Looking North in the Smoke: a Biography of Zhang Liao in the Three Kingdoms

"Although Liao is sick, it cannot be treated." ——Sun Quan "The ancient method of summoning a tiger was nothing more than this." ——Cao Pi "When a man establishes himself in the world, he should carry a three-foot sword and achieve unparalleled merit. This tree has drank through the wind and sand in the northern desert, and split through the misty rain in the east of the Yangtze River - it is enough. Even if the white wolf grows old, its howl will still echo with the mountains and rivers outside Yanmen Pass. " I, Zhang Liao, named Wenyuan, came from the wind and sand outside Yanmen Pass. In this life, he was once like a lone wolf in a fortress, but also became a sharp halberd in the Wei family; he was burdened with many reputations, and finally became a "minion of the country." Changshan not only drinks the snow of the northern desert, but also breaks through the fog of the Wu army - Bailang Mountain cuts off Tadun, and Xiaoyaojin shakes the east of the Yangtze River. However, what I want in my life is not to live up to my name as the God of War. I only hope that the mountains and rivers behind me will be silent forever.