The competition between the three countries and the competition is actually a competition for talents! It is also divided into two stages, with different characteristics.
The first stage can be called the "Pre-Three Kingdoms Period", that is, the period when Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan competed for glory. Although everyone shouted "Long live the emperor's big brother", in essence, they all held the Han Xiandi (Han Room) as a signboard.
This stage is the golden age of generals. Guan Yu's surrender to Cao Cao created a slash of Yan Liang, and he became famous in the First World War. Zhang Liao has been following Lü Bu, and the limelight has been snatched away by Lü Bu. Until baimenlou was surrendered by Cao Cao, there was a battle of Xiaoyaojin, which abused Sun Quan into a joke, the so-called "son should be like Sun Zhongmou, Hefei 100,000 people give heads".
It was not until Pound and Yu Ban met Guan Yu that this period ended. Pang De was originally a subordinate of Ma Chao, and after surrendering to Cao Cao, he carried a coffin to fight Guan Yu, and although he was defeated and captured, he vowed not to surrender.
Yu Ban had always been regarded as a confidant by Cao Cao and was the most favored of the five sons. After being flooded by Guan Yu's Seventh Army, he directly surrendered! Cao Cao shouted directly: I have known Yu Ban for more than thirty years, why is his ethics not even as good as Pound's? (I know that the prohibition of thirty years, what is the meaning of danger, but it is not as good as Pound evil!) ）
It was also Cao Cao's words that actually ended the golden period of surrender. It was Cao Cao (who surrendered Guan Yu) who opened the golden period of surrender, and it was Cao Cao who closed this golden period (lamenting that it was forbidden). So why is Cao Cao like this?
In fact, in one sentence: the characteristics of the period of free competition!
By the time Cao Cao died, the Three Kingdoms had been established, and no one could kill anyone, so they all began to emphasize "loyalty", and Cao Cao also followed this trend. So the Three Kingdoms thus entered the second stage: the quasi-Three Kingdoms period, marked by Cao Pi replacing Emperor Xian of Han! In fact, it is the monopoly competition pattern of the three major companies!
The "Pre-Three Kingdoms Period" is a grassroots history of struggle. The three major grassroots of the Shu Han Dynasty, the struggles of Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Lü Bu's Tengnuo (death), coupled with Cao Cao's "meritocracy", made the grassroots layer counterattack one after another, and carried out shocks and checks and balances on the Gate Valve Clan.
The "Quasi-Three Kingdoms Period" was the domain of the Gate Valve Clan. For example, after Zhang Gao survived the death of many famous generals, he seemed to have become the first general of Cao Wei, but he condescended to Sima Yi and was pitted to death! This is already very telling.
This is actually why people generally like the "pre-Three Kingdoms period". After all, the grassroots are the vast majority, almost all have a "grassroots counterattack" complex, the so-called "prince will be XiangNing has a kind of hu"? This represents an upward will to fight, which belongs to positive energy.
Therefore, the Shu Han Dynasty was universally revered as the "Orthodox of the Three Kingdoms" because of its own grassroots attributes. And Cao Cao also relied on "meritocracy", and there were countless fans. So many people are sorry: why didn't Guan Yu follow Cao Cao? If this is the case, it will not end up with a tragic death.
Unfortunately, history has no assumptions, only inferences!
In fact, even if Guan Yu gave up Liu Bei and followed Cao Cao, he would never enjoy the treatment under Liu Bei. Although Cao Cao's "meritocracy" made his famous generals like clouds, only four of them were really reused, and none of the five sons of the generals were selected.
First place: Xiahou Huan
Because in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the famous generals always single out at every turn, so they create the illusion that the more powerful the single challenge, the more important it is. In fact, in the main history, famous players rarely appear single-handedly. The same is true during the Three Kingdoms period, such as Guan Yu's slashing of Yan Liang, which was a surprise attack in the Wanma Army, and in the strict sense, it is not a single challenge.
Xiahou Huan suffered this loss, and in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", too few singles were widely ignored. In fact, in the history of Zhengzheng, Xiahou Huan was the first general under Cao Cao.
At the beginning of Cao Cao's army, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan led more than 2,000 horses to support Cao Cao. In the Battle of Bishui, Cao Cao was intercepted and killed by Xu Rong, and after the failure of the first venture, Xiahou Huan followed Cao Cao to visit The Yangzhou Assassin Chen Wen and Danyang County Taishou Zhou Xin, and received angel investment: four thousand horses.
Therefore, Xiahou Huan can be called one of Cao Wei's shareholders. Cao Cao always trusted and valued him. For example, if he was made the yin of Henan, in his later years, he also deliberately let Xiahou Huan be a Han chen, not a Wei official, in order to express: We are brothers, not superiors and subordinates!
At the same time, Xiahou Huan also created the commander-in-chief."
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" of the record. That is to say, Xiahou Huan commanded the strength of twenty-six armies to confront Sun Quan. Except for Cao Cao, no one could command so many people at once.
What is true reuse? There are two things to say about the general, one is to see how many soldiers and horses the boss dares to give you, or whether he can give you a key position, and the other is to see how high an official position you are given. Xiahou Huan was cao wei's first general. It is equivalent to a "double cannon". Therefore, Xiahou Huan deservedly be the first general of Cao Wei - don't look at only one eye!
