As we all know, there was Zhou Yu in Eastern Wu, Zhuge in Shu Han, and Guo Jia in Cao Wei.
Indeed, as this sentence says: "If Guo Jia does not die, there will be no Three Kingdoms." "Guo Jia plays a vital role in Cao Cao.
Cao Cao's advisers are like clouds, but only Guo Jia knows Cao Cao best.
However, it is not too accurate to call Guo Jia a military advisor, because he neither knows how to fight nor knows tactics.
Guo Jia's most unique skill is that he can accurately see the situation and read people's hearts. This is also the main reason why Guo Jia was treated as a guest by Cao Cao at a young age.
Guo Jia was born in 170 in Yangzhai, Yingchuan (now Yuzhou, Henan) at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was gifted and intelligent, he had a vision when he was a teenager, he foresaw that the world would be in turmoil in the late Han Dynasty, as the so-called good birds choose trees to perch, he lived a secluded life at the age of 20, so as to quietly watch the changes.
Although he is a reclusive and does not interact with the world, Guo Jia has made many friends with the world's heroes in private, and has not completely detached himself from society.
After living in seclusion for nearly a year, 21-year-old Guo Jia decided to leave the mountain and became Yuan Shao's subordinate.
After Guo Jia followed Yuan Shao for a period of time, he found many problems with Yuan Shao, such as Yuan Shao did not know how to use talents, and he had a lot of thoughts and no decision, which made it difficult for such a pattern and practice to achieve great things. So Guo Jia resigned and quietly retired.
This retreat is 6 years.
In 196 AD, the sixth year of Guo Jia's retreat, one of Cao Cao's strategists, Xi Zhicai, died.
Cao Cao was very important to Xi Zhicai, and Cao Cao, who had lost his good talent, was very sad, so he wrote to Xun Yu and asked him to recommend a strategist who could replace Xi Zhicai.
Coincidentally, this Xun Yu is Guo Jia's friend, Xun Yu saw that his old friend had been idle for many years, so he recommended him to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao, who was eager to seek talents, immediately summoned Guo Jia to come for an interview, and the two discussed major events in the world. After a long talk, Cao Cao raised his head and said, "The person who can help me achieve great things is him!"
And after Guo Jia left Cao Cao's tent, he was also overjoyed and said: "This is my real master!"
In this way, the first meeting between the two can be described as "heart-to-heart", Guo Jia, a thousand-mile horse, finally found his Bole.
Summoned, talk about the affairs of the world. Taizu said: "The one who makes the lonely into a great cause must also be this person." Jiade, also happy to say: "God is also." "The table is the priest's air sacrificial wine.
It was also from this time that Guo Jia became Cao Cao's staff and military officer-the military advisor sacrificial wine, offering advice and loyalty to Cao Cao's Quartet campaign.
After Guo Jia followed Cao Cao, he quickly demonstrated his level as a master of strategy.
In the second year of Jian'an, Cao Cao attacked Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu chose the tactic of surrender.
Cao Cao did not change his nature of coveting beauty, and robbed Zhang Xiu's aunt during this period and named him Mrs. Zou. This completely angered Zhang Xiu, who rebelled and killed Cao Cao's son Cao Ang, nephew Cao Anmin, and the general Dian Wei.
The defeated Cao Cao fled back to Xudu in embarrassment, and Yuan Shao wrote a letter to humiliate him. Although Cao Cao, who was angry, was angry, he was worried that he did not have the strength to compete with Yuan Shao, so he could only hold back.
At this time, Guo Jia understood the mind of the lord, so he took the trick to encourage Cao Cao, he put forward the famous "ten wins and ten defeats" theory, and gave ten reasons in a row to prove that Cao Cao would win and Yuan Shao would lose.
Guo Jia's analysis was reasonable, and Cao Cao's confidence was greatly boosted after hearing this, and he decided to follow Guo Jia's advice and fight Yuan Shao to the death.
Under the guidance of Guo Jia, Cao Cao took advantage of Yuan Shao's attack on Gongsun Zan in the north, first eliminated Lu Bu, and then dealt with Yuan Shao, taking this step by step.
