As we all know, Cao Cao was a man who cherished talents and cherished talents, and he had many good ministers and brave generals under him, including Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Xun You, Jia Xu and Cheng Yu. Among them, Xun Yu and Guo Jia can be called Cao Cao's "absolute double conspiracy", so who is more powerful, Xun Yu and Guo Jia?
First, let's look at Xun Yu.
Xun Yu character Wen Ruo, Yingchuan Yingyin people. He was Cao Cao's most important strategist in the early days, and Xun Yu formulated a blueprint and military route for Cao Cao's planning in terms of strategy, and was praised by Cao Cao for revising Cao Cao's strategic policy many times.
Xun Yu's battle merits were threefold: First, he stabilized Yanzhou and established a base area. The second was to persuade Cao Cao to take advantage of the victory and destroy Yuan Shao. The third is to make plans to pacify Yuzhou and Xuzhou.
At the same time, Xun Yu was also good at discovering and recruiting talented people, and was called "the best headhunter in the Three Kingdoms". According to historical records, Xun Yu successively recommended to Cao Cao a large number of top strategists such as Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Xun You, Zhong Xuan, Chen Qun, and Du Xian, all of whom later made outstanding contributions to Cao Cao.
In his lifetime, Xun Yu can be said to have made great contributions to the establishment of Cao Cao's power.
However, Xun Yu assisted Cao Cao for more than 20 years as the first mastermind of Cao Cao's command, but he did not succeed. The reason is that he and Cao Cao have turned against each other - political disagreements. After Cao Cao dominated the north, he wanted to enter the throne and become the King of Wei, but Xun Yu, who had always been loyal to the Han Dynasty, objected to this, and in this way, Xun Yu and Cao Cao had serious differences in political views. In the end, Cao Cao forced Xun Yu to die.
Sima Yi commented on Xun Yu: "The book has been passed down from ear to ear, and I have seen and heard from my ears and eyes, and in the hundreds of decades since I arrested him, the sages have not reached the level of Xun Lingjun."
Second, let's look at Guo Jia.
Guo Jiazi Fengxiao, Yingchuan Yang Zhai people. Among Cao Cao's many advisers, only Guo Jia knew Cao Cao best, and the two of them could no longer be iron, to such a point, 8 words: the line is the same car, and the seat is the same seat.
Guo Jia "should not be bound by common sense", with its unique point of thinking is human nature, every time he fights with people, most of them will analyze from the character of the opponent, and then decide on countermeasures, the so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other. For example, he said that Sun Ce was bold and could make people die, but he was rash and careless and would be assassinated. The results were true. He said that when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were fighting for territory, Liu Bei would also come to make trouble, so Cao Cao first beat Liu Bei away.
Guo Jia's most famous is the theory of ten victories and ten defeats, when Yuan Shao's military strength was so strong that Cao Cao did not dare to make enemies of him, and his adviser Xun Yu said Cao Cao's four victories. However, the old and spicy Guo Jia said the famous "ten wins and ten defeats". As a result, Cao Jun's confidence increased greatly, and he finally won the Battle of Guandu.
At the age of 38, Guo Jia died on the way home with Cao Cao's triumphant conquest of Wuhuan. After Guo Jia's death, Cao Cao was so grief-stricken that he personally went to worship and issued a 12-word lament, "Mourn and serve filial piety!" Pain and filial piety! Shame on you! ”
As the saying goes, "Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second", which is more powerful, Xun Yu and Guo Jia?
Experts give a 4-word conclusion on this: and so on.
Indeed, in terms of ability, Xun Yu and Guo Jia have their own strengths, and it is difficult to distinguish between them. On military talent, it can be said that Guo Jia is a military strategist and planner with ghost talent, and Guo Jia is higher than Xun Yu in terms of giving advice. In terms of merit, although Guo Jia has made great achievements in battle, his ability has not yet been displayed because he died too early. And Cao Cao himself, after pacifying Yuan Shao, also said that the greatest credit was Given to Xun Yu.
In terms of status, Xun Yu was the "chief chief of staff" of the Cao Wei clique before his death, and his status was equivalent to Zhuge Liang. And Guo Jia is the beginning of the military sacrifice wine, the end of the military sacrifice wine, and the status is roughly equivalent to the Fazheng. On the status of Xun Yu is obviously higher than Guo Jia.
To sum up, in terms of comprehensive ability, Xun Yu is still slightly higher than Guo Jia.