In 208 AD, after the famous Battle of Chibi, the situation of the Three Kingdoms was officially formed.
In 220, Cao Pi forced Emperor Chan of Han to establish the state of Wei;
The following year, Liu Bei declared himself emperor and established the State of Shu;
In 229, Sun Quan declared himself emperor and established the state of Wu.
The development and growth of the three major regimes are closely related to their respective civilian and military generals, so cao Wei Guo Jia, Shu Han Pang Tong, and Eastern Wu Zhou Yu, which of them whose death has the greatest impact on the situation of the three kingdoms?
【Guo Jia】
Guo Jia, who is also? Zi Fengxiao (孝孝), a native of Yang Zhai (颍川阳翟, in present-day Yuzhou, Henan), was one of the five great strategists under Cao Cao's account.
Guo Jiayuan worked as a strategist under Yuan Shao' account, and later switched to Cao Cao, where he occasionally performed in Cao Cao's wars to sweep the north, and was made the Marquis of Liuyang Pavilion by Cao Cao.
Unfortunately, Guo Jia was weak and sometimes ill, and died of illness when he accompanied Cao Cao in his conquest of Karasuma, at the age of thirty-eight.
Although Guo Jia was clever, he was not the most important strategist under Cao Cao. As we all know, the person cao cao relied on the most was Xun Yu, so Guo Jia's influence on Cao Cao was not decisive.
Guo Jia is probably best known for his book The Theory of Ten Victories and Ten Defeats, which boasts about Cao Cao, presumably meaning that no matter how Cao Cao sent troops, he could defeat Yuan Shao.
When Cao Cao read this book, he was naturally very happy.
It is difficult for anyone to refuse to pat the horse's ass, but this book is very excessive, even Cao Cao himself is embarrassed to say: "I myself did not know that I was so powerful!" ”
But when Cao Cao really began to attack Yuan Shao, Guo Jia became invisible.
It was just acting as a counselor without any substantive advice.
Therefore, Guo Jia's position was also the same for several years, and it did not change, and when he died, he was still a military sacrifice wine.
Among the famous strategists under Cao Cao's account, it was really not high.
After the Battle of Chibi, some people once said that if there was Guo Jia, there would be no Cao Cao Chibi defeat.
Even if Guo Jia was not there, Cao Cao still had Cheng Yu, Dong Zhao, Liu Ye, Jiang Ji and other strategists, even if he was added, it would be difficult to have an impact on the outcome of the Battle of Chibi.
Some people have also said that after Guo Jia's death, Cao Cao cried loudly.
Can this show the importance of Guo Jia?
In fact, Cao Cao himself is a very bold and romantic poet, who has cried because of many things.
Guo Jia's death, Cao Cao's sadness is just one less wine friend to brag about together.
【Pang Tong】
"Wolong Phoenix" is the world's name for Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, which shows the status of Pang Tong, at least a figure with the same name as Zhuge Liang.
After Pang Tong left the mountain, he first went to Zhou Yu's account as an official. After a few years of mixing in Eastern Wu, although it gained a good reputation, it was not reused.
However, with fame, there was a stepping stone, and later under the recommendation of Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong began to serve as a military teacher for Liu Bei.
So what did Pang Tong's death mean to Liu Bei?
When Pang Tong was an official under Liu Bei, he still did the work of a strategist.
However, it was precisely Liu Bei who lacked strategists, Liu Bei had five tiger generals under his command, but there were very few talents in zhishiwen, and only a few people who could be named could be called, such as Fazheng and Huang Gongfu.
After Pang Tong's death, it was Fa Zheng who succeeded him, but unfortunately Fa Zheng also died early.
As a result, Liu Beiju's army did not have decent advisers around him when he was attacking Wu, and as a result, he was defeated at Yiling.
After the Battle of Yiling, Zhuge Liang sighed:
If the filial piety is there, it can control the Lord and make it not go east; If you go back to the east, you will not fall into danger.
It can be seen from this that Pang Tong was the strategist that Liu Bei was waiting for.
The loss of Pang Tong had a very great impact on the regime of the Shu state.
Pang Tong to Liu Bei compared to Guo Jia to Cao Cao, it is easy to see that Pang Tong is more important.
【Zhou Yu】
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhou Yu was killed by Zhuge Liang's three qi, in fact, this is only the plot of the novel.
How powerful is the real Zhou Yu?
Before the Battle of Chibi, most of the military generals of Eastern Wu thought it would be difficult to win.
What's more, he packed his bags at home and prepared to surrender to Cao Cao at any time.
Just when the whole country was panicking, Zhou Yu returned. As soon as he arrived, he said firmly: "We must fight, and we can win the war." ”
Because Zhou Yu's influence in the Wu kingdom was very large, this gave many people confidence.
Later it turned out that it was indeed a win. After the Battle of Chibi, the situation of the Three Kingdoms was formed, and Zhou Yu played a crucial role in it.
According to historical records, Zhou Yu had long proposed to Sun Quan, the king of Wu, a strategy to divide Liu Bei, that is, to separate Liu Bei and Guan Yu Zhang Fei, and attack Guan Yu Zhang Fei while not giving Liu Bei land.
Separating the wen and military generals of the Shu state was a very vicious move, but this plan could not be realized in the end because Sun Quan did not agree.
At this time, Sun Quan had just succeeded to the throne, and he did not have his own foundation in the dprk.
And Zhou Yu's military achievements are innumerable, and his prestige resounds throughout Jiangdong.
This had a greater impact on Sun Quan's rule, and he was afraid that Zhou Yu would one day have different intentions, and he himself could not control it at all, so he would secretly restrain Zhou Yu in many things.
Later, Zhou Yu suggested that King Wu take Shu and then annex Hanzhong, and then plot north.
Sun Quan very much agreed with this plan, but Tian was jealous of the talent, and Zhou Yu fell ill and died before he could leave the army.
If Zhou Yu's plan was completed, then there would be no later liu bei attacking Xichuan and taking Hanzhong and ascending the throne of Hanzhong.
It can be seen that Zhou Yu's death is enough to have an impact on the overall situation of the Three Kingdoms.
Cao Cao lost Guo Jia, but only one of the many strategists;
The Shu state lost Pang Tong, but led to the decadence of the Shu Han;
And Zhou Yu's death has an impact on the situation of the three worlds.
Zhou Yu's influence in Eastern Wu was even greater than that of King Wu, and if Zhou Yu did not die, the Kingdom of Wu would surely grow stronger and stronger, and the direction of the Three Kingdoms would be difficult to predict.