: "Liu Bei is Not a Legend" written by Jian Mei in vain and published by Wanjuan Publishing Company I can’t tell why Cao Cao is cute. For the people of Xuzhou at that time, whether they died tragically under the butcher's knife or managed to escape with their lives, Cao Cao was not even cute to them, but rather terrifying to the bone and hateful to the teeth. Tao Qian, who served as the shepherd of Xuzhou, was afraid and hated Cao Cao. The people were almost all killed, so what else could he do to herd? And he was the first person Cao Cao wanted to kill. "Liu Bei is Not a Legend" serialization
Yi Zhongtian commented that Cao Cao is a "lovely traitor" in "Three Kingdoms". Cao Cao, played by Chen Jianbin in the recently popular "Three Kingdoms", is even more brilliant. However, in both "Three Kingdoms" and the new "Three Kingdoms", the biggest stain in Cao Cao's life - the massacre of Xuzhou - was intentionally or unintentionally covered up.
After Cao Cao's father and family were killed by Tao Qian's men, Cao Cao became angry.
According to Cao Cao's philosophy of life, he is only allowed to feel sorry for others, and others are not allowed to feel sorry for him (I would rather betray others than others betray me). After learning that his father Cao Song, his younger brother Cao De and his entire family had been brutally murdered, he decided to take revenge without saying a word. The murderer Zhang] has escaped, but the monk who can escape cannot escape the temple, Tao Qian cannot escape, and Xuzhou cannot escape.
Soon, even in the five thousand years of Chinese history, a scene that was criminal and inhumane appeared:
In the fourth year of Chuping (193), Cao Cao attacked ( Tao Qian defeated Fu Yang in Pengcheng. (Tao) Qian retreated to protect Tan, but (Cao) Cao couldn't defeat him, so he returned. They killed all of them when they passed by, such as Lu, Suiling and Xiaqiu. Hundreds of thousands of men and women were killed, and no chickens or dogs were left. The Surabaya River was not allowed to flow, and it was natural that the five counties were protected, and there was no trace of them again. The third assistant of Chu San was wiped out by Li Suoyao, and all the people who fled to Yi (Tao) Qian were wiped out. ("Book of the Later Han·Biography of Tao Qian")
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Every time I read these contents, I feel speechless.
No amount of words can explain such a crime, and no amount of excuses can cover up the fact (Cao Cao massacred the city many times).
Cao Cao is a very controversial figure, especially in contemporary times. Cao Cao's individualistic style of being restrained and living a true temperament is in line with the taste of many people and is highly praised by some.
But at the same time, we should not selectively forget Cao Cao's crimes. The massacre of hundreds of thousands of people was comparable to the Nanjing Massacre (even worse if calculated as a proportion of the national population at that time). The crime was heinous.
It is understandable that Cao Cao wanted to avenge his family, it is understandable that he took the opportunity to capture the city, and it is understandable that he held the murderer Zhang] accountable. It is even understandable that Tao Qian was held jointly and severally responsible regardless of whether he knew it or not. But in any case, responsibility The defenseless people of Xuzhou cannot be held accountable. It is really a heinous crime to kill everyone regardless of gender, age or child.
Although I haven’t read many books and don’t understand many truths, at least I can distinguish between good and evil. At least I know that killing innocent people indiscriminately is not a great achievement, and killing women and infants is not a necessity, but a complete evil. Cruelty and violence!
No matter how poor, ignorant, or backward any person is, they are not born to be killed indiscriminately.
Of course, we do not have to completely deny everything Cao Cao has done in his life. We should discuss the matter and seek truth from facts. While seeing some of his achievements, there is no need to avoid or cover up his sins. We should face history squarely.
History is history, and any pretense and cover-up will ultimately be in vain.
Some people call Cao Cao the "cute traitor." Forgive me for being stupid, I really can't see what makes Cao Cao so cute.
For the people of Xuzhou at that time, whether they died tragically under the butcher's knife or escaped with their lives, Cao Cao was not even cute to them, but terrifying deep into their bones. The gnashing of teeth is hateful.
Tao Qian, who served as the pastor of Xuzhou, was afraid and hated Cao Cao. The people were almost all killed, so what else could he do to herd? And he was the first person Cao Cao wanted to kill.
The first round of massacre ended in the spring of the first year of Xingping (194). The reason for stopping the massacre was not that Cao Cao suddenly realized that he had to put down the butcher's knife and turn around, but because he ran out of military rations. No matter how much your revenge for killing your father persists, it is still impossible for the soldiers to fight on an empty stomach. Therefore, Cao Cao had no choice but to take his army back to the base of Yanzhou to spend the spring famine.
Xuzhou ushered in a period of peace.
This is the brief calm before the storm.
Within a few months, when the summer grain was about to mature, the terrible Cao Cao made a comeback.
Tao Qian couldn't defeat Cao Cao, so he had to look for help from all over the world.
Needless to say, Tao Qian and everyone thought of going together - thinking of Liu Bei who had bravely rescued Kong Rong not long ago.
Tao Qian was not a fool. He knew that Cao Cao's army was not the Yellow Turban Army with little combat effectiveness. It was not enough to find Liu Bei, the Pingyuan Prime Minister, to save his life. He also looked for others all over the world. But apart from Liu Bei, the only one who came to save him was Tian Kai, the governor of Qingzhou.
For Tao Qian’s camp, this war was a just war to resist killing.
Sadly, justice does not necessarily mean victory.