During the Three Kingdoms period, the princes fought for territory, which was somewhat similar to the situation in the Warring States period. The wise princes all knew the importance of talent, so Cao Cao issued a "Meritocracy Order" in the fifteenth year of Jian'an (210 AD), hoping to attract more talents to contribute to him. In fact, Cao Cao's own team is already strong enough, but he is always walking on thin ice.
When Cao Cao first started an incident, there were Xiahou Huan and Xiahou Yuan in the clan, as well as a group of fierce generals such as Cao Ren and Cao Hong, and he also recruited Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Xun Yu and other strategists from outside; and when Cao Cao's career was in full swing, Liu Bei was still an entrepreneur who took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei around, and Sima Hui once shook his head and sighed about it, saying that the talents under Liu Bei's hands were not enough for him.
It is also true that among the group of people who followed Liu Bei to fight the world and help the Liu family to defend the world, Guan Zhangzhao, Sun Qian, Mi Zhu, and others were early followers, and the number was sparse; later, Liu Bei collected generals and famous soldiers while fighting a war, and after occupying the Yizhou Han middle area, Liu Bei barely assembled the team, more than sixty percent of whom were foreign players, and generally not too young.
Therefore, after Liu Bei died of illness in the White Emperor City, Zhuge Liang assisted Liu Chan, bent on realizing the ideal of the revitalization of Shu Han through the Northern Expedition, there were very few talents that could be used, not to mention the old people who followed Liu Bei to the world in the beginning, even the foreign players were old, and when they died, Zhuge Liang's hair was much whiter, and the person who finally took over Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition was actually Jiang Wei, the general of the Wei State.
To put it bluntly, Liu Bei not only "started a business and the middle road collapsed", but also the entrepreneurial time was much better than Cao Cao's night, and the fruits of the harvest could not be spoken of the same day as wei. Only as mentioned earlier, Cao Wei also leaked talent to Liu Bei, Jiang Wei is a typical example, and there is another small soldier who Cao Cao gave up after surrendering to Liu Bei, and became a generation of famous generals after surrendering to Liu Bei, saving the fate of Shu Han several times.
This person was Wang Ping, one of the "Three Marquises of Peace" of the Shu Han Dynasty. Wang Ping is not particularly brilliant in the rendition, but in the main history, Wang Ping is definitely a heavyweight - Wei Yan has been a Hanzhong Taishou, and Wang Ping has also been a Hanzhong Taishou. His hometown was Yizhou, and he went to Cao Cao's account very early to serve, the position was not high, he only became a lieutenant, or temporary, Cao Cao was defeated in the battle for Han, and Wang Ping entered the Shu camp.
Cao Cao did not attach importance to Wang Ping, probably because Wang Ping was obscure in the early days, and according to historical records, Wang Ping's characters could not read a basket, and he generally let people read the classics to him and then understand the righteousness. However, this did not affect Wang Ping's meritorious career, and after the defeat of Ma Mo's army in the street pavilion, it was Wang Ping who turned the tide and planned the real version of the empty city plan, beating the drum to scare off the Cao Wei general Zhang Gao.
Wang Ping persuaded Ma Mo many times that he did not listen, and afterwards it turned out that Wang Ping was right, Ma Mo was beheaded, and Wang Ping was promoted to the rank of general of Kou. After Zhuge Liang sent troops to Qishan, Sima Yi asked Zhang Gao to solve Wang Ping, who knew that Zhang Gao still did not take half the advantage. In addition, Wang Ping also dismissed Wei Yan's soldiers after Zhuge Liang's death, and was later promoted to the post of General of An Han, Marquis of An Han, and Taishou of Hanzhong for his merits.
After the Wei emperor Cao Fang ascended the throne, Cao Shuang held great power, and in order to establish military merit and gain fame, he led a large army to cut down Shu at the instigation of a group of his subordinates, and it was Wang Ping who refuted the erroneous idea of abandoning Yangping Pass and retreating, and defended Hanzhong with less than 30,000 troops, and together with Fei Yi, killed Cao Shuang and kept the Shu Han side safe. However, 4 years later, Wang Ping also died, and the withering of shu Han talents was irreversible.