The era of the Three Kingdoms was characterized by the emergence of many heroes and strategists, among whom was Guo Fengxiao, the youngest wise man under Cao Cao's account and also the most bizarre strategist. In his short eleven-year military career, Guo Jia was like a dazzling meteor, shooting eye-catching rays of light across the dark red sky of the late Han Dynasty. In comparison to this alternative, many other high priests also pale in comparison.
Yingchuan Yangzhai was the largest distribution center for strategists during the Three Kingdoms period, with six or seven of the ten strategists from each of the feudal lords' camps located here. Having been exposed to their voices, Guo Jia could conceivably have developed a hermit's penchant for rolling his eyes at the secular world at the tender age of his crown. He only had two or three confidants with him, and very few people knew him except his friends and family and those who were wise enough to recognize him. So much so that the tenth book of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms describes Guo Jia's appearance as almost forgotten by Xun Yu:
Cao Cao was vigorously seeking a wise man, and Xun Yu recommended Cheng Yu to Cao Cao. Cheng Yu said to Xun Yu: I'm a loner, not worthy of your recommendation. Your hometown Guo Jia Fengxiao, is today's sage you recommend him right. Xun Yu fierce introspection, exclaimed: I few forget.
Cao Cao and Guo Jia met, Guo Jia a breath of "ten wins and ten losses". Cao Cao listened to the blood boiling, admired to the ground, exclaimed: "so that lone great things, must be this person also." From then on, he did everything he was told, and that year, Guo Jia was 29 years old.
Cao Cao attacked Lu Bu and surrounded the city. The battle was a long one, and the people wanted to retreat. At this point, even Cao Cao himself still has a deep admiration for the first warrior of the Three Kingdoms, coupled with the fear of the old grace Chen Gong, may not believe that this is the time will really solve the problem of Lu Bu at all. Only Guo Jia and Xun You do not think, Lu Bu is already filed the sharpness of the reckless, Chen Gong has wisdom but slow reaction, this time is the time of a drum. Guo Jia released water to trap the next billet, Lu Bu a life of lordship ended in the end.
Bound Lu Fengxian shamelessly, a lifetime of fame late, lamentable. This kind of scene, I'm afraid that Guo Jia is not interested in. A jug of old wine, shaking the red Vermilion Bird fan has long been free to go. In fact, the state is the most poetic temperament of the Three Kingdoms strategist, as the cynic Ni Heng said, "Guo Jia can make the white words to read Fu". In this man's mouth is the most superior evaluation, ha.
This is the only time that Guo Jia was directly involved in the battlefield strategy. The strength of Guo Jia actually lies in the analysis and judgment of the opponent's heart, so as to grasp the situation of the war on a macro level and maximize the pursuit of efficiency.
After the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao fell ill and died, and Cao Cao attacked his two sons, winning successive battles. The generals were all in favor of taking advantage of the situation to completely sweep away the two Yuan. Guo Jia, however, was the only one who had the courage to make a unique proposal. He analyzes for Cao Cao the contradictions between the two Yuan brothers, and suggests that if they attack, the forces will unite, and if they slow down, they will be disrupted. He suggests that Cao Cao should return to his army and dress for a southward attack on Liu Biao, "to wait for the change". A shot in the arm, lupine, millions of soldiers in ashes. What a similarity what a dashing ease!
It is true that the two Yuan fought for the territory. The two small vertical son with the room to drill hot, Guo Jia has been leisurely turn back to Xudu to go. Cao Cao took the opportunity to return to the north and attacked each of them. The two Yuan, one dead and one escaping, won easily and smoothly.
Yuan Shang fled into the Wuheng, Cao's generals think that it is not worth for Yuan Shang and far away attack Wuheng, resulting in Xuchang empty, if the back for Liu Bei sneak attack, then the base camp is not guaranteed, everyone four without a burial place. In the unanimous opposition, and resounded Guo Jia's loud laughter, "Although the public shocked the world, Hu biao its far, will not be equipment. Because of its unpreparedness, the stroke, can be broken also. And Yuan Shao has the grace of the people razed, but still brothers survive. Today, the people of the four states, in vain to attach to Wei, Dushi not added, shed and the southern expedition, but also because of the capital of the Wuwan, to recruit its dead Lord's ministers, Hu moved, the people of the razor should be afraid to give birth to the heart of the Teton, into the coveted plan, I am afraid of the Qing, Ji is not their own. Table, sit and talk about the guest ear, know that the talent is not enough to Royal preparedness, heavy appointment of the fear of the system, light appointment of the preparation is not used, although the virtual country expedition, the public is not worried about carry on".
