Before the Song Dynasty, wen and wu did not separate families. The "top strategists of the Three Kingdoms" that we are familiar with are all military positions in the main history, such as general Lang zhonglang of the military division and general Zhuge Liang of the military division, Sima Xunyu of the Fenwu general and sima xunyu of Zhendong, and Lu Su, a lieutenant of the military academy and a general of Hengjiang, who said that they were strategists, which seems very inappropriate.
What needs to be explained here is Xun Yu's position as "Sima at the beginning." When Cao Cao was a general of Fenwu, he used Xun Yu as Sima (司馬), and when Cao Cao was a general of Zhendong, he still used Xun Yu as Sima (司馬): "Sima is the main soldier." There are five divisions of the General's Battalion, one lieutenant, more than two thousand stones; one military sima is more than a thousand stones. It does not have a lieutenant department, but (only) the military commander is alone. There are also military fake Sima and false waiters, all of whom are deputy seconds. The leaders of their other battalions are the simas of other departments, and the number of their soldiers is appropriate at any time. Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Zhi 24, Hundred Officials I"
Finding pure strategists during the Three Kingdoms of the Later Han Dynasty was quite difficult. If Xun Yu of Shang Shuling, Zhuge Liang, who became a chancellor, and Lu Su, the hengjiang general who had single-handedly gone to the meeting to rebuke Guan Yu, were excluded, perhaps the difficulty in choosing would be lowered, and the remaining nine "strategists" would be easier compared: according to the historical records, among the nine strategists of the Three Kingdoms, Fazheng, who helped Liu Bei win Hanzhong and was praised by Cao Cao, may be ranked fourth, and Guo Jia, who is highly respected by many online articles, may only be ranked seventh--this ranking seems to be difficult to be recognized by most people.
In the eyes of many readers, Zhang Zhao Zhang Zibu was the chief strategist of the State of Wu, but Zhang Zhao did not serve as a minister for a day, he stepped onto the stage of history as Sun Ce's long history and general of the Fu Army, and then died as the former general of Wu Emperor Sun Quan, whose nickname was "Wen Hou", which may also be the main reason why he was called "Wen Chen's Counselor".
The reason why Mr. Zibu appeared first was because the strategy of this duke seemed to be often deviated, and even Sun Quan was quite critical of this: "If I had listened to Zhang Zhao's advice and surrendered to Cao Cao, I would not have become the emperor of the State of Wu!" ”
Zhang Zhao misjudged the general situation in the Later Han Dynasty, and although he had deep qualifications and high prestige, he had been unable to open a mansion to worship the chancellor, and finally like the auxiliary Han general Mi Zhu before Liu Bei, he sat in a high position and received a high salary, but he did not hold real power.
Although Zhang Zhao did not guess the major matters correctly, and the details were not handled well, everyone admitted that Zhang Zhao was the first civil official in Eastern Wu, and his contribution to the Sun family was not smaller than that of Zhou Yulusu.
Zhang Zhao's view of the overall situation was far inferior to That of Cao Wei's attendant Liu Ye—some people say that Liu Ye was not very famous, but his ability to control the situation in the Three Kingdoms was far superior to That of Guo Jiaguo Fengxiao. He was a relative of the Han Dynasty, but he often gave advice to Cao Cao Cao, so historians and novelists deliberately downplayed the image of Liu Ye, which is understandable: If the Han clan relatives all support Cao Cao, doesn't it mean that the number of Han qi has been exhausted, and the rise of Cao Wei is the trend of the times?
