During the Three Kingdoms period, countless courtiers emerged, such as Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, Sima Yi, Pang Tong, and others, each with their own areas of expertise, and when it comes to poisoners in the Three Kingdoms period, there are only three candidates, one of which is Li Ru, whose battle record is to poison and kill Emperor Shao of Han, that is, Liu Wei, the King of Hongnong, and second, Chen Gong, Lü Bu used Chen Gong's strategy to almost end Cao Cao's lair, and then relied on Chen Gong to seize Liu Bei's Xuzhou. The last person is Jia Xu, and the author believes that Jia Xu should be the first poisoner in the Three Kingdoms period.
In his lifetime, Jia Xu has only two articles, one is to run for the future, and the other is to save his life. Throughout Jia Xu's life, he never let himself really be in danger. In the early years, Jia Xu encountered the rebellious Xianren, and the witty he lied that he was Duan Ying's grandson, thus saving his life. After Jia Xu left the mountain, the first person to defect was Dong Zhuo, who assisted Niu Fu in defeating Sun Jian. After Dong Zhuo's death, Jia Xu, in order to survive, gathered the remnants of the Western Liang army and tricked Li Dai and Guo Qi into counterattacking Chang'an, and the final result was to bring greater disaster to the Han Empire.
Of course, Jia Xu's strategy made Li Dai and Guo Qi jealous of him, and when he saw that the momentum was not good, he left Chang'an and defected to Duan Sheng and Zhang Xiu successively. In Jia Xu's heart, he was always the only one, and such a selfish and extremely intelligent person could not be called a poisoner? As the saying goes, "Take people's money and eliminate disasters with people." During the battle between Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu, Jia Xu used a trick to help Zhang Xiu defeat Cao Cao, and in this battle, he killed Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang, nephew Cao Anmin, and the general Dianwei, which can be said to have formed a mortal vendetta with Cao Cao.
During the Battle of Guandu, Zhang Xiu became the target of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's struggle to win over, Zhang Xiu's original intention was to vote for Yuan Shao, but Jia Xu let Zhang Xiu turn to Cao Cao in front of Yuan Shao's emissaries, and analyzed the situation for Zhang Xiu, later, Zhang Xiu adopted Jia Xu's advice and surrendered to Cao Cao to obtain a lifetime of wealth and glory, in fact, Jia Xiu did not do this because of loyalty, in fact, if Zhang Xiu was defeated in the battle with Cao Cao, then what good fate would Jia Xu have as a courtier? After Zhang Xiu surrendered, Jia Xu was worshiped by Cao Cao as the Commander of Jinwu and the Marquis of Fengduting led the Ji Prefecture Pastor, while Zhang Xiu was only given the title of General of Yangwu. It can be seen that Cao Cao attaches great importance to Jia Xu.
After defecting to Cao Cao, Jia Xu was very low-key, never formed a party for personal gain, and even in the official arena, he did not make a friend. On the eve of the Battle of Chibi, Jia Xu had advised Cao Cao not to attack, but Cao Cao, who was at the peak of his life, failed to accept his suggestion, and in the end, he was burned by Sun Liu's army in Chibi and fled, but Jia Xu's advice undoubtedly made Cao Cao remember him.
During the confrontation between Cao Cao and Ma Chao, the Cao army was in an extremely unfavorable state, after all, the labor division came from afar, and logistical supplies were a very serious problem, but Cao Cao asked Jia Xu about the strategy of breaking the enemy, Jia Xu proposed a divisive plan, Cao Cao adopted his suggestion, wrote a book to alienate Ma Chao and Han Sui, let them suspect each other, broke out civil unrest, and then, waiting for the opportunity, launched an attack on the Guanzhong coalition army and won the final victory. After the war, Ma Chao's power was seriously reduced, and he had to turn to Zhang Lu, and later defected to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei was jealous of his ability and never reused it, and eventually died of depression.
During the dispute over the cao clique's reserves, Jia Xu assisted Cao Pi with the lowest cost and least risk, and obtained the throne. After Cao Pi ascended the throne, the most profitable person was not Sima Yi, nor Cao Pi's other henchmen, but Jia Xu; in order to repay Jia Shi's kindness, Cao Pi worshiped Jia Xu as a lieutenant, entered the Marquis of Shouxiang, and increased the number of households by 300, accumulating a total of 800 households. His life was low-key, and he eventually had to die well, which was also extremely difficult in that era.
In his lifetime, Jia Xu is undoubtedly interpreting such a sentence for us: "A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall." "From a general point of view, Jia Xu is a true villain, but in such a turbulent world, how many people can really do it, and give up their lives and forget death for the sake of great righteousness? Of course, when Jia Xu was in Chang'an, he also saved many talents while ensuring his own safety, leaving seeds for the later Cao Wei regime.