This paragraph analyzes the feasibility and significance of the battle of Ping Wuheng. More than anything else, the contradiction between the Liu table, Liu Bei, pointed out that the Liu table will not let Liu Bei sneak attack Xuchang. The logic is rigorous and clear, and Cao Cao quickly leads his army from his words to the battlefield. Guo Jia also advises that an army should be quick (this idiom is from Guo Jia's original work), and that it should be lightly armed and attacked by surprise. As expected, Cao Cao's army was not detected until they were more than 100 miles away from Liu Cheng, where U Heng Jun Chang lived, and Zhang Liao was able to break through the front line and behead U Heng Jun Chang in a single battle.
Here I see Guo Jia in my eyes, but also an unconventional, know how to improvise, the idea of bold and even bizarre genius of the strategist, this psychological state of the opponents out of God's judgment of such a high-risk battle plan, ancient and modern, fear of no one before, no one after. Later, Zhuge Liang than had no choice but to empty the city plan, compared to Guo Jia strategic advantage of the "empty country plan" seems to be a lot of petty.
The history says that Guo Jia was born at the age of twenty-one in the account of Yuan Shao. At that time, he was more powerful than the Duke of Zhou, and his men were full of talent. Yuan Shao treated Guo Jia as his guest of honor. However, Guo Jia told Xin Ping and Guo Tu, two of his fellow villagers, that the first thing for a wise man to do is to choose the right master, and only in that way will he be able to accomplish everything and make a name for himself. Now, Duke Yuan only wants to learn the courtesy of Duke Zhou, but he does not know how to use people at all. He only solicits talents but does not pay attention to them, and he is good at planning but not decisive in matters. If you want to work with him to save the world from danger and establish the cause of hegemony, it is really difficult. For this hairy boy's words, the two seniors want to be disdainful. Later Xin, Guo was defeated and died, I don't know how he felt about Guo Jia's advice at the beginning.
After that, when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were holding out in Guandu, Sun Ce, the little tyrant of Jiangdong, was ready to raise his army and attack Cao Cao's capital. Sun Ce's reputation for valor is loud and clear, the general's tiger son, the art of the bold previously invincible trend, fighting on all sides of the Jiangdong, and in one fell swoop to lay a strong foundation for the future of the Wu State. Sun Ce was terrifying, and everyone in Cao Cao's camp was cowed, just as his old man had been the only one of the Guandong magnates to cow Dong Zhuo in his day. Cao Cao's think tanks knew that it would be impossible for Cao Cao, who was already at a clear disadvantage against Yuan Shao, to spare any more troops to defend Xudu. If the capital was lost, Cao Cao's camp would immediately fall apart. At a time when everyone is in danger, and many in Cao Cao's camp are already pandering to Yuan Shao to save a way out for themselves, the frail Guo Jia actually comes up with this insight: there is no need for your lordship to spare any troops to defend Xudu, because Sun Ce can't come. According to his thorough understanding of Sun Ce, "Ce is new and Jiangdong, all of the men killed are heroes and heroines, and can get people to die. However, Ce is light and unprepared, although there are millions of people, is no different from traveling alone in the Central Plains. If the assassin ambush, a person of the enemy ear. In my view, will die in the hands of a man." Instead of saying that this is a bold plan, it is just an inference. Mr. Pei Songzhi, who added notes to Chen Shou's "Records of the Three Kingdoms" at that time, was obviously dumbfounded when he read the above account. I wonder how Guo Jia's twenty years of life experience could penetrate the personality of a lord? How can he determine the life and death of a warrior? I think it is not too much to say that Guo Jia is a genius.
The genius of Guo Jia did not bother to follow the rules of etiquette, and was even a little unrestrained. Just imagine that Guo Jia's character and most of his colleagues who are of scholarly origin always seem to be out of place. Comrade Chen Qun, who is in charge of the disciplinary inspection, has reported more than once that Guo Jia has repeatedly reported Guo Jia's style problems and is unrepentant." The Chinese gentleman, if he is clear about propriety and righteousness, is ugly in seeing people's hearts" (Ji Zha), which had been affirmed by Mr. Lu Xun, and vice versa, can be understood as follows, i.e., if the Chinese gentleman is clear about seeing people's hearts, he is usually ugly in knowing propriety and righteousness. So Cao Cao always praised Chen Qun work seriously, but did not think, a sentence such an escape should not be constrained by common sense to thank the public wrath.
