At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms period was an era of chaos and strife, and it was also an era of talents. During this period, there were such tyrants as Cao Cao and Sun Quan, as well as wise stars such as Zhuge Kongming and Zhou Yu, all of whom were admired. But in the Three Kingdoms, there was one person whose evaluation was surprisingly high, that is, Guo Jia. Some people say that if Guo Jia does not die, there will be no Three Kingdoms, and some people say that Guo Jia does not die, and wolong cannot come out, so how powerful is this Guo Jia to get this kind of evaluation?
What was Guo Jia's role during the Three Kingdoms period?
Guo Jia, the character Fengxiao, read poetry and books when he was young, it can be said that he was only eight buckets, and he was also a very far-sighted person, he had foreseen the situation when he was young, and he thought that the chaos in the world was in front of him. So he lived in seclusion in the mountains, actively befriended some heroes and celebrities, not only immersed in reading, but also avoided worldly chores, and when the time was ripe, he could show his skills and make achievements.
Guo Jia chose to go out of the mountains when he was twenty-one years old, and he wanted to follow a wise master and achieve a career. At first, he chose Yuan Shao, who was powerful at that time. Guo Jia stayed with Yuan Shao for a period of time, and he saw that Yuan Shao was incompetent and indecisive, and was not a good candidate to follow, so he resolutely bid farewell to Yuan Shao and returned to his hometown.
At the age of twenty-seven, Guo Jia came to Cao Cao's side by recommendation, and at that time, Cao Cao's adviser died, and Cao Cao needed a talented person to assist him, and the two hit it off. After a deep conversation, both were quite satisfied with each other. Cao Cao said that the person who can achieve my great cause must be Guo Jia. Guo Jia also believed that people like Cao Cao were his true masters. At this time, Cao Cao had not yet claimed the title of king, and for Guo Jia, he also specially requested an official position for him, which shows that Cao Cao attaches great importance to Guo Jia.
How powerful is Guo Jia, and how can people describe it as horror?
If I had to use one word to describe Guo Jia's horror, it would be "exhaustive strategy." According to several events about Guo Jia recorded in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, it can be seen that Guo Jia's terrible points can be seen, for example, Sun Ce, who belonged to the Eastern Wu faction at that time, basically completely occupied the Jiangdong area, just in time for Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to fight at Guandu, Sun Ce wanted to sneak attack.
Everyone in Cao Cao's camp was a little worried when they learned of this news, but Guo Jia speculated: "Sun Ce has just annexed the Jiangdong area and killed a lot of heroes Hao Jie, he is a person who can make people pay for the death to assassinate, and Sun Ce is a rash person, not good at defense, even if he has a million troops around him, he is no different from him alone." If an Assassin were to assassinate him, he would have died at the hands of an ordinary man. Indeed, just as Guo Jia had predicted, Sun Ce had not yet crossed the river and was killed by the assassins sent by Xu Gong.
Guo Jia followed Cao Cao in attacking Yuan Shao, who died shortly after his defeat, leaving his two sons Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang entrenched in the Liyang area. Cao Cao's generals wanted to take advantage of the victory and defeat Eryuan in one fell swoop. Guo Jia disagreed, he believed that Yuan Shao attached great importance to these two sons, and had not decided who was the heir, and now that Yuan Shao was dead, they would definitely fight among themselves because of the struggle for the position of heir, but if we were eager to attack, we would force the two of them to join forces, we might as well suspend the attack first, and then take them down in one fell swoop after their infighting, which will definitely save a lot of troops. Cao Cao followed Guo Jia's advice and suspended the attack.
As Guo Jia had expected, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang began to fall into infighting, and Yuan Tan's army was defeated by Yuan Shang, who sent people to surrender to Cao Cao in order to attack Yuan Shang. Cao Cao's army attacked and took Yuan's territory in one fell swoop, and also saved a lot of energy.
Such cases are not uncommon in Guo Jia, and we can also see that if Guo Jia lived in today's era, with his exhaustive strategy, he would definitely be able to get the title of "Great Prophet".
Why is it said that Guo Jia does not die without three kingdoms?
In fact, this statement is not only a great praise for Guo Jiacai, but also an assumption.
Because Guo Jia was superior in wisdom and far-sightedness, and Cao Cao was a rare chaotic tyrant, if it were not for Guo Jia's unfortunate and untimely death when he followed Cao Cao to conquer Karasuma, the two of them would most likely be able to successfully conquer all the regions and unify the world, so that perhaps there would not have been a situation in which the Three Kingdoms were established later.
The reason for this hypothesis is actually because Guo Jia's ability is really not to be underestimated, and he played an irreplaceable role in Cao Cao's unification of the north. After his death, Cao Cao missed him very much, and after Cao Cao even lost the battle, he would sigh: "If Guo Fengxiao was here, he would never let me have such a big defeat!" This sentence can also be regarded as Cao Cao's greatest affirmation of Guo Jia's ability.
As for "Guo Jia does not die; Wolong does not come out" This is actually because Guo Jia's death from illness coincided with Zhuge Liang's departure from the mountain in the same year, so for those who pursue Guo Jia, there is a saying that Guo Jia does not die of illness, and Zhuge Liang does not dare to go out of the mountain. Compared with the two, Guo Jia seems to be particularly accomplished militarily, while Zhuge Kongming's ability seems to be more inclined to the political aspect. After all, the two people have no intersection, it is really difficult to compare.
The history books praised Guo Jia as "a man of great strategy and a wonder of the world." Such a high evaluation is not something that ordinary people can get. If nothing else, Guo Jia's "God prophecy" is already very impressive, this is the golden finger of the proper "Chosen Son"!