During the Three Kingdoms period, there were many powerful generals from all sides who could be used, such as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei of Shu Han, Zhang Shao and Huang Gai of Eastern Wu, Dianwei and Zhang Liao of Cao Wei, and so on. Logically, being able to be rated as a king-carded general and enjoying the high-ranking official Houlu is definitely speaking in terms of battle achievements, but there is one person in the Wei army who is an exception, his record is not good, but he is deeply favored by Cao Cao, this person is Xiahou Huan.
Xiahou Huan was a famous general in The Cao Wei army, although the value of force was not low, often able to single-handedly defeat the enemy generals, but leading the troops to fight seemed to be a shortcoming, rarely heard of the record of victory, and even captured alive by Lü Bu, compared with several other generals, the level seems to be a lot worse. But what is surprising is that Xiahou Huan, who seems to be reckless and useless, has a very high status in Cao Cao's heart, and he enjoys generous treatment both before and after death.
First of all, Xiahou Huan and Cao Cao had a very close relationship. The Cao family and the Xiahou family were already very close, and Cao Cao and Xiahou Huan were also good friends who had played together since childhood, so Cao Cao was very lenient to Xiahou Huan. In addition, Xiahou Huan followed Cao Cao in his teens and was born and died with him, and this kind of brotherhood cultivated during the tribulation was naturally more sincere.
Secondly, Xiahou Huan's loyalty to Geng Geng could be learned from the heavens. Xiahou Huan said to Cao Cao, that is really nothing, no matter what Cao Cao's identity was, he had never changed his original intention of following him. In order to confirm this, he also took the initiative to request Cao Cao, hoping to grant him the official position of Wei state. At that time, Cao Cao felt that he had wronged him by doing so, because he had the title of Han official, so he politely refused. Who knew that Xiahou Huan did not give up until he reached his goal, and did everything he could to plead with him to appoint an official, and Cao Cao had no choice but to agree.
Moreover, Xiahou Huan's talent was not in leading troops to fight, but in logistical construction. Looking at Xiahou Huan's record of battle, it was indeed quite bad, but almost all those who participated in the battle were beaten to the ground, either captured or defeated, and they were very embarrassed. However, in terms of logistics management, Xiahou Huan has a level that is difficult for others to replace, and he is well-organized and rarely makes mistakes.
Whenever there was a big battle in the Wei army on the front line, it was Xiahou Huan who gave him full support in the rear, and it can be said that every victory of the Wei army had his great merit, if it were not for his good coordination on weekdays, the Wei army, even if there were more strong generals, might not be able to win the battle.
In the end, Xiahou Huan had excellent character and outstanding virtue. Although he was treated with courtesy by Cao Cao and held a high position of authority, Xiahou Huan never embezzled the law and bullied others, but was hardworking and simple, and was willing to be charitable. His good conduct made him have an excellent reputation in the army and a great prestige, and Cao Cao naturally would not fail to treat such a good example as him.
In summary, although Xiahou Huan did not have many achievements that he could get his hands on, his outstanding performance in other aspects could completely make up for these shortcomings, so it was not surprising that Cao Cao treated him kindly.