Zhang Xi
also called 张憙
Zhang Xi, a Cao Cao general, was ordered in Jian'an 13 to relieve Hefei and help lift Sun Quan’s siege.
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Zhang Xi was a general under Cao Cao. He is mentioned in volumes one and fourteen of the Records of the Three Kingdoms; the Romance does not mention him.
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In the thirteenth year of Jian’an, when Cao Cao launched Cao Cao's Southern Campaign Against Jing Province, an epidemic broke out. Cao Cao sent Zhang Xi with a thousand cavalrymen to relieve the siege of Hefei. (As recorded in the histories)
Jiang Ji falsely claimed that the forty thousand infantry and cavalry led by Zhang Xi had arrived at Yulou. Sun Quan believed him and withdrew, allowing Hefei to be saved. (As recorded in the histories)
Volume one of the Records of the Three Kingdoms also records that Cao Cao sent Zhang Xi to relieve Hefei, and that Sun Quan withdrew upon hearing Zhang Xi had arrived. (As recorded in the histories)
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- A general under Cao Cao, ordered to relieve Hefei.
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