Although there are many turmoil in the chaotic world, but for those talented people, it is undoubtedly a stage that can show their talents, before the three kingdoms were full of strength, there were many strategists who were talented people with superior force, and at that time, the various princes and forces in the war situation rose up one after another, all wanting to lay a foundation in the chaotic world, but in the final development process, only the three kingdoms were left. In fact, looking at the situation of the Three Kingdoms, it should be seen that the reason why these three forces can survive in the end is mainly because there are many good advisers around the lord.
However, not all strategists can have a more positive impact on the lord, and there is a person in the Three Kingdoms who often has a negative impact on the strategy, and his ideas are almost all bad ideas, he is Guo Tu. People who know this history know that Guo Tu served under Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao was a relatively powerful force in the early three kingdoms, but in the subsequent development process, it gradually went to extinction, and Guo Tu also had a negative impact on the development of this force.
When Emperor Xian of Han was not yet controlled by the Cao family, Yuan Shao once wanted to follow the advice of his advisers and take the lead in controlling tianzi in his own hands, so that more people could come to his aid, but Guo Tu, after hearing such a plan, raised objections. Because he believes that the Han Dynasty is already in decline, if the Han Xiandi is in his own hands at this time, in fact, it will not bring about an increase in strength, but will become a burden. Because doing anything is in the way, when launching a plan, it is necessary to take the lead in repaying the Han Emperor. If you do not listen to the emperor's advice, you will be unpopular, which will not be beneficial to future development.
Yuan Shao also thought about it several times after listening to Guo Tu's explanation, and finally did not use Emperor Xian of Han as a puppet. In the subsequent development process, we know that the Cao family forces eventually turned Emperor Xian of Han into a pawn under the account, and also accelerated the development of Cao Cao's forces, and Yuan Shao had no choice but to miss the opportunity because of such suggestions.
When the Battle of Guandu unfolded, Xu You once led his soldiers to intercept the information sent by Cao Cao. Because the Cao family's grain and grass were not sufficient at that time, it was a good opportunity for Yuan Shao to attack. After analyzing the battle situation, Xu You also suggested to Yuan Shao that at this time, he should actively attack Cao Cao's camp so that he could win. However, Guo Tu also expressed his opinion that he believed that this was Cao Cao's ruse, because the Cao family's power could reach such a level as it is now, and it was difficult to have a shortage of grain and grass. At the same time, Cao Cao has always been scheming, and if he personally led the troops to fight, he would certainly not have such a low-level mistake, so he suspected that such intelligence was a false intelligence, and he wanted to lure cao to set up an ambush when he wanted to attack Cao Cao, so that his own forces would be completely destroyed.
Although Xu You had already grasped more accurate information, after Guo Tu made such a statement, Yuan Shao instead believed that Xu You was a pawn under Cao Cao, which caused a rift between the two people, and finally Xu You chose to run to Cao Jun's camp. It can be said that it is precisely because of too much trust in Guo Tu's opinion that Yuan Shao gradually went to extinction in the end.
Another thing is that Yuan Shao wanted to go to support after Wuchao was attacked, but Guo Tu believed that Cao Cao must have led his army to guard the vicinity at this time, and Cao Cao should concentrate all his troops in Wuchao, and if he attacked his camp at this time, he would have a high probability of success. After yuan shao really listened to Guo Tu's advice, he found that Cao Cao had instead set up an ambush in the camp and wanted to withdraw to Guandu, but found that Guandu had also been occupied, which can be said to have been completely defeated under Guo Tu's planning. Originally there were 700,000 soldiers and horses, but now there are only a dozen people left, and it is very difficult to make a comeback.
Guo Tu is indeed very novel in his thinking, but his judgment of the war situation is often wrong. Looking at some of the schemes he made in the course of the war, it can also be seen that Guo Tu can also be called a strategist, but there is still a considerable distance between his analysis and reality, so the opposite situation arises when tactics are really used. Especially in the process of fighting, a slight mistake may cause the rout of the whole army, and I don't know if it should be a pity that Guo Tu's luck is not good.