Zhang Liao was originally a ministry of Lu Bu. Before following Lu Bu, he followed Ding Yuan, blades, Dong Zhuo and others. After the death of Lu Bu, Zhang Liao surrendered to Cao Cao.
Zhang Liao's greatest contribution was the Battle of Hefei. In this battle, Zhang Liao, Lejin and Li Dian defeated Sun Quan's100000 army with 7000 men, which made him famous in Jiangdong. Children in Jiangnan cried when they heard Zhang Liao's name, and Sun Quan was frightened.
In addition, Zhang Liao put down the rebellion of Chen Lan and Meicheng. At that time, several generals were fighting, including Yu Jin, Cang Ba, Zhang He and Niu Gai. After putting down the rebellion, Cao Cao once commented on Zhang Liao, saying that putting down Chen Lan and Meichengdu was Zhang Liao's credit!
The Biography of the Three Kingdoms Zhang Liao records that Mao talked about the merits of generals and said, "Climbing the Tianshan Mountains, taking risks and taking the blue sky, you will succeed, robber." Add cities and holidays.
Yu Jin, Cang Ba, Zhang Liao, Zhang He and Niu Gai took part in the war together. Cao Cao particularly emphasized that this is all due to Zhang Liao, so Zhang Liao's ability is very outstanding.
The first world war, zhang he also under Zhang Liao. Of course, Zhang Liao is also the best. Therefore, Cao Cao gave Zhang Liao a holiday.
After the war in Hefei, in the 21st year of Jian 'an, Cao Cao conquered Sun Quan and led an army to Hefei. Cao Cao came to the bidding office in Zhang Liao and sighed for a long time. At this point, Cao Cao's silence is better than sound.
The biography of the reflection of Zhang Liao records that in the 21st year of Jian 'an, Mao collected Sun Quan and went to Hefei to fight with Liao, sighing for a long time.
Zhang Liao defeated Sun Quan's10,000 troops with 7,000 men, which is also very rare in the whole history.
Look at Zhang He again. Zhang He turned out to be a general of Yuan Shao, a famous soldier in Hebei. In the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao did not listen to Zhang He's correct advice and was defeated. Zhang He was vilified by villains. Yuan Shao wanted to attack Zhang He, so Zhang He surrendered to Cao Cao.
When Cao Cao saw Zhang He coming, he said happily that this is Han Xin going to Hanwang!
Zhang Hechuan, a biography of the Three Kingdoms, records that Taizu wept with joy and said, "Yesterday Zixu died young, at his own peril. If I go to Yin and Han Xin goes to Han Xie? "
That is to say, Cao Cao compared himself to Liu Bang and Zhang He to Han Xin. Han Xin defeated Xiang Yu with the tactics of flying daggers and being besieged on all sides, which made great contributions to Liu Bang. Cao Cao compared Zhang He to Han Xin, which shows his position in Cao Cao's mind.
Of course, Zhang He's contribution is mainly in the later period. Zhang He played an important role in Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition. In Jieting, Zhang He defeated Ma Su in World War I and forced Zhuge Liang's army back to Hanzhong, which made Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition in vain.
In the early stage, Zhang He's performance was not particularly outstanding, even worse than that of Zhang Liao, but in the later stage, Zhang He's performance even surpassed that of Zhang Liao.
Because Zhang He is good at fighting and judging the war situation and terrain, even Zhuge Liang and others are afraid of him, which shows that Zhang He is powerful.
Zhang Hechuan, a biography of the Three Kingdoms, records that knowing variables together, being good at strategizing and predicting the terrain of the war situation are not as good as planning, and Zhuge Liang is afraid of it.
Therefore, Zhang Liao was better than Zhang He in the early stage, and Zhang He performed better in the later stage, but Zhang Liao was dead at that time, and Zhang He felt that he was coming from behind.