Speaking of the history from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms, it is estimated that most people are relatively familiar with it, and the public generally believes that the most powerful prince in the world at that time was Cao Cao, and in the end, it was indeed Cao Cao who occupied the most vast land in the world and had the largest population in the world. However, in fact, at that time, the most powerful warlord in the world was not Cao Cao, but Yuan Shao!
Compared with Yuan Shao, in fact, Cao Cao has always been at a disadvantage! Whether it is family lineage or reputation, whether it is territory or population, Cao Cao is not as good as Yuan Shao, and for a long time Cao Cao was suppressed and beaten by Yuan Shao!
Most of the friends who know Cao Cao well know that his reputation is not very good, because he is after the eunuch, and that era was very disgusted and despised for eunuch eunuchs, so for a long time, even if Cao Cao's strength was very strong, the upper class of the warrior clan still looked down on Cao Cao and disdained to be with Cao Cao! The person they liked more was Yuan Shao! Yuan Shao IV, the third duke, gen zheng Miao Hong, is a real spokesman for the shi clan, most people are very optimistic about Yuan Shao and are willing to follow Yuan Shao to fight the world.
In addition to being inferior to Yuan Shao in the family world, Cao Cao's reputation is also much worse than Yuan Shao! Although Cao Cao is a man of great talent, he has a bad record of slaughtering the city, and it is normal to fight for the world, but what is wrong with ordinary people, why should they slaughter them? It can only be said that Cao Cao's heart is too bad. It is precisely because Cao Cao had a bad record of slaughtering the city and often oppressed the people, so the places he ruled over had been constantly rebelling, while the people under Yuan Shao's rule were very comfortable, and they were much happier than the people under Cao Cao's rule. Therefore, in fact, many ordinary people at that time supported Yuan Shao and opposed Cao Cao!
In terms of family lineage, reputation, territory, and number of troops, Yuan Shao was stronger than Cao Cao, but in terms of personal talent, Yuan Shao was weaker than Cao Cao, and it was for this reason that Yuan Shao was eventually defeated by Cao Cao! In the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao originally had the upper hand, but in the end he was overturned by Cao Cao's headwind, which shows how big the gap between the two talents is! "Big and small, fierce and timid, jealous and less powerful" The phrase "big and small" is used to describe Yuan Shao, which really has a certain truth!
The Battle of Guandu has always been considered to be a battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, but in fact, Yuan Shao's family foundation is much stronger than Cao Cao's, even if he is defeated in the Battle of Guandu, he still has the opportunity to compete with Cao Cao, as long as he survives, he can continue to spend time with Cao Cao. Unfortunately, Yuan Shao could not withstand such setbacks, and he actually died within two years, wasting the opportunity to turn the tables. And Yuan Shao did not have a clear heir before his death, which led to the two brothers of the Yuan family becoming suspicious of each other, beginning to seize power, and finally being broken by Cao Cao, which is regrettable!
Yuan Shao, in the case of occupying the heavens and the place, was defeated by Cao Cao, and then his life was screamed, which caused the Yuan family's hegemony to decline, and he was reduced from the top family in the world to Cao Cao's subordinate prisoners. And Yuan Shao's nest did not stop after his death, because his burial place was also harassed many times, and even the peace after his death could not be guaranteed!
According to research, there are two tomb sites of Yuan Shao, but the more real cemetery should be the tomb of Yuan Shao in Gao Longhua, in front of Gaochuan Township, Cangxian County, Hebei Province. This tomb is tall and tall, it is a typical Han tomb, its height is 8 meters, the length of east and west is 52 meters, the length of north and south is 36 meters, covering an area of 1510 square meters, which is also in line with the identity of Yuan Shao, so this tomb has always been considered to be the tomb of Yuan Shao. In the past, the tomb was surrounded by various trees, which was also lush, but in modern times, the trees around the tomb have long been cut down, and the tomb has also shown serious traces of excavation.
I don't know when it began, the top of this tomb appeared a bottomless robbery hole, and later although the cultural relics department restored this tomb, after 2009, this tomb was excavated twice in a row, and even the sealing layer of the tomb was blown open by the tomb robbers, and the damage was serious! I don't know how Yuan Shao, who was lying in the tomb, would feel after learning of this situation? Before he was hanged by Cao Cao, he was disturbed by so many villains after his death, it was simply too much! If he had been a little smarter, more atmospheric, and had died not so early, with the strength of the Yuan family, it was still very likely that he would have defeated Cao Cao, and as long as he defeated Cao Cao, how could Yuan Shao end up in such a fate?
epilogue
Yuan Shao can be said to be the most nested warlord in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, originally he was the fourth and third duke, was the people's hearts and minds of the world, everyone expected a lot from him, they all thought that he could unify the world, as a result, he had four states in the air but quickly lost, after the Battle of Guandu was defeated by Cao Cao, he was devastated, and soon after he died, leaving a mess, and finally the Yuan family was infighting, and was picked up by Cao Cao, too sad. And yuan shao's more nest is that he has not been able to get peace after his death, his cemetery is very desolate, and it has been stolen many times, the damage is serious, it is simply too sad, he was bullied before he died, and he will be bullied after death, too nest!
(This article mainly refers to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms)