Cao Cao was suspicious by nature, why did Xu You believe as soon as he surrendered, wasn't he afraid of deception?
In the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's two armies clashed, and the strength was very different, just when Cao Cao was at a loss for the grain and grass in the army, Yuan Shao's adviser Xu You came to vote, and Xu You only spoke a word, which made Cao Cao believe that he really came to rely on himself!
In 200 AD, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao confronted each other at Guandu for more than two months, and in the absence of a disparity in troops, Cao Cao was in a dead end because there was no grain and grass in the army.
Cao Cao thought, "Am I fighting?" Or is it a refund? Yuan Shao had so many people and horses, if he retreated and Guandu was lost, this Xuchang would be in danger! How can this be done? ＂
Is it to advance or retreat or to defend? Cao Cao couldn't make up his mind, so he wrote a letter to Xun Yu and asked him to send him back to Xu Du. In his letter, he consulted with Xun Yu and said, "I want to withdraw my troops and return to Xudu, what is your intention?" ＂
Xun Yu sent a letter back to Cao Cao, advising Cao Cao not to withdraw his troops, saying: "Although Yuan Shao has many men and horses, he will not use soldiers, and you are a strong man who is weak, and you win a strange victory, strangling his throat and making it impossible to advance, now if you advance, you will win, and if you retreat, you will lose, and Guandu must not be lost!" ＂
Xun Yu asked Cao Cao to insist, persistence is victory! This letter was too powerful, it came in time, Cao Cao's spirit was greatly invigorated, he immediately decided not to withdraw his troops, just here to guard! At the same time, he ordered that his generals be encouraged to stick to Guandu.
Cao Cao thought day and night, he was going to take a strange victory according to Xun Yu's words, and thought to himself, "How can I unexpectedly defeat Yuan Shao?" Now not only is there a huge disparity in troop strength, but more importantly, the grain and grass are not continued! How can a soldier fight a war if he doesn't have enough to eat? The more I thought about it, the more anxious I became.
That night, the general Xu Huang received information that Yuan Shao had sent the general Han Meng to transport grain to the front of the army to receive help, and Cao Cao immediately asked Xu Huang to rob his grain and grass that night.
At the same time, yuan shao was furious after receiving the news that the grain and grass had been burned, and his advisers reminded Yuan Shao forward: "Ming Gong, you have to be more careful, Cao Cao robbed our grain trucks only 1,800, but if he robbed our Wuchao, it would be over, because Han Mengyun was taking grain, and Wuchao's grain is all sitting grain, which is the lifeblood of our army, using the military way, focusing on grain, and Ming Gong has to guard against it!" ＂
Yuan Shao listened and thought, "Didn't I think of what you said?" Is the importance of the Nest still need you to tell me? He thought, "I have sent the great general Chun Yu Qiong and four generals to guard the Wuchao, that is foolproof!" ＂
Judge Yi shook his head when he heard it: "Ming Gong, not necessarily!" Don't forget, this Chun Yu Qiong good wine is excessive! ＂
"Got it, got it! Stop it! Yuan Shao waved his hand, "You hurry back to Yecheng to continue to plan grain and grass for me!" Leave it alone! ＂
Yuan Shao had just sent the trial away, and on the afternoon of this day, Xu Youxing rushed to the ground.
He said to Yuan Shao, "Ming Gong, can I give you an idea?" ＂
"Mr. Xu, what good idea do you have?" ＂
"Cao Mengde has been sawing with us for such a long time, he is now exhausted, especially the lack of grain and grass, I want to take this opportunity to ask Ming Gong to select 20,000 elite soldiers and send a general to sneak up on his Xu Du, so Cao Cao is overwhelmed, and Cao Cao can be destroyed in one fell swoop!" Please judge!
"Oh! Yuan Shao nodded, and at the same time he looked at Xu You: "Mr. Xu, why did you think of this plan today?"
Xu You was so busy explaining: "Ming Gong, because I got a grain collection letter written by Cao Cao to Xun Yu!" Saying that, Xu You took out the letter and handed it to Yuan Shao.
Xu You lowered Cao Cao, and he only spoke one sentence, which convinced Cao Cao that he was sincerely surrendering to himself
Yuan Shao opened the letter and looked at it like this, and sure enough, it was Cao Cao's pen, he read the letter over and over again, but after reading it, he shook his head and said: "Mr. Xu, do you know that Cao Ah is treacherous and treacherous, he is good at using tricks to lure the enemy, I see that this letter is not true!" This is a fraudulent letter, he deliberately lost this letter to us, if we send troops, we will be in the trap of Cao Thief! Can't send troops! ＂
"Oops! Xu You heard this stomp, "Ming Gong, the fighter must not be lost!" If ming gong does not take the capital today, we may be harmed by it! When the Ming Gong you regret it is too late! ＂
Yuan Shao nodded when he heard this, and looked at Xu You very unhappily, and Xu You found a little secret from Yuan Shao's gaze!
Yuan Shao knew that he and Cao Cao had been friends since childhood, "Do you want to help Cao Cao to break me?" I didn't say this, but it came out of my eyes!
Xu You cleverly fought a cold war, and just at this kung fu, a close associate of Yuan Shao came in from outside the door and handed him a secret letter! Yuan Shao opened the letter and looked at it, and his face was yellow with anger! He threw the secret jane to Xu You's feet, and Xu You picked it up and looked at it, pounced on it, and fell to his knees and said, "Ming Gong, the trial is going to trap me in injustice!" ＂
It turned out that this secret was sent by the trial, saying that Xu You's sons in Yecheng withheld military food and were still running amok in the city, and at the end of the letter, the trial also reminded Yuan Shao to pay attention: Xu You is An old friend of Cao Cao, be careful what trap he uses for you!
"Ming Gong you can't believe it!" The trial match has always been narrow with me, and you must not be on his divisive schemes! ＂
Yuan Shao listened: "What divisive meter?" You are still here to persuade me to send troops to attack Xu Du, and I see that you are obviously assisting Cao Cao to assassinate me! If I had not remembered that you had been with me for many years, I would have been killed today!" What else is the Toothless man doing standing before me? Still not backing down? ＂
Xu You fell to his knees, touching his head to the ground and swearing to Tianming, but Yuan Shao did not listen.
Xu You was very sad, the more he thought about it, the more sad he became, he didn't eat or drink water, and when he wanted to go, he finally had to raise his hand to pull out the sword, and wanted to kill himself on the spot!
This frightened his men, who stepped forward to obstruct: "Oh, sir, why do you have to take your life like this?" You died too badly, you can't die like this, Yuan Shao is very confused, too suspicious, but also nepotism, Mr. Xu, those strategists under him, who can he trust? We see that the future hegemon will be Cao Gong, not Yuan Shao, today, Mr. Xu, you might as well abandon Yuan Shao and join Cao Cheng Xiang! ＂
Xu You listened, held the sword in his hand, and said, "It is reasonable to say, thank you for your persuasion!" I'm not dead! After saying that, he ordered the people to change their clothes, prepare their horses, and quietly left Yuan Shao that night, beating Ma Yang and throwing cao Cao.
When they arrived at Cao Cao's camp gate, they asked the Gatekeeper Military Academy to go to Cao Cao's message: "Hurry up and report to you Cao Cheng Xiang, just say that there is his old friend, Xu You, Xu Ziyuan asked to see!" ＂
When Cao Cao heard the report, he was startled and thought, "What? Xu You is coming? This is an old friend I haven't seen in many years, I know he's on Yuan Shao's side, what did he come here tonight? Did you come to lobby me? Or come to see me as a long-time friend? Did he come to run to me? Thinking of this, Cao Cao did not dare to think about it any further, so happy that he shouted at the military academy: "Please please!" ＂
After saying that, he put on his clothes, got out of bed and put on a pair of boots, and ran out, and when he came to the yuanmen, he worshiped Xu Youna's head as soon as he saw him.
Xu You was astonished, and he returned the favor: "Oh, Xiang Xiang, where are you the Prime Minister on the spot, Xu Ziyuan is just a cloth coat, how dare you accept this great gift?" ＂
When Cao Cao heard this, he took Xu You's hand: "Zi Yuan, Meng De and you have been friends for many years, and An dares to be as a celebrity?" ＂
Xu You sighed again: "Hey, You can't choose his master, bend down to Yuan Shao, don't listen to his words, don't follow the plan, and now he has specially abandoned it to see his old friend, and he is willing to give it to him." ＂
Cao Cao smiled: "Ziyuan is willing to come, my hegemony can be achieved!" With that, he took Xu You's hand and entered the back room.
After the two sat down, they first talked about a few parting feelings, and then Xu You said how Yuan Shao was suspicious of people: "He is too suspicious, I told him so many ideas that I didn't accept it!" ＂
Cao Cao listened: "Zi Yuan, what good advice have you given him?" ＂
Xu You said, "There is no good strategy, for example, I once told him to select 20,000 elite soldiers and sneak up on Xu Du to make it difficult for the prime minister to take care of him!" ＂
Cao Cao was shocked and startled into a cold sweat: "Zi Yuan, you are too powerful, how did you give Yuan Shao this idea?" He will do as you please, then I Cao Cao will be finished! Zi Yuan, that, that he didn't listen...? ＂
"Hey, if he listened to me, could he still come here, not only didn't listen to my plan, but he almost killed me, so he forced me to go nowhere, so he came to the prime minister." Ziyuan said.