Taizu smiled and said: "As Qing said, Lonely He De is worthy of it!" Jia also said: "Shaofang attacked Gongsun Zan in the north, but because of his expedition, he took Lu Bu in the east." If you don't take the cloth first, if Shao is a coward, the cloth will help, which is also deeply harmful. Taizu said: "Yes." ”
In fact, at this time, Guo Jia had already formulated a grand strategy for Cao Cao to unify the world, and put forward short-term and long-term goals, and Guo Jia also officially established his core position in Cao Cao's military intelligence group.
Later, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei's Longzhong pair also put forward the strategic direction of the territory, first taking Jingzhou, and then collecting Yizhou, using this as a basis, and then going north into the Central Plains.
The strategy formulated by Guo Jia for Cao Cao is no less than that of Zhuge Liang's Longzhong. With the continuous change of the general trend of the world, Guo Jia is also constantly helping Cao Cao to rest and recuperate.
In the third year of Guo Jia's follow-up to Cao Cao, that is, in the third year of Jian'an, Liu Bei was defeated by Lü Bu and came to attach himself to Cao Cao.
Another of Cao Cao's advisors, Cheng Yu, suggested that Cao Cao kill Liu Bei to prevent future troubles.
Cao Cao asked Guo Jia's opinion, Guo Jia believed that killing Liu Bei could indeed prevent future troubles, but Liu Bei had a reputation as a hero, and now he came to Cao Cao, and killing him now would probably attract the notoriety of killing the Magi, which was not conducive to Cao Cao's recruitment of the world's heroes.
Cao Cao felt that it made sense, so he dispelled the idea of killing Liu Bei.
As the old saying goes, "If you indulge your enemies for one day, you will be a scourge for generations." "Liu Bei can not kill, but he can't be unguarded, after all, Liu Bei has won the hearts of the people, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are still around him. Guo Jia suggested that Cao Cao put Liu Bei under house arrest.
However, Cao Cao did not accept Guo Jia's suggestion to put Liu Bei under house arrest, and Cao Cao confidently believed that he could make Liu Bei sincerely submit to him, and he would be closer to Liu Bei.
As the saying goes, if you don't listen to good people, you will suffer in front of you, and Cao Cao soon paid for his mistakes.
In the fourth year of Jian'an (199 AD), Liu Bei took the opportunity of Yuan Shu to surrender to Yuan Shao and took the initiative to ask Cao Cao to intercept it.
At this time, Guo Jia and Cheng Yu happened to be not around, so Cao Cao agreed to Liu Bei's request and hastily let Liu Bei go.
When Guo Jia and Cheng Yu came back, they dissuaded Cao Cao together after learning about this: "Let Liu Bei go, there will be variables!" But at this time, Liu Bei had already left, and he seized Xiapi and raised troops against Cao Cao, and Cao Cao regretted it.
In the five years of Jian'an, Liu Bei's power developed very rapidly. In order not to be attacked from both sides when attacking Yuan Shao, Guo Jia adjusted his strategy in time and advised Cao Cao to eliminate Liu Bei first.
At this time, Cao Cao was a little undecided, and Guo Jia gave him another dose of reassurance. Guo Jia suggested to Cao Cao: "Yuan Shao has always been indecisive and will not react quickly. Liu Bei's hearts have not returned, his foothold is not stable, and if he attacks quickly, he will definitely be defeated. And then return to the division to deal with Yuan Shao, this is the best opportunity to change the abdomen and back to the enemy, and it must not be lost. ”
Cao Cao listened to Guo Jia's words, so he raised his army to the east, defeated Liu Bei, captured Liu Bei's wife, and captured Guan Yu.
Just when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were holding each other's official crossings, another bad news came: Sun Ce, a Jiangdong hero, was preparing to send troops to attack Cao Cao's base in Xudu.
At this time, Cao Cao was at a disadvantage in the battle of Guandu, but he didn't expect a fire in the backyard, and he no longer had the troops to defend Xudu. Cao Ying's army began to be in turmoil and fell apart, and many people began to secretly surrender to Yuan Shao in order to seek a way out.
