How did General Zhang Xiu, who killed Cao Cao's son, become Cao Cao's right-hand man?

Later generations have always had a bad impression of Cao Cao. Everyone thinks that he is an adulterer, capable but not accepted by orthodoxy. But Cao Cao has a very good quality-cherishing talents. It is precisely because of cherishing talents that Cao Cao was able to obtain a large number of civil servants and excellent generals, and with their help, he laid the foundation for Cao Wei. Cao Cao's love is not just talk. He can even reuse the man who killed his son. Of course, the death of Cao Cao's son is also related to Cao Cao himself. After all, it is also caused by Cao Cao's "lewd" heart.

Zhang Xiu is Zhang Ji's nephew. He has been deeply helped by this uncle since he was a child, so he is grateful to him. After Zhang Ji's death, Zhang Xiu took refuge in Liu Biao. When Cao Cao led an army to attack Liu Biao, Zhang Xiu could not resist and chose to surrender. However, at this time, Cao Cao heard that Zhang Xiu had a beautiful aunt, Zhang Ji's widow. Color heart qi qi, Cao Cao did not consider other things, directly caught Zhang Xiu's aunt.

When Zhang Xiu learned the news, he was very angry and felt sorry for his uncle, so he held a grudge against Cao Cao. Cao Cao knew that if Zhang Xiu were still here, it would be a time bomb, so he secretly sent someone to assassinate Zhang Xiu. As a result, the plan was leaked before it was implemented. Zhang Xiu took the opportunity to sneak attack on Cao Cao and won.

In this battle, Cao Ang, the eldest son of Cao Cao, and Cao Anmin, the nephew of Cao Cao, were killed, and Dian Wei, the master, was killed and suffered heavy losses. After the war, Zhang Xiu once again returned to Fangcheng to form an alliance with Liu Biao.

Cao Cao lost his beloved son and general. This tone was unbearable after all, so he attacked Zhang Xiu with a great army. Zhang Xiu is weak, although he can resist for a period of time, but he has no chance to win, so at the suggestion of Jia Xu and Cao. Although Cao Cao had some resentment towards Zhang Xiu, he also knew that the cause of the incident was his lewdness, so Cao Cao planned to release Zhang Xiu once.

As a result, after Zhang Xiu came to Cao Cao with uneasy feelings, he was greeted not by Cao Cao's punishment, but by a series of rewards. Cao Cao took Zhang Xiu's hand and attended Cao Cao's banquet. In addition, Cao Cao also asked his son Cao Jun to marry Zhang Xiu's daughter and named Zhang Xiu General Yang Wu.

At this time, Zhang Xiu was greatly moved. After all, my aunt's revenge has been reported to Cao Ang, so I decided to assist Cao Cao wholeheartedly. In the battle of Guandu, Zhang Xiu made great efforts and made outstanding achievements. He was promoted to be the general of the broken Qiang. After that, Zhang Xiu followed Cao Cao and defeated Yuan Tan in Nanpi. Because Cao Cao appreciated it very much, Zhang Xiu got a food city that they couldn't match.

From this, we can know why Cao stands out among the three countries. After all, there are not many people who can let go of killing their children because they cherish talents. Besides, Cao Cao later sincerely reused Zhang Xiu, which is even more rare.