After joining Cao Cao's service, almost every time he goes on an expedition Guo Jia is accompanied by a military plan, marching to Cao Cao is side by side, and Cao Cao is seated at the same table when deliberating. Whenever there was a debate on military matters, Guo Jia's strategies were always the best of the best, and he never missed a beat (he was truly a master of his craft)." Whenever there was a big discussion, he would make changes in the face of the enemy. When a minister's plan was not yet decided, Jia would always fulfill it. When the world was pacified, the merit of strategy was high."
Strategy is not his forte, and Mr. Zhuge Kongming, who was cautious and disciplined throughout his life, in fact never fought a classic battle worthy of being written in a textbook, although his ability to grasp the situation on a macro level was second to none. During his long years of military service, Cao Cao was used to entrusting Xun Yu, the Minister of Publication, with the important task of managing the rear of the country, and always took Guo Jia with him, so that he could consult with him at any time and act according to the situation, so Guo Jia did not have many opportunities to demonstrate his talent for ruling the country.
"All of you have been in the same boat for a long time, and only Fengxiao is the least of them. The world is a matter of fact, and I want to be a part of it afterward."
It's not easy to get the approval of the brilliant
Mengde Gong.
In the twelfth year of Jian'an (207 A.D.), at the age of thirty-eight, Guo Jia fell ill and died. During his illness, Cao Cao continued to send people to visit him, "asking about the disease." It can really be said that the heart is anxious.
"Woe is Fengxiao! I'm so sorry to hear that! I am sorry for Feng Xiao!" (This biography "Fu Zi") after even more table to the court, said: "military priest Guo Jia, since the expedition, ten years. Every time there is a big idea, the enemy to make changes. I policy is undecided, Jia always into it. To pacify the world, the plan is high. Unfortunately, his life was short, and his career was not yet over. I can't forget my good deeds. I would like to add 800 households to the previous 1,000 households."
So much so that many years later, when Cao was defeated at Red Cliff, he still sighed, "Guo Fengxiao's presence would not have brought me to this point.
These words put the general public to shame. Cao Cao is not as sympathetic to Guo Jia as Liu Bei is to Zhao Yun.
In the same year, Liu Bei brought out Zhuge Liang from Wolonggang. Did not see these two extraordinary geniuses fight with each other, as a spectator of history, we only regret ......
We should never forget the mysterious figure in green under the bright aperture when we look at the wonderful picture scrolls shown by the Three Kingdoms. Without his presence, the light will be much diminished
The sad man! Sigh Fengxiao's untimely death!!!! Hate the wondrous talent that Heaven does not live with it!!!!
Respondent: kuaikuailele12 - Magic Apprentice Level 1 6-4 14:12
There is no point in rating the first strategist of the Three Kingdoms, but Guo Jia deserves admiration.
He was one of the core figures of Cao Cao's early military think-tank, with an outstanding strategic vision and a bone-deep understanding of people's eyes. Because of his excellent outlook on the big picture, he often made insightful and successful suggestions on the choice of combat objectives and the period of combat. He was instrumental in Cao Cao's complete crushing of Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, and several other powerful warlords to achieve northern dominance. Guo Jia's understanding of the world and his mutual admiration for Cao Cao are also well known.
History
Chen Shou said: Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Dong Zhao, Liu Ye, Jiang Ji talent strategy, the world's wonders, although the clean rule of virtue, different from Xun You, but the planning of the expected, is also its Lun.
Cao Cao's table version one: military priest Guo Jia, since the expedition, ten years. Every time there is a big idea, the enemy to make changes. The minister's policy is undecided, Jia always into it. The world was pacified, and he was highly successful. Unfortunately, his life was short, and his career was not yet over. I am very grateful to you for your help and support in this endeavor.