Second place: Cao Hong
Cao Hong, like Xiahou Huan, belonged to a small reputation, but had a great effect! In addition to saving Cao Cao during the Battle of Bishui and having the great merit of the savior, Cao Hong has always undertaken the most critical tasks.
For example, after Emperor Xiandi of Han escaped from the palms of Li Dai and Guo Feng, it was Cao Hong who welcomed Tianzi on behalf of Cao Caoxi, allowing Cao Cao to firmly grasp the card of Emperor Xiandi of Han.
For example, in the Battle of Guandu, when Cao Cao personally led 5,000 soldiers and horses to sneak into Wuchao, he appointed Cao Hong to stay in the camp as the main general, and resisted Yuan Shao's crazy attack, which directly led to the surrender of Zhang Gao and Gao Lan. As a result, Yuan Shao collapsed, and Guandu suffered a crushing defeat to Cao Cao. It is conceivable that if Cao Hong could not resist at that time, Cao Cao would have taken it in vain even if he robbed Wuchao!
Also like the Battle of Hanzhong, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao, the momentum was fierce, and Cao Cao designated Cao Hong to meet the battle. As a result, Cao Hong created a miracle, breaking Wu Lan and forcing Zhang Fei and Ma Chao to retreat, which was an amazing record!
So don't look at Cao Hong's fame is not big, but he is one of the most important and trusted generals in Cao Cao's hands, and the most critical task is always entrusted to Cao Hong to complete. Cao Hong eventually became Cao Wei's first hussar general, second only to the general Xiahou Huan.
Third: Cao Ren
Cao Ren was far more active than Xiahou Huan and Cao Hong in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The main reason was that he was positioned by Cao Cao in the position of a fighting general, especially in the early days of Cao Cao. Cao Ren had always served as the commander of Cao Cao's cavalry.
Lü Bu said to Cao Cao on the white gate tower: You hand over the cavalry to me, and I will sweep the world for you. In fact, he was robbing Cao Ren of his job. As a result, Cao Cao still killed Lü Bu.
Because Cao Ren is also a famous warrior of the Three Kingdoms. After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Ren faced Zhou Yu and saw that Niu Jin was surrounded, Cao Ren only took dozens of cavalry, went out of the city to rescue, killed two in one breath, saved everyone, and made everyone marvel at "General True Heavenly Man". Therefore, Cao Ren was nicknamed "Cao Tianren".
Cao Ren was Cao Cao's spokesman in Jingzhou, and could be described as a feudal official! After fighting Zhou Yu, fighting Guan Yu, especially fighting Guan Yu, if there was no Cao Ren's bitter support, Guan Yu would not be able to do it, and smoothly entered Chang'an. Eventually, Cao Ren succeeded Xiahou Huan and became Cao Wei's second general.
Fourth place: Xiahou Yuan
Xiahou Yuan had the deepest relationship with Shu Han. After his niece was snatched away by Zhang Fei, he became Zhang Fei's wife and gave birth to two daughters to Zhang Fei, both of whom later married Liu Chan and became empresses.
His son Xiahou Ba, who was persecuted by Sima Yi after the Gaopingling Rebellion, fled to Shu Han, where he was not only recognized by Liu Chan on the spot, but eventually became a general of Shu Han.
However, Xiahou Yuan's most famous battle was that Dingjun Mountain was killed by Huang Zhong, which directly led to the loss of Hanzhong and became Liu Bei's territory! So angry that Cao Cao jumped to his feet and called him a "White Land General"! Therefore, some people always joked: In fact, Xiahou Yuan was an undercover agent of Shu Han!
Of course this is just a joke. Because Cao Cao also used and trusted Xiahou Yuan 100% of the time!
In the early days of Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan mainly served as an administrative worker. For example, he served as the Taishou of Chen Liu and Yingchuan County. At the time of the Battle of Guandu, Xiahou Yuan was in charge of grain and grass, which was basically logistical work. Subsequently, Cao Cao arranged for Xiahou Yuan to start brushing copies, such as suppressing bandits and suppressing rebellion, and throwing a brain to Xiahou Yuan.
From Xiahou Yuan's growth trajectory, it is easy to see that he was cultivated and cultivated by Cao Cao. Sure enough, after brushing the copy, Xiahou Yuan finally came in handy: sitting in Chang'an, dueling with Ma Chao, and defeating Ma Chao, obtaining the privilege of "false festival".
And Cao Cao was also beautiful enough, personally praising Xiahou Yuan: Tiger step Long Right!
As a result, Xiahou Yuan became the supreme commander of the Western Theater of Operations of Cao Wei. Zhang Gao, Xu Huang and other famous generals were all his subordinates. Xiahou Yuan, who expected to embark on the peak of his life, fed Old Huang Zhong! Therefore, it is no wonder that Cao Cao scolded: so desperate to cultivate, trust and reuse you, but they have completed others.
General Analysis: By analyzing these four famous Generals of Cao Wei, it is actually easy to see that although Cao Cao is a meritocracy, he still has a small calculation and an attitude towards Xiahou Of Cao. For other generals, such as the five sons of the good generals, it is another attitude. Not a level at all.
Therefore, even if Guan Yu really followed Cao Cao, he would not be able to rank with the above four, at most it was just a play of robbing the "Five Sons and Good Generals", it was simply impossible, as the commander-in-chief of "Wei Zhen Huaxia", not to mention, he could also become a martial saint!