"Hahaha, Ziyuan, you've come so well, but I don't know how Ziyuan can teach me to break the original?" ＂
Xu You smiled slightly, "Xiang Xiang is not in a hurry, I have a plan, within three days, I can make Yuan Shao die without a place to bury." ＂
When Cao Cao heard this, he was very happy: "Zi Yuan, you should quickly tell me this wonderful strategy." ＂
However, after Xu You said this sentence, he did not say it further, he just smiled at Cao Cao and forked his words: "Meng Degong, I forgot to ask you, how long can you pay for the grain and grass in the camp now?" ＂
Cao Cao twisted his beard in his hands, stared at Xu You with wide eyes and waited for him to say his idea, when he heard him ask about the grain and grass: "Huh? yes! Mr. Xu, don't hide from you, you can pay for about a year! ＂
Xu Youle said, "Meng Degong, not necessarily, right?" ＂
"Huh? yes! Cao Cao's eyes rolled and he thought, "Why didn't you go down to the plan?" How do you get to the military food? Does he not believe me? Xu You's mood really made Cao Cao guess!
"Zi Yuan, don't tell lies in front of real people, I tell you the truth, military food eats for a year, I exaggerate a little, anyway, ah, can eat for half a year." Cao Cao said.
"Oh! Xu You nodded at him, didn't say a word, stood up and walked out with his hands behind his back.
"Hey! ay! Cao Cao hurriedly stood up and grabbed Xu You's wrist: "Hey, Zi Yuan, where are you going?" ＂
"Farewell! Meng Degong, I may be sincere with each other, I didn't expect that the public would be deceived! Lost! ZiYuan replied coldly.
"Hey! Don't look away! Zi Yuan, get it, then I will tell the truth! Speaking of this, Cao Cao held out three fingers, "The military food in my camp can only be paid for for three months!" ＂
Xu You listened and laughed and leaned forward and back together: "Everyone in the world says that Meng De is adulterous, and now it is true!" ＂
"Zi Yuan, you are a well-known strategist, this is the minimum common sense you should know, it is often said that soldiers are not tired of deception!" Come and go! He waved his hand at Xu You, then looked to the left and right, there was no one around, and he whispered in Xu You's ear: "Zi Yuan, this can only be said to you, the grain and grass in our army can only cope with this month!" ＂
After Cao Cao finished speaking, he raised his face and said in his heart, "This time you believed!" ＂
Unexpectedly, Xu You roared: "Hugh has to hide from me, Cao Mengde, your military food is exhausted!" ＂
This sentence frightened Cao Cao and took several steps back: "Zi Yuan, how do you know!" ＂
Xu You took it out of his waist. Cao Cao finally understood, he pulled Xu You back to his seat for the second time, xu You thought to himself: "This time Cao Cao is sincere.
Cao Cao was suspicious by nature, why did Xu You believe as soon as he surrendered, wasn't he afraid of deception? In fact, when the two met, they made some tests with each other, Xu You said that Yuan Shao did not adopt the strategy of dividing the troops to sneak attack Xu Du, Xu You came to vote for Cao Cao, and Cao Cao began to believe, for three reasons:
First, at that time, Yuan Shao was in the upper hand in both troop strength and grain and grass, and Xu You had no reason to vote, unless there was infighting in Yuan Shao's camp, forcing him to go nowhere, and sure enough, Xu You was in Yuan Shao's army because of the tilt between the counselors, he let the trial match have forced Mu to have a foothold, Xu You had no choice, and finally surrendered to Cao Cao.
Second, Yuan Shao was suspicious by nature, and he did not pay much attention to the strategies proposed by Xu You, and he failed to implement his own plans in front of such a lord, which was a very painful thing for a strategist, and it was also an insult, and Xu You had no choice but to leave him and go to Cao Cao without dying.
Third, the disparity in strength between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, Cao Cao had no other way to reverse the situation at that time, whether Xu Youzhen surrendered or surrendered fraudulently, he could only Bo Yibo.
The Battle of Guandu was a life-and-death battle for Cao Cao, and the most crucial point of this battle was that Xu You abandoned Yuan Shao and surrendered to Cao Cao, and then at his suggestion, Cao Cao personally led his troops to sneak into the granary Wuchao to achieve the final victory in the Battle of Guandu. Mo Blame Xu You in the end, proud of his achievements, dared to call out "Cao A concealment" to invite the disaster of killing himself, this is also an afterthought, but it is a pity!