At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was divided into three kingdoms, which led countless heroes to compete for hegemony. Cao Cao, one of the founders of this chaotic world and the founder of this chaotic world, made this period more colorful, but unfortunately, he did not end this period by himself.
Although Cao Cao's starting point was slightly worse, his growth rate was fast enough and he had enough ability, but why he could not unify the three kingdoms in his lifetime, for Cao Cao's regrets, Chairman Mao once pointed out to the point that Cao Cao's two major shortcomings were his biggest failures.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > the starting point for Cao Cao</h1>
From the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a total of three people had almost completed unification, namely Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, Dong Zhuo's conditions were the best, if he chose to seriously manage the country at that time, he was fully capable of directly replacing him and establishing his own era.
But Dong Zhuo immediately coveted enjoyment after entering Beijing, gave others a chance, and also ruined his future, and eventually died because of a mink cicada.
Yuan Shao, on the other hand, was completely different, Yuan Shao had enough strength to complete the unification at that time, but he did not have the courage to be an emperor, so he became a stepping stone for others after the glory.
As for Cao Cao, it is the most regrettable, on the reserves, Cao Cao occupied the entire north at that time, with a very large number of junior resources, on the military generals, Cao Cao had Xu Chu, Dianwei, Zhang Liao and other famous generals, on the strategist, Guo Jia, Jia Xu and so on are not worse than Zhuge Liang.
However, under such circumstances, Cao Cao still lost, not only did not complete the unification in his lifetime, but finally was reversed by Sima Yi to win, so that the Cao family failed, so why did Cao Cao fail? After familiarizing himself with the history of the Three Kingdoms, Chairman Mao summed up Cao Cao's two shortcomings, which can be described as to the point.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > indecisive</h1>
Cao Cao was suspicious and indecisive, which was Cao Cao's character, and it was also the most taboo thing for those who became big things, and if he wanted to complete the unification, he must have the character of killing decisively.
Li Shimin did not hesitate during the Xuanwumen Rebellion, and eventually became emperor, letting his father become the Emperor Taishang, Liu Bang killed Xiang Yu, and became the last Han Gaozu, but Cao Cao did not have this quality, it can be said that the situation of the Three Kingdoms was caused by his own hands.
After Lü Bu defeated Liu Bei, Liu Bei had no choice but to come to Cao Cao's command to survive, at this time, all of Cao Cao's men told Cao Cao that it was best to kill Liu Bei directly at this time, because they all saw the potential to become a generation of lords in Liu Bei's body.
But what Cao Cao did, first boiled wine with Liu Bei to discuss heroes, drank a good drink, and then let Liu Bei go, watching him establish his own Shu state, and then Liu Bei and Sun Quan united, so that Cao Cao suffered a big loss in the Battle of Chibi, which also made Cao Cao no longer have the strength to dominate the world before he died.
How similar is this to Xiang Yu, during the Hongmen banquet, everyone advised Xiang Yu to kill Liu Bang directly, did Xiang Yu have this strength at that time? Of course, in the Hongmen banquet, if Xiang Yu chose to move, no one could save Liu Bang, but Xiang Yu did not listen, and finally was surrounded by Liu Bang, and could only end his life by suicide.
When Xiang Yu let Liu Bang go, did Liu Bang keep his hand on him? No, in the Hongmen Feast, Xiang Yu was released in the atmosphere, but under the sea, Xiang Yu must die.
In the same way, after Liu Bei established the Shu state, would he keep his hand on Cao Cao? Of course not, whether it was Liu Bei or Zhuge Liang, their hearts were planning to defeat Cao Cao first, and then annex Sun Quan, but it can only be said that Liu Bei's strength was not enough to defeat Cao Cao.
If Cao Cao killed Liu Bei that year, or put Liu Bei under house arrest, everything that followed would not have happened, the Battle of Chibi, if there was no grass boat borrowing arrows and Zhuge Liang borrowing the East Wind, Cao Cao would not lose, he could easily complete the unification, it can be said that Cao Cao and the world are unified, there will be one more Liu Bei in the middle.
At the same time, Cao Cao's indecisiveness is also reflected in the attitude towards talents, throughout history, those who have become great events have adhered to the principle that talents are not used by me, nor can they be used by others, but Cao Cao, when Zhao Yun went in and out of the seven, actually ordered that he could not be killed.
If Cao Cao was not soft-hearted at that time, once Zhao Yun died, Liu Chan would certainly not be able to survive, even if he survived, he could only be Cao Cao's hostage, if Cao Cao could make up his mind, Liu Bei would not be afraid at all.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > not being tough enough on yourself</h1>
If you want to achieve great things, it is not okay not to be ruthless, this is not only to be cruel to others, but also to yourself, the most typical representative of which is Li Shimin, how cruel Li Shimin is to others, in the face of opportunities, he does not hesitate, no matter what kind of infamy he will bear, he must also solve the troubles.
In addition to being cruel to others, Li Shimin is also very cruel to himself, and the dignity that the children of the royal family care about most are completely worthless, in order to regain Wei Chigong's trust and let Wei Chigong join his camp, Li Shimin kneels down to Wei Chigong in public.
The result was that Li Shimin had Wei Chigong's escort around him, and without Wei Chigong, the change of Xuanwu Gate might have become Li Shimin's grave, but the existence of Wei Chigong made Li Yuan unable to intervene.
According to the records, at that time, the palace was in chaos, and the bows and arrows were all shot in front of Li Yuan's palace, but Li Yuan was stunned not to take a step out of the palace, just because at the entrance of the palace, there was a bloodied Wei Chigong, who at that time shocked the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu with only one person's strength, and looking at the entire Sui and Tang Dynasties, there were several people who could do it.
Chairman Mao pointed out that Cao Cao could not do this, was Cao Cao cruel to himself? Frankly speaking, Cao Cao is a person who is more greedy and enjoyable, cao Cao is extremely strict with the people under him, but every time he encounters something, the first thing he thinks of is to shirk responsibility, the most typical is Xuzhou Tucheng.
Does the death of Cao Cao's father have anything to do with Tao Qian, there is a relationship but it has little to do with it, but Cao Cao wants to vent his anger and slaughter Xuzhou City, Cao Cao can indeed make his heart happy, but as a result, Xuzhou City is broken, and Zhuge Liang, who is only 12 years old, is forced to flee.
Why Zhuge Liang must help Liu Bei to destroy Cao Cao, because the childhood experience made Zhuge Liang hate Cao Cao, not only that, because of a slaughter of the city, Cao Cao's reputation for many years was destroyed, why Liu Bei failed many times, but the people were still willing to follow Liu Bei, just because Cao Cao's reputation was too bad, so that the people would rather wander than stay away from Cao Cao.
The first half of Cao Cao's life was very brilliant, but the second half of his life was very unsuccessful, especially his personality, secretly offended many people, including Sima Yi, Sima Yi had already made it clear that he did not want to submit, but Cao Cao forced him to work under him.
As a result, Sima Yi secretly accumulated strength, survived Cao Cao, killed Zhuge Liang, and finally took the world at his fingertips from Cao Pi's hands, and the three generations of Cao, Liu, and Sun had been desperate for decades, but finally made a wedding dress for Sima Yi, and Cao Cao's failure, from a certain point of view, was born predestined.