There is an old saying that "Kansai is out of the general, Kanto is out of the picture". The people west of Hangu Pass were fierce and martial, and they were easy to produce generals, such as Bai Qi and Wang Qi of the Qin Dynasty, who were among the best, while the people east of Hangu Pass were partial to the people's style and had more strategists, such as Zhang Liang and Xiao He of the Han Dynasty.
However, in the desolate northwestern land of the Three Kingdoms period, there was one person who broke this ancient proverb, and belonged to the top strategists of the Three Kingdoms with the ghost talents Guo Jia and Wolong Kongming, and even slightly higher than these two people in terms of work, so who was this strategist?
Although Liangzhou at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was far from being as prosperous as Chang'an and Luoyang, the fierce folk customs here cultivated a large number of brave and fierce warriors such as Dong Zhuo, Pang De, and Han Sui. However, although one person was born in Liangzhou like them, he was not good at martial arts, specialized in the study of martial arts and strategies, and used tactics to leave no backhand, a fatal move.
He is Jia Xu, who is known as a "poisoner" by later generations.
Since it is a chaotic world, it is inevitable that the warriors will fight bravely and the strategists will fight for wisdom. Jia Xu served the three princes Dong Zhuo, Zhang Xiu, and Cao Cao in his lifetime.
But no matter who he works under, he is often fierce and bold, unscrupulous, and has a very distinct personal color.
Whether it is the direct attack on Chang'an in the Li Dai period, the Night Attack on Cao Jun in Wancheng in the Zhang Xiu period, or the stray Ma Chao Han Sui's strategy in the Cao Cao period, the tricks are directly taken and there is no room for it. Judging by his life's use, it cannot be said that he is not poisonous.
Compared with the "ghost talent" Guo Jia and the "Wolong" Zhuge Liang, Jia Xu may be shorter than military tactics to govern the country. But if he were to work hard, he would be above these two men.
Looking at the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" alone, the reason why Jia Xu can make a variety of plans and count exhaustive strategies is because his plans are not taken from books and used in actual combat like other strategists, but make full use of the weaknesses of human nature and build on people's hearts. And this point also coincides with the "attack on the heart is the top, the siege is the bottom" in "Sun Tzu's Art of War".
In the northwest of the Three Kingdoms era, education, food, clothing, housing, and transportation were far less prosperous than those in the Central Plains, and at this time, such a resourceful person suddenly appeared, which was unreasonable.
And what's even more amazing is that this is not an isolated case.
In terms of strategists, not only Jia Xu, Dong Zhuo's early think tank, Li Ru, who was also known as a "poisoner", was also Jia Wenhe's fellow countryman. Yang Fu, a staff officer of Cao Wei's Western Liang Front, a native of Tianshui, Gansu, and also a fellow of Jiang Wei, defeated Ma Chao several times during his garrison in Liangzhou, making outstanding contributions to Cao Cao's stability in the northwest.
In addition, Fazheng, Huang Quan and others in the Nishikawa Order. They are also from the west of Hangu Pass.
As for the example of military generals, there are even more. Most of the military generals under Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan were from Hebei or Liaodong, and the more famous ones were the "Hebei Four Court Pillars" and Zhao Yun. And most of the generals under Cao Cheng were also from Henan, Anhui and other places, such as Xu Chu, Dianwei and so on. The most amazing thing is that a splendid place like Jiangnan Water Town will also come out of famous generals such as "Little Overlord" Sun Ce and Zhou Yu.
People have to sigh that the world has changed, the strategists in Kansai can be resourceful, and the generals in Kanto can be heroic.
In the chaotic world of the Three Kingdoms, where wars are raging and the people are not happy, if you want to ask for a place to live, you must understand the meaning of the four words "survival of the fittest".
At this time, only by giving full play to what they had learned in their lives could the military generals of the civil servants "learn the art of literature and martial arts well, and the goods and princes could be brought to the extreme." So, during the Three Kingdoms period,
It is more practical to say that "one side nurtures one person with water and soil", but rather "the times create heroes".
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