Cao Cao's table version two: I heard that the praise and favor of the virtuous, may not be in the body, remember the work but the performance, Enlong heir. It is the Chu Zong Sun uncle, the obvious sealing of the son; Cen Peng is gone, the title and the branch of the populace. The former military priest Guo Jia, loyal and knowledgeable, body through the nature of up to. Every big discussion, speak in the court, the executive deal with, move no strategy. Since the military, more than ten years, line with the ride, sitting **** tent seat, east bird Lv Bu, the west to take Sui Ku, behead Yuan Tan's head, flat Shuo Tu of the crowd, over the danger of plugs, swinging the Wuwan, Zhenwei Liaodong, in order to Lord Yuan Shang. Though he was under the authority of heaven, he was easy to command. As for the enemy, he swore an oath of command and wiped out the evils, which was a great honor. However, he was short-lived and died early. The court mourns the loss of a good minister, and the lower court hates the loss of a good advisor. It would be better to increase the title, and the former thousand households, praising the death of the survival, and to encourage the thick past and the future also.
Respondent: Galileo2006 - Magician Grade 4 6-4 14:16
One: choose the Lord and things.
Guo Jia grew up with a big ambition, at the age of twenty has a keen sense of the world's imminent chaos, so he lived in seclusion in order to wait for the time, on the other hand, secretly and talented people to maintain contacts. Guo Jia initially came out of seclusion when he and Tian Feng went north to attach themselves to Yuan Shao, who was the most powerful man in the country at that time. Yuan Shao treated Guo Jia and others with great respect and courtesy. However, after a few days, Guo Jia realized that Yuan Shao was indecisive and did not employ people well, and that he was not a man of great deeds, so he decided to leave alone. When Cao Cao was recruiting, Xun Yu and Cheng Yu **** raised Guo Jia! Cao Cao invites Guo Jia and asks Yuan Shao for advice. Guo Jia tells him about his famous "ten victories and ten defeats", and offers to take advantage of Yuan Shao's attack on Gongsun Zan to conquer Lu Bu. This would enable Cao's army to expand its strength and prevent Lu Bu from threatening Cao's army from the flanks when Yuan and Cao fought in a duel later on. After hearing this, Cao Cao exclaims, "This is the man who will make me a great man." Guo Jia was even more impressed with Cao Cao's talent and ambition. When he left Cao Cao's tent, he was overjoyed and said, "I am truly my lord." From then on, Guo Jia became Cao Cao's military advisor, the Military Sacrificer. He has been a loyal advisor to Cao Cao in his quest to win the wars of the four directions.
Two: break Lv and Liu by planning them.
In September of the third year of Jian'an, Cao Cao took Guo Jia's advice and marched against Lu Bu. Cao Cao's army first broke Pengcheng, then defeated Lu Bu, and finally besieged Xiapi. But Lu Bu held on to his position in Xiapi, and Cao Cao was unable to stop him. Cao Cao's army is unable to stop the siege, so he thinks of retreating. Guo Jia persuades Cao Cao to continue the siege, analyzing the situation and saying, "Lu Bu is brave but not resourceful, and now that he has lost three battles, his strength has been weakened, and the generals of the three armies are the leaders, and when the generals are weakened, the armies are weakened. Chen Gong has a strategy but is slow to react. Now we should take advantage of Lu Bu's lack of vigor and Chen Gong's undecided plans to march in and attack, and we will be able to defeat Lu Bu completely." Cao Cao followed his plan, attacking the city on one side and flooding Xiapi with water from Yiyi and Surabaya on the other. In December of the same year, he captured Xiapi and killed Lu Bu and Chen Gong.
In the fourth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao sent Liu Bei to attack the advancing Yuan Shu. Guo Jia was shocked when he heard about it and stopped him, "Liu Bei must not be allowed to lead his army out, for if he does, he will rebel." Cao Cao regretted it. Liu Bei did immediately kill Xuzhou's assassin Che Huo and gathered Pei against Cao. Cao Cao's army was attacked on two fronts. Cao Cao wanted to quickly destroy Liu and turn to Yuan. However, none of his generals were afraid that Yuan Shao would take advantage of the situation to attack from behind. When Cao Cao decides, Guo Jia analyzes the situation and says, "Yuan Shao has always been indecisive and will not be able to react quickly. Liu Bei has just rebelled soon, the hearts of the people have not returned, not yet stable, rapid attack, it will certainly lose. Then return to deal with Yuan Shao, this is the best opportunity to change the eve of the decisive battle on the back of the enemy, must not be lost." Cao Cao was finally convinced and returned from Guandu to attack Liu, breaking and "capturing his wife", capturing his general Guan Yu, and capturing Xiapi. The situation is just as Guo Jia expected, Yuan Shao really has not reacted, Liu Bei to be defeated.
