Cao Cao was familiar with military books and was proficient in marching and fighting.
Cao Cao was good at using people, and many military talents and advisers were used by him.
Cao Cao treated the common people well and won the support of the common people.
Cao Cao attached great importance to agriculture, and under his leadership, Guotai Min'an.
In short, Cao Cao was a very powerful character in the Three Kingdoms. But this character, who should be perfect, has made five major mistakes in his life: sleeping 1 person wrongly, killing 1 person by mistake, leaving 1 person wrong, believing 1 person wrongly, and misplacing 1 person.
Wrong sleep Zou's
In 197 AD, Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu had a fight. It is reasonable to say that Cao Cao has elite soldiers, and Zhang Xiu is not his opponent at all. It was just that Zhang Xiu had already surrendered to Cao Cao's men, and suddenly launched an attack. This led to the defeat of Cao Cao's soldiers. This defeat of Cao Cao suffered heavy losses. Not only did he lose the general Dianwei, but even his eldest son Cao Ang was killed by Zhang Xiu. Cao Cao almost confessed there.
So Zhang Xiu had already turned to Cao Cao, so why did he turn again in the end? It all started with a woman, Zou Shi.
In 197 AD, Cao Cao led an army to attack Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu knew that he was powerless to resist and directly chose to surrender. It did not take a single soldier to take Zhang Xiu, and Cao Cao was very happy, and held a feast that night to entertain a group of his men.
After the wine and food were full, Cao Cao was a little fluttery. At this time, he told his subordinates that he was very interested tonight and wanted to find a woman to serve. At this time, the people around Cao Cao said: "When I entered the city, I saw a beautiful young woman, this person was named Zou Shi. However, this person is Zhang Xiu's aunt. ”
Hearing that it was Zhang Xiu's aunt, Cao Cao did not care. Because Zhang Xiu was all subdued by him, why be afraid of his aunt? Therefore, under the arrangement of the next person, Cao Cao put Zou Shi to sleep.
The next day, the matter reached Zhang Xiu's ears. Zhang Xiu is not a very good person, but he has great respect for the elders in the clan. I heard that his aunt was sleeping with Cao Cao, which was an ugly thing, and he was immediately furious, which made him how to mix in the clan in the future. Zhang Xiu was therefore moved to kill.
Soon after, the Battle of Wancheng broke out, and Zhang Xiu suddenly rebelled, catching Cao Cao off guard. During his escape, Cao Cao's horses were killed by bows and arrows. At this time, the eldest son Cao Ang gave his horse to Cao Cao, which saved his old life. Unfortunately, Cao Ang was killed by Zhang Xiu.
Afterwards, Cao Cao regretted it unusually. If there is no mistake to sleep Zou's. The general Dianwei, his son Cao Ang and others will not die.
Mistakenly kill Hua Tuo
Every time Hua Tuo is mentioned, Cao Cao is thought of. After all, Hua Tuo was killed by Cao Cao. This is also a thing that Cao Cao has been criticized for many years. If Cao Cao had not killed Hua Tuo, then Hua Tuo's medical skills would have been passed down, which could be said to benefit all generations.
It is reasonable to say that Cao Cao was the one in power, and Hua Tuo repeatedly violated his will and should be killed. In addition, when Hua Tuo saw Cao Cao, he said that he would do craniotomy. For this kind of surgery, even at the current level of medical treatment, I dare not do it easily. Not to mention the time. Therefore, many people think that Hua Tuo's craniotomy is actually just a cover, and his real intention is to kill Cao Cao.
And Cao Cao was a very suspicious person. Therefore, when he heard that Hua Tuo was going to have craniotomy, he thought that Hua Tuo was going to murder him, so he killed Hua Tuo. However, in his old age, Cao Cao regretted killing Hua Tuo very much. Especially when his most beloved son, Cao Chong, was dying. Cao Cao regretted that he had killed Hua Tuo. If Hua Tuo was alive at that time, he might have been able to save Cao Chong.
Mistakenly left Sima Yi
We often say that if there is a hazard around us, we must get rid of it as soon as possible, so as not to bring disaster. However, Cao Cao was such a shrewd person, but he kept a plague around him. This also led to Cao Wei's Jiangshan becoming someone else's. This scourge is Sima Yi.
When Cao Cao was alive, he knew that Sima Yi had the intention of rebellion, but he saw Sima Yi's talent and was reluctant to kill. In order to prevent Sima Yi from plotting rebellion, he warned his son Cao Pi before his death that he must be careful of Sima Yi.
Unfortunately, after Cao Cao, his sons were short-lived, and Sima Yi was too capable of living. So much so that this scourge left by Cao Cao eventually subverted the State of Wei.
Wrong letter yellow cover
Cao Cao's suspicious personality made him dare not trust anyone. But only huang gai was very trusting. This is mainly related to an allusion - Zhou Yu played yellow cover.
In the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei and Sun Quan allied against Cao Cao. Cao Cao's soldiers were all northerners who were not good at water warfare. Therefore, Cao Cao connected all the warships with iron cables. It's like walking on the ground.
Faced with Cao Cao's army, Zhou Yu proposed to attack with fire. But the fire attack required someone to get close to Cao Cao's ships and set them on fire. Cao Cao, on the other hand, was suspicious. Therefore, Zhou Yu thought of a way to beat Huang Gai and let Huang Gai surrender. As a result, Huang Gai, who had been severely beaten, proposed to Cao Cao the intention of surrendering. Cao Cao agreed without even thinking about it.
Later, Huang Gai sailed to Cao Cao's warship in a ship filled with fire oil, and without any defense, the ignited ship burned Cao Cao's warship. Because the warships were connected by iron locks, they could not be separated in a short time. In the end, Cao Cao was defeated in the Battle of Chibi because he mistakenly believed Huang Gai.
Misplaced Liu Bei
Some people say that if Cao Cao had not let go of Liu Bei, but killed him. Then when Cao Cao went south, there would be no alliance between Sun Quan and Liu Bei. Cao Cao could easily take the world and sit on the emperor's throne. In fact, this is also an afterthought. After all, no one expected that Liu Bei would develop so much in the future.
According to the situation at that time, Cao Cao's release of Liu Bei was more beneficial than harmful. First of all, at that time, there were many strong people, and there were strong enemies such as Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao. Liu Bei had no strength at all, only Liu Guanzhang and a small number of soldiers and horses. At that time, Liu Bei was not qualified to compete for the world at all.
For such a person, Cao Cao would not have killed him at all. In addition, Cao Cao at that time was gathering talents. If liu bei is killed, it will ruin his prestige. Moreover, Liu Bei has always been a sage, and after Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan Jing in the Western Han Dynasty, killed him, it is possible to lose the hearts of the people. So Cao Cao thought about going, or let Liu Bei go.
Of course, if you follow the three-legged formation, Cao Cao released Liu Bei in the first place, and indeed put the wrong person.
If Cao Cao had done all the above five major wrong things correctly. Then, for his country and the history of the Three Kingdoms, it is possible to rewrite. Especially the misplaced Liu Bei, the wrong letter Huang Gai, and the wrong Sima Yi. Everything can change Cao Wei's country. Unfortunately, no one is perfect. Even Cao Cao, the Tyrant of the Three Kingdoms, had an imperfect side.
What do you think about that?