Although the Three Kingdoms was a period of chaos and chaos, many heroes were born during this period.
Later generations have always been keen to explore the strongest in their hearts, especially about the name of the "First Counselor of the Three Kingdoms", and have been arguing endlessly. Many people, on the other hand, first thought of Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, and Sima Yi, mainly because most of them played an extremely important role in Luo Guan's Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
However, there is one person whose fame in the book may not be as good as the above ones, but if he is not inferior to the above people in terms of intelligence, this person is: Jia Xu.
Jia Xuwenhe, born in Guzang, Liangzhou, has little record of his early experiences in the history books. When Jia Xu was young, he was not famous, and only the famous scholar Yan Zhong appreciated him and compared him with Zhang Liang and Chen Pingren. Moreover, Jia Xu's career was not smooth, and he was promoted to the court as a lang in his early years, and soon after he resigned due to illness. Unfortunately, on the way back to his hometown, he encountered a group of robbers and was arrested along with dozens of people who were traveling with him.
Rich families took out money to save their lives, and those who had no money were brutally killed, Jia Xu did not have much silver on his body, but he was in a hurry, lied to the robber that he was the grandson of the famous general Duan Jiao, and made an oath with the robber that if he returned safely, he would definitely use double the ransom to repay. The robbers were intimidated by Duan's prestige, and seeing that Jia Xu had sworn so sincerely, they released Jia Xu, and most of the others were killed.
It was Jia Xu's ability to deal with things in the face of danger and adapt to changes that made him survive. Not only that, after Jia Xu escaped, he did not quickly go away, but instead told the government of the whereabouts of the robbers, so that the gang of robbers was completely arrested. Jia Xu really appeared on the stage of the Three Kingdoms after Dong Zhuo's chaos. At that time, Dong Zhuoquan fell to the opposition, and Jia Xu entered the Dong Zhuo Group by virtue of his identity as a fellow villager with Dong Zhuo, and gradually achieved a certain status.
However, the good times did not last long, and with Dong Zhuo's death under Wang Yun's serial plan, the Dong Zhuo Group suddenly lost its biggest backer. At that time, Wang Yun and others began to liquidate Dong Zhuoyu's party, and Li Dai, Guo Feng, and others were afraid and uneasy in their hearts, and planned to flee separately. However, due to the different opinions in the military, a decision could not be made for a while. At this time, Jia Xu gave advice.
He said: "If the generals flee separately, the imperial court can easily break them one by one, it is better to converge the troops to attack Chang'an and seek the world, if, if, fail, it is not too late to escape." Soon, this plan was adopted by everyone, and later caused a sensational "Chang'an Rebellion".
Although Jia Xu's practice is hated by the people of the world, it is also a manifestation of his personal intelligence. At that time, he had already been labeled Dong Zhuo, and if Li Dai and others failed, he would not end up with a good ending. It was better to give it a go, and the fact was just as he expected, Li Dai and others soon occupied the capital, and Jia Xu was also named Shangshu.
With the arrival of victory, Li Dai and Guo Feng gradually became suspicious, and they even fought several times in order to fight for power and profit. Every time Jia Xu persuaded them, the two only superficially agreed to be at peace, but secretly they were still fighting, so Chang'an City was divided into three factions. Later, the contradiction between Li Guo and Li Guo intensified, and gradually evolved to the point where soldiers met each other.
At this time, Jia Xu had deeply realized that Li Guo and li guo were not reliable people, so he returned Yin Shuo and went to join his fellow villager Duan Sheng. Although Duan Simmer was superficially close to Jia Xu, in his heart he was very jealous of him. Because Jia Xu's reputation in the army was too high, Duan Sheng was always worried that he would seize his military power. How could the clever Jia Xu not see it, he was pacifying Duan Simmer while communicating with Nanyang Zhang Xiu's letters.
Later, knowing that Zhang Xiu had the intention of soliciting, Jia Xu went to duan simulant to resign, and Duan Simmer quickly agreed.
At that time, someone asked him: "Duan Simmer treats you not thinly, why do you still want to leave?" ”
Jia Xu replied, "Duan Simmer is suspicious and suspicious of me, and if he stays for a long time, he will definitely be harmed by him." Now that I have placed my family here with him and left on my own, he has my handle in his hands, and he is still waiting for me to make allies for him, and he will certainly not harm me, but will treat my family kindly. "After that, it was really as Jia Xu expected.
