If Guan Yu hadn't left Cao Cao that year, would he have been able to gain a foothold in Cao's camp? Thankfully left
Introduction: Everyone knows that Cao Cao greatly appreciates Guan Yu's talent, and this appreciation comes from Guan Yu's heroic performance under the Tiger Prison. In order to recruit him, Cao Cao not only promised him the high-ranking official Houlu, but also made him the first general under him, and even gave him the world-class beauty Sable Cicada, but Guan Yu refused one by one. Some netizens once questioned, if Guan Yu really depends on Cao Cao, with his combat strength, how many people can he rank in Cao's camp?
To evaluate the combat strength of a military general, in addition to their own strength, it depends on his command ability and command ability, Cao Cao had such a few generals who could fight well in that period. The first was the clan general Xiahou Yuan, who had followed Cao Cao in his early years, and he was good at commanding cavalry, and the cavalry under Cao Cao was commanded by him. Once, when Cao Cao attacked Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang's two brothers in the north, Xiahou Yuan led 10,000 cavalry to crush the 80,000 troops of their two brothers, and the two brothers ran to Liaodong without even fighting and were beheaded. After Cao Cao took Xiliang, he sent Xiahou Yuan's cavalry to rush into the western region, attacked for thousands of miles and fought a detour, during which tens of thousands of foreign tribes were beheaded, laying a solid foundation for Cao Wei to recover the western region in the future, Xiahou Yuan was also known as the general of Qianli, who won more and lost more in his life, and was called the first general of Cao Wei.
The second was also a clan general Cao Ren, who was different from Xiahou Yuan, who had been familiar with the art of war since he was a child, and greatly admired the ancient famous general Le Yi, and Cao Ren was more like a Confucian general. When Cao Cao raised his army, he came to help with thousands of township heroes, and Cao Cao valued him very much, and every time he went out on a campaign, he gave the base camp to Cao Ren to garrison. Lü Bu had returned without success under his command, and Yuan Shao's army of more than 100,000 people was helpless against him, and Yuan Shu in Huainan originally wanted to attack Cao Cao, but was beaten by Cao Ren to doubt his life. However, when Confronting Guan Yu in Jingzhou, he was defeated by Guan Yu one after another, and even the Xiangfan base camp had to be captured, which was also one of the few defeats in his life.
The third is Zhang Liao, the head of Cao Wei's five sons, Zhang Liao, who only discovered that Zhang Liao was a real military wizard after Cao Cao surrendered him, because his theory and command ability were very advanced, and cao Cao once let Zhang Liao as a pioneer during his northern expedition against Wuhuan, and then led a large army himself. Zhang Liao abandoned the practice of fighting steadily in the military book, but took advantage of the fact that the Wuhuan army was defenseless and rushed thousands of miles to attack and wait for the rabbit. When the Wuhuan army arrived slowly, Zhang Liao and his troops rushed into the army and killed tens of thousands of Wuhuan cavalry on the spot, and also beheaded the leader Xian Yufu, and the war was over when Cao Cao arrived. What made him famous was still in Xiaoyaojin, when the Wu lord Sun Quan personally led an army of 100,000 to attack the city, And Zhang Liao defeated the Eastern Wu army with only 800 people and almost captured Sun Quan, frightening Eastern Wu to the point that Zhang Liao did not dare to invade the territory in his lifetime.
According to Guan Yu's ability, he could defeat Yan Liang and Wen Ugly, he could also pass the pass, and he could also flood the Seventh Army and defeat Cao Ren, but he also had many defeats in his life, at least he had never really won over Cao Cao and Xiahou Yuan and other generals, and he had never played such a beautiful record as Zhang Liao. If he really depended on Cao Cao, with his ability, he could rank in the top five positions steadily, higher than Cao Ren but lower than Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Liao, and later Cao Zhen, the commander of the Cao Army!
Conclusion: Perhaps at that time Guan Yu also knew how his strength was in Cao Ying, but this was only a manifestation on the surface, after all, he was not Cao Cao's old department, and in Cao Camp except Zhang Liao, no one else was familiar with him, and he did not necessarily get much opportunity to display his talents, although Cao Cao liked him very much, but the official field was like a battlefield, Guan Yu himself was very proud, once he could not integrate into the circle of Cao Ying, the result of waiting for him would not be too good. But here in Liu Bei, as Liu Bei's righteous brother, and as the commander of Liu Bei's army for a long time, it is reasonable to be better on Liu Bei's side, so fortunately Guan Yu left that year, otherwise Guan Yu's position in the Three Kingdoms might have changed.