Just when Cao Cao's brows were deeply locked, Guo Jia came to predict again.
Guo Jia said to Cao Cao: "Sun Ce has just annexed Jiangdong, and all he has killed are heroes and heroes, and he is a person who can make people serve death. But Sun Ce is a rash and unguarded person, although he has millions of people, it is no different from him coming to the Central Plains alone. If an Assassin were to ambush him, he would be a one-man enemy. In my opinion, Sun Ce must have died at the hands of the Assassins. ”
Sure enough, Guo Jia's words became a prophecy, and Sun Ce arrived at the riverside, but before he could cross the river, he was killed by the enemy Xu Gong's doorman.
Sun Ce's death, Cao Cao did not spend a single soldier, thanks to Guo Jia's clever calculation. Cao Cao won a big victory in the Battle of Guandu, and the situation reversed again.
After Yuan Shao's death, Cao Cao took advantage of the victory to attack Yuan Shao's two sons, but was stopped by Guo Jia. Guo Jia believes that Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang have always been at odds, and they are troubled by gluttonous ministers, so they will turn against each other. He suggested that Cao Cao pretend to attack Liu Biao first, so as to wait and see what happened.
Sure enough, as soon as Cao Jun returned to Xuchang, the news of Yuan Jun's change had already come. Cao Cao took the opportunity to return to the army and went north, defeated Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, and the two Yuan died and fled. Because of Guo Jia's clever plan, Cao Cao reaped the benefits of the fisherman.
After pacifying the north, Guo Jia began to formulate a strategy again. He suggested that Cao Cao should start to protect the territory and the people, encourage the people to work hard to produce, and also recruit talents in the four prefectures of Qingdao, Hebei, You, and You, so as to strengthen his strength.
Cao Cao adopted his opinion, and even ignored his previous suspicions, and reused Chen Lin, who had slandered him, and it really had the effect of a thousand gold bones.
In 207 AD, Cao Cao waved his troops on an expedition against Wuhuan.
Cao Cao's expedition to Wuhuan had two good reasons: first, Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi fled to Wuhuan; second, Guo Jia suggested pacifying Wuhuan and eliminating the Hu people, which could not only unify the north and eliminate worries, but also deter the world.
The expedition was in bad conditions, there were 200 miles of drought and no water along the way, coupled with the lack of water and soil adaptation and acute work day and night, Guo Jia unfortunately contracted the disease and died.
Guo Jia's untimely death made Cao Cao sad and weeping, he had not yet realized the blueprint of unification drawn by Guo Jia, and no one gave him the most perfect advice again.
After losing Guo Jia, Cao Cao began to make frequent mistakes. One of the most influential defeats was the Battle of Chibi, which allowed Sun Quan and Liu Bei to preserve their strength, and eventually formed a three-point situation.
After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao once said to the people on the left and right, "Fengxiao (Guo Jia) is here, don't let the lonely come here."
Cao Cao's words are not exaggerated, if Guo Jia is alive, he will definitely participate in the Battle of Chibi with Cao Cao, as long as Guo Jia can put forward a plan to defeat the Sun and Liu coalition forces in the Battle of Chibi, or persuade Cao Cao to change the time of launching the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao will not lose, and it will not form a situation of three worlds.
In fact, before the Battle of Chibi, Cheng Yu and Jia Xu had already put forward correct opinions to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao was hot-headed at the time and couldn't listen to them. In many cases, it is also an ability for strategists to make leaders listen to their own opinions, and the relationship between Guo Jia and Cao Cao was the only strategist who could make Cao Cao listen to his opinions at that time.
If Cao Cao was not in a hurry to launch the Battle of Chibi, it would be equivalent to Cao Cao completely recovering or assimilating Jingzhou, and then dealing with the Sun-Liu coalition army, Cao Cao would not have a great defeat at Chibi, and the unification of the world would be just around the corner.
In this way, Guo Jia changed history, and after the Eastern Han Dynasty, there would be no Three Kingdoms, but a unified Great Wei Dynasty.
It's a pity that Cao Cao lost Guo Jia, a master of strategy, and he lost the possibility of unifying the world.