreated to higher ground, but when they saw that Zhang Liao had fewer soldiers, they surrounded him again. Zhang Liao broke through the siege twice, and the battle lasted from morning to noon. The morale of the Wu army was completely lost, so they retreated to build fortifications."

"The people in Hefei were relieved when they saw the Wu army retreat, and all the generals admired Zhang Liao very much."

"After that, Sun Quan besieged Hefei for more than ten days. Seeing that he could not break through, he led his troops back."

"At that time, Sun Quan was in the north of Xiaoyaojin. Zhang Liao led his army to launch a surprise attack. Wu generals Gan Ning, Lu Meng and Ling Tong came to fight."

"Seeing that Sun Quan had fled, Zhang Liao led his troops back." "Cao Cao admired Zhang Liao's bravery and gave him the title of General of the Eastern Expedition."

"In the 21st year of Jian'an, Cao Cao attacked Sun Quan again. He went to Hefei to watch Zhang Liao fight with Sun Quan. He sighed for a long time and increased the number of soldiers under Zhang Liao. After that, Zhang Liao went to Juchao to defend."

"In November of the 24th year of Jian'an, Guan Yu besieged Cao Ren who was stationed in Fancheng. At that time, Sun Quan claimed to be a vassal of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao summoned Zhang Liao and others to lead the army to rescue Cao Ren."

"Before Zhang Liao arrived, Xu Huang had already defeated Guan Yu and lifted the siege of Fancheng."

"Zhang Liao met Cao Cao at Mobei. When Zhang Liao arrived, Cao Cao personally came to comfort him in his carriage. Zhang Liao led his army back to Chenjun to station there."

"After Cao Pi ascended the throne as King of Wei, Zhang Liao was made General of the Front and rewarded with a thousand pieces of silk and ten thousand bushels of grain. His brother Zhang Fan and one son were made Marquises."

"After Sun Quan's rebellion, Cao Pi promoted Zhang Liao to the rank of Marquis of Duxiang and sent him to Hefei."

"Give Zhang Liao's mother a carriage, and send soldiers to escort Zhang Liao's family to Hefei."

"When Zhang's mother arrived, she sent out messengers to greet her and ordered her generals and officials to bow down on both sides of the road. Everyone thought it was an honor."

"After Cao Pi became emperor, Zhang Liao was granted the title of Marquis of Jinyang and his fief was increased by 1,000 households, bringing his fief to 2,600 households."

"In the second year of Huangchu, Zhang Liao went to the Luoyang Palace to pay homage. Cao Pi met with Zhang Liao in the Jianshi Hall and asked him about his victory over the Wu Kingdom."

"After hearing this, Emperor Wen compared Zhang Liao to Zhao Hu of the Zhou Dynasty."

"In the third year of Huangchu, Sun Quan again declared himself a vassal of Wei, and Zhang Liao was ordered to station at Yongqiu."

"Zhang Liao fell ill in Yongqiu, and Cao Pi sent his attendant Liu Ye to treat him. Afterwards, he gave Zhang Liao imperial clothes and food. When his condition improved slightly, Zhang Liao returned to Yongqiu again."

"Sun Quan rebelled, and Cao Pi and Zhang Liao sailed together to Hailing."

"Sun Quan was very wary of this and told his subordinates that although Zhang Liao was ill, he was still unstoppable and that they should be cautious."

"In the same year, Zhang Liao led his army to defeat Sun Quan's general Lu Fan. After that, Zhang Liao's condition worsened and he died in Jiangdu County."

"Cao Pi wept bitterly, posthumously named him Marquis Gang, and made his son Zhang Hu inherit his title."

"In the sixth year of Huangchu, Cao Pi remembered Zhang Liao's military exploits in Hefei and granted him a fief of 100 households and the title of Guannei Hou to his son."

"In the fourth year of Zhengshi, Zhang Liao was enshrined in Cao Cao's temple."

Su Shi: Zhang Liao, whose courtesy name was Wenyuan, was a famous general of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.

It is said that Zhang Liao's original surname was Nie, and he was a descendant of Nie Yi. However, after the failure of the Ma Yi conspiracy, all the descendants of the Nie family changed their surnames to Zhang in order to avoid resentment.

When Zhang Liao was born, the Hu people outside the Great Wall were becoming increasingly powerful under the rule of Tan Shihuai.

Therefore, Yanmen County where Zhang Liao lived was often burned, killed and looted by the Hu people. Zhang Liao grew up in this long-term frontier war.