Three: away from the two Yuan and win.
After the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao fell ill and died, and Cao Cao attacked his second son, winning successive battles. The generals were all in favor of taking advantage of the situation to completely sweep away the two Yuan. Guo Jia, however, was the only one who had the courage to make a unique proposal. He analyzes for Cao Cao the contradictions between the two Yuan brothers, and suggests that if they attack, the forces will unite, and if they slow down, they will be disrupted. He suggests that Cao Cao should return to his army and attack Liu Biao in a southward direction, "to wait for the change". Sure enough, the two yuans fought over territory. Cao Cao took the opportunity to return to the north and attacked each of them. One of them died and the other fled. Because of Guo Jia's brilliant plan, the battle was easy and smooth, and he won the war.
At this point, Yuan Shang fled to Wu Heng, and Cao Cao's generals agreed that it was not worth attacking Wu Heng for Yuan Shang's sake, which would leave Xuchang empty and open to Liu Bei's attack. In the midst of the unanimous opposition, Guo Jia once again had the insight to analyze the feasibility and significance of the battle of Wuhang in an incisive manner. First of all, Guo Jia pointed out the significance of conquering Wuheng to consolidate the area north of the Yellow River that Cao's army had just captured. Guo Jia also explains the conflict between Liu Biao and Liu Bei, pointing out that Liu Biao will not allow Liu Bei to attack Xuchang. Cao Cao follows his advice and quickly leads his army to the battlefield. Guo Jia also advises that speed is the essence of war, and that the army should be lightly armed and attacked by surprise. As expected, Cao Cao's army approached to Liu Cheng, the residence of the head of Wu Heng Jun, more than a hundred miles away, before they were discovered, resulting in Zhang Liao bursting into the battlefield and beheading the head of Wu Heng Jun in a single battle. Yuan Shang fled into Liaodong, where the governor of Liaodong, Gong Sun Kang, offered his head and surrendered. Cao Cao, based on Guo Jia's strategy, was finally able to completely pacify the north and unify the entire Yellow River region!
Fifth: Cao and Guo knew each other.
Almost every time Cao Cao went on an expedition, Guo Jia accompanied him on military matters, marching alongside Cao Cao and sitting with him at the same table during deliberations. Guo Jia's strategies were always correct when it came to military matters, and he never missed a beat, making him a true mastermind. Guo Jia was a man who defied the laws of etiquette, and only a man of Cao Cao's caliber would have dared to use a man like Guo Jia, who defied the laws of etiquette, and put a man twenty years his junior in his place. Only a man of Cao Cao's caliber would dare to use a man like Guo Jia who flouted the rules of etiquette and law, and who was more than twenty years his junior. He has also placed great hope in the young Guo Jia, and intends to entrust Guo Jia with the running of the country after the world has been pacified.
When Guo Jia was bedridden with a serious illness, Cao Cao kept sending people to visit him, "asking for the sick." When Guo Jia died of his illness, Cao Cao personally went to the hearth and grieved. Cao Cao's poetic language expresses his sorrow and regret: "Woe is Fengxiao, pain is Fengxiao! Painful Fengxiao! Pity Feng Xiao!" (This biography "Fu Zi") after even more table played the court said: "military priest Guo Jia, since the expedition, ten years. Every time there is a big idea, the enemy to make changes. I policy is undecided, Jia always into it. To pacify the world, the plan is high. Unfortunately, he was short-lived, and his career has not yet ended. I can't forget my good deeds. I would like to add 800 households to the previous 1,000 households."
After the Red Cliff, the driller got rid of the difficulties of Huarong and said, "I cry for Guo Fengxiao's ears! If Fengxiao in, will not make me have this big loss! Woe! Fengxiao! Painful! Feng Xiao! I am sorry! Bong Xiao!"
Summary.
Guo Jia was Cao Cao's favorite and most capable strategist, and he had the qualifications to be a wise and resourceful man. It should be said that Cao Cao's army is as good as God's, "like Sun-Wu". This is because Guo Jia played a very important role in strategizing for him. In Cao Cao's words. It is: "To pacify the world, the strategy is high!"