There is competition in life to make progress, the competition in the chaotic world of the Three Kingdoms is more fierce, Cao Cao was the victor at that time, but the whole process was also very thrilling, at that time, whether in terms of strength or influence, Cao Cao could not be compared with Yuan Shao, and his family background was not as good as Sun Quan. The spirit of not being afraid of difficulties and not yielding is not as good as Liu Bei. So how did he get over step by step so that he wasn't eliminated? Carefully analyzed, it is because Cao Cao did not play cards according to common sense, but did it in reverse, which was embodied in these three aspects.
1. Low-key when doing serious things, high-profile when dry surface work. Many people do things in a high profile and act in a low profile, but Cao Cao is the opposite, for things that are related to life and death, strength and development, he is very high profile, then the superficial work is within the scope of his duties, he is low-key, the most well-known to the world is Cao Cao's killing of Yang Xiu.
At that time, Cao Cao blackmailed Tianzi to order the princes, it can be said that he had taken advantage of the plot, but how big the benefits were, how big the risks were, Cao Cao had left Xu Du for two years, and there was no shortage of voices opposing Cao Cao around emperor Of Han, and once Emperor Xiandi of Han controlled the situation when he was far away, Cao Cao might not even have the opportunity to turn over.
At this time, he had been a soldier for many days, in a dilemma, inadvertently felt it, said the weakness in his heart, did not expect to be said by Yang Xiu, he asked everyone to collect troops, which led to the incident of Yang Xiu being killed. Cao Cao's high-profile announcement that Yang Xiu should be executed for disturbing the psychology of the army, in fact, this is just the fuse of another incident, Yang Xiu boldly participated in the struggle between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, which is another serious matter of Cao Cao, which is related to the weakness of life and death, and Yang Xiu will undoubtedly die.
2. Leave no room for work and be sentimental towards people. In the rendition, Liu Bei loves to cry his nose, but Zhengshi is Cao Cao who cries at every turn. This very humane feature of Cao Cao is actually one of his great charms, and it also hedges against cao Cao's influence of doing things without leaving any room. The most classic example is that during the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao made a surprise attack on Wuchao, and the general who guarded Wuchao was named Chun Yuqiong. After Cao Cao's surprise attack on Wuchao, he first cut the noses of Chun Yuqiong and his men, but released them and killed Chun Yuqiong.
Releasing Chun Yu Qiong's men, one was to let them spread the news of the robbery of the Wuchao granary and shake the hearts of Yuan Shao's army, and the second was to use these noseless soldiers to have a visual impact on other soldiers, making them feel that Yuan Shao had so many troops, as if they had been completely defeated in one day and captured so many people. This is an important reason. But unexpectedly, after the Battle of Guandu, when Cao Cao personally paid tribute to Yuan Shao, he cried again.
Cao Cao's reversal of this is nothing more than to show that Cao Cao is a person with an extremely serious sense of crisis, and if he wants to change the situation, he must start when he should start, and people and things will be targeted together. But as long as the situation was improved, cao cao basically returned to his sentimental appearance towards people, which was actually a rational and calm performance.
3. For those who dare to doubt their own decision-making, boldly delegate power. For those who dared to doubt his own decision-making, Cao Cao trusted him and boldly delegated power to him, when Cao Cao decided to conquest Karasuma, Zhang Liao disapproved, afraid that Liu Biao and Liu Bei would sneak up on Xu Du together, Cao Cao vetoed Zhang Liao's point of view, believing that Liu Biao did not dare, Liu Bei had no strength, so he took Zhang Liao on the expedition.
When Cao Cao led a small number of troops to occupy the White Wolf Mountain, the Karasuma army came one after another. Cao Cao asked again what to do now, Zhang Liao proposed that he take advantage of the fact that the Karasuma army had not yet gained a firm foothold at that time, to defeat them, Cao Cao did not say a word, he handed over the command to Zhang Liao, by himself, commanding all the large armies, it can be seen that this is a kind of trust in Zhang Liao, because Cao Cao dared to give up power, so in the end Zhang Liao defeated the Karasuma army, which shows that Cao Cao was right in this way.