History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
Due to the influence of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the author exalted Liu Cao in it, resulting in most people despising Cao Cao, believing that Cao Cao was a traitor in the chaotic world, blackmailing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and was a misbehaving minister. At the same time, Cao Cao was also a suspicious person, but what everyone should know is that at that time, it was a chaotic world, and if Cao Cao did not do this, he was likely to suffer a disaster. But it is undeniable that Cao Cao was very talented in his life, and he also had a lot of political and military strategy, which was much stronger than Liu Bei in this regard. In addition, Cao Cao was also very courteous to corporal, once wrote, "Zhou Gong spits and feeds, and the world returns to the heart." "I hope that the heroes of the world, Hao Jie, are all for their own use, in real history, Cao Cao has constantly recruited talents on the way to conquest, and some people have deeply felt that his knowledge and grace have turned to him, but some people have not been bribed by him." Among them, these 4 people can be called the 4 famous generals that Cao Cao most wanted to get in his life, cao Cao used all his plans and means, but he was never able to buy them, which also became the biggest regret in his life.
The first of them was Zhang Fei, and friends who were familiar with Zhang Fei knew that from the beginning of taoyuan Sanjieyi, they vowed to follow Liu Bei to the death, and they did not hesitate to do anything. According to historical records, when Lü Bu and Yuan Shu attacked Xuzhou together, Liu Bei had no choice but to take Zhang Fei and surrender to Cao Cao. What everyone should know is that at that time, Zhang Fei was deeply valued by Cao Cao, and Cao Cao also wanted to envelop Zhang Fei. However, what he did not expect was that Zhang Fei later followed Liu Bei, left him, and defected to Yuan Shao. However, Zhang Fei's ending was that he could not end well and died of death, and Cao Cao could be regarded as a heartache. The second famous general was the Eastern Wu Tai Shi Ci, and everyone knew that his archery skills were very superb and had been reused by Sun Ce and Sun Quan, and Cao Cao was naturally very clear. According to historical records, Cao Cao personally wrote to Tai Shi Ci, hoping that Tai Shi Ci would be able to turn to him, but Tai Shi Ci was a famous general who was very affectionate and righteous. He believed that it was precisely because he had to meet Sun Ce, the master of the Ming Dynasty, that he finally displayed his talents in life, and naturally he was unwilling to leave Sun Ce, and of course, he did not accept Cao Cao's invitation.
The third famous general was the northwestern general Ma Chao, who was originally a military general who guarded the northwest frontier and fought against the Xiongnu many times, beating the Xiongnu to lose their armor and armor, and the surrounding ethnic minorities were very afraid and respected Ma Chao. After Cao Cao became the chancellor of the Han Dynasty, he was also very aware of Ma Chao's bravery, so he wanted to recruit Ma Chao, but Ma Chao resolutely refused. Subsequently, Cao Cao borrowed the edict of Tianzi to seal Ma Chao as the assassin of Xuzhou, hoping to use Xuzhou to control Ma Chao, and Ma Chao did not look at this false position at all. Unwilling to go, Cao Cao had no choice but to make him a counselor. The last famous general was the famous Guan Yu, who later had no choice but to defect to Cao Cao, and was still in Cao Ying's heart in Han, but Cao Cao planned to keep him with heavy gold and titles. In order to repay Cao Cao's favor of not killing, Guan Yu once killed Yan Liang and helped him defeat Yuan Shao. Cao Cao knew very well that Guan Yu had been loyal all his life, but he still wanted to bribe Guan Yu with more rewards. However, Guan Yu still did not appreciate it, and eventually returned to the side of the eldest brother Liu Bei, and became the embodiment of loyalty for thousands of years.
The author believes that the fundamental reason why Cao Cao was able to become the King of Wei and lay the foundation for his son Cao Pi was because Cao Cao was not only talented himself, but also a corporal and respected talents. As a result, among the three major groups at that time, only the Strength of cao Cao group was the most powerful, whether in the number and quality of wenchen, or the number of famous generals, it exceeded the Shu Han group and the Eastern Wu group. Of course, due to the excessive portrayal of the author of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", future generations only remember that there was a General of the Five Tigers of Western Shu, but they seemed to forget the strength of the Cao Wei clique.