Liu Ye's foresight is clearly recorded in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Volume XIV. Cao Cao enlisted Zhang Lu and ate all the grain and wanted to withdraw his troops, but Liu Ye, the master bookkeeper, led the final battle, and the result was a victory: "The mountains are difficult to climb, and the army is quite short of food. Taizu Said: 'How can this demon's ear be the one who has it or not?' Our army eats less, it is better to pay back quickly. Then he led himself back, and ordered ye to oversee the rear armies, so that they could go out second. Ye Tseruk, the grain road does not continue, although out, the army can not be complete, Chi Bai Taizu: "It is better to attack." So he marched in, and fired more crossbows to shoot his battalion. Lu Ben, Hanzhong Suiping. ”
After taking Zhang Lu, Liu Ye urged Cao Cao to strike iron while it was hot, and Liu Bei also destroyed him: "Liu Bei, Ren Jieye, if you slow down, Zhuge Liangming is in charge of the government, Guan Yu and Zhang Feiyong are generals in the three armies, and the Shu people are established, according to the danger, they must not be offended." If you do not take it now, you will worry about the future. ”
Cao Cao, who had always been shrewd, made a mistake (Taizu did not comply, and the army returned), and as a result, Liu Bei gained a foothold in Xichuan and Hanzhong, became the king of Hanzhong, and began to fight with Cao Cao for the world.
In addition, Liu Ye also accurately predicted that Meng Da would fall and rebel, Liu Bei would avenge Guan Yu and cut down Wu, sun Quan would be dissatisfied, and Cao Pi was very impressed with Liu Ye's material: "Qing Cezhi is also. When I destroy the two thieves, I must not know his feelings. ”
Liu Ye's contribution to the Cao Wei clique was far greater than Guo Jiaguo's filial piety, so Liu Ye's official position and title were much higher than Guo Jia's—Guo Jia had been in the Cao Wei clique for twelve years and had been a military master offering wine without promotion, which showed that in Cao Cao's eyes, Guo Jia's strategy of copying Xun Yu was not worth promoting to JiaLu.
In addition to Liu Ye, there was also a neglected strategist in the Cao Wei clique, that is, Mao Jiu Mao Xiaoxian, and many people knew Mao Jiu because he was mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, that is, after Cao Cao killed Cai Mao Zhang Yun, Zhuge Liang was happy: "Cao Cao changed Mao Jiu, Yu Ban was the governor of the water army, then these two hands, good luck gave the water army life." ”
In fact, Cao Cao did not kill his old friend Cai Mao at all, and often went to Cai Mao's house as a guest, letting Mao Jiu yu ban to lead the water army, which is not recorded in the main history, according to the records of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Mao Jiu's contribution to Cao Cao is no less than Zhu Sheng's contribution to Zhu Yuanzhang, if there is no Mao Jie, Cao Cao simply does not want to grab liu Xie as an ace.
Cao Cao blackmailed Tianzi to order the princes, which was said when the enemy scolded him, and mao Jiu's advice at that time was as follows: "Today the fall is falling apart, the lord of the country is moving, the people are abandoned, and the famine is in exile... The husband and the righteous will win, and the one who guards the throne will be rich, and it is advisable to obey the son of heaven to order not to be subordinate, to cultivate and plant, and to raise the army, so that the cause of the overlord can be accomplished. ”
Mao Jiu initiated the idea of "giving orders to the Son of Heaven not to be subordinate", allowing Cao Cao to take full advantage of the time and place, and Liu Bei, who had the status of a relative of the Han Dynasty and occupied the land of Tianfu, could not defeat Cao Cao, which was Mao Jiu's credit.
Mao Jiu was a great hero of Cao Cao, and before Zhuge Liang's surrender, Liu Bei's chief strategist was Xu Shu Xu Yuanzhi, of course, his original name may have been Shan Fu.
Without Xu Shu's initial assistance, it is really unknown whether Liu Bei could gain a firm foothold in Jingzhou.
In this way, excluding Xun Yu, Zhuge Liang, and Lu Su, and the four people we mentioned earlier can compete with or even slightly superior, as well as Jia Xu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Fazheng, and Pang Tong, these five people are by no means general, and their deeds are well known to all the readers, so there is no need for the author to repeat nonsense.
However, there is a question here: how should the "nine strategists" Jia Xu, Xun You, Fa Zheng, Pang Tong, Mao Jiu, Liu Ye, Guo Jia, Zhang Zhao, and Xu Shu be sorted according to their contributions and abilities to their respective camps? If you take the names listed by the author in order, Guo Jiaguo Fengxiao can only rank seventh, and let Fa Zheng Fa Xiaozhi and Pang Tong Pang Shiyuan rank fourth and fifth, will many people be unconvinced? If Guo Jia replaced Xun You as Cao Cao's chief of staff, who could he win in the battle of wits?