Yuan Shao
Yuan Shao, who originally occupied four of the nine states under the heavens, and whose ancestors were the fourth and third dukes, can be said to be the most powerful unified warlord at the end of the Han Dynasty.
However, he was defeated by Cao Cao, who was weaker than himself, and finally ended up in disgrace.
Yuan Shao was able to overthrow, and one of his advisers could be said to have made a "great contribution".
He is Guo Tu.
Guo Tu (郭图), in the early days, was a planner under the Yin Xiu of Yingchuan Taishou.
Guo Tu, this person, really made great contributions to Yuan Shao at the beginning.
Guo Tu persuaded Han Fu to give up Jizhou to Yuan Shao.
Han Fu was also a general at that time, and If Yuan Shao wanted to attack Jizhou, he would certainly suffer heavy losses, but through Guo Tu's persuasion, Yuan Shao captured Jizhou without bloodshed, and Guo Tu was invited to become Yuan Shao's strategist.
Guo Tu won the city of Jizhou for Yuan Shao, but why did he say that yuan shao's future destruction would also lie in Guo Tu?
The first is in the aspect of welcoming the Son of Heaven.
Emperor Xian of Han, who was pursued by Li Dai and Guo Feng and others at Caoyang, persuaded Yuan Shao to go west to meet the emperor, using Yi County as an imperial palace, and ordering the princes to hold Tianzi hostage.
Guo Tu
This was a great opportunity, because Yuan Shao was closest to Tianzi, and Yuan Shao was ready to obey the plan of frustration.
However, Guo Tu ran over to raise the bar, saying that the royal family of the Han Dynasty was in decline, it had been a long time, it was too difficult to revitalize the royal family, and at the same time, the heroes rose up, each occupying the prefectures and counties, and now receiving the Heavenly Son, he would have to go to the book to play the emperor at every turn, obeying the power was too small, disobeying the emperor's orders, and resolutely not letting Yuan Shao pick it up.
This gave Cao Cao an opportunity.
Later, Yuan Shao also regretted it very much, because losing the Son of Heaven was equivalent to giving up an opportunity to hold the world's bull's ear.
The matter of the Son of Heaven, Yuan Shao has not yet passed, followed by divisive frustration.
Frustrated Zhi once proposed to Yuan Shao to welcome the Son of Heaven, oppose the separation of the sons, and put forward a strategy of three years of fatigue, which can be described as an excellent strategist under Yuan Shao's account.
Later, when Yuan Shao fled in defeat, he was captured before he could cross north and was taken to cao cao.
Cao Cao felt sorry and sighed: If he had been frustrated sooner, the world would have been settled now.
Although frustrated, he was still treated favorably by Cao Cao, which shows the talent of depression.
But Guo Tu asked Yuan Shao to abandon this excellent strategist, which was another pit.
Frustrated
Guo Tu was still frustrated and urged Yuan Shao to fight Cao Cao.
Originally, Yuan Shao selected 100,000 elite soldiers, rode 10,000 horses, and prepared to attack XuDu, but Frustrated Zhi suggested using his superior military strength and geographical situation to fight a protracted war against Cao Cao, which was three years of fatigue.
But Guo Tu came to raise the bar again, so Yuan Shao took the tired division to meet Cao Cao.
During the battle, Frustrated Zhi proposed the correct strategy several times, and Guo Tu refuted it again and again, and led Yuan Shao step by step to overturn the ship.
Not only that, Guo Tu was afraid that the pit would not kill him, and he also pit Yuan Shao to force away the last two generals, Zhang Guo and Gao Lan of the Hebei Four Court Pillars.
At this time, Yan Liang and Wen Ugly were both killed in battle, and only two of the four court pillars in Hebei were left, but they still gave Cao Cao a headache.
Cao Cao led an army to sneak into Wuchao, and Guo Tu suggested attacking Cao Ying instead of the rescue granary suggested by Zhang Gao.
As a result, Zhang Gao attacked Cao's camp, and Guo Tu, seeing that his proposal failed, feared that Yuan Shao would blame himself, falsely accused Zhang Gao of not trying his best.
The consequence was that the last two generals of the Hebei Four Court Pillars, Zhang Guo and Gao Lan, defected to Cao Cao, resulting in a major defeat at Guandu.
It can be said that Cao Cao destroyed Yuan Shao, and Guo Tu made a great contribution.
Yuan Shao, the person who checked is unknown.
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