While serving as an official in Yanmen County, Zhang Liao was noticed by Ding Yuan and brought back to the capital.

After entering Beijing, Zhang Liao successively served Ding Yuan, He Jin, Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu.

Later, Li Jue and Guo Si invaded Changchun and defeated Lu Bu. Zhang Liao then began to flee eastward with Lu Bu.

In the first year of Jian'an, Lu Bu captured Xuzhou and Zhang Liao was appointed as the prime minister of Lu at the age of 28.

Afterwards, Lu Bu's subordinates were ordered to purchase military horses, but the gold and silver were looted by Liu Bei's army on the way.

Although Zhang Liao was on good terms with his fellow countryman Guan Yu, he was still ordered to attack Liu Bei's army together with Gao Shun.

Forced into a corner, Liu Bei asked Cao Cao for help, and Cao Cao sent Xiahou Dun to help. As a result, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun defeated Xiahou Dun and Liu Bei successively.

At this time, Cao Cao was attacking Zhang Xiu, but after learning that Liu Bei was defeated, he turned around and attacked Lu Bu.

Lu Bu closed the city gates and refused to leave, but his men tied up Chen Gong and forced him to open the gates and surrender.

After Lu Bu's defeat, Zhang Liao surrendered to Cao Cao as a surrendered general, which officially marked the beginning of Zhang Liao's political career.

After that, the Battle of Guandu broke out, and Zhang Liao and Guan Yu served as the vanguard and defeated Yan Liang's army.

Although Zhang Liao was overshadowed by Guan Yu in this battle, he still made several military achievements in the Battle of Guandu.

After Yuan Shao's death, his son Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang fought each other. Zhang Liao took advantage of Yuan Shang's attack on Yuan Tan to attack Yecheng.

Yuan Shang was defeated and fled under the pincer attack from Cao's army and Yuan Tan.

After Zhang Liao recruited the local troops, he followed Cao Cao to attack Yuan Tan.

After Zhang Liao defeated Yuan Tan, he took advantage of the situation to defeat Gongsun Du's subordinates.

In the 12th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao wanted to conquer Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi and Wuhuan, and decided to attack after Zhang Liao's advice.

It was also in the Battle of Bailang Mountain that Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Cao Chun and others successfully killed the Wuhuan Chanyu Tadun and wiped out the entire Wuhuan tribe.

The Battle of Bailang Mountain was also an important battle in which the Han people defeated the Hu Lu, and Zhang Liao became famous because of it.

If the Battle of Bailang Mountain made Zhang Liao famous, then the battle that truly made Zhang Liao famous throughout the world must be the Battle of Xiaoyaojin.

At that time, Cao Cao took a large number of troops with him to march west, leaving only a small number of generals and followers such as Zhang Liao, Le Jin and Li Dian in the Hefei area. This lack of combat power would inevitably attract Sun Quan's attack, so Zhang Liao made preparations in advance.

On the night of Sun Quan's attack, Zhang Liao assembled 800 elite soldiers and attacked Sun Quan's camp at dawn.

At that time, Zhang Liao and his subordinates rushed into the Wu army camp, broke through the heavy siege, and even rushed back to rescue the soldiers who had not broken through.

In this battle, Zhang Liao defeated Sun Quan's army of 100,000 with only 800 men, which completely demoralized the Wu army. Chen Wu, a fierce general of the Eastern Wu, was also killed in this battle.

After this battle, Zhang Liao greatly boosted the morale of the Wei army and was granted the title of General Zhengdong. During the Cao Wei period, Zhang Liao was the only general of a different surname to receive this title.

Even after this battle, if children in Jiangdong cried incessantly, their parents would use the word "Zhang Liao is coming" as a scare tactic, and the children would no longer dare to cry.

In the following years, Sun Quan repeatedly pledged allegiance to Cao Wei, and whenever Cao Wei invaded, he sent Zhang Liao to defend the city.

Later, when Zhang Liao fell ill and Sun Quan betrayed Cao Wei again, Cao Pi sent Zhang Liao and Wang Ling to resist Lu Fan's Eastern Wu navy, but they were still defeated and a large number of boats were seized.

Unfortunately, Zhang Liao's condition became increasingly serious until his death, and his son Zhang Hu inherited his title.

Zhang Liao also won the respect of Cao Pi and the fear of Sun Quan for his heroic achievements, and was awarded the title of the first of the Five Elite Generals.

His legendary experience has been praised by all generations, and he has become one of the sixty-four famous generals in ancient and modern times, and is worthy of being enshrined in the Temple of Martial Arts. (End of this chapter)