I believe that people who have seen the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or people who have read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms will have an impression of Xiahou Huan, who was known for his courage as a teenager and one of the earliest generals when Cao Cao raised an army. He was taken hostage by Lü Bu, blinded by a stray arrow in his left eye, and defended the rear many times. Such a person actually lost many battles, and Cao Cao rewarded him with no punishment. What is the reason for this?
First, Xiahou Huan was loyal and a core member of Cao Cao's team.
In his early years, when Cao Cao raised an army, Xiahou Huan had already joined the company, and under Cao Cao's command, he conquered the battlefield and made great achievements.
Cao Cao was a very suspicious person, and Xiahou Huan's character doomed him not to betray Cao Cao, which was a reason; the early battle achievements and the friendship of fighting side by side, there was friendship, which was another reason; Xiahou Huan was clean and simple, and there was excess money and silver that would be distributed to everyone, which was also a reason.
Cao Cao was a man of great importance and liked to doubt others, so it was natural that there were one or two people who were deeply trusted by him, and if he had them, he would inevitably get the most precious treasure. A person like Xiahou Huan, who did not buy a house, did not do property, was very simple and simple, and was a core member of the early team, naturally he would be loved by Cao Cao.
Second, kinship, Xiahou Huan was Cao Cao's blood cousin.
Cao Cao's original surname was Xiahou, and because his father had adopted the eunuch Cao Teng as an adopted son, Cao Cao changed his surname to Cao.
He was originally related to Xiahou Huan, and the Cao family and the Xiahou family were both large clans of the Pei State, and they had always maintained a marriage connection, which was really close to each other. Moreover, the Cao family's career is smooth, and the Xiahou family itself also has the meaning of attachment.
Cao Cao himself was greatly promoted in the military to people with kinship, and Xiahou Huan had such a relationship in it, so it was inevitable that Cao Cao would treat him favorably.
Third, Xiahou Huan made many contributions to Cao Cao
Although Xiahou Huan was repeatedly captured and looked like he had suffered a lot of defeats, in fact, he was a person who fought very well, and the reason why he was captured was because he met a more powerful opponent. Moreover, Xiahou Huan's great and small merits Cao Cao once counted, adding a thousand households, which was enough to see that Xiahou Huan was not a weak soldier with a vain name.
Xiahou Huan recommended Dianwei and Xu Chu to Cao Cao, both of whom were fierce generals who were brave and good at war, which naturally brought Cao Cao a lot of great benefits on the battlefield, and later became an important role in Cao Cao's army.
Being able to recommend such an outstanding talent to Cao Cao, Xiahou Huan must have been bent on cao Cao's meritorious cause.
Xiahou Huan once led soldiers and people to block the taishou river water, used it to irrigate farmland, and sent some soldiers to plant land, the people take food as the sky, and the army must not be without grain. Xiahou Huan thought so much about the people and the army, and naturally he was deeply loved by Cao Cao.
Fourth, if someone like Xiahou Huan cao was good to him, what would other generals think?
To fight for the son of heaven, in the army, rely on the military merits made during the war. Since Xiahou Huan was captured in many major wars, but was treated favorably by Cao Cao, does this mean that as long as those approved by Cao Cao, even if they fail and are captured, they will not be abandoned by Cao Cao?
During the war years, people's hearts were unstable, and people like Xiahou Huan would play a very important role in the military and in the country. Cao Cao's kindness to Xiahou means that other generals are better than Xiahou Huan, and Cao Cao will be better to him, not as strong as Xiahou Huan, but as long as he is loyal, Cao Cao will still be good to him. This also became a means for Cao Cao to buy people's hearts.
Cao Cao's sympathy for Xiahou in public and private, and in reason, are all a very good means, not only to express and convey his friendship with Xiahou Huan, but also to win people's hearts, but also from the side of the morale of the army to have an encouraging effect, strengthen the determination of the soldiers to follow Cao Cao. How to see, treating Xiahou Huan kindly is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone, why not cao Cao?