Guo Jia (郭嘉) (170–207), courtesy name Fengxiao, was a native of Yang zhai (present-day Yuzhou, Henan) at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He made meritorious contributions to Cao Cao's unification of northern China, and the officials to the military division sacrificed wine and sealed the Marquis of Huanyang pavilion. He died of illness during Cao Cao's conquest of Wuhuan at the age of thirty-eight.
Cao Cao commented on him, "If you make a lonely person into a great cause, you will also be this person", and Guo Fengxiao died when he was less than forty years old, and Cao Cao lost his love: "Mourning and filial piety! Shame on you! Pain and filial piety".
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" evaluation, born Guo Fengxiao, Hao Jie Guan Qunying. The history of the scriptures is hidden in the abdomen, and the armor soldier is hidden in the chest. The operation is like Fan Li, and the decision is like Chen Ping. Unfortunately, he died first, and the Central Plains fell. Although the number of days is determined by three points, the magic machine can also be figured. If filial piety existed at that time, it would be difficult to tolerate Western Shu and Eastern Wu. The weather and latitude can be exaggerated, and the young man can learn to crown China. Cao Gong knew the real Liang Dong deeply, and the defeat of the soldiers still wanted Guo Jia.
Mao Zedong commented on him as a man of outstanding intellect, resourcefulness, advice, and outstanding merit. Guo Jia is an outstanding intellectual strategist in history, and his theory of ten victories involves almost all aspects of Chinese martial arts thinking, which is to the point, concise and concise, broad and profound, and rare in ancient and modern times.
In the first year of Jian'an (196 AD), the world was in chaos, the princes were divided, see the picture above, in this year Guo Jia followed Cao Cao, helped Cao Cao to conquer the west, destroyed Yuan Shao, captured Lü Bu, chased Liu Bei, and gradually unified the north, Cao Cao summed up Guo Jia's exploits: "Capture Lü Bu in the east, take Xiao Gu in the west, behead the head of Yuan Tan, the people of Pingshuo Soil, overstep the danger, swing Wuhuan, shock Wei Liaodong, and take Yuan Shang." ”
In the twelfth year of Jian'an (207 AD), when Guo Jia died, Cao Cao basically unified the north, see the picture below, Guo Jiaju was the greatest.
In the twelfth year of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the princes divided the territory
At this time, Zhuge Liang was still sleeping, ploughing in Nanyang, waiting for the opportunity; Liu Bei was still attached to Liu Biao, stationing troops in Xinye to guard against Cao Cao, at this time the Wenchen strategists were not Xu Shu, and they would not pass Guan, Zhang, and Zhao Yun, and they would fight for many years, achieving nothing and having little merit;
The year after Guo Jia's death, in the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208 AD), Cao Cao, with the power of victory, arrogantly attacked the enemy, wanted to jump the Yangtze River, take Jiangnan, and unify China, and then the Battle of Chibi broke out, and the combined forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei defeated Cao Cao's 800,000 troops (in fact, more than 200,000) in the Chibi area of the Yangtze River, which laid the foundation for the three divisions of the world.
As long as Cao Cao wins the Battle of Chibi, the world will be unified and will not become the Three Kingdoms, and the Battle of Chibi is the key battle of division and unification.
After Cao Cao's defeat at the Battle of Chibi, he cried bitterly at Guo Jia, "If Guo Fengxiao were there, he would not have suffered such a great loss", saying that if Guo Jia were still alive, he would not have suffered such a crushing defeat. In fact, Cao Cao was crying not only Guo Jia, but also crying that he did not care for the heavens and lost the great opportunity to unify the world. "Mourn Cao Mengde! Sorry Cao Mengde! Pain Cao Mengde! ”
Cheng zhao, if Guo Jia was still there, he could persuade Cao Cao, Cao Cao would never be so arrogant and light on the enemy, and defeated; and Zhuge Liang, even if he was a wizard, was in vain.
Analysis of historical data, personal speculation, Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang two have something in common, the two are not only superior wisdom, but also are masters of obtaining and analyzing intelligence, the history books record that Guo Jia "from the weak crown anonymous traces, close friendship with The Heroic, not with the common, so people do not know, only the knowledge of the amazing." It was Guo Jia who secretly befriended Yingjie in his early 20s; Zhuge Liang, who was still lurking, also had a wide range of friends, Cui Jun (Zi Zhouping), Shi Tao (Zi Guangyuan), Meng Jian (Zi Gongwei), Xu Shu (Zi Yuanzhi) was known as the "Four Friends of Zhuge Ge", at that time there were eight famous clans in Jingzhou, including Cai, Pu, Pang, Huang, Ma, Xiang, Yang, and Xi, and Zhuge Liang and these eight major families were almost all related, Zhuge Liang was in-laws with Cai, Pu, Pang, and Huang, and were not classmates with Ma, Xiang, Yang, and Xi. Also a good friend; see "Liu Beisan Gu Maolu's Reason for Inviting Zhuge Liang (String Up to Read History I)"
Both Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang had their own intelligence networks, responsible for collecting intelligence information on the princes of various places, and they were good at analysis, so they could expect things like gods at critical moments. It is not only the intelligence of individuals that is superior, but also the ability to obtain information and analyze intelligence.
Perhaps, Zhuge Liang was born after learning the news of Guo Jia's death, and it is not known, after all, the first two times in the Three Gu Maolu, Zhuge Liang went out, this may be to collect the world's intelligence.