Jia Xu's surrender to Zhang Xiu can be said to be the beginning of his wonderful life. Although Jia Xu had many wisdom points before him, his fame had always been inferior to zhuge liang, Guo Jia and others who had become famous at a young age. After turning to Zhang Xiu, jia Xu's every battle record can be described as brilliant. He first defeated Cao Cao twice, and then made a claim when Zhang Xiu was hesitant to face Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.
At that time, Cao Cao came to consult Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu could not help but be agitated, despite Jia Xu's persuasion to go after Cao Cao. Later, he was ambushed and returned with a big defeat. However, Jia Xu offered advice to Zhang Xiu at this time, suggesting that he gather the scattered soldiers and go after him. And Zhang Xiu, after listening to his words, really won a great victory. In addition, Jia Xu's other victory was the famous "Battle of Wancheng".
At that time, Zhang Xiu saw that Cao Cao was powerful, so he led his subordinates to surrender to Cao Cao. Later, Cao Cao took Zhang Xiu's widowed sister-in-law Lady Zou as a concubine, and gave a lot of gold and silver to Zhang Xiu's general Hu Che'er, who had been trembling in his heart after learning about it.
At this time, Jia Xu offered advice in time, let Zhang Xiu and his subordinates suddenly rebel, and surprised Cao Cao's military camp, so that Cao Cao was caught off guard and fled in a hurry. As a result, many generals were lost, not only Dianwei was killed in battle, but even his son Cao Ang died in the rebellion. At that time, Zhang Xiu's strength was far inferior to Cao Cao's, but he took advantage of him twice in a row, all of which should be attributed to Jia Xu.
Later, cao cao and Yuan Shao fought each other, and Yuan Shao sent someone to recruit Zhang Xiu, and at the same time, befriended Jia Xu. Zhang Xiu was ready to agree, but Jia Xu refused to do so in front of him.
Zhang Xiu asked him why, and Jia Xu listed three benefits of surrendering to Cao Cao:
First, Cao Cao blackmailed the Princes of Heaven to surrender to Cao Cao, which was equivalent to submitting to the imperial court, and the name was justified;
Second, Cao Cao's strength was not as good as Yuan Shao's, and it was difficult to be reused after surrendering to Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao was in the process of employing people, and surrendering to Cao Cao could be treated kindly;
Third, Cao Cao is a person with lofty ambitions, and he must not count the past grievances, even if Zhang Xiu and he have a vendetta against his son, Cao Cao can not count the previous suspicions.
Zhang Xiu followed Jia Xu's advice and led his subordinates to surrender to Cao Cao again, and later, as Jia Xu said, Cao Cao, instead of counting the past grievances, reused Zhang Xiu and others, and also married Zhang Xiu.
The four words of "judging the hour and sizing up the situation" can be said to have been played to the extreme by Jia Xu, and every time he faces an important choice, Jia Xu can almost make the best choice. It is precisely with his talent that he can survive in the chaotic world.
In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there is little ink on Jia Xu, which is probably related to the author's own emotional preferences. However, Jia Xu's life was not very good, and many times there was no opportunity to show his skills, just like in the later battles of Guandu and Chibi, Jia Xu's role was mostly to stay in Xuchang and consolidate the foundation for the Cao family. Although this job also requires people with great wisdom to do well, it is not as easy to be famous as the soldiers who fight on the battlefield.
Rao is so, Jia Xu's every appearance can almost shock the four seats. At that time, when Cao Cao was fighting on the front line, Ma Chao and Han Sui and others took the opportunity to attack. Jia Xu had almost no generals around him, but with his own one-trick divisive strategy, the Western Liang Army suffered heavy losses. Later, when Cao Cao was faced with the choice of Li Chu, Jia Xu's judgment of the situation was once again reflected.
Cao Cao hesitated between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, so he asked Jia Xu for advice, and Jia Xu was silent at first, and only after Cao Cao asked several times did he slowly say about Yuan Shao and Liu Biao.
Cao Cao suddenly realized that these two people were both wasted and young, and now the end was regrettable.
If Cao Cao did the same to them, I am afraid that he would also follow in their footsteps, although Jia Xu did not say it explicitly, but he was a little awakened dreamer. Later, Cao Pi became emperor, and in order to repay Jia Xu, he made him a lieutenant and another knighthood for his descendants, and posthumously awarded him the title of Su Hou.
Resources:
[Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu, Xun Yu Xun You Jia Chuan Tenth, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zizhi Tongjian]