When it comes to the Three Kingdoms, everyone must be very familiar with it, the chaotic era, heroes have emerged, such as Guan Yu walking a thousand miles to ride alone, Zilong riding a single savior, Gongjin burning Chibi, Zhuge KongMing grass boat borrowing arrows, etc.
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But there is another figure, although his fame is not prominent, but his ability can be called a demon, not inferior to Zhuge Liang at all. Cao Cao cried three times because of his death, and this person was Guo Jia.
For such a genius, Mr. Huizhou Shuijing, a hermit who has lived in the mountains for a long time, once commented on Guo Jia, his sharpness is too great, wolong phoenix chicks are not better than him, and when he dies, these two people can go out of the mountains to do a big cause. It can be seen that Guo Jia's talent is higher than that of Wolong Fengchi, even if Mr. Shui Jing's words are a bit exaggerated, but at least Guo Jia's talent is not lower than theirs.
Guo Jia was recommended to Cao Cao by Xun Yu, at that time Cao Cao's career was just beginning, and the large and small forces around him were eyeing him, not only to be vigilant around Lü Bu, Zhang Xiu, etc., but also to face the family clans such as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and the situation was very critical. Since Guo Jia defected to Cao Cao, with Guo Jia's wisdom, he first defeated Yuan Shao at the Battle of Guandu, boosting the morale of Cao's army in one fell swoop, and then captured Lü Bu in Xuzhou. Later, he quelled Liu Bei's rebellion and assisted Cao Cao in basically pacifying the north.
Compared with Zhuge Liang's assistance to Liu Bei in pacifying the three divisions of Sichuan and Shu, it is difficult to distinguish who is inferior, and if it is the size of the counterinsurgency forces alone, the Central Plains region, which is rich and rich, is definitely more difficult. For such a strategist, Cao Cao of course cherished it very much, and Cao Cao cried three times because of Guo Jia's untimely death, which shows the importance of Guo Jia to Cao Cao.
The first time was when Guo Jia fell ill during the march, when Cao Cao visited the dying Guo Jia, he felt that he was tired of Guo Jia because of his years of conquest, and felt guilty, so he left tears on the spot. The second time was when Guo Jia died, Cao Cao went to the tomb to worship, lamenting that he was so talented that he did not complete the great cause of reunification with himself, but turned into a pile of yellow soil, and under sadness, he wept for Guo Jia again. The third time was Cao Cao's disastrous defeat at the Battle of Chibi, and Cao Cao, who was in a frustrated mood, led the remnants of the army to defeat the general dynasty, and only passed by Guo Jia's grave on the way, lamenting that when Guo Jia was alive, he won consecutive battles. If Guo Jia was still alive today, how could there be such a fiasco. Sighing about the past, I don't feel that I have been in tears.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the portrayal of Zhuge Liang's intellect is somewhat excessive, and in the real Three Kingdoms, it is believed that Guo Jia's true talent will only be stronger than Kong Ming. Moreover, if Guo Jia had not died young, perhaps Zhuge Liang would not have achieved so much, and Cao Cao's Battle of Chibi would not have been defeated, and perhaps the Wei state would have appeared earlier to unify the world. Of course, history has no if, we can only sigh such a talent died early, to point out the story of the Three Kingdoms.